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Three tables left from last night.
This is a televised event and tables are being set up now.

Due to start any min now.

See previous thread for overnight chip count

come on burnley john while i am home with the family you decide to show your best form ihave no peice of john today but i still hope he wins give john my regards simon nowab

Will do Simon.

Tikay just went all in without looking at his cards and got called with poket 8's.
Tikay stuck the cards to his forehead so everyone else could see but only he couldn't.

The flop comes in his favour with 10, J, 4, Q - lovely.
Tikay doubles up

Stuart Fox moves all in with pair 8's and gets called by Peter Roach who has J's
 cards read 2,9,6,3,7 and Fox is OUT

everyone else but us what did he have??

Tikay moves all in with his short stack with Q5 and Peter Roach calls quick as a flash with 4's
flop does not help Tony and Peter Roach takes another player out.

Julian Gardiner raised with A4 and been called by AJ. Julian looses the pot.

Odds on a home victory, Surely Alan Betson,Peter Roche and Rory won't all blow away their chips. Too knackered to make it back down to watch today.
Of the shorter stacks, watch out for John O'callahan and Greg Hill, both playing well yesterday. Yucel 'The mad turk' was playing well but lacks experience and I think someone will get a boost from his chips. Tony Cooney was playing excellently yesterday aslo and is another Irishman capable of making a big finish.

Hi All, tikay here.....

The hand I played "blind" turned out to be the first hand I'd had in 6 hours - AK!!! And I hit broadway!.

Alan Betson and Peter Roche seem to be on fire this morning. COME ON THE IRISH !

Bill White & Peter Roche clash.

Bill has TT, Peter AK, board comes 9-2-7-T-3.

Bill doubles through.

This is still tikay, pretending to be Mrs C. Like the blouse?

Joe Grech is OUT. Falling fast here, but I will get caught up shortly.....

Julian Gardner moved all-in with Q-7, & got called by QQ. So he needs a LOT of help from the board, which comes......

4-9-T-A-8.

Julian Gardner OUT

Wow, it's all too fast to keep up with, the blinds are murderous.

Mal Dawson moves in with A-7 hearts, Alan Betson takes him on with TT. Board is....

Q-8-2-2-3.

Mal Dawson is OUT

The Irish are ramapaging I see Tony Cooney has claimed another scalp.

Bad News.

Simon Aces Trumper moves with Q-T, he runs into a local guy (Rhow described him as "a big guy with an orange top...) who had AK. Board came.....

8-9-A-8-6.

Simon Trumper is OUT. Brave effort by Simon, he never recovered from running into Joe Grech's straight last night.

That's Tony Cooney Tikay, Big Omaha cash game player. Tournaments bore him apparently!

If its a big guy with a ginger beard it is Derry Harney

Pete Haslam has a beautiful pair of Queens, & gets business with Alan Betson's A-7. Alan quite likes the board.....

A-7-6-7-J.

Pete Haslam is OUT

19 left, so it's.......

Thanks Bigdragon, but it seems our description was not too good. Th guy who bust Simon Trumper was....


Tony Cooney.

hi tikay hows burnley john getting on whats his chip count cheers mate
simon nowab

Wow, just seen a whopper.

Bill White moves with A-9, & Bill O'Keefe takes him on with 4-4.

It looks all over when the flop begins K-9, but then a 4 comes to give Bill O'K a set, followed by ANOTHER 4 on the turn for...four fours....!

Hi Simon,

Hope all is OK at home.

Burnley John Falconer has exactly 70k........

thanks tony
pass my well wishes to john
cheers simon

Little blonde Forum may be the new guys on the block, but we do get the big boys tuning in.

Right now, we have, amongst others, The Camel, Gareth The Nugget Jones, LuckyBlind, Davey TheTruth Newth, JBSC7769, & none other than Tom Red-Dog McReady. He aint a great player, by the way.

Great work guys.  enjoying the blog...

On the Irish!  How's Rory doing?

Good luck Burnley John ........
Hello Simon.

Kev.

And more Stars......

Simon Nowab & Malcolm Harwood are both online. And a guy called KPNUTS. Who HE I wonder?

We are down to 18!

Burnley John & Notts Ian McDonald have a run in. Burnley John has 6-3, Ian has K-J. A dreadful board for Ian, as 7-2-4-T-5 gives Burnley John the straight.

These Blackpool boys soooooo lucky.....

You had another great run tikay, your turn soon Im sure,

but hurry up, THE ZIMMER FRAME BECKONS

Unlucky Tikay. Don't you just hate it when your Q5 doesn't hold up. I hate this game sometimes.......  ;)

And just prior to Ian McDonald's exit, Notts Greg Hill kept the Notts flag flying when he doubled up with K-J versus A-3. These Notts boys are sooooooo good.

They issued an Inter-Casino challenge to Blackpool, but the Blackpool boys all ran for the hills. Wise boys, eh?

Thanks Red-Dog (grr....) & Simon. No complaints from tikay, I allowed my stack to get too low. Another Day Two, another low stack desperado cling-on jobbie, another exit just off the moolah. Great fun,though.

Hi tikay ... I'm no "star", I can assure you, I'm an online player (mostly betfair), gave the tourney a go yesterday but failed to make much of an impression and departed in around 80th. Ariston put me onto your site ... great work with the updates and well played yourself, unlucky not to cash!

come on tony we laid down the gaunlet in vienna that notts 10 vs blackpool's 10 two tables 500 quid freezeout winner gets ticket to main event in world series please dont knock the blackpool boys game on any place any where i suggest rob yongs garage give u guys home advantage let get it on tk
simon nowab

Paddypower will be wondering why they gave out odds of 200-1 on John O'Callaghan -looking for his second Irish Open win!

TIKAY, can you pass on to Burnley John that Big Kev and Simon are both on here watching him, so NO PRESSURE lol
Kev

Typical Simon, you avoiding the issue again.......

OK, some chip counts as we enter the money stage, 18 left.

Did u back ur dad, Niall?

he has 100 each way on himself - now that is confidence!

how's his stack just now?

in or around 80 i think

OK, 1st table, in seat order......

Daisy O'Leary (??) 26k

George Geary 36k

Rory Liffey, 176k

Mad Turk (on Ladbrokes), think his name ends in Oglu, but it's NOR Big O. 112k

Willie Tann 95k

Bill O'Keefe, 8k

Greg Junior Hill 27k

Tony Cooney 225k

Bill Geary, 37k.

So, the Geary Brothers slugging it out, nicely done lads.

And on the other table.....

Peter Roche 125k

Alan Betson - RAMPANT Alan - 290k

Burnley John Falconer 70k

Will try & get the others on this tabl now, sorry guys but I'm struggling with some of the names.

Hi Jesse!

Thanks for the effort your team is putting in.Great entertainment and different class to your rivals.Wish Burnley John good luck from me.

Right, got the other table now.......

Seat order......

Robbie McCormack 90k

Peter Roche 125k

Alan Betson 290k

Burnley John 70k

Jimmy Chan 80k

John Callaghan 70k

Kevin Maloney 50k

Bill White 90k

Michael Dwyer 18k

MAN OVERBOARD....

Bill O'Keefe JJ.

Willie Tann has AQ

Board...

A -A - 7 - 4 - 6.....

Lucky Willie!

Bill is OUT 18th, great effort Bill, unlucky

Wow, thank you The Rock, aka Malcolm Harwood. Words like that make it all worthwhile.

And Dave Colclough says "please send some money".

Jeez, BAD NEWS for the locals, John Callaghan is OUT 17th.

Details to follow......

John O'Callaghan's exit hand was J-7, against Jimmy Chan who had A-9.

Board was.....

A K 9 7 8.

How much ?

And young Greg Junior Hill, one of the great bunch of players emerging from Notts, doubles up with Ak v A9. Fearless with AK & a short stack, these Notts boys.....

Whatever you can afford Malcolm, plus a bit more.

Hi Malcolm, you goin to walsall next week m8?

 100 FREEZE OUT 2 days 15000 guaranteed, cannot miss that one Tom.

And now we have been joined on the blonde Forum by none other than the biggest name in Irish Poker........

Padraig Parkinson. That's 16 letters - excluding the space - surely there's no bigger name than that?

Welcome Padraig. It's so nice that the Brits have introduced you to poker.

If you see Alan Betson, tell him Paddywhack's rooting for him.

And now Racing Ronnie - Ronnie DeBeaulox - has joined us, Rob Yong & Ariston too.

The blonde Forum, home of the Stars...... Oh, & Padraig.

good, you can put me in if Im running late

Greg Hill 40k, Bill Geary 8k. Come on Bill!

HI TONY..........SEE YOURE STILL ABUSY BOYO
 HOW IS JOE GREGH DOIN'            LUV    Ronnie

ONE OF OUR SHIPS IS MISSING........

George Geary - NOT Brother Bill - has exited. He ran into Willie Tann's huge J-3, on a board of K-3-5-8-3. Dunno what George had, but Willie had a set of 3's. Willoe moving ominously into contention.

Hi Ronnie,

Sadly, Joe Grech is OUT, he busted out just after me.

KissKiss sweetheart.

by the way tekay, if youre gonna slag me off spell my name right, two c's in McCready

We will sort out the Prize Money in a bit, I think we published 'em yesterday. If anyone loved me, they'd quote from yesterday's thread & copy it on to here.

That don't include Red-Dog though.....

Oops, it's McCready. Sorry about that Tim.

The Irish Open

 2,000 No Limit Holdem
Freezeout
 
   Ranking
Points
1st  146,000 
2nd  71,500
3rd  40,250
4th  25,500
5th  18,000
6th  14,400 
7th  10,750
8th  7,000
9th  5,300
10th  5,300 
11th  3,500 
12th  3,500 
13th  3,500 
14th  3,000 
15th  3,000 
16th George Geary (England) 2,500 
17th John O'Callaghan (Ireland) 2,500 
18th B O'Keefe (Ireland) 2,500 
 

Thank you Tony.............luv Ronnie

  Ranking
Points
1st 146,000 2,400
2nd 71,500 1,920
3rd 40,250 1,600
4th 25,500 1,280
5th 18,000 1,120
6th 14,400 960
7th 10,750 800
8th 7,000 640
9th 5,300 480
10th 5,300
11th 3,500
12th 3,500
13th 3,500
14th 3,000
15th 3,000
16th George Geary (England) 2,500
17th John O'Callaghan (Ireland) 2,500
18th B O'Keefe (Ireland) 2,500

Evening Tikay. Excellent coverage by Rhow, you and all your blondettes.

Havnt seen much of Mr Blonde - is he sleeping?

Prize pool 368,000 with 20K added by Paddy Power.

18-16 2500
14-15 3000
11-13 3500
10 5300
9 5300
8 7000
7 10,750
6 14,400
5 18,000
4 24,500
3 40,250
2 71,500
1 146,000

Thank you Paddywhack & Colchester Kev!

And I gave Alan Betson & Burnley John your good luck messages.

Thanks Guys

And Rod Deg.

Hi Redfox

El Blondie sleeping?

Absolutely not. He busted out very early last night, he's out of form right now. So he had an early night, & played Golf today. Wish I coulda joined him, I fancy a bit of golf with a few poker lads, but I was still in the comp, you know.....

And he's playing Omaha cash right now, heaven help the others on his table.....

OUCH, Peter Roche took a huge hit. He raised with 88, Jimmy Chan moved all-in, Peter called quickly. Too quickly - Jimmy had AA......

Peter in intensive care.......

After sitting waiting for day 1 to update I have finally relised why no updates(dumbass russ). Ul earlier Tikay although I do like the idea of an allin blind type move (may have to use that myself ;D ). Give my best wishes to Burnley "the skull" John.
ariston
oh and hi to big simon

Greg Hill OUT!

He called to see a flop with 6-7, after serial raiser Rory Liffey raised as usual. Flop came 8-2-T, Greg moved in for 28k, Rory thought for an age before calling with nothing - A-4. Turn was an 8, River was an A, poor Greg OUT, but another terrific big comp performamce by young Greg.

Greg busted out for 3,000 Euros......

If you call winning about 100 large at Walsall about a month ago being "out of form" I sincerely hope I get "out of form" soon.

You were on the wrong thread Russ? Wow, an easy mistake to make. You a Blackpool boy by any chance?

I rest my case Camel. It was not 100k, it was about 70k. Do pay attention.

Didnt know you were a gofer TK.

Now a golfing/poker weekend somewhere exciting sounds a grand idea.

Mixed round of each Omaha/Stableford/NLHE :)

Add it to your of list of to do's. Im sure Blondiepoker could set it up.

Hardly worth getting out of bed for 70 grand is it?

After 2 days of playing till 2am online and then my 6 year old believing 6am is morning it is a VERY easy mistake to make. Still sleepings for wimps I suppose. Hows Johns doing?

ariston

Now a poker golf weekend sounds good. I will point out I have not swung a club for years and even then I was a 26 handicapper, fifty a hole sound OK?  ;)
ariston

If you call winning about 100 large at Walsall about a month ago being "out of form" I sincerely hope I get "out of form" soon.

Heard he was lucky - why cant these big comps have a 20 minute clock for us action freaks :)

Me a golfer? Of COURSE. I was Captain (chirp chirp ) of Royal Ormonde Fields Golf Club in 2003. And I will officially be a "Past Captain" till I die. Strange, the ways of golf, eh?

Golf Match? Too right we will, starting at Luton, eh?

But I'm a crap golfer. No, really - I am worse at Golf than I am at Poker. (cue multiple insults, led by Red Dog...).

50K Ariston?

Seems ok

Michael Dwyer OUT. He was all-in on BB with the classic 5-2, & Tony Cooney took care of business & duly dispatched the poor fella.

Golf is like sex, no matter how good or bad you are you still get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. Oh and after 9 holes your knackered :o

Did you hang on untill the 17th and then give your balls away?

O Grady is OUT, he moved with A-6 & was dispatched to the rail by The Mad Turk's 88. We oughta find out the Mad Turk's real name, case he gets really Mad with blonde.....

Pah, Red-Dog sussed out my golf game already.

tikay Always the bridesmaid, eh?

ANOTHER MAN OVERBOARD.....

Bill White just perished in the Citywest Carnage. Very flowery, eh?

He was always in trub with 7-4 against Robbie McCormack's A-7. Board was J-T-T-K-Q.

Bill White exits 12th.

Right, short break now. Time to get some chip counts & ease the pressure on an old man's bladder.....

how many chips has Burnley J got please Tikay? We not going to see him going in with crap cards are we? Is it officially crapshoot time yet?

hope you know him well

lol

OK, bladder problem solved......

Amazingly, Bill Geary is STILL in. Just call him The Limpet......

Alan Betson hs 280k. I hope he goes really deep, he has a great game. This could be a cracking Final. We will give you full chip counts once they get down to the TV Table.

Burnley John has 60k.

OK boys, decision time. Shall I play tonight's 100 Euro Jobbie, or do Live Updates on The big Final, with maybe some occasional updates on the 100 comp?

If I do updates, think how much money I will lose/save. Delete as appropriate.....

save your money tikay, unless you can get someone to cover the updates for you, in which case go for yer life lol
Kev

Although we would all love the updates you are a poker player (of sorts). Get your arse in the 100 you lightweight.

And now we have been joined online by Midge Ure. Midge Ure? Was he in Vienna? Wow, CLEVER stuff, eh?

would love you to do updates but hate to stop u playing, who will do em if u dont?

if its someone young and pretty, play.

It means nothing to me   ;)

Well it's stretching credibilty to describe me as young & pretty, but if you insist......

You know u want to play, and we need a laugh!

Bill Geary doubled up. He REFUSES to die with dignity.......

    How Many Chips Has Billy Geary got
             
                thx

Burnley John DOUBLES up with 88 v Peter Roche who had 66.

Heeaaarrrsss Jooohhnnnnny

tk
how many players left and whats john chip count at the moment
cheers simon

Damn, I put the mockers on Bill Geary, who had built up to 30, but just busted out to Tony Cooney. Bill K-4, Tony 8-8, 8 first card.....

Bill Geary OUT......

The Madturk is Yucel Eminoglu. But he likes madturk better. He was on my table last night. He is mad.

FINAL!

We will try & get you some chip counts before they resume......

so are you playin or what?

Well I agree, The Mad Turk sure is Mad. Last night, he seemed like the Cross Turk.....

By the way, Tony Cooney's hole cards when he busted Bll Geary were 7-8, NOT 88......

or did you play and your out?

Hi TK,

Just gota call from Nowab, so hears a shout for Burnley JOHN

Good Luck John

testing

OK, Final, in seat order........

Peter Roche, 265k

Alan Betson, 258k

Kevin Maloney, 64k

Tony Coioney 320k

Mad Turk (I'm gonna KILL 'EM...) 158k

Jimmy Wan 113k

Willie Tann 65k

Rory Liffey 217k

Robbie Mccormack 218k

Burnley John Falconer 72k

So thats 7 from Ireland, but can they keep the money at home?

Is it the MadTurk from laddies?

He's a bit of a loose goose and gets some stick but seems a likeable sort.

Me out already Red-Dog? No way, me a STAYER........ I am the hang-in there longest overnight biily low stack champion.

Decided not to play in the end.

Made 18th on Thursday (4 off the dough), 9th in Friday's Omaha, & 25th of 174 today, 6 or 7 away from the money. So another so near but so far week.......

Yes, it's Mad Turk from Laddies, plays in Walsall too. Very likeable actually, & not anything like as Mad as he makes out to be.

Quick betting show:

Roche 4/1
Betson 7/2
Maloney 25/1
Coloney 7/2
Mad Turk 9/1
Wan 12/1
Tann 16/1
Liffey 5/1
Mccormack 6/1
Falconer 20/1

 the guy that got knocked out 20th pete haslem. is he a ginger haired and
plays and lives near liverpool.

     just wondering as i uased to play cards with a bloke of the same name.
       
                cheers

Welcome to Chris Bruce & Andy Gomm, how are you guys?

I'll check out the Pete Haslam story soon as poss.....

Keith I will have 10 on burnley j and 10 on willie tann. square u up or visa versa next event u go to.
ariston

can i have 10 poker stars fpp's on burnley john please ;)

How does Willie keep getting there? respect to him, what a player

Keith
gl on bf 2night mate, is the easteregg worth playing

Camel

If u were a betting man :) - whod your money be on?

20 Pokerstars dollars on Alan Betson please Keith.

Im good thanks Tony... exceptional coverage once again mate... but wow a bloke cant even sneek in to take a peek without being spotted !!!! lol

arent you glad u priced this up now keith ;D

prices were for entertainment purposes only!

I can't lay real money on the strength of tikays dodgy mince pies!

Burnley John might have 200k hidden in his pocket!

200k ???  surely you mean 200 bensons  :D

could you please put a second class stamp on any player in the final from the great poker stable notts please tk

Slightly off topic here but could all observes who have the golf on send bad thoughts on micleson. Have got myself in a nice position on the TPC but Mickleson is an absolut skinner for me. The one red in a sea of green  :'(

Cheers Bob,

I'm not playing the Easter Egg... I really don't like bf's no limit software.

Gl if you decide to play it.

Saved me $20 then, Alan Betson just lost 100k in two pots to kevin maloney

OK

Willie just doubled up vs Mad Turk. Pocket nines held up vs AJ. 98k now

i am back guys you miss me?


guess my 3 not to make the final 3 all lost so for first time ever i have made a prediction correctly
maybe my form over the green felt will change too

anyway no prediction

but a big come on Mr Tann

but a big come on willie.............. now thats just perverted  :o

Willie Tann OUT, for 5,300 Euros

i said it wasnt a prediction

He had A-5 against K-J, the K fell......

But what a record Willie has......

ok guys let me know who you want out next and i'll start cheerleaading for them

Hi TK

Mad Turk is the sole reason I dont play online anymore. Called my trip Aces to the river on a str8 draw for a 5k pot at Omaha. I wish I had known he was in Dublin would like to say hello and thank him . He hit on river of course. Off to the Gala now. Had a gr8 2 days in Dublin shame I couldnt have a crack at the biggy.

Sorry about the sparse coverage of the early stages of the Final, but wearing my Poker 425 hat I had to sort an interview with Isabelle Mercier. Whahoo, or what? Duty calls, & all that. It's a rotten job, but someone has to do it.

Still it has it's ups as well as it's downs - they want me to interview The Camel next week......

Ironside decided to back poor Willie did he? He ought to be BANNED, that man.

It was Robbie McCormack who busted out Wille Tann. Wille is on one helluva run, though.

why whats willie done ;D

Ironside can you please predict that burnley john will be next out :)

Tikay...the job has a couple of upsides I see.....did she repeat the kisses?

Why??? What I have done? I'm not guilty yer honor!

ok burnley john will be out next when his AA meets mad turks 72o

tony is there any chance of johns chip count

No, I think she was frightened she may not be able to control herself if we clinched in public. But we swapped names, addresses, e-mail addresses etc. If I cant persuade that beautiful young Lady in Greece to be mine, Isabelle moves up one spot. She really is rather nice.

Still, I am sure The Camel will give me a kiss. It's about the best bet for me I reckon. Dreaming of J & Isabelle, so The Camel plonks a wet kiss on my cheek. You guys have no idea what it is like to be a decrepit cretin.

Simon, I'll get John's chip count right now.....

Burnley John has 92k, & is sitting quietly. Well, actually he's coughing his lungs up - too many ciggies I suspect. Cue cheap jibes about imported ciggies......

No Pete Haslam is not from Liverpool he is my mate from Birmingham.  Nice work work the updates Tikay also nice AK you played it well you used your head. ;D unluckey not to cash :'(

Camel - wotdoyermean, "what have I done"?

You a QPR supporter arent you?

No taste. No class. HANG HIM.

thanks tony your a star

Thanks Foxy - I sure did use my head! Sadly, the Poker 425 cameraman was lurking, & caught it all on camera. A bribe should ensure it is never shown.....

Burnley John ALL-IN.

He had 66, & got called by Peter Roche with A-3.

4 5 5 K 8.

Burnley John DOUBLES UP, & a huge cheer rings around the arena. Then he has another coughing fit.

Yes It was very funny I did see it all as I was sitting next to you but will look forward to seeing it again for a good giggle :D

You sure get the finer detals on blonde. Coughing fits, bladders under pressure, Isabelle fantasies...........

Just had a little chat on msn and I have a feeling your favourite lady will be joining us soon on here Tikay. :P

thx very much for that foxy

come on johnny boy when you pass him next tony give him a lucky handshake from me he will understand

whose that margaret thatcher oh wait a minute she is to young for tikay :-*

np NEVERS  he would never go to Liverpool its just not worth the risk ;D

Final is on a short break now. Time to grab a bite.

And Isabelle has gone to play the Sunday night biggie on PokerStars. She gave us a cracking interview, a real professional job. PokerStars can be proud, so can her Mum.

Kevin Malonie just went out

Mad Turk just went. Up against rory Liffey.
Rory had AK and Mad Turk had 55's, rory hit a king on the river.

are we at the tv table yet?

Leave QPR fans alone Tikay!
Its not coincidence that my potential trip for Gutshot ties in with QPR at home to Gillingham and Sunderland! Will be my first visit since the days of continual season tickets back in the late eighties, early nineties. Hope they kept my spot in "The Loft" free for me!

And the lady in Greece is blushing!!

hey Perry

u been mixing it up at International lately?

Have you got a ticket for the game against the Mackems?

I'm pretty sure it's sold out.

QPR matches against Sunderland & Gillingham. Wow, how exciting THAT must be. More action watching tikay play poker......

any update on the final tony

mixing it up is that what you call it?

played wednessday's 10 game cost me 90

and  the only time i went in behind during the rebuys was the last hand of rebuys

not playing there again untill they get a better RNG

the TD accused me of being on tilt

Peter Roche is OUT!

Alan Betson KO'd him, & we are down to 6 all of a sudden, Peter gets 10,750E.

Hi Tikay,
Great coverage as usual.
Have just got my hands on my blondepoker cap - THANKS.

The Finalists are now on Dinner Break. I will try & get some chip counts whilst they are away, they restart at 10.15 I gather.

Talk amongst yourselves.....

"You remember that day QPR scored a goal"?  Then they all get excited.

BTW Simon, please say sorry to J, I did not mean to embarrass her. She toooooooooo nice for that.

when you get to know tony can you tell us chip count and seating position please
thanks tony

KPNUTS just came up & said Hi. Nice guy. I asked him why his screen name was KPNUTS, he said his name was Kevin Powell. Eh? Ah, K for Kevin, P for Powell. As in tikay. Got it.

On with it now Simon.

you've lost me now

what team did you say he supported?

you are really the best host ever tk

just spoke to a man on the spot who says burnley john is 5th in chips with about 150k.

He has 160k Russ, but I have the chip counts now, so just give me one mo.......

TV TABLE......

In seat order....


Alan Betson, 461k

Tony Cooney 235k

Jimmy Wan 220k

Rory Liffey 416k

Robbie McCormack 243k

Burnley John Falconer 160k

Blinds will be 10k-10k-20k....

my man on the spot has obviously not got his glasses on..cheers Tk great coverage as usual

OK Boys, you have the info now. So name the 1st & second please, & first to bust out. Who's gonna get the ball rolling then?

Alan seems to be hitting cards. He got a runner runner four flush and a runner runner straight to knock out Peter Roche in 2 hands.
Rory 1st Alan 2nd Tony 3rd

1st john 2nd alan 1st out one of the other 4 ;D

Liffey
Betson

Chan to bust first

without being biast i want john and alan who are my very good friends in top two because they have the stamina and experience

Rory first, Robbie 2nd...first out Jimmy.

A blondepoker hat for the winner Tony?

Hi Camel
No, I havent got tickets sorrted yet. Thats not good news. Many years ago I could have called in a favour or two as I used to run the Midlands Supportes Club (and before the Gags Tikay, there were MANY members).
Oh well. If flights are confirmed I will ring and ask them. I bet the place has changed so much.

I like the underdog, Falconer to get 2nd !
Betson to win

Jimmy Wan out next

Yes Bobby, a blondepoker hat, and maybe even a kiss from tikay.

And I may be able to get my hands on some Wm Hill Goodies, maybe a shirt and a Cap, or a goodie bag, (Julian, Smokin Steve & Bad Girl may help me on that) so come on guys, get your entries in.

Blondsepoker cap, maybe a Wm Hill goodie bag, and a kiss from tikay. Loser gets a season ticket to QPR.

QPR Supporters Club Midlands Division? You having a laugh.......

Ok tony to go out first john 1st alan 2nd (on a chopped deal 1st)

Hi DEX. (DEX is Carlo's Mum. Well,Carlo's Mum's dog to be honest).

Sorry to say, Carlo has just busted out of the 150 Euro jobbie.

But follow Carlo at future Main Events on blonde, he's one of our guys we are going to try & follow through the season.

are you trying to get me killed

you know anyone i tip is gonna come looking for me next week after they bust out

i am not gonna tip anyone

That's really tickled me. QPR Midlands Supporters Club. How'd they book travel?

"We'll book the entire bike, it's a BIG match. Against Gillingham........"

Ironside, come on mate I went racing yesterday and backed 10 losers on the trot and guess what the 11th lost aswell...but at least I kept going....you will come good mate.

are you trying to get me killed

you know anyone i tip is gonna come looking for me next week after they bust out

i am not gonna tip anyone

Jeez, Ironside refuses to tip anyone. That means they will ALL bust out first, & all finish joint first & second.

Like, they will all be omnipotent. And nobody tipped Matey Boy, Lairy Bastard, or even At-It Harry.

Just please dont tip John Ironside.

Well he could start by tipping John to finish last. John could walk on water then!

1st Rory

2nd Alan

1st out Robbie

Sandy

ha ha, we did actually usually travel down in a car but there were about 50 members. Had a bus full once!!
And perhaps we can reveal your team Mr Kendall??
Brentford I seem to recall?  :-X

Thanks Henrik/Sandy.

Bad News, The Camel is lurking online. Expect some "QPR are great" nonsense any moment......

Yes, that's correct Simon. Brentford. You got a prob with that?

Super, SOOOOOPER, Super Super Beees.

Any news of the Hills crew in the 150 tourney?

yeah i am all for matey boy to win during a deal

Being a Celtic fan i'm used to "Rangers are great" followed by a look at the league to see them not on top !  ;D :D ;)

Sandy

A Celtic Fan eh Henrik? You hear that JBSC7769?

ps Is he called the camel because they always get humped ?

 ;)

Sandy

who?

Hi Chris,

The Wm Hill crew in the 150E?

Yoyo is resting, he's not here tonight.

Smokin Steve has 3,500.

Bad Girl has 9k.

But I dno't know what average is I am afraid.,

dont start with an old firm fight please tikay

they both have to bow down to the dons the last scotish team to win a euro trophey

Final warning for Ironside. Red Card for him if any more sillyness.

Wimbledon - aka MK Dons - won a Euro Trophy?

Hard to believe THAT......

who me ? what? help?

what did i say now ?

it was an honest question who is brentford?

As Tikay knows, my loyalty is very much split between Rangers North and South of the border so now seems a good time to get BACK TO POKER!
I can't talk football with a C*ltic fan!
Are my tips coming true in Dublin yet Tikay?
I will book my flights over as soon as my friend lets me know if he will definitely be there!!!!!

the dons AKA aberdeen won 2 european tropheys

little tip for all those single men out there
chip shop are not what they sound like
you dont go there for cheap chips pre casino visit

they actually sell food for under 2 tucking into a nice
meale pudding and chips just now and got grease all over the
keyboard

I think your retort summed it up ironside.
You have the Tropheys, we will have the Trophys.
Just out of curiousity, when was the last one you won? To the nearest, lets say....decade?
Damn, I tried so hard to be civil and nice on this site, who the hell brought up football..... LOL

there is more hope of scunthorpe united winning a euro trophey than a team from scotland in the next 20 years

Right, the Final about to start, so back to business shortly........

Thats it, im lumping on a jock side for euro glory next year ....and ironside , please predict burnley john out next ;)

Simon, Gutshot? Yup, let's do it. And maybe we can take in a Brentford match same day.......

And Ironside. It's not "who IS Brentford". It's who ARE Brentford.

just cause i am sitting down no need to call me shorty

LOL, agreed ironside.
Actually, you would like Aberdeen Tikay, coming from Derbyshire and all. They also have an usual sexual fascination of horned ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis in the family Bovidae! Err, Sheep.

glad you dont know either i was getting worried that i was the only one

i am a sheep s***** and proud of it so would you be in a wheel chair try catching them

What are these guys playing for?

6th - 14,400

5th - 18,000

4th - 25,500

3rd - 40,250

2nd 71,500

WINNER - 146,000

Those figures are all in Euros. Multiply by about 0.7 to turn Euros into proper money.

Lucky guys, that's serious money.

what are they playing again?

It's Raise & Pass stuff so far. Betson is VERY busy, he's set out to dominate, clearly.

I would imagine that is not easy to do ironside!
Tony, I will confirm details when you are back from Dublin.
You should organise an tourney sponsored by Blonde Poker and get all the posters to take part in it. Poker425 could also take an active interest!
I am sure Gala would help you out with that. It would be good to put faces to everyone here.

As paer my tip Tikay, Betson to win!

John Falconer & Rory clash.

John has A-9, Rory has .....6-3!

John makes a fully!

Pot was 260k.

Burnley John moving nicely into contention.......

Now Burnley John steals the blinds, & is up to 300k, which is a shade above average.....

this is the sort of coverage were gagging for

In the 150E, Bad Girl is up to 18k. She is on the same table as Roy the Boy Brindley & Dave Gardner. Smokin Steve is low stacked, & got all-in with A-Q v A-9. Board came KK227 for a split pot.....

Colclough in cruise mode too......

Burnley John is wearing THE most awful colour sweatshirt, a sort of wishy washy light blue. But it has a 888.com sponsors logo, so I guess he's beng paid to wear that shirt. Not daft when it comes to money, these Lancashire lads.

just had my worst day ever online, lost with AA all in pre 5 times in 5 seperate multis

sry guys it wont happed again, it was tell someone or bite laptop, or toplip.

Smokin Steve just busted out the 150E. He had QQ, & ran into the dreaded Aces.

And so has Jim Reid, who was busted by none other than Graham Thew, who busted tikay out on Thursday in a MONSTER pot. Graham, of course, is Julian Thew's brother. Damn those Thews, DAMN them.

PLAYER GONE in the Final.

any info on the cards and how the action went down?

Alan Betson had K-J. Robbie McCormack had A-8.

Flop was A-K-J, blank blank.

Robbie McCormack out 6th for 14,400.

Which hand Ironside - the Thew- Reid or the Thew tikay? Or neither?

Did anyone predict Robbie to be first to bust out?

come on Burnley John, top 5 now.... keep it going, GOOD LUCK !!!

Yes and i think you laid 100 at 5/2


 ;D

Sandy

Burnley John is at a big disadvantage - it's a no-smoking arena, in fact, as we are in Ireland, Smoking is illegal in ALL public buildings. So he's GAGGING.....

tony give him a viagra

I was with john at the Merrion for the EPT event , he was in that outside smoking tent more times than he has slept in his own bed this year lol

thew reid hand

but both if you want

MAN OVERBOARD IN BIGGIE.....

Sorry I left you for a while there guys but I was busy trying to win John his ws seat in a qualifier. I dont do badbeats anymore but to go out 14th (6 seats on offer) to a river gutshot is a sickener. Why does this game mock me at times? :'( Sorry john I gave it my best mate.
ariston

Betson has A-T. Jimmy Wan has AQ.

Board is K J Q 4 7 - Betson hits a srtraight! And Jimmy Wan is OUT

Cmon john make up for my inadequecies. ::)

6th: Robbie Mccormack 14,400 E.

5th Jimmy Wan, 18,000E

Final is on a short break now, so I've asked Thomas Kremser to do me some chip counts.

And I will see if I can grab a word with Burnley John. Now, I wonder where HE is right now.......

Dont mention my 14th Tikay. dont want to piss him off and upset his focus. Are we on one of those 5min discussion type breaks ;) or is it a scheduled break.

Tikay, tell Burnley john that im glued to the coverage and wish him all the very best of luck from me
Cheers
Kev

If it makes you feel any better ariston I finshed 7th in the last one !

Wow, get a load of these chip counts......

Tony Cooney 235k

Rory Liffey 326k

Burnley John 210k

So, Alan Betson must have, give or take 10k,..........

Did you have your little finger in your mouth when you typed that? should be followed by "mwhhooo haaa haaa"

whats the antes tk

The biggie just restarted.

Blinds are now 15k 15k & 30k.

Looks like a battle for 2nd now, but Alan has not won this yet, I've seen bigger leads eaten away.......

60k a round with those 3 stacks (and alans). this could be a quick one folks

The !50E is on a break as we speak.

Bloody hard work this......

I think the short stacks will push in now Russ - one double up would make any of them dangerous......

Question is, who's balls are big enough? 4th place is 25,500, & 2nd is 71,500. Tricky, & not for the faint hearted.

Bet if john is the first one to push he is in front

Not much happening in the biggie, but if there are any confrontations, you will get 'em here.....

Burnley John & Rory clash.

Rory Q-T.

Joihn 77

Flop 7 - 3 - 2, so a set of 7's for Burnley John. Turn is ANOTHER 7.......

COME ON JOHNNY DID U GIVE HIM VIAGRA TONY

GET US A CHIP COUNT PLZ TONES

My john alan 1-2 looks good. what i get a tshirt??

      COME ON BURNLEY JOHN

Betson Raises 90k, Tony Cooney, the Cork man, moves all-in, Betson passes.

Chip counts soon as poss Simon, hard to see at the mo.....But it's costing 60k a round, 4 handed, so they cant sit still, and Alan is not giving these guys chance to breathe..

oooh mrs, a full member

Approx only, but it looks like.....

Burnley John 280k

Tony Cooney 350k

Rory shot stack with maybe 200k

So Alan Betson about 900k.

can you see any team play there tony

I buggered THOSE counts up a treat, Thomas just gave me the official chip counts......

Rory 245k

John 250k

Tony 520k

Alan 700k.

The momentum is moving away from Alan.........

hey tony if i knew i was going to spend all easter at the computer i would of come to eire

No Simon, I think it's every man for himself. None of those guys seems like the sort to "same village" or play for a draw. It only happens in the 20 & 30 comps in my opinion.

seeeeeee.... no wonder I didnt trust the old fella chips counts for the basis to make a book from..... ;D

Well it don't seem the same without you Simon.

And Simon Trumper does not have Mathilde with him either, and I miss her, too.

thanks buddy

Hush now Camel. You just wanted an excuse to squirm out of a bet.

Go watch QPR, but don't be getting too excited now, eh?

Rory all-in with A-8.

Alan Betson calls with AA.....


Flop 9-J-9-Q-J

Rory OUT 4th.

you think your book had problems i have ruined my reputation as the worlds no 1 tipster thanks to dodgy info

6th, Robbie Mccormack , 14,400

5th, Jimmy Wan, 18,000

4th Rory Liffey, 25,500

Tony Cooney makes it 100k to go. Burnley John moves in for his entire 230k. It's an automatic call for Tony, but he PASSES.....!

So it seems Tony did not have much.......maybe QQ, or 7-4.......

John all-in with 4-4. Tony Cooney has A-Q.

Board comes 7-6-3-9-K

Pot is 630k!

Heeerreeesss jooooonnnyy

Wow, John all-in AGAIN with AK v Tony Cooney 8-6. Board is (summat like) K-9-8-X-X

Tony Cooney is OUT......

no touching the fanny russ

Heads up Chip Count is......

Alan Betson 900k

Burnley John 800k

please note i never tipped him

COME ON JOHN BOY ..... GOOD LUCK MATE !!!!!!

LIck da simon???

PLEASE NOTE I TIPPED THEM BOTH !!!
Me wins the Blonde Hat and Wlm Hill stuff me thinks!!!!
And to think I said I always back the underdog!!!

WOW, John Doubles up again, Alan is crippled.....

Alan has a total of 25k........

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  COME ON BURNLEY JOHN

The double up hand, John had A-6, Alan had QJ

6-5-6-J-3

Whos the daddy now simon....go on the skull
 :) :) :) :) :)

John now trying to kill off Alan, but they split the pot on first attempt......

any deals been done?

Alan wins the next, & is up to 50k........

can i just point out i was the only one to say john 1 alan 2

No deals. When they were level on chips, they asked for a bit of time to "talk", but Thomas refused.

And I hear from a respected judge, that John would have taken a deal for deffo...


But he damn well won't now!

Wow, WHAT a Win!!!

Remember, Alan had a Million, John had 250k........

Cheers for the updates, have been watching the last couple of days. Much appreciated.

Whos the daddy???

thomas refused??? what was he going to do if both players stood up and walked away from the table to discuss? blind them both out?

Youre welcome Jon.....

Absolutely awesome result, well done John, maybe now some of the "establishment" will give you the respect you deserve .  Well done mate

Well, Thomas just said he would not grant them any time to talk......

This guy has some game....well played fella.

Good work Tikay.
Great coverage as always, thanks and hope to see you in a few weeks

Thanks for the excellent coverage Tikay... Who said j1st al2nd before they started? Well done john mate I am really pleased for you.
russ

tony what a guy what aguy thanks for the coverage tony see you in london drinks on me

Well Done John.

Russ only got 2/3 same as me  ;)

Since Billy hill stuff is blue though i'll let him take the tiebreaker  ;D :D 8)

Sandy

 thx for all the updates gr8 work mate
   
               neves.

Tony...how spooky do you remember our conversation this week about John thinking I was the tea boy in Monte Carlo...

I want a blonde cap and tshirt. If its going to be william hill stuff I want the contract that goes with it lol ;) I am a betfair boy at the minute dont you know.
ariston

so what?
if they walk away from table what is he gonna do bann them put them on the rail for 20 mins
with hold there winnings?

it was heads up if both people wanted to walk away from table they can nothing the TD can do
to stop them

congrats to John and thanks to blondepoker, great job tekay, see you at the vic, I hope.

If you grab him quick Tikay he will share a pot of tea with you Im sure.

Well that's a wrap then. Good night from all the blonde team.

thanks for all the coverage simon nowab

Hi there, thanks for the great coverage, and thanks to whoever posted a message with the site link on ladbrokes poker forum. :) Good job all, new member recruited ;)

Tony, it's Ken Powell, actually! Very nice to meet you and well done again on all the coverage. I will certainly be following future events right here on blondepoker. I'm just catching up now on what I missed of the main event final while I was struggling to the final table of the 150+r NL ... just home in the last hour after finishing 9th ... for anyone who's interested and still up at this ridiculous hour, Roy 'The Boy' Brindley and John O'Callaghan were among those still playing at the final table when I departed.

Well done Kevin - oops, sorry - Ken!

Great coverage as always from everyone at Blondepoker.