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IS ANYONE PLAYING?

Im going to give it a chance, should be a big field

My guess is about 1300, will no doubt be the biggest ever prize pool on the internet, in fact, one of the "bigger" events in poker history full stop. Considerably more than most of the WPT events. Good luck "WSOPin06". I am off to bed later but I will listen to it on the radio when I wake up (details in PokerStars lobby before anyone asks!), assuming it will be going on for more than 10 hours. My guess is 14.5 hours, any advance on that?

yes im in done $2k in sats got to win it to get out of it.

good luck riverdave

Good luck Blondites!!!!

Prize pool has now cleared THREE MILLION dollars!!! Unreal......with 20 mins to go

Hazard a guess as to 1st prize at this rate?

.GL RIVERDAVE..

JB,


I looked on the PS lobby for info on the radio comment you made, but I can't see it - am I being thick?

Please tell me :)

It's doing me head in!

Heid
xx

I think this is right..when the tourney get's down to the last 2 tables there will be a link posted in the tournament lobby to the radio site

$800,000+

this would be a good time for the "rookie" (ME), to win my second major event, DC is also playing , good luck to everyone

Hey Rookie,

What's your Nick on PS again?

Heid
xx

flopit20

Ta :)

GL all Blondites :)

Heid
xx

3.6 mil already in pool, wow

I agree, maybe about $850,000 first prize. the prize pool has now cleared 3.6million !!!

Yes, I think it may be an hour or so before it is there, maybe even after the event has started. The radio show has broadcast for every event and has been pretty cool. They have had Barry Greenstein, Wil Wheaton, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Lee Jones and loads of other co presenters. THere is about a 30 second delay which I gather is so the players can not pcik things up! It is only the finla two tables they broadcast though.

thats a great idea, this is going to be a hell of a comp, how many from blonde are plaing?

1) riverdave
2) DC
3) flopit20 (me)

any others?

with PokerStars ID's as well please...

I have about 10% of the fee in my account, does that mean I can't enter the text boxes on Stars?

Yes, to speak at any table you must have at least an equal amount in your account

riverdave I think plays under the same name and I saw a kennydalglish so I assume that's DC

ya thats dc allright

im going to clash soon w/ the transit guy on my table

Running 5 mins and 3 out already. $2,600!!!

Also 2 siting out on DC's table, did they forget they coughed up this amount??

oh shit I got 7 4

flop a w a 4,,    shit

LOL

Who is Freeman  on DC's table, always seem to do well, from Birmingham   UK??

wow hit the flush w/ runner runner, bet out and took it down

I saw Rookie, he took his time before folding, shame he did.

Is that Birmingham UK or US perhaps?

Brian , you are seriouslyt gonna p*ss him off soon  ;D

shit 4   7 again

Did your 7 pair then?

what table you on brian

i keep flopping flush draws w/ a pair

i think 28, flopit20

Yes 28


$859, 050  for first!!

its all mine, i will let DC have 2nd

thats too much money, the game has gone mad. Whats happened to first prizes of £300. LOL

im gonna play some DC poker now, nice and slow, chip away

told u I would clash w/ the transit guy, he is not happy right now

ak, just called

dc just doubled w/ a set of 8

was a very nice move

The Camel is on table 45! Come on Camel!

Not sure about that, DC's hit 11,770 sweeties

that was just very bad

DC is up to 9th position, great work Dave. I would love to see him win this thing but with the name Kenny Dogleash, not so sure...... (Its a football thing guys)

Calm it Brian! Transit wants your skin

It's Liverpond stuff I think

i should have thrown it away after the flop

yeah that was not good.. JJ

H  e l l o  bundle

Why does my head keep going up and down when I see your avatar?

Does my head in

This is scary. Dave is sat at a table with a guy who I met at the cash tables in the Rio. Of all the tables... lol

hello baron

DEWI. I took it down for you before..but it was brought back by popular demand..I got more stick for pulling it down.. i'm easy about losing it..for thoses that hate it

Crikey they are playing tight!

You would think there was a big first prize or something....

Sup Brian. Lets see another bracelet yeah? Which table you on pal?

DC up to 13.3k with two pair - 10's and 2's

28

7 4 again

Good luck any Blondes playing this.  :D

Gotcha. Hit it strong.

folded i have had 7 4 four times already

Phil Ivey is on table 157, erguon love  if anyones intrested

well DC off to a great start, i made the 1 mistake that cost me $2,000, i have had 8 pocket pairs, 44, 55 three times, jj twice, TT, and 22

How did DC in the 500Euro at Barcelona last night Brian?

Tikay said he was flying at one stage...

dont know, i was out last night, anyone else know?

I think rickyhatton is connor tate  aka  sealey 12th in this years WSOP. going well, just behind DC

good luck camel

Same to you Brian

Keep going all. I would just just to see the Rangers (QPR) logo on the final table, gl Camel.....

can't see dc in this what table is he on?

160 - kenydalglish

grrr just flopped the nuts and couldn't get paid properly....

Still gets youback up there!  :) Nh

Damn, ul Brian - trip JJJ vs trip AAA.

woowwwoooowowo

f''''''' my jj just ran into AA to the transit guy, he flopped another a, i turned j fffffff  uuuuuu    ccccc

that just sucks, now i can open it up

Alright! ;D

Double up for The Rookie! 78 off does the job! Nice one!

ok here we go now, i had 22 when i went allin

you have to play when ther is $$$$ in the middle, 7 8 or what ever

Oh mate I'm not complaining. Good move. Keep it up.  ;)

watching you play is pretty frightening Brian....

Minor ish hit to DC. Down 2k after a river brought him 2 pair Q's and J's and his opponent the K high flush.

i know, well maybe someday i will learn my lesson, there was some history w/ the transit guy, he beat my pocket JJ twice now today

.... and that coming from the Camel!

If you aren't watching Robert, try it - it's really something else. :)

robert, i just had a feeling about that guy transit, shit ass lucky so far

He doesn't seem to be able to hold onto his chips at all.

Baron, I've been watching it on and off, I know I play far too tight and Brian is my antidote  ;D

I've got notes on transit... I reckoned he was a tricky and dangerous player...

Phil Ivey is out.

i would agree, i just knew we would have some fights  he won the 1st 2

look how fast the leaders go up, you must gamble and be aggressive or get cards early like DC did

What's Ivey's stars name?

A great cure! :)

Gus Hansen is in 8th now Broksi

erguon love. finished 1330th.

DC back to 15.5k. 55 on a board of 334Q4 saw over a 1k pot come his way.

every move i make is wrong, i have lost so much not seeing the turn, thats not like me

Unlucky Mr Camel. He is annoying me and I'm only watching.  :(

im going to keep my KOOL, stay calm, play tight and right

lucky he isn't in the same room as me!!! :P

Ouch 275, what happened to the Camel?

Well said Brian!!

Ignoramus with 44 made a set v Camels KK

He had KK on a rag board. A guy has trip 4's and decides to celebrate it like a class A fool.

Camel gone. Unlucky.

i dont think so, just played 5/ 7 off, had 3 more poket pairs, when i hit my set i will get paid big


fucccc   im out, what the ffffff,,, no luck at all

DC up to 18.5k and 12th

DC wins a 2750 pot. Up to 18.5k. ;D

Brian Wilson gone. Unlucky mate.

i had 2 overs openended w/ backdoor nut flush draw, A 8 of spades, other guy had AK clubs w/ 2 overs and nut flush draw

Bet you didn't think you had two over card when you went in with the K3

Bad news Brian, next time

DC is running over his table I think

I'd be interested to hear if DC liked having his table broken there. He was all over that 1st table too.

well my real mistake in this deal was the 1st time i had JJ and wasted 2,000 after a flop w/ an A.

I hope DC can pull through in this one that would be good for him ;D

Not bothered reading the whole thread but whos still in? Has isabelle changed her name on stars or is an imposter in 1st at the minute?

I think it does help a lot that the only other big stack on the table is to his right.

Isabelle Mercier is chip leader.

Sandy

Well according to the team pokertars page that's Isabelle.

Sandy

she has always played as mercedez before but good luck isa, she is a blondite after all

DC down to 16.9 after his opponent rivered a straight.

15.5k for DC. Large pot pre flop, ragish flop, opponent played it like an overpair, DC lays it down.

Brutal!!!!

DC raises one off button. Flop 3c9s9c. Caller checks DC bets three quarters of the pot to be called. Turn ace. Check check. River 7c. 1050 bet by the caller - DC calls quickly to be shown 9h3h!!!! Down to 12.7k

Back to 13.5k. Get in there Dave!

DC in a big multi way pot....

DC raises pre flop UTG to 450ish (Blinds 75-150) 3 callers.

Flop 5sQsJh. DC bets 1500 one caller.

Turn 3d. DC bets 4k odd. Caller moves all in.

DC shows AQ caller shows AJ spades.

River was a blank DC on 21k.

The big stack on DC's right is John Hennigan (jnoodles)  great player,  multi bracelet winner.

What I'm wondering is, do the more "famous players" (I hesitate to use the word better, not out of disrespect, but because it's very subjective to say who is a better player) know who each other is? Or do they each have an entire backroom staff bent on tracking down each other's pseudonyms (spellling?) ;D

You rubbing it in again Camel ? I wouldnt be playing stars if I made the final!
You will be glad to know I blew out 13th but Pascal was chip leader. He would probably go top of the rankings if he won it.

Ave stack 9.6k DC comfortable and steady on 21k in 50th spot out of the 770 remaining. (10th is only on 30k)

Picked up blinds once a round. No collisions recently.

Not at all...I have to read this thread to find out who people are...
I know John Shipley is saphire1 but thats about it
Anyone know who Mr Lucky 777 is ?

So little time, so many people to bokk... what can a boy do?

MrLucky is the best limit holdem player I've ever had the misfortune of playing heads up on Stars.

No idea who he is, but he could buy a rather nice motor with the dough he's taken off me....

DC someone posted a website about a week ago that had all the names, i cant remember it, good luck

tightenned  up now....the strategy was to play a lot of flops whilst the blinds were low compared to stack sizes see if I could flop some sets and two pairs but back to basics now

Hes not listed, some of others aint either, . If any" well known" appear on your table  ill post"

I have various sites which cover most.

http://damatrixpoker.blogspot.com/2005/04/pokerstars-z.html

list of players on here.

Phil Helmuth has a habit of using the word 'lucky' and '7' but he couldnt possibly beat you at limit...

i got the boots boys

You know what I say DC, JUST WIN BABY, JUST WIN ;D

Hellmuth plays far too tight to be chip leader at this stage of a big tournament dontcha think?

DC vs "World" Hennigan......

damn thoughyt hennigan had kings

http://www.thepokerdb.com/search.php?Name=D-Rockkk&submit=Search

you can see if they are a winning player on here.

I guess he was just testing me, an I told him what he wanted to know...the boy played well

Helmuth is #1_lucky_one

he is ray henson "mr lucky"

was that u on willhill keith? what happened?

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=35556

I've got a note on biotop.

It says "Bluffer Supreme"

But don't hold it against me if you call him down when he has quads, ok....

For those who missed it DC riased in early position. Flop 10 6 3 rainbow. DC bets after a Hennigan check - only to be reraised the minimum. DC has none of it and goes waaaaay over the top forcing Hennigan to lay it down.

Was what me on willhill?

You sorted him out good! 24k now for those reading.

Hey isnt this a bit dangerous..it asks for your email address, pokerstars name and a password !!!

i've had no grief from it.

just make something up.

in the gp qualifier? camelt0e

played like u, in every pot... did'nt win like u!

luckliu is still in low chipped tho around 4000+

love to stay up and watch some more, but some of us have to work for a living.

GL to any blondites still in.

Nope, not me.

I haven't even got a willhill account!

DC steadily motoring. 27.5k.

did you guys see the guy crack kk   w/ 4 7

DC, do you get the feling all the others on the table simply wish you weren't there?  ;D

Yep  ;D

stealing ur identity!

guess ur famous... people even name themselves after you on websites!

good luck DC

Thought you'd like that Bri.

Poker Bastard?? ;)

not at all whatever gives you that impression?

i hope bum bloody calls soon, he is getting on my nerves lol

Hi Kev, whasssup

Your steady increase at their expense and use of the big stack perhaps.

I think this table has too many steady players on it

Hiya Kiv  ;D

allright dave,  good luck for this one ... if you do REALLY well, Rob might let ya sit near the window at the next home game ;)

I've played against Nite404 quite a bit.

A very strong player.

Greg raymer is up there!

about 28k i think...

less than 600 still in, what was the story w/ the radio thing?

I think it kicks in at the last two tables

what radio thing?
Cheers Keith

I wouldnt bother wsop, there is a delay, drives u mad if u watching as well. its just commentry on the tables

i see there is a "Dreamer" from colchester ... i thought i was the only dreamer in colchester ... is it Mr. Rudling does anyone know ??

I had AQ there Keith should I have re-popped him ?

They do some commentary on the radio, might not be bad, Barry greestein and some other guys

I would definitely have folded.

But, I'm tight weak.

I guess I am too then  :-\

Think you've got a very tough table here.

People are giving their chips away like maniacs all over the place...and there is no madness going on here.

Let's hope for a table break...

yes I think I said that about 10 messages back

I_tilt_U is probably Illari who is in the same hotel as me.
what was Isabelle's screen name ?

No mercy

She's sitting 12th a.t.m.

DC  I think this is your night, its all good

Yeah it's a shame your last table was better.

New watermark. 28.5k.

I'm a bit tired now, can someone take over for an hour while I get 40 winks  ::)

may I suggest ironside? if hes still awake, that is.

lets hope he doesnt get AK ffs  ;D

no time for that , time to sleep after a good performance and a big $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I was ready for bed, now i have to stay up, 1 week w/ no beer and the gym everyday at 6am

Lol ;D

You're bluffing again Brian !

Dont u get the feeling on P Stars u can name the turn and river ::)  ref: A 10 vs KJ

whoops...what on earth was I doing there

nope, I have lost my mind, ive dropped 10 pounds, my goal is 25 pounds, only drink 1 night a week, and get back to the fun of playing poker for afew straight months. Its really not so bad, dont have those bad mornings anymore ;D

admit it you let Tikay play and he missread your hand  ;D

DC takes a shot at a 8k pot with AQ. Loses to KK. Still 21k.

I thought you were joking about the tight weak thing....

anyone know ironside's phone number????

table 131

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<<<ariston

Just read your sig Dave. :)

99 here

lampedusa is xavier lascalles.. french geezer who looks like a body builder.

yahtzem plays the $5k heads up matches.. very ticky player, prone to tilt though.

as for the rest...they are all yours.

DC defends his button like it was his BB with 99! Nice raise! His think would have had me sweating!

Anybody know of Steve Pick, and where the hell is Jessheim?

cheers mate...xavier plays too tight weak

dunno...but it looks like he may be ripe for a few re-raises...this could get scarey now

  NORWAY

As if he heard you

if you make a raise as a shorter stack should you not expect the possibility that the chip leader will put you allin?????????????

yahtzem is Alex Jacob,  whoever that is ??? ???

easy chips with resteal round the back IMO dave (especially v the scandie)

366 left, ave 20,400

I guess that a scarey possibility Bri

Anyone else noticed that the pokerstars table is sat on a dragon's back ?

It's head is bottom right.

Should suit a Welshman !

 ;)

Luckyliu just gone... shortstacked alnight but he played it really well!

this geezer has 87 THOUSAND !

i just think if you put a good chunck of your chips in you should be ready to call when the bully comes knocking ???

Before this hand he was a 13k chip leader.

Make that 20k

hang in there DC, remember the omaha in vegas, best poker I ever saw you play, you battled all the way to the final table ;D

he certainly knows how to play a big stack

GO DC

oh well, you gotta go through the big stack to get chips, we will seel

A couple of movers up the leaderboard

Pickled Egg - Dan Harrington (alledgedly)

Crazyplayer- Barry Greenstein also mimi tran known to use account

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

DC doubles 66 vs A9! He must have had his sunnys on!

could you hear us all screaming HOLD HOLD !!! LOL

cant believe he called me - I said it was gonna be scarey ... where is that nice quiet table that I had

now thats what im talking about

YOU DONT WANT QUITE, YOU WANT THE 100,000 CHIPS THAT JOKER HAS SO YOU CAN WIN THIS DAM THING ;D

Cant believe he called either! A9!

that was welsh humour Brian

I can't believe he called you... and it was instantly aswell!

He must've expected you to do it!

Now get that G.CONSTANZA guy... he has bullied well so far tho!

Wow, I'm just off the plane from Barca, & I get home to find THIS!

OK DC, don't panic, tikay's here to take over while you get some kip.

And what's all this "Tikay for Prime Minister" malarky? Just 'cos I got in trub with Mr Rubdown in Barca don't mean you can take the pith.

I can't access Stars at the mo - what's the current state of play for Dave?

I think this guy to your right could be a blessing.

big reraise with aj huh?

I dont care, i want resulys sir, its about time someone pushed you alittle, now lets go get the CHIPS and get the job done ??? ;D

anyone know who "Dreamer" from Colchester is ?? is it dave Rudling ??

Tikay ave stack 24k, DC has 30k, 300 odd left, 135 get paid.

he's heaping the pressure on people... eventually he was going to get caught!

29 310 tikay around 100th out of 300

oh NO ! uncle BOK has arrived  :(

nice to see you could join the party sir, now lets help DC get the job done

The Dreamwer is a regular in the $500 & $1,000 Stars SNG's. Nothing special about him in SNG's, but he seems to get results in MTT's.

lol Welcome back tikay!

It's Colchester USA.

Why the septics need to copy names from the homeland and not make up their own I don't know....

I got 4 7 Bri !

That's minister Kendall.

Blinds?

I just couldnt bring myself to move all in .... sorry

400 - 800, running ante too

blinds 400 800 and isa is sat with 45k as well tikay

Cheers Keith , that means im still the best player in Colchester England then ;)

The only one then  ;)

I just LOVE the atmo on blonde when we are all sweating a blondeite or two in an online comp. It don't get better than this.

w/ 4 7 ? please dont ever, i would kill myself, but 1 day you will see the light

new that sandwich move was coming!

That's like when they gave Flintoff the freedom of Preston.

A great honour.

But an honour noone wants.

oooooohhhh hark at robert, he lives on his own and is still only the second best player in his house ;)

Sandwich move? Wassat?

asumptive odds 47 is as good as an ak to reraise with

my nick on stars is wraptduck still alive good luck everyone that is left.

did anyone see flintoff pissed?

i just read harmos apology in the paper today for writing on his face... two pages out of it lol!

Can't believe there was a big fuss... we've all done hat have'nt we?

Bit like being a QPR fan you mean ? :)

Hi Tony. gl

I know I have Ian. Tony G too your left dave...defo sandwich play that last one....no more limping sir

good luck tony ggggggggg

How many Chips TonyG?

TonyG was running nicely in the Barca EPT until he picked up Aces against 4's.......

38k

Not those dreaded 4's again Tikay?!?

nearly 40k

The Ship just sank  :(

just bluffed conza with no clubs at all

is Dave still inn? how did he do in the last Barca event?

TonyG has 38k? Excellento. I been giving him lessons, too.

Now I ask again - WHAT IS A SANDWICH MOVE?

Is tonyg messing he was just the reraise guy!

Sandwich move is when you go and make a sandwich, run back to computer find aces and quickly move allin before time runs out...

I think that explains it perfectly  Mr Kendall!

Kev you came 22nd in a 200today on betfair did'nt you? highest from colchester and burnley!

I take it all back DC nice bet into the bully w/ the 4 clubs out there, very nice

theres nowt wrong with Preston Poker basta...... I mean Camel

OK logged womble out I may as well post in my own name.....gl dave,isa and tony

You had no clubs? Nice. Tony and Dave 2 seats apart.

GL DC and others still left in

I knew u would fold the first raise was the risk, I had a decent hand 1-8

The Hood is Scott Gray , i think

very very very very nice MR DC

ANOTHER nice reraise from DC. 35k now, motoring....

yeah Vidal, my AQ ran into AA :(  kev O'connell was 6th but i didnt do too bad

the hood who has just arrived is scotty gray beware u2

were u hiding in shame after last night russ!

mmmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhwwwaaaaa

begining to become a tough table this now!

M3Boy? You not forgotten them trip 4's - one set for you, one for me - in the GP Qualifier then! Nick Gibson's fuming at me too for busting his Aces with QQ. Says I should not have played the hand. But I was ON FIRE - busted out At-it, see.

Unlucky John Shipley, he generally runs well in these.

nothing to hide for Ian. I make that 3-1 to me so far....and q8 always beats qj on a queen high board mate- u keep playing me that way  ;)

Are you sure thehood is scott gray?

Don't think you are right.

Hopefully see you there tikay, a few weeks to go to qualify

more likely to be Jason Gray...or Mick Stanton

he used to play as plumberpat but i thought he changed his name to the hood. not played much on stars lately but I remember reading something somewhere....although it is late

 I thought Scott Gray was plumberpat

now i've explained the sandwich move to u, i'm in deep trouble when we lock horns again on the net!

Its my only move i'm always making sandwichs!!!! lol

At-iT... still can't believe how lucky you were lol! and not the qq qq or 44, it was the j10 an q8 monsters vs me... surely i must be on a % it looked like chip dumpin lol

I hope so Paul (M3Boy). We need PLENNY of blondeites in the Grosvenor Grand Prix. How's the gorgeous Charmaine?

The Hood is Jason Grey my mate

She is very well m8 ty - recovering nicely (bandages come off wednesday)

ok i stand corrected tony, scott plays mainly on crypto now anyway

ok 15 minute break...I am lying 95th ...243 left
Tony G is similar

15 minute break .... bloody pampered, these players ;)

the money went in on the turn! i don't call any sizeable bet if i don't hit...

 2-1 in holdem! i tried to bluff a fiseher in omaha... and we all no how u like to fish!

Yes its Jason, well i got the surname right. :-[

Is there a buffet ??

Scott Gray always used to play under the name PlumberPat or PlumberBob or similar

Theres no chocolate left in the fridge !!! I'm gonna starve

Anyone know any jokes while we're waiting?

Surprisingly enough, there's loads of chocolate in my fridge.

Ariston's pretty funny. QPR's another joke.

Ians heads up game??

ya , did you see the way I played the JJ both times I got them today ;D

Everyone take the opportunity to register fo rthe huge free roll Titan Poker event. This will be huge if we get over 100 before october 1st the prize money will be $10,000 added. plus the the bounties will also increase to $1000 for me and El Blondie.  Just click on the banner on the home page and deposit $20 to be inn, its all automatic no password required.

Wonder when The Poker Bastard is going to write his next article

Any ideas Kieth ;)

JUst because the poker bastard always updated his log at the same time and on the same day as keith doesn't mean..........

hey tikay can you find out who won the 500.... Keith wants to know if he is still tops...
and he is making me jealous again...I wonder if I can order chocolate via room service ?

What type of shampoo does a cockney use?


Pantene. :-\

If its automatic why are people mailing me asking for a password ?

yeah russ u got msn? we'll arrange on there

Do you honestly think I would be stoooopid enough to update both blogs on the same day?

If it was me, I would tell you. It's not, so I won't.

no chocolate for me DC, i just had a healthy bowl of cereal w/ some fruit, maybe you need a better diet ???

keith would just slag everyone off on his own lol...

play the 3000 at half past aswell russ

no password needed just deposit $20

I thought it was: how much does a cockney spend on shampoo?

Yeah that really does work better. I'll just sit here and be silent. Coat in hand. Taxi en route.

COME ON THE DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

email me ian or invite me onto msn, my email is in my profile

All the talk of sandwiches has resulted in me making a cheese and pepperoni one, lovely!

All the best DC and Tony.

So far 4 hands, 4 all ins.....

dont mention pepporoni...now I want a pizza

Blinds are 600 1200 now, people tend to panick for no reason Imo. DC still got 20+bbs and is comfy

Huge hand for Tony G. JJ vs AQ wins a 34k pot!!!

Nice one!

just got moved away from the best player in Europe, and took a big pot on the way, in great shape now

table 120

Crazyplayer is Barry Greenstien, THAT IM SURE OF

The €500 in Barca Dave? Well I don't know who WON it, but what you really wanna know, is did Pascal win it.....!

No, he did not!

Steve Vladar, who got 7th, said Pascal busted out earlier, in rather odd circumstances.

Pascal had a HUGE pile of 1k chips, with another tidy pile of 5k chips to the LEFT of the 1k stack. There's no action, Juha Helppi, to Pascal's right is in the SB & Pascal the BB. It gets to Juha, who, only seeing Pascal's 1k chips, moves in from the SB with T-7. Pascal calls in a shot with A-J, & Juha hits his 7. Pascal is down to the felt, & exits next hand.

TonyG over on table 72.

For those not watching Dave is at his left.

shame.......

crazy player is Barry

dpommo is Dubai, hes been playing quite well so far

Makes sense, his picture is the front cover of Barry Greenstein's book.

dpommo is david pomroy, a vey talented young player who plays mainly cash on betfair. He is gonna win a huge event this year and knows every move in the book. He is prepared to bluff on all streets and is very dangerous imo.

Tony G 70k

A little more sincerity please Keith.....

its Dubai and pommo

Dubai's at the wheel

I knocked Barry out of the PLH earlier in the week

Even worse if dubaii is there as well. Dubaii could be a fantastic player if he could avoid tilting on stupid baseball bets etc. If they are both sat together they could go close in this.

But dpommos hand will be on the handbrake I can promise you  ;D

Dreamer is ON FIRE.... Nut str8 v AA, & KJ v KK takes him to 135k.....

dpommo is thumbing a lift

A Colchester explosion

And next hand JJ takes Dreamer to 157k....!

Have the blinds suddenly jumped to 20k or something? they are dropping like flies now ffs

Actually Tony I'm only joking.

I had a chat with someone yesterday who catergorically stated that 4 players in the top 10 currently have done deals which have not been reported.

If true, and I have no reason to diubt the word of the guy I was talking to, the players are cheating.

Pascal was not one of the 4. And I will be funking for the players who are clean from now on...

Did I miss something?
Why did dpommo do that,  was he tilting?

tilt is a weekness, one I wish I could promise never to do again.

LOL look at that chat box ... i love you barry, have my babies barry.. i gave you my chips barry ... ffs get a grip lol

Deals not reported Keith? The players may not have reported them, but I have - I think I have written to Jon Shioreman almost every eek, reporting the deals I am aware of - which is most of them. And he adjusts the points accordingly.

So Pascal didnt do a deal in Vienna ?

oh for a hand ......

Tony G vs Jim Worth QQ vs 99. Massive pot. Tony wins.

Tony , psykokwak  on your table is bruno fittussi

thanks for that

some guy is having a proper hissing fit on the rail on isas table. His KK got busted and the language is so bad it is comical

Barry is my FISH !!!

DC doubles thru Greenstein. Q8 vs Q7, kicker plays!!!!! YES DC!

What'd he do that the guy said was against the rules?

What a feeling when you free rolling

Nice one Dave! Back in it now with 52k. Strange hands for such a big pot......

What a glorious river 6, must have been nice to see Barry's cards and know you couldn't lose.

He reraised the guy and said I have kings you should fold. the guy called and hit and he did indeed have kings lol Some people just cant take a beat

thats ok, his son was mine at the fianl of the WSOP

Tony G 118k

HALI PIMP IS Cory Carroll??

Wow, see the AJ v AJ hand? I wonder what DC had? - he folded to the pre-flop RR. Flop was K-J-9.

TonyG in 2nd place with a stonking 148k

dave now has the biggest 6 members of the barry greenstein fanclub at his table. What a call, u are great etc. If he was going to call with AJ do you not think he wouldve been better betting it? Just a thought please scream abuse at me if you wish

I had 88

And now El Blondie takes another biggie off Barry Greensteiin. He OWNS HIM.

On UB last week a woman asked Devilfish to father her kids. Seriously.

dave probably asked for a picture to be emailed and he would consider it :P

DC moves up to 63k with a huge reraise!

Now Dave C moves all in on Dreamer with a MASSIVE over-Raise, Dreamer passes. This DC fella is a MANIAC.

all this fawning over barry greenstein is quite sickly ... kick his ass dave :)

all will come in good time

I like the question about dwell time with the nuts ;D ;D ;D ;D

The Simon Trumper issue was mentioned! ;D

The way this is going Dave is gonna make Barry his beeetch. Get the skirt and bra ready, forget the robin hood of poker and make him maid merrion  ;D

Camel - see my PM replying to yours.

QQ when I re-raised Colchester Dreamer....didnt want to see a flop cause he has me covered .... but he may have called with 9s, 10s or JJ

lmfao someone in chatbox called "THEE OUTLAW" must be a Barry Neville fan :)

I rate that greenstein fellow... any man who can knock me out first hand i play at his table(i had good stack in th $1000wsop event) is a good player in my book! I new he was making a move... yet it had already been done! my 1010 was no match for his j8...

 and after i'd already taken that e-dog bloke apart, why did they break my table!

actually come on DC get that greenstein, i don't like his staire!

DC AA vs QQ up to 68k! Gerrin!

Pah! Typical of DC's luck right now that when he finds AA v QQ, Matey Boy only has 6k.......

no no sir, positive only please

Hehe, DC's bullying something shocking now......

With KK.....! Almost 95k now - WHOHOO

mama weere all crazeey nowwww

16th place now

yesss go on dave :)

no crazy, lots of work, keep it going

Damn you Dave - this was supposed to be an early night for me. And it's gonna be 10am before you wrap this baby up.

lol just caught barry like a perch :)

Barry is my Honey...I wanna share blinds with him all day

i agree, i agree

12th now, keep it going

DC you have 3 of the top 12 at your table, alot of chips to be had, get them ;D

Well, we'll all get through together,

wheres the chocolate ...I need chocolate

Bruno Fittussi is chip leader  psykokwak

I've got a nice mug of tea and some jaffa cakes :)

somebody get the man whatever he wants, now, call the hotel, call someone, DC dont move dont move at all ;D your on FIRE ;D

Woo Hoo you wont believe this... there is this container thing in the room that looks like a miniture pot noodle...you press the bottom the plastic and shake it... and hey presto...hot chocolate...unfriggin believable

Had super noodles i'm back!

Goone DC!

its your night DC, enjoy, take it easy, relax ;D ;D

the IPOD is on and Noddy is giving it some

lol BSC is holding on with his fingernails for that cash finish.

The little man with the red and yellow car? ???

No silly... some geezer from the seventies with lots of hair

I thought that was Big Ears.

I prefer the Noddy song.

Although not now it's stuck in my head!

woooohoooo won my nfl bet thanks to a last minute goal line stand!

lost about 3 stone sweating on the result... need chocolate now....

what was that geezers name in slade who looked like he cut his hair with a knife and fork ??

You got FOUR drinks there Dave, that oughta get you through. You not find that big slab of chocolate I told ya about?

Dave Hill?

nope I didnt get the slab you were talking about...well cant find it anyways

And welcome to the money. Congrats.

mamma  weeerre all crazzeeey now

When I checked out, the cleaners trolley was in the corridor. Four slabs of chocolate fell off, into my bag. Lovely stuff.

they wanna get this JKMail geezer in the English midfield... he cant half pass

lol Dave hill ... thats him :)   what a hair do ... you reckon we could get vidal to get a Dave hill hair cut ??

There's no chance he's English then.

SHIT!

whoops

ouch

double shit shit shit shit

 :'( :'( :'( :'(

WHAT??????!

No way off the hand on that board. Jeez.......

I go away for 2 minutes...

What happened?

I wanna know too - been keeping up to date here coz i cant get to Stars :(

right I'm off to bed, got to be up for work in 2 hours

unluck DC and good luck Tony G

Unluck DC, undeserved.


Looking forward:
'MON THE TONY G!

Dave had AJ, Dreamer had JJ. An A fell - so did the case J.......

ul DC i saw it.....you just simply cant get away from that one sick cards...


i picked up your progress when i was watching 'dpommo' who is a friend of mine, i believe you two were on the same table.

ul mate i know it must be hard. CHIN UP gl TonyG, why am i not in bed???

Bah.

The only player who could bust him.

Well played and good luck to Rob Hollink and Isabelle who are still slugging it out.

Night all.

Tony, Batoelrob on your table is Rob Hollink

thanks a lot for that mate

Nice AK Tony...3rd place right now...go on my son

Tony G Chip Leader now.....!

   very nice....

If I win it I am adding 2% of it to the next blondepoker tourny

I am real happy to be adopted by you guys

Dont know any of those guys on ur new table, still looking

I'm away's happy to talk to good player's that i can learn from...

Good luck Tony, all the best
bloody work now 5.30am ffs

Chip leader again  great stuff  300+ k

In honour of Tony G playing so well I am eating a KitKat.

I know there’s no connection but I required an excuse to indulge myself.

If Tony gets to the final I may half to walk to the 24hour and buy some chocolate.

'MON THE G!

Tony is a great player, I think his  mannerisms are very  deceptive.
well I know what I mean anyway ???

What's with the chocolate tonight.. I just sent the wife out to get me some rolo's

When is the next blonde tourny Tikay?

morning guys

and red cards to the camel and kiv

There's a long way to go Tony..you can come back from that....

We got 3 lined up at the moment. A little Heads-Up jobbie on Stars this week. A Crypto one in early October - first week, I think, details to be confrmed shortly, and a HUGE one later in October, on Titan Poker, a Freeroll (but with $25 rebuys) with a LOT of added $$$'s, $5,000 I think. And a $500 Bounty on both El Blondie & Tony G. Full details here....

http://www.blondepoker.com/play/016001.html#titan

tony has an average stack that right where you want to be just now

You up a bit early Iron - we not been to bed yet!

And why Camel & Kiv got carded?

well he was chip leader with 275k just 10 min ago. but he's still in good shape

i aint been to bed either

infact just going

keith got red card for making a joke about me taking over from kenny dalglish and kiv got red for for saying just hope he doesnt get AK


when those guys get a blonde bracelet then then can tell me how to play

i notice neither have signed up for the heads up tourny scared i'll tann there backsides again

wtg tony

there you go very nice Tony

A-J - BAD for El Blondie.

A-J - GREAT for TonyG.

He's back in the Top 10. Must br the Ironside Factor!

the thing i keep watching, is how even the chips count has been across all players

damm my account is a little light to chat on table someone tell tony to win this for blonde

Is it true you need 2.5k in your account just to be able to chat ?

shit..i'm not tony g...he must have posted on my BLOOD CPU

and did anyone think incognitito mad a mistake waiting till he got 55 in sb before going all in cause even if he won the hnad he would have had less than he had 2 hands before UTG

then who the devil are you

I am in Barca at home my friend is logged in anyway its me the RealTonyG playing

anyone see the 99 v AJ all in preflop flop 9TA turn A river J

YEAH  UNREAL

mazaing Rob soooo luuuucky

it was 50/50 when the money went in but you dont think the Aj has much hope after the 9 is first card out

Yeah and if you've missed it Ironside apparently batoelrob is Rob Hollink.

gvn2play has got to be gutted with that.

yeah i read that rob is batoelrob but he isnt a blondite is he?

Oh Oh, Dan Harrington is creeping up. - Pickled Egg, ( alledgedly)

WOW  what a play  LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

All in on river, stone cold bluff, and shows 6  2

bad laydown by rob there he was getting 2-1 for the call and if he lost he still had 50% more than an average stack

I would guess that a reason he didn't call was that he didn't want the table to see the kind of filth he's ben rerraising people with. Or maybe it was just a bad fold  ???

When you make final Tony, give a shout to the Blondites ;)

he might have read the guy for an over pair to his rags then its a good fold but i think he should of called

Tony's on fire ;D

Yawn, just got up, someone tell me whats happening, who's in, who's out, how many left?

Thes thread is too long to plough through

dont forget my blog too guys www.tonygpoker.com

28 left

tonyg rob h and dan h still in along with some right fish

Pickled Egg is running all over his table

Believe Buster Love is Mark Seif....

Cheers,

DesD.

did the pickled egg get his clock reset?

Dont understand.  I read he got disconnected

he did and his 180 seconds were used up so now he has no clock bank i read him asking an admin to reset it but didnt see an answer

who is pickled egg?

how many pairs of Aces is that jerry going to get he has had more in last hour than i have had in last 6 months

think someone said pickled egg was dna harrington

Did DC make the money?

yes first level of the money

Ive got Mark Seif is MARKDSHARK

Anyone joined Titan poker yet? I just downloaded it and i was jumped on as soon as i logged in.. worse than going to buy a car.. as soon as you log in a chat client open's... hello can we help you put money in your account..." not right now thank you i would like to look at the site first" well do it now and i will give you $10 more now. " i would like look first thanks" well you have 10 min and the offers gone... WTF.... never seen anything like it

Man, That Rob Hollink  is relentless, applying pressure constantly.
great to watch.

Ive got Mark Seif is MARKDSHARK
[/quote]

I had him as that previously also, but it is widely reported (twoplustwo amongst other sources) that he is playing under Buster Love now.  

I'd speculate that due to his ties with Absolute, he probably doesn't want to be widely recognised as playing on "competitor" sites now, hence the change....

Cheers,

DesD.

Thanks Des,

Tony, you have Dan Harrington on your right  Pickled Egg

if u deposit $20 on Titan they give you $10 free right away
 BUt yes they pressure

 8)

I would love to win this so bad.

Hmm  think you bokked Rob Hollink there I Know It. He reraised allin (again!), huge overbet preflop. Unfortunately his opponent wasn't good enough to lay down his kings  :D. And Rob's 88 was no good  :-[

WTG Tony...keep pushing....I believe 415k will be the avg stack at FT.

DesD.

Hey i would love you to win it too...don't make me stay up this late for second place... If ya win you can put the $20 in my titan account..lol

Rob reraised allin preflop with 88 but was up against KK. 800k pot!!

OUCH

tony rivers a wheel but pickled egg had turned the flush all the betting goes on on the river and tonyg is crippled

Cmon Tony, 1 more double up  and your back

ok i better get off to bed

good luck tony kick some backside

i beleive the average will be nearer 850k at final

To be fair, Dan H played the hand v well.

i beleive the average will be nearer 850k at final
[/quote]

My mistake, I thought they kicked off with 2,500 in chips.

DesD.

very well played Tony G. The man's on his way back ....COME ON

GOTTA LOVE IT  ;D  TRIP 3s

I need some posts on my blog guys please    www.tonygpoker.com

Great comeback Tony.   I am signing off now as I will be recording the final table for broadcast in the near future.  I hope you get there and take the whole thing down.  I'll be after an interview if you do....

Best of luck,

DesD.

just got my first AA vs Dan

I slow played those to death
  no

Incredible! Back to back aces for TonyG. The second time, he gets allin on an Ace high flop...... against AK which is drawing dead.

Tony 2nd in chips, with twice average chips and 15 players left. Just a while ago he was allin with 33 against QQ and flopped the set.

Biggest  comeback since Lazarus WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

What a time to be having connection problems. Tony G disconnected. I'm guessing/hoping he's got someone he can call to take over if the problem persists. Been disconnected the last two minutes  :( Just 13 players left now.

Still disconnnected.........

Just to confirm Pickled Egg is NOT Dan Harrington

You can also listen to the radio link here:

mms://win80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80winlive1017 via Windows Media Player

How do u know its not Dan? lot of uncertainty with this

brutal flop for tony

No uncertainity, its not!

Im just wondering how u are so sure, not saying ur wrong.

But nearly everyone on US  Forums think it is

Getting this message, any ideas?


Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available.

Have you tried clicking on the link in the top right corner of the Main Pokerstars Lobby instead? Worked for me

Yep, same message

Come on TonyG!!

RED I am listeing to it now, copy the link and paste into an explorer browser, mediaplayer will open up automatically with the audio stream.

Hi Red-Dog
There have been a few problem as so many peple are listening to it. Just perservere, it took me a few minutes before it worked but once you get the ocnnection, it is fine.

Try this,http://www.pokertalkshow.com/

There's a player called Buster Love who is pushing allin again and again and again. Even though he's got 20 BB. Can't understand it myself. He had a big stack earlier and made a huge reraise allin 40 BB or something) with A8 and ran into acxes behind him

Great game Tony, You were pokers Frank Sinatra tonight with all those comebacks

very well done Tony

Buster is Mark Seif won 2 WSOP bracelets this year.

Sussed it, had to auto detect proxy settings (whatever that means)

Buster love's gone

Nice one Tony but you know the real challenge lies in the blondepoker comps. see you at the next one.  ;D

Well whoever Buster Love  is he's just busted himself by going all in on the final table with A4 for 20 BB and running into 99.

2 WSOP bracelets? I'm sure he outplayed everyone and luck didn't come into it!!!

Good!. I'm always having problems with those poxy settings

8 player's left and over 2.3 million still up for grabs

what ID's do we have for the remaning players?

there is quite a good debate about who the users are on the radio now...

dropping like flies now. At this rate the whole thing will be over in 10 mins.

Are there any Blondes left in this?  If not who lasted longest?

Tony G 10th lasted longest

Well done Tony.

How far down did this pay to?

135 places

Thanks.

Congrats to any Blondes who cashed.  ;D

Only been watching for about 30 minutes, but anyone know who tralala is? From Sweden which I believe is somewhere in Norway. :D

do you guy's think you would be talking chop chop here..or wait till 3-4 players left?

Yes, Sweden is the capital of Norway. Or rather, a city in Norway. Eeehh, let's say it's a small town in Norway. Well, to be perfectly honest, it's just a road crossing with a few shops that call themselves a town. And besides, no Norwegian will ever admit that he lives in Sweden, so let's just call it "somewhere where they speak almost as strange as in Norway".

aaaaaaaa: no i dont want to 5 way chop sorry guys

Hope the PokerStars curse doesn't make him regret that

Iknow that Vendetta has now doubled up, but he got himself so low by raising, but passing to every reraise. I couldnt see the point. Hes probably raising with junk, but he was only damaging himself by never following through.

Its a lot easier talking as a spectator, but you must draw the line some time, or dont play that way

Views?

Yes I thought it was odd. Everytime Ven raised aaaaaaa would pop him and he'd (Ven) laid down. Must have done about 350k that way

What is the informed opinion on who the finalists are please?

Any non-Americans?

finally, does anyone know who McStuntz from Hertfordshire is on Stars? reached the final of the Limit event No 14

Dealer: Vendetta has three of a kind, Eights
Dealer: aaaaaaaa has two pair, Queens and Eights
Dealer: Game #2611367963: Vendetta wins pot (1475396) with three of a kind, Eights


Vendetta: a deal maybe, lol?

looks like that curse has hit again...

maybe not aaaaa has AA vs KK and doubles up.

As for locations. tralala is Swedish Vendetta is from **? ???

I don't know his name, but he's a big shot, play's 150/300 table's i've seen him sit down and go through 50k then bring another 50 k in..only to walk away later with 250k. he's solid

Dealer: Vendetta has high card Ace
Dealer: aaaaaaaa has high card King
Dealer: Game #2611374448: Vendetta wins pot (1529548) with high card Ace

and the "curse" strikes again

MCStuntz on Ladbrokes is a guy called Mark Cass who works as a stuntman for a living, and I seem to remember he's from Hertfordshire, so I assume it's the same guy. I got to know him on the poker cruise last year (he made the money) - a really nice guy so if it is him on Stars I'm very pleased for him.

Down to four now - they've got Lee Jones in to help them cut a deal.

thank you. Stuntmen must be well paid then!!

Pickled Egg is getting greedy

I think if i was him i would play on,he's only 350k in chips away from being able to deal for 400k cash.

I would play really hard at the pot for 2/3 hands and then make a deal

Deal propsed by Lee Jones gave $348,000 to fourth - PickledEgg (shortstack) says no and offers to wrap it up if he gets $400,000. Two big stacks say no to this. Looks like they're going to start dealing cards.

I don't blame pickled at all for asking for the 400k.

Yes, but if you had 3 x his stack would you agree to it?

It's just that in those kinds of deals the short stacks should get slightly more than their chip equity

And the big stacks should get slightly less.

Not easy for the players, especially the big stacks to see it that way though.

Never been in a position to play for what they are playing for, but I'd love to see a no deals play it out final for once...guess with these sums this flat pay out (23% 13.5% etc) still means a chop

I think EGG should have said "so your happy with the 570k then pan" and when pan said yes. i would have said good. then whoever win's the 50k on the table has to give it to me, you have all said your happy with the count

40 pages!!!

...and still another 90 minutes to go at least

And some of us have been here from the start ffs :-\ :-\

yeah i happen to be one of thoses idiots

now at the last blind increase..still plenty of play left in this....

I think Pickled Egg is gonna take this

How the hell have you stayed awake " I know it"?

LOL

and I've just read the whole lot!

Someone give DC a sponsorship deal with Cadbury's pdq

Tralala for me...

Do we know who pickled egg is ?

I would like to see how panella feels about doing a deal now

How many runners?
What time did the comp start?

Dunno. Dill Pickle on UB is Matasow, but he is MrPokerJoke on 'Stars.

1494

9.30pm last night

wowzer!

How many prizes? What are they? Have none of you got jobs?

 ;D
Sry - I'm being a quizmaster today.

135 pay out.

No I'm in Hospital for Op tomorrow. Whats your excuse  :D

It's 518AM here, i got to go to work at 7:30. no point in going to bed now

ooh - and how many runners left?

Any one lost the will to live yet?  ;D

greg raymer is a legend

I AM at work!  ;D

Not working too hard tho...  :-\ :-\

Pickled egg out AJ vs KK K on turn..the "refuse to chop" curse hits again

Just cost EGG 100K CASH

How many players left?

Work! Knew there was somewhere I should be!?

3

Tralala 2.8 million (norweigan from sweden)

Vendetta 2.4 milion


Panella 1.9million

All approx
30K/60K blinds
3k ante

Discussing chop

Panella
2262501

Tralla 2790856
Vendetta 2416643

All the best for tomorrow RedSimon

If you need cheering up get Ali to send you the pic of King Cole's jumper from Saturday....


guaranteed to get you chuckling

1st 859,050
2nd 504,225
3rd 328,680

El Blondie 127th for 3735

TonyG 10th for 29,880

all figs dollars obviously

HERES THE CHAT LOG   

tralala: can we discuss a deal?
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: do y'all want me to pause?
Vendetta: stacks are rather equal
Dealer: Regular time for player tralala has expired, TIME BANK has been activated
Panella86: after hand
Dealer: tralala folds
Dealer: Vendetta folds
Dealer: The break will start when the current hand finishes
Dealer: Game #2611449841: Panella86 wins pot (159000)
Administrator: Talk if you wish
Dealer: Panella86 doesn't show hand
Panella86: what up boys
Vendetta: new numbers
tralala: yes
Panella86: i mean
Panella86: based on that calculator
Panella86: im not down
Vendetta: ?
Panella86: i rate my 2.2 mill like 7 mill vs u guys
Panella86: so
Panella86: even chops or im not in
Panella86: at the bare min
Panella86: or even chop
tralala: lets play
Panella86: and leave some in the pool
Panella86: and play for it and the bracelt
Panella86: ,,,,
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: Here is the "de facto" standard computation....
Vendetta: panella, that is not ok for us
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: panella - $527,342
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: tralala - $573,735
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: vendetta - $540,877
tralala: ok with me
Vendetta: and 50 in the pot?
Lee Jones [PokerRoom Manager]: 50 in the pot
Vendetta: ok with me too
Panella86: im down with 500 a peice and 140 in the pot
Panella86: 100 for first 40 for 2nd
Panella86: or sometyhing
Panella86: i mean since u guys have so much
tralala: take this deal Panetta
Panella86: bette for u
Panella86: fack dat
tralala: lets play ten
tralala: then
Panella86: ill take the money
Panella86: if
Vendetta: yes, if we cant agree, but it is just being macho
Panella86: IF
Panella86: u put the money in the account "derrobbie
Panella86: is that possible lee

Saw someone suggest Pickled Egg = Dan Harrington

... then a lot denied it, cofused

thanks

Supposed to be meeting up with him at Walsall this weekend. Another horror show by the old fish? (I heard how he cracked trip Aces, vs Ali :o )

Anyone think Panella might be playing underage? Why else can he not cash out on his account?

a marvellous performance jumper wise

and yes, he cracked AA with A on flop with 76!

3 way chop...gl guys time to do something useful like watch LNPace on video ;D

Good Night!

sleep well I know it!

have a good day at work Bundle!

CHEERS Im relly looking forward to getting to work after a long arse night watching poker

Cheers for this. Very interesting.

Panella86 types in "JORDAN BERKOWITZ - don't forget it". If this is his name, it makes him underage - http://www.syncmag.com/article2/0,1895,1763272,00.asp.

He later claims in chat to be only 18, which tallies.

hmay be in a spot of bother then, must be some player to final last year and win the event this year i say good luck to him.,
  seems like a bit of an arrogant tw@t, but it may be hard not to when youre winning $600,000 at 18, the stupidity of the lad to reveal his identity may make this the most stupid use of a keyboard ever seen to man,

It seems that it's his mum's account and credit card and so it's ok.

Even though he's only 18.

It was his friend's account that he was playing on last night.

and his mum let him have an extra pack of pic'n'mix this morning as his reward

Defnitely different account last year. I guess from timing of article he is probably legal now, though not for B & M in USA...

hmmmmmmmmm wonder if he was playing more than one account. didn't stars just ban that?

I'm cream crackered today after stopping up till 5am

looks like I missed some great play by Tony G

I found a link on another site, which in turn linked elsewhere, which had a list of pros v supposed Pokerstars usernames.

http://www.majorwager.com/fusetalk/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=139946&CFID=1024921&CFTOKEN=68970885

They do seem to think in this thread that Harrington is Pickled Egg?

Might be a nice little project for someone. Try to get together a database of pros and their usernames on each site. That would get some internet traffic.


PS They got Dave's wrong?

what you may not know is that the person who posted that it wasn't Harrington on this thread would know this for a fact.
So i think it's safe to say it ain't him

Aha. I missed a chunk of a thread due to that pesky irritant known as 'work'. Just seen the post you are referring to and I know the score now!

Still liking the idea of a usernames to players database!!

Just to say a quick thank you for the support this morning folks...it was emotional as tikay would say
 ;D
Apparantly the window closed immediately after my exit, and I entered speechless shock as I realised I had just blown a fantastic shot at the odd 800 THOUSAND...so just in case anyone was interested, this is approximately how the grissley tale ended..
I held AJ in mid-position. Barry Greenstein passed (He had been raising and taking many a pot unchallenged just prior)
The BB was 1600 sb 800 ante 100
I made it 4800 to play just hoping to collect another 3300 unchallenged
I held 117,000 at the start of the hand and was in 12 place overall.
The Big Blind was DREAMER who just had me covered (about 125,000)...for this reason it is possible that I should have played the hand slower
Everyone passed but DREAMER called (he did not re-raise)
The flop was A J 8 two hearts (and lots of straight draws)
I feel the sort of hands he would call with are 10 Q, 9 10 or similar...so the flop is dangerous and i must bet my hand
Hopefully he will get stubborn with a worse Ace rag hand.
There is just over 11,000 in the pot...he checked, I bet 8,000, he called, I think he has Ace rag
The turn was a 3... with a bit of luck he has just made Aces Up two pair
The pot is 27,000 He checks, I bet 18,000
He calls and raises another 18,000 it is 630 in the morning in a Barcelona Hotel and the alarm bells don'g ring
there is over 80,000 in the middle, i have 76,000, it is 18,000 to call
As Kenny Ford says 'How could I pass?'
If I call the 18,000 we would have a 100k pot and he is going to bet most or all of my remaining 60k on the river.
He may be drawing to a flush and straight (unlikely) or an AK or AQ...so I automatically move all-in
In reality the more likely hands are about EVENS I am winning. He either has two pair or a set.
He had a set of Jacks (it is hard to believe he didn't re-raise pre-flop)

The unlucky bit was the coupe happened v the other huge stack...if only it could have been against a nice 12,000 short stack

...it HAS been emotional....

Loved the rational there Dave and its good to see you are crytical of your own play as well. I like the fact you had yourself down as evens to being in front (most players would be certain that they were in front in that spot), you could smell the set I think. You played it quick and when the money went in you knew he had at least 2 pair or a set.
 About time some of the big names put honest oppinions on hands up instead of just claiming you were cold decked/unlucky etc. You kept me up half the night and I really did believe you were going all the way when you got above 100k.
 I don't think he reraised preflop as he didn't like his hand- the last 3 hands you had raised with were AK KK and QQ ( or the last 3 we had seen anyway) and I think he wouldve been willing to release without hitting his set.
Well played anyway and some good entertainment was had along with some great poker viewed (just how many resteals did you run on Greenstein? I lost count).

good honest stuff...I know you probably hate it DC, but please post more of this stuff...it's several levels of depth more than some of us manage

I would agree, I had an education last night, other than waking up after 3 hours sleep saying "that taught me a lesson".

That hand analysis added to the learning, thanks DC

This is interesting and probably correct. He probably didnt raise because he was warey of me. It is often easy to forget which hands have been shown. For example if DREAMER had seen the hands I turned over in the first hour, he would have thought I was an absolute beginner. I hadnt realised these were the last 3 shown hands.

I must admit I got a lot of enjoyment from Barry in the blinds. The idea was just to check and call if I had anything but to raise him if I had nothing (because more often than not he is at-it...worse than bradley and the camel combined). Barry will call if he thinks he has pot odds though and has plenty of chips, so care was needed. You can't play all at-it merchants though, because they simply aren't good enough to pass.

Thanks again for the support (and company thru the nite)

Unlucky Dave seems like you were playing well yet again. I enjoyed playing against you in the €500 re-buy in Barca, you were playing well there also. I am sure a big win is on the cards for blondepoker soon.

Hi DC

I've only just read this and seen the results as we had no electricity here in Paris all day . First congratulations and comiserations . From what you wrote i would say the reason the guy just flat called rather than reraise from the BB is this , first he knows that you are unlikely to be raising his BB with no hand as he can take you out and secondly he also doesn't want to raise you with JJ , as if you get stubborn with AKs he now has to make a decision as to whether he is no worse than even money and does he want to risk his stack to find out .

Even if the flop had been T high i am sure he would have played cautiously , any overs and he would have tossed his JJ if you breathed on the pot , i am sure if you hadn't been playing 8 hours already you would not have gone broke on this hand , once he check called on the flop you would have slowed down .

I still think the fact you beat so many players should give you a timely boost of confidence in time for the Vic , see you there .

ACES

 I agree DC, this is a great tool to tech all the BLONDE out there, I hope everyone on this site understands the importance of haveind experienced people give opinions on this site.

Thanks for giving your insight, it was great to see you having a good time during the comp and doing all the posts while you played.

Maybe you should have pushed w/ that 4 7 ??? ;D

Hopefully this hand will stick in the back of my mind and I can draw from it some day!

Rookie

Well, this is just jaw-droppingly good - analysis from His Blondeness, & comment from Aces & Brian. Great stuff, from which we can all learn how these boys think.

Almost the whole of blonde tuned in the whole night, and what a rich harvest we reaped - El Blondie & Tony G giving us the "inside line" as they both battled for the biggest purses of their career. The mere fact they they were prepared to post at all was something else.

I'll also share with you that Dave is "running bad" right now, truly. He picked up AA against QQ, but QQ boy only had a handful of chips, & he had KK v JJ, JJ boy ditto. As for the exit hand, well, we regular guys think on a lower level, but top two pairs is tough to get away from, & for Dave to believe Rob H had a set of Jacls meant he had to believe the case J had fallen - which it had. Brutal.

I had barely slept for 3 night - nor had DC for that matter, we had a problem in the hotel, but, like so many others, I ended up glued to my 'puter screen all night. Such is the magic of community poker, when one of ours is involved we feel a need to be there to support them.

I know this sounds ukky yukky, buit how lucky we are. Where else could we get this level of interaction, direct from the table, as it were, with two of Europe's top pros?

check out the following article

"I don't Envy PokerStars One little bit...."

in

www.camelpoker.blogspot.com

P.S

One of the all time great Blonde threads


The combination of inside track from participants, infromation, speculation and humour was terrific

Second what Mr End says. It was  great to read through (at the time) 39 pages of stuff yesterday AM then watching the final was actually quite interesting (if a little sad) :D  some of the posts after were a bit hair raising ( are the 18 year olds taking over the world?) thanks to all the blodites who shared their thoughts and experiences.

Now if only I could figure who "pickled Egg " is  ;D

Dan Harrington?

Yes, I know for a fact Bundle and me watched it from start to finish, how sad eh.
But it was great fun, just wish i was playing in it too.
The winner definately asked for poker stars if they could transfer the winnings to another account, but they said ,NO. They could only pay the actual account he was using, but he 'd be able to transfer it himself.
On the radio they said he would probably be broke in a year if he didnt change, too much gamble I think they meant, B Greenstein said he hopes he comes and looks him up with his 500k.

Like its been said, Im sure u only have to be 18 to play, and whats to say he wasnt playing on his lap top in a country where 18 is the legal gambling age? Ive read this argument somewhere on the web, but the concensus was he will get paid because he can say he was playing anywhere, and Im sure some US lawyer would lick his lips at this case.

I remember that request clearly, he said OK to the deal "IF.......... IF......... you put the money in...." So weird, alarm bells ringing all over.

Start brushing up on US gambling laws Robert ;) ;)

Interesting end to the thread. PokerStars rules state that the minimum age to play on the site is should be 18 years old OR the minimum age for the area that he lives........and NO it is not Dan Harrington, i think that has been very well documented now in many areas.

Pickled Egg is now Bill Gazes, D Negreanu & J Juanda, anymore to add to list   ;D

Ive just came across this elsewhere on the web:One thing to make clear.

Panella = Jim Panella, a friend of Jordan.  Eddystone is in PA, near Delaware.

derrobbie / PagonaB = Jordan Berkowitz, the person who is the skilled poker player.  He lives in Media, which is about 15 minutes from Eddystone (and about 15 minutes from where I live).
                                 
I guess this sorts out the age problem if Jim is 21 ;) ;)
by the way derrobbie is the acc  panella wanted the money paid into

I think everyone is missing the point about online gaming in the US. It is illegal to gamble on line anywhere in the US except through approved horse bettibg sites.

EVERY DIME PLAYED ON THE NET FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS BEING DONE ILLEGALLY!

THATS IT END OF STORY, NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will change soon im sure, then everyone in the US will need a good buddy over seas so we can lie about where we live ;D

Brian

It is, perversely, in the interests of the big sites, who are all registered overseas, that online poker remains illegal in the US.

For as long as this is the case, the big B&M Vegas operations are prevented from entering their market and cleaning up

I totally agree, it will become a hudge problem for players in the US very soon, they will want to tax it, there will always be reasons to play online outside the US.

People just need to realize what it is, ILLEGAL, I dont care, I just think alot of people do not understand this point.

But internet poker exists in a grey area. It is certainly illegal for US citizens to play poker in the US (outside the casinos), but it's fine if they go abroad and play there. The internet poker sites (and players) maintain this is what is happening on the poker sites - the US players are playing poker abroad (because that is where the poker servers are).

ok, you are talking about the US, they want the tax money, they want the control. it is not legal to not report your winnings abroad, TAX TAX TAX

but really, it will become a very big beal very soon, buy stock in the company that makes the US goverment happy and you will make alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 

v salient point still  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just read through the whole thread.

SUPERB STUFF THANK YOU

Just read it all again, i think there must have been about 150 people in the H10 all logged into pokerstars that night, lol. Barca casino cardroom was empty!

I actually became friends w/ the winner, Jordan, and yes he did go bust. I meet him in the Bahamas at the PCA and he was just a wild young guy having fun. He lost it all betting on sports!!!! He does not play poker anymore and I think he owes a lot of money in the gambling world!

He should lead a sensible and disciplined yet ultimately uneventful life like me. It's the way forward.