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D 4 events is providing a feature table live stream of this event which we are carrying on this board

I hope you follow both in conjunction. I will cover mostly the outer tables while you report back on here about what you are watching


You can see the coverage for today  HERE  (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54715.0)

Here are the 50 who made it through 1a

Lightbourne, Iaran 103,625
Feldman, Andrew 101,175
Barraclough, David matin 89,950
Lewis, Toby 89,925
Chattha, Charles 83,800
Weekes, Jonathan 77,000
Hassabis, George 71,550
Lee, Hong Ming 68,825
Huber, Michael 67,700
Blair, Danny 67,675
Latimer, Adam 63,725
Clark, Charles 62,250
Bansi, Praz 58,475
Shelley, Scott 57,975
Green, Joshua 50,500
Akenhead, James 50,100
Evans, Damian 41,425
Schleser, Severin 37,300
Kock, Gustav Henrik 33,025
Frazer, Ian 33,000
Johnson, David 32,775
Teng, Andrew 32,250
Sadler, Brian 30,525
Kiefert, Christopher 28,650
Khajuria, Chandrakant 27,000
Pavlou, Mario 27,000
Wagstaff, Mark 25,775
Mcnamara, Stephen 23,075
Keegan, Albert 22,200
Tearle, David 21,125
Stearn, Alan 20,800
Furnival, Daniel 20,300
Mansbridge, Alan 19,950
English, Mark 19,300
Rideout, Wayne 17,400
Rawle, Stephen John 16,125
Gratton, Alan 15,950
Sandhar, Peter 15,625
Shaio, Ramey 15,625
Grech, Joseph 15,525
Vas nunes, Paul 15,400
Hodgson, Siegfried 15,350
Padovani, Sonia 14,175
Barron, Guy 12,475
Kay, Dominic 12,450
Fredericks, Dave 10,550
Mcbride, Alan 8,050
Shah, Yaswant 7,875
Treacy, Thomas 3,800

and the 31 who made it through 1b


142,300 Tohme, Georges
101,550 Curant, Tony
83,350 Bedford, Tony
81,800 Macit, Ergun
69,925 Rohr, Robert
60,550 Razavi, Samad
58,150 Taylor, Lee
53,850 Lody, Jim
47,650 Swift, Dean
44,775 german, antonio
43,775 Katz, Nicholas
40,250 Thew, Julian
39,600 Perrins, Matt
37,300 Frey, Martyn
36,525 Judges, Darren
34,025 Caffrey, David
33,425 Storch, David
32,725 Hicks, Nick
31,325 Fisher-o'brien, Robbie
30,700 Bollhagen, Lars
27,500 Bahbout, Paul
25,950 Samuel, Lawrence
25,175 eames, John
22,900 Macdonald, Sam Anthony
22,550 Herdman, Anthony
21,950 Joshi, Bharat harshad
2,575 romanello, Roberto



blinds will kick off today at 500-1000

The early part of the Saturday proceedings are always hectic as the shortstacks jostle to achieve playable stacks

From 15 or so starters Sky Poker have 5 through I think

they are


Toby Lewis, amongst the big stacks. Toby sponsored by Sky Poker for this, and look out ofr him on Channel 865 soon

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u2-vOwWMklQ/Tk6OGuZODLI/AAAAAAAATAY/rAZ1H4bEwLs/s512/IMG_8517.JPG)

Ian Frazer and Julian Thew in the middle of the pack

Wayne Rideout and Alan Gratton amongst the short-stacks


Good luck to them and to the various blondes still battling such as jonnyplum, doobs, pez102, Nico29, lucky and redbull
 

So. 2pm. No excuses now, this thread requires your attendance

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Good luck to all the blondes left in!!!

Great updates yesterday Tighty

With you for the duration of today!

good luck to all the blondes and luton regs that made it through - 'specially lucky mcbink and johnny and his plums ;cheerleader;

 I've been back playing cash virtually 6 days a week in the Vic since Vegas - trying to get my mojo back.

 There are a bunch of kids that have started playing more regularly since I've returned. Last year and earlier this year they used to play £1/£2, but now I see them all the time in £5/£10 games, sitting with £4000+ and being a nuisance to us old folk trying to grind out a crust.

 By far the most dangerous, versatile, confident and talented of the "gang" is Iaran Lightbourne. I'm just about to look him up on The Hendon Mob but until I saw him yesterday I've never seen him at a tournament. He has a perfect game for it.

 Just thought I'd mention it as there is a good chance nobody has really heard of him here and it's easy to look at the overnight chip leader and think:

 "He probably won't win it/propbably got lucky on day 1".

 We have yet another potential new star here.

you're supposed to keep it to yourself, wait until the bsq book prices him at something ridiculous in a 100 runner field, like 125/1 then get on get paid :)

mmm...£2 at 125/1.

 Just happy that I'll get a couple of days at the Vic without him on my left.

The feature table at 2pm the stream will be


1 David Tearle
2 Scott Shelley
3 Adam latimer
4 Mark Wagstaff
5 Toby Lewis
6 Georges Tohme
7 Alan Mansbridge
8 David Johnson

the rest of the seat draw

1

1 Gustav Kock
2 Yaswant Shah
3 David Sotrch
4 Praz Banzi
5 Dean Swift
6 Ben Venables
7 Damien Evans
8 Stephen Rawle
9 Chaz Chattha


2

1 Michael Huber
2 Antonio German
3 Ian Frazer
4 Sam Razavi
5 Brian Sadler
6 Josh Green
7 Paul Nunes
8 Danny Blair
9 Mark English


3

1 Robbie F-O'Brien
2 Jonathan Weekes
3 Roberto R
4Adam Hudaly
5 Lars Bollhagen
6 Dave Fredericks
7 Joe Grech
8 Chuck Clark

4

1 Alan Gratton
2 Tony Curant
3 Wayne Rideout
4 Robert Rohr
5 Andrew Teng
6 George Hassabis
7 Julian Thew
8 Alan McBride
9 Dom Kay

5

1 Barrat Homes
2 Martyn Frey
3 Matt Perrins
4 Hong Lee
5 Siefried Hodgson
6 Chris Kiefert
7 Dan Furniuval
8 Sonia Padovani
9 Alan Stearn

6

1 Severin Schleser
2 Nicky Katz
3 Ergun Macit
4 Andrew Feldman
5 Andrew McNamara
6 Peter Sandhar
7 Tony Herdman
8 Tom Treacy
9 Guy Barron

8

1 Lawrence Samuel
2 Ramey Shaio
3 Mario Pavlou
4 David Barraclough
5 Lee Taylor
6 Darren Judges
7 Paul Bahbout
8 David Caffrey


9

1 Iaran Lightbourne
2 Albert Keegan
3 Tony Bedford
4 Jim Lody
5 Chandra Khajuria
6 Sam Macdonald
7 Nick Hicks
8 James Akenhead

Decisions decisions...Posh v Ipswich on Sky or well-known Tour pro Dave Johnson on the featch table. Will flip a coin.

Good Luck to Lee Taylor, Chris Kiefert, Praz Bansi and Genting poker player - James Akenhead!!!  ;cheerleader;

Hi Rich, I know my eyesights not the best but cant see this guy in the seat draw? Do you know if he is from Leicester?

Thank you

Bharat Joshi=Barratt Homes. Local joke/Chompy nickname

Bharat may be from Leicester originally, not sure, but now resides in London Colney. A Luton reg with excellent results especially in the last six months

He is new on blonde as bigbadbaz, if you want to ask him!

The Live feed is giving away a GUKPT Goliath seat this afternoon

Apparently its all clear on there, you need to tweet a sentence to an address.

Many Thanks

Bit harsh Tighty imo. ;tracet;
 ;D


ps - who's Chompy?

Romanello doubled his micro stack up first hand with J-9


I expect half the field to be out by 2 hours time. We'll see


22 paid, £59,000 up top

Hoping to play ten levels today,and reach a final then but as ever its flexible towards the end of the day

Bharat Joshi

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OvLs6wW4IfM/Tk-yNvp4q9I/AAAAAAAATGs/wypddMAaTso/s512/IMG_8586.JPG)

Wayne Rideout

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ciUjT3vI2tE/Tk-ya_gNXcI/AAAAAAAATGw/SarrcMiVYrA/s512/IMG_8587.JPG)

(http://www.trade2win.com/boards/attachments/spread-betting/56470d1242144291-ig-index-getting-greedier-greedier-meerkat.jpg)

Nico29's T-Shirt displays a simple but hopefully prophetic image

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A1YzAQqIRw4/Tk-yptkhB6I/AAAAAAAATG0/DXW34nxqFdw/s512/IMG_8588.JPG)

One of the nicest men in poker. Alongside Julian Thew

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NODTlb9GmHc/Tk-yrf17TNI/AAAAAAAATG4/7tXfxphip7I/IMG_8589.JPG)

Alan Gratton of TSP doubles up having busted Dominic Kay

Ignore the T-Shirt then

Chaz "He's so overdue a win" Chattha

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On his table Praz "Surely can't win again" Banzi

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Andrew Teng, GUKPT Thanet winner a couple of years back

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Chuck Clark texts

"on my right old fella, funny shirt, grey hair. Probably a nit"

Beware of sterotypes

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Toby Lewis, who runs so bad its unfair on someone so talented, gets it all in pre with AK v Adam Latimer's Kings

Only one winner, Toby Lewis chip leader with 160,000

The highly recommended by Old Guard Mr Channing, the new guard Iaran Lightbourne

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George Hassabis raises to 2,300 in the cut off

Rideout in the small blind with 9-9 shoves for 13,400

Hassabis calls with J10ss and door card is a Jack, three club flop

Rideout has the 9c, but he bricks the turn and river to depart

Sam Macdonald and Nick Hicks

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Genting Poker's James Akenhead

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Poker farm's Josh Green

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rXezBliVVnc/Tk-yzRmSGyI/AAAAAAAATHY/Bc_aSbp4h6M/s512/IMG_8597.JPG)

New chip leader

I am sitting next to tikay. If this continues, such is his excitement, it may be a long day

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Black Belt Poker's Sam Razavi

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A former actor, as a child Sam appeared in Grange Hill in Zammo and now has a lucrative second careeer in panto

(http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2008/Feb/Week1/1643817.jpg)

Ian Frazer has borrow his mate Gavin's shirt

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rE1cEDCnL7o/Tk-y2MA6Q-I/AAAAAAAATHk/PNg9pWPHdHA/s512/IMG_8600.JPG)

Alan McBride has a nickname

He shoves 12,000 with A-J

Tony Curant looks him up with A-Q

Jack first card out doubles McBride up to 27,000

Nickname valid

Scott Shelley alongside newly moved to the feature table Banzi

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John Eames

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He closed his eyes, mentally threw back the curtain. Any dream will do for Andrew Feldman

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Jonnyplum Dave Johnson going for a GUKPT double

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A better snap of Julian

Believe it or not, he was listening to tikay.

Rapt

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Bharat Joshi opens to 2700

Ian Frazer to 5700

Bharat peels

flop  Qs Jh 6s

Frazer 7,700

Bharat shoves

call!

Frazer  Kc Qh

Bharat Joshi  Qd Jd


135,000 pot to Joshi, Frzer out

Iaron Lightbourne and Danny Blair updates please

We're into Level 11 600-1200-100

62 left, average 51,300

There are a few good tables in this

one now has Razavi, MacDOnald, Hicks and Akenhead sitting in a row with Lightbourne in seat 1


Lightbourne has been active in the few minutes I watched

generally opening for 2,700 at 600-1200. Twice folded to 3 bets pre


Then a third time opened to 2,700 UTG

Sam MacDonald call on the button

Heads up to  Kd 2c 7d

Lightbourne check calls 2,700

turn  5h

Lightbourne check calls 4,400

river  7h


check check

Lightbourne shows  Kc 9c which is good

He has over 100,000

Danny Blair also doing ok, 80,000.

George Habbis opens the cut off. Very active player

Alan McBride with 20x bb ships AQss from the big blind but walks into KK and is out

hey rich whats the tournament tonight please? Great updates too-thankyou

20th August     £250 + £25 NL Hold'em Freezeout Re-entry        6.00pm  2 days

more info:

It is just one re-entry allowed. You can only re-enter in the alternate period, which is the first three levels (40mins); in this case two further hours from the commencement time.

You pay half the registration fee if you re-enter.

Martyn Frey 3,700 UTG

Folded to Josh Green in the small blind who ships 30,000

Bharat Joshoi re-ships the big blind covering both

Frey folds

Green Q-Q

Joshi K-K

Kings hold on 2-6-2-7-2

Green out

Bharat Joshi new chip leader with over 200,000


Frey passed 10-10

Gogogogogo Bharat! Fantasy league points coming...

Any news on Ramey "the Rhino " Shaio?

Danny Harris

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-86sbszjHhtw/Tk_GGzvXxNI/AAAAAAAATIQ/VvgOnJQSfew/s512/IMG_8607.JPG)

Lee Taylor

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Matt Perrins has just turned up. Playing it cool

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bt9i-El0rdw/Tk_Gno98Q3I/AAAAAAAATIY/TMVrwulTtBk/s512/IMG_8609.JPG)

Jonathan Weekes

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UAtr7ZPBtN0/Tk_G2W0X9zI/AAAAAAAATIc/MzhRqbuqEOM/s512/IMG_8610.JPG)

David Johnson raises in second position. Both Shelley and Banzi call in position, and this brings George Tomhe in the big blind along

flop  2c 3c Qc


Tomhe check calls Johnson's lead

Starting the hand with about 30,000, Johnson has left himself a PSB behind on the turn

turn   2h

In Johnson's stack duly goes, Tomhe calls

Tomhe  Aspades Qs

Johnson  Tc 7c

Nice flop four ways, sir

He receives a double up plus some to about 70,000

I think he is out. Not in the seat he started today for sure. Will keep looking

Hmm in 14 minutes time we hit the first scheduled break after two levels

Amazingly there will be a 1 hour break for a buffet then, with about 55 left

No, I can't explain.

Scott Shelley raises pre, Banzi smooths and Dave Johnson calls in the big blind

flop  Ahrt 6c Tc

Shelley bets and both call

turn  Kd

checked to Shelley who bets 12,500 into 20,000 or so

Banzi folds

After a big dwell Johnson jams 60,000 covering Shelley

Shelley has about half his stack in the middle and calls it off with  Ac Qs

Johnson has  Kc 5c

the river comes  5h, to give Johnson two pair to win the 100,000 pot

Not amongst the outs he was counting, most likely, but there you go

Any updates on Irishman David Caffrey would be appreciated. TY.

OK break

54 left, average 58,900

blinds 800-1600-200 next

Will be back at around 4.45pm


Wander over and check out the DTD Grand Prix update!


I hope chip counts here will be up in the near future

How is Chandra doing?

any signs of the cash games starting?

To them, look forward do I

Still in but shortstacked when I wandered past

There is a 9 handed NLHE Cash game going. Guess £1-2

Sorry being lazy but is Roberto still in?

No one double up early and that was it

was it mentioned there is a live feed? where can i find it? thanks

On this board. Go to the index and you will see the thread there

cheers mate

chip counts at the break

Andrew Feldman 153000
 Toby Lewis 151000
 Iaran Lightbourne 131700
 Danny Blair 121600
 Antonio German 120000
 Bharat harshad Joshi 118800
 David Johnson 118500
 George Hassabis 116100
 Georges Tohme 112000
 Ergun Macit 106400
 Paul Vas nunes 96800
 Lee Taylor 96000
 Daniel Furnival 88600
James Akenhead 86700
 Alan Mansbridge 84600
 Nicholas Katz 75400
 Tony Bedford 68500
 Damian Evans 67500
 John Eames 64200
 Lars Bollhagen 62300
 Dave Fredericks 60000
 Jim Lody 59800
 Ben Venables 56400
 Jonathan Weekes 52600
 Samad Razavi 52200
 Alan Gratton 51500
 Nick Hicks 51100
 Guy Barron 48100
 David Caffrey 48000
 Stephen John Rawle 43300
 David matin Barraclough 39500
 Praz Bansi 38100
 Charles Chattha 37100
 Julian Thew 36600
 Tony Curant 35700
 Michael Huber 35300
 Sam Anthony Macdonald 35200
 Joseph Grech 34900
 Robert Rohr 33800
 Dean Swift 33100
 Anthony Herdman 32900
 Mario Pavlou 31700
 Albert Keegan 31700
 Mark English 29400
 Christopher Kiefert 22300
 Martyn Frey 21900
 Andrew Teng 21500
 Sonia Padovani 19000
#N/A 17000
 Peter Sandhar 16100
 David Storch 15900
 Lawrence Samuel 13900

Tony Herdman all in against Ergun Macit 9-9 v A-K for his stack, flops a nine to double up

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tV_yDQ13aXs/Tk_bS17MRHI/AAAAAAAATIw/L1YBs6GCUEo/s512/IMG_8613.JPG)

Dave fredericks doubles through Bharat Joshi, J-J v A-K

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RFTFsMhxHGs/Tk_bTq7VssI/AAAAAAAATI0/vgntinP94sw/s512/IMG_8614.JPG)

David Caffrey

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David "Doobs" Baraclough

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Antonio German

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ne4HBWohbkY/Tk_bSSOlvAI/AAAAAAAATIs/4twwXKcHSBI/s512/IMG_8612.JPG)

George Hassabis

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bnWUqzRQCWg/Tk_bsltk5LI/AAAAAAAATI8/4mgB0uGJ0Ak/s512/IMG_8616.JPG)

Praz Banzi knocks out Mark English on the feature table

Jacks and King-Queen, the pair holds

Thewy out, not raise folding AQ with a 20xbb stack, he ran into A-K

Dan Furnival opens, Andrew Teng 3 bets the small blind and Furnival shoves

Teng has committed to the pot with about half his stack in and calls

Furnival Kings hold and knock Teng with 8-8 out

Here is Furnival next to Sonia Padovani

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M5zMIwhbw8g/Tk_gW8AYWFI/AAAAAAAATJQ/Y5Ic-gTO8Hc/s512/IMG_8619.JPG)

Sonia Padovani and Doobs are the last survivors of the On line Qualifiers, Last man standing gets another £1k GUKPT entry

Sonia wants this badly, its her bubble with 43 left

Toby over 200,000

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-13TkM0_KS3o/Tk_gSUHf-VI/AAAAAAAATJM/gXFMZa06cEQ/s512/IMG_8618.JPG)

Toby's long term mentor gives him his instructions to pass more, like you are meant to play

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vHp2wBB_ucY/Tk_gZMpUbKI/AAAAAAAATJY/3MD6_DRPKow/s512/IMG_8621.JPG)

George Tomhe plays the Euro playboy  look to the max

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Wze3yc05mD0/Tk_gRm7SGRI/AAAAAAAATJI/00jId3x8YlY/s512/IMG_8617.JPG)

Nicky Katz. I wouldn't mess with him

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a7vsaOpv61Q/Tk_gXu_8EsI/AAAAAAAATJU/btNMDEa0JFQ/s512/IMG_8620.JPG)

Toby Lewis busts Praz Banzi, those of you watching the feed might know more than me but Toby's set on an Ace high board won the pot

Toby north of 250,000 over 4x average

About 40 left, 22 paid

Sam MacDonald doubles through Dan Furnival

 Qc Jc shove in the cut off from short-stacked Sam

 9h 9s call on the button from Dan

 8s Td Jh Js  5d

James Akehnead raises to 4,500 UTG

Tony Bedford calls on the cut off

flop  4d 3h 7h

Akenhead 6,000, Bedford calls

turn  Jd

Akenhead 8,800, Bedford calls

river  Kc

Akenhead 16,500, Bedford calls


To chuckles from the table Akenhead shows  Kd Th

Bedford frustratedly revels the rivered  Ahrt Jh

which I suppose shows the dangers of playing a strong hand so passively against Akenhead


(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rI1idLhAFb0/Tk_orn87SeI/AAAAAAAATJk/ehZ--3U9AJ4/s512/IMG_8622.JPG)

Into Level 12

blinds 1000-2000-200

39 left, average 75,000


chip leaders are, approximately



Toby Lewis 280,000
Irian Lightbourne 250,000
Andrew Feldman 200,00
James Akenhead 180,000
Danny Harris 175,000
Daniel Furnival 150,000
David Johnson 150,000


Setting up for an exciting run to the money positions with those bullying stacks in the hands of some excellent players

Another big stack, 200,000+ is Antonio German

Mario Pavlou just shoved   Ahrt Th in the cut off and 15x bb

German found  8h 8d in the big blind and called


 2d 2s 6s 5s 8s knocks Pavlou out


Just outside the top ten chip stacks are Stephen Rawle and Guy Barran

Dan Furnival knocks out Dave Fredericks

Fredericks is short and shoves KQ suited, Furinval calls in the blinds with QT suited

xQxTx does for the Angry one

Sam Razavi button raises and a short-stacked Chris Kiefert shoves 25,000 in the small blind

Razavi calls with A-10

Kiefert in good shape to double with A-J

Ten on the flop puts paid to that notion

goooooo James & Chaz

+1

hi tighty link for live feed plz?

iaron lightbourne and danny balir updates please

David Caffery news for Noel and my Irish viewers


Lost a big pot v Stephen Rawle. He opened the cut off, Rawle called in t ne big blind

flop A-K-2 two spades, checked

turn 7 spades, Rawle c-raises, and David calls

river a raggy brick and Rawle cvalue bets 84 spades, called by one paid


Apologies to David, who complained that I was about to write up the worst hand he had played all tournament



Same orbit and now down to 30,000 David open shoves  Qc Tc

Doobs Barraclough in position calls all in with  Ac Qs


the board runs out as follows to double Caffery up and knock Doobs out

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XWySvsGqjyo/Tk_wQLwdTvI/AAAAAAAATJ4/100aQ3SVhYw/s512/IMG_8625.JPG)

and here is amateur dentist Stephen Rawle

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8g-xNMWemsI/Tk_wOV_gDnI/AAAAAAAATJ0/vXau7oJA38c/s512/IMG_8624.JPG)

and a view down the length of the feature table where Chaz Chattha appears to have made substantial progress since his move onto there

Feel free to update the thread with what you see on the live feed, I am trying not to duplicate what you are watching on here too much

Link is http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54715.0

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1uJarmvz-cY/Tk_wDIIn91I/AAAAAAAATJw/JA8NQBn89sE/s512/IMG_8623.JPG)

both in the top ten stacks, comfortably

imo lightbourne has by far the tougher table, but he has position on Akenhead and Nick Hicks which helps and he is raising into Tony Bedford and Jim Lody, two of the old school who like to play comparatively passively. Lightbourne is active, lots of feeler pre-flop raises and seems to have a nice touch post flop. Knows where he is in pots


If you can give us some background on Iaron that would be great. I must confess i didn't know of him until yesterday. We've heard he plays cash at the Vic. Anything else you can tell us?




Danny Blair is co-tabling with Rawle and German. His main worry is he is two to the right of Antonio German, who out-chips him the only person at the table to do so

As we hit a break imminently after 12 levels time to tell you about the dosh


39 left, 22 paid

1st £59360
2nd £40280
3rd £25970
4th £15370
5th £11660
6th £9540
7th £7420
8th £5830
9th £4240
10th £3710
11th £3180
12th £3180
13th £2650
14th £2650
15th £2120
16th £2120
17th £2120
18th £2120
19th £2120
20th £2120
21st £2120
22nd £2120


Please post more! Happy to answer any requests, talk about anything (except Championship football referees)

Aha!

The Chaz Chattha progress was a double up

Lee Taylor raises Chaz BB, standard 3.5k,

Chaz makes it 18k. 

Lee immediately "all-in!"

It doesn't take Chaz long to make the call holding AJ.

Lee has AT.

The board runs out 2Q79J

Chaz doubles to 150k

tikay locked the thread

apologies

you can make up for lost time now, folks

(can't get the staff, these days)

TK your sacked lol

Can we have an up date on Mr B Homes pls

How many did they get for the side event today?

Good luck to that Johnson guy, forget his first name, likes plums I think....

Locked this one

Deleted another one

Old age maybe?

Bharat Joshi raises to 5,600 on the button at 1200-2400-300

Lawrence Samuels all in 15k small blind

Stephen Rawle call big blind

Joshi calls

board  Ad 9h 5s 8h at which point Joshi bets

Rawle folds and Joshi turns over  8c 8s

Has maybe 150,000

Smauels out 36th

Iarom is plays high stakes cash at the vic and is an up and coming tournament player. Gl to him

50 so far for the side event


feature table chips at the break

1 Peter Sandhar 24000

2 Lee Taylor 64200

3 Chaz Chattha 159000

4 Damian Evans 67500

5 Toby Lewis 264000

6 George Tohme 99200

7 David Johnson 95000

8 Ben Venables 93000

Paul Nunes 2400

Ergun Macit 7,5000

Eames shove c50k on the button

Nunes folds

Macit calls

Eames two red kings

Macit two black Queens

"It's a set up" says Macit

Until he flops a Queen to knock Eames out and go well over 250,000

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o2LW8YIypWI/Tk_9OhcJDlI/AAAAAAAATKg/M01aJpVnVgs/s512/IMG_8634.JPG)

Ergun Macit

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EtHgjE3SJdM/Tk_8et2KKxI/AAAAAAAATKE/b2OXd3J0XrU/s512/IMG_8627.JPG)

Paul Nunes

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A5f7htPVk3Y/Tk_9N-9O7iI/AAAAAAAATKc/hmAp99nMW3Y/s512/IMG_8633.JPG)

I sought my daily dose of Dena

Was granted on the condition that she was snapped next to the work experience school leaver in the new suit

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BXlsV99i0Vs/Tk_8tIqrQYI/AAAAAAAATKI/jY8KSo_Vpdc/s512/IMG_8628.JPG)

New arrival at the feature table, two to the left of Toby, Joe Grech

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-z11Toa6FFDA/Tk_9MPdFwqI/AAAAAAAATKU/FabDxov9Icg/s512/IMG_8631.JPG)

Alan Gratton of Team Sky Poker grinding a short-stack

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8cvpmnG6Vqo/Tk_9NOsgLQI/AAAAAAAATKY/26GANE7SBl8/s512/IMG_8632.JPG)

Guy Barran

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5bbe7UPRobk/Tk_83-ofM7I/AAAAAAAATKM/S2aPg6otRZ0/s512/IMG_8629.JPG)

James Akenhead still gonig well but not having it his own way. Sam MacDonald has moved back to his table after a table break and raises to 5600 at 1200-2400. Akenhead in position makes it 126700, only to be met by MacDonald re-re-raising to 26,700

After much thought, Akenhead lets go

Followed by an earnest discussion between the two

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mBcbNcTGSX0/TlAA91kmkWI/AAAAAAAATKs/YzoHWj6KxD0/IMG_8635.JPG)

Fine lines, fine lines

On a board reading  3d 7c 7h 8c Ac

25,000 in the pot

Dave Johnson in the big blind bets 10,000

Toby Lewis on the button thinks and thinks and calls

Johnson flips  Qd Jh

I do a little double take

Toby goes to muck, but reveals   Qh Tc

I look a bit closer, just to make sure

Johnson "I just needed to stop you betting"

Toby almost got it right, one pip away....

Toby's twitter describes it more fully

  810ofclubs  Toby Lewis
Sighhhhhh open btn to 5.2k, bb peels w/20bb. 873r he checks calls. Turn 7 c/c. River A he bets 8k, I hero Q10 high and lose to QJ high marv!

more updates on danny blair and iaron please? photos?

Sat watching Andrew Feldman for an orbit, just thinking to myself that I hadn't seen him do much today, but still has a 250,000 stack

In the orbit he made three standard raises to 5,100 at 1,200-2,400, all uncalled


That sort of thing keeps things progressing nicely

He is sitting in position to Sam Razavi, now, and Ergun Macit


Looks comfortable, and unperturbed by the nearby presence of his arch-nemesis Cos Paperetis on a Dealers Choice table only feet away

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q1liYQsz1H8/TlAGrAXauLI/AAAAAAAATKw/HTF_6VWtK9A/s512/IMG_8636.JPG)

blinds up level 14

1500-3000-300

30 left, 22 paid

average 106,000

is Bharat still in Tighty?

Get back to your painting! you have a house to decorate ha ha

Massive gl to my two favourite punters... Sam 'Faceman' McDonald and Toby 'The Jester' Lewis....

Here you go. Both well over average stacks

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0I025wIpCwU/TlAI0Bcnl2I/AAAAAAAATLA/BLbP8s6Gz3k/s512/IMG_8638.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5iBMv7EUX10/TlAIzeeUWuI/AAAAAAAATK8/Jqk4qFi2yd4/s512/IMG_8637.JPG)

Alan Gratton of Sky, 30,000 so 10xbb sees an Ace and ships semi-blind

Antonio German calls him with 7-7 in the big blind

Gratton looks at the other, a 3, and flop 2-4-5 to double up

actually spoken to andrew quite a few times recently and like him. hope he does well.

Too late for that now. Grinding online :P

Where's feldmans full tilt badge?

Would agree with this.  He was on my table for most of day 1, was really impressive.  He looked the best player on the table from where I was sitting.  Deserves his big stack

Bharat Joshi still going strong, 175,000 and looking at home in this exalted company. Hasn't co-tabled with jonnyplum yet though

chaz?

200,000 on the feature table. You can watch him now

Irian Lightbourne opens and Michael Huber calls on the button


MacDonald, who I gather just lost a big pot to Huber, ships 60,000 in the big blind


Lightbourne passes but Huber calls immediately with 7-7

MacDonald A-J

Sevens win the race and Sam macDonald out 28th



Michael Huber

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HwZczQjazA8/TlAO9IsDHoI/AAAAAAAATLM/xgGEDTdUGoM/s512/IMG_8639.JPG)

Danny Harris wins a 90,000 pot off Stephen Rawle

Rawle raised with A-10 in late position and Harris called with 8-8 in the blinds

Harris flopped middle set and check called two streets on 5-8-3-4, two clubs by the turn

the river came the Jack of clubs.

Harris checked again and faced 25,000 on the river into 40,000. The third bullet on a bluff

He called, despite the flush draw completing, and won the pot

Tony "Shagpile" Herdman is one of two surviors in the live qualifier last man standing, with Tony Curant. Entry to a GUKPT to the winner


He shoves 41,000 at 1500-3000 and it folds to Andrew Feldman in the big blind

"I will call if I have Aces" says Feldman, a clue to the tightness of Herdman in this level


"They match" says Feldman who deliberate for several minutes eventually folding  6h 6d


Herdman reveals  3c 3d with elan and panache

by the middle of Day 1a he had changed the badge he was sporting

Dave Johnson out 26th

Button opens A-5

3 bet from Lee Taylor in the big blind

Johnson 4 bet shove

Taylor calls with K-Q

Johnson loses the 60-40

'Fraid I didn't see stack sizes, saw it at the end of the hand

100,000 pot played out between George Hassabis and Feldman

I joined the action with the board reading  2s Kh Qs Js 6c

In position and checked to, Hassabis has bet 31,200 into 70,000

Feldman peeks at  Kd Jh, which I think he has opened pre and seen action on flop and turn

After time he folds....

Break after 14 levels

25 left, 22 paid.


Bubble period in 15 minutes time

Blinds go 2000-4000-4000 next

Average is 125,000


Official chip counts will be done this break (hope you like my intracable optimism)

Danny Harris 8,500 in mid position

Antonio German calls on the button

Alan Gratton all in 39,500 in the big blind with Q-Q

Harris calls 9-9

German folds 3-3

8-8-10-A-K

Gratton goes to 95,000

Bubble big stack bullying time

Michael Huber 7,600

George Hassabis 31,000 on the button!

Huber all in covering Hassabis

Hassabis folds

chip counts at the last break

Toby Lewis 216500
 Paul Vas nunes 209300
Antonio German 208000
 Albert Keegan 176100
 Iaran Lightbourne 169300
 Michael Huber 164500
 George Hassabis 156000
 Lee Taylor 150700
 Andrew Feldman 148200
 Ergun Macit 145000
 Georges Tohme 138500
 Charles Chattha 134000
 Damian Evans 124800
 Bharat harshad Joshi 108500
 Lars Bollhagen 105500
 Joseph Grech 97000
 Ben Venables 89700
 Stephen John Rawle 86000
 Jonathan Weekes 69800
 Daniel Furnival 66000
 Guy Barron 64400
 Samad Razavi 63900
 Alan Gratton 53600
 Anthony  Herdman 50700
 Danny Blair 20100

Sold it, collectors item!

Poetry

Still 25 left, not so much getting tight as getting a bit slower in decision making etc

What happened to James?  I missed his exit I think....

Still there with 150k ish, must be an aberration in the offical chip counters mechanisms

Holy smokes


Sam Razavi opens, Antonio German calls, Bharat Joshi 3 bets the button and both call

German by far the biggest stack

flop  Ac Td Qd

checked to Joshi who leads, Razavi folds and German calls

turn  6c

check check

river  Js


wet wet wet then

Joshi checks and German bets 60,000 into about 100,000. It represents most of Joshi's stack.

Big decision time

Joshi isn't happy

"I think I have to lay this down" and makes a huge fold of  Aspades Qh

German shows  9s 5s

He immediately apologises to a crestfallen Joshi for showing and says "look, I wouldn't have been able to do that at any point apart from just before the bubble"

Damien Evans out 25th, JJ v AK of Albert Keegan

George Hassabis limps UTG

Irian Lightbourne 12,500 UTG+1

Hassabis 35,000

Lightbourne all in for 140,000

CALL!

Hassabis A-A

Lightbourne A-K


Aces hold, and Lightbourne, despite a mightily impressive performance, falls 24th with 22 paid



Bubble time

Awesome stuff!

 well well

Akenhead 12,500

Hassabis 32,500 on the button

Lars Bollhagen all in for 75,000 more in the blinds

Akenhead folds

Hassabis asks for the count, counts out his chips, thinks. Massive crowd around the table

He easily covers Bollhagen, perhaps it is a third of his stack to call

and folds  Aspades Kd


and he shows. Do not show man. Please do not show. DO NOT SHOW. I repeat this to myself before he does it and on the way back to my chair

DO NOT SHOW.

Opponents now have the

(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200711/r196707_748817.jpg)

to have a go . By all means pass, but do not show!


Rant over

WP Barat.

There's no need for that sir.  People can play how they wish and don't need to be berated on here for it.

Danny Harris 22,000 on the button

Sam Razavi 83,900 all in on the small blind

Harris calls

Harris A-Q v Razavi A-K

2-4-5-10-10 as Rasavi doubles up

Alan Gratton doubles up again. Jams QQ UTG and Antonio German calls in the big blind with 88

Gratton now up to 150,000 too, an average stack

Now Jonathan Weekes doubles up on the bubble with A-7, jammed, called by 8-2 of George Kassabis in the big blind and having to call the short stack shove

K-J-4-8...A

Nice updates Tighty - but guessing Joshi didn't check first on the river if he is the button?

correct Simon


The bubble period continues


Feldman opens to 12,000, Herdman all in for 57,800, Feldman folds, Herdman shows Black Jacks


Feldman opens to 12,000, Weekes all in 59,000, Feldman folds



German raises the small blind and Joshi calls all in in the big blind for 29,000 with A6cc

He dominates German's 56hh and doubles to over 60,000


blinds currently 3-6k in Level 16, up to 4-8k in under 10 minutes


Four or five short stacks of sub 80k, Weekes, Joshi, Ben Venables, Herdman and Furnival

that blind increase will be the crucial one, I feel, for these guys, about to pay 20k per round

Just like to say guys, Dont usually follow the GUKPT updates on here, So not used to all the new names ect. But Excellent coverage guys....you are doing a great job. ;applause;

Guy barran shoved j8,into chaz chattha who calls with AK. 8 on the turn takes barran over 100k

Blinds up then, but not before a short break first after 8 levels today, 16 in total

90 minute bubble so far!

Shame iaron lightbourne went out I sat 2to his right all day nice guy Played very well definitely someone to keep an eye on in the future easy for him to raise into "passive old school guys" when all I was getting was 9 3 off n8 2 etc Enjoyed it tho just missed money

Bubble has burst.

Ergun Macit 10-10 in the small blind

Danny Harris A-K in the big blind

all in pre

10 on the flop


Danny Harris finishes 23rd


The remaining 22 all guaranteed £2,120

Ben Venables all in 26,500

Toby Lewis all in small blind KQ to isolate

Paul Nunes CALLS all in, in the big blind with A-J.

400K pot as Nunes has 160k+

Not quite in Toby's plans


10-8-K-6-J


Lewis knocks Venables out 22nd, Nunes 21st and goes to over 500,000 and a clear chip lead

com, go on QPR's finest.

gl Toby tho.

James Akenhead out, Following an accident I assume and down to 35,000 shoves Q10ss

Martin Huber calls with KQhh in the blinds and holds

Grattan Team Sky Poker up over 250,000

J-J v Q-Q of Stephen Rawle, all in pre. Grattan the larger stack bink bonks a Jack to knock Rawle out




This has speeded up,unsuprisingly!

Yey come on buzz hold tight! Mr t any chance of a prize breakdown?

Bharat Joshi out Q10ss into Joe Grech's KQcc


Superb performance from Bharat, proving how enormously his game has improved

Antonio German =

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_German


He's injured.

214 runners, 22 paid

1st £59360
2nd £40280
3rd £25970
4th £15370
5th £11660
6th £9540
7th £7420
8th £5830
9th £4240
10th £3710
11th £3180
12th £3180
13th £2650
14th £2650

15th £2120
16th £2120
17th £2120
18th £2120
19th £2120
20th £2120
21st £2120
22nd £2120

Bugger but well played buzz! That must be at least a wheel paid for on that beast of yours! Mr t did buzz earn any league points from this?

Tighty the dealer on the Feldman table seems to look alot like Paul Kemp. Hes not back dealing is he???

Sam Razavi out 15th

Hassabis raises the small blind. Sam jams A4 in the big, only for Hassabis to have Jacks

Yes it is Paul Kemp

Bharat gets league points yes too

Antonio German raises UTG+1

Alan Grattan calls in the big blind

flop  5s 6s Td

500,000 chips are in the middle in a blur of activity

German  Aspades 8s

Grattan  Ks Qs

Grattan at risk

turn  Kd

Cue railbird oohs

river  Ahrt

cue bigger railbird aaahs as German takes over the chip lead and knocks Grattan out

Antonio German raises into Toby Lewis who calls

flop A-A-4 check check

Toby bets 25,000 on the 2 turn, called

Toby bets 44,000 on the 9 river, sigh called by German

Toby 9-9 for the rivered house

These two are the chip leaders in the tournament with around 500-600k each and 14 players left

is tony herdman still in?

Dan Furnival doubles through Antonio German

Furnival pushes  Kd Qs with under 100,000

German in the big blind calls with  Ac Th

 5d Ad Td Qd 9d to give Furnival the turned nuts



Furnival is being railed by WSOP November Niner Sam Holden

Yes with 14 left he is guaranteed £2,650. He also won the Live sat last longer for another £1k GUKPT entry

One of the shorter stacks but really looks to be enjoying it

Ty

Two more exits


Albert Keegan raises, Lee Taylor shoves AQ, Keegan calls with 66 and holds to knock the Boltonian out


Tony Herdman, continuing the uncanny trend of Fallen Angel Alex to bok anyone she enquires about, 10-10 into Ergun Macit's Aces


12 left as we head towards a final table, which won't start until tomorrow

blinds up 5-10k-1k

12 left average 270k


I should think we will play until we have the final table line up now

doh thats it im keeping zipped! Unless you want the next two out super fast!  ;oopsy;

chaz out with the ak v j8?

Wpwpwp Bharat and unlucky Chuckplums, woulda been nice to have a Lutonian at the final

if i ask for a list of all the runners left does that mean there will be two tables worth of all ins?

Andrew Feldman knocks out Lars Bollhagen in 12th

Been watching for the final ta\ble bubble to break, but no joy left



Table 1


Ergun Macif
Michael Huber
Andrew Feldman
jonathan Weekes
George Hassibis


Feldman with chips, Weeks the shortie


Table 2

Chaz Chattha
Dan Purnival
Toby Lewis
Joe Grech
Albert Keegan
Antonio German



This table has far more chips. Purnival then Chattha the shorties. Lewis and German the chip leaders

Antonio German doubles up Dan Purnival while I am typing and then down to 150k open shoves UTG+1 on the six handed table

Folded to Joe Grech in the big blind who faces a call all in, should he choose


long think, and some verbals which I did not quite catch between Toby and himself

It is all in to call, which Joe eventually does with A-8o. Not too happy, but feels he has to

German J-J

Jacks hold, and Joe Grech out 11th


We have a final table

I will post chip counts just as soon as they are done

Final table line up


Toby Lewis 620500
Andrew Feldman 609000
Dan Furnival 427000
Bertie Keegan 364500
George Hassabis 292000
Antonio German 290000
Martin Huber 207000
Ergun Macit 186500
Jonathan Weekes 124500
Chaz Chattha 105000



blinds will be 5-10k for the first hands of the final

Payouts

1st £59360
2nd £40280
3rd £25970
4th £15370
5th £11660
6th £9540
7th £7420
8th £5830
9th £4240
10th £3710

Final table tomorrow at 2pm, and the Live Streeam alongside. I think I am updating/co-commentating. Multi-tasking, daunting but should be fun.

Goodnight, and please join me for the final tomorrw

Great update Tighty! would love to see Andrew Feldman take it down! he come down to the KC Club in Swindon for a tournament to give us some support, put a bounty on his own head paid out of his own pocket and gave everyone the time of day, all day and night! a top man!

And not sure if anyone is aware but he is donating 50% of his winnings to charity!

sigh we need pantomime villains though!

I didn't realise at the time.  Seemed a nice fella.  Likes to see a flop!

HI guys i am sincerely overwhelmed by the huge support and encouragement i have received from all of you from our blondites, all the dealers and staff at the G and all the regulars at the G. I thankyou all immensely, and hopefuly make a better performance next time round. Richard it goes without saying the coverage provided is immaculately professional and with passion and thankyou greatly for your encouragement.
    Bharat
   
     

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