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Welcome to Day 2 of the £750 here at congestion free J10.

18 players left.  Here are the overnight chip counts of the 22 players who came back for the second day.

D Lloyd 140.5K
J Atkin  123.5k
D Sami  75.5k
J Koumi 71k
H Mohammed 54k
C Wildman 53k
L Flood 52k
D Carter 43k
R Binnelli 42.5k
Burnley J 36k
A Gomm 35.5k
S Lennon 33.5k
D Clark 30.5k
A Wilson 29k
A Pervaiz 27.5k
T Reardon 26.5k
O Auegun 24k
R Somaiya 24k
T Falla 22.5k
D Knight 21k
S Wilsdon 20k
Bambos 16k

updates on who's gone to follow...

AJ, great thanks

If you get a chance can you wish david lloyd, blondeite djl7, all the best from me and everyone at Luton?

also gl I know it, realshady, burnley j and rumit

Ok, fist to fall was T Falla, taken out by J Atkin.

T Reardon was next to go with pocket 66s to Robert Binelli's 77

A Gomm went with AQ versus J Atkin's AJ. Flop KKJ...turn J.....river T so Andy makes a forlorn straight. The kid, who is chipped up to the eyeballs said he though he was up against AQ before he called but couldn't pass given the relative chip stacks.

Not sure who the 19th position finisher was.

Andy Wilson out in 18th. His AT all in short stack move got called by AK.

Andy is off to the states for a couple of months after next week's Newcastle festival so we won't be seeing him again until about February. I hope he has a good trip.

Liam Flood has now gone too. Short stacked he moved in from the button with 97 and was called by AJ....

16 left

Nice one AJ and totally unexpected  :cheers:

Top man Jonathon.

Good luck Iknowit.

Ta AJ .. Good man :)

They're on a break now.  Apparently the overnight chip stack info was wrong. Sami and Binelli's chips were the other way round.

Here's some counts.

J Atkin 200k
D Lloyd 100k
D Sami 80k (he says the poker gods are working...for him anyway)
Ash 26k, says he'll be all-in in a minute
Burnley J 29k

more to follow...

Craig (he knows it) 59k
Binelli 95k
Sami 95k (dealer count downs are so much more accurate than asking the players themselves...)
Rumit 26.5k

play resuming...

Bambos 31k
H Mohammed 39k
Auegun 48k
A Wilsden 30k

All best were passed on btw Tightend et al, but i don't know who realshady is so if you give me his real name I'll do that too.

Bad news for Burnley peeps, good news for Italian Londoners.

Binelli takes out John Falconer

AT for John versus Robert's QJ

flop rag K9 turn T, river T and Burnley's trips are no good

Bit of an argument on the other table now...

The Roving Raab Reporter.

Good job.

ash pervaiz is real shady.tell him ian said gd luck

S Lennon declares all in for 61k

Chicken Joe says he calls after asking how much and he's told its 61K

Lennon AK versus Joe's QQ

A comes and when they come to counting the chips, it turns out Lennon has 71k. The argument is whether Joe should be liable for the other 10k...

hope one of j10s regulars brings this home come on boys do it

this was happening yeaterday the dealer was getting the all inn counts wrong i totally think this is wrong,they obviously aint trained properley and in big comps like this its essential that every thing is done correctley

Interesting debate that one.

I would guess that he is not liable for the extra 10k

Too late for Ash I'm afraid.

He moves all in with queens, is called by Bambos with Aces and Binelli calls for the value with AQ

49K5T and Ash is out, Robert is damaged and Bambos is now well chipped up, having been the short stack at the beginning of the day.

Pandemonium still but the fall out from the Koumi Lennon hand settles down...Joe kept the 10k but went out a couple of hands later.

Wow, the Final 18 are dominated by blondeites - Good Luck to ALL of them.

I said in an earlier post, an hour or so ago, that this boy Atkin could be something VERY special, & I'm astonished by his progress, for one so inexperienced, been playing the game 5 minutes. Quite extraordinary lad.

And a big up to Jonathan Rabb (Alright Jack) for running this impromptu Live Update - well worth a litle plug for Blue Square.com!

Rumit out.

All in with J5 diamonds. Lennon calls with J2 off and catches a 2 on the river...nasty

'Brick Lane to Park Lane Bambos, Mayfair next week' shouts D Lloyd from one table to the other as the £750 monopoly freezeout continues...

And its Raab to you Tikay ;)

oops, sorry Jonathaaaaaan.

cmon craig an sami

But its back to Old Kent Road for David as he makes a move with AQ to be called by Atkin with AA...

10 left and we're hand for hand. The youngster has approximately 30% of the chips now...ominous...

9 places get paid with £30k to the winner and £1500 for 9th.

They discussed a deal to give 10th some cash and Atkin is reluctant to agree to any more than £500, while £750 was being asked for. Sami on the other table says 'no deal' so they play on, cautiously for some...

Atkin count is 278k
Lennon has about 170k
Bambos 121k
IKI 80k

Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Jackson has entered the building...

handshakes all round

Have you ever considered a career in updating Jonathan ?

And please congratulate AJ on my behalf for his sterling effort (for a perv)  ;)

Payouts...

1st 30,000
2nd 15,800
3rd 8,600
4th 6,400
5th 4,100
6th 3,400
7th 2,600
8th 2,200
9th 1,900 (not 1,500)

and thats pounds not action points

jonathan could we have a chip count and player name please  :-*

David Lloyd is not happy about his exit.

Atkin had limped on the sb to David's bb having been folded round. David moved all in with is AQ to be called by the bullets.  Another player congratulated James on his trap, which didn't impress David much...he's having a whinge with Chicken Joe now sat next to me...

Looks like they're trying to bully Atkin now, don't think they know much about his online calibre. They reckon he's just a lucky kid playing in a 'big game'...lolol

Full chips counts when they get to the final...

thanks great up dates you should do it more often :goodpost:

You could hear a chip drop here, very quiet as things get serious.

Craig has put down a hand to a Bambos reraise and now looks pretty glum, down to about 40k roughly.

I'm afraid I've made a bit of a booboo.  Have been referring to Lennon having lots of chips, when in fact its Dan Carter, a young chap sponsored by Jet Set Poker.  I may not be a great updater, but at least I'm humble...

looks like 10th will get £750 now...Atkin and Sami have agreed. £450 off 1st, £300 off second..play about to resume. 10 players left.

Opinion here differs on James Atkin. Getting some commendations on his play, but some people saying he's just a lucky so and so.  I know what I think...well, it was me who persuaded him to play this week  8) ....sometimes there's no point being modest...

who is he online john?

Binelli out in 10th. K2 suited versus Bambos AT off...

chip counts shortly.

Alright Jack introduced me to the lad Atkin ysterday. Looks are deceptive, you'd think he would not say boo to a goose. He's special, very, vey specil. Mark my words.

seat 1 Craig Wildman 36k
seat 2 H Mohammed 54k
seat 3 D Carter 92k
seat 4 James Atkin 285k
seat 5 D Sami 94k
seat 6 Bambos 187k
seat 7 D Knight 81k
seat 8 D Clark 80k
seat 9 O Auegin 48k

Craig doubles through via James. AK v AQ

thanks to a young lad who helped out with the chip counts, i hear he can play too...

lucky to pick up aces against ace queen yes, to extract all D Lloyds chips no!!

JP here filling in for AJ as he goes walkabouts

O Auegun reraises all in vs D Knight. AK for Auegun and D Knight reluctantly shows AT.

T on flop and O Auegun is our unlucky 9th place finisher and leaves to a round of applause. We now have our 8th place finisher as I slowly type......................

Knight on the move again makes it 28k to play and D Carter moves in for 48k total and is called by Knight who has JJ.

Carter's AK doesn't improve and he is our 8th place finisher. Knight seems quite pleased with himself as he moves to about 200k.

Jonathon is still on the phone..................

He was on phone to me... i want to challenge this lad lol!!!

Good luck to hamed and dave knight!

Dave a has been making alot of final tables lately and i hope he kicks on! now If i wake up in the morning and want to play tomorrow i might drive down!

JP and Justin Turner have now set off back South, so Its AJ here again.

Hassan pushed all in from early position with TT.

Bambos calls for 54k with AK.

Flop 552

turn 7

river J

and Hassan has doubled up.

The blinds have just gone up to 5,000/10,000

James Atkin in the bb

Bambos flat calls, David Knight flat calls, D Clarke goes all in for 80k, James calls, Bambos and David pass. James asks 'you got aces or kings?' 'Nope' as he turns over KQ and sighs...as James has QQ!

6...A..2..........

King!

...5

James sighs even louder and shekes his head. But he's still on about 200k.

copied from wrong thread

re: james atkin - from what i hear he is quite remarkable - some story! - needs an image consultant though, he looks like a real 11yr old cyber geek (makes milkybarkid look like desperate dan) - perhaps i'll get robert binelli to help him out.

Blondite Craig (I know it) doubles up!

Makes a move with QJ. Bambos calls with nines

325 flop
8 turn
river...........J!

Bad news...

The very next hand Craig has A9 and is up against Hassan with AK. Missed the action, but a nine and a king came out to leave Craig as our 7th place finisher. He looks gutted, probably because he is. Well played Craig, keep knocking and the door will be opened soon.

Gooooooooooooooooooo Craig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bambos and Sami all in...Bambos flips over AK. Sami reveals his cards one at a time. First an ace, then a king. They split the blinds.

unlucky craig

bambos is a man on form a the moment and my tip for the top

he had a  couple of results last week in blackpool and another 1 or 2 in walsall

so come on BAMBOS show the kids how its done

James makes a 25k raise. Bambos goes all in for maybe 140k. James calls. The crowd draws closer as Mickey Wernick peers over James shoulder while I peer over Bambos's. Bambos has AJ, James has AK. 4 rags on the board and as the irrelevant king hits on the river James celebrates and accidentally smacks Mickey in the teeth...ouch for Bambos and Mickey.

'That'll cost ya a large whiskey' says Mickey.

'Technically it wasn't ABH unless you're bleeding' quips law student James.

With almost 400k in chips, he'll be hard to peg back now. 5 left.

all good natured btw

wow!
are they just giving him chips or what?!!!

bambos AJ
DJL AQ

The players are on a break and while James buys Mickey some booze, here's the chip counts

Atkin 334k
Hassan 247k
Clark 215k
Knight 126 k
Sami 79k

Going to have to move to another spot as the evening comp will be taking place where I am sat now..Hope the reception on my mobile card is as good over there...

splendid reports alrightjack , much appreciated

OK, they've had dinner, during which time Mickey showed his press cuttings to his assailant and now they're back to fight it out for the £30k top prize.

The good news is my mobile card gets even better reception up here. Never even seen it with 5 bars before...

Not a lot has happened so far. Sami and Knight have both moved al in once to steal blinds, thats about it. The Omaha comp is about to get underway so the place should quieten down a bit soon.

Just got home to leave the car before I go for a good drink (they serve till 5 30 am now) :ironside:

Great updates Jon and thx to everyone  for their good wishes. You were right about being gutted as I never had AA or KK in 2 days and worked hard to survive, A9 in sb  vs AK in BB. when it was all passed round I decided their was only 1 move with my stack against the BB. how was I to know he would wake up with AK
LOL
A final in Blackpool and now Walsall within a week so I cant grumble too much.

Blinds are 6k/12k and capped

Atkin makes it 36k to play. Sami passes but Kinght in the bb calls

flop Ah Td Jc

Knight bets 20k, Atkin calls.

Turn 5c

Kinght goes all in. Atkin dwells then passes. Knight says "good pass" shows Jd Th

Knight raises 20k utg, its folded to sami who calls in the sb. flop

9s 5c Td

Sami moves all in for 55k and Knight eventully folds. Sami shows a jack!

well done craig have a drink for me!

come on the north!

Sami v Hassan

Sami raises for about 40% of his stack, Hassan puts him all in. Atkin reluctantly folds. Sami calls.

AQ v AJ

4h 6h 5d Ah Th

Sami doubles up while Atkin laments passing pocket eights, one of which he 'thinks' was the  8h

Well played Craig

Thanks for the updates AJ, much appreciated

Clark makes a move on Hassan's bb. Hassan eventually passes, showing Kc Qd

How much did Craig win?

2,600 beer tokens

D Clark is out in 4th place. He and Sami clashed. Sami had nines to Dave's sixes. sami scoops in a pot of 330k, putting him just ahead of Atkin on 310k.  Beak time. Hassan and Knight have about 180k each.

send my best wishes to sami please Johnathan

will do crd.

no deals btw. It was discussed 6 handed and then 5 handed, but not now they're down to 4...not yet anyway.

Sami in sb raises knight in the bb 25k or so. Knight moves all in for 135k more. Sami stacks, unstacks then stacks his chips again before passing.

Sami is raising lots of pots. UTG he raises 20k. Knight pops it up another 65k. Sami folds, Knight shows jacks.

AlrightJack or is it Jonothan,

Just catching up on the updates well done mate, me and Rob are catching up while brainstorming poker club isues and watching a copy of last nights monte Carlo Sit n go on Sky for 1m.

Now thats a sit n go beyond all.

good luck to the finalists

UTG again, Sami makes his standard 20k or so raise. Hassan goes all-in for maybe 130k.

Sami has eights, Hassan AQ

flop 7s Kh Kd

turn 2h

river Jh

and Hassan is our 4th place finisher, picking up £6,400

Next prize is £8,600 aqnd there's not a lot between all three of them, but Sami has a lead of maybe 40-50k

James has just made a big dent in Knight's stack reraising Knight;s 30k bet on the river by another 70k on a board of

Jc Td Js 9d Qs

no cards shown but James piped up "you know what I had" after Knight fished for him to show

Sami sb 22k standard raise. Knight all in for 161k more. Sami stacks his chips, unstacks, then passes.

If sami does this it usually means he's passing

James on 400k and the chip lead. Knight on 250k, Sami 350k. Knight is asking for a deal. James says no. Knight looks pissed off, makes some sort of 'if i ever see you again on a final table I won't deal with you if I'm in front' type comment.

Shame, there's no need to get arsey at this stage.

Knight getting aggressive, making all in reraises. No action.

Continual aggression from Knight is paying off and he probably shades the chip lead now from James.

James makes his first move for a while and finds Sami with queens. James has QJ. Queens hold up and Sami now has the chip lead. James is down to his last 80k or so.

James is out next hand. AJ versus Knight's KK. He's very disappointed. Hasn't had many hands this last hour.

Dave and Sami deal and two hands later its all over. A8 versus KJ. Dave wins the trophy.

Cheers Jon.

BTW Jamie said something about an appartment for notts this weekend?? whats the deal?

Give me a call when you are less busy!

Well done Dave, Sami and of course Jamie who I am sure will be around for a long time to come

thanks for all the great posts you've done a grand job ;applause;

ps if you have any fleeces left in size xl it gets very cold on reception

I've really enjoyed updating. Hope you've all enjoyed it too. Did I pass the audition?

James is gutted. He made a bad move at the wrong time, but two third places out of three ranking events, I'd take that any day, so would most.

Watch out for him in tomorrow's biggie. Write him off as a lucky internet player at your peril.

If you haven't passed I would be shockled. Top class :)

Thanks :)

Doing it tomorrow<g>?

Heid
xx

Tomorrow I expect Jen will be in the hot seat, but I'll have my laptop here, so I dare say I'll do some updating too.

Thanks Jon, Really enjoyed that  :goodpost:

Enjoyed that.
Put a long dark wig on, some hot red lipstick..........and you'll be taken for Jen anyday. :D

Yup, he passed the audition!

Yes, Jen is in the chair on Saturday & Sunday, with a nice new assistant who is going to give Updating his first try- no point in keepng a dog & barking yourself, eh?

It's not me is it?

No, he's a lot younger & more handsome. But he does have a wet nose.

never heard that one before  :D

Tells the lasses, not RED!  :D

I will concede that he is younger and has a wet nose

deceived again, he said he might pop in to rail

Who - snoops? He never knew about it! I've just "dropped it" on him - otherwise he'd have got all nervous.

And remind me when I last deceived you, or anyone else, for that matter......?!

xx

You said you would still respect me in the morning, then gone, no calls, no letters, no flowers, nothing.

He said he might drop in...........don't be so paranoid mr Kendall sir

Yes, that was his plan - until about an hour ago......

Me paranoid? No, it's the others.

xx

those kisses still unnerve me

Why?
xx  8)

Hello all, great work doing the updating for the forum, this is Daniel Carter btw, and if James is reading this, then congratulations on coming 3rd, we got on well at the festival :)

I'm assuming you are referring to James Atkin here. If so, then I second that. He's an awesome young player with plenty of potential. Plus, he's a nice lad to boot.

Thank you all for your kind remarks, I especially liked the "I make the Milkybar kid look like Desperate Dan comment" that had my uni mates in stiches lol...

Hope to see you guys in luton in a coupla weeks

Cheers,
James Atkin

Hi James,

Welcome to blonde!

Good Luck in 2006, though methinks you will not need it.....

Welcome MC, not met ya yet but i am sure some felt will be tangled over during 2006. Gl against that JimmyDean fella, an old nemisis of mine!

Everybody is a nemesis of Royal Flush.......

headsup game sometime over the weekend, time to finally sort you out!!!! :D

MC plays this guy Jimmy Dean, thats a tough game to play, i know i been there, although not at 150-300!!!

Ok Flushy. Try pushing me off QQ with A-8 again.......

git

Lol thanx guys,

Jimmydean is a good player but when he's terrible it seems he gets lucky

e.g. i have Ad Qc, he raises preflop, i 3 bet, he calls.

Heads up the flop is Js 3h 4c, i bet he raises, i reraise cos i think my hand is good, he calls

Turn is a Ad, I bet, he reraises, i 3 bet, he calls. turn is a  Qd. I bet, he raises, I call.

He flips over........... Kc Th


those are hard to take at 150/300!!!

anyway catch you guys around
cheers,
MC

Yeah he doesnt have a slow down button!!

But then i guess thats common in the game.

I know i for one would love it if at some time you got over to the hand analysis board and posted a couple of hands from the 150-300 games, they are quite crazy looking to us mortals!