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OK, Base Camp established, in our little "office" in the corner. I'm off to pick Jen up from her Hotel, round the corner.

Can you hear me, mother?.

GL today to all Blondes  :)up

gl red and all other blondes :)up

ditto.

 O0

GL to all remaining blondes today, its gonna be a long one, dont forget theres a friendly litlte comp down the road later for anyone who cant stand the action lol

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eric have you lost it mate??

or you sending subliminal messages to Red again?? lol

sorry blue could'nt resist.......you've been trying so hard. ;)

lol

ok i'm officially lost, and have no idea what your on about lol

Hello muttering crowd - play has resumed over here on Day Two with its 89 runners. 

First blonde casualty - Karabiner - who made a stand with the reasonable  td tc and found  qc qh and  kc ks behind him.  Hard luck after a gruelling day yesterday.

i know that feeling, its how i went out of my last live comp, unlucky Karabiner see you at the broadway (plug plug) hehehehe

While waiting for my breakfast kindly supplied by the magnanimous Karl Mahrenholz (who'd gone to the Mexican across the way when he found the Casino closed) a certain Dominic Pierce came up and told us his funny superstitious story from yesterday - he'd driven past a cinema showing the film 'Domino' which had misspelt it on the billboard as 'Dominic No. 1.'  May be it was a sign. ;)

Goodluck to all you Blondites playing  :)up :)up :)up

jen, we haven't heard your 5am at the Village hotel controversy yet!!!


Also...Dominic Pierse...a luton player   turns up yesterday and noticed that the big screen outside the cinma multiplex opposite the Casino had

1 Dominic

As it's first film on its list of twelve

Whilst we were sharing a late afternoon cuppa he says to me

"Richard, I think poker is a spiritual game, sometimes you hit your flops in life and sometimes you don't. It's the same in poker. I'm superstitious and I believe in Omens. I am going to win this now I've seen "1 Dominic" on that big sign"

someone had changed 1 Domino (the film) into Dominic


He finished the first day with 37,100

Please keep an eye on his progress Jen


(how about that for one of the most elaborate boks you'll ever hear!!!)

jen..SNAP!

ok ok i get it lol acting under orders (thats my excuse) no more plugs from me


mmmmmmmm mm SPAM!!!!!

Can you hear the penny dropping?

well it has gone a bit quiet here

Tom McCready aka RED-DOG is OUT -

Raising so as to commit his whole short stack preflop with  asp 7s, he found  jc jd behind him, and although two tempting spades came, the river was a blank and he was out.  He said he'd lasted at least three rounds, which with a small stack was not bad.

There have been at least a dozen more early exits; with so many players coming back with few chips they're trying to double up to get a chance at the long haul...
Also out are Iqbal Patel and Karl Mahrenholz, among others.

Down to 70!  They are all still winners of £100, until they get to 45... may take a while.

unlucky red

Sorry, no Village excitement this time, as I spent most of last night wandering around looking for a mystery room which I failed to find... eek.  The less said about that the better.  It looked like everyone in the world decided to holiday in Walsall and the surrounding hotels in a ten-mile radius.  Note to you travelling players - book early to avoid disappointment!

Jeff Burke is OUT -

He fell to the unstoppable day One chip leader Stuart Fox, who went for the re-re-raise with A8, cracking Jeff's 99.  He looked calm and confident this morning, and now with over 100k he has good reason to be!

what about Tikay, hotdog and Stephen Frew?

Break.  They are racing the odd 100 chips as the players head for a cup of tea.  It's been an eventful 800 - 1600 level, let's see if they can keep it up at 1,000 - 2,000.

I am up to 2,170,000.

another misrread there |Tikay?????

Give him some more day nurse someone - he's dilerious again.....

Go on Tikay.  :)up :)up :)up :)up

I know you don't drink mate but if you feel the need to get bladdered, do so and send me the bill  :)up

might wanna get Clare to recount that stack of your tikay and while your at it (literally i bet) tell her to keep that nose wrinkled (she'll know what i mean)

Congratulations and thanks to Jen & the team for more great coverage from a fantastic event!

Could I put in a request for some updates on the progress of Amar Morjaria please, he is on around 32k at the break, but I don't want to bother him durinbg play!

 Thanks!

Looks like another bubble for Tikay then !!

kind of hard to bubble in a comp where everyone gets paid. Although knowin Tikay he could manage it, maybe he could misread his money and think he did better lol

Hi J - I will go and find your friend now...

Tikay has been moved and takes with him the huge stack of 17,000... I think that was a misprint, not deliberate misrepresentation...

hmmm a likely excuse hehehehe.

Still a few Blondes left then?

HotDog is OUT -

Ian Fieldhouse was the short-stacked big blind, and moved all-in to a cutoff raise and small blind call (from Dave Courtney). 
They checked it down and the board came out:  9c qh 6s 7c 8h.

Ian showed:  ac 8s
Dave:   qd asp

Counts from round about:
Ken Clark       30,000
Dave Courtney   48,000
Colin Hawker      25,000
Nick Whiten       25,500
Dan Samson      42,000
Rob Yong          28,000
Rumit Somaiya    19,000
Tony Kendall      31,000
Amar Morjaria     16,500
Andrew Norman  12,000
Paul Parker         11,000
Dominic Pierce    58,000

As I was wandering, a certain Jason Imps told me to report on "the biggest percentage gain of the day."  He'd started off as the smallest stack with just 3,800, and by the time I got round to him he'd built it up to 19,500.  Good going.

Jenn

I see Danny Samson is still in. Ask him if he has a picture of the newest member of the sansom clan (in a break of course) wish him all the best from me.

Cheers - great job as always :)up

Hiya

Any news on Iwan Jones??

Cheers

Anna

Blinds are up. Looks like 1,500 - 3,000.  Tikay is hovering around the 30k mark, never up or down more than 7,000 when I wander by.  But he's trying - raising the big blind with AQ he faced a bet on the J-high flop and folded to a bet, being shown QJ.  That's the right idea, though, pity about the flop.

Hi maid marion - Iwan is fairly low on 29,000.  But not desperate - the short stacks are holding their own.

In fact, chip leader Stuart Fox just doubled one up with  ad ac.  His  8c qd connected with the Queen-high flop and he lost a good 20k chunk.  It seems people have been taking chunks out of him, but he's still in the comfortable 130,000 range, and shows no sign of stopping raising...

Paul Parker OUT -

I saw him good-naturedly heading out and he said he doubled down insted of up and that's the wrong direction.  Hard luck Paul - he hung in there for a while on not many chips..

Psychic Twin news now -
Paul Frampton, sat to Tikay's right, has 103,000 in chips and his twin brother whom he says can frighteningly accurately read his hands is sweating him.  They are both supremely confident and Paul has his eyes on the prize.

One of yesterday's chip monsters, Paul Dargon is catching up with Stuart Fox.  He has 127,000 at the moment, and seeing as 200k puts you around average for the final table, he's still doing well.

Iwan Jones is now OUT (sorry maid marion)

He told me "It was Tens against Aces.  Not the end of the world."  That's the Stoical spirit.

Here are a couple of counts I left off the last one, just for thoroughness' sake:
Joe Peel     63,000
Daniel Watson  56,000
Mick McCloskey  66,000
Colin Hawker     24,000
Kerry Taylor      75,000
Nick Whiten      30,000

Having a right struggle, but enjoying it, a break from the outside pressures...

28k, & due a hand.

A short break has just taken place, and the blinds upon returning are 2,000 - 4,000.  43 players in total left in.

Here are those who went out without previous special mention...round of applause for:
Anthony Hughes
Arshad Hussain
Man Ip
Jason Jones
Tim Maxwell
Amar Morjaria
Dean Olivant
Joe Peel
Ramazanal Abbassi
Ed Arees
Tariq Arees
Zahir Aslam
Lee Baverstock
Jeffrey Burke
Clinton Bye
Ken Clark
Dean Coombes
Yucel Eminoglu
Marc Goodwin
Ian Herbert
David Sandpearl
Gary Smolinski
John Stamatelopoulos
Carl Thomas
Mark Williams
Gary Wilson

Apart from Ken Clark, the finishers received £100.  Now anyone who drops gets a huge £250...

keep going tikay......we are all sweating you   :)up

It seems odd, but there are 11 players who just left after being knocked out without collecting their money.  I bet that will stop happening soon.

PMSL  ;D

Is Viv Williams still in?

The Stuart Fox rollercoaster continues - down a moment ago to 115,000, he proceeded to knock out three players from his table in quick succession, building up to near the chip lead again with a huge 160,000.

This makes Paul Dargon in first place with 190,000.  Rhow is getting pics of all these guys in case you don't know what they look like yet, or have just forgotten.

No, I am afraid no Viv Williams on my magic list...
Colin Hawker is still holding on with 27,000.

Nick Whiten just knocked someone out racing his 88 with their AK - he's on 70,000.

foxy to win he is the best player there

could you tell me is billy howells is still in

v madan ? chips

I'll go look for V. Madan and Billy Howells (both still in as far as I know) after this Huge Chip Monster News:

Paul Dargon, fresh from calling the FOURTH pot raise of an  kh ad all-in player with  8c 8d which held up (sending him to 280,000) won this hand:

There was an UTG raise from Paul Frampton, which Paul Dargon called.  Dominic Pierce made a strong 40,000 re-raise from the Big Blind and after a lengthy dwell Mr. Frampton folded.

An even lengthier dwell brought a call from Paul Dargon, and when the last tiny bit went in on the  5h kd 5s flop, he turned over  7h 7d, which beat Dominic's  ad td.  Wow.

What chips has Marc Goodwin got?   Is there any truth in the rumour that Walsall are bankrolling IFM for a 500k heads up match against Blondie?


Dave from the Broadway


P.S.  Can you say hello to Zak for me please...

You are doing really well Jen, keep it up :)

order more crumble!

The unstoppable Paul Dargon (pictured below) with most of the chips in the room, it seems, after winning another pot against deep-stacked Paul Frampton (hereafter known as the Twin to save confusion.  It's what Tikay has been calling him and it's stuck).

Paul Frampton held  qs qh, but the Twin's  5s 6h looked better with the  5h 6s 8c flop.  It all went in, but the  8d turn got him out of jail.  He has 490,000.

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Got a pic on my computer though, as a technophobe, have no idea how to load it!

Help ????

Jenn I assume you meant paul dargen had queens against paul framptons (thetwin) rags ??? also picture hasnt uploaded by the looks

I think the problem with the pics is at our end.. there are some good ones though, so Rhow is trying to resize them and set them up on Tikay's computer. 
He's still in by the way, only 22,000 and looking for a spot as Paul Dargon takes the players out one by one...  In that hand against the Twin, it wasn't all-in pre-flop!  The betting took off once the two pair had been hit.

Oh, I spoke a little too soon,

Tikay had 13,000 and with the blinds at 3 6, on the button went for it with  9h 7c.  As you do.  The small blind called, and the big blind called. 
Flop:  ah 7h 6h.  Small blind moved in and got a caller, who had  8h 3h and had flopped the flush!  (Against  js kh).

Ah well, finally a spot came up - "You've got to throw it in at some stage, don't you?"

DAVE!! how ya doing mate!!??
mail me your pic and i'll sort it for ya
ifmcf@hotmail.com

So Tikay receives £500, and they were on the money bubble, so the guy who went out simultaneously got the next level £750 prize. 

26 left.

Is Chris Johnson still in ?

Rob Yong Comeback News now - down to just 4,000 half an hour ago after losing a 100k pot, he's back to over 60,000.

Chris Johnson has 105,000.

I think I may have overestimated Rob Yong's 35,000 stack.

Other players to have dropped at this stage:

Efstathios Andreou
Khayam Ezzat
Colin Gerard
Rana Gurnham
Colin Hawker
John Sadler
Robert Shiret
Mohammed Sidat
Marshall McCombie
David Mitchell
Stelios Nicolaou

I think the pictures are ready to go  - have to get on Tikay's computer to get them on though, hang on a sec (the man himself is, I believe, being Televised at the moment).

Bad luck Tony :)

Still did better than I ever could and you have man flu on top!

Hi Ian,

Thanks for the offer of help.  Have emailed you the pic.  Sure you'll approve.  It's the old Mk1 Granada, roomy enough for even the likes of Ariston to squeeze into.  He was last seen trying to hail a cab in the Nevadan desert having given up a promising career in Formula 1, being heard to mutter something about a chicken ranch he'd spotted on the way out.... ~:

cheers again,

davemac

Here's Paul Dargon (at last) with his chip mountain.

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is dave clares dad?

thats a much better size of pic tikay get mrsc to show you how she did it

Just heard that Rob Yong OUT (with Queens).  More detail to come, if he heads towards Rhow and the camera, or us and the computers.  I will take advantage of Tikay's photo-filled computer whenever he goes anywhere.  Or if I can't persuade him to take it easy and have dinner or something, he'll put them on.

Dan Samson is a little more colourful than he was yesterday.

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Stuart Fox with the most recent incarnation of a Big Stack.  Counts coming.

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paul dargan is in line for a free cpc package on betfair as the highest points earner (hes a big cash game specialist). He is also one of the forunate ones who wont be bothered about the money (hes a very wealthy man already). Any man who isnt fazed by the prizejumps with chips is very dangerous.

Phew just caught up, been busy on other forum areas.  ::)

Sorry to here of your demise tikay.

Billy Howells went OUT in 27th for £750, and Ved Madan was 24th, also for £750. 

Dan Samson has come over to the corner, saying that he had been up to 110,000, but was settled presently on 70,000. 

The preparations for the final are underway in the Cardroom - it's being emptied and covered in wires and cameras.  There's a lot of pre-final preparation which needs to be done, but it looks like we'll be OK here by the power sockets.  I can even see half the final table from here.

I think this is Smithers, he's decided to phone a freind. Sorry about these pics being a bit dark & manky.

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Small break now, and there's a rumour that we might all get a dinner break when it gets to the final Nine.

Happy days, with The Twin to my right. He exited in rather dramatic fashion.

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The last 20 players are restarting.

As well as Rob in 21st, David Knight was out in 22nd, and Martin Reeve in 23rd.  At 18th, the prize money rises to £1,000.  They are all short-handed now, and with average chips at 100k there are some relatively short stacks who should be doing something soon.  I'm off to watch.

Rumit just lost about half his stack raising 25,000 and after a tortured dwell, passing to Mick McCloskey's big blind re-raise.

More Paul Dargon news now - Perri Fox OUT after having the misfortune to get it all in with  ah kc against Paul's  ad 9s.
The board came out  7d 9c 6h asp 7s and he left feeling justifiably unlucky in 20th.

This is the Final Table, all readied for tonight's climax. About £260k up for grabs, & £100k to the winner. When I see the TV Table set up, there's no doubt I feel a tinge of jealousy - I wanna be there, & I think most poker players would get a nice feelling in their willy just to sit at that table, playing for that money.

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What if they haven't got one  ???

Hopefully, these seats may be filled for the Final.

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That table looks really really nice.

Soon sort that our, medicine today  0:-)

Some counts from the last 19

Nick Whiten         70,000
Paul Dargon        520,000
Dave Courtney      55,000
Chris Johnson      170,000
Dan Samson         65,000
Stuart Fox          240,000
Rumit Somaiya      40,000
Mick McCloskey    150,000

Oh, it's 18 now - Nick Whiten's KQ just took out short stacked Daniel Watson's QJ meaning that everyone now is guaranteed a £1,000 prize.

ALL poker players have one Heid.

Here's the Sponsor's Banner, which we really ought to show. It has to be said, Grosvenor & Blue Square have done a great job with this comp.

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I'll have a search around later.

tikay

is dominic pierse still in?

if so could you say good luck from me and from I am sure everyone else he plays with at Luton....it really might be his destiny!

oh, and dave courtney too....

tell him it's a long way from trying to qualify with Bolshy Russians....he'll understand!!

According to his email addy its paul dargan not dargon. Maybe his email address is wrong though. He is fearless and will not lie down so hopefully smithers wont be running resteals on him.

pls tell nick, foxy, & Rumit good luck from snoopy.

 :)up

Tighty, no, Dominic is OUT. He was a bit unlucky as I recall, he got wiped out by the steamroller Dargon.

Here's tonight's commentator, the ever youthful Gary Jones, poker's answer to Cliff Richard. He's actually 57.

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When is this on tv?

Will do spoony.

I THINk this is Dave Courtney, pic taken just 10 minutes ago by Jen. Can someone confirm it's him?



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Dunno when it's on TV Snopsy. The Poker Channel are doing the "main" coverage. But Poker 425 are here too, so i can tell you for deffo we will be doing our sort of newsy coverage on next week's show, interviewing all the Finalists, interesting characters, etc. Rhow is doing the interviews - she did me! - & she looks lovely today, in a sort of black pin-striped suity jobbie thing. (If someone was to ASK for her pic, I'd have an excuse to take it & post it here).

Here we have a smiling Chris Johnson. He has a great game, & a temprement ideally suited to big occasions. He could go deep tonight. He's a big mate of Lord Lawrence Of leeds. In the foreground, Nick Smithers Whiten looks glum, whilst Rumit won't even look at the camera.

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Mick McCloskey OUT in 18th - caught nicking on the button with  7d th by Chris Johnson, he eventually decided to gamble anyway, saying, "Do you have a pair?"  It turned out that Chris held  jc kc.  There was no pair forthcoming and the cagey play continues with 17 players.

I played on it all evening yesterday.

I suggest that all the finalists bring a blanket for when it's freezing

And a swimsuit for when it's roasting.

They do have the odd ten minutes in between when it's perfect   :)up

Rhow's pic would undoubtedly further my research into female fashion in the 21st century

I'm asking for no other  reason you understand


p.s full length please.....

chris is a sound bloke and sir lawrences best pal. Hope he goes deep as he deserves a big win and as you said he sure has the game for it.

yes thats dave wish him well from me

i wouldnt say no to a pic of MrsC and how about another 1 or 2 of the lovely waitresses

This is Paul Dargon, who's just lost a monster pot, Jen is posting details. The purply chips are 5,000's.

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Rumit doubled up in a grim fashion against some unlucky Kings - his  8c th found its way to a full house by the river.  At least that's what I gathered from a more comfortable Rumit on 60,000 ish.

Paul Dargon just took a sizeable hit from Mick Fletcher, who got his KJ all-in against the chip leader's 99.  Two Jacks on the flop lost Paul a 290,000 pot, and he has to content himself with the 340,000 he has left.

Great Updates.

Can you tell me how Danny Samson is doing please.

Ang

Played with Chris in the recent £300 D/C there. Good player and nice guy (even when he slow plays quads) :o hope he goes deep in this.

Will do mahen. May I ask if you are a male or female? I have a hunch it's the the latter.

Tighty & Iron's requests noted, give us a few mins.

Danny Samson has about 70k, clinging on, & talking a great game.

Stu Fox is well over 300k now.

Paul Dargon & Mick Fletcher - both of them play real ballsy poker, & they are on the same table, 2 seats apart. I dunno if there is "previous" between them, but they keep getting involved.

I arrived in time to see this flop....

 7c 8d 2h

Mick Fletcher bet big, Paul went over the top in a flash, setting Mick all-in. Mick gave it a dwell, a grunt, before passing in disgust. Paul threw his two cards across the table, face up.....

 9h td

Thanks Tikay & jen

Ang

Both like to be the table bully tikay. Who has the biggest kahoonas? Dont be surprised to see an allin with both players having trash soon.

Hi Tony could you thank all the players for me for being so understanding yesterday when we we letting them into the casino.  It was appreciated. I can not be there tonight but I hope to see them all later in the year at the Midland Masters.

Good luck to all who are left in the comp,  Ps please be nice to the dealers  :)up

Thanks Russ. Earlier, Mick announced his arrival at Paul's table in  spectacular fashion. Paul had been calling every RR, & he makes a move in the SB on Micks BB. Mick RR'd in a trice, Paul lets go, Mick shows J-5 off. It was like a statement of intent. "Mess with the fish all you want. Don't mess with me, sunshine, OK?". And they've been clashing ever since, & not once with the semblance of a real hand between them.

Can't name any of these except Foxy.

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Will do crddolly. There was a HUGE queue to get in yesterday - 200 players all arrived at 2PM. But 5 minutes or so, & we were in. The Receptionist staff, & the dealers have all been super.

tikay, can you do me a favour

Steve Templeman has just caled me

apparently Pino Valentino from Luton is still in, down to final 14

can you update us on chips, and wish him the best of luck from us, but especially Steve?

Much appreciated

Yup Tighty, message passed on to Pino, & pic to follow.

Andrew Wilson, Barry Wilson and Dave Courtney are all OUT.  It was Dave Courtney, by the way.  I think we're just about ready for some updated chip counts.

And just moments after I passed on Steve Templeman & Tighty's "good luck" message to Pino Valentino, he doubled up  jc jh against  tc td, and now has a whopping 375k. I don't know the guy, but he seems very pleasant in a pleasant sort of way.  I gather his forename is really "Guiseppe". French descent, then.

It could end with Rumit on a TV table, that'll make a change  ::)

He might, just might, be Italian Mr Pino

Pino, Steve T and I all live in the same small town in Befordshire. I rang Steve to pass on the good news about Pino doubling up when he informed me, rather sheepishly, that he is on a %age

He sounds rather chipper with life all of a sudden!!!

French ? Pino wont be so happy about that.
He has been a regular in Luton for about 20 years or so

Who asked HIM?......

Ok, here's the man in question, black leather jacket.

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whose chips is smithers looking after and dont tell me he is still in

Hi Tikay,

Just sorted out my login, can you tell pino when he needs another double up to let me know & I ll send him another good luck message. By the way when I showed you the ace yesterday what did you have??...you almost looked disappointed. By the way Dave I think 20 years is a bit conservative ...he remembers the days of tipping in UK casinos

"Rumit on TV again" says Robert. Now now.......

Here's an odd picture, taken moments ago. What's all this about? Maybe a player is dealing, & the dealers are all abusing him.

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Hi Guys,

Just got in ... trying to catch up on the updates. Is my mate Colin Hawker still in?

Tx,

AA

and where are the piccys of the ladies Tikay?


come on man...priorities!

I'm jealous in parts I didn't know I had  :'(

Jason Imps is OUT in 14th - I saw him standing up as Dan Samson was holding up his Aces.  He said he was happy they held up.

Hot on his heels Nicholas Nicolaou went all-in on a very short-stacked  3s 5s, and Stuart Fox's  ac 9d took him out in 13th.  They both receive £1,000, and Nick said it "wasn't bad for his first big tournament."  I always like to see people looking happy when they're having their money counted out in front of them.

Someone please wish our new friend Smithers good luck from me and Mrs RED

I'm afraid Colin Hawker is OUT.

Iron, Yup, Smithers - DON'T call him that, he gets tetchy - is stil in, he has about 90k. I cannot find any satisfactory explanation as to why he's still in.

Gonna have to be careful with the pics of Rhow now, his blondeness is watching. oops.....

Here's Jonathan Rabb, the Blue Square Big Honcho, & Richard, who's TD for the Grosvenor Grand Prix. They've both worked their socks off, & have been particularly helpful & supportive to blonde.

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A big Good Luck to Rumit please TK

Nick Whiten OUT - (Ironside, prescient)
He had 2 hands against Mick Fletcher  - The majority of the damage was done when he got it (almost) all-in with AQ vs A6 (Nick).  The small remainder went in with K 10 against Mick's A2.  It looked hopeful when a 10 landed on the flop, but the river brought an Ace and he's OUT in 12th, for £1,000.

OMG, I've bokked him

While, I am ashamed to admit it, on the hunt for the two players' names I'm still confusing, I heard one of them being addressed as 'Dad' and thought that guy might be the one to ask.  His Dad is Kevin Simcock, and today was the first he'd heard about what his Dad had been up to - apparently his Mum said something like "he's been in the casino playing poker for two days" and he came down to investigate.  He looks well chuffed.  I think he's heading over to play the sit'n'gos which have been starting in lieu of regular tournaments.

well nearly a final now,stu fox or mick fletche.they both have balls of steel and r very good.the young guy ur on about jen looks about 16 can we have a id check plz

Blinds just gone 6k 12k.

2,150,000 chips in play I believe. Playable?

OK Luke, will do.

Smithers is Mrs & Mrs Red's new friend, eh? He's a really nice boy, proper manners, respectful, I like him a lot. Bit effiminate.

Short Stack asks what I was holding yesterday when he showed me an A. Can you remind me who you are? i men, Short Stack is surely not your real name? I THINK I recall the hand. If I'm not mistaken, I was mistaken. Thought I had a hand till you RR'd, then I realised it had all  been a misunderstanding.

i'm told that tonight's joint commentators for the Final will be Gary Jones (for the English speaking viewers & listeners) & ActionJack.

Quote of the Tournament!

Steve T aka Shortstack

who left and chip counts please

that would be good

You ask and you shall receive, Jim:

Chris Johnson   240,000
Rumit Somaiya  98,000
Pino Valentino  385,000
Paul Dargon     470,000
Mick Fletcher     92,000
Kevin Simcock  150,000
Stuart Fox       200,000
Richard Glading  75,000
Ben King          220,000
Dan Samson     160,000
Kerry Taylor     160,000 (I think this is Mr. Taylor - confirmation shortly)

what sevice,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ta

Thank you what a service i for one would pay

what service exactly would you be willing to pay jen for?

There you go, by popular demand. Full length, too. Watch what you say boys, his Blondeness is watching.

Short-Stack - Steve T. NOW I remember. As I said before, I believe it was just a misunderstanding. my hand sort of diluted after you bet.

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i got 3% with dan so give my best wishes and also to rummit please  ta.

No one's really taking any risks at this point.  Even chip leader little-pair-playing Paul Dargon says he's hardly played a hand in an hour like the rest of his table.

thank you for the picture. The hoarding looks very nice.

the what? 

the white board with all the blue writing on it.


It's all I could look at as my attention was drawn towards the board.

WE HAVE A FINAL!

11th place was short-stacked Richard Glading who won £1,500

10th was determined in a huge crowd of spectators amid a bustle of controversy over who could bet how much when (it is Pot Limit after all) and how much each player had.  It panned out that Kevin Simcock had raised with  6d 9d and faced an all-in from Ben King with  ac kd, which he eventually called.  He hit a nine on the river and Ben has to content himself with 10th place, the TV Bubble, and £2,000.

Will do Jim. Jim R is a previous winner of this event.

seems as if the thread locked itself or was accidently locked i will check setting to ensure nothing is wrong but have unlocked it everyone should be able to post again

sorry for the inconveince

Can you wish Chris Johnson good luck from Craig please :)up

Will do I K I.

Just home just caught up.

THen can't reply.

Good luck everyone who is left.

Go Micky Fletcher.

Yogi

Doesn't Rhowena look loveley jubberley.  :)up


And thank her for fixing this smilie. --------->  ::)

Can't reply Yogi? Can we assume the reply function is now working? Sorry about that - we have a HUGE crowd on blonde tonight. Best behaviour!

You'll need to talk amognst yourselves for a fews minutes, until the Final starts. Play began today at 3pm, & there has not been a break all day, so they are having a mini-break I think.

I'll see if I can get some pics of the Finalists.

tony it seems as if somehow the topic was locked, only the admin and mods could post, i dont know why it locked itself or if someone locked it by accident

its now unlocked so all blondites should be posting and rushing you off your feet again

Can you please wish Foxy gl for me Tikay. He has great game and this is the big one he deserves!

Big it up for Danny Samson - good player & good guy. BTW talks a great game too  :)up

\\\\\thanks for the updates - top notch as always - appreciated in newcastle, enjoyed everywhere!

Chip stacks and prizes please.

Here's Finalist Mick Fletcher, looking pleased with life. Hyper-mega aggressive, I'd describe him as. I asked him if he had history with Paul Dargon, "Nope, but you can't let these guys bully, you have to let them know who's in charge of the table". That's OK then.

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Here are the final table's prizes:

1 £100,000
2  £53,000
3  £26,000
4  £16,500
5  £10,000
6   £7,600
7   £6,300
8   £5,000
9   £4,000

someone make sure that mick fletcher doesnt go near the bar, if he gets heads up i hope it last a little longer than blackpool

There's still a lot of meaningful tweaking going on over here, and I think the players might be grabbing a quick bite to eat... in any case the precious chips have been moved.  When they head back there will be an announcement of the seats and chips to the chip, which is probably better than my 'to the nearest 20,000' counting.  So bear with us as we bear with them.

Here's another of our finalists, Danny Samson, photographed just after visiting the toilets..

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Just out of interest Jen, how many of the finalists played in the first session yesterday ?

 ;)

Mick Fletcher having a good run of form locally. Still beating the fish at Blackpool is always easy.

When is Russ going to come and show us how to do it again??

My ears have recovered from the last time you were there i think.

Yogi

Go on Danny.....a nice guy who lunched with us yesterday. Fortunately he didn't listen to any of tikay's advice


and tikay, you've just made a tired man chuckle repeatedly... ;D ;D ;D

Here's a nice pic of blondeite Stu Fox, with a Supervisor, a lovely Dealer Lady, & a dodgy geezer.

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gl to Dan also.

Does anyone else smell a deal here?

He'll love you for that one  ;D

Well, Karabiner, that involves a deep delve into the bag of old notes and bits of paper, but I tend to hoard things and so with information:

First session finalists:
Rumit Somaiya
Chris Johnson
Paul Dargon
Stuart Fox

Foxy must have a very long left arm to rest it on aj's hip  >:D

So much for my theory then, kind of  blows it out of the water.

Must be old age after all  :-\

Here's Rumit Somaiya, or as ActionJack has christened him, "Eyebrows Rumit".

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And Paul Dargon. Never met the guy before today, I believe he plays a fair bit of cash up North.

Stll no sign of the Final starting. The Tv peeps are fiffing & faffing with the wires & things.

Ayyyup, they've just called all Finalist to the table, at last.

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Karabiner - I bet you were about to suggest that the more rested first flight guys did better.... I would have thought so too.

Tikay off to get pics of the rest of the finalists, as they're slowly making their way back to play some more cards.

Someone mischievously suggested earlier that "deal talk" may be in the air. Don't be silly. The Finalists have been called to the table, but not one of them has arrived yet. All 9 of them are stood in a corner of the cardroom having a fairly anumated conversation.

And any suggestion that they agreed £20k each, plus an extra £25k for the winner, an extra £20k for 2nd and an extra £15k for third is patently untrue. Several of them rejected the notion. Allegedly.

Still no sign of ANY of the Finalists, despite being called 5 or 10 minutes ago. Whatever CAN they be talking about?

Well, the chips are all on the table and the finalists are about to make their grand entrance.  I have snuck into the spectator seating which was looking a tad thin and so I will be able to give you an account of all hands as they are announced by marvellous tournament director Richard Stanton. 

There is an air of anticipation, and a bit of fidgeting.  I can see Rumit lurking at the back with Stuart Fox...

Mick doesnt like to deal and if hes had a drink they aint got a sniff of convincing him to deal. I would say that Paul Dargan wouldn't be to bothered either.

Good they have a dealer then.

Off to bed folks- will check result in morning.

And, allegedly, Stu Fox, amongst others, rejected any suggestion of a deal, (the hypothetical one) & they are playing for the Prize Structure "official".

The players are, at last, being announced to the audience.

Let's get this thing started!

isnt foxy high up on the ranking this year and this is a ranking event i believe so a deal would not be good for him espically this early

you have a huge audience watching the updates guys, including the great and the good of the poker world. And The Camel.

All the best

1 327,500 Pino Valentino Q Luton
2 253,000 Kevan Simcock Q Walsall
3 90,500 Dan Samson Q BlueSquare
4 390,000 Paul Dargon Q Southampton
5 142,000 Rumit Somaiya Q BlueSquare
6 179,000 Mick Fletcher Q BlueSquare
7 341,000 Chris Johnson Q Bolton
8 223,500 Kerry Taylor Q Victoria
9 175,500 Stuart Fox Q BlueSquare

That's your lineup with their Qualification origin.

They are mic-ing them up now.  Bear with them as they get set to be televised.  There's always a last minute organisational flurry... talk amongst yourselves, great and good.

Could you please ask Jonathan if the 4/1 a blue sq. qualifier winning is still available to a "monkey" ?

Here's a view of the railbirds in action. Front row, right to left as we look, is Mick McCluskey, with a very smart Jonathan Rabb of Blue Square.com sat next to him. The guy next to Jonathan was, shortly after this pic was taken, asked to calm down.

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the tv might not to cut anything at this rate

the finish preparing 12 30 am
dealer deals first card 1am
break after each player busts 10 min each
break for buffet 30 mins
card room closes 4 am (to allow the winners to play wheel of death)
might get 50 hands before the finish

Er, they've all stood back up and are filing in again.  I think they wanted a Take Two filmed entrance.  Maybe we didn't clap enough.

lmfao

i know him, a regular at walsall and without doubt the tightest player of all tightingdom, i have seen him blinded out during the rebuys!!

So if he's the king of tightingdom, does that make him Tightest End?

I feel bereft.

Director Richard is having a couple of takes at announcing the players, and we've had our applause recorded.  I feel special.  They may begin to play at any moment.

You think Iron is jesting? well hear this then......

They did, at last, bring the players into the arena (from the staff room) one at a time, with TD Richard larging it up on the PA system. "And in seat 1, we have so & so, with xxx.xxx chips, laying in 5th place, having qualified at Luton. And in seat 2.....". Rinse, repeat, 9 times.

Then things got surreal. Some sort of technical hitch with the TV equipment meant that none of this had been recorded.

And would you believe, they then sent all the Finalists out of the room again, & are now repeating the whole malarky.

"and, in seat 1, we have......."

And THEN it got even more bizarre. Problems with the PA system now, so we had to have Rumit introduced 3 times.

We are up to seat 7 now, on lap 3. Talk amongst yourselves please.

has there evver been an end of tourney chip count to see who takes home £100k?

Perhaps you'd better call in Gala Notts for expert advice.

but not a sandwich.

Did Jonathan say that I have a bet ?

good luck to Foxy, top bloke and obviously a decent player ::)

And so, with the blind levels set at an hour, the blinds will be 5,000 - 10,000.

They're shuffling up and dealing.  And recording.

Here's another crowd scene. Well, a sort of mini-crowd. The Walsall regulars may recognize a face or two. Our Jen is far right, having nabbed a seat, & has got her laptop on, of all places, her lap. That could catch on.

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Please tell Foxy that snoopy says Good Luck!  :)up

Bring it home for the Blondites!!!  ~:

could u wish Pino the best of luck from steve t. & tell him I m off to bed so drop my %age off through the letter box on his way home.

tell Pino I live at Number 6, on the same road as Shortstack.

If he could find it within him to post the age through the wrong letterobx, I'll make sure Steve gets it!!!  ;D ;)

good luck foxy :)up

tikay you think i would joke about something as serious as this?

It's a bit quiet in more ways than one - no hand by hand announcing as yet, and no action to speak of.  The dealer is wearing an earpiece.  He looks like a secret service agent.

I understand his excitement, thats the closest he's ever been to a final table. (Approx 5 ft )

i told you 1am before first card will be dealt to allow gary jones to stop action jack from talking

Karabiner, I think, judging by JR's chortling, the answer was "no". He did suggest you could lay HIM a monkey..... Ask The Camel - he's good for a bet, as a rule.

I do believe they are actually playing now. Jen is in the cardroom, I am not, so she'll give you the details. She seems to be really enjoying it, & her enthusiasm shows in her work. "Hoorah", accompanied by waving hands, is her most frequent saying. She really is a most unusual, & quite extraordinary character. An IQ of about 350, & as nutty as a fruitcake.

I'd like to thank her, on behalf of everyone watching, for her devotion to the cause. It's a privelege and a joy to work with her, &, if you don't mind me saying so, you are very lucky to have her as Updater.

The camera-eye view is being shown on the monitors outside the final table area, and I can just about see half of one if I lean sideways.  That's good, because otherwise I'd have no idea what was going on.  Not sure that poker is as good a live spectator sport as it is a televised one.  And there's no popcorn or beer.  I'm going outside for a minute where I might be able to record a hand for you watchers.

surely they are not showing the cards on the TV outside the card room that would be stupid even for a tv company

Ok guys i just got home after stopping off at Robs to play him and Chubbs and Lou in a 4way comp to round the night off.

I took down the second for a profit of £40

As for today i goto be please with it all never found a hand yesterday and started the 2nd day with 10800 chips
I Out drew AA 3 times with 9999, 888, jj straight, outdrew AK with A7 and nemerous other hands, its a shame i couldnt make the final but well i used at lease 8 out of 9 available lives.

off to bed now..

Cheers

No. He said you've got a bloody nerve.  ;D

Although the blinds seem big at 5k - 10k, they've actually been rolled back from 8,000 - 16,000 to give the final more play.  Good for them.  And thanks to Simon Woolf for this piece of information, as I'd clear forgotten it.  He is the young scion of BlueSquare Marketing, and yesterday was modelling the New Design Fleece they're coming out with.  The little things they've brought along have made it for the final - Dan Samson sporting backwards baseball hat... they must be proud.

Well Iron, I would not put it like that exactly. There IS a monitor, just outside the cardroom. So I can see all the action from where I am, but Jen can't. I think she is goling to leave the cardroom & jolin me shortly.

Oddly, there has been no announcing of the action at all. Mind you, it appears to be all Raise & Pass stuff. They will loosen up soon, no doubt.

so can you or cant you see the hole cards?

An all-in by Mick Fletcher was called by Kevan with  th td.  Mick had  ac ad though, and doubles up.

Hear hear, so talented, makes me sick (in a nice way)

Fantastic job Jen and Tikay, I hope you're getting enough liquids to keep you going.

Well, I don't know about that, but thank you for being nice.  It makes the centuries of watching folding to a preflop raise fly by like weeks.

They've turned a monitor on in here! Good good.  Now I can tell you who's been nicking the blinds for the last half hour. 

No Iron, nobody can see the hole cards. Except the holders of them, presumably.

They have now switched on the Plasma TV Screen IN the cardroom, so the audience, & Jen, can see what's happening.

I guess the lack of "hand announcing" is at the request of the TV peeps, as it would cut across their commentators, who, of course, we can't hear. It's all rather quiet & anti-climatic at the moment, truth to tell.

Camel's description of Mr Rabb's retort is uncannily near the mark. How on earth would he know how they do things at Blue Squirr....sorry, Blue SQUARE?

Four of the finalists qualified through Blue SQ, credit where its due

I'm afraid I can't take any more pics in the cardroom tonight, as the TV peeps get cross at my camera when it flashes. But I may be able to sneak a few somehow.

Try with flash off and hold camera steady, TV lights should be enough

Mick Fletcher (the big blind)  and Stuart Fox see a  ac 4h 4c flop, which Stuart takes down betting.  And then Mick gets involved in another pot right away from the small blind against Dan Samson - and it's a biggie - Mick bets out committing Dan to all-in on the flop which is:9d 8d 2c

 Dan Samson shows  ac kh (couldn't see the actual suits, sorry - they didn't focus on them that long) having called Mick's  qs kd.  It looked OK until the turn brought the  qd and the river the inconsequential  ts....

So Dan Samson OUT in 9th, winning £4,000.

But try not to use too much zoom, it cuts down the light

Unluck Dan!

great coverage - a few more pics would be great if you can get away with it...latest chips too if poss. thx!

I can hear Dan behind me doing the post-knockout interviews.  To be honest he's taking it pretty well, having been clearly excited to have made the final and looking forward to a shot at the top money.  I also hear he's gone directly out to do the commentary for the final, now he's not sat at it.  Good for him.

Yes Red, amazing that 4 finalists came via the online route. Maybe it's easier that way - that's how I qualified........

Hold the camera steady? At my age? I struggle to hold a cup of tea steady.

Here's a glum looking Danny Samson shortly after busting out. "The game sucks" was his eloquent description. He's not really had any chips all day, & has had to duck & dive just to survive. The guy behind him is holding a brown cardboard box - that's a Laptop, all the Finalists get one. A somewhat unusual choice of prize, but a good one.

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A short toilet break - is there any other type of toilet break? - now, while the TV peeps fiddle with their knobs & stuff. I gather there is some sort of technical hitch.

Don't you just love all the details  ;D

The things we TV types have to go through eh Tony  ::)

For some unfathomable reason, the Poker Channel peeps decided to interview me, ( I think Jonathan Rabb had been telling them porkys)

They will never use it, I was like 13 year old school girl, all shy and fidgety, then, as soon as you finish, you know it was crap, you know what you should have said, and you want to do it again properly, did my street cred no good at all

Sorry to disappoint you Red. But noone with a tash like yours has any street cred to lose in the first place.

Know the feeling Red. I go through it once a week. And the annoying thing, is that I ALWAYS think of a witty remark, or smart-ass retort, AFTER we have finished recording.

Thought they only interview finalists Tikay ;)

See, The Camel can make great off-the cuff wisecracks, he's got a sense of humour. Supports QPR......

I note a post by Guru Raj earier. I had the pleasure of him at my table at Gutshot a week or two back, a really great guy. He wants more pics? OK, attempt at flashless pics coming up. Now, hold it steady tikay.

Yelliw Card for I K I. Damn smartarse.

After sorting out a minor technical difficulty, the players are back and off.

I find it hard to estimate chip counts at the moment from this non-vantage point, but there's an all in from Kevan Simcock called by Paul Dargon and two others - Chris Johnson and Kerry Taylor

Flop  6h 8c 5h  Paul checks, Chris checks, Kerry checks.
Turn  8h  It checks round
River  8d    Kerry bets and they pass

Kevan has Ace high
Kerry shows  js jd

Kevan Simcock is the 8th place finisher for £5,000

Mrs Camel must have quite a sense of humour too

There you go. No flash, hold it steady.

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No French in tonight,i go to the frogbed.

Bonsoir

Ty for the

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right i am off to bed have fun guys and girls and i hope they dont ruin this by raising the blinds every 10 minutes to get it finished before casino closes

ROFLMAO at -bw-

Night night ironside

Translation, 'I will be here for another 4 hours'

Why have you done the complete opposite then Tikay?

Unfortunately they're not announcing the chip counts to us, just into a kind of walkie-talkie.  I heard four of them:

Chris Johnson 311,000
Kerry Taylor   397,000
Stuart Fox     175,500
Pino Valentino 328,000

I'm going to try (as recommended by Tikay) to sneak round the table and eye-count the other guys' with slightly less accuracy.

-bw- your mind must be a very interesting place to live... that woke me up.  That and the red bull.

It's not one of those tables with card-cam Iron

I think he's had squatters in

Wow.

That's what I see after a night on the tiles.

You're next on the list Red-Dog  ;D

There. I CAN do it.

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Zut alors, a bientot M. LeFrog

It is Karabiner, it was the empty table behind the one you were playing on

Roughly translated. "Goodness gracious, well good night then" is the rough translation, if I recall correctly from my degree in French.

Here's another semi-detached view olf the scene.



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Ahh ok Craig, I saw all the lights around my old table(sob) and thought that was the tv table.

Chris Johnson OUT in 7th winning £6,300

A giant all-in coup developed when Chris' whole sizeable stack got in against Kerry, who just covered him.
Chris held: qs qc      Kerry held:  jh jc

The board came an unbelievable  9c js 9d 2h jd giving Kerry a giant 700k-ish chip stack and sending an unlucky Chris out.  The rest of them are on a break. 

Here's a cool pic by Jen - Paul Dargon & Rumit.

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Rumit, who's "really enjoying it" tells us he has 140,000 or thereabouts.  He is all in favour of the resetting of the blinds as it's given them time to play it out...

Apparently on the last hand they were going nuts in the commentary box - Gary Jones fell off his chair, reportedly.

Unlucky Chris, well played mate, your time will come shortly. :'( :'(.

I must be tired, I read that as "Gary Jones fell off his chair, repeatedly"

"So, take us through your exit hand Kevan".

"Grrr....."

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Another pic by Jen. This is Mick Fletcher. Mean looking dude, eh?

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Is that the guy you were on about Tightend???

A Blackpool boy always gets there or there abouts on Grand Prix day.

Mr. Simcock used to live up this way and play nightly as well.

Go Mick, bring home the money, and get a lift in your old mans lapdance venue for Ironside.

Yogi

We are still on a short break, a sort of long short break. Sorry about this lack of "flow", colouring up is the excuse this time.

For a guy who was, arguably, the best player in the Final, who'd steadily built his stack all day, who was in great shape, & had not been all-in once during the entire comp until his exit hand, where he went in with  qs qh  and got smacked on the nose by  jc jd jh js Chris Johnson, clutching his New Laptop, looks remarkably cheerful. I can't help but feel sorry for him. He's a lovely guy, he really is.

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Mick Fletcher takes a pot off Paul Dargon, the ex-chip leader, with pocket 10s against Paul's pocket Sevens, with two Kings showing on board.  It's one of those rare times it gets to the river without anyone going nuts.

Have to agree with you there tony... he is a very good player!

And nice bloke aswell, i like the idea of the laptops... better than a piece of crystal which will gather dust!

Ah. I recognise Mick Fletcher from the last £300 comp. Very laid back character. doesn't say much, but comes across as pretty friendly.

As promised Tikay!

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doing a great job!

Rumit Somaiya is our 6th place finisher, with a £7,600 prize...

He moved in with  9c 9d and might have been happy for Paul Dargon to call, if he hadn't been up against  asp ah!  As expected, this time the bigger pair held up and Rumit heads into interview corner.

...and is it just me, or does that sign seem to be coming from your head, Tikay?  ;)

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Hi snoppy, yeak, Mick Fletcher won a really extraordinary Main Event at Blackpool earlier this year, when, heads up with Alistair Findley, it lasted two hands, & all the chips went in with both players holding bus tickets.

Here's a man looking like he's just lost his chance of a £100,000 first prize, Rumit's  9c 9d walking into Mr Dorgan's  ad asp (I made up the suits. Like I make up my hands sometimes).

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A rather blurry pic of Pino's rather splendid shirt. No taste, these Italians.

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Not sure if you can see this, but Stu Fox has his chips in a veritable tower, in the same style as Marcel Luske does. I tend to keep mine in lower stacks.

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hey tikay just got home safe and sound, thanks for the awfull picture not very flattering i must say   >:(
 please please will you do me the biggest favour and tell my friend  that i said good luck and he has to follow my order which is to kick ass and win the comp or else i wont be very happy.  ;D   thank you , if you do that then i will forgive you for the photo . thankx x x

I have been reliably informed that there is NO deal at present - they're still playing for the amounts as stated previously....

Pino Valentino has woken up and taken a couple of fairly juicy pots with preflop re-raises.  It looks like his quiet start has made the others a little wary of him.

Guy next to stu fox another nice guy... alway smartly dressed in suit, and very chatty he met barry for the first time in brighton...

Shocked into silence! Barry does that to you!

Hi Foxy. Don't do yourself down. It was a lovely picture of you, as all pics of you are. And you'd look nice in a sack. By the way, I played in the comp for 9 or 10 hours, got down to the last 3 tables, & you never ONCE dealt to me. On one occasion you actually sat down to deal at my table, & got up & left before a hand had been dealt.

Anyway, you are a credit to Grosvenor Blackpool. I'll pass your message on to Stu.

At-It - you mean Kerry Taylor? Agree. An impressive individual, always conducts himself with great dignity. Does not appear to be paying attention, but he misses nothing. Whereas, Thee from Thine........

yeah Kerry seems to be at most festivals and quietly gets to the deep end of most he plays! I like his game!

And as you say thee from thine does everything a bit different... ask him next time you see him what the little accident he had in his bed in brighton!

thank you for the compliments tkay your a sweety  :-*  .i know i think i managed to shuffle the cards and that was it. im sure i will get to deal to you in blackpool if you come down. thanks for passing on that message .

It's a story everyone should hear, but no-one should see the pics!

Thanks for the updates Jen. Kept me all up to date whilst watching a load of rubbish on the TV.

Still it kept me from doing my dough online.

See you all in Blackpool, and good luck everyone left.

Yogi

Hi there - we're still here, in case you were wondering, but the action has just dried up like my windscreen fluid.  There have been a couple of flops, with (usually Stuart) taking it down at that point.  They are relentlessly breakless, and so the chip counts are not forthcoming with any accuracy, but I'll go and tell you who's ahead and who's behind.

The game has gone remarkably tight. These guys who, hitherto, have said "no deals" are playing for a shed-load of money - there's still £200,000+ in play. We are trying to get chip counts at the first opportunity.

Here, we see a TV Technician caught up in the excitement. "Calm down, it's a game of poker, dear".

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Tony, tell me your not driving home

They're taking turns - now it's Pino Valentino's turn to take down a 60k pot on a  jd 4c 7s flop from Paul Dargon.  They are playing 'pass the blinds' a bit.

what time do they finish?

Here's another view of the Final Table. Everything you need to see is here, except, ahem, two of the 5 players - Pino & Kerry.

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hey tikay please get another one  for me lol  ;D tell him its for his no 1 fan, he will know who u mean lol  ;)  :D

Not sure what time they finish Red. We are down to 4 (Jen posting details of an exit) , & it could all end very quickly. Who knows?

Sudden Shock Knockout News now -

After a century of quiet, Pino Valentino makes an all-in preflop re-raise against Stuart Fox.  After a long think, he calls.
Mr. Valentino has  ad 9c, Mr. Fox  asp 5s.

The board comes:  8s 7h th kc ks and we have a fifth place finisher: Stuart Fox, winning £10,000.

Last three have to do a deal with this structure surely

There is a short break following Stu Fox's extraordinary departure.

This camera has been out of use all day, as the cameraman left his stilts at home.

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Well done   you did really well x

And I've taken advantage of the players' much-needed break to get the final four's counts:

Pino Valentino   716,000
Paul Dargon      346,000
Mick Fletcher    345,000
Kerry Taylor      709,000

hi tikay as youre twiddling youre thumbs waiting for the action...as youre in walsall could you find out when the next 300 freeze out is i think its this weekend and could you find out the clock and startings chips please.......... :)up

There you go Foxy - especially for you. Typically Stu, he's still smiling, but he's hurting like hell inside. He played great for 2 days, then, in my opinion, a lapse of concentration did him. He''ll be back, he has a rare talent.

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£300 next weekend 5k chips 45 min clock

Excellent updates--Thanks all-- Got to go sleep!!!
Malc-M

thanks red wat time is kickoff how many expected and is it usual antees (25-50,50-100, etc etc) O0

Don't forget if you are coming to Walsall to play the £300 last entry is 21:00 hours but try to get there before 20:30 the last minute poker rush on reception can be busy see you there  :)

thanks tikay your a star  :-*

There you go Kashman, answered almost before it was asked.

In fact, I'll probably play it. I'm having a few days rest from venues, catching up on stuff at home. I was going to Naples (to play), or maybe Cardiff to watch the WH Grand Prix, but I really like the Walsall £300 Frezeout, & think that's what I'll do next.

And we've lost Mick Fletcher in 4th place for £16,500 -

His  ah 7s faced Pino Valentino's  ad kd.

The board came  4s 3d jc 3s ks and Pino's two pair knocked out Mick, who'd played aggressively all day.  It's all beginning to speed up down here.

Yes Foxy, I told him, he was well chuffed. So he should be.

Pino now appears to have around 50% of the chips.

tikay wats youre view on the alan vinson incident....i noticed in the second seession we waited for 15-20 mins  as they kept calling names out...........obviously didnt do that earlier

Literally seconds later, Pino takes out Kerry Taylor in 3rd for £26,000!

They saw a flop of  6s 8c jc and that's where the money went in.  Kerry showed  ah js, but Pino was holding  kd kc all along!

It's like buses...

Pino Valentino has nearly 2 million to Paul Dargon's 298,000.  They're having a toilet break...

In fact, it now emerges that some sort of deal was agreed with 4 players left. And the last two are playing for, relatively, a small amount.

The Alan Vinson "incident". Very unfortunate. But ultimately, it's a players responsibility to be present at the right time. Tough, but true. Golfers get disqualified for forgetting to sign their card. Rules am rules.

Hard to assess hbow many chips Pino has in front of him here. My guess would be about an acre.

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Tony do you know who the dealer is?

Ladies and gents, we have a winner - the 2005 Grosvenor Grand Prix Champion is Giuseppi  - Pino - Valentino!

The last chips went in with Paul holding kc 2c against Pino's  4d 4c.  No help from the board makes Paul Dargon the runner up in this marathon event.  Congratulations to them both.

Im off to bed now guys im shattered from the longgggggggggg but fun weekend i have just had. you have all been a pleasure to deal and chat too even you tikay  ;)  ;D  i t was nice to meet a few of you off here now i can finaly put a few faces to names. Djinn and tikay  youve done a fab job of the updates on here well done guys.
sweet dreams all  
nite nite x x x

Who are the dealers? Wow, that's a toughie.

There were, i believe, 3 dealers, in rotation. Tom, Dean & Rachel.

Great updates and great comp!!

Tikay do you think you can get us the details of the chop if possible, these things always intrest me!

Night foxy - nice to see you too.  Hopefully back again here for more update fun soon. 

The final tablists' laptops have been handed out, and the extremely full commentator box is emptying, so we're looking after a couple of the computers as the players wrap things up.  I think some of them are even intending on going home straight away...

It's back to the accursed Travel Inn for me though (although it does sport the nicest night receptionist in the world). 

Thanks Guys I have enjoyed every minute of the updates.  It was better than being at there.  Hope to see you all soon congratulations to everyone they all played well.

Don't forget to smile at the friendly receptionist when you come to Walsall ;D

So, Grosvenor stage manage yet another successful comp - where would we be without them?

A big up to Amy from Rank, Jonathan from Blue Square, Paul, Richard, Dani, & his team at Walsall, not forgetting the lovely Receptionists here - they ALWAYS greet us with a smile. Priceless.

And of course to the viewers, & to Jen.

We are out of here now. Take care.

It's been emotional.

Jeez, trust Flushy to ask a question just after we've done the wrap-up.

I believe the deal was circa £40k each for the last four, & they played for the balance, presumably weighted.

I really feel i missed out on a great event, i decided not to play this and go for the brighton 500 freeze instead. I then left Brighton early because i was annoyed and so ended up playing neither!

I will deffo be at this next year, you can take that to the bank!

Just skimmed the update, will read l8er properly. Tikay ,Rhowena and Jen did a grand job as always. Thanks to gl message from snoop, hotdog, minx,imf and the rest, very well recieved. Im knackered I made a mistake as Tikay says I never should have got my chips in with only a5 but I had a feel for this guy and a made my first misread of the touney and I truely belive that. Well done to the winner /s also Rummit played a nice game good tempo and solid and was unluckey to find aces behind him. Foxy

wow after 2 days of action I finally get home and catchup on the updates.
Believe deal was something like 60k 50k 45k 40k by final placings but could be wrong

Thanks for the updates guys. :)up

Congratulations to Pino...there are some very happy people down Luton way this morning  :)up

Well done to tikay, Jen and the rest...herculean effort over many, many hours

What he said

Ditto

thanks for all the posative comments guys. but it was really the players that made the grand prix, well done to all that took part in the finel. ;D

 JUST TO SAY WELL DONE TO TIKAY AND HIS TOPCLASS TEAM, EXCELLENT COVERAGE OF THE GRAND PRIX.

Hi Tony and every one

I am a new member, where can i find the results of the Walsall Grand Prix?

Hi Fitboy, well, they are within this thread somewhere, & in a day or so thery will be all over the web.

From recollection......

1st Pino Valentino

2nd Paul Dorgon

3rd Kerry ????

4th Mick Fletcher

5th Stu Fox

Can't recall the others - Rumit finalled, Chris Johnson, "Simpson" too I think, & Danny Samson was 9th.. Memory has gone now, sorry.

Great job again guys, have just caught up with the updates.  Well done to all the Blondes.  I am going to do my best to get there next year, but need to build the bankroll up 1st!  ;D

Just to say thankyou to Tikay and Jen for this excellent record of the event and coverage, have never followed this before, but certainly will in the future.

Thanks to the dealers, supervisors and everyone else that made the event run smoothly.

After my first televised poker I am absolutely knackered (still) and never realised just how many breaks there are during filming. Will be back next year.

Nutflush.

Nutflush, welcome to the forum, pull up a chair and join in.

Oh and well done at Walsall

Nutflush, welcome and well done

Hi Nutty - great comp, eh?

I assume you were one of the Finalists - right? - so well done, whoever you are!

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