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1,002 entries and 31 remain beginning at 1pm as follows

Matas Cimbolas    2    1    5845000
Tom Hall    12    5    2900000
Jonathan Kalmar    2    4    2600000
Andrew Garland    13    1    2380000
Jamie Clossick    14    9    2360000
Dewi James    13    9    2080000
Tom Kugelstadt    13    4    2060000
Padraig O Neill    14    3    2020000
Farhaan Khan    14    4    1910000
Paul Mctaggart    13    8    1705000
Nigel Dunbar-dempsey    2    3    1685000
Darren Crosby    12    7    1625000
Alan Taddei    13    7    1605000
Alan Saluk    13    3    1590000
David Lloyd    2    2    1555000
John Haigh    12    4    1500000
Rupinder Bedi    12    9    1450000
Fraser Bellamy    2    8    1365000
Mark Elliott    14    2    1335000
Aleksandrs Golubevs    12    1    1290000
David Mcconachie    2    7    1250000
Christopher Vernon    14    1    1090000
Paul Jackson    2    9    1080000
Michael Cowper-johnson    14    5    1025000
Morten Varbaek Mortensen    12    2    1000000
Gordon Mcarthur    14    6    885000
Chris Dowling    13    5    770000
Kevin Williams    2    5    665000
Ian Burdon    12    8    665000
Hui Jin    13    2    520000
Terrance Davies    14    8    175000

1st £200,000
2nd £120,000
3rd £80,000
4th £55,000
5th £40,000
6th £30,000
7th £25,000
8th £20,000
9th £15,050
10th £12,000
11th £12,000
12th £12,000
13th £10,000
14th £10,000
15th £8,500
16th £8,500
17th £7,000
18th £7,000
19th £5,500
20th £5,500
21st £5,500
22nd £5,500
23rd £5,500
24th £5,500
25th £5,500
26th £5,500
27th £5,500
28th £4,500
29th £4,500
30th £4,500
31st £4,500
32nd £4,500

blinds resume at 25,000-50,000/5,000

1.56m average

Time to cheer on your favourites please

name me a winner....

name me a popular finalist...


i do hope in amongst the football, rugby and the roast dinners you can spend some of the afternoon on here cheering on the players

Looking forward to this today, best of luck to all that remain.

What a great last 32, so many good stories in there - AJ and Skalie two great characters and two of the earliest guys I met back in 2004, what a story Dewi would be for Blonde and was delighted to see George had chips when I saw him outside after Thursday sat update on Facebook, lovely guy.  Fett Winning would have the added bonus of Vinny not having to buy Nandos for a few months and as I said yesterday Chris Dowling a top guy like to see go deeper.

Gl all of those and anyone I missed. Great updates Tighty and Tal - really enjoyed reading.

Good luck to Mark Elliott, good lad, I would be chuffed to see him win this.

Great to see these updates back even as a one off, thanks Tighty.

George Bedi, Skalie. 1-2, do it.

Funking for all the Blondes, but would be especially happy to see Skalie hit big.

Vbol all.

Loving the updates being back. George, Fett 1-2 for me!

GL boys

Good luck to Fett

Great updates as usual, really fun tourney to play

Tom Hall    12    5    2900000
Jonathan Kalmar    2    4    2600000
Dewi James    13    9    2080000
Paul Mctaggart    13    8    1705000
David Lloyd    2    2    1555000
Rupinder Bedi    12    9    1450000
Christopher Vernon    14    1    1090000
Paul Jackson    2    9    1080000
Gordon Mcarthur    14    6    885000

Would be pleased to see any of the above come away with it. Gl to them!

Dewi Rupinder Skalie 1-2-3 in any order!

I'd be happy with that combination tricast too.

Man City to beat Liverpool
Spurs to beat Chelsea
Ian Burdon to ship it
Not a fav backer
gl to all

first exit today

kevin williams shoves A-9 in mid position

in the blinds, matas cimbolas finds....Aces

calls and holds

Alan Taddei in the small blind

unopened pot

open shoves 1.6m at 25-50k

In the big blind Paul McTaggrt playing 1.65m finds Ace-King

what are you going to do except call?

he calls and is up against 3-3

J-10-7-3-6

An exasperated bobafett sits down, crestfallen

My heart says George or GiMac, but my head says Matas Cimbolas or Tom Hall will win this.  Good luck to everyone.

So gross for Fett :(

Go Frasier and George

The first chink in Cimbolas' armour?

on a 10-7-Q-K-2 board with 4 spades the small blind David Lloyd best 250,000 into a 1m pot

Cimbolas on the button thinks and thinks. A wry smile, attempts to engage Lloyd in chat, and fail

McConachie eventually calls the clock on Matas, who folds (i am tempted to think he folds a non nut spade flush) and Lloyd virtually doubles up

--

Michael Cowper-johnson doubles through Jamie Clossick shoving 495,000 with K-J

called by 10-10

A-Q-6-J-J to take MCJ towards 1m

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Good to see George deep in another big comp, too good not to ship one of these soon!!!

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Best of luck to fellow Blue Blood teamies.. Gmac and Verndog do,a win please. Best of luck to George and Dewi also run well guys.

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mcconachie

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Great to have a Blonde updates thread with some popular Blondes deep in the event. And especially great to have Tighty doing his thing.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roZj0Mm5IPU

A quick quiz question for you.

Can anyone spot the Breaking Bad connection in that clip?

out today

28    Hui Jin
29    Paul Mctaggart
30    Terrance Davies
31    Kevin Williams

back out onto the floor, find some hands

any requests, let me have them

key thing is to try to report every exit.......

Skalies T shirt 😃

Good spot!  I was going to guess that Skalie is the one that knocks!

Pretty sure Skalies t-shirt refers to the chicken shop in Breaking Bad.

Am I right?

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actionjack shoves sub 20xbb in early position

on the button alan saluk the sky qualifier calls

actionjack 88

Saluk 99

4-2-J-4-K

Actionjack out 27th

chris vernon doubles up to just under 3m

4 bet jams QQ, called by gimac's AQ and holds

I know he has doubled up, because he is chirping again

broken to three tables

12    1    Aleksandrs Golubevs
12    2    Morten Varbaek Mortensen
12    3    Tom Kugelstadt
12    4    John Haigh
12    5    Tom Hall
12    6    Alan Taddei
12    7    Darren Crosby
12    8    Ian Burdon
12    9    Rupinder Bedi

14    1    Christopher Vernon
14    2    Mark Elliott
14    3    Padraig O Neill
14    4    Farhaan Khan
14    5    Michael Cowper-johnson
14    6    Gordon Mcarthur
14    7    Dewi James
14    8    Andrew Garland
14    9    Jamie Clossick


and this is the feature, the golden oldies (and matas)

2    1    Matas Cimbolas
2    2    David Lloyd
2    3    Nigel Dunbar-dempsey
2    4    Jonathan Kalmar
2    5    Alan Saluk
2    6    Chris Dowling
2    7    David Mcconachie
2    8    Fraser Bellamy

for what he is about to receive, hopefully, Fraser is very grateful

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look into my eyes, not around the eyes...

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ballymore chris

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With or without hat??

"i don't believe you"

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russian alex from luton

once beat tikay* in a UKPC omaha tournament

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/lEAN5NOr5itOVUKleodo1X_DX1DLGrXOY_F-RcLLl2vm=w387-h581-no)


* desPite tikay's innate aggression

I'm hoping without.  If his brain gets anywhere close to warm then it isn't good news!

Morten from norway shoves <10x bb in early position

Alan Taddei calls

in the small blind Ian Brydon has 6x bb and calls off, hoping for the treble

Morten A-5

Taddei K-Q

Ian 10-9

J-9-7-J-7

trebles Ian up, leaves Morten very short

--

next hand Tom Kugelstadt raises UTG, Taddei shoves and Mrten calls all in in the big blind

Tom folds

Taddei A-Jhh

Morten K-6o

the run out gives him hope 6--Q-K that is extinguished on the 10 turn

Morten Varbaek Mortensen is out 26th

George Bedi shoves 900,000 over a raise at 30-60k

in the blinds Alex Golubevs calls, and the origional raiser folds

Bedi A-K

Alex 10-10

tens hold knocking Bedi out 24th

Andrew Garland, who is 70 and looks 90 raises to 130,000 at 30-60k

Chris Vernon calls in the big blind

6s 3s 7s

Vernon check calls 225,000

6h

Garland rechecks his cards as Vernon checks

and pushes 500,000 over the line

Vernon a quick ponder and fold

"i bluffed you this time" says Garland and reveals Td 4s

blind on blind Gordon Macarthur shovwes 800,000 (15xbb) and Dewi James calls in the big blind

Gordon 9-9

Dewi A-10cc

8-J-Q-2-10 to double Gordon up with a straight

--

at the same time on the feature

Matas 120,000 UTG

Saluk call button

McConachie shove 1.2m small blind

Matas fold

Saluk long think and fold 7-7 face up

Great to see the updates back and bombing along.

Oioi Vernon breaks the mold by holding with queen and queen.

If you can learn to do that mate, nothing can stop you.

Ian Burdon Hanging in?

Gordon had 6-9

Nigel Dempsey limps and Chris Dowling shoves his last 500,000 in

Dempsey thinks and calls with 5-5

Dowling 2-2

10-8-K-J-7 knocks Dowling out 23rd

He has 975,000 just coming up to the break

blinds go 40-80k at that point

mark elliott shoves 1m UTG+1 and Farhaan Khan reshoves

Elliott 10-10

khan A-K

King the first card out, and Elliott is out 23rd

Chris Vernon raises UTG and Jamie Clossick calls in the big blind

Q-9-3

Clossick check calls 120,000

Clossick leads 400,000 on the 3 turn

Clossick 500,000 on the Kriver

Vernon all in

Call

Vernon Q-Q for the turned house

doubling through Clossick K-10

to go to 3.3m again
 

Matas Cimbolas 120,000

Alan Saluk calls in the big blind

Q-Q-8

Saluk check calls 145,000

3

Saluk check calls 195,000

2

check check

Saluk shows 8-7dd which is good

just coming to the first break of the day

22 left

blinds 40-80k mnext

average 2.1m

thanks

Jamie Clossicks chip count please

Tighty please tell Jamie to stop doubling players up. How many does Jamie have please.

Great to have you back updating BTW.

12    1    Aleksandrs Golubevs 1.4m
12    3    Tom Kugelstadt 2m
12    4    John Haigh 2.2m
12    5    Tom Hall 2.9m
12    6    Alan Taddei 2.6m
12    7    Darren Crosby 2.5m
12    8    Ian Burdon 1.9m

14    3    Padraig O Neill 3.1m
14    4    Farhaan Khan 4m
14    6    Gordon Mcarthur 2m
14    7    Dewi James 1.1m
14    8    Andrew Garland 1.8m
14    9    Jamie Clossick 1.8m

2    1    Matas Cimbolas 5.6m
2    2    David Lloyd 1.2m
2    3    Nigel Dunbar-dempsey 3m
2    4    Jonathan Kalmar 2.5m
2    5    Alan Saluk 2.4m
2    7    David Mcconachie 2m
2    8    Fraser Bellamy 0.9m

What happened to Chris V???

3.3m

DTD website says he is out? How?

Thanks, left off your table update. So he is about 3rd??

I'm still here!

Oh, it said you finished in 22nd. I'll come rail then :)

PHEW! Had a heart attack!!

blind on blind Fraser Bellamy shoves into Matas Cimbolas, who calls

Fraser two red Aces

Matas K-Qo

2-3-J-10-4

Fraser doubles to around 2m

NH Fraser, grinding hard from the looks of things. Might be heading down for this FT!

Andrew Garland all in 500,000 UTG

Jamie Clossick calls UTG+1

Chris Vernon leans back, clearly has a hand

Asks Clossick how much he is playing, receiving the answer that its about 2m

and shoves

folded back to Cossick, he folds

Garland  Ahrt Jh

Vernon  Ts Th

"i am good at these" says Vernon

8h 5c  Ks flop

Suddenly, after the  Qh turn there is the mother of all sweats for both deep in a big comp

the river is the 6c

Andrew Garland is out 21st

 

Yeaaa come on chris

Gl to vern and Fraser

the only leaning he will be doing, at least hes honest!

blinds up 50-100,000 now

20 left, having only lost one player in the last hour

average is 2.5m

Ian Burdon limps, by accident. Meant to raise and put in chips to call

folded round to the blinds

Hall calls, Taddei completes

"so, this is what a flop looks like" it is remarked

its that stage of a tournament, not seeign too many

J-6-J

Hall check cals 300,000

8

check check

3

Hall leads for 375,000

Burdon calls

Hall shows J-7 as Burdon mucks

Two exits at the start of the new level

Tom Hall opened to 200,000

Ian Burdon shoved for 370,000

call

Hall Q-J

Burdon K-7

Hall flopped 10-9-8

--

Alex Golubevs shoved blind on blind from half average against Tom Kugelstadt

Golubevs A-K

Kugelstadt A-9

Tom spiked a 9 to knock Alex out 19th
 

How Is Dewi doing?

Hows Dewi getting on please Rich.

Not heard much about Skalies progress?

Can we have a chip count please if poss?

Yes bud that's my line! Only difference is you actually are good at them. Come on mate get the lot from these fucking amateurs

table re draw for f2ts? Can we get the seat draw plus stacks if possible

Cmon Chris ship it! Wish I could come rail it in! GLGL

1.4m on tv table

Jamie Clossick opens to 230,000 from a 3m stack

Tom Kugelstadt calls in position

Tom Hall calls in the big blind

 Js 6c 3s

Hall checks

Clossick 460,000

Kugelstadt raises to 1m

Hall fold

Clossick al in

insta call

Clossick  Ad Aspades

Kugelstadt  Ahrt Jh

turn 4h

river 8c

Clossick doubles into what must be close to the chip lead

Cod he's not making any. But he's not going backwards either 😀

Woo hoo come on Jamie.

the final 18 on two tables

12    1    Christopher Vernon
12    2    Jamie Clossick
12    3    Tom Kugelstadt
12    4    John Haigh
12    5    Tom Hall
12    6    Alan Taddei
12    7    Darren Crosby
12    9    Gordon Mcarthur

2 1    Matas Cimbolas
2 2    David Lloyd
2 3    Nigel Dunbar-dempsey
2 4    Jonathan Kalmar
2 5    Alan Saluk
2 6    Farhaan Khan
2 7    David Mcconachie
2 8    Fraser Bellamy
2 9    Dewi James

the lower table is the feature, the reason i am not reporting much from there is because its tough to get close amongst camera rigging, booms etc

chip counts will come at each break

Top 3 stacks (approx)??

exits today

18    Padraig O Neill
19    Aleksandrs Golubevs
20    Ian Burdon
21    Andrew Garland
22    Mark Elliott
23    Chris Dowling
24    Rupinder Bedi
25    Morten Varbaek Mortensen
26    Michael Cowper-johnson
27    Paul Jackson
28    Hui Jin
29    Paul Mctaggart
30    Terrance Davies
31    Kevin Williams

very approx clossick 6m cimbolas 5m hall 4m.

better idea at the break at the end of the level

Thanks. Chris says he has about 3m

Thanks.  

Get moving Dewi !

john haigh shoves the button and in the big blind Alan Taddei calls and covers

haigh K-7

Taddei A-Q

Haigh flops two pair to double...

next hand Haigh raises, taddei ships the rest call

haigh JJ

Taddei A3

Frst card out a J, Alan Taddei out and we are down to 16

Double up for Dewi AK V A/6 ON 2.5M now

All of this means a player has to move off the feature to balance tables

that player is fraser bellamy

"hello fraser, pleased to be off the feature?" i enquire

"not really, i had a really fun dynamic going with matas cimbolas"

i raise an eyebrow

"i have been small blind to his big for a full day now, over the second half of yesterday and today and he is probably the best player i have ever played against"

"really?" i ask...

"yes, he is completely owning people, great to watch"

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 ;applause;

jamie clossick

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john haigh

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Matas Cimbolas takes to social media with a table selfie

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meanwhile as i have almost banged my head on this three times today, i am keeping my distance

the admin of health and safety forms in triplicate isn't worth the Pullitzer prize that wil inevitably follow this week of updates

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john haigh makes it 220,000

tom hall 500,000

haigh 1.4m

hall all in 4m

haigh with A-K

its all in to call

left with 20xbb if he folds, he makes the standard choice (?yes) to go with it and calls

Hall has QQ for the classic flip

its a raggy board, and  Haigh is out 16th

Hall is a clear chip peader with "not quite 10m"

Massive compliment

fraser bellamy 300,000 in the small blind

gordon gimac 1.4m all in big blind

call

bellamy Q-J

Gordon A-10ss

Jack first card outg, no help for Grdon and he is out 15th

Break

14 left

60-120k next

chip counts,a nd these are accurate because i asked the players

12    1    Christopher Vernon 3.2m
12    2    Jamie Clossick 6.1m
12    3    Tom Kugelstadt 3m
12    5    Tom Hall 10m
12    7    Darren Crosby 2.1m
12    8    Fraser Bellamy 5m

2    1    Matas Cimbolas 4m
2    2    David Lloyd 2.4m
2    3    Nigel Dunbar-dempsey 1m
2    4    Jonathan Kalmar 2.4m
2    5    Alan Saluk 3.1m
2    6    Farhaan Khan 2.5m
2    7    David Mcconachie 1.5m
2    9    Dewi James 2.6m

Come on the Skalie!!!!

Can anyone tell me where to get live stream for the feature table on i phone ? Thanks

Feature table is being filmed for TV, not live streamed.

there isn't a live stream

it is being filmed for programmes on sky sports in the months ahead

Chris Vernon has a face for radio! Sky will need to do considerable touching up or put the show out after the watershed!!

Ah ok thanks I'll stick with the updates then lol 👍👍👍

enjoying reading the updates. thanks Tighty

Tournament just got a hell of alot tougher now Tom has got all the chips

chris vernon raises and tom kugelstadt calls on the button

bet call on 4h Jh Ad

check check on 4c

Vernon 965,000, about 1.2m in the middle, on the 3c river

kugelstadt folds

vernon now over 4m

kugelstadt short

Go Chris!!

table draw so important for matas, he can literally hoover all the chips up on some tables. he really is a top top guy too and absolutely loves the game!!

weird one from me because I'm not good friends with him or know him at all but really want tom hall to win. he's a great role model for any aspiring grinder. started online with a small bankroll and worked as hard as anybody has to get the really amazing results he has done online whilst getting it pretty quietly. very modest from what I've seen too.

massive massive gl to fraser too, probably the nicest guy I've ever met through poker too.

honourable mention for team verndog too!

we are down to 12

Nigel Dempsey, short-stacked, took A-5 against Matas J-10 all in pre

Matas flopped a Jack, and a ten


David McConachie also short, button shoved A-10 into Dewi James in the small blind with A-Q

A-Q held, Dewi now in the region of 4m

 

Get it done Dewi

tom hall, who i do not know well also, posts on here a little as jabracada..his online name

in person, very understated, softly spoken, shy perhaps

i looked up his online (a $1.5m gross winner) and live results, which include a PCA final, a GUPKT win, 2nd in an EPT Eureka and you realise he has some pedigree

Gl to Dewi, Chris and Tom Hall.

Plus 1 to what Pleno said. Think this would mean a lot to Tom and hes just goes about his business in such a professional way

Great comp- really enjoyed it!

Cmon Dewi

Don't know Tom Hall for anything other than that obscene SS graph and people saying he's a top babe!!!  Tons of respect for him.

Chris Vernon is also still in.

Tom started off as a dealer at DTD. He'll probably admit himself he was a bit too big for his boots. He couldnt be anymore different nowadays though, really gets it quietly, and super nice guy. Would be v pleased if he won

Tom did not complete his notice when he quit Dtd so received a 6 month ban.

Message from Ironside - who cant get on cos he is in hospital and the battery has ran out:

"Alistair Ironside Fowler Can you post on the live update on my behalf adam tell him to TID or i will pass on this bug to him that might get him more motivated than the 200k"

Someone post his ss graph? Is sick iirc

Really top guy +1 to all the comments above.

Back in those days it didn't matter whether you did or not, you were barred for 6 months. Probably for the sake of image; would look really bad if he came in the next day and started cleaning out the cash games right?

All of this, Tom's one of the nicest guys, met him  through a mate at ukipt Edinburgh and ended up chatting for 20 mins in the street. Fraser is a proper  top bloke. Firmly in team Verndog though

Thanks for updates Richard...great reading...good luck everyone left in...

Tom Kugelstadt shoves 1.5m on the button, about 15bb

Tom Hall calls in the big blind

Tom K K-7o

Tom H A-Ko

the two players, both nice guys, wish each other luck

Hall says "sorry, but this is my time the way i am running today"

6-3-9-6-K

Tom Kugelstadt out 12th

two away from the final

Is Skalie still in? :)

(http://i.imgur.com/zi3EuwJ.png)

he puts the "poker is rigged" arguments to bed i guess.

trophies for the winner

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/uo-qYCkNv9ztkb9gW1eFgLFjCWPxj4SWv-_SAAjyFkGa=w872-h581)

tom hall

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zInIAWZyuXI/VPNWoi94iXI/AAAAAAAAWUQ/ucPpcjZz1XY/w387-h581-no/IMG_9609.JPG)

4m at 60-120k, 11 left

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Icpz2ThLD-M/VPNWrkllqGI/AAAAAAAAWU8/u2x81O8niCY/w387-h581-no/IMG_9613.JPG)

moody blues

aka cocking up the flash

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YEJ3HDVYne8/VPNWtUHqsCI/AAAAAAAAWVQ/sxqr_dRq9cg/w387-h581-no/IMG_9617.JPG)

dewi on seat 9 of the feature

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SUJCi3_19Hs/VPNWxSbSviI/AAAAAAAAWWc/Y7Sdk68OsnU/w387-h581-no/IMG_9626.JPG)

found a lookalike for matas at last!

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/0WgCCIAXU9fFyCRCbVCczx9k8AG6eKEOIcD72301zPyC=w387-h581-no)

(http://e0.365dm.com/13/08/16-9/20/david-bentley-blackburn-rovers-championship-football_2988074.jpg?20130816154740)

One's Bentley, One's continental

this is fun for fraser

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3mEigBwhBsQ/VPNWooHC-AI/AAAAAAAAWUM/mV4oX98xTSA/w387-h581-no/IMG_9607.JPG)

alan saluk

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MMoRuPdpVbU/VPNWux8PAZI/AAAAAAAAWVs/FSXphnUlPlQ/w387-h581-no/IMG_9620.JPG)

so, back to the tables

going to be a really good final, but two to go first....

before we find out who is the next..

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rdEHW0TN_5g/VPNNj0w6NwI/AAAAAAAAWTk/2TKUXQ9LJMI/w387-h581-no/IMG_9606.JPG)

Just saying Sean, How a lot of the ex dealers have progressed.

Brutal!

Team Verndog and in force cheering on Chris. Keep going!!

not a dig just a generalisation of how some dealers have obviously studied the game and give it a shot.

Anyone in blonde since the start must be funking Dewi hard, never forgets a birthday....be a great story. Gl Sklalie as well

Fraser raises UTG

Darren Crosby calls in the big blind

flop is ten high, two diamonds

fraser has A-10dd

and Crosby open shoves

(http://theredlist.com/media/database/films/tv-series/sitcom-and-soap/1970/happy-days/011-happy-days-theredlist.jpg)

Call

Crosby has Q-6dd and is drawing very thin

Fraser receives overkill, a ten on the turn, full house on the river

He has 6.5m

Crosby out 11th


Fnal table bubble

(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/930389/finish-him-2-o-s.gif)

Especially online poker

 ;applause; ;applause; Well done Tighty   ;applause; ;applause;

Fraser and Skalie get into a hand

(told to me second hand, so forgive the ambiguities)

A three spade board with two twos

Fraser bets the turn and Skalie puts a big bet in

Fraser takes his time and folds 8-8

Skalie shows the cameras his hand, and is told to show one show all

a bit of light hearted chuntering later he shows A-2 with the ace of spades for nut draw and trips on the turn

lfg buddy

I beg your pardon?

I am certainly FUNKING for his Dewiness :)

another word for Dewi, especially as he brought me wine gums and a family pack of chocolate buttons before play

on blonde from day one, recovered from illness, a genuinely nice guy. Very welsh, but we can forgive him that

good luck sir, on today of all days

(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlhvTttPeAOJftMxalZrLNNFCA7Tt7lB9ibv97C0dFEHw0qWIe)

Seconded.

Vernon raises on the button

Hall in the big blind 3 bets

Veron shoves

Hall insta calls

Vernon 10-10

Hall K-K

6-9-7-10-2

Vernon doubles to 7m

Verndog just doubled up and now plays 7m

Skill game

The skill is still being in a 1000+ tournament when only 10 are left. Skill, luck and timing.

The 2 outer was very skillful I'm sure Chris will agree ;) Keep it going Verndog!

We have a final

Lol at typo, my auto correct knows me too well....luckily had time to edit, can't believe a re-post

Fraser 350,000 on the button

Alan Saluk all in 1.6m small blind

think, long dwell, we are convincing he's folding and then he calls. What do we know?

Saluk A-Qo

Fraser 7-8dd

6-9-10 flop!!

Alan Saluk, a freeroll sky poker qualifer, out 10th fgor over £12,000

what a fantastic run

The 2 outer is never in doubt when you're as big a box as Chris is! Keep it up mate

40 minute break for the finalists to get some food

i will have the seat draw and chip counts shortly


for now, your finalists


matas cimbolas

skalie

dewi james

fraser bellamy

chris vernon

tom hall

farhaad khan

david lloyd

Jamie Clossick


lets hear it for any or all of the nine please, all have a fine achievement and one of them is taking home £200,000

Come on Vern!

Massive shout out to Chris. He final tabled a GPS last year and has had some good online cashes. His poker has really improved since we first started playing in a local pub together. I really hope he can take this one down.

1st £200,000
2nd £120,000
3rd £80,000
4th £55,000
5th £40,000
6th £30,000
7th £25,000
8th £20,000
9th £15,050

Couldn't have asked for a much better final table for blonde! gl all

glgl skalie, vernon, tom hall, fraser, dewi.

Mainly vernon cause hes my purest bro, but if anyone deserves the title its probs Tom Hall. from what I understand he works ridic hard, keeps his head down and crushes without having to let the world know. Kinda hard to dodge chris "the luckbox" vernon though

Chris for win 100%

Don't have a piece in him or anything, but went 50/50 with him on a schedule a few weeks ago, he busted a load of comps and 1 tabled a $2 comp 7k runners or so on its own for hours, won it and got us both out. A true hero who loves the game, would be chuffed for him to win

Pob lwc Dewi.

VBOL to Skalie, Fraser and Chris.

And: he is actually a really nice lad. No agendas, just a good person. Unlike his old man who thinks he should be working on his thesis!!!

Come on Dewi!

BTW: Sky must be pleased as its a pretty good looking final table.

2    1    Farhaan Khan
2    2    David Lloyd
2    3    Tom Hall
2    4    Matas Cimbolas
2    5    Jonathan Kalmar
2    6    Jamie Clossick
2    7    Fraser Bellamy
2    8    Dewi James
2    9    Christopher Vernon

Ty guys. Enjoyable event so far. Obviously cos I'm still in.
Hope to do DTD proud and the the top spots go to the locals or blondites whatever order that may be.

Final table draw and chip counts at 100k/200k (20k ante)

1 - Farahaan Khan 3,445,000
2 - David Lloyd 3,230,000
3 - Tom Hall 9,855,000
4 - Matas Cimbolas 4,825,000
5 - Jon Kalmar 4,345,000
6 - Jamie Clossick 4,530,000
7 - Fraser Bellamy 8,080,000
8 - Dewi James 5,315,00
9 - Chris Vernon 6,650,000

Obviously rooting for Chris who has his own arms and legs, works really hard on douchebaggery and still has chips left in this particular tournament.  If he wins I'll literally die!!!

Gl though, really hope you do the win x

Good luck Skal.

GL Dewi, Fraser and Skalie.

Great final table.

Kal FTW!

Dewi and Fraser to fill the podium, with the rest of Blondes in next.


Great updates, as ever!

Great Thread Dewi.

from his hospital bed

"Alistair Ironside Fowler Yeah I swapped a % with skalie at a dtd 300 in the early days can some one pass on good luck to all the blondes on live update I will get on iPad after next ops"

Very much this.

     Best of luck to Skallie,Tom Hall and Fraser. Most of all to Skallie who as previously posted by Alex works so hard to run positive,fun,sociable cash games at DTD. Should be a good Karaoke night if he wins.

Starting shortly

will try to do every hand

tikay is at the table on a radio mike

i can transcribe via headphones at the desk

we will see how it goes

 :)

Mitch Johnson ‏@Mitch_Johnson8

In celebration of @skalie making the #UKPC final table, I'm holding a cash game party on Table 61 at DTD 2moro night. Limited seating. RSVP.

Will be great if it works.
Loved the updates. Thank you.

Very best of luck to Fraser .....great guy !
Also skalie & dewi gl guys

Gl to skalie, Fraser, Dewi and vern dog. Gogogogo

Go go go Frasier, gotta cheer for my gym buddy in this one.

just sat down

each of the players had to be interviewed for the tv programme, hence the delay

38 mins left at 80-160k/20k

average is 5.6m.......


now instructions to the players from the floor manager....

hand 1

Vernon in the cut off makes it three blues and two yellows

thanks tikay, find out the denominations please

thats 350,000

he takes it down

hand 2

battle of the blinds

tom and matas

tom gives him a walk, with 7-2 shown



hand 3

matas laughing happily, relaxed

skalie smiling quietly, saying nothing

fraser looking cool in reflective glasses

dewi looking phlegmatic

vernon just looks young


fraser opens to 350,000

all fold

All he best to verndog, Dewi and Fraser.

hand 4

"vernon looks about 11"

320,000 from tom hall

skalie in the small blind calls

we see a flop

J-2-9 two hearts

skalie looks interested

looks at the plasma

check check

J on the turn

heart and club flush draws on the board

skalie checks

tom reaches, bets 305,000

called almost before he bets

2 river

J- 2-9-J-2 three hearts

check check

Skalie shows 7-7

all mucks

hand 5

dewi raises to 350,000 UTG

skalie on the button peels

heads up to the flop

3-9-2 ddd

dewi 425,000

skalie insta calls

Q

Dewi checks his cards, and checks

skalie bets 650,000

Dewi immediately calls

river 10

3-9-2-Q-10

check

skalie 750,000

dewi counts out calling chips, calls

skalie turns over a set fo threes

dewi mucks

big pot to skalie

hand 6

lloyd 325,000

skalie asks how much lloyd is playing (3m)...makes it 765,000

lloyd fold

skalie smile mucks

hand 7

tom hall opens to 320,000

dewi in the small blind calls

verndog in the big calls

1m in the middle, 50m in play

10-8-6 ss

ccc

8

Dewi makes it 550,000

verndog calls

tom the opener waves his hand in a "wavy way"

wants to see what the blinds are playing

deep in thought

tom looks at his stack

picks up some big chips

raises to 1.8m........

the heat is on

dewi looks offended

and pained

looks down at his stack

raises his eyebrows

shakes his head

and grudgingly folds

Verndog meanwhile, examines his stack

looks at his cards

and folds

Tom takes a big pot

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMjAeC65mk

at the start

hand 8

fraser 355,000

big blind Khan defends

A-A-A flop

check

fraser bets 400,000

fold

fraser shows 7-7

hand 9

skalie talking a lot

matas talking a lot

nice atmosphere at the table


verndog 320,000 on the button

blinds fold

multitasking

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hhoEPhECNcM/VPNxUzvpMHI/AAAAAAAAWdQ/3WpnVRf2b1w/w387-h581-no/IMG_9673.JPG)

hand 10

khan button 350,000

tom hall big blind defends

5-5-2 two spades

check

khan 400,000

hall gives him the stare and folds

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Nyy17TZeZXnLiYH--bs7Ut5aX634xhBXKoROg8U3nNiL=w872-h581-no)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Pl3V82Kv39EsI2acrJcRk69JYgdkM8XpwvWaCgQGViem=w872-h581-no)

hand 11

vernon raises to 320,000

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/nrqT38yI7xVIfwqFCtJXmMttOVRiyMbt-0BaZKOCiGPe=w387-h581-no)

hall calls

cimbolas in the big blind calls

K-K-8

check to vernon, bets 385,000

tom has an intense stare

looks at his chips

incoming

calls

matas folds

Q

Check, check

A

k-k-8-q-a

Tom checks

vernon checks

vernon "i have an ace" and shows A-5 to win

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VuLqORJ3aLU/VPNxFJv5_CI/AAAAAAAAWYo/d3b1p6E6vD4/w387-h581-no/IMG_9640.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Nk4Kt2MMphM/VPNxLIuP87I/AAAAAAAAWaQ/9bImVhcjuDM/w387-h581-no/IMG_9653.JPG)

hand 12

matas makes up small blind

skalie checks big blind

J-J-10

Matas leads 325,000

skalie folds

matas shows an ace

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tGbp1wzbP6SRrslUtvFqlPenAcHfScn2DN91cFDbFVJY=w387-h581-no)

farhaad

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-arzZ71gP7fc/VPNxKAO2LJI/AAAAAAAAWZ4/9fIlXgMDlo0/w387-h581-no/IMG_9651.JPG)

Verndog tells me he's so unlucky...

hand 13

tom raises in the cut off 320,000

matas flats

skalie raises 930,000 in the big blind

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KYIuNY-0YAM/VPNxGfDTt-I/AAAAAAAAWZI/2bxG9AAmYa4/w387-h581-no/IMG_9643.JPG)

fold fold

matas "you keep raising a lot"

skalie "getting a lot of hands. easy game"

matas "show us one card"

skalie laughs

matas, smiling "you have me on tilt"

hand 13

khan raises

matas flats

fraser big blind calls

4-Q-10 two hearts

check check

matas bets 515,000

both fold

 

lloyd

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N5dNPlRZ7qE/VPNxCWf3oXI/AAAAAAAAWYA/x8LvyEqBK8s/w387-h581-no/IMG_9636.JPG)

clossick, yet to play a final hand

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3-rnkbDpgcE/VPNxNo54L5I/AAAAAAAAWaw/hJXn_fpzRBA/w387-h581-no/IMG_9655.JPG)

hand 14

skalie opens to 350

all fold


dewi asks for a five minute break as it is the end of the level. bladder issues. declined, break is in an hour

level 29 100-200k/30k

hold it in

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/i2Nv4tTlp-en0Sw34EziR8JyRAi21-lx42RLTQyqBatR=w387-h581-no)

hand 15

skalie, the star of the final so far....makes it 400,000

dewi gives a knowing smile

verndog shows and throws 9-5

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FBzxfIGuuj4/VPNxKnP1v-I/AAAAAAAAWaA/uv5VUXzh588/w387-h581-no/IMG_9650.JPG)

What are you using for a selfie stick?

hand 16

tom hall raises to 400,000 UTG

all fold


hand 17

matas raises to 450,000

vernon on the button calls

heads up to the flop

vernon puts his hoodie up

5-A-K two clubs

Matas 425,000

"a blocker" says harrington/tikay on hold em down my headphones

Vernon calls

matas "thanks, more chips i am going to get"

Q clubs

after a long cogitation matas starts counting chips, then changes his mind and stops

then he resumes, counts out 800,000

bets 950,000 in the end "four and a half inches in mixed colours"

i don't quite know what to say to my co-commentator

vernon and matas are chatting. vernon "thats a big bet" matas "big pot"

vernon folds

matas "good boy, good fold"

expected finishing time Rich? Meetings in Newport all day tomorrow so requesting an 11pm bed time.

lol, later later

hand 18

Q-2-A-A-Q

Bellamy loses to Khan 8-8

(sorry, tikay was busy shooting the breeze with someone. forgetting that i can hear everything)

hand 19

Khan in the cut off 450,000

matas's big blind

he points at his big blind "you know this is mine right?"

"no respect"

great atmosphere apparently, laughing and joking at the table. will be good tv, plenty of speeechplay

matas folds

matas is a character.

we are in his fan club

hand 20

clossick has 20x bb left


lloyd all in 1.8m at 100-200k

matas CALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS.........

Awesome updates tighty. Loving it

Lloyd A-8

Matas K-Qcc

4-2-7-9-6

Lloyd a full double......

skalie says he had A-10 in the big blind

if matas folds he calls and wins

he tells us

hand 21

dewi all in

all fold

looks relieved

What are the stacks looking like at this stage?

Sorry mate I'd forgotten how big you are :)

Aqua, Orange and Purple :)

hand 22

lloyd 400,000

all fold


hand 23

Hall raises to 400,000

fraser calls small blind

dewi folds big blind

8-K-7 two hearts

check

Hall 480,000

fraser quickly calls

5 turn

check

Hall check

6 of hearts

every draw gets there

Fraser rubs his hands together, subconsciously

looks at the plasma

looks at his stack

playing about 7mm

Fraser bets 2m

Hall doesn't instantly fold

clasps his hands together

looks at his stack

smiles

folds

Apologies for the confusion.  Are they stacking their chips in the conventional fashion or are they laying them on the side?  Has anyone chosen to stack using the bonfire method?

hand 24

tom makes it 400,000

clossick has blinded down to 15xbb

ALL IN

all fold back to tom

tom folds

chip stacks at the breaks

30 mins til change of level

oh hold on

khan 4m
lloyd 4m

chip counts are coming through


hand 25

fraser opens to 480,000

all fold



tom hall 6m
matas 4.5m
clossick 3m
bellamy 10m


hand 26

vernon 400,000 on the button all fold


dewi 1.2m
skalie 10m
vernon 6m

 

hand 27

dewi all in 1.2m

lloyd call small blind

lloyd 8-8

dewi 6-5

10-J-J-5-7



We lose Dewi James in 9th winning £15,000

well played

hand 28

skalie 450,000 UTG

Matas in the big blind stares at jon

skalie stares back

get a room

he calls

9-6-10 two clubs

check check

A

check skalie 500,000

matas shakes his head

folds

Well played Dewi. X

gg Dewi

hand 29

khan 460,000

matas re-raises 1.2m

fold

i think matas is getting his serious head back on

less banter the last few minutes apparently

no speechplay as matas takes in this pot

WP Dewi!

khan passed A-Q

and tikay confirms to me that this is correct (obviously not told to me at the desk during commentary on the hand) 

hand 30

matas opens (back to business i am told, no more mucking around) 480,000

a very clear change in mood

all fold

Great run Dewi.

hand 31

tom opens to 400,000

all fold


hand 32

skalie 420,000

fraser on the button 1.4m 3 bet

skalie folds


fraser shows.....a deuce

SarahJane lives :D

hand 32

skalie 500,000

all fold


hand 33

skalie 500,000

Clossick all in

skalie fold


hand 34

clossick 500,000 UTG+1

matas in the big blind

clossick playing 4.5m so 22x bb

matas calls

5-2-J two diamonds

check

Clossick all in.....

Matas looks to the sky

snap folds

hand 35

last hand before the break

fraser 475,000

a becalmed vernon folds

folded to skalie in the big blind

he is raising

1.3m

fraser folds

90 minutes play

35 hands

one exit

chip counts coming

150-300k next.....

Great updates Tighty

Khan 3.075m

Lloyd 5.34m

Hall 7.47m

Cimbolas 4.6m

Skalie 9.7m

Clossick 5.3m

Bellamy 8.96m

Vernon 5.39m

Come on Skalie TID mate!

GL Skalie!!! GL Vern!!  ;applause;

hand 36

lloyd raises to 480,000

hall flats

skalie and clossick call in the blinds

4 way flop stuff

J-10-Q ddd

check to lloyd 680,000

hall folds

skalie folds

clossick folds showing 9 d

sigh. lol. i have a home to get to

Go on Verndog and Fraser. Top blokes, top bombing.

hand 37

120-240k are the blinds not as above

average 6.3m

25x bb average



tom makes it 480,000

clossick small blind 1.12m re-raise

tom.....folds

hand 38

blind on blind

bellamy completes

vernon raises

bellamy re-raises

call

1.5m+ in the middle

6-9-10ccc

Bellamy check

Vernon 575,000

Bellamy folds 5-5 both red

hand 39

vernon 550,000 small blind

khan calls

"how much are you playing mate?" says the canterbury tale-r

2.5m ish

10-5-2

all in and call

Khan K-K cutely played

Vernon 10-6

A turn

2 river

Khan doubles to 5m+

Vernon now in strife, left with 2.75m

hand 40

matas opens 480,000

lloyd calls small blind

9-2-J

check check

5

check check

A

check check

Matas shows A-10 to win on showdown, Lloyd mucks

177 guests!

Updates for you Vinny  ;)

hand 41

hall raise 600,000 small blind

matas folds big blind


hand 42

hall raise 480,000

skalie 1.4m in the blinds

clossick big blind folds

hall folds


hand 43

skalie 500,000 otb

clossick re-raise small blind 1.25m

skalie folds


hand 44

bellamy small blind makes it

vernon checks big blind

J-6-8

Bellamy 300,000

vernon folds

Bellamy shows A-J

Frasers play was to induce the shove pre, no joy

hand 45

skalie 500,000

fraser calls on the button

J-10-2 two clubs

skalie 625,000

fraser folds


hand 46

skalie 500,000

fraser calls in the cut off

Vernon all in on the button

folded to skalie

looks at how much it is

skalie all in

fraser all in!!!!!

Flobalobwobalob dewi
Well played translated into bill and ben speak

good luck to verdog skalie and fun4fraser and any other blonde in still hope to see blonde take home most the moolah

skalie K-J

Fraser K-K

Vernon 8-8......

nicely done fraser......



monster huge tournament defining pot

A-Q-5-5-8



8 ON THE RIVER!

Treble up for Vernon

Pandemonium on the rail



Adam Picken appears as if from nowhere.....


skalie is heavily damaged....fraser wins the much bigger side pot

skalie left with 2.9m at 120-240k


fraser a huuuuuuuuuuuge chip leader

vernon has disappeared, presumably to adjust his underpants, and will be at 6m or so again

Outrageous hand

He's not the only one.....

"how is this still 8 handed?" says someone down my headphones

that was a fun hand for the tv coverage

 
on we go

Run better Verndog! Take it down mate

Unbelievable scenes

Wow

Some say chris has never lost a hand....

hand 47

khan 480,000

hall small blind 1.175m 3 bet

khan folds


hand 48

bellamy UTG+1 515,000

all fold


hand 49

skalie all in small blind

2.5m

clossick big blind

"icm says this is a call"

(bet he's folding)

folds....

Thanks everyone for the good wishes, much appreciated :-)

vernon in 2 outer shocker, getttttt

hand 50

skalie all in 2.6m

flatted by clossick

bellamy all in!


power rangers!

clossick looks sicker than a very sick thing at bedtime

nasty spot

he has 2.2m behind

ladders are involved....


he calls, committed, he's put half his stack in already


fraser A-Q

Clossick K-Q

Skalie 5-5

A-J-8-J

"FIVE" from the rail

"TEN" from elsewhere on the rail

"FIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" from the cash game players, beseechingly

River Jack

Jon Kalmar is out

Jamie Clossick is out


Fraser takes two out!

i think skalie 8th, clossick 7th on chip stacks prior to the hand

to be confirmed

hand 51

Hall 480,000

all fold



Bellamy has 17m of the 50m in play six left

Go Verndog!!!

vernon has 8m

matas has 4.5m

lloyd, khan and hall the rest

Well played Kal!

hall has 7.5m

Incredible updates. Gutted I didn't play now! Not that I would be in at the stage obv but just to be involved in an event like this.

Good luck vern, if there is anymore left in your pot!

GEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTT

hand 52

bellamy limps

khan raise 600,000

lloyd a big raise 4m cold

fold fold


hand 53

matas comes to life

he's been in the kitchen while all the pretty girls at the party have been dancing in the living room in the last hour

he raises to 480,000

vernon 3 bet 1.3m

khan has a big decision think think think

ALL IN after a three minute dwell

matas, ooooooooh not a quick fold, its a think

but he folds

Vernon calls with Aces

Khan Jacks

board 9-6-5-3-3

Vernon climbs again

we lose Farhaad Khan in 6th

 
--

at his exit interview skalie was very disappointed

orford "well at least £20,000 is a nice consolation, what are you going to spend it on?"

a shrugged answer "Beer"

End of interview.

can you lighten my sunday up and describe pickens reaction here pls tighty?

Down to 5..........


Bellamy and Vernon, two blonde poker posters, big chip leaders, at opposite ends of the table

different characters, for sure, but a fun couple of hours ahead


tom hall, matas and lloyd now really under it if they want to win

he came into the vip room where i was typing

no exaggeration, i thought i might have to get him an oxygen tank

hyperventilating, a wreck

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LuK5ljTsOjTBozleEvdRLRyyEsJzjTCbnqHayFOTx2Wv=w872-h581-no)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9ljJke9-gvw/VPOZyAIzBII/AAAAAAAAWpw/JESEq740ihc/w387-h581-no/IMG_9702.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qMgYnkiLrgZL6wJrONgr1jw7GwGOGcO56oTqENZekXPT=w387-h581-no)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/OTknwaf-oQ3wB1LOmS2invzq81VvgKUALUGV4lw3kSZd=w387-h581-no)

not what you want to hear in your headphones

"Vernon has got stacks everywhere, he has five penises. big erect penises"

jeez, i need to get home.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2rospq-0wG8/VPOZpiAxF0I/AAAAAAAAWoU/AkR3KTRfhCc/w387-h581-no/IMG_9682.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kaJT_MRDju3zZgXDja5ne7eVf7wxCE-QQNH-Drgop6FK=w387-h581-no)

hand 60 or so

150-300k blinds

bellamy 18m
vernon 15m

17m between the other three

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/01bPjJTXoOZaUtLdwQTCw8z07s-lDs1yoDTk_dpxv_Ae=w387-h581-no)

Love to see Fraser win this. Failing that Tom Hall after seeing an interview with him last year I instantly liked the bloke. Great updates guys.

Big well done to Jamie, very nice pay day.

hand 61

hall 600,000

matas all in

hall asks for a count

3.7m or so

fold


hand 62

vernon 600,000 on the button

all fold


hand 63

hall small blind all in

matas asks for a count

hall has 6m

matas has to call all in, playing 4.5m ish

(lloyd has 5.5m)

matas is wriggling here.......

looks around at the other stacks

looks at tom

if he folds, he has 15x bb

looks at tom, again, searching for a read....

hating life, written all over his face.....

CALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Tom K-5

Matas A-8


7-J-3-6-7

Matas full double up

leaves Hall really really low

Amazing updates!

tom has 1.3m left at 150-300k

I couldn't agree more. Really well done.

and suddenly matas, dead and buried 20 mins ago, has 10m again.........


hand 64

fraser call small blind

veron check big blind

5-2-Q

check check

K

check check

6

check check

Bellamy AQ wins...


tricky tricky



ICM stuff dictates that these two shouldn't be geting jiggy with each other, right?

I know two David Lloyd's who play poker.

This fella is not one of them

"Three David Lloyds, there's only three David Lloyds"

Well, 5 actually, if you include Chris Evert's ex-brother-in-law and the fella who used to play cricket for Lancashire.

hand 65

matas flats on the button

getting some of the little used clubs out of the back of the bag here....

bellamy uses this opportunity to complete in small denom chips

like paying for a newspaper in coppers

the dealer is delighted

K-4-4

I don't know what is going on to be frank

Someone walks past tikay and he gets distracted

anyway, matas wins at showdown with a king in his hand

this is main event travel david lloyd..london player iirc

not luton lloydy, or bumble

would of loved to have bumble on the FT  ;D

Here's one:

Some might remember him as Baby Jane.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=1347



And here's another:

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=28155


There's a whole army of David Lloyds ready to take over the poker world when their master decides to move all in.

hand 66

hall in the big blind

has 705,000 behind

lloyd sets him all in

call..........

This is why you don't tip at the start!!!

lloyd Q-10

Hall 6-2

Suited

6-4-4-K-9

he doubles to 2m

WP Tighty. going to pour my self a Jamo's and toast that post.

Pure gold. How have we done without this updates for so long?!?! Bring them back

hand 67

hall shoves

no callers


hand 68

hall raises to 1m

all fold


he's up over 3m...


hand 69

bellamy raises small blind

vernon folds


hand 70

matas raises 600,000

all fold

and you don't get flair reporting like that anywhere else

Indeed George, over 100 guests viewing earlier. WP BTW.

Origami Poker they all fold........

And for tikay a stats update, most online in more than a year and I would imagine although I've not checked all the posts that this will be in the top 5 post count days in the last year

It's made me really want to get back to Dtd and playing poker. I mean if vern can do it anyone can right?

Bring back the updates Dtd/party!!

hand 71

matas opens to 600,000

bellamy raises to 2m

matas trying to get a read

trying to do that off fraser is tricky. inscrutable

matas folds


hand 72

all in from UTG lloyd

all fold


hand 73

matas 600k

fraser 2m

a five minute dwell

consults the payout sheet.....

and eventually matas folds....

They always fold once they've consulted the payout sheet.

hand 74

fraser 650,000

all fold


hand 75

lloyd 600,000

no action


hand 76

hall 1m

all fold


hand 77

hall all in

matas asks for a count

dwells

calllllllllllllllll

hall Q-J

Matas Q-Q

8-7-9-A-7


Thomas Hall is out 5th

Surprised tikay has not wandered off to a PLO table by now he must be twitching with all this watching and no playing!

break time

200-400k blinds next

chip counts coming

BREAK CHIP COUNTS

Bellamy 23.52m
Cimbolas 12.35m
Vernon 11.34m
Lloyd 3.86m

Whatever happened to Baby Jane?

What's the deals policy now? Still no deals?

are they allowed to deal?

maybe last 3 will deal

Great minds and all that.

Yes they can deal as its a third party event

1st £200,000
2nd £120,000
3rd £80,000
4th £55,000

No deals, definitely no deals

by the way

Alex Goulder ‏@cambridgealex

2/9 on FT of 8max, £18k ftw

oh

bowl comp

Will DTD be invoiced for Vernon's bill at the dry cleaners following this event?

"The degree of soiling and staining can affect how long it will take to properly care for your item, so make sure you check with your local branch when you drop off your item."  From the Johnsons website.

Looking at the pay jumps I doubt that anyone is covering THAT bill.

hand whatever

lloyd all in

all fold


hand whatever+1, lets call it 80

vernon raises UTG

all fold


hand 81

Vernon small blind

sets Lloyd in

Lloyd folds


hand 82

Bellamy UTG 900,000

All fold

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BcmIEVv-xTI/VPOsGSb_RaI/AAAAAAAAWrw/zMA9t2LgQmI/w872-h581-no/IMG_9715.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CjuTEE3lPH8/VPOr7m4MC-I/AAAAAAAAWqc/hTApUP3JFzs/w872-h581-no/IMG_9704.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2eB2kkWWFyA/VPOr7aaH0dI/AAAAAAAAWqY/G7ZEXl7pZ6w/w872-h581-no/IMG_9705.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/r0-m6mMLbLpO0Y0d1QiqOvHx0T7iNvbYhWbBWnDNutUp=w387-h581-no)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BPBHknxOSHo/VPOsDhW_aXI/AAAAAAAAWrU/eFwZb-Jex4c/w387-h581-no/IMG_9711.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZP42UzKab3c/VPOsERUguJI/AAAAAAAAWrc/0Jk3V11_aUs/w387-h581-no/IMG_9712.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E66RJBq0f6Y/VPOsEu17KTI/AAAAAAAAWrg/XOSJ_7GDbYI/w387-h581-no/IMG_9713.JPG)

Verndog sans hat all day??

Could we have a Picken photo / update as well please tighty?

hand 83

lloyd all in

all fold


hand 84

Bellamy 800,000

lloyd all in 4.4m

folds

currently rubbing monopoly money all over his barnet in preparation for a few hours time and the real thing

Yes, a woolly hat under the tv lights would have been frankly reckless

I doubt that.  Just sounds like it will be more insulation for his cavity wall.

WHY SO SERIOUS?

hand 85

matas button raises

the blinds fold


hand 86

vernon raises button

blinds folds

he shows the camera jacks


hand 87

9-8-4-3 board three spades

matas 1.3m called by vernon

9 on the river

matas 1.5m vernon folds


hand 88

lloyd all in on the button

all fold


hand 89

lloyd 850,000

vernon calls

9-7-5

vernon check folds to the c-bet


hand 90

bellamy 800,000 on the button

lloyd all in

bellamy folds


hand 91


bellamy 900,000

all fold


lloyd up to about 8m

stacks have really evened up behind fraser's chip lead

hand 92

vernon 900,000 UTG

Fraser sets him in


CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL

Jeez tighty hurry up!

back in a few minutes then, unless anyone wants me to post sooner

Vernon Kings

Fraser Ace-Queen

5-9-J-K-4


Vernon doubles, Fraser down to 15m or so..

the first setback for fraser in a long time


Vernon chip leader.................

Tighty, you had me on the edge of my seat. I'm an old man and the heart is not what it was!!

Vern dog destiny

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Vernon's_welcome_sign.JPG)

A button limp from Matas

Bellamy 2m small blind

matas all in

fraser asks him how much he is playing

trying for a read


CALL!!

Matas made a move with 10-7dd

wrong timing..

fraser A-J

2-J-5 one diamond

2 diamonds

4

we lose Matas Cimbolas in 4th


fraser gets the chip lead back

Can they deal, Tighty??

No deals.  Good for the spectators though right?  ;D

(QQ he had)

Did he have anyone behind him? Seems pretty trivial call vs whatever Hall had boosted his stack too

no deals

short break to reorganise the seating


bellamy 22m
vernon 18m
lloyd 10m

10 minutes away 250,000/500,000/50,000

This doesn't feel real!

he had the big blind behind, think he was trying to think of a way to get him in too

Not for the parent

vanquisher and vanquished

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q7jEWCm9dmc/VPO2PIvmWGI/AAAAAAAAWsk/_8xjBcO7MwE/w872-h581-no/IMG_9719.JPG)

brave move with the 10-7

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QxFQgSPZwFY/VPO2XjzhNqI/AAAAAAAAWs8/CrejVqXQODY/w872-h581-no/IMG_9721.JPG)

"Feeling a bit surreal, will crash down to earth tomorrow when i have to carry on with my dissertation. plan is to play smallball, maybe get heads up with fraser if we can eliminate david. tell somerville that i won't be leaning on anyone at this stage"

Chris Vernon's message for his people in the break

they are just re-starting

Tell him to start snapping chairs!!!!

vernon makes it 800,000 on the button

fraser calls in the big blind

Q-4-5

Check

vernon 1.1m c bet

fraser folds

sick small balling

Do we know when Sky are going to broadcast this?

lloyd 850,000 on the button

fraser 2.4m small blind

lloyd all in

Fold....

Not if vern wins

couple of months time, midweek night on a sky sports channel repeated on challenge afterwards

no set date as yet

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kkFGuMPlt70/VPO7r88zS4I/AAAAAAAAWy8/-S4nIWudnJM/w872-h581-no/IMG_9766.JPG)

fraser completes, vernon checks

J-Q-J

check, 850,000, call

7 two hearts on the board

check vernon 1.1m, fraser shows KQ and folds.....

Folded top two pair with King kicker?

Really?

Basically yeah.  Does seem a bit nitty on the face of it.  But then again I'm at home.....

Never seen Brodsky this busy before!!!!

Surely you've got to see the river - so many outs

lloyd 1m otb

fraser calls small blind

at the new level 250,000-500,000/50,000

8-6-10-J

Fraser leads the turn 1.5m

fold

--

david 1.25m small blind

fraser all in big blind

fold



the view in the tv production room

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_Dkd6LXIAEI7kQ.jpg)

 

Can only think that Fraser has a confirmed reliable tell and put Vernon on a Jack. If no tell then it's a call and reassess the river IMO.

Was either way ahead of drawing really thin, either way he showed Chris a lot of respect passing that.  Will be interesting to see what he had.

Lloyd must be getting short now?

One thing i've learnt playing against Chris is that he gets no respect!

fraser 1.1m otb

lloyd visibly stiffens in the big blind

and 3 bets to 2.85m

fraser folds

vernon button raise

fraser calls big blind

K-4-4

check check

2

Fraser 2m, vernon calls

4 river

fraser 7m

vernon a quick fold

fraser 25.5m
vernon 15m
lloyd 10m

250-500k

Really missed these live updates and doing a great job of it as always Tighty, ty.

lloyd 1m

fraser 2.475m small blind

lloyd folds

--

fraser 1.1m

lloyd calls

5-Q-8

check check

4

lloyd 1.25m

fraser calls

8

check check

fraser 7-7 is good

Q-9-8-9

check, Bellamy 2m, Lloyd call

4

check Lloyd, Bellamy 4.25m, call

Fraser A-Q wins


Fraser has 35m? ish of 50m in play

Lloyd has 1.6m only behind

(sorry i lost wifi connection for 10 mins)

its now or never for Lloyd at 250-500k

all in, fraser in the big blind

Calll


Fraser J-10 one heart

Lloyd A-Q

5-K-4-8-10

Fraser four flushed and hit his pair on the river


we lose David Lloyd in 3rd

well played sir

Heads up

Fraser "fun4fraser" Bellamy v Chris "verndog158" Vernon

Verndog has 11m of 50m in play

£200,000
£120,000


if this update is going to be a one off (hopefully not but being realistic) its nice that two blondes are going to score big here



well done both, heads up start shortly

Good luck to Verndog from all his followers.

Fraser from Sheffield, already a big winner at DTD, won the Monte Carlo a few years ago beating jack ellwood and ray norton to a big score which this will top

Chris Vernon once won a SNG down the local dog and duck

photos, interviews, tv floor managers etc etc

what all of us want at 2am after a week long comp lol

will be with you shortly

'The Cock Inn' actually!

Well played both & GL Fraser & Chris ;0)

      Great updates Tighty & good to see u back ;0)

heads up

antes out of play

fraser 39m

vernon 11m

250-500k

i know its late, but cheer them on please

both guys will look at this thread tomorrow and i know it will mean a lot to both to know that you are railing


fraser and chris, for the record we've had about 350 people viewing through the evening and now at 2am still have 120 guests on

not bad.

fraser takes down the first pot

raising button KJ dd

Chris folds

Incorrect.  He chopped it with our Wes.

Good Luck both and well played.

Vernon completes, Fraser checks

6-9-5

Vernon leads out, Fraser folds

--

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_DtVP-XAAAFqCX.jpg)

I like Fraser, but gooooooo Verndog!

Thanks for all the updates, Tighty. It has been so good as i couldn't get up to DTD to support.

Can we confirmed that Vernon is still dressed properly please Tighty?  I know that Bingham had some concerns about the state of his apparel pre FT.  How someone can put a hoody on sideways is beyond me!!!

He got all his dress sense from Rexus

Fraser complete, Vernon check

2-K-4

Fraser 500,000 call

4

check check

9

check check

Vernon mucks

Fraser has to show...8 high, and 8 high is good!

Bingham commented on sartorial elegance?

Will be heading down once adrian has bust the party poker main, he is selfishly already trying to de-goat Vernon.

Thanks for updates Richard,been glued to them all day...Good luck both finalists.....

lots of limped buttons here

both want to be smallballing it seems

i thought fraser would try and pile it on?

vernon completes

and as if by magic fraser raises to 1.375m

vernon folds

fraser shows again. AQ

They are clearly looking to give you value for money