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Afternoon all, & welcome to Grosvenor Luton for Day Two of the Springfest Main Event!

This is how things stand when play commences at 3pm.......

Table 4

M. Morjaria    20,900
C. Laurent     7,000
Ian Woodward  15,300
B. Sadler          4,200
Justin Turner   11,300
Phil Peters       14,100
Chandra Khajuria  4,900
Dave Smith       28,900
C. Stavri           39,100

Table 5

Joe Grech       20,600
A. Rudge        42,700
David Maudlin   31,500
Nick Whiten     26,800
Curtis Ledger   15,300
B. Kholi           23,000
Mick Fletcher    18,600
Ben Grundy      34,500

Table 6

J. Dahlbom        12,700
JP Kelly             64,800
T. Gillig             53,400
Ben Vinson      123,000
Mark Bartlog      26,700
Mark Harris       37,800
A. Lyew          33,600
Tim Flanders     20,200
P. Garfield          71,900

Table 3

P. Smyth          18,300
M. Lowe           28,000
H. Toghyan       23,300
L. Patten          54,100
Matt Tyler         29,000
M. Ellis              37,900
T. Cook            10,900
J. Murphy          47,200
Snoopy             40,800
 
 

...and here, kindly provided by Tighty, is (are?) some facts on a few of the local guys, who are not so well known to many of us......

Rob Garfield is a property man from North London...fearless, friend of Lord Teddykins and Max Wilfred

Justin Tuner from MK, nice guy...good friend of JP and Xpressman.....a blondiete too...Ju5tin

Brian Sadler, top by miles of the current Luton League.....

Chris Stavri, early 20s, Mediterranean...too young to have any fear at all.....

Andy Lyew....formerly a  blackjack player...can be found most days at Luton

Mark "Monkey" Harris, mobile phone man from North London, connected with the Matchroom lot and used to bein the Snooker world

John Murphy is a really nice bloke....he's a carpet fitter from Hitchin who plays the small Luton games and qualified by satellite

Nick Whiten has sneaked into day 2 without a mention , 26,800 is plenty for Nick ... good luck mate.

Also Snopoy , Matt , JP , Ben (milky Bar Kid) Good luck


When Day 2 starts I will be available for Bokking duties ;)

tikay, Dont forget to mention my "JOB" to alrightjack ;)

Before the fun starts, a big up to Carmel, Helen, Simon, & indeed ALL the Team here at Grosvenor Luton, they have been just SO helpful & friendly. And they have put on a pretty great Fessie, & Main Event, too, with lovely (& free) buffets as well.

A big up to Grosvenor Luton, thank you from all at blonde.

Agreed, not charging £10 for the buffet AND having a late bar license puts Luton above the Vic for certain.

Good luck to all remaining Blondites in todays Main Event.
Especially the Snoooopster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck All..........xxxxxxxxxxx

Good Luck to Justin Turner, Jp, Brian Sadler And Mr Joe "The Joker" my Poker Pals, Great commentary by all you Blondites, Ill Be down later to give you my support and to play in tonights £100 Freezeout, regards to Tight End , Tikay, And Jen.

Hi Nun , Remember our heads up on BI Sq, for the Sponsorship __ I made a bad move , with K8, hit two pair you had Aces and then came 99 , sent me spinning out, LOL Xpressman

Yes I do.. .....x   Enjoyed the game

COME ON SNIPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(not literally)

C'MON THE SNOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

(http://www.scottspm.com/Snoopy.jpg)

Good Luck Blondies!! xx

You know I was thinking this morning about what makes this such a good forum. I have worked out that it seems to contain all the same people that you would want to associate with up and down the country. From Red in the midlands to yoyo up north to the guys from Southampton in the south and all our new overseas friends. It seems to me that the simple formula of telling people who we like and respect of the forum has worked out. Now we must work with Tikay etc to make sure it stays that way.
I have never seen a forum that gives such genuine support for fellow players when they are near the money etc. I have said it before and I will say it again that it feels like playing an away match and knowing your supporters are in the stand....Keep up the good work. And on this occasion I mean all you blondites who make this site the success it is.

Denis

So fantastically put Dennis..Here Here..

 ;iagree; :goodpost:

I have to say that Dennis is one of the nicest and politest people i have ever met, not to mention a fantastic poker player.

Lovely to see you again yesterday mate.

COME ON MATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck

Ok hello to all blonde from Snoopy and moi!

Where just about to set off from the hotel for 'the biggest game of my life' (snoops) he's all nervous (bless!)

Thanks from us both for all the messages, snoops was so chuffed with all the support and really excited, as i am too.

so here goes!!

And Good Luck ...


Matt you didn't tell me you & Snoops were sleeping together... 8)

Hi Matt play the same as in Walsall. The game is no different. Passive aggressive.

good luck snoppy

Good luck guys  :)up

(and t'other Blondes)

COME ON THE BEAGLE!!!

Bring it home mate!

Good luck to any other blondes involved too :)

...and there he was trying to sound as cool as a cucumber on the phone ;)

good luck to yourself aswell matt. bring it home.

Good luck snoops and all other blondes.

What he said.

Go get um Snoops.

just so as everyone can rest a little easier, snoops'll be ok,
we have a very modest percentage thing going on...

gl to b4matt too...

Great Updates guys keep em coming,,  
Best of luck to all the Luton Lads Rob, Justin , Andy and A special Big up to Chris Stavri (whose been like charlie winning a golden ticket to the chocolate factory) Go on My Son...If you can get him to text me I've deleted his number by mistake... thanks again guys and good luck to all.

Had a bit of time on my hands so I made this...

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The Mrs and I find ourselves in Spain, she thinks I have gone for a 'Siesta'

Good luck snoopy and all the blondes.

GOODLUCK GUYS :)up

All the Best young Snoopster & all Blondes. I expect a Blonde filled Final Table today.

Seconded (afternoon all) - and thanks in advance for the lovely breakfast I'm about to order  :D

Snoopy is here lounging with the Anticool crowd - I am even wearing an Adam-support T-shirt with that emblazoned upon it...

Good luck to Snoopy and all Blondes still in  :)up :)up

just got back from the bright lights of luton...played the £750 on thursday , amassed a lot of chips in the first two levels and then proceeded to play like a donkey in level 3 and gave them all away...played a super sat on friday and had the fortune of winning a seat in the main event....unfortunately i was (like sherriff) card dead the whole day..i never once got above 15 000 chips the whole day..a couple of notable hands...all fold to me on the button and i raise to 1200 (blinds 200/400) with k q...small blind folds and monkey harris in the big blind goes all in for his last 1300 with q 2  and hits his 2 on the turn.....a few  hands later three limpers round to me in the small blind , i have a 10 spades and raise it up....monkey harris pushes all in and i call...he shows k q spades and hits his queen,so i would like to take credit for providing a platform for his final day assault..........five minutes after this there is an early position limper , i am in the cutoff and find K K (the best hand i had all day)..i pick up my chips and count out the amount to raise , whilst i am doing this the button and small blind call....WHOA WHOA i shout..the dealer hadnt noticed that i had cards and a ruling was called for...i was then told my hand was dead..wtf...seems to be systematic of the luck i am having at the moment........anyway , the whole day was spent grinding away and with fifteen minutes of the day remaining i have about 10 000 chips left and i am looking to double up or go out , i dont want to be coming back with 6 or 7 big blinds.......utg raises and i have 10 10 in the big blind......it all goes in and the raiser calls with his a j clubs....he hits his flush and i am gone..its been a great tournament as is always the case at luton and made all the more special by the people of blonde,thanks for the support (except kev , i dont mind you bokking mr pearce but me ! ffs)great updating by tikay and mrs merton (loved the dylan references) and well played and good luck to sherriff , jp , matt and the snoopster...

Afternoon Jen, is an Adam-support T-shirt something like a wonder-bra ?  ::)

No - I will get a photo of us in our matching tops... feel like some kind of cheerleader!

AND THEY'RE OFF!

The last four tables of this £1,500 event have just commenced play!  Good luck, and let's see who makes the money!

Let's see that cheerleading photo :)

Jen, please say good luck to snoppy and all the other blondites.

How many is average chips please ?

And we've lost a player - David Maudlin, who'd just lost a few calling Ben Grundy's mid-position raise, only to find Nick Whiten on the big blind pushing in for 16k and taking it away from both of them -

He made his stand with 5s 5d, but Mick Fletcher found the   Ahrt Ac and knocked him out, saying, "That's the first time in five days I've seen those babies..."

Ok, I’m here and ready to ride the rails all the way to a blonde victory

Congratulations to Jen for doing a fantastic job yesterday, she made updating and carrying tikay seem easy, just like a woman!

I had good chips early in the comp, and I was playing very positively,  4th street re-raises forced me to lay down top pair a couple of times, once to a stone bluff on a massive pot, the cards never forgave me

I’m feeling a bit jaded today, probably old age and one to many mornings, so I’m content to sit in my comfy chair enjoying the updates

Good luck to Snoopster, Matt and all the blondes, the drinks are on you when the ship comes in!

Btw, did Hollis Brown play yesterday?

Sorry - No Hollis Brown...

But Ben Grundy doubles up with the  Ahrt Aspades too!  A huge old pot was already in progress against Chip Leader Ben Vinson (33k) on a flop of 7s 4d Tc.  Ben (G)straightaway moved in for his remaining 20k or so, and Ben (V) called with 9d 9s, probably reluctantly but looking at both the pot and the flop as being too tempting.

Hopefully a good night's sleep will have turned off the Milkybarkid's Tilt switch...

Methinks it's time for a slightly indistict yet scene-setting couple of near-aerial photos for you:

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And another one... The cat in the hat is Ian Woodward, whom I referred to as Monkey-hat-guy all yesterday.  Sorry.  His hat does have a monkey on it (pic if he allows me)

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JP (pictured here sandwiched between J. Dahlbom (left) and Tim Gillig (black hat)) just ran into a spot of trouble bluffing Robert Garfield, who check-called the river with top and bottom pair, way ahead of JP's bluffy  Js 9s.  Still plenty of chips for him though. 

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From forensically analysising both these updates I now conclude that Milkybarkids has been dealt six AA's in this comp

He won 5 times and then on the sixth occasion when Julian the Ace cracker cracked them he lost bundles.

Always the way!

A belated return by me, my Lappie worked fine at the Hotel, but has been giving me grief here, but I've fixed it now.

Lovely - LOVELY - Post by Irish Denis. He's a blonde, & he understands blonde. Nicely put, thank you Denis. When the chips are down, we look after our own. Denis is a terrific guy, very successful businessman, half-competent player, to whom middle age-spread arrived late.

Booder - Dylan references? Explain, please.

Red - I'm happy to give credit to Jen for carrying me. I mean, I'm a mere waif these days. How's the diet going?

wtf indeed. was a reason given for the ruling?
how can your hand be dead because 2 others act out of turn?

vul booder

And my Hero Of The Day - Snoopy!  Holding on to his chips like they're glued to the table.  At least that's the impression I got from my 5 minute sojourn.

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It was claimed that Booder "hid his cards" which he most deffo did NOT. The "bet line" in some parts of the tables is quite narrow, & Boo was sat, half hidden, behind the dealer in Seat 10. He was the Button, & the SB in Seat 1, the other side of the Dealer never realised Booder was in the hand, & "made up", the BB checked because the SB had made up - the domino effect took over - and then the Ruling was requested. It was ruled that the SB & BB had both "acted" (the BB had checked) & a mid position player pre-Boo had limped, so "action had taken place".

So, in effect, Boo did nothing wrong AT ALL - it was the SB who acted out of turn, NOT Boo hiding his cards, that caused the problem.

But Boo took it like the big man he is. blonde are well proud of him.

Laurent Charvet is OUT -

The Frenchman saw a chance against Dave Smith on a 6h 3d  Aspades 2s board to push for his last 6k (holding Ad 5h) and potentially take down the 9k pot.  But Dave called with  Ahrt Th and knocked him out.

You know spoony is cashing big when you find out Julian has a peice of him- the man is golden if you are a % with him. Any chance of saving a couple of % with you for the series Julian? sure there will be a huge queue but I fancy finalling this year and if I am jockeying for you nothing can stop me :)

J. Dahlbom is also OUT - and the unenviable seat on JP's right has been filled by Luke Patten.

1% any good to ya big man?

gl blondites :) 

Thats 1% wasted Julian ... ;)  act in haste repent at leisure :D

There's clearly been a lot of action on JP's table, in spite of the aggressive chip leader being moved near the start of play.  Mark Bartlog, for example, is OUT, and a hefty stack remains in front of Robert Garfield.

Just now, Tim Flanders raised 2,600 from the cutoff, and JP called in the big blind.  He immediately moved all-in on the Kc 4h 6c flop, and Tim passed showing  Ahrt Qs.  He also mentioned, "I thought you were going to do that whatever came on the flop... well, maybe as long as there was no Ace."

There seems a huge groundswell of support here for sloppy in particular, but also Smithers Whiten, J P Kelly, & Matt Tyler.

Whoever wins this will deserve it, there has not been a single complaint about the structure or the clock, indeed not one bad word against Grosvenor Luton.

The only bad stuff actually went down in the Car Park, where John Hewston had his car vandalised yesterday, & Mick Fletcher tiold me that his car had been attacked too - window smashed, & Sat Nav stolen. Such is society these days.......

don't forget Sheriff



Come on Sheriff!!!

Luton car park setup is awful - if you've won and have to make that walk back via the alley round the side/rear of the casino, always handy to take a friend with you....

Hows Big Dave Smith doing Jen/Tikay... ;goodluck;

Yes, how remiss of me. So many blondes, & such a short memory.......

Is it just me, but looking at this last photo that jen posted, snoopy's stubble seems to be sprouting like the play-dough barbers shop guy as the tournament progresses. Must be the excitement. Someone pass him an electric shaver....

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We can sort out the % in vegas mate don't worry. Just dont forget me when handing out your "golden" %s. I am only playing the series this year as a live event and I am not taking it lightly ( I am even giving up smoking before I go out there). Drop me an email when you get chance Julian as there are some other Vegas things I could do with having a chat to you about.

So if Boo was the button and hadn't put any chips into the pot, he still has to make action.  They can't just say because the SB and BB had acted, thats terrible.   Boo still has to act, b4 any action can take place .  

Terrible ruling!!

the problem is the Grosvenor car park is too small for the casino when it is anything more than moderately busy

this leaves everyone else taking the horrible walk though the alleyway to Sainsbury's car park


Good news though is that Luton Gorsvenor is moving to a new build near J 10, on two floors with a huge card room spanning one floor


Hopefully no car park worries there

When the magistrates finally approve it that is, it threw back the application once on the grounds that a casino there would attract undesirable types for the residents nearby!!!

Couple of counts as the blinds raise to 800 - 1,600:

Blondes first, everyone else in a minute ;)

Joe Grech    14,000
Ben Grundy  70,000
JP Kelly        56,000
Matt Tyler    31,000
Snoopy       24,000 - "I made a bad call - battle of the blinds, with  Qd Jd suited I raised. Flop A A J, and he had A7.  I could have folded, I think." 

Oh dear oh dear - I Bokked Sheriff, & now he's OUT......

We also forgot Nick Smithers Whiten, & it was in fact Smithers that busted Sheriff.

So, Sheriff out - bad luck bud, but Smithers doubles up.

blondes are everywhere, my apologies to those I forget.

that carpark is always going to be a problem on a saturday/sunday nights. once the supermarket closes the security go home and the local hoolies know that most of the cars left there are going to be casino customers who are unlikely to return to their cars until the early hours

I'd just like to add my thanks to all at Luton, they work their socks off to make it a great festival week, it's a pleasure and a privilege to play there

aye your right tighty - I always end up in the sainsbury's car park. Dodgy as hell.

Sorry - forgot other blondeites like Nick Whiten... actually, they've just broken a table and moved everyone around so I am going to have to wait until after this 10-min break to continue doing efficient things like counting chips.

27 left... £1,500 for 18th to 10th.

I have heard that you also do efficient things like oven chips!

Look, if you're ever lucky enough to sample the simultaneous delights of Dana's rotisserie chicken and my 'sticky fries' as I like to call them, you'll eat your words too.

where's J 10 tighty? the normal junction you take for Luton or further up?

they are nicer if you deep fry them

currently Luton is J11, J10 is one closer London, near the Airport

mmmm danas chicken :) 

Much merriment here as Rhow interviews J P Kelly for Poker 425. "So how old are you J P?", followed by a chorus of "9" from the usual crowd of interview gawpers......

Rotisserie chicken/banjo, which does she pluck best?

Phil Peters & Mr Morjaria clash.

Phil dominates with AK, & Mr Morjaria has A-J, but as always seems to be the case when the shorty dominates, the deeper stack hit's hit 3 outer, & that's that, Phil Peters is history, but he'll bounce back next week, he always does.

Tikay/Jen can you PLEASE wish Big Dave Smith from Notts all the beast from Mick McCool. Thankyou in advance.

Best of luck to the Blondes stll in play!

will do russ, shud be bookin the trip & hoterl soon...where u stayin?

Andrew Lyew doubles up off Ben Vinson... Ben on the button faced an all-in of nearly 40k on the Jc 8h 4h flop.  He called with his drawing  Ahrt Th, and found Andrew with Ks Kd.
Turn:  Td
River:  4s  and Andrew can breathe out, while the chip leader loses his huge lead.

lol julian just pmed you on that exact subject

Any chance of  chip count soon:
Andy L
chris c
Rob G
Justin T
JP

Please

Any word on Dave Smith ?????

We cant get to Dave, he's at the back of a table by the wall, but he has around 50k, & is more than capable of doubling up & going on to win, or doing the lot in one hand.

Contrary to what was reported yesterday, Dave Smith will & does do deals, frequently, but he tends to get, shall we say, a little "exciteable" & loud during them....!

any news on snoops please...and matt   or am i blowing in the wind

Tikay, one thing for sure there will not be many put there chips in the middle like Dave, if he makes the final.

PLEASE don't ask how "so & so" is getting on, it's a sure bok......

No sooner had we reported on Dave Smith's healthy stack, thn this happened, against Mr Lyew.

We see this board......

 5h  5c Kh 7h Td....

After Andrew Lyew tickle bets on the end, Dave Smith quickly says "all-in", & Lyew insta-calls for the rest of his 25k or so stack. The haste is explained by their hands.......

Dave Smith...... Th 9h (for the flush)

Andew Lyew -  5d 7c.....!

Dave Smith down to maybe 30k, Andrew Lyew up to 50k-ish.

Yup, Dave is the original & genuine "Calling Station"!

Any Chance for a chip count for Ben Vinson

How about some nice full chip guesstimates at this tense time?  Ok then..

M. Morjaria     19,000
Mark Lowe     43,000
Ian Woodward  9,000
Brian Sadler    34,000
Justin Turner   OUT
Chandra Khajuria  OUT
JP Kelly         67,000
Luke Patten   40,000
Dave Smith    28,000
Chris Stavri     34,000

Joe Grech        OUT
Alan Rudge      50,000
Ben Vinson     100,000
Nick Whiten     72,000
Robert Garfield  122,000
Andrew Lyew   98,600
Bhupinder Kohli  14,600
Tim Flanders     11,000
Mick Fletcher      OUT
Ben Grundy      81,000

Peter Smyth      21,300
Mark Harris        27,500
Hamid Toghyan  28,000
Tim Gillig           53,000
Matt Tyler         31,000
Michael Ellis        65,000
Terry Cook        13,200
John Murphy      30,000
Snoooopy          23,000

What are the blinds please ??

J P Kelly is back up to 65k or 70k. He's a real player - does not wait for hands, this boy, he makes his own action, & is busy, busy busy. Amazing game he has, much in the style of The Camel. The most imprressive thing about JP & Camel, & I discussed this with Camel at length yesterday, is that they LOVE taking flops, playing down the streets, & they always seem to know exactly "where they are". An amazing skill. Camel said is was not so much knowing where he was, more a case of taking a view on where his opponent was. A lovely skill to have. I guess.

Just spotted a "Last chance saloon" super satellite for Dublin on the net, I might get there yet!

Wish me luck

The Blinds, Kev, are 800-1,600, average stack maybe, what?, 25 runners left, so probably 41 or 42k.

So the average stack is around 25BB's.

A cool-looking Matt Tyler, snapped literally seconds after he was sticking his tongue out at me in a most uncool fashion.

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according to barny they are compulsary bets to get the action started.....now   about that button,...................

Win it Tom, WIN IT. It's gonna be a mini-blondefest, we need you there.

All right, rumbled.  I'll have you know that as a special Snoopy Challenge I got no fewer than 18 Bob Dylan song titles hidden in my updates yesterday, and no-one said a thing!  I win I win!

i can feel a double up coming for spoony.

Either that or I need the lav.

C'mon our kid. ;bigglesdog;

I only spotted 10

how many of mine can you see in my first post in this thread?

I spotted 'em - every one of them......

I'm quite surprised that nobody else did though, especially ifm. There you go, outwitted by a slip of a girl.

Jen, any clues to your hidden cyrptic songwriter today? I spotted 4 or 5 yesterday.

J P Kelly has Luke Patren two to his left. Could get interesting that - JP's MO is bluffing, & Luke is not bluffing material, not at all.

Here's Ben Vinson and Nick Whiten, who's pulling a Julian Thew-type face here.

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Here's one I plucked earlier. Incidentally.

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I think Red takes the biscuit today - that was hard work, I'm having an afternoon off...

I didn't know Foghorn Leghorn was into bluegrass.

Seven.

All the best people are, you know

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Snoopy is working his chip stack back up - and without the benefit of proper cards, I might add.  Over 30k and counting.  He just came over to take a breather from a table he describes as "intense" and we had the coolest photo of us in our Antecool T-shirts, but I think tikay messed up my camera.  So I am going to have to find a better photo op.

i spotted the one u used for me & was immediately envious

Meanwhile, here's Ben Grundy, giving an opponent the laazy eye.  He looks to have gotten himself well under control now, and is in the top 5 in chips.

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Am chatting to Rhow & the 425 Team about doing a few "In-Depth" Interviews for 425 today, who shall we do. My suggestions were J P Kelly, Matt Tyler, Rob Yong (we already did Simon Nowab a while back). And if Willie Tann shows up for the £100 tonight, I will deffo do him - we did him at Walsall - GREAT stuff, but there were technical problems & we had to bin it.

Of those still here, who would you suggest would make an interesting subject for a 425 "In-Depth", & what questions would you particularly like me to ask your chosen subject?

There you go - choose the player. Only on blonde, eh?

No lazy eye quips please !!!

big dave smith

the yongster

****************10 minute break***************

They are racing off the 100 chips and with just 21 players remaining I'm sure they mainly want to just keep on playing at this point.

Dave Smith and Ian Woodward OUT, in case that hadn't been mentioned.

Lightning Seeds - "Lucky You".....?

He might just have been winking suggestively at me.  You never know.

Just got back home after my exit.

Was going well today too - I'd gone from 15,300 to 25,000 without having to showdown a hand and Nick, sat to my immediate right, had already promised to call me next time I went over the top of him.

Last hand of the 600/1200 level, we both have similar chips.  He raised to 4,000 from the cut-off.  I flat call on the button with  Ad Td..  Everyone else folds.

Flop is beautiful - rags, no obvious draws and Ten-high.  Nick pushes, I insta-call and he turns over 66.

After some initial confusion where the dealer thinks I've folded and tries to muck my cards, he then proceeds to deal a 6 on the turn and I'm out.  If only he'd let the cards touch the muck!

Can't really ask for much more than that.  Win that hand and I'm comfortable again (for the first time in about 7 hours of play).  I'm a massive favourite when the money goes in and I can't control the turn of cards after that.

GL to the Blondies left in.

Sheriff

PS:  Funny incident then follows.  I'm out in 28th place so they announce a break while they set up for 3 tables instead of 4.  Rhowena pops over and asks for a quick interview for Poker425.  I go over to the camera, she advises that its just an update on progress.  I say to her "You do know I just got knocked out don't you?"  Cue one very sheepish looking Mrs C  :blonde:

Still, at least I got to describe a bad beat on camera.  If its shown I believe this means it is exempt from a 50p fine!

Sigh.

Thewy, ".....and what question would you particularly like me to ask them?...."

me doubts you would spot a dylan lyric if it came up & bite you in the ass tk...no, not the lightening seeds & my point was that i approved of the use of worthy lyrics/titles...
(8 points if you can name the album from which this weeks blog bit was derived...)

hurrah, I've been waiting since page 16 yesterday for banjo pics.

Surely if it's shown it's a £5 fine!!

I actually didn't read the updates yesterday, just skipped thru looking for news on snoppy et al
Gotta have a look thru now though!!

So no Doris Day stuff then? Or Steps? S Club Seven?

I'm sure they would never have got any Max Bygraves past you  ;tk;

Man Utd have got 2 past the @rse :D :D :D :D

 :tikay:

Goodbye Yellowbrick road?

how many playhers left and what are chip counts please.

Read the updates lazy perv  :D

Play is about to resume here, meanwhile, there is a Heads-Up thing going off, The Yongsta is 1 up. I guess it's for a £1, maybe a tad more......

Sorry AJ I'm a bit tetchy watching footie  >:(

Hi Paul,

About two dozen left - we did full chip counts just before the break, be a Page or two back.

what makes you think im lazy ?

Snoopy back on track, listening to his permanently-affixed ipod...

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425 In-Depth - I have got J P Kelly to agree to do one, but we can do another one or two if we can find the right subjects, then we can have a few "in stock" for future shows.

"Tell me JP, what do you want to do when you are a grown up?".

Chris Stavri.  Jay - I told him your message and he asked if you were watching and I said yes.  That about sums up our breaktime conversation...

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I'd like to ask Matt how he'd like his eggs in the morning, ..but then I remembered I am married and more like his older sister....

And one for Dannii - here's your brother stacking and restacking his chips, which he seems to like doing.

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the shape im in from before the flood

Ha ha
Nice smirk on his face as he does it as well

Thanks Jen, Your heaven sent

And with the elimination of Mark Harris and Terry Cook - we're down to 19 so







STOP -



Bubble Time!

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19 players left, & with the max being 9 to a table, they are playing 6/6/7 - this is the time that the better players make hay, & the weak start to struggle. This has been, & remains, a really super comp.

Not seen a mention of Paul Parker.. Did he not play?

best of luck to Charlie Brown!

Squeaky bum time ... I aint wishing anyone luck til the bubble bursts !!

No Maureen, not seen him this week.

Sorry to hear Reece is unwell again - my thoughts are with you.

Am a good friend of John Murphy's - can some one tell me how he is doing????

Chip count for Ben Vinson if that isnt any trouble!

Short stack Peter Smyth raised 7k out of his 13 total under the gun.  Small blind John Murphy thought for a minute, and raised enough to put him all-in; he followed gladly with the  Aspades Ac.  John's  Tc Ts hit nothing on the 5s7h  Ahrt 4s 9h board and he's now short.  Hand for hand, so bear with us for the action.

Ben Vinson - 130,000

John Murphy - 21,000

And with the Bubble upon us, Tim Flanders is nursing a 4k "stack", if stack be the word.

He was hoping to make it 3 Big Finals on the bounce - he'll do well if he does!

 :cheers: :cheers:  I am already delighted as with the demise of one player (keep you in suspense til tikay's done typing) the remaining 18 are all

in the money! 

£1,500 for the next nine to drop.  Not loads, but better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Ayyarr, I bokked Tim - he's OUT, and we are down to the ££££'s.

Short break now while they Re-Draw for seats in the Semi-Final.

Sad for Tim, but he's had a good run these last few weeks, & Poker is like that - just when you think it's easy, it bites you.

Wooooooooooooooo Snippy!!! You're on the Gates of Eden now!

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Is Ben Vinson chip leader?

im trying to skim through the pages,is snoopy still in?

Goooooooooooo SNOOP, NICK and MATT

take that as a yes :blonde:
go snoopy

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What was the entry fee for this event please?

aaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr snoooops

very very well done sir

Bad News - snoopy is OUT. Details following.

He did blonde, & himself, proud.

this is soooooo addictive ! Tk and Jen and all, you have got me hooked ;applause;

:( Great game Snoops!

unlucky snoopy.at least u got something back

Hard luck snoopy

Great effort though, first of many main event second days I think

Just got in and found out the great news that Nick Whiten is still in. COME ON NICK!

How many are they down to now?

snoops here

Fork is firmly planted in.

Ul snoops, but got some roll back for future tourneys where damage can be done. great effort.

very well played snoops , we are proud of you

Down to about 16k, in the SB, he R'd about 8k with  Ac 4d, & got looked up by the BB who had 17k. On a  Js Jc Tc flop, he moved in, but the BB with  Th Td was never gonna pass. A 3rd club on the turn gave our man some hope, but a hopeless 2 of Diamonds rivered.

He looks a lttle glum right now, but he'll be bouncing later - the boy did great, just great, we are SO proud of him. There will be other days for the Beagle.

  ;applause; GO  ;cheerleader; BLONDES  ;cheerleader; GO   ;applause;

 ;goodluck; to Snoops and Matt!

Awwww. Gutted for you Snoops, but well played for sticking to your guns and going down fighting.


 ;applause; :respect: ;applause; :respect: ;applause; :respect:

Counts for the final 17...

Table Big Chip

Ben Vinson    137,000
Chris Stavri      86,000
Tim Gillig        85,000
JP Kelly         74,000
Michael Ellis    93,000
Robert Garfield  200,000
M. Morjaria      38,000
Bhupinder Kohli  12,000
John Murphy     20,000

Table Little Chip

Mark Lowe      16,000
Matt Tyler       30,000
Andrew Lyew  87,000
Brian Sadler       36,000
Peter Smyth    33,000
Ben Grundy      97,000
Luke Patten     50,000
Nick Whiten      49,500

Lance - welcome to blonde. The Entry Fee was £1,500.

Lou - about 17 left, including a few shorties - Smithers has a real chance.

are 17 left guaranteed money back?

Thanks Tikay!!!

yes £1500 until the big moolah starts at 9th

Well done Snoopy. A cash in your first main event is a great result.  ;applause;

PS I didn't bok you, I wished you luck after you were out...

Well, £1,500 so very nearly.  Unless you're Snoopy and snuck in as an online qualifier in which case you make a profit.

Rob Garfield is the big chip leader...a local Luton player he is aggressive and has a game based on bluff, fearsomely so

He learnt a lot from Teddykins, Frederick Richardson, and won't be overawed by this. He is though a quiet assassin....not a teddykins type verbals merchant

He finished third in the £500 earlier in the week, only being bettered by Bambos and Mike Magee

Keep this stuff coming please Tighty, it adds a lot to the Update.

well done red, ybr...

ul snoops, but good effort anyhows...a good boost

What are the blinds now?

Nice one Snoopy, very well done  :)up

Hi All,

We have decided to remove a Post from this thread which was, all things consideredd, a bit "racy" and not, in our opinion, at all appropriate right here & now on this Live Update Thread.

This is a Family place, many wifes, sons & daughters are looking in to support their particular players, & we really like to keep the Updates such that nobody will be offended by their content.

Old-Fashioned, maybe, but that's the way it is.

Please bear this in mind when Posting.

Thanks Guys!

wasnt his oppo holding a full house on the flop? good go tho snoopy

Andy Lyew, an oriental gentleman in his 30s on the other hand I have to make a confession about. I always thought he was a complete fish!!

He is I believe a sales manager for one of the big PC companies...Hewletts or Dell I forget which

Each evening come 5-6pm he can be found immaculately attired, pin stripe suit and all, hitting the tables at Luton.



About nine months ago he took to poker, really only as an adjunct to his other gaming activities.

Immediately he started getting results but it seemed to me he was firing it in and benefitting merely from aggression rather than fantastic play (he won't mind me saying this, we've discussed it)

He then went through a fallow patch but has re-merged a far stronger fundamental player.

Albeit still a lucky fish! Joke!


He'll be loving this chance to shut a few of the naysayers up!

Very well done Snoopy, hope you can move onwards and upwards from here.

Good luck to Ben Grundy, with almost twice average he's in with a great chance. After a horrendousl start to the year he's shown his true class recently.

I hope he wins it.

Sorry Simon - the third flop card was a 9, not a 10.

Big Hit For the Milkybarkid...

A big preflop pot developed when he raised from the button and Nick Whiten pushed all in on the big blind.  The money in the middle was 47,000, and with Nick's remaining chips equalling 23,500, Ben eventually (reluctantly) called.

Ben showed:  9h Th
Nick showed:  Ac Qd

Flop:  Jd 6c Td
Turn:  9s  (Nick stood up)
River:  Kd  (Nick sat down)

And Ben down to 35,000.

Misread Heh! :) :)...any blondites left in?

Good effort indeed Ponsoy  ;applause;

I lose track of who is & is not a blonde these days Simon, but for sure, blonde have Matt Tyler, Ben Grundy, Nick Smithers Whiten, & J P Kelly still in the comp, probably a few more.

mukash morjaria will be a threat,he finalled in dublin[his 1st live event],barny hits his flushto come from behind in a million chip pot to knock mukash out.He owns the tough monday and friday freezeouts at the sportsman in london and in southampton hes king.

200,000 for Ben Vinson,gotta have a good chance now

Is Nick Whiten the giy from the Poker Channel?

Cheers for the info Tikay. Sounds like Nick's got a real chance.
By the way, you've got another fan of your show- not female I'm afraid. It's my dad. He grew up in Pimlico and is a Chelsea supporter through and through. Perhaps that's influenced him.  :D

no that would be Nick Wetherall

Nick Whiten is Rob Yong's best mate, from Nottingham

tikay are you playing the $50 tonight?

Is Dave?

This bok thing is getting silly. I will revert to my usual silent self from now on.

Apart from to say good luck to Stephen Pearce, hope he wins it.


Oh no, it's ok, he exited yesterday  :D

Double Doubleup News Now -

First, John Murphy doubled up with Tc Ts against Robert Garfield's 6d 6c, hitting a house on the flop for good measure. 

Then it was JP's turn, which he took rather stylishly on the river...here's what happened:  Ben Vinson flat called (blinds 1k - 2k) so JP made up the small blind and big blind Michael Ellis checked.

Flop:  Ad 9d 4h.   Checked round.
Turn: 5s.  JP checked, Michael bet 3k, called in both spots.
River: 2d.  JP checked, Michael bet 10k, Ben passed and JP moved in!  It was around 15 to call, which Michael did, rewarded with a sneak-tastic 4d 6d. 

No, he's Rob Yong's bag-carrier.

Would like to Aaron, depends what's happening here - I'm not sure it's appropriate to play on blonde in a Grosvenor Casino. I suggest you PM or ring Dave to ask him - he's got no excuse.

Wouldn't be surpised if half the field becomes people with accounts on Blonde by next year.

Good luck to Matt, bring home the bacon

Michael Ellis finishes in 17th place...



After shaking his head in frustration at JP a couple of hands ago, the rest of Mr. Ellis' chips went to the same magnet - all I saw was JP with  Jc Th raking in a pot while the beaten  Aspades 6c (?) was turned over.

And Luke Patten doubles up Peter Smyth (although there was no way off this hand for either of them):

Luke called Peter's 10k preflop raise, and the rest of Peter's short stack went in on the 4h 7h Qd flop.  Call.

Luke showed:   Ahrt Kh
Peter showed:  Ac Qc

No further heart and Peter hangs on in there.

The curse of the "Good Luck" Bok continues.......

Details on the way from Mrs Merton, but I'm sorry to say, b4matt - Matt Tyler - is OUT.

Double elimination News Now -

Matt Tyler is 16th place finisher; on other table Bhupinder Kohli is 15th place finisher -

Matt ran into the brick wall of Luke Patten, who, in his own words (and those of some others) "Just can't fold."  He set up a nice tasty squeeze play preflop, with 9c 9d, but it was the wrong person to squeeze and Luke's  Ahrt Td hit after he called the all-in.  Hard luck Matt - whoever just wished you luck clearly bokked you.

Good effort Matt, unlucky mate.

Good going Matt....Next stop Ireland...xx

Brian Sadler is a Luton old timer!

An almost every nighter, sometimes with his two twenty something sons Ryan and Scott, he is the runaway leader of the Luton poker league

A lovely guy and a mean player, I belive he now makes his living, having retired, from sports betting..horses especially

Field starting to thin out now, but there is a Dinner Break end of this Level - maybe 30 minutes from now, so I don't see us reaching the Final until maybe 10pm or 11pm.

But so what, we got all night, & these Luton Main Events always run the full distance.

It would be a real fairytale were John Murphy to reach the final

John own his own carpet fitting company run out of Hitchin. An occasional player live, maybe once or twice a fortnight, this is by far and away his biggest comp having qualified in a satellite

Hows about we try an ante bok for a difference. I hope that Milky bar kid gets knocked out soon ;)

and, before I shut up for a bit, I must say its great to see so many Luton locals in the latter stages....its a great place to play, the standard is tough and its a great grounding for the Uk circuit

JP may be a special case, but we can just about still call him a Luton local too.... 

 ;iagree;

well played matt

Chip count time:

Table ex-Snoopy

Mark Lowe   50,000
Andrew Lyew  60,000
Brian Sadler    23,500
Peter Smyth   53,000
Ben Grundy    23,000
Luke Patten   95,000
Nick Whiten   85,000

Table youngster

Ben Vinson     220,000
Chris Stavri      57,000
Tim Gillig         88,000
JP Kelly          170,000
Robert Garfield  145,000
M. Morjaria         32,000
John Murphy      40,000

chips counts???????

Am a very good friend of John Murphy's, we both live in Hitchin - he has made a lot of money from on-line tournaments - but you are right - this is the biggest 'live' event he has ever been in - he is a good solid player who is not afraid to go when necessary - am just about to leave to get to casino to support him

Good luck to your guys too

harsh

Chuncky Mick and I are sat next to each other in the Dublin sat, both bustin to go to the Emerald Isle

Please God, none of you bokkers wish us good luck!

Have they had VCPoker in to do the table balancing?

JP was special right from the start. It was blindingly obvious

with 170,000 chips the others on his table are in for a torrid time.

No mention of young Ben Vinson?

where are you playing mr dog ?

Non-specific well-wishing from me and the cat, Mr Red Dog sir!

Paddy Power Dublin Sat

OMG so much catching up to do, I ought not go away

I don't think anyone here knows him. Give us some background on him - does he play online, did he qualify for this tournie online? Is he related to Alan Vinson?

I would wish him luck but the way this bok thing is going I'd better not!

Any takers for the blonde special in 15 mins?

It's 9 players max with a $1 buy in. (MTT tab)

Should be a laff. :D

In a flurry of eliminations, they've gotten down to 10!

Each OUT, receiving £1,500 are:

Mark Lowe
Brian Sadler
Chris Stavri
M. Morjaria

Sorry - we've had to play Rock Paper Scissors for which of the surplus updaters gets to play the 100 freezeout!!  It's me.  Even though I lost. 

yer its his father

IN!

Just caught up after a powernap great reporting Jenn a nice bit of input too fromTikay.

Gotta to say good luck to Nick.

Regards

M

Damn it seems like the earlier attempt didnt work. I really hope that the milkybar doesnt final ;)
On a side note I prefered my live updates without spam every 4th post- now I understand why blonde has been kept spam free for so long ( I understand you have to push your own comps and stuff guys but please not every other post- I hope I am not the only one thinking this and if I am I will never mention it again).

 ;iagree;

good luck to all remaining players

got a visitor coming round this evening then i will be looking for a game myself around midnight

problery around the $50 buy in mark can anyone recomend one?

I think Jen is playing the £100 freezout, firmly backed financially by the generous and very wise Mr Nowab, so it looks like you're stuck with me and tikay.

word on grapevine...

dinner break soon.

snoops

How about the one on blondepokerleague where you'll get to play El Blondie himself - at his best?

I know from speaking to him 5 mins ago he wants to win this one - it's not for the faint at heart.

However Iron, if you get AK I'm sure you'll do him! :)

I just heard Yongsta shout 'Cmon nick'...

sounds promising.

FINAL!

Andrew Lyew is the unlucky Fella, out in 10th place.

We will get all the Chip Counts & seating positions as soon as they are done.

Nick is a lovely lovely guy i wish him luck :)up

Could someone please tell me the final table payouts???

CORRECTION!

It was NOT Andrew Lyew that busted out - it was John Murphy - sorry.

Chip Counts are just about done - J P Kelly is in the box seat!

(Brushes hair, adjusts tie and holds stomach in)

Hello and welcome to the forum

;iagree;

My Tricast nearly came in I went for Nick Milky and Spoony

"Cmon Nick"

Regards

M

Final Table Chip Counts:

(1) T Gillig -- 90k
(2) P Smythe -- 68k
(3) JP Kelly -- 265k
(4) Luke Patten -- 108k
(5) R Garfield -- 173k
(6) A Lyew -- 68k
(7) Ben Grundy -- 79k
(8) B Vinson -- 169k
(9) Nick Whitten -- 68k

lovely jubberly

265,000

Wow

Just as well he doesn't know how to use a monster stack then......

Final Table Payouts.....

9th £4,500

8th £5,250

7th £6,000

6th £6,750

5th £10,500

4th £14,250

3rd £20,250

2nd £30,000

WINNER £52,500!

Final Table = Tea break

30 mins

Good Lord, my 18th would be miniscule on this pyrmaid.

Unlucky on th 18th snoopee, your time is very nigh.

Nice tie robert  ;)

don't encourage him!


i wear cravats personally....

Adam.

You have done us PROUD little bro.

Its just the start of great things.

I really think I should intervene, everyone knows I am this forums most eligable bachelor

and the wife agrees with me

Hi pkrchck1,

Do you know pokergirlie?

 :hello:  ;welcome;

cheers rob

cards dried up at vital times

but enjoyed it immensly

Totally agree mate,

You may have to give up your updating duties to concentrate on more playing of these events.

All the best fella.

Jim

nice post jammer

thx bro

can't complain

I am ASHAMED of that Jen.

Three hands into the £100 Freeze, she is in a 3 way Pot with no Pre-Floop action, on a flop of  Aspades Jh 9h

Geezer bets, Jen Raises, third player passes, Geezer dwells, passes, turns over  Ahrt Qc, saying "I'm behind, yes?".

Jen nods, "Oh yes, way behind" she says, quickly mucking her bag of spanners.

good girl jen :)   get them by the short and curlies  hehe

dont think so...? :hello:

How many?, I find more than one looks untidy.

Clever Jen, clever clever clever Jen!

dana lovey :)   

Hello lovely Mel. How's Mr Baby?

I wear one round each chin, silly.

Just the three then xx


(pot v kettle)

Check this out pkrchck,

We're all scared of pretty essex girls!

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=1584.0

The Final should begin in about 15 minutes, so sloppy & I are gonna grab this chance to have a quick bite to eat, we will be back for the start of the Final.

Dewi, are you going to Swansea?

master declan has had me up watching ceebeebies from 6am today   EEEEKK
only so much balamory I can take :)

Dave "El Blondie" Colclough has registered for tonight's $50.

Sod it, if he can play it, so can I.

Oh go on then, eat, don't worry about us, we'll be alright, just waiting here... waiting.

being registered doesn't mean he can play, but I hear he is improving.

At least it's not Teletubbies. That stuff will screw with your mind, and possibly really warp Declan... I feel for you though

PMSL @ Robert.

I meant if he can get it into his schedule then so can I.

its ok my mum is back to babysit for a few hours  :)   ;goodvevil;

LOL we could get on just great !!   ;D

Don't make her watch Balamory, she won't babysit again...  ;hide;

Kelsey, stop teasing the boys !!  ;)

Moi ?!  0:-)

Spill Kev.

i aint falling for pkrchck1 untill i do a full inspection

but welcome to the forum just hope you aint a TV like pokergirlie

Don't stop, we like it!  :D

Patrick, dont think so, saw from an earlier thread you were going, did you win the sat on Blue Sq?

he knows more than most

could the surname be grammer

kev knows a girl !!!!!!!!!

Yup, but I was going anyway. I have friends in Swansea I haven't seen in a while, so it's great excuse to go and visit. Be good do see you if you come down.

Any of the mods/admins want a last longer bet for the $50 tonight?

pkrchck1 and me are neighbours ;)

lol  she actually likes the programme :)     prefer tweenies myself lol

thats a first

Can I use 74o?

anyone here fancy playing the blondepoker special at 9pm? 6 more needed.

What's the one with the Motorettes? I like their tiddlypeeps song   :dd:

 :hello: David !!!  mmwah  :-* ;cheerleader;

yep, sounds good?

 :redcard: <First red card smiley I've ever used! I'm on tilt already!

Fifi and the flower tots on nick jnr is my fav at the moment , thought the kids prefer Dora the explorer  :blonde: lol

Oh dear, sorry it has affected you so xxxx


 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Well done Snoopy , you must be very chuffed  ;applause;  ;applause; :respect: ;applause; ;applause;

lol  the funny coloured purple faced lot , so funny ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/)

Oh wow, I'm way behind with the kids' TV. There's a whole new world of breakfast viewing out there to explore...  :)

PLease dont tell everyone I watch Dora The Explorer!!! lol

Blondepokerleague just gone down for anyone else?

Whole of Tribecca I think War

i thought i had when i said " kids "  :)

When your 4 handed in a $200 STT.... >:(

Yup. Looking into it.

You playing the $50 tonight Wardonkey?

Rumour has it you are thee form horse.

sorry but when you kids are finished can we disscuss how snoopy is going to win this comp

i suggest he uses ironside and brian wilson side by side dont think the rest would mind him taking a seat then

yep - down for me too

stephen & hollys show on saturday mornings is good ...  Holly certainly helps me get up in the morning :)

Robert - you're not funny!

I'm scarred for life and you mock me!!

Too much info Kev  rotflmfao rotflmfao

hehe don't worry its ok :)  your secret is safe on blue square lobby ;)

"oh my days" feeling bad here

Yup, I'm in.

I think it was my registering that crashed the system! It went down right after I clicked 'register'.

LOL! You've crashed an entire tourney? An entire network in fact? You must be on form.

Ok, we are back, the Final has begun, let's see what's happening.

Cheers Donk, I returned to find I have 160 MORE chips than when I was disconnected :D :D

spot on kev. holly willoughby, yummy. my favourite tv presenter at the mo.
I was absolutely distraught when I switched on the other week and she was having a week off

TK, Good luck to JP Please

I came third without being there.... :D

Now you know the secret

I had to take my finger off the rant button then!

And I arrive just in time to see one of those dreaded/wonderful KK v AA confrontations between P Smyth and Nick Whiten. No dramas, & the Aces prevailed, leaving the KK man with a mere 7k.

And the KK man was......

Nick Whiten.

Ah well, such is poker.

Unlucky Nick

....but our Nick REFUSES to die, throws his entire stack in (all 3 chips) next hand with 44, which holds up against A-T.

Can we have a chip count please 8) 8)

Can anyone tell me how many runners they got for the £100 game tonight?

This is extraordinary - Nick "nearly but not quite dead" Whiten, down to 7k 2 hands ago, finds 3 way action with AA & now has 72,000!

Nick is the comeback king.

He's just TREBLED up to 72k.

All-in, the board of 3c 3h Td Jd 6s is checked down by Vinson and Gilig.

Vinson mucked, Gilig showed A-K, and, to the delight of the Yongsta-Nowab cheerleading team, nick slammed down those bullets (pow pow)

Av it!

 :D Go Nick!  ;cheerleader;

First off, Ruth, there were 77 runners for tonight's £100.

Thrap, we Posted the Chip Counts Pre-Final, thre have not moved that much yet, at commencement they were as follows. (We will do a Full Count end of this level).

T Gillig 90,000

P Smyth 68,000

J P Kelly 265,000

Luke Patten 108,000

Rob Garfield 173,000

Andy Lyew 68,000

Ben Grundy 79,000

Ben Vinson 169,000

Smithers Whiten 68,000

Go Nick Go!!!

 :)up cheers Tikay.

Winner of the inaugral $50 on blondepokerleague tonight also wins some blondepoker goodies.

A couple of chippy counts to whet your appetite.

Luke Patten -- 118k
A Lyew -- 55k

JP has gone into 'I'm a poker machine and no1's gonna stop me. mooohahahahah' mode with raises and reraises galore.

These kids huh?

When Nick just had his treble-up, there was an ALMIGHTY roar from the Rail. Amazing how much noise Chubby Nowab & Rob Yong can make, eh?

Chubby actually staked our Jen for the £100 tonight, top bloke.

Evening all...

Think I might give up playing poker and just become a professional buyer of %'s...

Good luck JP!!!

a sound judge!

go on JP!!

Evening Camel.

We have just lost our first Finalist, details being inputted by sloppy, but it is NOT Nick Whiten, who escaped elimination earlier by the slimmest of margins, & he's now laddered another £750.

good luck to all the finalists (cant bok nobody there)- Im off as I've had enough for one night and no I wont be playing the bloody $50 at midnight btw ;)

Oh. Shame. You'll be missed.

You couldnt play it anyway, its for poker players only !! :)

tightend whats bok stand for?

I heard some ooooooohs and some aaaaaaaaaaaahs, and then another oooooooooooooooooh with a round of applause, followed by a, 'Crap, I think some1's gone out. GO GO GO!!!' from tikay.

which means...

shockingly...

some1 has gone out.

Andy Lyew is OUT and is our 9th place finisher taking home £4,500

Oh dear, that's a shame.

The $50 isn't for everyone.

You fancy it Mr Camel?

to bok is to openly support someone and then moments later they are eliminated


happens on here far too frequently for all our tastes


better to keep quiet and accept no news is good news


Jay...do I know you? Jay Patel?

chunky mick and red dog still going in the irish satellite.......8 seats  30 remain   good luck chaps

weve battled the baize at Luton im in the pic next to milkybar in th early stages  pic 

What site Booder?

ah, Jay Simpson

Welcome to blonde Jay....

paddy power mate

Well Done Andy I knew u were the little train that could

Tikay - will you tell Simon thanks for staking my girl and please, pretty please, keep us informed on Jen's progress.  Tanx

Chip Leader News:

JP is still chip leader

He has 298k

And he's still younger and better than me.

Bloody kids!!!

Here are the Happy Nine Pre-Final, barely able to conceal their delight.

The guy sat down, to the right of Carmel (in the Dealers Seat) as we look, I'm told he looks like someone in "A Fish Called Wanda", which I gather is a fiilm.

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glad to be here Tight end u know this is the longest iv'e been on a single site  ever addictive updates   its all good

It's not looking super duper with Jen.

She gave me a big thumbs down sign...

but she's still in

Hi Jen's Mum. Not doing so well now - "it's the cards" she says.......

Great, see you in Luton in about 10 days or so!

Hello Ms Legume ;applause;

come on jen :)  hi  linda :)

Snoppy, we are not doing negative tonite so less of it please

I'm out 25th, Chunky still going

Ben Grundy does not look a happy chappy.

all of them in that final picture not one smile between em

I have just done a "mid-level" Chip Count, & this is the approx position......

T Gillig 120,000

P Smyth 68,000

Luke Patten 130,000

Rob Garfield 120,000

Ben Grundy 50,000

Ben Vinson 60,000

Nick Whiten 105,000

Now, wait for it.....

J P Kelly........390,000......!

These are approx, but all the 6/4 for JP has gone........

Sorry

I was standing on my head at the time... so it must have been a thumbs up.

.. although she still doesn't have many chips.

But she can get some more!

there u go again lol

Ben Grundy has trebled up his shortstack.

The milky one moved all in preflop with 9-9.

He received two callers in Patten and Garfield who checked the K-6-9-5-7 board down.

Patten looked confident with his top pair, but not so when Grundster flipped over his set.

What are the blinds?

At what level are the blinds currently at?

With betting in running on the Masters, funking for JP and the big event on Stars, I fear it's a busy enough evening...

thats better :)up

The blinds are 3k - 6k.

Meanwhile, the Kill-Kelly Kills again.

He busts Ben Vinson's A-J with, of course, in true Thewy Style, K-Q.

which means...

Ben Vinson is OUT and is our 8th place finisher winning $5,250

So the unstoppable J P Kelly is looking, well, unstoppable, with exactly 406,000 in front of him. And I don't think he's gonna sit out & hope to ladder.......

Robert Garfield is OUT and is our 7th place finisher taking home £6,000

Battle of the blinds with Ben Grundy.

Aces v Tens.

Aces held up.

Short story.

Ben -- 170k

all that from hitting his 2 outer on the river on day 1 to keep him alive, shows the luck involved, but he has taken advantage of it cery well

sloppy is just inputting the 7th place exit, but with 6 left, it's a bit weird to see Nick Whiten, down to a mere 7k half an gour ago, still there, & in with a chance with blinds at a puny 3k-6k.

He Finalled in a Major at The Vic last year, picking up £28k as I recall. Another decent payday in prospect for the Notts-Based, white-hoodie wearer.

Thanks for the earlier update Tikay, My good friend Mr Smyth is my main concern so any little snippets on his progress would be appreciated.
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Gotcha Thrapton.  Break-Time now, these are the accurate Counts........

Luke Patten 106k

Nick Whiten 110k

T Gillig 113k

P Smyth 126k

Ben Grundy 162k

J P Killer-Kelly 460k.

Meanwhile.......

Jen has exited the £100 comp. Pfft. They shoulda let me play it. I'd have busted out much quicker. Economy of effort, see?

9.30pm on blondepoker league...come and duff up the mods....$3 under  MTTs

Can someone buy her a drink for me? I'll pay you back...  :cheers:

think it's time you put your clock forward tighty

If i didn't keep getting disconnected!

Ben Grundy has had, I believe, A-A 7 times in this comp now, & they have help up every time bar one I believe - we can assume the exception would be against Ace-Buster Thewy.

He had big chips very early, dominated for a long time, went through a bit of a tilt-phase, stabilised himself, & then started playing again. And when he keeps his cool, he can't arf play, there's no doubting that.

But unless luck intervenes, I can't see anyone stopping JP.

I will, snoopy get jen a drink, pay you back when I see you

talking about irish

i won the international irish championship and tikay in a hu challenge at bb2 in my only 2 games so anyone know where i can play this game online i would be greatfull

JP is bullying the table like a big bully with a degree in bulliness from bullyville university.

He must be close to the 500k mark.

Kelly takes more chips, this time from T Gillig, & is now up to 540k - near as damn half the chips in play.

And here's a factoid from Jonathan Rabb.

Ben Vinson ended Day One with 123,000 chips, which would be enough to put him in 2nd place right NOW.....!

They play £250 Dealer's Choice at the Vic every day, Irish is one of the games.

Next! Now Killer Kelly busts P Smyth, and J P has sailed serenely into the 600k+ latitudes.

P Smyth is OUT and is our 6th place finisher taking home £6,750

So are you saying he's pushing players about then soopsn ?

I hear more clapping which either means...

(1) A bunch of seals have stormed the casino

(2) Someone else is out.

Almost the VERY next hand, Nick Whiten makes a full-stack lunge with  Aspades 8h, & guess who woke up with  Qh Qd?

You got it.

Nick Whiten OUT in 5th place, for £10,500.

And J P Kelly must have, well, about a wheelbarrow full. I will do a chip count on JP shortly.

how did they get the dinghies past reception with their masks on and AK47'S Slung over their shoulders?

a very big wheelbarow be4 any1 asks.

Poor P Smyth had QQ when Kelly busted him, but Kelly killed Nick Whiten with QQ.....

Here's the standings with 4 left, all approx.......

T Gillig 55k

Luke Patten 120k

Ben Grundy 100k

Which, if correct, (& they ain't far out) means J P Kelly has 820,000.

Stop the Contest, this is cruelty.

Mind you, in Copenhagen last year, Ram Vaswani had a similar domination heads-up over Noah Boaken, but Noah got the win. Could JP lose this from here?

WELL DONE NICK! I hope he gets the morning off work after this weekend's effort.

i dont play cash and i certain wont play cash in the vic where they can sit down with £5k in a £50 game

have you met rob?  he has no chance of an hour off

Alright Ironside. It's Louise here. He's softening up in his old(er) age.

Chunkymick qualified for Dublin comp

If only everyone kept their chips as neat & tidy as this. (Though I generally do).

Neat, tidy, methodical, merciless.

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 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; Chunky Mick gets his seat in Dublin ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

 ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: :ironside:

Here's Ben Grundy, looking a little downcast. Come on Ben, never give up!

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You've never had that many chips.

louise last time i saw the pair of them rob was still barking the orders nick was still doffing the cap and i was still sat there laughing lol

Well done Chunky!

does bens and JP's mother know they are up this late on a school night


and just think they will never get up for there paper rounds

But I might have one day Camel, when I'm a little older & wiser.

Here's another man not looking like he's about to pick up a minimum of £14,250 - Luke Patten.

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somebody tell them to cheer up

JP's sister here - and yes his mum does know he's up this late on a school night  :)

Had to laugh - that Luker Patten guy re-raised me in the £250 at Luton on or just before the bubble with pocket 2s against my AA, I put him all in - he hit a 2.  A little angry - I muttered under my breath "Lucky Muppet" - and as I walked away my firedn aAndy and John from TGF Poker said he gave me the finger.

He looks a bit like Monty - hope he come 4th lol

Only joking....

Kelly gets caught at last - or does he?

He sets P Gillig all-in, Gillig quickly calls.

J P has  Ts Th

Gillig has  Qd Jh

This is how the Board came......

  Qs Jd Ks

Anyone guess the Turn card?

big sister or little sister?

Haha. They make a good team though. And now they've Chubby on board it's a recipe for..... success.

 9c

ill go for the unobvious...  Td ????

 4d

I'm his little sister - two years younger

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I'll go for the bridge score card for a misdeal and split pot..

grrrrrrrrrrr that makes you about 7

but welcome to  blonde dannii and stop pinching JP's toys he takes it out on me and keeps stealing my chips

45 mins until the $50 special on blondepokerleague.

ah right. One small request. NEVER take up poker...one Kelly is more than enough tyvm!

Correct - the fateful  9h

P Gilig OUT in 4th, for £14,250.

The Kelly Killing Machine rolls on.

Here's poor Mr Gillig pre-Kellyisation.

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Luke Patten doubles up off Milkybarkid.

AK suited v pcket nines

Ace on flop.

that was that

I may get JP to teach me some tricks of the trade ha ha - keep on going JP !!  8)

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Will it run if there's less than 9 players? Buncha fish signed up ATM, lots of lovely value I do believe

so we have ben JP and nick w left all 3 blondites

i did say yesterday a blondite will win this

so can i have my status as top class pundit back please

whait did nick go out? i think i missed that

hes been teaching me for ages and im still a donkey!
tell him hes buying drinks up town tomorow.

What do you mean "have it back"?

That suggests you had that status at some time...

Top class muppet more like - Nick Whiten exited nearly an hour ago. Pay attention Iron.

ok i signed up just remember i will win this cause i need the money

keith thats fighting talk where i come from you want a 50c HU comp i'll kick your backside

Yeh that's a good point - he's definitely buying the drinks tomorrow!

No it wont run with less than 9.

Still over 30 mins to go though.

I think Claw may enter and murder us all anyway.

Chunkymick here
 
Thanks to everyone cheering me on. Ireland will be the biggest comp for me so far.

Good luck to JP and well done to everyone who made the money in Luton.

Great Festival, Great staff.

RED-DOG is in!

Mr Camel sir, are you playing that little 25K tourney at the Bellagio?

Well done Mick!

If ionly Red could get a seat, too, it would be like Vienna revisited.

shortstack Grundy doubles up off JP

JP raises from button with 7-3 (ahem)

Caught by Ben with Kh 3h whose King high holds up.

JP doubles up Ben AGAIN.

AK v K9

nice one mickey!
be sure to bring nicola...

I reckon JP will win this anyone giving me odds of around 3/1 I'll take that bet?  8)

GL to all 3 left in!

Oh dear Claw is in....

This is a top field.

But then there's me lol!












Then there's Ironside. :D

Have just got in from the Pub. Wow!!

Get in there JP, he is simply class, no-one is shocked to see JP at any final table, and as always he is caked up!

Also Ben Grundy! During the week we were talking about playing Luton and we decided we couldnt be bothered

Then he had the thought of getting some practice in for the Bellagio, so of he went for a 'warm-up'

COME ON BEN. COME ON JP!

Or maybe JP will give all his chips to Ben - JP seemd friendly towards Ben  :D

Is the tide turning?

Luke Patten 170k

Ben Grundy 130k

J P Kelly 790k.

Hopefully... Depends how I fare in the days leading up the big event..

Vegas is a dangerous town!

Errr, just slightly TK  ;tk;

Any room in your suitcase?

come on flushy we are looking for some dead money come join us on blonde

and you kieth i need revenge for the torrid time you give me live

Not much, now I've got my smart new blondepoker rugby shirt..

The Sheriff is in. This is so gonna hurt.

20 mins left guys. $50 NLH on blondepokerleague.

Just caught up from page 18. Great updating tikay and co.

You on commission Baron?  8)

Jack, is that you Flushie?

im in baron cos ive heard of u on every page!  ;goodvevil;

ps Tikay, jen, snoopster brilliant updating.. ;tightend;

I am in.

Millions of lives are at stake!

Nope mate (I wish) just plenty of Coca-Cola!

Great stuff Maldini!

No, an incentive scheme. If there are less than 20, we shoot him.

whoohhhhh hhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooo i am pulling out then

bye arron lol

PMSL.

"You have got to trust me!"

Iron - you're having it!

I'm in, how much incentive do you need?

jason bourne is on his windowledge as we speak.....

i am having what?

keep it clean scotsangel is reading every word you say

Now if you'd have said Jack Bauer I'd be scared....

What is the structure like Red? ;hide;

we need a $1 event sometime next week for the little people arron or should i say for me after i lose my bankroll tonight

12 minute level kieth fast but not too fast

i have been playing the turbos with 1 minute levels so this should be like falling asleep at the table

You mean after I take your chips?

Ok lets stop hijacking tilkay's good work. 10 mins left for all who wanna test their skills and have some banter.

Well whatever it's like, it wont change after the start

Btw,that must be a very big chair

Jack is going to be busy in the comp....

Ben Grundy is OUT and is our 3rd place finisher winning £20,250

Ben moved all in from the button for about 50k.

Both JP and Patten called.

Patten takes the pot wih A-5.

Board = 4-4-5-J-7

Meanehile, back at Luton.......we have DRAMA!

Luke Patten, exactly the WRONG sort of guy to bluff against, has taken a series off Pots against the ever-at-it Kelly, culminating in a full double-up for Patten, when Luke bet, & Kelly called, every srteet, Kelly showing K bit on an A-K-x x-x Board, with Luke holding A-T.

So we have a new - slight - chip daddy, Luke Patten, with around 550k, to J P's 500k, with Ben Grundy forlornly looking at his 43k.

Can you hear any fat-ladies singing? Not yet, not yet.

Deal time.

37.5k each and play for 7.5k

congrats boys

carefull you know what happened the last time you called someone a fat lady

Suprised JP has taken a deal....

DEAL!

They (Luke Patten & J P Kelly) agree to take £37,500 each, & are playing for £7,500. I'm amazed.

booooooo

Do fat blokes making sarky remarks count?  ;hide;

fair deal for JP if its 650+ to 450

JP is quite vocal about his deal policy!

 :redcard: :redcard: :redcard:

Seems like you like giving it out, but don't like taking it Mr Red Dog Sir.

Fat jokes are very cheap.

Good luck to all in the $50.

There is a thread in gen discussion.

Just in to catch the Heads Up. Fine work Tikay & Jen.

that surprises me too....Jp is an opponent of deals, perhaps expedient if maybe JP sensed the momentum swinging the other way


anyway, no doubt the man himself will tell us in due course

Absolutly no offence intended Mr Camel, if you took it that way I apologise

well played boys, off to bed x

Nice one JP  :)up

double southern comfort please j

Nice pay day for JP either way ........ well done you !!  ;applause; ;applause; :respect: ;applause; ;applause;

Well done for the great updates guys  :respect: :respect: ;applause; :respect: :respect:

Just feeling a bit fragile tonight. Sorry.

Ok, if you kiss each other, we will forget about it. Lips, please.

 :respect:

MEANWHILE.......

Luke & JP are playing on, & Luke has called every bet JP has made. And JP generally bluffs. Wrong guy, JP.....

Luke has 780,000.

JP has 310,000.

Who coulda predicted that?

Just a quicky from new york!

EXCELLENT JP!!!! That Luke is un bluffable, he is crazy...

When will someone sign jp up, he is one of the best players in the country nevermind what could happen in the future!

Right going to ESPN bar seeya all later welldone!

Ian

Perhaps he is riddled with guilt having made a deal ?

Why the hell would he need signing up? He is about to walk away with 40k and being young he probably doesnt have any dependancies. So its all there to be used.

Of course I think he should make a small donation to the sister fund though  ;D

Good updates once again folks, nice return for Mr update himself too.
Gotta say the thread was quite badly tarnished by all the SPAM throughout, i hope this is not the road they will all be going down from now on.

 ;iagree; It's bad enough Nemesis using the big letters for the unmentionables.......

But apart from that, great updates and well done Nick and pooysn  ;applause;

Approx chip counts:

JP -- 280k
Luke -- 800k

 ;iagree;

JP Doubles Up!

He raised to 30k, got re-raised by Luke to the tune of a 100k stack, moved in - Call!

JP showed  Qd Qc
Luke showed   Aspades Jd

And the board didn't bring any help - which means that JP takes back the chip lead to the tune of about 640k to 450k.

 ;iagree;

I had to move my mouse wheel almost a quater of a turn to get past it

Is Djinnifer still in Luton... could someone ask her to borrow a phone and give me a call if she has a moment?  (Not urgent.)

Thanks!

Some semblance of reality has returned here at Luton, with J P regaining his composure, & taking a 850k - 240k chip advantage.

Now it's 750k - 340k in JP's favour.

It's Raise-Pass, Raise-Pass, there are no flops to see.

Oh that last bit was me, re-stealing the laptop from the brave young Snoopy who has gone way beyond the required work ethic to update while I dabbled in the £100 freezeout and then sat vulture-like over the final table.

Just got home from London, Nick is quite happy about his final finish and £10.5k prize pool. Afterwards he maybe throught he should have waited for a better opportunity that A8s but V JP its hard to put him on a hand. I'd never seen JP play before today and he is top notch, makes his own luck and keep the pressure on all the time. Whatever the result he was easily the best player at the final table in my view and I really hope he beats Luke and the best player wins this comp.

Luke Patten doubles up -

With the board: 7c 9c Jc 4h Kh  he moved in and JP called on the river.  But Luke was holding 8h Td and has re-re-taken the lead.  I'm getting confused.

Nice Post Rob.

I think Luke must have messed with JP's head - the last two times JP was on the BB he has given Luke a walk.....! It must have been a while since JP passed his SB without making up.......

Luke 750k, JP 340k.

This is weird. JP just turned a flush - albeit a small one - and, with Luke behind him, never bet the flop, turn or River. Waiting for Luke to bet, no doubt, but Luke is a caller rather than a bettor. IMO.....

That is odd, JP knows Luke is much more likely to call any of his bets if he (Luke) has anything because of JP's err....'slightly loose' table image.

Luke 640k, JP 350k.

JP keeps his stacks neat & tidy, in piles of 20, all nice & symmetrical, whereas Luke has his more Thewy-style, all higgly-piggly, different heights, the denoms all mixed up.

JP could be a little tired, it has been a long 2 days and no one could blame his game for going off after concentrating for so long.

BTW great updates

NOFLOPS Has your chick broke it's neck..?

Possibly, but they have BOTH been playing for the same length of time, JP is much younger, &, I'd dare to suggest, fitter, than Luke.

It's so easy to be critical from the Rail though. All very interesting.

Very true, although i saw Phil Ivey piss away a chip lead last year when he was fatigued, and he did not handle it as well as his opponent.

Well you never know, but a great show by both players.

On a flop of ....

 Ts 6h 3s

JP moves all-in, & Luke quickly calls.

JP shows  Qh Th

while Luke has the straight draw with  4s 5c

Turn & River blanks see JP up to 800k, & Luke down to 390k.

I must say, they both look fatigued, & barely a word is being spoken between them.

Its a problem for an aggressive player when a guy wont pass average hands, it means you have to hit a genuine hand/flop to beat him. Its easy to bluff all your chips off to Luke and i think JP must have slowed down and realised that so is waiting for a hand rather than being tired, this guy will not pass a pair or bad ace.

He's playing musical statues but the music hasn't restarted yet...

Apologies if my spam made anyone have to scroll that few pixels further. ;)

Great $50 event. Hope to see more of you next time!

Well I'm knackered, and I'm only reading the updates

I hear clapping!  Snoops is tableside to find out just what exactly that might signify...

Snide Apologies dont count :pop:

well done JP. from vince

Yes JP, well done brother :D

It wasn't snide Mr Geezer - just an attempt at humour at a late hour.

In the future spamming will NOT be on that scale.

 Ahrt 2d for JP, and he just moved all in.  He was called by  Jc Ad (rather confidently) but...

2c Qc 9d Qs 6h came the deciding board, giving JP the win by the margin of that little deuce.

Snoops mentions, as an aside, that Luke is 34 and JP 20.  Which is pretty irrelevant, but that's about all the detail we have - unless we listen in on the interviews being held by Rhowena (pictured)

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Congratulations to the players, the updaters, and especially to all at Luton for a truly great festival.

Well done JP, (hope all the kids at school don't try and beat him up tomorrow when they find out how he's done...)


 :respect: :respect: ;applause; :respect: :respect:

Great updates guys.

Respeck.

Congratulations to JP for the win.

Thanks to the blonde crew for the updates.

well done JP

Great work by the blonde triumvirate of Jen, tikay and MAIN EVENT casher Snoopy!!!  :cheers:

Top stuff, Congrats JP, get yer arse to Dublin !!  Congrats to Snoop for making the cash in his very first main event. And congrats to Nick for showing Chubbs and Rob that slow and steady does work ;)  

Cheers also to Jen and grandad for the updates ....  The bandwagon rolls onto Dublin next weekend, and im chuffed for chunky mick ( I will retract that though if he doesnt bring Nicola)

See you in the emerald isle ...AYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR

Thank you for the excellent updates, and well done to all the players.  ;applause;

Well, that's another Luton Fessie over, & it must be said, what a feast of poker Luton gave us.

Good comps all week, good attendances, excellent, firm control of the players by Simon & Helen, nice buffets, and not a word of complaint about the clocks & structures.

The Main Event was a 1 hour clock, 10,000 chip jobbie, & there were many who said it would never finish in time, but it did, with 4 hours to spare in fact, despite over an hour of heads-up. Carmel & Helen never panicked when we still had 30 odd runners in mid-afternoon, & she got it right.

Poker peeps are quick to knock & criticise when Casinos don't get it spot-on, let's hope they are equally quick to large it up for Luton this week, for me, they never put a foot wrong.

Jen, as ever, did a sparkling job with the Updates - nobody sussed her Dylan Song-Lyric riddled stuff, & our snoops gave us all a nice feeling in our nether regions with his sparkling big-event debut.

Well that's enough waffle from me. My first Update in a good while, & I'm truly knackered.

Thank you for joining us, the blonde Live Update Crew will be back next Saturday, from Dublin, with the Top Team of Jen & snoops back in command.

And yes, we will be a little more sensitive with the blonde spamming.

Night all.

xx

And here's the Victorious JP, not being at ALL patronised by the bluesquare and Grosvenor important people.  I think he looks all serious, like a cross between Michael Parkinson and Phil Ivey.

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Well done JP!

Thanks to the update team.

well done tikay, jen and team, updates were again first class. I'll have to make sure i stay in in dublin longer to get more of a mention  :D  Jeff

Awesome event, and thanks to an awesome job with the updates too  :D Thanks and congratulations to Luton too for hosting such a wonderful festival. I'll definitely be back for the next one.

I only wish that Dan Carter and  I (Matt Dale) weren't so tired, and stuck around the next day to watch JP win! Congratulations!! He was definitely the right man to win the event. Good to see he didn't get bokked (is that right?) by the blondepoker forum curse!  :D

JP, are you going to parlay some of the winnings and play the Irish Open?

Hey guys just got in from a very long 2 days and really a long week!! I thought I played well throughout the 2 days riding my luck at times but the pressure I put on from the bubble time onwards was the deciding factor. People did not want to play pots against me and I used this to my advantage.

I did a deal for a number of reasons and was still rather reluctant. Luke was horrible to play as he bet a lot of flops and he wouldn't fold!! I was also quite tired and I'd assesed Luke as a bit of a gambler who would make it difficult for me to run the heads up battle. We left £7,500 and a seat in the £100,000 Blue Sq freeroll + the trophy and jacket to play for so there was still plenty up for grabs!
That has to be 1 of the hardest games I have played heads up and am quite pleased to have remained incredibly patient enough to wait for the right opportunities. I think the old me would have got frustrated and gambled with him but I waited and my chances came.

Am too tired to decide about Dublin now so will have a think.

I appreciate the support from the forum, thanks guys.

lotsa congrats to JP.

Well done Nick - great work at the final.

Fantastic effort Snoops, good to see you in the money.

And finally well done to Jen and Tikay, without whom i wouldn't have been able to keep track. Absolutely great stuff guys.

Pats on the back all round. ;applause;

This sux.

Surely I could call quickly from the small blind if I sensed the button was gonna raise?

This was a battle of the blinds hand with the big having about 1k more than me. With the money not going up for another 9 places, there was no point in hanging around so I raised preflop with A-4.

Very suprised to find the big blind call.

Flop came something like J-J-9.

I knew something was up, but I didn't have enough chips to fold to a bet and I couldn't give him a free card if he had nowt, so I shoved it in and prayed.

Hi gang.

Just finished reading through two days of updates. Whew, I'm more shattered by that than I was playing a weekend of poker.

Anyhow, I'd just like to say a big beagle thank you to all of the good luck wishes that were thrown my way. They truely do make a difference and any1 who says that they aren't spurred on by them, even a little bit, is probably telling porkie pies.

It's 7.30 now and I'm yet to go to bed, so I don't have the energy to hit my keyboard anymore...

but thx again  :)up

well played and congratulations JP - good work!

Congrats JP. It sounds like you adjusted your game perfectly at the right times.

Well it was a rollercoaster final for me, thanks for all the blonde support.

Congrats to JP for a great result we sat on the same starting table and when he was all in first level i new he was gonna be trouble.

Well done to Luton for a great Clock and Comp.

Great work from the blonde team.

CU in Dublin.

Dont be silly TK Rob dont have any bags he just buys new stuff,  YOU MUG

Now less of your cheek!!!!!!!!!