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And after a quick pack and hotel change, four hours' sleep and a candy bar - we're back in the Rio and just ran into Pab going to the bathroom (fascinating eh) and looking understandably excited about today's shot at the bigger money... we'll be bringing you the action as soon as it gets going.

I'm tired, hungry, hot and unwashed.

But the show must go on, we have a blondeite playing.

Good luck Pab!!!  ;cheerleader;

Looking forward to a new jacuzzi no doubt  :o

Counts of your final 30 players...

1 Tom Franklin  237,800
2 Michael Banducci  194,900
3 Jeff Madsen  160,300
4 Erick Lindgren  157,300
5 "Mad" Marty Wilson  153,200
6 Frederick Halling  131,300
7 Yehia "Joe" Awada  122,000
8 David Pham  120,400
9 Paul Wasicka  120,000
10 Jonathan Gaskell  102,900
11 Omar Khayat  92,900
12 Peter Fischer  88,000
13 Don Todd  79,300
14 Kenna James  60,900
15 Keith Tilston  59,700
16 Cliff Cantor  57,600
17 Gregg Merkow  55,200
18 Robert Ford  54,300
19 Phillipe Boucher  44,300
20 Vanessa Rousso  41,700
21 Ted Lawson  38,000
22 John Juanda  37,400
23 Brian Willis  35,200
24 Robert Williamson III  32,000
25 Mats Gavatin  29,400
26 Jenny Kang  29,300
27 Mark Petersen  26,600
28 Marco Traniello  24,400
29 Joe Beevers  23,900
30 Paul Foltyn  22,900

go marty and pab :)

q10 or better hehe ;)

best of luck pab

The players are debagged and raring to go...



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Joe Beevers doubles up in the Short-Handed on the first hand!

His short stack (23,600) saw a double fold in front of it and moved into the middle - the button and small blind passed but the big blind instacalled with Aspades 9s.  Joe held Ac Qd - and it held.  So a proper shot at the final for the Hendon Mobster after he took his early shot and it paid off.

Joe Awada, Mad Marty, Pab, Joe Beevers



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Gl Pab and Joe!

And after doubling up so quickly, Joe is back in the thick of the action with J-J v J-T.

Joe raised, and bracelet winner Ted Lawson moved over the top. Joe called, but the 7-8-8-rag-9 board made a 15k dent in his stack. Bah!

More action from Joe table...

And just look at the hands that were out there!

Dustin Woolfe moves all-in under the gun with Qs 8s

Jonathon Gaskell flat calls from Seat 2 with Ac Ks

Joe Beevers folds Ahrt Kd

Gregg Markow folds Aspades Qh

Ted Lawson folds  Ad Th

Blimey!

Board was slightly less fun-filled

9h Jc 6h 6d 7c

Ace high wins

Even more from Table Beevers!

Ted Lawson is OUT.

Lawson = 9d Td

Gregg Markow = Aspades Qh

Board = 3h 5s 4d Aspades Kd

Live is rigged.

They broke the first table of the day, and it was Joe Beevers'... immediately, it seemed he was walking from his new seat to the lady who assigns the cash.  So it must be reported that Joe is OUT in 30th place.  Ariston trying to get you the details.

pab has doubled up any news how ??

has pab fallen asleep?

I can just about see pab's head, and a bit of his chip stack, but with no Media access any more I can't get more than that.  In half an hour when they hit a break I will corner him for you.  I know that last night he was resigned to making an early stand, as the shortest stack, so it must have gone his way.

Vannessa Rousso has been been a busy girl.

After the dismay of seeing her Aces cracked by Q-9 last night (a pot that would have shot her into 3rd place), she's moving chips again today.

Mateyboy bets on a flop of 5-4-T with 6-8 (Gutshot draw), Rousso calls with A-K

Turn = A

MB bets again, Rousso calls all-in, and her Top Pair holds up.

She's now up to 105k

Robert Williamson doubles up -

I heard some shouting and looked in that direction (as you do) and saw Mr III standing up calling, "Ace!"  Then he looked happy and sat back down, at which point the TD announced over the mic, "I think Williamson just won a pot." 

A few approximate chip counts:

John Juanda -- 130k
Erick Lindgren -- 70k
Joe Awada -- 90k
Vanessa Rousso -- 100k
Kenna James -- 50k

This is as close as I can really get to pab, currently - but see how he's striking a mirror pose to neighbour Williamson.  Behind them, the smiling lady is Pokerwire's updater, also called Jen.

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And as a kind of re-shoot of the same picture from a different place, with Vanessa Rousso in the foreground and a blurry pab in back....

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Hi Jen, sloppy, keep these wonderful Updates coming. Miss you both.

xx

Yet another Jen, this time Jenny Kang, who's sat next to Joe Awada and is one of the mid-to-low stacks.

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5 tables of 25 players remaining

Including:

Vanessa Rousso
Joe Awada
Captain Tom Franklin
Pab
John Juanda
Erick Lindgren
Robert Williamson III
Kenna James

Right in the middle of this photo lurks fifth-in-chips Mad Marty Wlson.  I don't know if he has a table-chatty image, but he's been pretty quiet so far, so much so that he escaped our notice last night until about 20 minutes before the end of play, when his stack dwarfed his table...

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Found a gap.

Pab's on 32k

think marty has lost a bunch of chips

ahhhh n1 pabster, breathing room

We're down to 23

Christopher Loveland and Don Todd the two casualties.

As a result, we're down to 4 tables.

In consecutive seats:

Captain Tom Franklin, Robert Williamson III, Pab, Vannessa Rousso

Pab is already guaranteed $15,489

Mad Marty's on around 130k

Pab JJ vs KT for 65k a little bridie just told me.

Just mouthed "How much" to Pab from across the room.

This was his repsonse (ignore the confused looks), which, from looking at his chips, looks like 55.

Nice job!

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Just saw a pot move away from Lingren. I could see had tens, not too sure about the other guy. Judging by the King high board, it was either a King or an underpair.

Kenna James is OUT.

Managed to sneak in to catch this hand.

A-K v A-T all-in preflop

Board was a killer

T-9-9-K-T

That's gotta hurt!

Kenna gone

Hey, I got that update before cardplayer!!!

... who are actually based by the table with about 20 updaters, as opposed to our 2.

Woooooohooooooooooo

 ;letsparty;

It doesn't take much to get me excited...

Info courtesy of Vanessa Rousso's agent (I think - not sure)

She's up to 125k after finally finding some luck.

A-A v 8-8

Vanessa spiked an Ace.

Pab has eliminated Robert Williamson III

A-2 versus 9-8 on an Ace high board

Spotted Robert Williamson III (couldn't see the other two) at the cashier's desk.

He seemed to be in good spirits considering his recent exit.

which table u on flushy?

2 in the 15k

Moorman and Geeah here.

Geeah was just asking about you

19 left

18th - $15,489

Down to three tables.

Pab is now sitting in Seat 9 with John Juanda the other side of the dealer.

Seated opposite are Vanessa Rousso and Mad Marty Wilson.

Can you sticky this, keep clicking on the top thread....

Table Pab:

Seat 1: John Juanda -- 70k
Seat 3: Mad Marty -- 85k
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso -- 100k
Seat 6: Pab -- 80k

Ain't this exciting?

Did you know if you click on the thread from the homepage it takes you too where you last were?

Well as long as the most recent post was in the thread you want that is.

Go PAB!!!!

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo Pirate Pab

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 :cheers: :)up :cheers: :)up :cheers: :)up :cheers: :)up :cheers: :)up

Greg Merkow is OUT

Eliminated by Cliff Cantor.

On the same table Joe Awada has 105k and captain Tom Franklin in flying high with 310k (!!)

 :hello: Jen & Snoopy. Fine work guys, trample on those cardplayer updaters

All the best to Pab & Marty.

Just found out that Jonathon Gaskell (seat 6 on Table Lindgren) is a Brit (!!)

From Wigan apparantly.

Go Pab !!

Go on Pab!!

PSSSSSSST!

Mad Max on BBC1

Erick Lindgren -- 175k
Jonathon Gaskell -- 95k
Pab -- 55k

Table Pab...

Seat 1: John Juanda
Seat 2: Peter Fischer
Seat 3: Marty Wilson
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso
Seat 5: Paul Wasicka
Seat 6: Paul Foltyon

Table Awada...

Seat 1: Cliff Cantor
Seat 3: Tony Woods
Seat 4: Captain Tom Franklin
Seat 5: Jenny Kang
Seat 6: Yehia "Joe" Awada

Table Lindgren...

Seat 1: Erick Lindgren
Seat 2: Michael Banducci
Seat 3: Philippe Boucher
Seat 4: Fredrik Halling
Seat 5: Jeff Madsen
Seat 6: Jonathan Gaskell

Seat 1: Erick Lindgren -- 175k
Seat 2: Michael Banducci -- a monster stack, must be 400k+
Seat 3: Philippe Boucher -- 100k
Seat 4: Fredrik Halling -- 180k
Seat 5: Jeff Madsen -- 175k
Seat 6: Jonathan Gaskell -- 95k

John Juanda is OUT.

K-K v J-9

Paul Wasika makes a straight flush on 8h 4s 3d 7h Th board

which means Pab is rid of a major threat.

Last 16, next out receives $22,638

Pab is one of the shortstacks

gooo on Pab and H@LL

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and shame on red for posting on the at a glance thread :D

Shortstacked table...

Seat 1: John Juanda -- OUT
Seat 2: Peter Fischer -- 100k
Seat 3: Marty Wilson -- 70k
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso -- 125k
Seat 5: Paul Wasicka -- 145k
Seat 6: Paul Foltyon -- 50k

Just spoke to Wigan's Jonathon Gaskell. He's on around the 100k the mark and sounds pretty chilled out.

He claims that no one's really dominating the table, more just raise fold fold fold fold fold, merely waiting for Pab's table to lose a player or two.

He did tell me a recent hand though where Michael Banducci raises, Philippe Bouche reraises, Banducci calls. Flop = J-7-3. Bouche raises 30k, Banducci moves all-in, Bouch folds.

17 players remaining

Average stack 149,117... on a break for another ten minutes. 

 :blonde: :D ;goodvevil; >:? :dontask: ;ifm; ;hide; ;yellowcard; ;slavedriver;

Sandy

Caught in Hall while breaking - Ariston and Womble heading outside, before the former went for the daily Bellagio $1,000 tourney (oh so much better structured than the smaller buy-in WSOP events) and the latter busted from today's $2,000 NL and went to join him.

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I sent Ariston on a norkage mission with my trusted camera.

It took him about a bloomin hour to return, but this is what he brought back.

Just remember, it's quality not quantity.

Cow girl right is a scorcher.

Ouch! Too hot to handle! ssssssssssssss

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Go Pab!

Well, there's a discrepancy between reported number and the big Clock Screens (which say there are 17) - when they get back from break we'll know for sure, but til then I would trust the blonde updater who's not been having a half hour nap under the table.  That's Snoopy, by the way.

LOL.

The ones on cp are having fun too  ;)

Sandy

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15 left ?

Sandy

Where the action is slower (i.e. not on the Eliminate-y table) Joe Awada pushes Tony Woods off his preflop raise by moving in, and Pab steals a nice set of 2k/4k blinds, taking him over the 60k mark.  Still short, however...

Vanessa Rousso doubles up courtesy of Peter Fischer.

Rousso raises preflop, Fischer sticks in another 20k, and, after a a couple of sips of her drink and the brief straining of the ol' brain cells, Rousso makes the call.

Flop = J-9-T

Fischer briskly announces "all-in" and even briskier, Rousso makes the call.

Rousso confidently flips over her A-J, leaving Fischer to meekly expose his A-Q.

Turn = 4

River = 6

$2,500 final table

Joe Hachem misses opportunity to get down to four players as his Td Tc goes up against an all-in Aspades Th.  The flop brought the special Ace, and they're still five handed.  Just saw John Gale heading over to the TV rail to say something to Ariston - any ideas what that might have been??

So Peter Fischer is the 16th place finisher, winning $22,638.

Keep the noise down ?  :dontask:

Sandy

Did he mistake Ariston for a cocktail waitress and order a glass of coke?

Wow!! you knew he was stealing?

Wigan's Jonathon Gaskell has surpassed the 200k mark after taking a pot off Paul Wisicka.

$2,500 PL

Just 4 left

Joe Hachem and John Gale still in

Pab -- 48k
Mad Marty -- 63k

Jonathan Gaskell has now moved to Pab's table, meaning the set-up is now:

Seat 1: Jonathon Gaskell
Seat 3: Marty Wilson
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso
Seat 5: Paul Wasicka
Seat 6: Paul Foltyon

Marty out :(

Sandy

I Think Rousso bust him.

SAndy

OK, that might have been artistic license... but either way, he got them without showdown!  Just hoping he doubles up his short stack soon, before Vanessa Rousso knocks out the rest of the table!

COME ON PAB!!! YOU FCKING LEGEND!

Mad Marty is indeed OUT and you can see from this photo of Table Pab.



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Having said that, on Vanessa's left, Paul Wasicka just took a chunk of chips from her (c.50k pot) with Q9.  I think the flop was Ks 9h Kd (although the face cards look the same from where I'm sitting - contact lenses left in their bottle today) with the Qs on the turn.  Vanessa bet that card, and got called, with what looked like a double check on the 6d river.  She mucked when she saw Paul's hand, anyway, so we may never know.

great updates ppl!!! gl PABSTER

Seat 1: Jonathon Gaskell -- 202k
Seat 4: Vanessa Rousso -- 190k
Seat 5: Paul Wisicka -- 200k
Seat 6: Paul Foltyon -- 47k

Not sure if Snoops got this list out yet, so here's that Payout for you:

1  $643,381
2  $357,435
3  $214,461
4  $150,123
5  $119,145
6   $83,402
7   $69,104
8   $61,955
9   $54,807
10  $47,658
11  $42,892
12  $38,126
13  $33,361
14  $29,786
15  $26,212

That's your lot.  Pab says now that the blinds are heading upwards (to 3k/6k ante 500) he's "going in at the next available opportunity...."

good night all.

good luck pab

Go the Pabster !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't say things like that, I was going to sleep.  Now I'm going to have to see if he doubles up or is out.

I hope its the double up, GL Pab

Andrew

And Snoopy brings extraordinary news from Pab's Autoallin - - he finds Ac Ad straight away!  Gets a call from Paul Wasicka with Aspades x (couldn't see kicker) which must have hit a draw because when the whole 4 K K 10 9 board was out, Pab looked relieved as he raked in the double through!

John Gale 6/1 lead heads up.

Sandy

:)up :cheers: :dd: ;karabiner; ;applause; ;adamM; ;letsparty; ;tightend; ;cheerleader; ;goodluck;

Sandy

Gooooo John Gale

and Gooooo Pab

P.S. Was Marty 15th then?

Yes but the cp updates haven't mentioned it yet.  :dontask:

Sandy

Interesting hand spectated by Snoopy:

Gaskell, Rousso and Pab see a Ac 3s Kc flop.  Gaskell checks, Rousso bets 10k, Pab raises to 25k and she alone calls.
Turn:  4c  Rousso moves all in, and pab folds...

:(

gl mate

Pab dropped down to 55k, but is now back up to 75k after surviving a couple of preflop all-ins.

11 more posts sniips and you are 11111 posts!

Spoke to John Gale during the break. He looks a little attle weary, but remains confident. He said that his opponent had been on a lifeline all night.

Vanessa Rousso -- 280k

Apparantly had two pair to Pab's Ace in her last reported hand.

... so good fold by Pab.

How exciting!!!

I've gone all antsy in my pantsy!

 :dd:

I aim to please m8, it must be noted though to get to 11111 you are a sad bastard who needs a life.

tikay has nearly 16,000 posts... what does that mean ?

Pab in the $$$'s, wonderful!

John Gale Bracelet-Bound - wonderful cubed! He took his unlucky defeat v Brian last year like a real Gent & Englishman, & he is one of THE nicest guys in Poker, or or out of poker, come to think of it.

Big hand kicks off on Table Lindgren, involving said sky-blue hat wearer and fellow top ten in chips-er Fredrik Halling.  It was preflop madness, with Erick Lindgren raising about 45k, and finding a re-raise from Holling (BELL...on the back of his shirt in the picture) of three huge towers of chips.  Got to be at least 90k on top.  When it comes back to Lindgren he's confused (reckoning this sets him all in) and eventually says, "Call."
He shows Aspades Ts
Fredrik Holling has Ad Kh

They're on their backs and the whole board is dealt out, bringing a lone ten which prompts a wave of muttered "suck out!"s from the crowd.

But the most interesting thing about this hand was that most people, including Lindgren, seemed to underestimate his stack - the call of Holling's re-raise didn't in fact put Erick all in, but they turned over the hands and dealt the lot out anyway.  It just so happened that the ten-spiking removed the need for serious floor decisions, but there was still a bit of controversy...

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I am sure snoops, who is working his socks off out there, will really appreciate those kind words.

Pab -- 85k
Gaskell -- 260k

Tony, have you read 'The picture of Dorian Gray?' Well its happening to your avitar!

Joe Awada just doubled up

I could see that Tom Franklin had A-9 on an Ace high board, but I couldn't get anywhere near Joe card's.

I'm sure I heard someone mention A-7 off, which would suggest he made 2 pair somewhere along the line.

They making it intentionally difficult for me to report now. In fact, I'm basically standing with everyone else, which makes me wonder why I've got a media pass around my neck.

Shout "do you know who i am ?" and see what happens.

 :D ;goodvevil;

John Gale is behind now  :o

Sandy

I want to change it for the pic at the top of the Main Page, but it's way too complicated for me!

13 left.

Awada out.

Sandy

I am sure he will appreciate a bit of a joke!

As for your post count......i will let kev comment

We all know how tough it is for you guys out there snoops. Keep your chins up, we really apprciate the job you are doing.

xx

Joe Awada OUT in 14th place, winning $29,786

He was now the short stack, by quite a long way - and although I was watching that table originally because I think he doubled a micro-stack into a short one off an annoyed-looking Cliff Cantor, he moved in again right away, this time with KQ.  I think it was Captain Tom Franklin (in the hat) who took the shot to get rid of him with J7, and a seven took the feared Mr. Awada (bottom left)  out of the tournament.

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Hey, it's only the struggle through the crowd, walk down the corridor and into the press room that stops us getting there first!!  If we could set up on an adjacent table we'd be pretty timely too  ;goodvevil;

In any case, we have quite a ways to go before the final six are determined, so although Snoopy is losing his rag a bit (especially at a certain Brown Suit who doesn't think politeness is a prerequisite for dealing with us) I am trying to get a relaxed watch/write-up swap going on rather than our both craning over the same invisible cards at the same time.

Completely off topic, there was a car parked between my apartment building and the next door one the other day whose alarm kept going off, after a whole night of this and loads of complaining the residents managed to get it towed away, all is well with the world.

Well the mother of all thunder storms has just come ashore and managed to set off the car alarm of every car in the car park! PMSL. People waking up wondering what the fuck is going on, coming out onto their balcony's and getting soaked, genius. Couldn't ask for better entertainment!

Noooooo it's not going to go pearshaped for John Gale again!!!!!

:(

How about some Pab photos - take your pic (ahem) from Blurry, or Less Blurry but With A Guy's Tongue in the Way...

Now his table is just four-handed, it's the 2-table bubble and short-short-handed play is going on.

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The live updates aren't always quicker on cp and the Awada hand didn't actually get reported any quicker that i saw.

I just like being a smart ass.   ;goodvevil;

No offense meant and i know blonde provides the best updates :)

I'm off to bed very shortly anyway.

Sandy

A resilient Pab climbs to 100k.

Pab raises 20k from the button, Gaskell calls from the small blind.

Flop = 2-9-4

Pab bets and wins

I like it with the tounge!

what mustard?!!!!  I think Pab will win this

The cardplayer guys are quite funny. They stand like soldiers inbetween the table, a really serious look on their face. And when they've spotted a hand, they use these fancy ear and mout-pieces to report back to base.

Roger that

Over

And somehow we missed the exit of 13th place finisher Philippe Boucher (Canadian, I am told) who takes home $33,361 (or whatever you get after tax if you're Canadian...).

Brief pause as they resit themselves, and there was muttering about a colour-up too.

Go on Pab .... I taught him sooooooooooo much in dublin ;)

Gl Pab, Snoops and Jen.

Night All.

Sandy

No problemo - you just gave me a good excuse for a little venting of frustration at the Powers That Be!

I thinks its a fair assement to say that without the confidence he gained in Dublin that he would not have made it this far, and as such the team GB manager and captain are entitled to 5% each.....

what a rubbish story  :D

After losing the chip lead, John Gale doubles up in the $2,500 PL final.

Two pair versus flush draw

John made a boat on the river

Come on Pab, providing much excitement for us that could not be there.......Great go m8 and GREAT ENTHUSIASTIC REPORTING AS USUAL, thx

It seems to be very close - one double up and Pab will be among the chip leaders! ;)

Wait until DTD is open and they get a big event. You'll get 5* treatment from Rob i'm sure.

Sandy

Don't make her angry.....you wouldn't like her when she's angry!

I like green  :D

Good night.

Sandy

(http://epguides.com/IncredibleHulk/cast.jpg)

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Two Table Redraw as follows:

Table PAB

Captain Tom Franklin
Vanessa Rousso
Paul Foltyn
Fredrik Halling
Erick Lindgren
Jenny Kang

Table Gaskell

Michael Banducci
Jonathon Gaskell
Paul Wasicka
Jeff Madsen
Cliff Cantor
Tony Woods

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Last 2 tables for Pab, this is so great...


(...he would have to draw Lindgren's table though! )

Jen/Snoppy .. If you see Pab in the break, please tell him that we are all staying up and willing him on..

Gl Pab.

I can't go to bed! (Want to, just can't!) :D

Vent away Jen, & snoops, most of us really appreciate how tough it is out there for you with this Cardplayer nonsense. But with the wonderful news that Arch-Blonde Pab, & John Gale both doing us proud, it's well worthwhile.

A big up to you both.

I agree cmon Pab

Pab must be a big star-trek fan cos he's been a champion cling-on today.

True Mickey-Wernick stylee

Dont let the bastards grind you down!

COME ON PAB

COME ON JOHN

wish all the best to pab from me if u get a chance...was playin online wit him last night now hes playin against lindgren...lucky son ******!

Come on Pab!!

Ps Snoops and jen quality updating as usual.

To be honest, CardPlayer have the rights, so I can't critisise them for keeping us out. It's good business sense I guess, even though we're not much of a competitor.

I just find it irritating that we have to work 10 times as hard as their 20 man work-force.

Flushy, whats with all the swearing tonight ?  are you trying to gain a butch image ?

It will never work, we all know you  :)

But 10 times the quality Snoopy!!!

So much more fun when you can't go to sleep lol. i've tried to leave but I'm glued to this one

Gooooooo Pab  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; 

21 if you count Sandy  :D

Great stuff!


That'll teach me to disappear for the night and miss most of a corker


Go on Pab...what a story!


Well done you two  :D


Bed is officially delayed

Time to start sending out double-up vibes....



DOUBLE UP PAB....

DOUBLE UP GALE.....

 ;pokergods;

Lets hear it for Jen and Sno0py



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Sry - my computer has gone into slow-motion mode.

The final two tables...

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 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao ......   :-*

Yep, Pab's table not easy, but neither of them are, in fact.  This Vanessa Rousso has relentlessly gained chips, fuelled by that large Starbucks product (I think it is the size known as 'Venti').  I remember her black-as-midnight aviators and hat from Paris. 

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I just got in from err....a book club meeting...



Gooooooooooooooo Pab!!!!

Pab -- 70k
Gaskell -- 450k
Rousso -- 270k
Franklin -- 320
Lindgren -- 130k

In case you're not familiar with all these players in the final two tables -

The red hoody guy is Michael Banducci

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Seat 1: Michael Banducci -- 170k
Seat 2: Jonathan Gaskell -- 420k
Seat 3: Paul Wasicka -- OUT
Seat 4: Jeff Madsen -- 440k
Seat 5: Cliff Cantor -- 75k
Seat 6: Tony Woods -- 185k

In case you're not familiar with all these players in the final two tables -

The red hoody guy is Michael Banducci

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The $2,500 PL heads-up final is moving into a 45 minute break.

Players will return with Gale holding the chip-lead.

11 left

Pab still in!!!

GOOO ONNN PAAAAAABBBB!!!!!!!!

COME ON PAB !!!

How many chips doth Pab have?

Cliff Cantor doubles up, saved by the river... he put his last 60-80k with Ac Kh and ended up racing 7h 7s.  When the Kd popped out on the river, Cliff, who'd been standing up, came and knuckle-high-fived his railer (you know what I mean) and was told "That was f - in' Scaaary..."

Get the job done now Pab - time blonde had another Bracelet Winner!

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; Gooooooooooooo Pab  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

With 11 players, Pab is on the 6-handed table, which surely must be some little advantage to a shorter stack, what with the blinds being delayed by a person every round.

And on the other table is this chap, Jeff Madsen. A young American who won a bracelet earlier on in the Series. According to Brian Wilson, he's one of the few young guns who doesn't play online. He frequents the live scenes and knows how to play more than just No Limit Hold Em. Pretty unique these days.



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pab u sicko double and dominate!!! simple!! gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo PAB

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The last few pots didn't get near showdown (it's all a little tense here and the spectators, ourselves included, have now been roped off even further back) - but I did see Mr. Gaskell take down two in a row, one raising in first position, and the other raising off two limpers from the big blind.

A little break for pab et al. and I am taking Snoopy to a buffet, if we can find one less than an hour and a half away...

dont be late back, we dont wanna miss anything ;)

Great reporting guys! - especially given the circumstances.

Go Pab!

 
Jonathan Gaskell     539,000
 
Jeff Madsen           426,000
 
Tom Franklin          394,000
 
Erick Lindgren        348,000
 
Vanessa Rousso      235,000
 
Tony Woods          155,000
 
Cliff Cantor             154,000
 
Paul Foltyon           146,000  (PAB)

 Michael Banducci      89,000
 
Jenny Kang           64,000


Pab sent me these chip counts by text at the dinner break ...cheers Pab and good luck :)

fantastic news mate, go get em.

poker king pablo just left the hotel room, smile from east to west!!!! he seemed very relaxed tho, def not feeling any pressure!

keep it up mate, we all rooting 4 u

really really tired here...  but i aint wimping out til Pab makes the final table.

Its Daylight here in sunny England now, its 5.35am I have all the windows open and im sat here eating a chocolate buttons yoghurt and watching countdown LOL

im still up too....playin a tourney...cheerin on pab and watchin  sky sports news for the 3rd hr!!!

I want a chocolate buttons yoghurt!

still got 2 left in the fridge mate ... I'm just toying with the idea of having a bowl of cornflakes now, it will save me waking up for breakfast later :)

Kev, you think of everything  rotflmfao

payouts of the courtesy of rudders...

1st -- $643,381

2nd -- $357,435

3rd -- $214,461

4th -- $150,123

5th -- $119,145

6th -- $83,402

7th -- $69,104

8th -- $61,955

9th -- $54,807

10th -- $47,658

11th -- $42,892

And as we return, there are 25 seconds on the clock and John Gale is being announced as the $2,500 PL Champion.

Well done that man!  :)up

And it's a good thing we returned from our dinner break with 25 seconds to spare, for almost right away Michael Banducci pushed in his very short stack on the small blind (45k?) and Jonathon Gaskell went for it, calling with Kc 6c.  It was just as well, as Michael had Th 9d.
Flop:  7s 8h 3s  (so could have been a lot worse for the all-in guy)
Turn:  7c
River:  Qc   and we are down to one table of 5 and one of 4. 

Hip Hip Hooray! :cheers:

So happy for John Gale ...well deserved and I bet there is not 1 person in poker that begrudges him his victory ... CONGRATS !

Action-tastic post-dinner play (it's like they've all tanked up on coffee during the hour and a half break):  Perma smallish-stack Cliff Cantor doubles up again: 
It was all in on the turn against Jeff Madsen, with the board reading:  4c 4h 9h Qh - it looked like the biggest bet had gone in here, presumably push from Cliff, with a call.
Cliff showed:  3h 5h
Jeff showed:  Kc Ks
River:  6h

And he's over 200k now.

And Erick Lindgren gets out of jail again:

He's all in with 33 against Vanessa Rousso's A3 - but on a flop of 2 5 4!  Having flopped the straight and got all the money in the middle, she could only sit and watch as the turn was a Queen and the river an Ace!  "Unbelievable" she was heard to exclaim.  In this instance, fair enough.

And now Tony Woods (Climber of the Day who started on $19,600) doubles through off Cliff Cantor - It all got in preflop and...
Cliff showed:  Ks Js
Tony showed:  Ad Qd
Flop:  9c 5c Kc
Turn: Ahrt
River:  Aspades

And finishing 9th winning $54,807 is Jenny Kang

This unfortunately happened mid-run-to-press-room, and to be honest I didn't get to see her play much today as she was always in one of those awkward seats with her back to the rail.

Good to see two lady players make it to the last two tables.  8)

Captain Tom Franklin, chip leader at the start of the day, is on the button when Pab is on the big blind.  There's inevitably a raise, and the last time Pab called it made it to showdown, at which Franklin took a 60k pot.  Most recently, however, when Tom raised, small blind Vanessa Rousso and big blind Pab called. 
Flop: 2d 5d 5s   (I think - it was all raggy with what looked like a paired rag). 
In any case, when Vanessa checked, Pab bet a confident 40k or so and took it down after a bit of deliberation from the button raiser.


N.B.  Pab bet with a handful of orangey-pink chips, which I didn't notice he had before... at least 90k in those, plus 120 in yellow 1,000s - he's easily around 220,000!  Highest chip point so far...

Almost soiling myself in excitement here ... GO PAB !!!

Youngster Jeff Madsen (who was pointed out to me by The Rookie as a wild but talented young player) just doubled up Cliff Cantor.  It seems like every few minutes, someone does...
Anyway, it was 9c 9d against Cliff's Js Jd
Flop:  8 J A
Turn:  Q   ("Ten coming?" muses Brian...)
River:  J   Definitively not, then.

And to read more about John Gale's victory today, take a butchers at the following news item...

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/3345 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/3345)

On 3rd pair here...

Its just started pissing down here in Colchester ...I hope its not an omen !!!

Current chip counts with 7 left:

Erick Lindgren -- 470k
Cliff Cantor -- 460k
Captain Tom Franklin -- 420k
Paul Foltyn -- 300k
Jonathon Gaskell -- 290k
Jeff Madsen -- 180k
Tony Woods -- 120k

nah, he lives in Doncaster

Vanessa Rousso is eliminated in 8th place, winning $61,955

After getting beaten up by Erick Lindgren (who escaped that flopped straight of hers earlier by the skin of his teeth) during this level she called off a stack of chips on a dangerous board (three paints, a 7 and an Ace) and that left her probably a little off centre, and definitely shorter stacked than she'd been for ages.  Eventually with what looked like less than 100k, she moved in with Qc 8c, and found, that's right, Erick again with Ac Ts

Flop:  Aspades Th Ad
Turn and river irrelevant small cards

And she'll have to settle with a near-TV-bubble yet again.

How exciting!

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snoops.. that is the final?

I was about to ask if they are playing this to conclusion tonite, but if that pic is what i think it is, that would be a yes

gooo on pab!!

Playing a 7 handed table, once one more goes they stop for the night and final tomorrow.

Goooo pab, got in at 3.30 this morning vvv drunk been glued to the comp since then!

ahh yes, my apols

still... gooo pab!

It's a 6-handed Event don't forget, so the official final will be the six handed too.

The only reason they're playing seven is because 2 tables of 4 and 3 isn't fair.

We've been drowsy all day, but got to admit that pab's rocket forward in chips has perked me up...he's now on 450k!  There's no looking back...

Here's the back of pab (sorry can't get to show you his increasing chip stack!) and a side view of Jeff Madsen in the red shirt.  He's already won a bracelet (I know because he's wearing it, and because his friend described him as "on fire" this WSOP).

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COME ON PAB!!!!

Flushy here....

And pictured with head in hands between the hats of Tony Woods and Captain Tom is dark horse Brit Jonathan Gaskell... although he's one who's never seemed to be in real danger chipwise today.

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Looks like a pretty tough table from where I'm standing.

Of course, we all know of WPT winner Lindgren, but I reckon Gaskell, who doesn't seem to be makign too many mistakes at all, and Captain Tom Franklin, who has gone deep in many an event this year (including the H.O.R.S.E) are tough opponents indeed.

And Cliff Cantor is the 7th place finisher, winning $69,104

And it was a sick one:

All in preflop, Cliffs Ahrt vs Jonathan Gaskell's Ac Ks

Long story short - - - - - four clubs and Cliff is four-flushed off the TV final six.

BUT - it will include pab!  Congratulations to him!!!

We are scheduled a lie-in tomorrow, but will probably not be able to keep away from this final.  In any case it will be getting full coverage by the whole TV kit, and Cardplayer etc etc. should there be a few tumbleweeds across blonde.

It's great so many of you stayed up to watch this exciting Day Two - made it fun for us as well.  But I'm toast - goodnight.

nighty night  ;sleep;

AYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR Pab ... good luck tomorrow fella ... Im off to bed.


fantastic nights coverage Jen and Snops ... respect.

Thanks for the updates. Way to go pab!!

GL Pab!

Flushy and JC.

Massive Respect to Jen and Snoops.

I have seen 1st hand them both working their bums off for a week solid with absolute dedication.
They are both knackered but still delivering.

Well Done you two!

For maybe the first time ever, Mad Yank gets it spot on!

Another Epic Vegas Update from Jen & snoops, despite working in the most difficult crcumstances.

And John Gale gets the Bracelet he so richly deserved.

And Pab, an all-day clinger, has a great chance of his own Bracelet.

Wonderful!

Just caught up with all the action from about page 12 until now.  Great work S and Jen and much appreciated  :)up.  Snoops and Jen put in some long hours for our benefit. Thanks folks

Great updating Jen and  ;bigglesdog;

and excellent play Pab

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

WOW!  How exciting is all of this?

Fantastic updating.

What time UK time is the final anyone?

WTG Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just caught up with the latest.

Cant wait to watch this on sky ;)

Best of British m8 !!

AAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best of luck!

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

It's 2.00pm PST, 8 hours difference

Fantastic updates guys.


Goooooooooooooooooooooooo Pabby!!!!

Goooooooooooooooooo Pab

Fantastic work Jen & Snoopy, always appreciated

wow, thanks for all the support. im vvv pleased at how i played today amd cant beleive i made the final table, all so surreal. Juts had a few beers/cocktails with geeforce and jen in the orleans bar, and am ready for a good nights kip. I have position on erik lindgren which is also a good spot. I dont seem to be feeling any pressure regarding the money whcih can only be a good thing i suppose. All will be good wherever i finish, a nice cash and finally proven to myslef i can compete in the live arena!! night all and thanks again for the support.


BRACLET ME!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck

Remember braclets are not just for girls

Get it done Pab. And you are gonna need a mighty fine excuse not to turn up at bB3 & receive the heroes welcome you so richly deserve.

Good Luck Fella!

Well done Pab, a fantastic achievement whatever happens from here on

Brilliant for John G too

ALL BEST MATE, GET IT WON ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAKE YOUR WRIST SHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

get it won pab............fantastic performance

Gaun yersell Big Man, what a fantastic achievement but still some work to be done  ;goodluck;

good luck today m8

and well done so far, bring it home!!!!

 :)up :respect: ;applause; ;slavedriver; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck;

Sandy

Amazing, great result, just remember to enjoy yourself 8)
I wish you the best of luck 8)

all the best Pab, I let some of your Hills mates know too, they are rooting for you.

bring home the bling

 :respect: and ;goodluck;

fantastic pab m8- sorry couldnt wait up for your break to finnish- 5 in the morning was just too late! it was light when i got to bed anyway. was good to chat with you (and dave) last night- you sounded sooooo cool about it- udaman. will be following your first bracelet win avidly.

Just for the record these are the chip stacks for Ft tommorow..

The six remaining players will return tomorrow at 2 pm PST to finish the tournament.

Seat 1 - Tony Woods $354,000

Seat 2 - Jonathan Gaskell $727,000

Seat 3 - Tom Franklin $365,000

Seat 4 - Erick Lindgren $448,000

Seat 5 - Paul Foltyon $438,000

Seat 6 - Jeff Madsen $201,000

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PAB

Good luck, sure you will do the business.
 :)up

Another days hard work much appreciated by all us back...Thanks you two..


and ...................VERY GOOD LUCK PAB..XX.....................

All the best, Pab. :)up

Good luck again.  It is really cool to see a Blonde doing well.  Keep it up

Good luck Pab! Will be staying up to see how you get on!  ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;tightend; ;tightend;

well done pab :)  told you it would work ;)

now get that bracelet x

 ;letsparty;      Goooooooooooo Pab!!!!!!     ;letsparty;

great effort fella - will try to cheer you on!

 ;iagree; ;iagree; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;iagree; ;iagree;

COME ON PAB!

When you win i am on the first plane out m8, bracelet winners are not expected to order thier own drinks!

Im signing off for the night but when i log on tomorrow hopefully pab will have him self a bracelet. He seems such a nice guy on here and deserves. Dont take no Sh&t pab take it down good luck.

Great work Pab, and John Gale and The Team Blonde updaters too.

Pab, I'm slightly surprised noone asked the most important question of all. Did you get Vanessa's phone number? :D

 ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck;
not going anywhere tonight so will be eagarly watching the updates

Well done Pab. I have seen you have had some great results over the last few months and in a great postion to win this as well. I'm heading out but will be checking up when I get back

 :respect: ;goodluck;

well done Pab - best of luck for today!!

Just pay for them right?!

So true!

really up for this now, come on pab my son!!!


p.s bloody hell flushy, who did u borrow those brown shoes off in your team picture??

sigh

Oi, it took him hours to pick those damn shoes!!! I thought I was bad, but... ffs!!!!

Oh, and while I'm here..

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; Goooooooooo Pab!!!!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Well done Mr Pab  ;tightend;,

         Best of luck and take it down.

you over there yet John?    GO PAB

Fashion son, don't worry about it, they wont be introducing fashion into Sheffield any time soon.

me and you are having a walk off at bb3 zoolander style, be afraid, be very affraid muwhahahahahahhahaa

Your on!