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Good Afternoon guys and gals.  We are back and slightly refreshed for the finale of the Grosvenor Grand Prix 2006.  We have 109 players starting at 3pm, so I'll get off and get a full player list for you lot.

 :hello:

:hello:

thanks


Good luck to the blondes going for gold this afternoon and evening.

Play is about to recommence. Chilli has been doing a mini-marathon typing session for the chip counts.  ;tightend;

Here is the last 109 players.  Sorry they are in no order, either alphabetical or chip counts but its the best list available.

Glen Ashworth             43,500
Bahrim Nazaripoyour      18,500
Roberto Romanelo        33,900
Coling Gerrard              30,600
Anthony Hughes           28,300
Jim Reid                       26,100
Paul Austin                   22,600
Vu Nygen                    15,600
Dave Smith                  4,700
Martino Libertini            12,400
Nick Gibson                  20,800
PG Smith                     17,000
Paul King (swansea)      4,800
K Abbassi                    41,400
John Doyle                  21,100
Martin Fogg                 23,900
Gareth Jones               20,700
Alan Dean                   17,500
Matt Cartwright           25,000
Antony Conway           23,100
Steve Bovis                 24,900
M Raynor                    26,100
Colin Knapp                 23,300
Martyn Cavanagh         10,000
Chris Sokrati                11,800
Charlie Benton             19,800
Hayley Jones               12,900
Richard Gray                19,600
Steve Macallister          15,000
Barry Neville                26,600
Walid Khalil                  48,900
Jamie Gubb                 31,000
Marshall McCombie        18,500
Jason Imps                  27,800
James Todd                 8,900
Sir Anthony of Kendallness   11,000
Maurice Nicholson           33,600
Zahir Aslam                    26,900
Richard Owen                22,200
Mo Muse                       25,700
Clare Byrne                    9,600
Derek Malone                 22,000
Mick Fletcher                 47,000
Andy Lyen                     14,800
H Zammit                       28,200
Darshan Sami                  14,600
S Townsend                   14,900
Michelle Sheilds              12,200
Mike Arnold                    9,800
Ambro Morreale              9,300
Richard Rudling-Smith     10,900
Ken Clarke                     14,600
Steve Nash                     7,200
Tom McCready                 19,800
Piers Whyman                  25,800
Peter Smyth                    22,600
Stuart Brown                   13,200
G McArthur                      40,400
B Wilson                          8,700
P Seager                         25,200
E Strutt                          18,900
J Sims                             16,400
E Bailey                           7,600
T Palester                       18,200
A Horrison                       23,800
M Lieu                            7,200
Paul Parker                      8,600
Y Umarji                          18,800
S Javadi                          18,000
S Jelinek                         12,800
Mark Forrester                  21,700
Kevin O'Leary                   19,800
S Whitaker                       59,800
L Yedmans                       15,600
Steve Read                      9,300
N Willis                            5,800
Nick Porter                       18,800
Ronnie Debealox               9,400
Martyn Reeve                   33,000
John Eadie                       40,300
Daniel Rudd                      28,000
Rumit Somaiya                   23,600
M Gillingham                      8,700
A Miles                             30,600
Anthony Lever                  16,200
L Birchall                           14,600
Om Aggarwal                    16,200
Rob Cook                         10,900
Premji Patel                       62,900
John Exley                         66,600
Michael  Quill                     29,100
Ewat Campbell                   17,600
David Lloyd                       23,600
Surindar Sunar                   41,300
Tom Sambrook                 10,900
Grant Mason                    15,400
Shafqat Mirza                   21,700
S Baker                           9,300
Garry Wilson                    20,000
Ghassan El-Hoss               33,000
Hassan Abbas                  29,400
Gary Smolinski                 28,200
Antony Adderley             39,600
George Annan                20,000
P Wise                          28,100
Frankie Knight                8,900
Satnam Sandu               30,000
Cos Charalambos             29,300
Peter Astley                  28,200

after my 100% succe3ss rate with yesterdays tips , i will continue to support my super 6

nick gibson
steve bovis
tony kendall
steve jelinek
om aggarwal
surinder sunar

good luck also to the blondes

Emma Strutt is OUT, Crippled first hand by nines when holding kings on a  Tc 3h 4h Qd 9d board. She then lost the rest to Mykim Lieu with Ad 2d to  Jc Jd  on a  3c 3h 3d 4c 4s board.

good luck my mate john exley !

Tom REDDOG McCready is OUT.  A battle of the blinds, Tom wakes up with  Ad Qs so he raises the pot.  Maurice Nicholson just called.  Flop came:

 Ac 6s 4s

Maurice checks so Tom bets 5k.  Maurice re-raises another 5k so Tom pushed the lot.  Maurice amazingly called with   Ts Js
of course a spade arrives on the turn and RED-DOG is seething for now.  It will pass.

Ouch   UL Tom

Come on Rudders!!

Ed Baly (the kid)  is OUT.  He was low with 7,500 and decided to make his push with  Qh Th pre-flop.  He got called by  Aspades Qs. 
With a flop of

 7s 9c Ahrt  Ed got put all in for his remaining 2k and had to call really with what he had left. 

Rudders doubles up. He raised with  Qd 7h in SB against the BB, the flop came  Jd 7d 4d  and he pushed and the BB called with  Qc Js but a diamond came on the river and Rudders has about 18k or so.

who is chip leader please?

John Exley had 66,600

thankyou

thankyou

Rudders is out, he didn't see an UTG raise to 5.5k and announced raise with A6 on the meaning he had to put a minimum of another 5.5k in, which would leave with only 5k back so he had to push despite knowing he was most likely dominated. He was against AK and failed to hit.

John Exley was overnight CL.

ul red

He is out my old friend

could you wish Z Aslam the best of luck thanks

Players are dropping like the cast of a bad horror movie.  The following are now OUT:

Hayley Jones
Emma Strutt
Tom McCreedy
Frankie Knight
P Smith
M McCombie
C Byrne
S Bovis
M Arnold
A Morreale
L Yeomans
Barry Neville
Y Umarji
R Smith
E Campbell
Ed Baly
K Clarke
R Cook
M Lieu
P Astley
S McAllister
Jim Reid

We have 87 left, average is 27,600.   The new level is now starting at 1,000 / 2,000

Roberto Romanello is the new chip leader with around 80k. He won a huge pot with Tens vs Aces.

Crapshootastic.

Done outlawz, he says "I dont wanna know him!"  Ermmm.....think he was kidding  :D

Tikay has doubled up to 16,000.  He pushed with 88 and had an auto call by Q8.  8's were good.

AQ vs AK on John Exley's table. All-in preflop.

Board:

 4d 4c 4h

Turn:

 Kh

So the AQ is drawing to 3 cards for a split....

River:

4s!

On tikay's table. Matey Squared.

7c 7s vs Ahrt Qh

Board:

 Kh Td 9h

So any Ace, Queen, Jack or Heart....

Two bricks follow...

Gooooooooooooooooooo Gangster you can do it !  :D

How is Glen Ashworth doing, does anyone know?

can u get me a chip count on zippy plz chilli

oi flopsy..................is there any norkage ?       (apart from chilli)

He is currently on exactly 42,000.   Welcome to blonde amanda.

Zippy has 36k.

Steve Jelinek is OUT.  He was low stacked and after some raise, re-raise all in action, they were on their backs. 

STeve  7d 5d
Mo Nicholson   Ahrt Ac

No help for jellybean.

Hi Chilli and Noflops

Wish TK good luck for me. I'll be following updates while I'm meant to be working tonight.
SSSSSSSHHHHHH don't tell anyone

Great thanks !

Couldn't be there today to support him, but there in thought lol.  :D

Barry Neville stole my camera and took a couple of pics last night.

The quietly intimidating Surindar Sunar.

Lost a few more.  Now down to 75.  OUT are:

A Lever
S Baker
J Todd
DM Aggaanwal
S Nash
S Sandhu
R Debealox
S Townsend
M Fogg
S Jelinek
Tikay (details to come)

Afraid you've bokked him Dave, Tikay has just gone out in a small blind big blind confrontation, the small blind raised with fives, tikay pushed with KQ and hit a queen on the flop but a pesky five came on the river.

 ;oops;

I have some pictures that i missed posting yesterday.  My favourites are the battle of the smiles.

A couple of chaps still battling it out this afternoon.

Nick Gibson is OUT, he ran TT into KK on a A-Q-Q-6-3 board. All-in preflop.

Rumit was the suckout recepient of the AQ vs AK on the 4-4-4-K-4 board earlier...

That is one weird pic of Rumit  rotflmfao

That's a split pot

that's what was meant by 'suckout' as he had 3 outs for a split.

He also cracked K-K with Q-9 all-in preflop.


I know. He had 3 cards for a split and none for a win. Therefore it's a suckout.

Can you tell me how is the engineer doing please.

Got some counts for you.

Roberto Romanelo  120,500
M Nicholson           74,000
Mike Fletcher         93,000
Glen Ashworth       45,000
Zippy Aslam           24,500
Steve Read           25,000
Charly                  115,000
Surindar Sunar       69,000
Soxy                    10,000
Martin Cav             29,000
Tom Sambrook      39,000
Rumit                   46,000

Roberto is table talking his opponenets into submission.  They are calling with lesser hands just to shut him up.  Its not working and his stack keeps growing.

chilli i told ya hun this kid got game he is a motor mouth lol,he will go close as stated at the begining,and mart cavanagh well from 400 chips when the blinds were 400-800 i think hes going well CMON THE WELSH  we need the money for the new pot noodle mines.......

It does seam to be shove them in and hope at the moment.  We are down to 51 players already.  THe following are OUT:

Kev O'Leary
M Muse
S Brown
J Doyle
G Wilson
N Willis
Paul King
L Birchall
D Malone
D Rudd
P Patel
P Singleton
Michelle Sheils
M Forresster
P Parker
N Gibson 
G Annan

The new level with soon be 2,000 / 4,000 and the average stack is 47,100.

Hi Amir

I assume you mean Ramazanali Abbassi?  If so, he is on 42,000.

Great work guys, can i get an update on M.Cavanagh, W.Khalil, and motor mouth Romanello please.

roberto 120 kish mart 30k ish and wallid 20 kish whats tonight albert?

£20 bingo-crapshoot-re-buy.  Perfect game for you  ;hide;

We're on a 10 minute break and then the blinds will be 2k and 4k with a 49k average stack. The money goes up to £250 from 45th...

I'm gutted Mo Muse has gone out, I was hoping he'd double up then I could say Mo Muse is good news...

I know he has game James but he is not making any friends here!!  Well, they like him really.  He is here now as they are on a break and says to you "me and you are the next generation in poker"   ;goodvevil;

the next time i lower myself to a £20 game will be when i have to work for someone like you for £7.00 an hour and be shouted at for doing things wrong when you think you did them right ,but we all know that you did them wrong    ....hehehe ;hide; ;slavedriver; ;slavedriver; ;booboo; ;booboo; ;izimbra; ;starwars; ;slavedriver; ;slavedriver;for somebody lmao

Sorry James, I forgot!
;kneelsucker;

i must say 1 thing about roberto romanello....he talks the talk ,,but hes never rude to anybody,he will drive you mad and get under your skin ,but personally i think hes great for the game,what makes people go against him is that they just want to beat him in any pot whether bad beat him or outplay him coz of his chat,but when hes on a roll he will drive you nutzzzzzz,hes never rude but he has got a pretty cool way of doing your head in,AND DONT WEAR AN IPOD COZ HE WILL JUST KEEP TALKING TO YOU TO WIND YOU UP   HEHE, gl mate and stay cool ,,,,,watch out for martyn the MASTER he will trick you  gl mart

OK, Chili has worked non-stop since yesterday afternoon, so I'm gonna give her a break now - sorry guys!

It's gonna be a long, long, night, & I cant see this thing ending before 5am.

We will be here until the bitter end!

Zahir Aslam and Surindar Sunar have both added to their stacks knocking out short stacks.

Zippy's A-2 took out a K-J on a 8-Q-7-6-3 board.

Whilst Surindar made a small bet on a Qs 4c Js board and matey moved all-in with Kc Td and Surindar called with Aspade Ac which held.

Kev's pick is Mick Fletcher, and I'm going for Surindar.

well done maria and welcome mr kendall ,who had my seat hehe(what a waste)only joking m8, still no smoke m8? i hope u 2 avent either

45 players left, half an hour left at 2k-4k, ave stack is some 53,300. (thats 13 x BB).

There is some talk - just a rumour, this - of slowing the clock down to 60 minute levels. (45 at present).

Nope, still no smokes, James. We are both just 3 hours short af a ciggie-less 7 days. Getting there.

how many chips has zippy got plz

Gareth The Magician Jones - 80,000

Dr Tom Sambrook - 36,000

Zippy Hussain 74,000

Rumit - 42,000

Mick Fletcher - 120,000

Peter Smyth - 88,000

Roberto - 120,000

Martyn Cavanagh - 30,000

Soxy - 14,000

43 left, & 20 minutes at 2k-4k.

Tikay

Did Kevin O'Leary and Rumit get a free entry into this via Blue Square sponsorship? Given they are first on the list of qualifiers I guess they did. If so, that's a disgrace. You couldn't buy into this comp so why can someone be given a freeroll into it?

I'm sure you'll raise this on your excellent tv show. ;goodvevil;

Here are three of our remaining five tables. According to Dani, levels may be lengthened from 45 minutes to 1hr soon dependent on the number of players left.

OUT are.....

Steve Read

Mr Abbass

V Nguyen

P Aviston

B Wilson

Khalil

They were probably the first to qualify online. There are no invites to this comp. If one or two people got invited then droves of pros would not enter this comp as it would lose all it's integrity.

No, they both won their seats. There were no freerolls into this event, none at all.

The other two tables.

welsh challengers


gary smolinski (IVE GOT A BIG ONE) stack that is  90k
roberto romanello ( i can talk for britain)              110k
martyn cavanah (i had a little one) stack that was  35k
jamie gubb        (is this like bridge but diffrent)      97k
anthony ugly     (im not from wales im a taffy)      80k


 chip counts supplied by JACK THE RACK  Mc bitty     mmmmmmm lovely bitty....

So Kevin is sponsored by Blue Square and he just happened to win his seat in the very first qualifier for this event (hosted by the firm sponsoring him and who own the casino)? Have you checked that because it sounds like a b/s to me?

Anyway, keep up the good work.

Mick Fletcher took a 45k pot against Glen Ashworth who is now down to 28k.

The Board came thus.....

 Jh 5h 2h 6c 7d

Fletch put Glen all-in on the end & Glen gives a goodly dwell before calling, & showing the J - he never showed his other card.

Fletch had flopped the stone cold nuts -  Ahrt 8h......

Fletcher on a roll now, he'll take some stopping now he's caked up.

1) With AA vs AQ, Mick Fletcher takes out Maurice Nicholson.

2) He's now on 230k and easily the chip leader.


Guests, if you want to see the photos, just sign up for Blonde, it's totally free.

Thats correct. He happened to win his seat in the first qualifier.

I can see no reason to suspect or suggest otherwise.

how many palyers left

Blinds are now 3k/6k and there are 35 left.

welsh boy jamie gubbs aces just held up to take out andy lieu

can u name sum big names that r still in the grand prix 2006

Surindar Sunar is probably the biggest name still in, John Exley who won in Blackpool earlier this year is also in. The biggest name, Flushy, has gone though.  ;goodvevil;

Is Tikay still in?

 ;goodvevil;



Hello everyone btw..


On piccy 225  back up there who is the guy in white shirt?   Note I said piccy 225!

hhjfkkglfglgldfjgjhjjfjiiwifj smith from iranggustan

Roberto Romanelli totalling 16 letters is one of the biggest  ::)

There are about 32 left, and Roberto is upsetting a few with his non-stop speech play. It's not malicious.

Ramazanali Abbassi who is a bigger name than Roberto (17 letters!) is OUT, he held a 4 on a Q-4-4-Q-K board but his opponent had a Queen.

Tom Sambrook is OUT.

So white shirt in pic 225 is matey boy I take it.

Pic 225  NOT 228.

gary smolinski out ul m8

The only players Blue Square sponsor are JP Kelly and Mickey Wernick, neither of whom managed to qualify. Kevin O'Leary has been put into the odd few non-Grosvenor events, but is not sponsored.  Rummit has never been sponsored or put into anything by Blue Square.

Everyone who played the GP had to qualify. Both Kevin and Rummit won their seats fairly and squarely. Why would we want to risk our reputation by doing such a thing? Why do you feel the need to suggest that we must have done this? Are you just a conspiracy theorist or have you got something against Blue Square?

By the way guys, I am not too well, so am still in the hotel, but hope to be making it over to the casino a bit later, if I feel any better.

just lost a great player your friend and mine.................................................  MR MARTYN "THE MASTER" CAVANAGH  .................................................vul m8 great come back from 400 chips when the blinds were 400 800 hold your head up son ul and very well played

hope you feel better m8,i belive you and there should be no doubt that blue square would put there whole reputation on the line for 1 tourney,i feel as if im there any wayzzzzz m8 ,i think its gonna be welsh this year hehe mind you ,you should give him a gag to put on at the final table .......

how do you know who my friends are ?           are you stalking me ?

 ;scarymoment;

The 3 Chip Daddies appear to be Zippy, Mick Fletcher & Roberto.

Chip counts soonest.

Martyn Cavanagh is OUT

 I say good luck to Rumit.

Hope he gets a good draw

Regards

M
 

AlrightJack

Everytime I see Kevin he's wearing some Blue Square gear and it turns out they've either put him in or picked up part of the costs. When his name is then first on the list of qualifiers, not from a casino but from Blue Square, I want to ask "what's going on?". If that upsets you then I suggest you don't read the newspapers anymore because far worse things are happening in this world than that.

As for Blue Squares reputation, I never mentioned it.

Get well soon Aspades.

Surindar Sunar is OUT.

The bokk strikes again.


This guy has a big stack, guess how many he's got. Greens are 500, Purples are 1k and Golds are 5k.

how many chips has zippy got n can we hav a picture of him please

246k

27 are left, meaning everyone gets £750 now.
15th to 18th gets £1,000
13th and 14th get £1,500
12th gets £2,000
11th gets £2,500

325k

gl to Mick Fletcher (class player and very underrated) and Ash.

It is because Kevin is a good customer of ours with a good live record that we sometimes support him.

No, you didn't mention our reputation but you casted aspertions against it, which I defended. Rummit and Kevin both played in the qualifier they came through on. We did not pretend it took place. Are you suggesting that we fixed the qualifier so that he went through? Quite what other bad things going on the world has to do with this I do not know. I suggest you go back to watching the X-Files.

Zippy -- 69k

Bring back Chili  - she'd answer my question!

Remind me Trace -what question. We have a very slow connection here, so it's slow to flick back through previous pages.

On Page 6, Picture 225 (NOT 228) who is the guy in white shirt wearing shades sat next to dealer please.

Blinds are now 4k/8k and 24 players are left.

I believe he is M Boy

Come on Flopsy   less of the matey boy - go find out!!!

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

And another pic while you're at it wouldn't be frowned upon.


MWAHHHHHH  kiss in advance  lol

Gr8 updates team.  :D ;tk;
Best of luck to mick fletcher- he really is a class act. Roberto is harmless and he's great fun at the table, he's a mean old player too and zippy.... gooo on son. 8)

only just realised its zippy not ash flying the accrington flag. gl zippy.

 :hello: Matt

Unlucky Sir

xx

Hello- and ty... not really ul, just never got going. :-(

Keep up u mug  ::) :-* ;ashamed; x x

Rumit is blessed. Seriously. He just pushed whilst short with Q-9 again in the small blind and found Jacks waiting for him in the big blind. He hit his Queen and has 55k. Flushy, you have made him impervious... :D

Are we seeing any flops or is it an all-in job?

forgot this was even on as it was zachs surprise 40th party yesterday so I didn't even try to qualify. I fancy Mick Fletcher to bring home the bacon though- he really does get the results in these when he gets hold of a few chips (think Mallu without the blow up factor).

That's Andy MILESY Miles, plays a lot in southampton and as MILESY on laddies and various sites. VEry good omaha player, made the final table with me in Turks & Caicos a few weeks ago. Keep an eye on him with updates please TK and wish him luck....a lot of the boys have money on him at each way at 250-1 on BlueSquare.......keep up the good work blondies

Hi all,  
It seems to be "have a go at Alrightjack day" He is an honourable man and will it as it is. I have no problem with anyone asking questions...just the tone needs to be less confrontational and more in the spirit of this site.

Having said all that I think Tikay needs a good talking to for having no photos of the "dealers" or groupies. If Red dog was in attendance he would guarantee us a story.  Also good to see Matt Tyler online. I told you not to go into the transvestite area of Paris. You are no match for them with the extra padding.

The average stack is 16 big blinds. ;)

Do you mean this guy?

lol you old dog Dennis- are you going to EPT Dublin?

He's lost most of his gold 5k chips, I think he's down to about 95k now.

Thank you m8.


Errrrmmm    lol   Yeah think so.....  TY Oh floppy one!    ;tightend;

Good updates Noflops and Chilli, any sign of Soxy, Gibson, and Martin Green, wish Rummit gl also.

whats zippy on n how many left

Guests, don't foget that you need to register as a member to view the photos and interact with the updaters.

Like NoflopsHomer, it's quick, free and easy

Did Zippy have a beard a few days ago?

yep zippy got rid of hit beard he had it 4 a few weeks lol
how many chips he got

Shahla Javadi (pictured below), the remaining lady in the comp, is OUT in 21st place. She got it all-in with Td Ts against Tony Adderley's  Ac Kh the board came with a  Jc Td rag but the Qd reared it's ugly head on the river. The rest of her chips went in with Tens again, this time she was up against Aces and no help came.

Elsewhere Rummit has pushed off Romanello a hand moving all-in preflop, Roberto passed after convincing Rumit to show pocket tens if the former would fold, Roberto flashed a Jack.

We are now on a half hour break after which the blinds will be 5k/10k.


Foxy -- Soxy, Gwibbo and Martin Green are all OUT, I'm afraid.

Hello snoopy hun

How you feeling?

I'm not free!!!  :redcard: :redcard: :redcard:

can't imagine him with a beard...

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38329000/jpg/_38329281_zippy150.jpg)

still a bit rough, the symptoms seem to be taking it in turns, today it's the ol' bunged up nose, yesterdays was the cough.

Hoping the Night Nurse kicks into action, she's not helping much at the moment.

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nope but he does hav a zip

Alex Harrison (MrAlex2you on VC) my mate from Jersey Ive been told he still in But I never knew he made day2 he has 70k. WISH HIM GL and tell him hes one of the best players in Jersey imo. ;D

Andy has about 100k, he's just passed QQ in the cut-off preflop to a re-raise from the button who showed pocket Kings. He says, "I must be learning from you, Jaffa!"

can you find out if andy miles is still please

That nurse in Walsall now ?

saw an interesting hand between Zippy and Mateyboy yesterday. Zippy was already chipped up, but he bet 10k on the Turn (all-in for his opponent) with K-J on an Q-9-x-T board (rainbow board).

His opponent dwelt up for ages before passing A big set of Nines.

"I knew he had the set!" commented Zippy.

No, she's in my bedroom. She keeps tugging away at me and trying to grab my attention. Complete pain, there are updates to follow! Sigh, women!...

snoop how many chipz he got n how many players left

Im driving down to Walsall in a bit to see the final you best not be having me on Snoopster

Your brother has 100k and was just sitting next to me. Although that's not that much, he's just made a great QQ laydown against KK preflop, so he must be playing well.

er...

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I ain't sharing!

Get your own nurse!  ;tk;

 well !!!!!!!!!!!

I called upon all my psychic abilities but alas, they have let me down.

I guess it would be easier if I was there.  :D

JUST WANA NO MAY CUM DOWN N WATCH FINAL TABLE IF HES ON IT

MrAlex2u has 72k
Zippy has 39k
Rumit has 85k and says "Thanks Foxy."
20 players left, 120k is the average. Blinds are now 5k/10k

wish alex all the best from rick and zak please, tell him tom and simon if he wins were going back to the strip club to spend the tipping dollars i forgot to give the girls, shame on me!!

Play is about to re-commence.

20 players are remaining. Blinds are 5k-10k. The Average Stack is 120,000, equal to 12 x Big Blinds.

The Clock will stay at 45 minutes for the next 2 Levels for sure, but they will review it after that & MAY increase it to 60 minutes thereafter.

The Blind increases AFTER this 5k-10k Level are very slow - the Big Blind only increases by 2k per level.

if pos can you tell andy miles keep up the good work nipper

Rumit has gone in 19th. He pushed to Roberto Romanello's raised from the button with  Aspades 9s, Roberto called with  Ad Js and the board came  Ahrt 9h Jc 7d 7h


Shortly after another short stack went out with  9c 9h to a  Ad 7d raise from another player.

Flop:

 Kc 3d 5c

Turn:

 4d (No better turn surely?)

River:

6c

Alternatively, they may roll back the blinds when it gets to the final table.

John Exley is OUT.

All the chips went in Pre-Flop. John showing the sexy looking  Kd Qd, whilst Matey Boy had him dominated with  Ahrt Qh.

The  Js Tc Ks flop was just what Matey Boy ordered, & running Nines on the Turn & River changed nothing.

17 left.

Hard lines Rumit,         Now Alex take it down he deserves a big live win to match his online records.

Roberto Romanello and Matt Cartwright are joint chip leaders with about 230k each

i can only see 1 winner guys

CHIP COUNT ON ZIPPY PLEASE

The former just lost a huge pot, a raise from Michael Quayle was met a Romanello re-raise but Quayle pushed all-in and Romanello had to call. Quayle had the bullets  ;snoopy'sguns;  while Roberto had the less stellar  Ks 8h. And althought Romanello flopped the nut flush draw, Quayle's trip aces held up in what was close to a 200k pot.

Gl to the welsh italian chip shop baron Roberrrrrrtooo...and the bearded accrington bandit Zipppittty doo dah :D

Message passed on, he's got 140k now.

thanks for that m8

Zippy has about 80k, he just got all-in against Alex Harrison (blondite MrAlex2u), both showed AQ. Choppity Chop.

16 players left and 8 more minutes at this level.

He's sans beard now, Matt!

for about 4 hrs tony... he grows 6mm per hour...

I on the other hand sadly grow 6mm per month :D

Lol i only been out for about 24 hours! Tell him to keep it up, playin great!!!

JJ vs A8 takes out a player on the left hand table whilst 66 holds up vs AK on the right.

I must say that the comp is being played in a very good spirit despite the oodles of cash on the line with lots of handshakes and good luck wishes passed on by those who have busted out.


1) Table 1, pre seat 2 busting out.
2) Table 2, pre seat 7 busting out.

I notice Peter Smythe is still plugging away. Good solid player, doesn't make too many mistakes.

ANY UPDATES ON PLAYERS N CHIP COUNTS

Who is that in seat 8 in the first pic please ?

Yes snoops, he just doubled up against Jamie Gubb's Pocket Ladies with Pocket Tens, board 9-T-2-2-K.

On the other table Anthony Hughes doubled through Tony Adderley with A-Q against Tony's Pocket Kings, A queen on the flop and another on the river.

Tony then pushed with Ac Jc and doubled up himself against Mick Fletcher who held Kc Tc on a 4h 2s 6d Qc Ad board.

If I'm not mistaken,  I think Jamie Gubb recently came runner-up in the recent Swansea Festival. Must be pretty handy.

Peter Adderley

HOW MANY CHIPS IS ZIPPY ON

snoopy hows peter smyth doing please

do you know the payout for final

It's rude to shout

who said im shouting

Andy Miles has taken out M Libertini in 15th place, Andy had AT sooooted on the button, Libertini had 99 in the SB. A ten on the flop and one on the turn good measure.

Also C Gerrard has gone in 14th place on the same table, in a blind battle against Mick Fletch, the flop came 5-6-2 with two clubs and Mick's 5-7 held against the Kc 9c on Gerrard.

its nice to see the welsh players are still fighting

goooooone
roberto
jamie
anthony
gl guys bring it on

20 minutes leftat 6k-12k, then it goes 7k-14k.

13 players left, average is 184,600.

The Final is at last in sight. Been a great comp, but I'm wrecked.

pimentão do oohhhhh e chocolate mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Good luck jamie roberto anthony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Droevig, wil ik oohhhhh Spaanse peper in chocolade mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm zeggen

gooooooooooo little shadow

Full Chip Count:

Tony Adderley -- 218k
Mick Fletcher -- 295k
Darshan Sami -- 150k
Anthony Hughes -- 170k
Allen Dean -- 200k
Andy Miles -- 220k

Alex Harrison -- 76k
Peter Smyth -- 212k
Mike Quayle -- 235k
Matt Cartwright -- 189k
Roberto Romanello -- 152k
Jamie Gubb -- 140k
Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam -- 139k

Blinds are 6k/12k for the next 10 minutes.

thanks for updates all the best

can u get the prizes information for last table

13th & 14th - £1,500 each

12th £2,000

11th £2,500

10th £3,000

9th £4,000

8th £5,200

7th £7,000

6th £10,000

5th £14,000

4th £22,000

3rd £37,500

2nd £56,000

WINNER - £100,000

Great updating Homer, TK, and Chili too.. just goes to show how a bit of luck can take you a long long way, i happened to see this hand involving Romanello at level 4 yesterday afternoon :

200/400 blinds and Romanello on 2800. He is on sb. Two limps infront of him and he makes up from the SB. BB checks.

Flop  Ts Th 8d. Romanello bets out the pot 1600, to which BB and limp 1 folds. Limp 2 calls, turn is  Tc the remaining 800 gets put in and called. On their backs :

Romanello :  Js 8h
Mateyboy :  9c  9d

River is of course  Jh... and Romanello is somehow still in the comp!!

is this a ranking event if so do u hav any idea of  how the point work  (because i dnt)

T.K can you tell Peter Smyth to get it done for the Betfair Boys.    Tell him Wallyayay said it m8. Thanks T.K, great updates.

With 13 players left, we have DEAL TALK.

It's been suggested that 13th to 4th ALL lock up £10,000 now.

I don't think that kite will fly, but I think some sort of redistribution of Prize Money looks likely. Or maybe not.

Blinds are now 7k/14k, Only MrAlex2u has less than 100k.

c'mon alex!!!!!

...and now play has been suspended - for the last 10 minutes - while the players discuss a redistribution of the Prize Money.

The proposal was tabled, 13th to 7th ALL get £10,000.

Then, 5th gets £14,000

4th £18,700

3rd £32,000

2nd £45,000

WINNER £75,00

This looks like it may just get accepted - they are still talking, & the clock is still "PAUSED".

Deal seems to have been done with all content to carry on with the tournament.

13-way deal agreed huh?  ;goodvevil;

It looks like that deal HAS been done - play has resumed, & everyone is smiling. Well, the players are.

Its for reasons like this IMO that Poker is behind many other pursuits.  When people are talking about re-distributing the wealth of the prizepool with 13 players remainng its a joke.

Half the time I don't see the point in tournaments continuing once they reach a final table. 

put yourself in the players shoes. Say you had 90 odd k and less than 7BB and the deal is offered, would you turn it down?

I think the fast structure had a lot to do with this one.

Massive jump in prize structure and a short-stacked crapshoot = certain deal.

I don't recall things being this bad last year in terms of structure.  What's changed this time around?

Sheriff

i have been lucky enough to have been in a few finals myself and will allways try to have a deal, but to have a deal with 13 or14 players left is mad, you will get short stacks and others who are happy with 10k just throwing there chips in, thus not helping the more skillfull players.

Great deal for the short stacks but why on earth would the chipleaders agree to this?

I can understand the reasons behind it, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with them.  Doing a deal 13 handed is bordering on a joke IMO.

I personally reckon the gaming board should step in and outlaw deals.   If poker ever wants to ever be taken seriously then these sort of things have to be put to bed.

Exactley!!

wtf has it got to do with the gaming board?

has zippy just knocked alex out !!!!!!!!!!!

It's a shame that what could have a great event has been spoiled by poor stuctures.

The qualifiers (live) were crapshoots as well as far as I could tell from the updates.

If events like this want to be taken seriously then they should provide a decent structure.

I think it's a very good deal for all concerned. 13th was going to only get £1,500 and even 8th gets just £5,200. Apart from MrAlex2u, most had solid stacks yet only around 12- 18 BB's where one coinflip or outdraw could easily cost them tens of thousands of pounds. Now everyone gets 6th place money of £10,000 and the chance of £75,000 still. This is a decision entirely influenced by the structure.

Alex 'MrAlex2u' has just gone in 13th with Qc Jc against Zippy's pocket Td Tc. He's happy with the deal (as he would be obviously) but everyone else from chip leader Mick Fletcher with about 300k to Robert Romanello with 250k, agreed with it too. And there's still very good money from 1st to 5th anyway.

Perhaps it's the pressure of 10 other players proposing a deal. Not sure.

well played alex

Why shouldn't he?

If any of the other stacks double through Roberto or Mick, then these two would be seriously crippled and unlikely to get a big pay-out.

I guess for most the players in this comp, the difference between winning 75k and 100k isn't that great, yet going home with 10k rather than 1k is huge.

45 min clock 10,000 chips its not that horrible a structure

However 240 players grinding away at pot limit makes it pretty likely you'll get crapshooty before the final table

This time last year, we were well into the final table by now

great poiny homer i think its a great deal for these guys remember some of this lot got into this tourny for 100 quid

V ggod post from a man on the scene.I couldn't agree more. YTF would you want the government to have legislation on the way we choose to chop up poker money?

Nail/head interface.

There was no pressure - the Deal was tabled by one player in a quiet & logical way. No raised voices, no arguments, it's clear they ALL wanted to redistribute the Prize Money. They fiddled with the detail for a while, but the agreement in principle was accepted almost immediately it was tabled. It was smiley-smiley happy-happy all the way, from everyone.

thought u wud be in bed matt bit late for u

the reason these deals are done, must be blamed on the casinos, they must make the prizes less top heavy,

to be fair, first prize was down to 33% of the prize fund, its not like the 40% it was.

Just cheering zippy on there bungle :-0
oh and distributing bad beats on the yanks. C U in dublin m8s

chipleader or shorty I would have taken that deal.

my nick name is not bungle nick will tell u my new nickname im waiting to get it copyrighted lol

Well you answered the question yourself, they could agree to the deal later if they do lose some of their chips. All I'm saying is that the deal is -EV for the big stacks, no doubt about it, and massively +EV for the shortest stack.

I do understand of course that people like the idea of locking up £10k though and well done to all involved.

Is this the nick name coined by Bradshaw? it's not pc... you'll be eating pig next  :D
Love u man.... Gooooooo on zippy

What folks forget is that "good structures" is a function of how much time there is available to play the Event.

With the time they had available, 2 days, (& two Flights on Day One due to capacity problems) it was simply not possible to have a better structure. Different, yes, but better?, I doubt it.

45 minutes is not ideal for a comp with a £100k Winners Prize, nor is missing out the 75-150 & 150-300 Levels - but how else do you fit a 240 player comp into 2 days when Capacity at the Venue is under 200?

I hope the 2007 renewal has two FULL Opening Days. Then they can do something with the structure & clock.

Given the time available, I think the Structure was as good as it could be made, give or take tinkering with the levels in a minor & subjective way.

I have just been speaking to Roberto, Mick and Tony Adderley (who came up with the deal) and they all were adamant that one outdraw, coinflip or cold-decked hand would cost them a lot of money. For example, Mike Quayle has just gone in 12th position he ran Tens into Matt Cartwright's Queens leaving him with just 700 left which shortly got him knocked out when he ran into the Peter Smyth's 10-high flush. Both Matt and Mike had fairly medium stacks and if either had gone out there they get just £2,000. Instead they're all getting £10,000 with a chance for a lot more.

The truth is everyone agreed to the deal fairly quickly, no-one really held out, and, and I really must stress this, the final two tables have been played in a geuninely pleasant and friendly spirit between all the players. No-one has been angling for more or anything else, so I applaud the players for making a logical and sensible deal for all concerned.

Me too - just a shame I went out 6 places too early  ::)

Spent the last two hours sitting on Roberto's left - motormouth doesn't even come close to describing him. Not one derogatory or negative remark though, just a masterclass in table talk.

All the players are happy with the deal, if some of the spectators are not, so what?

When sponsors put up prize money, and spectators pay to view, it will be a whole new ball-game.

Hi all,

New on here.. heard about it through BluSQ and thought i'd pop in to see what all the fuss is about.

The deals tend to happen in my experience of casinos when it gets ridiculously late... I also agree, I would've agreed to this particular deal11

THE SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW......COMETH.



GO BABY SHADOW ASLAM........................

;thankyou; ;izimbra; :respect:
Well put m8

gl 2 zippy

Let's not forget that they are still playing for a lot of money, it's not as if they split the whole prize pool.

lol fish where did u turn up from
ps i got a new nickname for u
6th7th8th

....meanwhile, Mick Fltecher is MURDERING his table. Raise, Raise, Re-Re-Raise.

He assures me he's not stealing. Had Aces 37 times in the last hour alone. He's up to 450k.

He's an awesome opponent once he garners a working stack.

Pmsl... class

Well put Red,.. Just a small point Tikay. If they have seating for 200 then the sats should have stopped when they reached that number. Good management means tough decisions, as you have just found out when you made a tough but right decision on the event in Scotland.  

I AM MEDIOCRE MAN.......................... CHEEKY D......RRR.....KKKKKKK........EEEEEEEEEEEE

Don't u come on here talking sense o'mahoney,,, keep your astute and accurate opinions to your self u selfish tosse..... x

Is there a picture of Mick Fletcher available?

ARIF IS HERE  he just brought some tucker we just broke fast ash.........  im down to 3 stone with this sponsored ramadan ..........

dont know how he does it he has put 6 stone on......

lol tucker at this this time of nite?

gl zippy n fletcher ;goodvevil;



reyaaz mulla.

Don't gloss it up Matt.........he he

Is:                                    Was:

1st  £75,000                   £100,000
2nd £45,000                     £56,000
3rd  £32,000                     £37,500
4th  £18,700                     £18,700
5th  £14,000                     £14,000
6th to 11th £10,000    6th  £10,000     
                                 7th   £7,000
                                 8th   £5,200
                                 9th   £4,000
                                10th   £3,000
                                11th   £2,500

i think people are forgetting in the early stages of a pot limit tourney it takes a while for a lot of players to settle down with the, raise, re-raise,re- re-raise, and it still aint 1000 in the pot ....pot limit imho is a more slower and SKILLFULL game that takes more time than no limit as to the raise, re-raise all inn business i think the structure was good the field was good BUT ,i woulda put flight 1a on friday night 1b saturday afternoon and final 110  ish start saturday night ,,,then final sunday,but who am i i wasnt in it lol

(http://www.blondepoker.com/files/images/Mick%20Fletcher%20Winner_0.jpg)

were  4 hours behind in royal kingdom of preston..
any news of zippys chipstack.

Well yes Denis, that's correct. But......

What happened here was that they wanted to Guarantee a nice "headline" figure - a £300,000 GUARANTEED Pool, & £100,000 GURANANTEED to the winner. Nominally, that is, pre the players puttng their oar in.....:)

It's so easy to knock the organisers of these things, & I'm very supportive of Grosvenor & Blue Square, on the whole. But Commercial Gaming Organisations DO think in very strange ways. It's like we MUST say £100,000, or £250,000, or £500,000, or £1,000,000.

You see, £93,000, £219,000, £473,000 & £912,000 don't - in THEIR eyes - have the same appeal!

So, the large number of players arose as they were trying to ensure that the Guarantee was "covered".

Anyway, it's been 2 months of great fun, imo. I love his Comp, but I do hope they give us an extra day next year.

I think there are pro's and cons to both No Limit AND Pot Limit. Personally Pot Limit doesn't seem to suit me. I don't like the fact that your pre-flop raises can attract several callers, it's hard enough to outplay or put 1 or 2 players on a hand, never mind several. For this reason, I think hitting flops is so much more imoprtant in Pot Limit, and hitting hands contains a large luck factor.

Cheers Snoopy

When we kicked off, the board said 120k for 1st. Was this an error, or could the software not handle some of the additional prizes?

Would you like a picture of me too?

That really is less of a deal and more a flattening of the prize-structure anyway.

Would rather some other puppies

                           ZIPPY JUST DOUBLED UP ON 200K    ;goodvevil;

very well put snoops,,your not as daft as i thought hehe you are very right in what you say thats why you need to read your oponents well in the earl stages to see what chit there playing lol good point m8

One of the dealers said it was because the computer system was programmed to pay out that way and that they didnt know how to manually change it yet.

The figures quoted by Walsall Grosvenor were correct from the outset. My figures were purely hypothetical, to make a point.

Ayarrrrrr... goooooo on the shadow

                           GET IN ZIPPY

"Hypothetical"  is that what that magician does to make people stop smoking.

there is only one shadow ..............


you may call him baby shadow.......



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ANY FURTHER MISUSE WILL BE DEALT WITH THROUGH OUR LEGAL TEAM...BRADSHAW DARKSTER AND PLUMB

       AND BY ACCRINGTON OUTLAWZ _X
         


                FEATURING ASH HUSSAIN N ZIPPY ASLAM

tikkay is romanello starting to get on there nerves yet? now watch him go into overdrive, he wont stop .it do get on your nerves after a bit but hey what the heck if its allowed ,then use it i think table talk is fab so long as your not rude ,who you hurting?????

Yep, Zippy doubled thru Roberto, Q-9 vs 6-6, a queen on the flop and another on the turn. Roberto was down to 60k but has stolen a few blinds to get up to 130k. blinds are 8k/16k

I would like to apologise.... have i got 10%?

Indeed, Zippy has doubled through. He has a remarkably aggressive game. No offence to Ash, the Rankings Leader, but if  a stranger appeared on the scene & watched them both play (Ash & Zippy) they'd be forgiven for not knowing which was the better player, they both have great, but very different, game.

Another who has caught the eye - I think snoopy gave him a shout-out earlier - is Peter Smyth. He has nearly 300k now. Very quietly does he go about his work, this fella, but he just keeps raking in little Pots - lots of them.

At the other end of Peter's table is Roberto - now there IS a contrast. King of Speech-Play, though it's NOT malicious or rude, just non-stop in yer face. Welsh, see? Another great player.

Here's the remaining two tables.

true i could say the same about u and that old fella with blonde hair on poker 425 lol

WHAT ANOTHER COMPANY WERE U SIT ON YER FAT SCONHEAD ASS AN WATCH THE MONEY COME IN...................................................NEVER.......................;)

WELL talking about ash n zippy.
they r both great great great players. ASH is just a touch better but the more zippy plays the better he gets.
so my vote goes 2 ash only just 55/45%
any1 agree

Who needs a magician to help us stop smoking?!

Anyway, I've ventured an opinion or two, & I can sense the keyboards are getting warm, so I think I'll cut & run. I'm a little under the weather, mainly lack of zzzz's I think, so I'm afraid our Hero Floppy will have to fly solo for the Final. Sorry Floppy, but you can do it, & the blondes are most grateful to you.

So, with a big thank you to Grosvenor, Blue Square, the Dealers & Staff & Valets, and to Floppy & Chili for the Updates, I'm outa here, & gonna wind my weary way home. Floppy will take you through to the end.

Goodnight all, see you soon.

Lol and on that bombshell.... \i 'll call u tomorrow m8... Gl baby....mick and wp all....
Fantastic updates blonde... tk your the man and NOT the man who knows the man.... YOU ARE THE MAN

g NITE ALL... X

Roberto has gone from a shorty 60k to 250k without showing a hand. Rather impressive.

do u hav a chip count please

james gubb out

Thanks for the updates, as always...what a fantastic service.

WHO R U AMJ.............

nobody can touch the shadow ,,,,,,,, the only thing he cant do is match my consistent 6th 7th 8th place final finishes.....

or back to back euro finals.......;)  infact they are bothfrom the same trout lake......... its just pure luck ash zip and accy stanley.

im zippy brother

ahhhhhhhhhh...  you ok mate ......you are the best out of the 3;)

no really just play abit of poker here n there

I was knocked out of the London Poker Masters by Zippy. At the time I thought he had a great game, very aggressive. Was on his table at the start of the comp and at the end. That's why I put a £25 each way bet on him in this comp. Go Zippy!  8)

Great job with the updates again by the way!  ;topman;

What price you get on that?

Jamie Gubb has gone in 11th place, he got short and hoped that his  6h 3h was live against the button raise of Matt Cartwright. It was but they failed to improve against the  Kc Qs that Matt held.


Shortly afterwards, Andy Miles, who hasn't picked up a hand in the last hour or so, pushed in blind to Roberto's button raise, but his Ad 2s was dominated by Roberto's Aspades 7s. And the Ts 2d 7c 7d 4c board finished him off.

There is now a redraw and a break for the final table. I'll get seating arrangements, chip counts and pictures shortly.

Unlucky but well played mate!!

How much did he get?

You may be flying solo, but you're doin a great job Jessie.

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cheers

I just have snoopy.... tyvm ;)

Damn fine job Floppy, what are you on ?   ;tightend;

Wizz?

Just arrived back home, the A14 is a crappy road that is next on my "to Nuke" list after Eindhoven and France ...

I had a cracking weekend, lots of laughs and entertainment.

Great job on the updates floppy  ...... Now tell em who I predicted would go deep in this comp right from the start :)

well played Milesy, top performance, shame u missed that final table but well done mate.

Read the points on the structure with interest, I think Tikay is right, they did as well as possible, but I thought it thought it took something away from an excellent tourney. Maybe another potential solution could be playing regional first days, with one in the north, one south, and then the day two players coming together somewhere more central like lovely walsall the following weekend or something. Something needs to be done....

Ok here's the final table:

Seat 1: Anthony Hughes -- 139k
Seat 2: Matt Cartwright -- 406k
Seat 3: Roberto Romanello -- 369k
Seat 4: Mick Fletcher -- 494k
Seat 5: Peter Smyth -- 287k
Seat 6: Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam -- 140k
Seat 7: Alan Dean -- 159k
Seat 8: Darshan Sami -- 73k
Seat 9: Tony Adderley -- 328k

So Roberto will carry on torturing [with his speech play] Peter Smyth, whilst watching Mick, Matt and Roberto clash with super-aggressive styles which make it interesting.

There's a 15 minute break now and I'll try and get photos when they restart. (Maybe in the meantime I'll infiltrate the finalist area and steal from the buffet, mwahahahahaha.)

gl roberto and anthony,,ul to jamie ,,,it just goes to show we dont just mine for pot noodles ,,,,,cmon the welsh

13 way deal???   FFS!!

Now dont get me wrong, I CAN understand WHY the deal was done, I just dont like it - although as Red Dog has pointed out, what difference does it make weather I agree or not as I am not one of the players involved.

I know what I want to say on the subject, I just cant get the words right without sounding judgemental, so I think I will leave it at that.

the 13 way deal does seem a bit OTT. but then again in THAT situation I know I would've accepted it no problem!!

FLOPPY did you get my personal message m8?

Floppy you have and are doing a fantastic job here tonight, you are a complete  *g

That's Matt Cartwright, one of my picks!!!!!!!

BTW i'm on page 7 of 21 so bear with me :D

£10,000

Everyone down to 6th gets £10k now.

OK having thought about it, I can see no other reason than "peer pressure" that has made the chip leader agree to this deal. What other reason can there be?

The deal has been done for monetary reasons of the short stacks as the diff is so great in the prize money at the lower places- I understand that.

I also understand that the tourney had become a bit of a crapshoot, BUT the deal has INCREASED the crapshoot factor has it not? I mean, the short stacks have NOTHING to loose now until the money starts to increment up again. Fair point?

Now the C/L may (well not may,, WILL DEFINATELY) get callers from short stacks that he otherwise would not have got - increasing those "outdraws".

Even in the short space of time playing live, I have noticed that deals have become MORE often and MORE players left reaching a deal. 3 years ago , the most I saw was a 3 way deal. NOW you have all 9 at a final table making deals, even 13 as is here!! Where will it end? Make the money and split it 27 ways equally????

Hope that sounds ok

Grand job floppy!

Glad to see you never deserted us like that TK and Chilli!

Anyway, my best is calling me.  I have an early start in the morning and need at least 6hrs kip or I'll be a moany git at work.

Let he among us who is without sin cast the first stone.....

fancy that.. Paul raging off on one because a deal was made

Next time you are at the final table all you have to say is "no deal chaps".. and that is it. Why let other peoples actions bother you... its not like you should have any reason to be annoyed

"Look! Up there! It's a bird...."

i think it was not a deal. just a better way of paying the money out. 240 runners £2.000 for final table  spot is not very good in a big one like this

Seat 1: Anthony Hughes

Seat 2: Matt Cartwright

Seat 3: Roberto Romanello

 :goodpost: ;welcome;

Seat 4: Mick Fletcher

Seat 5: Peter Smyth

Seat 6: Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam

well said mr very trying boy i think it was a pretty ok deal to be honest it hasn hurt first to much,,and besides its there money that they are now playing for so its upto them how they chop it imo.....

thx u red dog  

Seat 7: Alan Dean

Seat 8: Darshan Sami

Seat 9: Tony Adderley

it was not the same with out u there sofa king

Kindly say to "the hammer" (Matt)  hello from Ginge. :D
Ask him if he's seen shotgun lately....

lucky your not there sofa the world is not ready for u and rob on same table 2s 3s

And Darshan Sami is our first casualty and goes out in 9th place winning £10,000

He was short and made his stand with  8d 8h, Mick Fletcher called him with  Kc Jc.


Board:

 Kd Kh 6d Ahrt 7c

why thankyou m8, but as it takes to get a seat, is not all skill you need luck in this game too. and if your form aint that clever ,,well you might as well stay home m8 .but thanks anyway. i think the welsh have done us proud this week and the 2 that are left will just show the country that wales is producing player after player as the nations cup showed hehe.

 ;tk; yes mr fish  er

whats the old git for ????

anthony( im not from wales im a taffy )just doubled up off matt cartwright

As I was typing that there was another all-in called.

Anthony Hughes moved the last of his stack on the river of a  Jh Jc 6d 3c 7c board and Matt Cartwright called. I believe most of the chips had already gone in on the turn.

Anthony:

 Kh Jd

Matt:

 5s 5d

So Anthony doubles up and Matt takes a hit.

I can't help noticing that the "new" payout structure bears more than a passing resemblance to the first APAt live tourney.

 :dontask:

X 10 though

so what are you saying?

I don't see it...

Roberto just had Tony Adderley all-in but Roberto had  Aspades Kd and Tony had Ahrt Kh and no flush potential was even hinted at on the T-T-4-6-Q board.

Next Roberto min-raises to 32k one off the cut-off. Peter Smyth pots to 120k from the button. Roberto folds

Then Anthony Hughes pots UTG to 56k and Peter re-pots to 236k (I think) and Hughes mucks.

6th to 13th all got the same money  ;sleep;

Alan Dean is OUT in 8th place winning £10,000

Peter Smyth raised from the cut-off, Zippy re-raised from the button and Alan moved in from the small blind. Peter got out of the way and Zippy called.

Alan:

 Qc Qd

Zippy:

 Ad Aspades

Board:

 8h Ac Kd Ahrt 2d 2d

And Quads for Zippy has put him up to into contention with over 300k now.

When did I rage off??

And when did i say I was annoyed?

I didnt. I am not. I just expressed an opinion and put out some ideas for discussion.

Also, Tom, what exactly did you mean? Speak English man not riddles!! Remember English is not my strong point! lol

Sorry Paul, just trying to be a smart ass (and failing) It's just that I remember you doing a deal on a final table when it suited you.

BTW, I don't buy all that peer pressure malarky. Anyone who can battle his way to a ft in a big event isnt going to roll over just because someone looks at him sideways.

In a 3-way raised pot between Peter Smyth, Tony Adderley and Roberto Romanello see a  7h Js 9h board.

Peter bets 96k, Tony folds and Roberto moves all-in for 143k more.


Peter calls with  Kh Qh which is ahead of Roberto's  Qs Th

Turn:

 4d

River:

 3h

Giving Peter the flush and the chip lead and meaning Roberto Romanello is OUT in 7th place winning £10,000

Looks like a sensible deal to me given the situation.

They've managed to secure themselves a healthy payday and leave substantial prizes for the top places without taking too much gloss off.

Of course it may get renegotiated later, but that's their pejorative..

Yes Red, I did do a deal recently. A 4 way deal when there was a massive chip leader and us 3 had similar 10(ish) x BB and the deal meant I locked up 2nd place money. HATED doing it as well - Just ask TK (he was one of the other 3) I never suggested that deal and it took them a little while to convince me to take it.

The point I was trying to make (without sounding judgemental) was that the deal done in this event HURTS the chip leaders greatly in my opinion., not the prize money wise, but the obvious attitude change of the guys in 13th to 6th place and the subsequent chip redistribution that will follow.

I said origionally that I can understand the 13th to 6th place people agreeing to this deal, but I fail to see ANY benefit in the chip leader agreeing to it. (again without judging the chip leader because what he does IS his own business)

You are perfectly entitled to your opinion, (and may I say you expressed it very eloquently) But the fact remains, YOU agreed to your deal, THEY agreed to theirs.

and as i sayed befor it not a deal  just paying the prize money as the players  like

unlucky,,,,,,,,,  roberto romanello ,,,,,,,,,,,you have done well, and now you have done what you set out to do ,,,,,had a lot of fun and enjoyed yourself,this is a big part of the game which i feel is going down hill it all seems to be money ,money,money well its not,its about having great fun and a good laugh ok and the money .but well done m8 see you tuesday and wish anthony luck from me m8

Very true that Tom, very true.

The deal itself (being done) was not what I had an opinion on, it was that it changes the competition greatly until there are 5 left BECAUSE £10k is now locked up. Even Mr TK does not like savers (documented on blonde threads twice) because it "alters" the structure and decision making of the short stacks and hence can have a massive effect on the tournament as a whole.

But to be personally attacked for having a diferent opinion from someone else is just wrong.

Anyways, nuff said.

Great updates as usual

Im off to bed.

GL to those playing - and well done to them on a nice little payday

Matt Cartwright has suggest another deal with payouts of £50k (Mick Fletcher) £45k (Peter Smyth) £38k, £30k and £30k. But that's yet to come to fruition. As they were talking, Anthony Hughes, the shortstack, raised UTG and Zippy put him all-in.

Anthony:

Qd Qh


Zippy:

As Qc

Board:

Tc 2c 6d 2d 4h

Will another deal be done? It's certainly possible...and they're still talking about it.

I doubt if the person who exited in 14th place likes the deal  ;goodvevil;

I doubt if the person who exited in 5th place liked yours.

yes well done rob going to london with me as done your game a lot of good lol  well done m8

29th me £500 i like more lol

lol TOM - you got me, and if my memory serves me correctly, it was HIM that suggested that deal! So I guess he liked it even less

i think you did well going down to 400 chips when the blinds were 400-800 you either got lucky or stole them hehe anthonys still with a shout

Anthony Hughes is OUT and is our 6th placed finisher winning £10,000

He raised from the button with 9h 9d, Matt Cartwright re-potted from the small blind and Anthony pushed with Matt covering him by just 5k. Matt showed them cowboys Ks Kd and the board came:

2d 6d Kh Js 3c


5 players remain, blinds are 9k/18k.

i wish i lasted a tad longer.out 32nd in this micky the assasin he had a9 vs my ak hit 9..:(

yes j  got to go to bed see u soon m8 if u talk to rob tell him well done night all

Breaking News!!!!


I've stolen some cherrycake from the buffet. It's rather nice.

have a good holiday m8 you deserve it

very unlucky ant very well played m8 see you tuesday wdone,,,,and gangster loosen up a bit lol wd m8 ul

hehehe ty sofa

played really well just ran into some big hands tday..was ab 8th after day 1..just few bad out draws and mick and roberto were hitting evrrythng on my table..table of dooooom..lol

hav u got the chip counts plz homer

ul m8 and welcome to blonde are you coming to cardiff festival in a few weeks ?should be good m8 a bit like the swansea one remember??

yes.was talking about that to friend tonight yes il be there

i must be due win in big event lol..more places than anythng..just cant seem to get to winners enclosure..maybe cardiff!!..:)

Chip Counts.

Matt Cartwright -- 522k
Mick Fletcher -- 356k
Peter Smyth -- 572k
Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam -- 436k
Tony Adderley -- 529k



Mick's dip comes mainly having to call a Tony Adderley all-in with Ac Tc against Tony's pocket 4's which held up. We're now on a short break during which they are discussing a second deal.

Ok, revised structure for remaining five places has been agreed.

1st  £67,000
2nd £45,000
3rd £32,000
4th £20,000
5th £20,000

Hey floppsy! Wazza blinds please?

Ta muchly.

That should settle the nerves? lol

flopsy what are the blinds and chip counts now please

Matt Cartwright takes down a big pot, a raise preflop is called by Peter Smyth, with 100k in the pot board comes:

9s 5h 8s

Peter checks, Matt bets 40k, Peter raises to 80k, Matt re-raises to 350k and Peter quickly mucks.

Roberto behind me says, "Matt had Aces, and he was drawing."


Blinds are 10k/20k for the next 7 minutes and then they'll be 11k/22k.

I'll get you some chip counts now but...Hark! I hear applause, someone is out...

Has tikay entered the building?...

Mick Fletcher is OUT and is our 5th placed finisher winning £20,000

He was getting short and moved in against Tony Adderley's preflop raise. Tony calls.

Mick:

 Aspades Kh

Tony:

 Kc Ts

Board:

 Tc 9h 7d 4d 2s


And then there were four....

Correction. Tony called Mick's preflop raise and his all-in on the T-9-7 flop

Meanwhile in Chippy Count Land (approx):

Matt Cartwright -- 745k
Peter Smyth -- 600k
Zippy -- 570k
Tony Adderley -- 500k


Blinds have actually gone to 12k/24k. They've just change it on the clock.

Another deal has been done. £40,000 each with the remaining £4,700 and the trophy to the winner.

HUGE pot.

Matt raises to 84k from UTG, Peter passes, Zippy re-raises to 192k, Tony moves all-in. Matt passes, Zippy calls and is all in himself.

Tony:

Ahrt Kd

Zippy:

Qd Qc

Board:

2h 9h 5c 7s 3h


Zippy is the chippy leader and Tony was down to 25k but managed to get up to 100k after his Jc Th was good vs the other three players on a Js 3c 8d Ks 5c board.

Tony just doubles up again with Ks 4d against Zippy's Ahrt 7s. The board came 2-3-5-6-x

wat time can they play until
nice updates homer

Tony Adderley is OUT and is our 4th place finisher winning £40,000

Zippy raised from the small blind with Ahrt Js and Tony moved in with Jd Ts, Zippy immediately called.

Board:

2c 7d 3h 7s 6h



They got til 5.30am, blinds are about to go to 14k/28k

Anyone still up?

(http://ken-gilbert.com/images/newfunny/holla-politician.jpg)

Holla if you hear me!

Peter Smyth is OUT in 3rd place winning £40,000

Short, he raised from the small blind and Zippy put him all-in.

Zippy:

Ac Js

Peter:

As 7c

Board:

4c 8h 5c 8c Ad


Zippy and Matt Cartwright are now heads-up, Zippy has a huge chip lead.

im with u till the end mate keep up the good work

tell zippy to bring the trophy to accrington we r very short of trophies up here

wat r the chip counts plz

It's all over...

Matt Cartwright is our 2nd placed finisher winning £40,000

In a brief heads-up battle all the chips went in preflop...

Zippy:

Ad 9c

Matt:

Ac 7h

Board:

Tc 3d 8s Jh 7c

Which gave Matt a pair but Zippy the straight which means...

0 & 2,500,000

lol ur wrong 2.4m

great updates homer after being left on ur own
i will buy u a drink next time i see u

any chance of some pics before u go

The Winner of the Grovsenor Grand Prix 2006 is Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam collecting £44,700 in prize money


Congratulations to Zippy who played incredibly well, had his big hands hold up and was even able to come back from just 39k when the blinds were 5k/10k.

A worthy winner you must agree. And here he is with all chips in the world...

Go on because you asked.

Here he is:

1) Working the Media

2) Posing VERY Still

3) Deciding Matt Cartwright's trophy is better looking than his.

And that is everything. Before I head off home, I'd like to congratulate Zippy, but also all the other finalists who played the game in a great spirit (and were really helpful giving me chip counts). Also thanks to Chilli and Tikay who soldiered through the last two days with me and managed to keep me going too. Also, big thanks to Walsall Grosvenor, Dani, Zack and the rest of the cardroom staff and team who helped us with player listings, an area to work in, and who were always willing to help us out with anything else. Very much appreciated. :)up


That is it in a nutshell, hope you guys haven't missed Snoopy and Jen too much, they'll be back soon. Anyway I'm off to get some sleep. :D

 ;stickaforkinme;

Holy ****!

Zippy's just won me over £4200! I need to buy him a drink!!!!! Great result for both of us Zippy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;woohoo;

Cracking updates as always!

nice % swap mate, :-)

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/4617 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/4617)

Wasn't a % swap Pab. I put £50 on (£25 each way) on Zahir with Blue Square. Was so impressed by his play at the Poker Masters I thought 151/1 was excellent value. ...it was  8)

sweet, nice bet, u do owe him a drink, lol

way to go baby shadow

wow i just saw this,great result nick

nice1 zippy
(& vodka red bull).... :D

Actually Paul, my general view has not been that I don't like savers. It's that savers affect the subsequent play. There's a world of difference between those two views.

Wonderful Update Floppy, thank you. My apologies that I had to depart at around Midnight.

And BIG congrats to Zippy, who's game jusrt keeps improving every week.

TK thats my view exactly.

And if you think a saver changes the subsequent play, do you not agree that the "lock down" of £10k for 13th to 6th GREATLY affected the subsequent play? - THAT was the point I was trying to make.

Not once did I say the deal was wrong - as it is not for me to say "right" or "wrong" as I was not involved.

Yes, of course it affected the play. That's the only reason I "won" the £750 at Luton - the game played different after we did the deal.

I say again......

I don't, generally, have a problem with savers. I have done scores of them.

Savers affect the play of the game. I don't have a problem with that, generally.

A very great many things affect subsequent poker play. It is up to players to make the necessary adjustments to their game to best suit the new conditions.

As has been said before, no one ever has to agree to a deal/prize structure alteration. If any player feels that a deal would not be to their advantage, they can refuse.

well done zippy and all the others who made the big money.
my take on the deal- if people want to deal they will, if they don't they wont. I can't believe people keep harping on about deals like they are ruining the game, its our money and if we want to distribute it in what we see as a more fit way then thats our choice. Saying the chip leader must have been leaned on is also a joke, in this game a chip lead can be wiped out in a couple of hands( we have all been there). In the recent big omaha comp on stars I was chip leader approaching the bubble and out 2 hands later after twice flopping the nuts with cover, bad things happen in poker and 10k each for the next few out was a good deal imo. It wouldn't have changed the game dynamics that much as they were still playing for a 75k 1st prize. The chip leader when the deal was done was Mick and I can promise you he will not be leaned on in a deal (he is notorious for not being a fan of deals)- obviously with it turning into a crapshoot he felt it was the right decision.

Yeeeeee Haaaaaa n1 zippy

Really enjoyed this update, Shame i fell asleep around 3am,

Very well done guys and congrats to Zippy.

WOW well done Tony....£40k! Congrats m8.

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; :dd: :dd:

AAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome result for Matt, nice bloke and a very good player, also nice to see a Walsall regular take a big chunk of the cash!!
He was also one of my 2 tips :D
If Alrightjack reads this i did think it odd that Matt said he felt outclassed in the event the other week (he qualified thru Blusqr) as he has been a regular winner at Walsall and The Broadway for a while now.

I do have a question about the deal(s), Grosvenor introduced a rule a year or so back stating that deals were not to be approved/acknowledged by the card rooms, have they changed the rule back?
I think floppy said they froze the clock for deal making?

BlueSq/Grosvenor were taking pictures of Zippy with the £100,000 over-sized cheque, so I assume what you said is still the case.

zippy here,thanks 4 the support guys,and vodka u ou me more then just adrink,,,,,,thanks guys and see u all soon.........

congrats Zippy, fully deserved!  ;applause;

Excellent result Zippy. A worthy winner.

OK, 10 double VodkaRedbulls waiting at the next bar we're at  :cheers:

hi der mate,who are u?are u the guy who i knocked out 1 before the bubble at gut shot,wen u had   7d 9d,i had  Ad Qh.......

Zippy, yes that was me.  ;ashamed;  I was getting short and made a move on the only BB that I thought would still fold to my push! Almost got there until you woke up with that AQ grrrrr.  ::) - I don't mind so much now - he he.

Very well done again mate - While I'm buying you those drinks you can teach me how to play poker!  :)

well done zippy told u ud do it!
see u at our next festival hun???

lea x ;letsparty;

hi darling,you were rigth,get u a drink nxt time i see u babes......luv....see u at the nxt festival at walsall