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Jen & sloppy will be with you shortly with the Day Two Live Update, & a cracking day looks to be in prospect. Sadly, after a misunderstanding 2 hands before the close of play, it will not involve yours truly, dammit.

I'm at home now - another "misunderstanding".

Thing is, Jen is MAD to go on the rollercoaster, & that hound sloppy negotiated a deal whereby Jen would dye her hair blonde for the World Serios - proper job - but in return, I had to go on the Big Dipper with them today. Jen's words were "I don't mind looking daft if it gets you on the Big Dipper". (Dyeing one's hair makes one look daft, eh?).

Anyway, I COMPLETELY forgot about the deal, & slipped out of Blackpool on the 07.53 homebound train this morning. My memory, eh?

Expect the intrepid duo to be Online very shortly.

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hi tony  howmany left today m8 please  love u

About 28 I believe mate - I will Post the Chip Copunt for you in 2 minutes.

Where you from then?

well played last night mate, lets get our man over the line today.

C. Saleh    31,900
Steve Jelinek  36,600
Henning Granstad  126,900
Dave McGeachie    78,100
Trevor Reardon     61,200
Mike Lacey         41,000
Iwan Jones         23,400

Gareth Jones      32,400
Mick McCloskey   52,100
R. Mulla              66,200
Nigel Turver        44,200
John Exley          81,200
I. Kahn              22,500
Chris Johnson     113,900
Joe Grech           15,400

Julian Adamson      88,200
Julian Thew           36,600
M. Salim                23,900
Paul Parker            22,900
Rory Matthews      40,800
Carl Thomas          38,000
Martyn Cavanagh    87,000

Tim Flanders -- 97,100
Mickey Wernick -- 80,900
Buddy -- 19,100
Paul Johnstone -- 95,100
John Hewston -- 100,000
Paul Rigg -- 25,800

Let's hope so! He had a setback just before the end when he ran his QQ into AA - surprisingly he never hit his set, as anicipated - but he's the one they all fear - him & Lord Werrnick gotta be the ones to beat, though there are some Class Players still in, as well as some Welsh ones.

Never get me on those rollercoasters, went on one with the kids at Legoland, thought I was gonna die (still have nightmares lol). Never again, repeat never ever never....no way. (the kids are 7 & 10, so it was one of those slow roller coasters, lol)
Well escaped Tikay.

good luck blondies ;)  

It's odd how some people react to rollercoasters, i am terrified of the bleeding things, you couldn't drag me onto one of them and yet i've done things that theoretically should be much more scary yet not batted an eyelid ???

gl blondes

 ;D

Wuss. ;D

Keep good track of Henning Granstad plz.. Lot of Norwegians will follow him on your site..  :D ;)

I detest most fairground/theme park rides but love rollar coasters! The one at blackpool is cracking and well worth trying!

Good luck blondes!

just heard paul parker is out

totally agree, as a youth I loved em, then as I got older they now scare the pants off me. I used to do alot of Rock climbing but now I have trouble getting up a ladder to clean out the gutters.

martin (the only gay in the village) got his chips

I agree!!

They will! Henning is a good friend of blonde, Jen, sloppy & myself. I sat to his immediate right for a goodly while yesterday, he is SOME player, & we have had many great battles in the last few years. But it was an unequal battle yesterday, he was chipped up to the nines, & impossible for me to take on in the Blinds unless I had a proper hand.

GREAT player.

Tikay I see u and pab are in the superblinds f/o how many runners does it usually get? ill probably play

Sorry, no idea - it's the first time I've played it.

Thanks to tikay for tiding us over... Play actually started 15 minutes ago, but lucky for us there's been little or no big action.  Except for Paul Parker, who has recently become OUT thanks to his Ts Td which ran into Jc Js... The ten flopped for him, but the turn brought a Jack so we're down to 27.

That's actually it, so far.  Thank goodness. 

I'm not going to lie to you, we were on The Pepsi Max Big One, which despite the turn in the weather to the grey had developed quite a queue.  I stand by that executive decision not to bail out.  ;)

Hi all, Jen was petrified by that rollercoaster. I think she's okay now though, I assured her she'd be fine... and I was right. She just need confirmation from a man.  ;hide;

Meanwhile, Rory Matthews has just doubled up off Johnny Hewston and now has around 65k.

Excellent - so we can look forward to Jen & sloppy becoming true blondes then - that was the deal, as I recall.

will we see a blonde jen soon .

what about a blonde snoops

Just to clarify...

There are 27 players remaining, with blinds at 800-1600, and an average stack of 58,500. We have 30 minutes left at this level.

jen wish jonny tex ,honest john exley ,micky well from me plz

How about this for a hand?? Amazing stuff.

2 players move all-in.

Joe Grech gets out the way with his pocket sevens, whilst Martyn Cavanagh mucks tens.

The two players involved are Carl Thomas and Gareth 'The Nugget' Jones.

Carl had nines, and Gareth had kings.

So, we've got kings v nines, with sevens and tens mucked.

Therefore, with this being the bizarre world of poker, the board can only be something like...

3d 9h 7h Kc 7d

Gareth takes a massive pot with trip kings over Carl's trip nines. But Joe would have been the biggest winner with quads on the river.

Blimey.

As Jimmy Greaves once said...

"It's a funny ol' game."

Too late for Johnny I'm afraid.

Hewston we have a problem.

Julian Thew raises under the gun, Paul Johnstone reraises, and Texas moves all-in. Julian folds, but Paul calls.

Johnstone = K-K, Hewston = A-K

No help and Hewston is OUT.

Is that the one that looks like it going to crash you in to the sea from thosands of feet up? (I think I saw it on TV a while ago).

 :respect: you brave & foolish duo.

carl had trip 9s i presume

Hmm...

Why does this guy spring to mind?

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I'd be happy to go blonde if Jen's up for it. My pride went south a looooooooong time ago.

I sat next to gareth 'the nugget' jones the whole time I was in the competition yesterday, seemed like a really nice bloke, and didnt try and steal my blind too often :-)

Carl Thomas is OUT - made a stand with 8h 8s, and Martyn Cavanagh in the big blind said, "I'll call you blind."  Great until he finds Qd Qh!!

So is Buddy - Battle of the blinds with Julian, who was kind of running out of chips himself and held Ahrt 6d -against Mr. Ayegon's Qd Qc.
The crucial Ace fell on the turn, giving YoYo a new lease of life and sending his opponent out in a somewhat disappointed 24th.

After your dreadfully unfortunate exit - what WAS that guy thinking?! - Gareth was extremely complimentary about your game, said he'd not got a thing past you all day. I just said you are an internet player......

And we've now lost Paul Rigg, another shorter stack - Ts Td looked like a good hand to make a stand with, and it would have been if Mickey Wernick hadn't woken up with the Ks Kc.  He was already standing up as the board (unimproving) was dealt.

no one else enter the superblinds comp, we got a nice value 9 seater at the mo

grrrrrrrr

I have overstepped that courtesy of cardroom boundary, by, I am ashamed to admit it, nicking the originals of the seating/button position/chip count charts last night.  It was pointed out to me that the nice handy reference papers I was using were not photocopies, as I initially thought.  But they were awfully nice about it.  I humbly and publicly ask forgiveness.

Thought something was odd the way we got the counts almost immediately ;)

Joe Grech doubles up from a minute stack to a short one with the Js Qc.  Big blind pretty much autocalled with 8c 9s and two red Queens graced the flop, giving the Joker 17,000 or so.

Here are the remaining troops...



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the 2 what john exleys sat next to ,make him look anorexic

Here's top tip Henning Granstad doing that sinister hand-rubbing thing that I associate with Bond villains.  Or he could have just been eating toast. 
P.S. Hello Norseman

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And Mike Lacey - the brave champion of the Irish - clearly refreshed after a good night's sleep.

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Golden Yoyo Balls -- 54k



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Go Henning - Go Henning... ;)

You got home safe from Grebbestad Jen... ;) Mittle of No where.. lol

No - he's still trying to fathom out how how he busted my Trip Tens on a T-6-4 flop with AK! But I'm not bitter.......Seriously, Good Luck to Mike, he's been a true friend to blonde from Day One, & he was extremely gracious to me after the hand, no table-banging or hooting or hollering. I wish him well.

Timidly 'Lookily atily allidly my chipsidly' Flanders -- 53.1k



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Mikes a sweetie ;)

Martyn 'I'm gonna buy sofaking a golden sheep if I win' Cavanagh -- 100.3k



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Do you want me to put in a good word for you?  ;)

take his glasses of (deffinate lookalike for the only gay in the village)

Rory Matthews doubles up I Khan, but it's a 'Zoiks, aces cracked AGAIN' jobbie.

A-A v A-Q

Board = Q-T-8-K-3

Can we have another piccy of Mike Lacey... 8)  not as i am a perverted old Nun or anything..And by the way.. another great update  you 2

Here's Jules Adamson, the only blonde in the village.  And a blondeite, too! 

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sonopy ;) stop being naughty lol  even if he is lovely

Jules plays as Hartwith on Laddies - and he's a very fine player indeed.

Well, I like to please both sides (no, not in that way, vinni), so here's Mike Lacey for the lasses (well, mel and nunny anyhow) and Rhow for the fellas.

Can you guess which one knew they were having their piccie taken??

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I assure you that I wore that 'clenched' expression so as not to make the others feel left out or ashamed. I was perfectly cool.

And before tikay mentions it, I am NOT thinning on top. It's the light from the flash.



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Full Counts Last Three Tables:

Table Big Chip

Tim Flanders     75,000
I. Khan            44,000
Rory Matthews  56,000
Mickey Wernick  135,000
Julian Thew       42,000
Henning Granstad  110,000
Paul Johnstone   175,000

Table Turver     

Gareth Jones    73,000
Mick McCloskey  42,000
R. Mulla            56,000
Nigel Turver      59,000
John Exley       82,000
Chris Johnson   150,000
Joe Grech         16,000

Table Luckyblind

Martyn Cavanagh  109,000
Steve Jelinek      28,000
Julian Adamson    86,000
Dave McGeachie  71,000
Trevor Reardon   90,000
Mike Lacey          66,000
Iwan Jones         53,000

looked like a blast jen and snoops ;)

He's thinning on top.

That was a nice piccy of Mike, but surley he is hot with all them clothes on.. 8) ;goodvevil;

did your breakfast reappear  :D

And we've lost Joe Grech - after two days of grinding.  The last 12,000 went in with a reasonable Js Jh, but he was too short for the Aspades 8h to pass, and it hit two pair to send him out at this late stage.

haha maureen totally agree ;)  

Go stand in the corner.  :redcard:

is john tex out

Yes, Texas is out, and we're down to 19.  So it might be a good time to remind you that they're within smelling distance of the Money:

1  £47,530
2  £31,600
3  £19,750
4  £14,220
5  £10,270
6   £7,900
7   £6,320
8   £4,700
9   £3,200
10 £2,370
11 £2,060
12-14  £1,740
15-16  £1,430

Mickey Wernick just split a pot with Paul Johnstone.

Both had A-K, but the board was rainbowy (is that a word??)

Yes m8, a few pages back.

A-K v KK

sorry missed the thread

It made a rumble or two in the queue, but I managed to restrain any potential projectile vomit whilst the rollercoaster was in motion.

Henning Granstad (in the cut-off) bets 10.5k on a flop 9c 9d 7c.

Ned Flanders, in the big blind, folds showing a 6s.

Henning exposes pocket aces.

Do you think he was ahead?

This is one of the best structures I've come across. Excellent stuff from Yogi and the team.

Smarter than the average bear...

although I've heard the average bear isn't too smart.  ;hide;

Always., any time... ;)

With the blinds at 1,000/2,000 Thewy is getting shorter, but could still pass after raising to 6,000 when Henning (right on his left) made it 20k to go preflop.  Julian showed the Ace, got shown the Qh Qd.  Looks like Mr. Granstad gets YoYo's respect... almost unimaginable!

Elsewhere Mike Lacey plays it safe when Iwan raises about 3,500 from under the gun.  Something must have seemed fishy to Mike, as he passed showing the Aspades (kicker Six).  He gets a flash of the old Ad Ac! 

It's show and tell hour here at Blackpool, with everyone getting rewarded with sneaky peeks at the uncalled hands..

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Here on the left we have a cheerful Nigel Turver dressed for summer (in Miami Beach) and on the right Bluesquare qualifier 'Honest' John Exley, who looks like he's kind of subtly pointing at his neighbour.

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Also, notice that everyone who makes the most gets more than their entry fee back... which people have been moaning a lot about recently. Shows that people ARE listening.

************************"Poker Players: There Will Now Be A Short Break**********************

You heard the man!  Well, we did.  Back in 45 minutes - there's actually a Buffet today!  Food, glorious food...

And Yogi has provided a later sneaky treat for us updaters in the form of cream cakes...it's like a beautiful dream

Jen or snoopy do u have any information about the structure of the £100 comp tonight, chips and blinds etc.., Need to make a decision weather to indulge in a bit more live poker or play online (hate sundays - fustrating, and espensive, lol)

Say hi to Henning Jen, Whish him GL and tell him not to get to much to eat... :D

Double Chance Freezeout, 30 minute clock. (As it's a 1 day thingy). Don't know the starting chips though.

Am playing an amazingly well-structured comp on Blue Square right now, 30 minute clock, we been playing nearly an hour & a half, & blinds are only 50-100! Which is my excuse for a mini-chirp, I'm Chip Daddy with 8 left. Though I suppose some smart Alec will point out that there were only 14 runners.....

A shame though - a $150 Freezeout, with $1,000 added, & a 30 minute clock - & only 14 runners. Guess not everyone likes the same things, but I'd play these all day & all night given the chance. Quality field, if small, with Lovejoy in close 2nd giving me all kinda grief.

Whilst players are buffetting away, here are the current chippy counts.

G Jones -- 74,500
M McCloskey -- 32,000
R Mulla -- 65,000
M Turver -- 37,500
J Exley -- 90,000
C Johnson -- 151,500

T Flanders -- 9,500
I Khan -- 36,000
R Matthews -- 130,000
J Thew -- 28,500
H Granstad -- 127,000
P Johnstone -- 174,000

M Cavanagh -- 131,000
J Adamson -- 110,000
D McGraichie -- 71,500
T Reardon -- 79,000
M Lacey -- 52,500
J Jones -- 67,000

At a guess, I'd say a dozen blondes still in - wonderful!

rory mafews 140k very dangerous

130k sorry

Thanks for the updates folks

Good luck to Julian

Are you off to Notts tonight Tikay?
if so see you there.

regards

M

M McCloskey -- 32,000
J Thew -- 28,500
H Granstad -- 127,000
M Cavanagh -- 131,000
M Lacey -- 52,500


Good luck to those fish!

come on john exley

that fish here,
pretty happy to still be in but pretty frustrating, picking up filth & gettin rr'd everytime i try to steal...
the cards are due to warm up & then vengeance will be mine  /:-|

Thats the spirit Julian!

gl m8 ,i know you can get there

Prob not John. Was thinking of playing the Luton Triple Bill Online Satellite, & anyway, I ain't got any cash till I can get to the bank tomorrow. Well, £28, but that won't go far..... But I may be there - Chili is doing a job on me too!

Now, back to Blackpool - get that comp won Thewy!

Good luck all blondes  :)up :)up

just spoke to gingernutzzzzz martyn cavanagh and he said the next guy to raise his bbling gets the grim reaper lol only joking gl mr thew dont go all in with j6 hearts lol

Hi folks,

Can someone please wish Chris Johnson the best of luck from me. Can you tell him also to send me a text cos I have lost his phone number! I really hope he can convert this he deserves a good score.

Good luck to all remaining Blondes also.

Thank you!

We're back at our desks (well, on a spare table) which we're a little worried might be taken from us when they want to get the £100 tourney underway.  But until that dreadful time comes, we'll be able to update happily - and on full stomachs - I think I ate a whole salmon and a profiterole in the break.

Talk of savers just cropped up, but Chris Johnstone shakes his head. His perogative.

Play on!

done

Here's Chris for you Wardonkey -  he seems pretty calm as the tables are reshuffled for the last 18...

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his game is omaha, top player ,lawrances best m8,very nice man

works for the AA

if any1 interested i just won a seat 4 main event in wsop  watch out america here comes madturk!

    ACE ACE ?????LOL

This is what Yogi brought back from the buffet.

And who says he doesn't eat healthily?? Madness.



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julian just gone 77 v legends qq

tikay and m-power,just to remind you its the $100 rebuy tonight at notts.this one is still a 9.15 start.
you prob know but just a reminder

Thank you very much!

Chris is a top bloke.

Nice one Turk!


Back here, rumour has it that Yoyo's a gonna...

Nice one Mr. Mad  :)up

Oh, if there are now two tables - there must have been a 19th place finisher, and I'm afraid to say it's Julian Thew -

Mickey Wernick made a small raise from the cutoff, and Julian went for it from the small blind with 7d 7c - Mickey had Qs Qd and it was all over.  I went to look in his seat and there was someone else - who looked suspiciously exactly like Iwan Jones.

the mad turk in vages they dont know what will hit them

lol   ty all   if u join me m8 we can rule the americans 2 of the bluffers thats something to defend lol

fair doos to mickey wernick he is a great player and id say fav to retain the european rankings wd mick go for it m8 ,,, BUT CMON THE TAFFYS

is vages near vegas then?

Here's blondeite 'Doubleup' Dave McGeachie - the one who looks like his head's being abducted by aliens, next to Trevor Reardon.

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ok take the pi  ss

any chance of table lay out

Now would I do that?   ;goodvevil;

lol yes

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 ;iagree;

ha ha trace

Soz Barry  I just couldn't resist..   :D

Thanks Fran. Am VERY tempted - I had been planning to play an Online Sat for Luton next weekend, as I have to be there for 425 anyway (Luton) so a late decision to make.

But Chili & M Power are working on me, so maybe maybe....!

Good Luck to you, anyway.

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thx the 2nd one looks a very lively table

im not going tikay

Ned Flanders is somehow staying alive... working his shorstack pretty well indeed.

Battle of blinds. I believe doublup raised from the small blind and then folded when Tim moved all-in.

tikay is now in the final three in the blue sq $150 freezeout

go tikay

Sunday gala £100 for 2000 chips hurts!

But if there's dead money going I could be tempted.

I just hope Dassos fails to show. eh TK

do you all know that peter costa is back.he played 3 nights and finaled everytime.won it on monday :respect:

Judging by the number of folks asking me to get down there, I am the dead money....!

And yes, 2,000 chips for a £100 is a bit tight, but I dare not say a word!

A few chippy counts to keep you occupied:

Tim Flanders -- 28k
doubleup -- 37k
Martyn Cavanagh -- 138k
Chirs Johnstone -- 160k
Rory Matthews -- 95k

:hello:

That's a shame Fran.

Take care.


xx

 :hello:

Kev just said to me, 'I did Nemsis at Alton Towers?'

Is there any truth in the matter?

LOL ;goodvevil; :redcard:

Blinds are currently 1500/3000.

There are still 18 players remaining, looks like no1 wants to hit the dreaded bubble and almost-bubble spots.

only cause they gave pies away if you went on it

Kev didn't deny it either.  :D ;tk;

fantastic updates as usual guys - can you say bets of luck to Iwan and martin from richard/rudders/khazi.(cardiff)

Thanks

Counts and table layout (thanks, Trace, for the dinner party tip though!)

Table Wernick

Tim Flanders     42,000
I. Khan            30,500
Rory Matthews 110,000
Mickey Wernick 220,000
Iwan Jones       60,000
Henning Granstad  122,000
Paul Johnstone   125,000
Martyn Cavanagh  150,000
Dave McGeachie  68,000

Table Johnson

Gareth Jones     71,500
Mick McCloskey  50,000
R. Mulla             72,000
Nigel Turver       38,000
John Exley         90,000
Julian Adamson  102,000
Chris Johnson    146,000
Mike Lacey         42,000
Trevor Reardon   78,000

Lord Wernick - simply unbelievable!

Djinn will you send my goodluck wishes 2 granstad would have been great :-)

Wernick is a phenomenon.

How the heck, apart from extreme good jugement, patience and innate ability, does he do it?

Mini break now.

Play will resume shortly.

Watch this space.

And for your viewing pleasure...

praise silence for...

the first ever piccy on blonde of noflopshomer.



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Looks more like a fish to me..............

Blinds Jules Adamson (small) and Paul Johnson (big) get involved like so:
Jules raises by 7k preflop on a foldaround, Paul calls.
Flop: Tc Ks 7c.  Jules bets out 11,500, gets raised by 15,000 (I think) and immediately declares, "All in."  A think and a countdown later, Paul folds and gets shown the Kd Qd which I reckon the young lad was rightly confident was ahead.

Sir Micky - proof that sponsorship DOES let you play better.

A great player in his own right, but since being sponsored - the man is UNSTOPABLE!!!!!!!

GO MICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Khan is OUT.

Eliminated by 'The Worm'.

After some preflop action in which Mickey raised and Khan called from the big blind, we reach a board of 2-7-4-8. Mickey bets 45k, and, after a long dwell, Khan moves in his shortstack with pocket nines. Blank on the river and Mickey's cowboys hold up.

The Worm is now approaching the 300k mark and is a big chip leader.

how many more  before the money

The overly large crowd for tonight's event has meant that we are being evicted from our comfy table back into the little strip of gangway next to the rail (also jam packed at the moment) onto one coffee table for four laptops... normal service should resume in about an hour or so when the field for the £100 starts to consume itself and a table frees up, but it's back to being elbowed and fighting for leg space for that time.  Sigh. 

There's nothing they can do in the cardroom itself - demand is just outstripping supply by quite a way - but I am really not sure that this bit of hallway is the best solution.  Nevertheless, at least I am not Snoopy, with no chair, typing standing up while angry people try to get past him.  Snoop quote: "How close are you to Narkyville?"  "About twenty minutes.  Approaching Irritable Valley."

So with 17 left, they've decided to take a grand off the top.

Every1 left has cashed. well done chaps.

They may have offered a saver, but I don't care, it's still...

STOP!

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BUBBLE TIME!!!

So are the ranking points now frozen ?

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I don't think so. I believe they make exceptions with savers of that nature.

 ;iagree;

And here's your chipleader, Mickey Wernick, awaiting the decision of Khan. Does he look like a man with kings??

I'm putting Micky's success this weekend down to the Robbie Fowler-esque plaster on the nose. He hasn't run out of breath once!



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Evening guys , im really gutted i wasnt there this week i loved the festivals im sure i wasnt missed though lol anyways please will you tell Mulla i said good luck and i have my fingers crossed for him . thanks x

come on trev make it 2 final tables in 3days!

Jen here -

We're going to share this laptop a tad to save space... Been watching the caginess down in the card room and although a couple of players (Iwan Jones and Tim Flanders in particular) are getting pretty short - blinds 2,000/4,000 - there looks to be no desire on anyone's part to gamble at the bubble.

For example, Tim Flanders raised 12k out of his 37k stack in mid position, and when small blind Henning eventually re-raised him all-in, he just couldn't bring himself to call.  I missed exactly what the hands were that were chatted about afterwards, but something like a pair of Fours vs Fives came to light.  I don't think Tim enjoyed folding, in any case.

Some snippets of info for you:

-- Micky is taking it easy, chatting on the rail with Mr Raab and having a schmoke. Can afford to with that stack!

-- Mike Lacey is enquiring about the female interest on blonde. 'Any more requests for my photo, snoops?' he asks. 'No Mike, nothing, nil, nada, Nun and Mel have  both signed off.'

-- Garath 'The Nugget' Jones just folded to an all-in reraise from Mick McClusky. Incidentally, I have been assured that Gareth aquired his 'nugget' moniker way before Steve Davis did.

-- Mike Lacey is staying alive, just about, with 41k. He just moved all-in preflop to take the blinds. He showed A-K suited and said that, as shortstack, he's desperate for a double-up and would have welcomed a call with open arms.

Tim Flanders is OUT.

Jen probably has the hand details for us as she's perched table-side.

As he passed though, I overhead Ned say, 'I started the day with 97k, you'd think I'd be pretty safe, wouldn't you?'

Word on the grapevine is that Tim Flanders exited with K-Q v A-6. He flopped a flush and straight draw, but nowt came.

"Poker players, there will now be a short break"

Katherine

Mike says  :hello:

33.5k in front of him... but still smiling.

Snoops back again :)  get another mikey baby piccy :)

Just to give you an idea of what we're working with here and why we're so close to taking a trip down Mardy Lane in Narksville...

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Dave 'doubleup' McGeachie is OUT.

Henning Granstad raised preflop, Dave called.

Flop = 5-6-7

Dave bets 26k, Henning reraised... another 42k all-in for Dave... who does call.

Dave = K-K
Henning = T-T

Ten turn, Six river.

Ouch.

The £100er is now in full swing, which means less randoms lurking over my shoulder. It also means noflopshomer and Kev are seeing action. Good luck fellas.

14 left now I believe.

Looks like we've lost 'The Nugget'.

Double-up for Iwan Jones -

Button Rory Matthews raises it up to 13k.  Big blind Iwan moves in straight away for 20k or so more - call.
Rory shows:  Aspades Jd (not exactly button stealing)
Iwan shows:  Kh Kc  (not on the resteal)

The board:  3c Ts Qc 6c 3s and Iwan's back in it with around 75k

The rumours are true. A-T off v A-K off. No help.

Nigel Turver is OUT in 14th place, winning £1,740

Very short stacked, he made a stand with Jc 9d, but found Ac Ts behind him which finished him off...

I think I can see Mike Lacy standing up from his seat.

Doesn't look good I'm afraid...

get a picture quick  :-*

chip count on john exley plz

And Mike Lacey's remarkable short stack run comes to an end at 13th place, winning £1,740

He found an open spot in the cutoff with Kd Qh and pushed his 24,500 in - but it was hard luck that Mick McCloskey found Ad Qs in the small blind, and, finding himself dominated, he stood up as the raggy board came down to bring his run to an end.

John Exley -- 105k
Mickey Wernick -- 261.5k
Trevor Reardon -- 45.5k
Jules Adamson -- 151k
Iwan Jones -- 79k
Martyn Cavanagh -- 94.5k

What are the blinds, please?

R Mulla doubles through courtesy of Jules Adamson.

Mulla raises preflop from the cut-off, Adamson reraises from the small blind.

It's another 35k for Mulla to call, but he moves in.

Adamson sighs, but still goes for the call with A-Q. Mulla shows pocket queens.

Board = Td 5s 2d 6d 8s

Jen informs me that they are now 3/6k.

Incidentally, Jules Adamson's blonde alias is 'hartwith'.

So good luck to him from snoops.

Thanks

Those spaced out final tables (each with 6 players) look pretty comfy compared to the heaving rest of the room - the £100 has settled down but it might be a while before we get unpacked.  Snoopy is getting ready to enteretain you with a photo round...

And here is blondeite 'hartwith', who, after losing his A-Q Q-Q confrontation, is now down to 95k.

Boy, it's bright in here.  8) 8) 8)



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Henning Saves Himself Some Chips News Now -

Twice in this round he's flopped top pair and been out-turned or rivered - once with Ac Ks hitting an A J Q flop.  Putting his opponent on a pair around Jacks, this made it a bit difficult for him to bet, so he checked.  The turn brought a Ten, and the river another one - when it was checked to him he thought about betting, and then thought better of it - which is just as well as his opponent had Ts Td! 

Then he was in the big blind with JQ, and hit a Queen-high flop - but out of position to a limper it was checked - and two Tens appeared on the turn and river once again - making his opponent's Qd Td a lot better at the end of the hand.  But he lost about as few chips as possible on these hands, and seems as confident as one can be that he'll make the final...he'd better - he's my last pick!  I can't let Snoopy be right about things..he'll start getting ideas.

Picture of Tanya and Claire please!

I AGREE

KISSING IF POSS

Yoyo time for Chris Johnson.

First off, he was taken down to 15k by Iwan Jones who doubled up with T-T v 8-8 on a K-6-A-Q-5 board.

Then, after mucking the next two hands, he makes his inevitable all-im move under the gun, only to find Paul Johnstone reraise from the small blind with A-K. Luckily for Paul, his patience had rewarded him as he flipped over pocket cowboys. Board lacked an ace and Chris is back on his feet. Incidentally, Martyn folded pocket tens from the big blind, but only would have won any chips if he'd rereraised and managed to extract more chips from Paul.

Double through for Martyn Cavanagh - Henning raised to 22k (I believe) and found Martyn on the button quickly pushing in for about 40k more.  A lengthy think during which time Henning effectively called the clock on himself, and he eventually decided that Martyn "didn't have a pair" and called with a risky 6c 8c in a bid to knock out Mr. Cavanagh.  Instead, he hit an Ace on the flop and now has 133,000.

Speaking of Paul Johnstone, I don't believe we've uploaded a piccy of the fella, so here he is...

Crikey, reminds me of the evil cop from Terminator 2. eek "Have you seen this boy??"


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can u say good luck to martin C micky trevor and Iwan please

How many players are left? Im thinking of coming down to watch the final

PMSL :D

Mickey says he only came up here to Blackpool to play something called Crash with you... and you're nowhere to be seen :)

Crash - brilliant game

12 of them left - only a couple of short stacks...although it's not exactly riveting all the time at this stage, I'm always pretty happy that they're getting to actually play poker all the way down to the end.  Nice structure, nice prize structure, OK all round.  Now if we could just get out of this corridor...

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I've seen that film! Bloomin joy-riders...  ;)

micky happens to be my crash bitch

Jules Adamson (hartwith) is OUT in 12 position and wins £1,740.

John Exley raised to 21k with A-Q suited, Jules moved all-in with pocket snowmen, and Exley called.

Ace on flop and the youngsters gone. Played a good game though and, from speaking to others, earned a lot of respect too from his fellow players.

That man was born lucky.

Is he one of many?

Crash with 4 players?
If so terrible lucky game, now Don is skill..................

11 left, 9 man final.

Blinds at 4000/8000.

Jen is working like a trojan to get some extra info for you.

Actually, I've never seen a trojan work. Did they really work that hard?

Pics of Claire and Tanya???

Can you say hello to Danny Claire and Tanya for me aswell please....

Chip Guesstimates of the final eleven:

Chris Johnson      45,000
Rory Matthews    130,000
Iwan Jones         190,000  (wins the Climber of the Day prize - what a comeback)
Henning Granstad  110,000
Paul Johnstone    104,000
Martyn Cavanagh  133,000

Mick McCloskey     100,000
R. Mulla               260,000
John Exley           160,000
Mickey Wernick     290,000
Trevor Reardon      73,000  (not ever had a chip mountain of any size, but has outlasted over half the day 2 field)

go go go trev and iwan, and vwp jules, quality effort in a quality field. aj u wanna be my crash bitch like you're my hold em bitch  ;tk;

no thankyou you will make my bottom too sore

Mickey button raises, Trevor calls from the big blind.

Board = 4h Qs Th 3h 6h

Mickey announces 'pair of tens'.

Trevor shows the 8h

Let him catch up there...

 rotflmfao rotflmfao  how do u play crash :)  rules pls x

Plz tell Chris Johnson GL know him years really nice guy and a great player  8).

Go Chris  :)up

typical !!   any mention of anal interferance and you wake up eager as a beaver

Chris Johnson is OUT in 11th place winning £2,060 - he moved in on the button with Kd 3d and Iwan Jones was pretty happy to call with his Ahrt Kh - it was a pretty big pot in the end, and there is talk on the rail of how "that's not like Chris" to make such a move... in any case, we're down to 10.

Henning is currently fuming, literally steam coming out of his ears.

Shortstack Chris Johnson ended up all-in with 9-7 against Henning Granstad's 8-7 suited.

The dealer starting dealing the flop...

J-9... then she accidentally burns a card and deals an T (giving Henning a flopped straight, but dealing a card that should be the actual burn card).

Iwan Jones spotted the error, and halted the dealer.

The dealer rectified her error and dealt out the following board...

J-9-5-8-A... with the ten being the burn.

Chris wins with a pair of nines, but Henning is left throwing down his head-phones in complete disgust at the dealer's faux pas.

"Are you effing kidding me?!" he exclaimed. "I can't believe these mistakes are being made with this amount of money at stake."

Not a happy chappy.

In fact, he temporarily visited Tiltville.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

ps. this occurred just before Chris Johnson's exit, so, as Paul Parker amusingly said, they might as well just given Henning the straight in the first place.  8)

lol sorry don't know what you're talking about ;)

made one mistake and paid for it, but quality weekend none the less, in cab on way home to bristol lol, thx for messages all.

lol @ Paul Parker.

Tell him i just went down to play the £200 freeze and i was the only sod who turned up!!!

P.S. Where are the Tanya/Claire pics?

Give Danny a kiss from me - he's had one every night for the past 3 nights he must
be having withdrawal symptoms by now!

Come on Henning...!!!! ;goodvevil;

that'll be the prize money gone then


agree a price first for gawds sake

Nork mad.

Really hectic here... Who are Tanya and Claire??

are you a eunuch?

Not last time I checked.  :D

Hmmm that's 2 of us that would like to know!

Extraordinary Pass News Now -

On Paul Johnstone's big blind, he announces that no-one better try raising him - but Henning, perhaps still a little shaken by his non-flop, just pushes in for his now short 60,000 or so.  Paul thinks for about a month, then passes, showing Ac Qd!
Henning shows him just the Ad and I imagine there must have been considerable relief - Paul covered him by a good ways and that could have been that.

But it looks like that has restored our Scandie friend's good humour. 

Paul Johnstone, on the other hand, just hit a perfect turn card against Iwan, putting him on a nasty decision for a 150k pot - Iwan had raised preflop and Paul called.
Flop:  Jd Th 9d  something must have happened here to get the pot all juicy
Turn: Kc  This is where I showed up and saw Paul already all-in and Iwan thinking about calling around half the pot - don't know how the money got there but I think it must have been a Iwan bet and a Paul raise.
"I've got top two pair," laments Iwan.
"But I know what you've got..." and he passes Kc Js - and gets rewarded with the Ad Qh. 
"Why didn't you re-raise preflop?" asks Iwan.
"The only two hands I re-raise with are AA and KK.  Not even AK."
Well, there you go.

Sigh, you are not up to the job snoops.

The Final Table Bubble Has Burst!  Rory Matthews is the 10th place finisher winning £2,370

He moved in front of Iwan Jones with Qh Kd, but Iwan woke up with another big hand - Ac Kc and it was curtains for Rory, who played strongly throughout the day, only to narrowly miss that final.

For the love of god someone put a camera in Kev or Jon's hands!

Table seat order and chip count:

1  Mick McCloskey     153,000
2  Martyn Cavanagh  126,000
3  Mickey Wernick    236,500
4  Trevor Reardon    113,000
5  Iwan Jones          286,000  (your chip leader)
6  Paul Johnstone     179,000
7  John Exley           164,500
8  Mulla                   237,000
9  Henning Granstad   88,000

I know Snoops is preparing a full Final Lineup Mugshot thing - so bear with him.

Bubble Boy Rory Matthews.



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I give up with him  :dontask:

PLEASE do as flushy asks

if u need to relieve yr fustration that bad flusht get cable or a bird with pig tails

Seat 1: Mick McCloskey -- 153,000



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if you do give up Jane, may I barge to front of t'queue?

pigtails only you understand though

ok then, Jen the girlie hopes lay firmly in your lap, we want some male totty pics please... a.s.a.p!

Seat 2: Martyn Cavanagh -- 126,000



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Seat 3: Mickey Wernick -- 236,000



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Now now boys, calm down! for an orderly queue lol. And keep it quiet from Kev for goodness sake xx

Ok then Danny Claire and Tanya!! NOW!

Seat 4: Trevor Reardon -- 113,000



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gl martin, iwan Micky and Trevor- family table

LMAO!!

Seat 5: Iwan Jones -- 286,000



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Seat 6: Paul Johnstone -- 179,000



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Seat 7: John Exley -- 164,500



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 :hello:

It won't make any difference flushy

Seat 8: R Mulla -- 237,000



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Seat 9: Henning Granstad -- 88,000



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Seat 10: Yogi-Bear -- Lots



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ask yogi what chest size them trousers are

Ok so you tracked down Yogi....

Woody Deck update please. ;hide;

He ran into AJ i believe....

I don't know why, but I'm doing my best to find these guys/gals and am not sure who they are... If one comes near me, I will snap them for you OK?  And Kev is playing the £100 freezeout currently, so you'll have to wait for his expertise.

Just missed the final table after a valiantly high-variance tournament performance, as usual.  But he's been doing well elsewhere I hear.

Jen, use your instincts!!! male totty is male totty!

Jen go find Mike Laceyfor a piccy :)

trollops

I went to school with a girl whose surname was trollope.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

 you know you love it Paul! xx

lol jacko

Sorry girls , the only male norkage worth oggling is sitting in my kitchen playing poker on the laptop  :)

do you know Mel Mr ActionJack?

 ;scarymoment;

Each to her own Char, each to her own...

 :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: :redcard:

mel who ?

My personal norkage is in Brighton at the mo... weeep.

So Jen, get moving girl!

when i said "trollops" it wasnt an insult.
As with lesbianism i think it should bw encouraged in all women

I'm not that picky!

Barry get your norks out for the girls!!!

cant people are watching

I am!!! Barry, no offence hun, but don't!

i agree with paul ,but i think im lesbian

I'm sure it has NEVER stopped you in the past - shyness is something I don't think you know the meaning of!!!  lol

youll wonder whats hit you ging

Ok, thanks for that, now cleaning red wine off my monitor!

rotflmfao  rotflmfao  rotflmfao

I once knew a girl called Joy Maker.

Popular lass.

Jamieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jamie! hello hun, got any piccies?

any news jen snoops?

Evening Trace, evening everyone.

Gonna be cheerleading in London next week Trace?

Send my best wishes to Mr Wernick.  Legend.

Wish we could tell you something was happening down here, but they're giving the finalists a nice little rest before they get back into it.

Besides, you seem to be entertaining yourselves pretty well.

Afraid not Jamie - it's a Sunday and my boys race, so I'll be watching them and screaming them on!  lol

It's Barry and Paul's fault Jen, they are such a pair of sluts!

ok can we get a chip count please

and some female tptty pics you can start with a pic of jen

all the male totty left blackpool at 11:13 this morning so you cant get a pic

and it arrived how at 22:02

Actually, I think it's all James fault, he started it!

There was an easy joke there somewhere but i'm being nice today  :)

No, wait, at this very minute the cards are in the air and the final Nine are playing once again.  News will come as soon as there is the slightest fluctuation in chips, or if anyone even whispers, "Raise," or if a particularly intense staredown occurs etc. etc.

Give it your best shot Jamie, this is me afterall!  lol

Snoops & Jen - please pass on tons of luck to Iwan and Trev from Nick & me

Top work guys as always

LOL

Anna xx

ok i admit it im a SLUT

Dammit I got work in the morning, so gonna have to hit the sack.

Good luck to all on FT.


Nighty night everyone

so is ironside

And here it is in all it's slightly flashless glory:  the final table - complete with grinning short stack and a nice view of the back of the chip leader's head.

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yeah hope u lot are gonna support  Reece and the equipment needed on sunday
for p4c at western

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In probably the only nod to the £100-er which shall grace this update, I can't resist bringing you Colchester Kev, off to a good start and pictured AT the table for once!  Good luck to him.

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wish him luck from me jen plz

Mick McCloskey raises preflop to 28k. Martyn Cavanagh reraises another 65k. Mick folds.

This is the second time this has occurred in the space of 3 hands, both times Mick released his hand.

Good luck Kev  :)up

Tanya and Claire.....

PLEASE tell them its for me

otherwise i cant sleep

Gl to the welsh guys Iwan and Martyn. Also to the legend Mickey Wernick.

And goooo Henning Granstad. Interesting note his name came up online a while back and in Norway he is apparently called the "master of great calls" or something along those lines.

Make that the 1,2,3 and 4 in any order.

I've managed to get my paws on a creame cake. Yum.

get a camara

Puff

pastry was it?

who me ?

iv told you once im a lesbian

Mickey Wernick doubles up Mick McCloskey.

Mick raises preflop with Big Slick, Mickey shoves in 65k, Mick moves all-in. Automatic call for Mickey with his A-Q.

Board is no help... Th 4h 6d 8c 4s

please say to Kev that i asked if he was still in, cheers.
Oh and it's the worm FFS!!!!!!!!!
All this legend stuff tut tut.

Cavanagh raises to 27k under the gun, Mick McCloskey reraises to around 80k from the big blind, Martyn folds, Mick shows aces.

Unfortunately Kev just suffered a rather bad beat with KQ - a King flopped and that's when the other guy with K 10 decided it was a good idea to go all in - as it turned out a Ten popped up and knocked Kev out but he's a shrugger not a foot-stomper and is quietly smoking on the rail. 

i'm sure I would have swore

Henning just saw a flop with Paul Johnstone and Mulla which came out Ahrt 6h 4h (or something very similar and all hearty)
It checked to him and he moved in.
A lengthy pause as Paul considered calling (I caught a glimpse of a heart in his hand) but in the end they both passed and Henning made a sound not entirely unlike "Phew," showing the Ad Qd.  He's crawling back, I know it.

Trevor raises preflop, Mulla flat calls from the cut-off, raggy flop, Trevor checks, Mulla sets Trevor all-in with a 60k bet, Trevor folds, Mulla shows pocket jacks, Trevor down to 49k.

any chip counts jen plz

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I hear clapping.

Either a herd of seals have come in with the tide, or someone's been eliminated.

Jen has the answer...

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Trevor Reardon is OUT in 9th place, winning £3,200

He moved his very short 24,000 in with Ac 8c when it folded to him, and big blind Mulla called with any old cards - as it turned out Js 7c.
Flop:  Jh 2h 9h
Turn: 7s
River: 8s

And we've lost our first finalist.  Sorry for the slowness, but it's really been raise and pass stuff - hardly a flop seen for half an hour.  I think Snoopy is getting the fresh counts for you now.

lets go clubbing............   ;goodvevil; .................or not.

well played trev!

snoops or jen can you tell me how many john exleys got plz

very well played trev

Henning Granstad is OUT in 8th place and wins £4,700

Henning raised preflop, Iwan reraised him all-in, Henning called.

Henning = Ahrt Ks

Iwan = Ts Td

Board = 2d 4c 4h Tc Qd

Chippy counts:

Mick McCloskey -- 210,000
Martyn Cavanagh -- 150,000
Mickey Wernick -- 120,000
Iwan Jones -- chips still being counted... looks like one or two
Paul Johnstone -- 180,000
John Exley -- 130,000
R Mulla -- 290,000

how many welshmen left please?

Iwan Jones has between 410 - 420 - and that's not counting the purples (1k).

whats the blinds plz

Come on iwan!!

whats the blinds plz

Blinds are 5k/10k

thx

no matter what happens today micky goes back to no 1

in europe by at least 57 points

cmon thhe welsh boys from dylan back here in cardiff

da iawn Dylan  :)up

ul micky

True story:  I just told Snoopy that I was bored of there being no action and I was going to make the next hand into a story no matter what happened:  so here it is:

Mickey Wernick goes OUT in 7th place, winning £6,320

Martyn raised 40k on the button, and Mickey on the small blind moved in for a further 59,000.  The longest dwell I've seen in this comp yet took place before Martyn called and they were on their backs:
Martyn showed: 3h 3c
Mickey showed: Ahrt 7h

Flop:  Kd Ks 3d
Turn and river - irrelevant

And Mickey's out, BUT his placing puts him back on top of the European rankings.

vinni are you psychic?

jen whens the next break

yep ,its live on my tv

Five whole minutes.  Which is handy as I need a drink full of stimulating caffeine.

Mick McLoskey bets 15k into a flop of 2h 4h 5s.

R Mulla calls.

They check the Ks turn.

And also the 9s river.

Even though Mulla made a ten high flush. Clearly a cheeky trapper.

jen these are the dogs b.......x of updates ,

no other site can touch this one

Players are now on a short five minute break.

I agree

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lol

If only I could do that for myself Dana I wouldn't keep getting myself in trouble ;)

our dog was doing that the other day .

i told her id love to do that ,she said go on then

i hope he bites you if you try it

make sure u dont dislodge a filling

Jen here - Snoopy has briefly commandeered my laptop for his own purposes so I'll report this hand over here:

It folds to the blinds, and Mulla raises 15k.  Big blind Mick McCloskey calls.
Flop:  7h 3d Qc   Check - check
Turn: Aspades  Check - Mick bets 35k.  Mulla calls.
River: 6d  Mulla bets out 30k, and after a pause to get up and peer down at the board for a bit, Mick passes.

Good work Snoops and Jen, brilliant stuff as always.

Anyone fancy an stt on Blonde? or heads up , whatever....

 3c 3d 3h Ks Kh vn martyn hang in there both,well just win it now.gl iwan and martyn but from way your playing you dont need any

6 left and Iwan has over 40% of chips in play with 600k+ About time his luck changed after a rough few months/beats

got to agree

And a double through for John Exley - Iwan raised in mid position, and John took the plunge (not a small call for Iwan to make).  Eventually he did call, though, with Tc Td and found a race:  Ahrt Js.  All clear til the river, when the Ace came to keep John in and take a chunk out of Iwan's stack.

They all fold round to Martyn's blind.

Martyn shows aces.

GRRRRRRR

Don't you just hate it when that happens??

just spoke to martyn gingernutzzzzzzz cavanagh,he said if he wins this the sheep are on him when he comes home yeeehaaaaa cmon MR doubtfire ,,,and codeyes 1+2 for the welsh glllllllll

Here's John Exley raking in that double up pot...

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ul ewan

come on jonny boy you need this

as opposed to him being on the sheep?

...And Iwan about the same time.  Notice there's no real difference in expression, but we know who's feeling the high and who the low.  But Iwan's had this before, and came back to take the chip lead - guessing he won't lose his head.

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we have taught them to do all the work now we can train them its easy lol,iwans the best his washes the dishes hehe

Paul Johnstone, looking a bit like we're all feeling.

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nice 1 jamie

hi dylan,,,not down tonight 100 re-buy m8?i got to final and well 50 k 160 in play yip i was 9th lol 3 bad beats on the trott and then last 10k just threw it in lol never mind

Whilst they discuss the potential of a deal, here are the current chip counts:

Martyn Cavanagh -- 230k
Paul Johnstone -- 155k
Iwan Jones -- 280k
John Exley -- 150k
Mick McCloskey -- 125k
R Mulla -- 400k

what page is the breakdown on snoops?

are the chip counts correct ?

1  £47,530
2  £31,600
3  £19,750
4  £14,220
5  £10,270
6   £7,900
7   £6,320
8   £4,700
9   £3,200
10 £2,370
11 £2,060
12-14  £1,740
15-16  £1,430

john exley should be on 300k+

John Exley is more like 350k

thx it said 150k thought hed had accident

bloody hell, old man causing trouble in a local bulgarian bar,,,, p1ssed as a fart, shud i go take him home or leave him to avoid a punching?

take 15k each play for the rest winner takes all ..thats a nice deal,,,winner then gets £71,270   these are going to be the new type of deals to be seen soon they did it like this last week when micky won it i think its great for the game they all get nice payday but the winner is the real winner

Stop jumping the gun Watchers!  Honestly, you and your mobile phones  :D

Okay, after the usual bickering and quarreling that the topic of money tends to bring up, the 6 remaining players have decided upon a deal.

R Mulla -- £25k
J Exley -- £22k
P Johnstone -- £14k
I Jones -- £18k
M Cavanagh -- £17k
M McCloskey -- £14k

That leaves 20k extra to the winner.

nice deal well done every one

nice for mulla and exley

theyve got to have played well to get were they are now

gl every one of them

 :hello:
Fantastic updates as always guys
xxx

apologies, miscounted Exley's stack. Others were correct though, as shown by the eventual pay-out.

cheers snoops top man

extra 20k has been split for 1st 2nd and 3rd- its not going to the winner

well done all gl iwan and martyn cheers jamie

nice lift though

Roughly, the chip position:

Mick McCloskey   150,000
Martyn Cavanagh  255,000
Iwan Jones         285,000
Paul Johnstone    110,000
John Exley           365,000
R. Mulla               400,000

mulla has had a top week

free rolling from day 1

Here's the top of Mick McCloskey's hat, and neighbour Martyn Cavanagh, who does that helpful 'tell you what his stack is' thing.  Updater's pet, he's getting to be.

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nice bloke martyne

barry, fancy a little sheff wed v sheff wed hu on blue square, since were the only ones still up?

straight NO

where you from then

Battle of the blinds news now...

Mick McCloskey raises from the small blind, Martyn Cavanagh reraises...

Mick McCloskey gives him a full interrogation.

... then passes.

ok see u in deep end next home game

dronfield

where you from then

do you play sheffield

:hello: redimp - there's some kind of break at the moment, so I'll just share this vignette- Yogi (responding to Kev's polite demands) just got on the mic saying, "Two cheese and ham toasties to the card room, please."  Fantastic.

used to, play owlerton wed night, with your brother dave, he marked my card on a few dogs at notts

jen snoops bet your tired ?

all on go slow again

right

Where's my basket?

one thursday night we had bets on, and he was ffs'ing saying u went to track and bet that much u got price down and screwed us all over on s.p

whats the chip count?

they was my dogs thats why

2 blondites in final of crypto 50k, Shaa and me im 9th shaa 6th

jen snoops do me a favour ask john exley to ring me when he gets time

i used to work for william hill u see, and got dave's bets on sneakily, was a good coup,

wondered how they got to know

every one should have been bigger prices

nah i made sure all bets were in £10 denominations, we reckon you knocked the boards over

Even though they've done a deal, they're still taking this remaining 20k very sriously, as most of us would do.

As Snoops says, they're still playing pretty tight - wish I'd seen a single face-up card to tell you about in the last 10 mins or so, but no, not possible.  Mick McCloskey and Paul Johnstone have made the all-in push, but no one wanted to tango.

Still nothing substantial to report.

We need a JP Kelly or an Ali Mallu to mix it up on there.

Martyn Cavanagh finishes in 6th position winning £17,000

And just like that (hey, I sound like Tommy Cooper), we have an exit.

Classic coin flip situation.

Martin raises to 66k from trap 2.

Mulla swiftly announces all-in.

Martyn calls after a a short dwell.

Mulla = Jc Js

Cavanagh = Aspades Kc

Board = 7d Qd 6d 5h 9c

Down to 5.

Double up for Paul Johnstone - Aspades 9h vs Iwan's Kc Tc.  Ace on the flop, and although a tempting gutshot gave a glimmer of hope on the turn, it was not to be, so it's another bite out of Iwan. 

unlucky martyn well played

A 'Kick in the testicles' hand now.

Mick (cut-off) = Ahrt Td

Paul (small blind) = Ac Qh

Both all-in.

Board = 3d Ts 3c 8s 3s

Not that it matters, but Iwan would have hit quads... but I don't think he's that mad.

Crushing blow for Paul Johnstone who had only moments earlier won the chips he just gave away.

He's now down to 25k and on the verge of taking 5th place.

Incidentally, with just 26 players remaining in the £100 freezout, noflopshomer is still plugging away.

£4,200 to the winner.

Good luck, sonny.

whats the blinds snoops

1500/3000

do you mean 15000 /30000

in last 6 of $99 10k on tribbeca if any PRO's about

Amazingly, there has been only one confrontational hand, in which Paul moved in with Ks Jc and got called blind by Mulla in the big blind with 8h 4h. 
Board:  9h Qd 5s 5c 5h  and that double up has kept him in, still.  But the chips are thus:

Mick McCloskey   320,000
Iwan Jones        280,000
Paul Johnstone     14,000
John Exley          275,000
R. Mulla              695,000

I think he was talking about the other comp - the blinds on the Main Final are 8,000/16,000

thx jen

Paul Johnstone is OUT in 5th position and wins £14,000

Down to the felt anyhow, but it finally went in with 7-5. John Exley and R Mulla checked it out in the blinds. Paul didn't pair up and that was that.

Unfortunately, noflopshomer has crashed out of the £100 freezout.

A-Q v K-J v 9-9

The nines somehow managed to hold-up.

Good effort tho from the blondeite.  :respect:

And almost immediately, Iwan Jones goes out in 4th place, winning £18,000

With most of the chips sat in front of Mulla, he raised to 40k.  Iwan decided to put the pressure on him to call with  2s 2c - he did, with Ahrt Qs.

And flopped the broadway straight.

No late-night luck for Iwan, and although he would have been happy with fourth place when on a tiny stack earlier in the day, it's never nice to lose a biggish stack.  Still, his nice cash should make him feel better.

Congrats to Paul - unfortunate that he lost so many chips with AQ v AT - those situations are always annoying, but moreso at crucial stages of big comps like this.

Anyway, tell him well done from all his mates up north - great updating as usual btw guys!  ;D

Well, friends, a further deal pretty much signals the end being nigh:

The 'extra' £20,000 has been split -

Mulla  +£9,500
Mick McCloskey  +£6,000
John Exley  +£4,500

So wait for the official result, coming soon...

give john my congratts

gl good night

brilliant as ussual

Mick McCloskey is OUT in 3rd place and wins £20,500

Mulla raised from the button with K-J off, Mick reraised from the small blind with A-Q suited. Mulla called with conviction.

Flop = Kc 5h 7c

Mick announced all-in, and Mulla called instantly.

Turn = 6d

River = 2h

John Exley is now in posession of a messily-stacked 380,000.  The rest is sat in a big lump in front of Mulla... we await the trophy determination, but kind of know who we'd bet on at this point...

thought theyd done a deal

its not over till the fat lady sings

Can I direct you to my website? There's a link on the left...

After a couple of hands, the general trend of which was raise from Mulla, all-in from John, pass, it happened again -

Preflop R. Mulla raised 30k, John just moved on in, and, looking a little fatigued, Mulla called with Td 4d.  But John had the rather dominating Tc Th!  So double up, and the heads up goes on...

go on jonny

Hi all, it's Homer here. Knackered, (but most likely not half as tired as Jen and Snoops who are doing a sterling job). I got stuck with three tables left with about 21k 1500/3000 blinds, automatic push with AQ and got called by 99 and a very short stack with KJ, flop failed to show a card above an eight. 60k pot would have been nice but the blinds were just going up too quick. The event itself sold out with 140 runners so it's good practice for Luton and Southampton. :)

Also I was very lucky to spend a good half hour with Joe Grech who regaled me with tales of poker, Vegas and more poker. Top man to chat to.

Anyway I'm off home now. (No idea how Snoops and Jen manage....)

Bit quiet after John's double up - they just aren't throwing the ol chips in the way we thought might happen.

Very very cagey flopped trips for John, check-calling minimum bets and then checking the river, with Mulla checking behind.  So a small pot which could have been a big one.

Then 140,000 taken down by Mulla on a Ac 2c 4s Ahrt board after a check-check on the flop.

There appear to be quite a few Mulla supporters on the upstairs rail, which gives quite a nice balcony view over the final table.  Nice set-up.

any thing happening snoops

Still plugging away Vinni. these guys obviosuly take the trophy seriously.

John's a pretty tight player too.


I need cheering up, so I'm gonna post this fella. Makes me laugh.

(http://tinypic.com/8whxf6.jpg)

creepy creepy

the one i won in cork last year ,john won the 100 re buy

loves the trophy ,hes a top bloke our john .

they call him the poor mans friend online

this is a free role for him .

couldnt happen to a nicer man .

No, cheepy cheepy

lol

Unbelievably - they have a ************************break*********************

I'm getting some red bull.

cheapy cheapy

what a break phew

have they made it a 4 day comp lol

whats the chip count

I honestly can't believe these chaps are still going.

Gordon Bennet. Let me go home!

they both get a trophy anyway

is there still cash involved

The chips have oh so slowly evened out, so it's about 760,000 for Mulla, to 780,000 for John.  There's either going to be one heck of a big pot soon or this will go back and forth for a couple of days.

another week in blackpool

This has been a pretty unusual final all round - from the double dealing to the unexpected reversals of fortune...

Mulla loses another chunk just now calling around 100k on an Ad 6d 7c flop, only to pass on the Kd turn, saying, "I need a nine!" and showing 8c Tc.  Don't ask me...

you 2 need medals

i owe you a drink in luton

And it's all over!!!

Although give me a moment...

just pinching myself to make sure.

RUN FOR THE BAR!

R Mulla is OUT in 2nd place and wins £34,500

All-in preflop.

J-4 v Exley's A-K

Board = 8-7-Q-K-9

which means...

go on jonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

JOHN EXLEY IS THE BLACKPOOL BONANAZA CHAMPION WINNING £26,500

Less cash, but the honour of holding the slightly bigger trophy.

printing screen now

We were hanging around waiting for the photo op with the trophies etc. but I think there's a gaggle of people round the final table talking something through.  Again.  Bear with us...

Snoopy's getting the fork ready for us both, but will give you a snap of the winner as a parting shot.  Good night all!

And here's your winner in all his glory.



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Fork firmly in.

Over and out.

nice one john!!

nice one- how come 2nd place gets more than 1st?? what else is shoved in as a prize??

The final 5 done a deal mate.  And R Mulla was well in front when the dealw as made so he took a biiger slice of the cake.

I ended up leaving Blackpool at 5am this morning, I had busted out of the comp at about 2am, but felt an urge to stick around with Kev, Jen, Snoops and Jon Raab and watch the final til it's completion. Plus, lack of sleep, food and drink makes all three of them act a lot funnier. :D

The only hand I can recall from HU play was a very odd one where Mulla calls from the button, (this was when he the chip lead) blinds 10k/20k and Exley checked:

Flop:

 Ad 8d 8c

Exley checks, Mulla bets 20k, Exley calls.

Turn:

 7c

Exley checks, Mulla bets 20k again, Exley calls.

River:

 6h

Exley checks, Mulla checks and shows  Aspades 3c Exley shows  8h Td!!!!

It was also good meeting Suited Jock and Mike Lacey (luckyblind) and the rest of the Irish contingent, including a guy called Dave whom I shared two tables with in the £100 comp and kept me laughing throughout.
Finally thanks to Yogi, who had said when I'd asked about the Sunday comp that he didn't think it would sell out, yet it did so at least an hour and half before it started!

Another fantastic Update by the Jenster & sloppy dog, well dione & thanks.

Thanks for all the support, it really meant a lot. Well done to snoops and Jen for keeping the friemds and family updated. Great week also for Micky McCloskey, two third places for over €25k!

Also great to meet some more blondes such as NoFlops, The Nun, Ewan Jones et al. Cheif railer Kev's free drinks vouchers much appreciated.

Feel sorry for TK, poker is a cruel game, thought I was a goner until lady luck stepped in with a runner runner.

Trevor Reardon is a gent, I was sat next to him for half of the first day and all of the second, he never stole my blinds once. In seriousness though, he and all the other blonde-ites I met were great ambassadors for the game.

See you all again soon.

Mike

Thanks Mike. In truth, the beat you put on me was not that great, it was just the mannerr of it that was so unexpected! I was about 55% pre-flop, 75% on the flop, & 80% on the turn, but you still had a lot of outs, I just never foresaw the runner-runner straight!

You played great, & deserved to do better than you did, but if the cards don't come, what can you do?

lol thats only cos I was beating him to it  :D

Trevor missed nikin your blinds as from that piccy i saw of me n him  :D he was too busy trying to see what pair i held.

cheeky monkey

I'd be more worried about the perv who took the photo.  8)

great covrage as allways.

hope to see some Blonds in Paris in a month for the WPT?

are any blonde gonna play that event.

regards BA Kildalen, norwegian Poker magazin

Hi BA,

Yes, we're scheduled in for Paris, but nothing has been cemented officially yet. We always try to remain flexible.

I'd like to see Jen play, but these buy-ins add up after a while...

Hopefully see you there.