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Greetings all and welcome to the Day 1B live update thread of this year's Blue Square Grosvenor Grand Prix, the highlight of the Pot Limit calender.

There were a few late satellites, but this is the most recent list we appear to have, so if you'd like to (1) scour through the list for the Day 1Bers and (2) pick out any names that you would like us to follow, then please feel free to do so, although give us an early shout as players change ever so quickly in these shindigs.

Until tomorrow, toodle pip. ;snoopy;

Tony Fellone       1b - Friday 26th
Gareth Westcott    1b - Friday 26th
Saison Lambe         1a - Thursday 25th
Ian Barnett    1a - Thursday 25th
David Diggler    1a - Thursday 25th
Ashfag Ahmed    1a - Thursday 25th
Rob Stevens    1a - Thursday 25th
H Tran             1a - Thursday 25th
L Birchall    1a - Thursday 25th
Stephen Holden      1a - Thursday 25th
Martino Libertini    1a - Thursday 25th
M Damavandy     1a - Thursday 25th
Antonio di Cesare    1a - Thursday 25th
Michael Jones       1a - Thursday 25th
Chris Bruce        1b - Friday 26th
Chris Williams        1b - Friday 26th
John Burberry        1b - Friday 26th
B Boulden        1b - Friday 26th
Ian Woodley        1b - Friday 26th
Lam Trinh        1b - Friday 26th
Bambos Xanthos        1a - Thursday 25th
C Kadji        1a - Thursday 25th
Yunus Umarji        1b - Friday 26th
Barry Grimme        1b - Friday 26th
Gehan Zaib        1b - Friday 26th
Neil Rutter        1b - Friday 26th
Abed Eid        1b - Friday 26th
Matthew Haden        1a - Thursday 25th
George Wainburg    1a - Thursday 25th
E Macit        1b - Friday 26th
C Khajuria         1b - Friday 26th
M Arnold         1b - Friday 26th
L Windish         1b - Friday 26th
Josh Biedak         1b - Friday 26th
Lisa Scotney           1a - Thursday 25th
Javed Iqbal            1a - Thursday 25th
Matthew Sheils        1a - Thursday 25th
Jon Hewston         1b - Friday 26th
Anthony Kennedy     1b - Friday 26th
Richard Fleissner     1b - Friday 26th
Stephen Lennon     1b - Friday 26th
Waseem Ahmed          1a - Thursday 25th
Kevin O'Leary        1b - Friday 26th
Doig Rudling        1a - Thursday 25th
Ash Hussain        1a - Thursday 25th
Dylan Herbert       1b - Friday 26th
Henry Griffiths     1a - Thursday 25th
N Saunders          1a - Thursday 25th
Satnam Sandhu             1a - Thursday 25th
R Reece            1a - Thursday 25th
Marcus Bebb-Jones          1a - Thursday 25th
D Page                1a - Thursday 25th
Andy Johnson           1b - Friday 26th
V Madan           1b - Friday 26th
T Harman            1b - Friday 26th
Mohammed Hussain       1b - Friday 26th
Dave Welch        1b - Friday 26th
L Sun                   1b - Friday 26th
Daniel Rudd         1b - Friday 26th
Ghassan El Hoss       1a - Thursday 25th
Richard Gilby            1a - Thursday 25th
Paul Parker            1b - Friday 26th
John King        1a - Thursday 25th
Robert Ellis        1b - Friday 26th
Chao Li        1b - Friday 26th
Syed Zaidi         1b - Friday 26th
Carl Williams       1a - Thursday 25th
Richard Bent           1b - Friday 26th
Carl Limbert         1b - Friday 26th
Paul Georgiou        1a - Thursday 25th
Ish Patel               1b - Friday 26th
Kassim Kurbanall    1a - Thursday 25th
Alex Kong          1a - Thursday 25th
Paul Jackson       1a - Thursday 25th
Osman Mustanoglu    1a - Thursday 25th
Richard Simmonds     1a - Thursday 25th
John Boughey              1a - Thursday 25th
Rumit Somaiya         1a - Thursday 25th
Dharmesh Thakkar    1b - Friday 26th
Paul Taylor       1a - Thursday 25th
Dave Penly         1b - Friday 26th
Greg Hill              1a - Thursday 25th
Tom McCready     1b - Friday 26th
Piers Whyman       1a - Thursday 25th
Vu Nguyen             1b - Friday 26th
Simon Baskerville    1b - Friday 26th
David Mitchell              1b - Friday 26th
Andrew Harding       1a - Thursday 25th
Lawrence Gosney     1a - Thursday 25th
Robert Alden              1b - Friday 26th
Chris Smith               1a - Thursday 25th
Jasvir Perdesi               1a - Thursday 25th
Mo Muse              1a - Thursday 25th
Trevor Payne         1b - Friday 26th
Paul Rayner        1a - Thursday 25th
Matt Tyler        1a - Thursday 25th
Frode Gjesdal       1b - Friday 26th
T Dong               1b - Friday 26th
Paul Rodgers       1a - Thursday 25th
W Berry       1a - Thursday 25th
N Shellard       1b - Friday 26th
Ed Arees       1a - Thursday 25th
David Owston           1b - Friday 26th
Alan Davies             1a - Thursday 25th
Dave Knight        1b - Friday 26th
Thomas Dunwoodie    1b - Friday 26th
Zafar Aslam        1a - Thursday 25th
Amjad Aslam        1a - Thursday 25th
Lee Horton       1a - Thursday 25th
Kim Callow        1a - Thursday 25th
Andy O'Flaherty    1a - Thursday 25th
M Robinson         1b - Friday 26th
B Pottiwal         1b - Friday 26th
P Baldock         1b - Friday 26th
Mark Keightley         1a - Thursday 25th
Jonathon Butters     1b - Friday 26th
Dave Clark (Jnr)     1b - Friday 26th
Willie Tann        1b - Friday 26th
Yilfer Shevket        1b - Friday 26th
Michael Greco         1b - Friday 26th
Ariel Adda        1a - Thursday 25th
Dave Clark (Snr)     1b - Friday 26th
Gordon McArthur     1b - Friday 26th
Chris Gavriel         1a - Thursday 25th
Joseph Koumi        1a - Thursday 25th
Gurinder Purewal    1a - Thursday 25th
Peter Sibroski           1a - Thursday 25th
Jason Simpson         1a - Thursday 25th
Ian Herbert        1a - Thursday 25th
Jeff Kimber         1a - Thursday 25th
David Lissner        1b - Friday 26th
Nathan Foley         1b - Friday 26th
Johnny Pescod         1b - Friday 26th
Charles Denton         1b - Friday 26th
Nick Gibson         1b - Friday 26th
Karl Mahrenholz     1a - Thursday 25th
Rob Sherwood        1a - Thursday 25th
Anthony Cartwright     1a - Thursday 25th
Micheal Lott         1b - Friday 26th
Andrew Booth         1b - Friday 26th
Kevin Zarandi         1b - Friday 26th
Alan McLean         1a - Thursday 25th
Amrat Patel        1a - Thursday 25th
Dan Bamford         1a - Thursday 25th
Mohammed Ghani         1b - Friday 26th
Mike Moore         1b - Friday 26th
Yucel Eminoglu     1b - Friday 26th
Richard Wilcox        1a - Thursday 25th
John Marles         1b - Friday 26th
Harpit Gurnham     1b - Friday 26th
Anna Hastley         1a - Thursday 25th
Olabode Ayegun         1a - Thursday 25th
Khayam Ezzat        1a - Thursday 25th
Terry Owens         1b – Friday 26th
Robert Nightingale    1a - Thursday 25th
Malcolm Atkins         1a - Thursday 25th
Garry Wilson Snr    1b – Friday 26th
Kryiacos Dionysiou     1b – Friday 26th
Kevan Simock        1b – Friday 26th
James Moult         1a - Thursday 25th
Graham Whytell         1b – Friday 26th
Andrew Bradshaw         1b – Friday 26th
Phil Smith              1a - Thursday 25th
Ben Callinan        1b – Friday 26th
Lucy Rokach         1a - Thursday 25th
Roberto Romanello     1b – Friday 26th
Maurice Nicholson     1a - Thursday 25th
Mike Arnold         1a - Thursday 25th
Gregory Garrett     1b – Friday 26th
Andrea Buzzigoli     1b – Friday 26th
William Davies         1b – Friday 26th
Stuart Pearson         1b – Friday 26th
Simon Zach         1a - Thursday 25th
Ash Pervais         1b – Friday 26th
Mark Gogerty         1a - Thursday 25th
Meng Ong         1a - Thursday 25th
Gary Chatterton     1b – Friday 26th
Anthony Adderley        1b – Friday 26th
Chris Sokrati         1a - Thursday 25th
Reyaaz Mulla         1a - Thursday 25th
Mick Fletcher         1b - Friday 26th
Richard Barber     1a - Thursday 25th
Hamid Rowshanaei     1b – Friday 26th
Des Jonas              1a - Thursday 25th
Peter Evans               1a - Thursday 25th
Paul Dobson         1a - Thursday 25th
Martin Green         1b – Friday 26th
Russell Jones         1a - Thursday 25th
Steve Jelinek        1b – Friday 26th
Alwyn Powell           1a - Thursday 25th
Mark Clare         1b – Friday 26th
Ian Baker          1a - Thursday 25th
Mark Lowe         1b – Friday 26th
David Smith         1a - Thursday 25th
Jeff Burke           1b – Friday 26th
Martyn Cavanagh    1a - Thursday 25th
Rick Trigg         1b – Friday 26th
Stephen Basri         1a - Thursday 25th
Richard Gray         1b – Friday 26th
Alan Rudge         1a - Thursday 25th
Glynn Rees         1b – Friday 26th
Stuart Fox         1a - Thursday 25th
Tim Hiskett         1b – Friday 26th
Alan Dean         1b – Friday 26th
Mickey Wernick         1b – Friday 26th
Paul Mccue         1a - Thursday 25th
Paul Vicary        1b – Friday 26th
Royce Law         1a - Thursday 25th
Nick Risdale    1b – Friday 26th
Paul King         1a - Thursday 25th
Alan Armitage         1b – Friday 26th
Matt Cartwright     1a - Thursday 25th

good luck today to Trigg,greek jack,red-dog and Stu Rutter whos not on the list but qualified in the last sat..

Great updates yesterday you two!  Look forward to another long day of getting nothing done around here while I keep up with ye. 

I'm quietly wishing the best of luck to a few.  Have a huge Lady of Fatima statue arriving tonight (kid you not, but that's another story...lol), so surely that will count for something while we're cheering you on.  You know who you are, but I don't want to jinx ya by mentioning names. 

 ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck;

great updates yesterday. could u keep an eye on danny rudd aka upthemariners. also there is a guy called jonny pescod, would be interested to see how he does

Yoohoo, we've arrived!  ;applause;

But before we do anything, take a sneaky peek at how things finished yesterday. One exit that we missed was actually Stephen Holden in 35th to leave us with 34 players.

Paul Rodgers   84200
J. Iqbal   72300
Ash Hussain   70800
Chris Smith   54000
Karl Mahrenholz   53900
Lee Birchall   52700
Lee Horton   45600
M. Damavandy   40700
Chris Sokrati   37900
Jamie Moult   35500
Paul McCue   32500
Paul Vicary   32400
M. Shiels   32000
Paul Rayner   32000
Jeff Kimber   32000
Ash Ahmed   28700
Bambos Xanthos   26700
P. Taylor   25300
A. Patel   24300
A. Harding   24100
Olabode Ayegun   23300
Lawrence Gosney   21700
S. Basri   20700
Henry Griffiths   19700
Rob Reece   19000
Osman Mustanoglu   18800
Richard Simmonds   17400
Piers Whyman   16100
Rob Sherwood   15700
M. Akinson   13200
Allan Rudge   10600
Mike Arnold   9600
R. Gilby   9400
Marcus Bebb-Jones   7900

No Henry to cheer on today, but if you could keep me updated with some of the Taff contingent I'd be much obliged snoops!  Well done to you and dana on your excellent coverage and image-finding abilities yesterday - Gave me a laugh.

Batchelor hand, anyone? (Can't wait to see the images you come up with for that one :P)

Looky looky, just to prove that we're not fabricating these updates from the comfort of our own bed (so warm!), here's a piccy of the cardroom in de-bagging stage.

I've just been out onto the floor and can confirm that debaggement is officially over and that play has commenced with blinds at 25/50.

Game on, as they say in the darts.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2590&g2_serialNumber=1)

Unfortunately for both bloggers and viewers alike, a few mischievous gremlins have entered the system here at Walsall and somehow compiled a player sheet that in no way corresponds to the seating order the players are actually positioned in. Eek!  :o Whether the computer has gone bananas of its own accord, or a member of staff pressed the big red "Reshuffle: Don't press me!!!" button I'm unsure, but either way, it looks like its going to be a fun day of tapping people on shoulders and requesting their names in that pestering manner that you'd hate to be on the receiving end of.

In other words, I'm going to need player descritions of Daniel Rudd, Jonny Pescod and any other requested folk that I don't already know in order to locate them.

As always seems to be the case, it doesn't take long to experience our first exit, and that unfortunate wooden spoon man is G Grime who exited with mumbles of Kings versus Queens. I'm no Miss Marple, but my guess would be that those darn Ladies had a threesome somewhere on the board to send Mr Grime packing. Still, he gets £100 for his troubles. Only in the World Series can you come 200 and something and still go home with a cash prize.

gl to Mr Dog.

Hi everyone! I'm afraid we have no player list today. I mean, we do, but it looks like someone accidentally hit the Randomize button or today is musical chairs day or something because no-one seems to be sitting where the player list says they should be. This is a shame because I've seen some huge pots already and I have absolutely no idea who was involved in them. Sigh. Welcome back, Mateyboy. We've missed you. So for the time being I shall just tell you that I have witnessed Mr Paul Parker, resplendent in pink paisley number, take down a pot with a bet of 700 on a Tc 9h 4d 6c 2s board. I have also had a slightly depressed-sounding Willie Tann dolefully enquiring as to when there's going to be a break, not 10 minutes into the first level. I feel for you, Willie. I really do. I have also witnessed the astounding spectacle that is Rick Trigg's barnet. Photos very, very definitely to follow.

And we're another man down, this time the recipient of the door shutting behind him is Ben Dong (I was so hoping his first name was Ding). With Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) Ashby (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) betting the streets of a 4d Js Th 2h board, including the 4s River where he pushed all-in for around 3k, Dong made a reluctant call only to be shown a superior (I imagine, he mucked) pair of Queens. Doesn't seem massive, but it was good enough to send a disgruntled Dong hurling over to the rail.

It's not massively obvious in this photo, but what he appears to have done is let it grow free, then slicked it back and pinned it away from his face with an alice band. Awesome. Just awesome. In the original sense of the word.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2592&g2_serialNumber=1)

GOOO HIPPY TWIGG........YA BIG JESSEE

Even if his surname was Ding, it would be amusing....

please give me an update on lam trinh. thank you.

After learning of R Bent's untimely exit, I spotted a curious hand involving Midlands player Andy Johnson. Cool as a cucumber in a fridge freezer, Andy re-raised his opponent's 1k bet to 2k on the River of a Qh 3h 2s Ad Qd board. Johnson, who's laid back image, sunglass down, arms lying nonchalantly across the table, reminds me of a cool mafia player you'd expect to see on the Silver screen, evidently has a preceding reputation as a loosey goosey 'any two cards' player, as Mateyboy made the call with Kh 2h. Andy flipped over Qs 5c and non-surprisingly took the pot down.

Going back to Rick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) Trigg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) for a second, he tells me that his table is completely insane - three exits already, and the first level not even over. Sad tales of set over two pair, sets against flush draws that hit, and he and his alice band have had to go outside for a smoke to calm themselves down after all the excitement. Here's another photo of his most excellent 'do. It's a little blurry, but I think it really conveys the spirit of his haircut.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2608&g2_serialNumber=1)

Lam Trinh has been located and spotted during these early stages, although when I last tootled on by, he was passing a few chips over to his neighbour. The board read Jh 6s Qc 3c and after Lam's 650 bet into a 1,425 pot was called on the Turn, they both checked the 2h River only for Mateyboy to snap up the pot with Kd Qd. Not a big hit, but a hit nonetheless.

Is it just me, or do a lot of Welsh poker players have names ending in 'O'? Anyway, here's another, Marco Clare, following in the Italian-esque 'O' ending footsteps of Roberto Romanello and the like, and possibly being just as active with the chips too. According to Henry 'Swiss Tony' Griffiths, who is watching from the sidelines, Marco is down to 6k and has "lost his head". "He's all over the place now," reports our ringside observer. "I just saw him call 600 with 2-3 of spades."

I'd just like to confirm that Marco hasn't literally lost his head. That would be silly.

thank you. wish him luck from the family.

By hook or by crook, or maybe simply via my spider senses, we have indeed located Mr Jonny Pescod who was requested earlier. He's looking relatively confident in what I assume are new surroundings, but then again I don't think he has been a busy be, his 10k starting stack seeing about as much movement as those peeps who pose as statues in touristy areas.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2600&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy Johnson is deffo in the Mallu class of player, not afraid to call any sized bets with 7 2 off.
Has a lot of success with it too.
Is that chief second chippy from day 1a?

 :hello: snoopy & Dana

Can you wish all the welsh lads all the best please

Dewio

Hi Guys, Can you keep an eye on Nick Risdale for me. Cheers.

Mike

Other news is that Chris Bruce is down to about 5k, though not sure how. He doesn't really look like he wants to talk about it.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2616&g2_serialNumber=1)

According to my source, who, admittedly, is only Michael Butlin from Blue Square (he drinks way too many Cheeky Vimtos to make a reliable source), Kevin O'Leary is the wrong side of his starting stack after his flopped straight with 2-3 on an A-5-4 board was out-gunned by A-4 which inevitably made a full house. Fortunately for the multi-colour-haired-younger-than-he-looks South Londonder (did you know he was ID-ed in Vegas when me and Jen got in?  :)), he had plenty of chips to soak up the beat.

 :hello: Dewi! No problem, we'll get them do an announcement over the tannoy. :)

Yep, that's him. You a fan? Good player?

Hi. I have passed on the message. Lam is currently on 10k with the blinds now rising to 50/100.

thanks ;D

Can you keep us updated on Gordon MacArthur please - think he's a blonde - and wish him good luck.

 ;goodluck; ;goodluck;

me too

Gi Mac on APAT/blonde/AWOP etc

I was passing by Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334)'s table when his shirt caught my eye, and I happened to notice that he was involved in a hand at the time. The board read Jc Qc Tc 9d Kh and Mateyboy had bet 725. Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) thought about it and raised another 1500. "If you raise all in I'll pass," he said helpfully. Mateyboy was clearly considering it, but called instead.

Mr Parker - 2c Kc

Mr Boy - 7c 6c

"I would have passed if you'd raised," reiterated Mr Parker, but I'm not convinced that that's true...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2612&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Barnet Rick Trigg is on around 13k. I saw him take some chips off a Matey with 9-J against Matey's K-T on an Ac Jc Kh 9d 4d board.

Meanwhile King Of The Shortstack Mickey Wernick is heading towards his comfort zone, having somehow lost about half his starting stack already.

I don't know if he's fully Welsh, pseudo Welsh, or merely a visitor in those parts, but Harpit Grunham has been the last to depart, although a consolatory £100 thickening his lining.

Meanwhile, I did spot Danny Rudd, and a photo will indeed be on the way shortly. The Ruddster, or UpTheMariners as he more commonly known on the blonde forum, is currently on the 8.5 to 9k mark, so he's still there.

Yip keep the update coming on gordon please.

The Fashion Files:

Suspect Number 1: Stuart Rutter
Crime = unlawful hoody attire

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2606&g2_serialNumber=1)

Suspect Number 2: Paul Parker
Crime = For upstaging the Beagle in the pinkness stakes

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2604&g2_serialNumber=1)

Suspect Numer 3: Mateyboy
Crime = stole the wallpaper design on an Indian restaurant

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2602&g2_serialNumber=1)

Pictured next to the criminal hoodie stylings of Stuart (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=421) Rutter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=421) is sole remaining moustachioed hope Red Dog. "Oh, I'm on a rollercoaster here, Dana. Up to 10.2k. Back down to 10k."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2614&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2610&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sibling of Lalit, Chandra Khajuria is now out of today's pool after clashing with Luton GUKPT victor Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) Clark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92). All-in with Aspades 8s versus 5c 4c on a 4d Js 5s Flop, the 8c Turn and 4s River were of no use to the still chirpy Londoner as he made his way to the yet to be jam-packed rail.

Clark now on over 20k.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2620&g2_serialNumber=1)

anychance of the results from yesterdays £100 comp plz guys ?,   i was gona ask for updates on ben dong, but it didnt really work out for him lol

By the way, Mr Paul Pink Paisley Parker is on around 20k.

Is this cheeky chappy he? If so, he's on exactly 9375.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2628&g2_serialNumber=1)

And for the gent asking after Mr Nick Risdale, he's on about 7.7k. He smiled after I took this picture, too.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2630&g2_serialNumber=1)

It's a funny thing, but I don't believe there's a single lady playing today. So in the absence of lady-norkage for all you gents, here's a small but perfectly formed selection of man-norkage (er, mankage?) for the ladies watching at home.

Roberto Romanello

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2634&g2_serialNumber=1)


Michael Greco

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2632&g2_serialNumber=1)


Er, Mickey Wernick

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2636&g2_serialNumber=1)

Enjoy!

Jeez, has Stu just ended his tour with the Finnish army or something?

He's hoping to camouflage himself against the table later to steal people's chips.

JP Kelly, who qualified via one of the final satellites, just clashed with this chap, Chao Li. I only caught the very end of the hand, but the board read 8d 5c 3d Ac 6s and after both players checked down the River, Li took the pot with 8s 7s.

"You played that strong," observed Kelly.

Li just nodded and smiled.

And on that note, Li jumps to 20k whilst Kelly drops back down to 10k.

Popular Welshman 'David' Dan Owston is up to a mammoth-at-this-stage 22k after his set of Jacks on a Jack high Flop survived against A-J. "But why survived?" I hear you cry. "He's miles ahead." Well, not when the board is all hearts with Mateyboy holding the Ace of hearts. Fortunately for Dan, no heart came and his opponent was forced to eat dust, which I've heard is not to tasty.

Recent exits:

Jon Hewston
N Rutter
Alan Dean
Greek Jack

Jon Hewston departed at the hands of Chris Bruce, the J-9-4 Flop seeing the chips fly in with Jon's 5-4 ahead against Chris's Q-T. But a Brucie Bonus on the Turn in the form of a straight-making 8 sealed Hewston fate.

News from the Smoking Section ("Car Park") in the break now.

Bumped into Alan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14) Armitage (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14). He says he's not feeling that great, recovering from the twin setbacks of the flu and a trip to Russia to watch the football. He's nevertheless upped his stack to about 18k.

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Also ran into Gordon MacArthur, who's moving in the upwards direction from his last chip count, currently sitting on an almost-exactly-even 9.9k. As his fans may remember, he came 17th last year, and is hoping to improve on that, although he's only paid £200 to get himself here today so he's pretty much a winner either way. Pretty much. Here's another photo from the delightful surroundings of Out The Front Of The Casino.

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During the break, I managed to catch up with (well, he caught up with me) 'Red-Dog' Thomas McCready.

Picture that thick Northern accent rustling through the cookie tickler for a moment...

"I played the last two hands like a donkey, snoops," he cries.

"Well, do donkeys play good poker?" I inquire.

"Not these ones," continues Tom. "The first one I made up the small blind with J-Q of spades before betting out on a Jack high flop with two diamonds. The guy called and the Turn came another diamond. I checked, he bet, and I let it go. The second one I slowplayed T-9 on a T-9-5 board, before calling bets on the 5 Turn and 8 River. He had J-Q for the straight. Bah."

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please tell Alan, hes a fish and to stop moaning

That break sure was bubbling with updates, Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65) Bruce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65) being another player to retell his poker anecdotes. Apparently, he was running quite well at one point, but has dropped down to 8k after taking a butchering from 'Fred Elliot' doppelganger Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194).

Limping pre-flop with 5-6, Chris hit a magic 2-3-4 Flop, which he duly slowplayed by smooth calling a 200 bet. Come the 9d turn, he bet out 2,500, but was called by former debt collector Jeff. A Th on the River made a flush possible, which was enough to trigger an all-in from Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194) for 5k. After mulling over his options, Chris folded his straight adding, "He moved all-in, what could I do" only to be shown Pocket Tens. "I was planning to push all-in whatever the River," claimed Jeff.

Two questions:

(1) Is this an easy call on the River?

(2) Did Jeff play his hand correctly?

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Paul Parker takes a decent-sized pot off of Michael Greco on a Q-J-x flop. Greco folds a Queen face up, and Parker turns over a Queen too, this one with an Ace.

Nick Risdale fans - he seems to have clawed back a few chips. He's currently on about 10.6k.

Mickey Wernick is now very firmly in his Happy Place. Having somehow dropped down to 3k or so, he moved in preflop and found a caller in Yucel "Mad Turk" Eminoglu.

Mickey - 9s 9d

Mad Turk - 2c 2h

Flop - 8c Ks Jh okay...

Turn - 2s noooo!

but wait

River - 9h

Phew. Mickey still in, still well below average. Go Mickey! Go Mickey!

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Willie Tann update - I don't think he's very well. :(

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Dear 11 Guests reading the updates,

       Have you considered maybe signing up as members of blonde? There are innumerable benefits, such as being able to see the occasional photos of ladies that I post up to keep myself amused, and also having the ability to request updates on your favourite Poker Players so Snoopy and I have to run around looking for them on vague descriptions like "youngish, short brown hair, wearing a hoodie." You know you want to.

Mohammed Hussain -- 20,000
Michael (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) Greco (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) -- 11,250
Jonny Pescod -- 9,550
Dave Penly -- 8,675
Mick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=284) Fletcher (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=284) -- 15,225
Lam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=241) Trinh (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=241) -- 11,250
Stuart Rutter - dirty stack
Tom McCready -- 6,725
Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) Ashby (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) -- 3,875
Rick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) Trigg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) -- 6,900
Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=26) Bradshaw (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=26) -- 10,600
Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) Green (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) -- 14,500
Dean Mitchell -- 3,950
Roberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) Romanello (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) -- 2,500
Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) -- 19,000
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) Clark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) Junior -- 4,275
Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=31) Johnson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=31) -- 15,400
Steve (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) Jelinek (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) -- 9,325
Jonothon Butters -- 11,050
Mickey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) Wernick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) -- 5k
Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) Dunwoodie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) -- 3,425
Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=40) Pervais (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=40) -- 10,800
Ved Maden -- 14,800
Gordon McArthur -- 9,500
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=110) Knight (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=110) -- 8,475
Dan Owston -- 20,200
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=117) Welch (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=117) -- 7,775
Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=194) -- 7,000
Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=265) Lowe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=265) -- 17,450
Dan Rudd -- 7,775
Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65) Bruce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65) -- 7,575
Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) Woodley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) -- 6,000
Gehan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=554) Zaib (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=554) -- 7,850
Yilfer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=783) Shevket (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=783) -- 6,850
Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Gibson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) -- 5,300
Willie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) Tann (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) -- 10,500
Glynn (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=158) Rees (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=158) -- 3,500
Chao Li -- 24,350
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) Clark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) -- 20,150

Richard Ashby is OUT. Clearly enchanted by the swirling hypnotic locks of Rick Trigg, Ashby pushed his shortstack in with Ahrt 6c but found himself up against Action Man's Ad Ks, both players seemingly hesitant to reveal until Ashby finally confessed, "Yeah, you're in good shape."

A 3d Kd Qc 4c 2s board was a no go for Ashby who rises from his seat in defeat and quietly trundles out of the cardroom.

Nick Gibson's stack has been bisected in half after his flopped full house was runner runnered by a bigger full house.

go on the Twiggster

Mickey Wernick is OUT, amazingly.

I'm guessing that he and Mad Turk were on the blinds, as Mickey was holding 7-5 and Turk was holding, er, 7-2. Anyway, the flop comes with both remaining Sevens and some sort of blank on it, and there is a Flurry (technical term) of betting.

The turn is similarly a blank, and Mickey goes all in for his remaining 2.6k. Turk calls, and the river comes down the cruel Deuce.

Mickey is very unhappy about all this. He says that Mad Turk couldn't have put him on anything but a Seven, in which case he should have folded, knowing that he was outkicked, but instead Mickey has been kicked out. Of the tournament. No Mickey! No Mickey!

Blinds 100/200, 92 left in of 107 starters, average chips 11,600. I think we get to break for dinner after this level, too. :)

Poor fluey Alan Armitage has not cheered up, he's in fact just taken a massive hit to his previously-pleasantly-almost-doubled-up stack, courtesy of Nick Risdale.

All in at some point towards the flop or turn, I believe, Alan's Kc Ks was no match for Nick's  Ahrt 9h on the 9c 3c 9d 7d Jc board, and he's now back down to a starting-esque 9.2k, while Risdale is on around 18k. Back to Russia!

On the Grand Prix scrapheap are:

Glynn Rees
M Moore
K Zarandi
R Fleissner
K Simcock
Yilfer Shvket
A Erd
Marco Clare
Stephen Lennon

Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=265) Lowe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=265) is so low that he is actually on zero and therefore out. GUKPT finalist Jonothon Butters (yes, three 'o's, it's not a typo) was the assassin, his Ac Ahrt too much for Mark's Kc Qc to handle on a 5s Qd 9c Tc board. No club or Jack meant Mark was toast rather than Butters, the latter climbing to circa 20k as a result.

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He may look 14, but JP Kelly has a calculated poker brain and one that came into good effect as he justifiably slowplayed his flopped full house.

The flop itself actually read Ahrt Aspades 8s with Chao Li's 1.5k bet being called in two places, the other being Dave Clark.

Everyone checked the 6s Turn before JP Kelly's all-in on the 6c River with Ac 8c was understandably called by Li's Ad Ks, the latter probably might relieved not to be up against a bigger stack.

88 of 167 players remaining
100/200 blinds
12,200 average stack

lol @ the ruddster. i just txt him his new nickname. but where is this photo!!!

anychance of the results from yesterdays £100 comp, ?  thankzx

Ian Woodley is OUT.

He was getting a bit short, and found himself holding Ac Jc on a Queen-high, two-club flop, so he check-raised his opponent, who duly called. He missed the turn, but was pot-committed and pushed, and was insta-called by his opponent who, pretty predictably, had A-Q. No club on the river either, and you can't see the Woodley for the Queens, or some similarly weak pun, and he's gone. Doesn't seem too upset, though. Not sure if it's a cheery disposition all round or hysteria. I hope not hysteria.

As we approach the final 10 minutes of this level, and subsequently din dins, I feel it worth mentioning that this Grosvenor Grand Prix has been a rather subdued affair thus far. Whether it's the foreboding effect of the GUKPT events, the slight decrease in numbers or simply a lack of 'colour' in terms of characters, attire and whatnot, I don't know, but either way, that 'big event' feel just doesn't seem to be present.

Perhaps the thrill will be heightened tomorrow when the two pools of players meet, but for now, it feels like the monthly £300 freezeout. Maybe it's just me, but these local events seem to be losing their momentum with the incredible success of the GUKPT and the increased buy-in, and numbers, of the EPT's. I wonder if Blue Square will drop any of them come 2008.

What photo?  ;whistle;

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S Pearson and J Biedak have both been eliminated from the tournament.

The players are about to take a well-deserved din dins break. Whilst Dana and my good self fight off all these poker athletes in the buffet queue, please entertain yourselves with this amusing photo of Michael (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) Greco (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) reading his own article, 'The Soap Box'.

I hope this isn't the first time he's read it.  :redcard:

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Back soon, hopefully with some fascinating dinner time anecdotes to retell with all the enthusiasm I can muster.

Gross Snack Of The Day.

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Paul Parker taking some tips from the ladies' fashion pages.

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Michael Arnold embodying the spirit of thrills and excitement here in Walsall today.

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He obviously needs to brush up on his head-butting technique...



 ;nanana;

hi guys great updates can u tell my wat time day 2 starts tommorow plz do u hav any dtails on andy bradshaw tnx

3pm

3pm again.

hows trigg getting on?
tell him im lovin the headband btw,lol

Apparently, this old fellow is a bit of a card. At the start of the comp he teased dealer Liz by saying, "I might need you to talk me through some of the rules," to which Liz replied, "Sure, no problem." "Also," he continued. "I'd appreciate it if you could tell me which hands I should be raising with."

Smiling, and not quite knowing how to respond, Liz ran to cardroom manager, and partner, incidentally, Zak to ask for advice. At this point, Zak was in stitches, and revealed that Mr Arnold hadn't missed a hand in the Vic for the last 30 years and probably already knows how to play.

hi,
can you please let me how lam trinh doing?
thank you

Trigg is a genius. Outside for a fag break, Rick comes up to me waving a giant bag of pick n mix - he'd wandered over to the cinema across the car park, which is something that hadn't occurred to any of us whining for candy in the press room. Now I too have a giant bag of empty calories. Mmm.

JP Kelly has been eliminated from the comp. According to former sponsor Jonathan Raab, "He was involved in a 5-way pot and found his 7 high was no good."

My spider sense inform me that he was very low at the time.

Michael Arnold -- 8,850
Danny Rudd -- 15,675
Chao Li -- 10,100
Dave Clark -- 17,200
Jeff Burke -- 14,325
Dave Penly -- 3,900
Mick Fletcher -- 27,400
Stuart Rutter -- 12,000
Tom McCready -- 7,525
Martin Green -- 25,425
Chris Bruce -- 18,000
Rick Trigg -- 10,500
Kevin O'Leary -- 11,900
Andrew Bradshaw -- 16,500
Roberto Romanello -- 9,000
Paul Parker -- 20,500
Michael Greco -- 16,850
Jonothon Butters -- 18,825
Andy Johnson -- 27,175
Dave Clark Jnr -- 4,425
Steve Jelinek -- 3,950
Gordon McArthur -- 5,600
Willie Tann -- 13,000
Nick Gibson -- 18,825
Dean Mitchell -- 5,100
Dave Knight -- 12,275
Yucel Eminoglu -- 23,500
Van Maden -- 14,550
Ash Pervais -- 6,700
Ben Callinan -- 7,500
Dan Owston -- 7,325
Dave Welch -- 8,500
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 11,275

OUT:

T Owens
N Shellard
Lam Trinh
Frode Gjesdal

Kevin O'Leary has won a giant hand, knocking out one Mr Matey Boy. I believe pocket Aces were involved, with Mr Boy holding Q-T, with a Queen, a Ten and an Ace somewhere on the board. Kevin now has over 30k. Here he is, competing with Rick Trigg for Most Unusual Hairdo Of The Day. Not that I can talk. Someone called me over to ask if I was just taking pictures of Mr O'Leary for colour comparison purposes with my own 'do. Huff.

Rick Trigg, incidentally, is still hovering around the slightly-above-his-starting-stack region, although I swear every time I walk past him he's nicking someone's blinds.

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By the way, for whoever was asking after the £100 comp last night, I've been asking around and no-one seems to know. Cardroom manager Zak looks like he's going to have an aneurism, so I don't really want to hassle him overly right now. He says he'll try to find out later. Aneurisms notwithstanding.

Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=308) Risdale (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=308), below, has lost a chunky pot to the gent also below, calling his shortstack all-in with  Aspades Jc. Mr Shortstack was holding 5h 5d.

Board - 8-2-T-5-A

"Pfft," says Mr Shortstack when the Ace comes down, and is already trying to leave when someone points out to him that he's hit a set. Oops. Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=308) Risdale (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=308) doesn't look very happy about any of this. He's on about 13.5k now.

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Dan Owston is down to the felt. He was mumbling something about Jacks under the gun and a 9-3-3 Flop, but that's about as far as I got because our conversation resulted in him missing the next hand.

Talking of side events, there is a stupidly crazy-large cash game going on, 6-card Omaha I believe or something similarly odd, that is attracting a bit of an audience owing to the fact that no flop has been seen without thousands on the table. I understand that Richard Ashby is cleaning up.

Steve (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) Jelinek (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414), who has been struggling for most of the day, is still er... struggling, but more frustratingly so than usual because in the last several hand he's found Aces twice, Kings and Nines yet still only risen to 4.5k. The Aces and Kings would have been the most painful, as they came in quick succession and only earned him the two blinds. Still, one of those could have been his exit hand so perhaps it's a blessing in disguise for the Monte Carlo finalist.

Flushy has been spotted speeding up the motorway in the direction of Walsall

picture & post of the week!

Double up for Andrea Buzzigoli, an Italian currently residing in England, as his A-J versus K-J on a Jack high flop is enough to see him rise to 10k.

In what was a smaller pot than it looked, Charles Denton has been eliminated from the comp leaving last year's finalist Anthony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=33) Adderley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=33) to scoop up a 20k pot.

A 9s Jd 7h Flop was sprawled across the board, and Denton had moved all-in for 1.7k. He was called in two places though, one of whom was Adderley.

On the 6c Turn, it all went loosey goosey as Adderley and Mateyboy pushed all their chips across the line.

On their backs:

Adderley = 8s 5s

Denton = Kh 8h

Mateyboy = Ad Jh

The River was the 7s and Adderley's straight took the pot.

"You're not going to put that hand up are you?" inquired Anthony.

"Well, it wouldn't be a very good update if we didn't report hands," I replied.

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Any change in Gordon MacArthur's stack? And if it's downwards you can jolly well go and stand in the corner for 10 minutes!  ;djinn;

Steve Jelinek has doubled up with Jacks v Aces. On the turn of an 8c 4s Ks 4h board, Steve's forehead hits the felt, and he only peeks up when he hears his tablemates' "ooh, that'll cost you" plumber-like gasps at the Js on the river.

I'm still a little hazy on who everyone at these events is, so I ask him his name. "Steve Jelinek," he says, "That's J-E-L-I-N-E-K. Also known as Fish - F-I-S-H."

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Last time I saw him, just after dinner, he was down to about 7k. Sorry. I'm beating myself even now. Will check on him again next time I head out there...

Ahh ha ha, posey beagle. Doesn't he look intelligent?

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needs a shave and a good dinner inside him! :-)

Red Dog called me over to let me know that Dave Penly had gone holding Q-T on a Q-Q-T flop - my brain ached at trying to work it out, so he went on to explain that Aces had called and hit another Ace on the turn. Painful.

R Ellis and Dave Welch may be zipping down the M6 with a look of disgruntlement plastered across their faces, but this man, Mohammed Hussain is still in. A regular around these parts, MZ Hussain is a true under-the-radar player and will always be there or there about come spondoolies time. Not surprisingly (honestly, this guy is never out early), Mr Hussain is still present in this year's Grand Prix, and just won a nice meaty of pot off Andy Johnson and T Alskett  the latter of which becoming the latest departure.

A 8h 7d 6c Flop lay on the felt, and after the all-iner had been called by Hussain and Johnson, the two locals saw a 6s Turn before checking down the 2h River.

Johnson looked like a beaten man, but Hussain, however, perked up in his seat and asked his all-in opponent if he held a flush. When the answer was negative (although it could have been a full house), Hussain announced a straight and turned over 5s 4s to take the pot. Mr T Alskett, meanwhile, flipped 6d 5d for just the one pair and rose from his chair in defeat.

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I shaved this morning!  ;grr; ;joestrummer;

G Sharpe is also out. He was snipered down by Mohammed Ghani who held A-K on a Q-6-A-8-J board. Sharpe had A-T for a flopped flush draw, but to no avail as the Turn and River were both the wrong colour.

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Here he is with his healthalicious ice cream supper.

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I wasn't referring to your bikini line!

Rick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) Trigg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=375) is OUT after a squeezeplay gone wrong. With about 6k left and holding A-7 on the big blind, he tried it on, and was feeling pretty good when two of the three limpers folded, but the third one re-raised and Rick, painfully short, had to call. The re-raiser had A-Q and Rick is out.

Here's one last, loving look at his hair.

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The players are now on a short 15 minute break. Well, I say short, but I don't think you can say a 'short 15 minutes'... it's just 15 minutes, I guess.

Flushy might be on the way down there but when he gets there he might have to borrow a pound or two to play in the game

Gary Chatterton -- 5,400
Chris Bruce -- 27,400
Martin Green -- 21,200
Kevin O'Leary -- 30,000
Van Maden -- 21,500
Jonny Pescod -- 13,400
Dean Mitchell -- 29,900
Jeff Burke -- 45,000
Chao Li -- 19,100
Danny Rudd -- 9,900
Ben Callinan -- 10,400
Mohammed Ghani -- 33,400
Karl Limbert -- 55,000
Yucel Eminoglu -- 18,500
Dave Knight -- 16,200
Dan Owston -- 17,900
Ash Pervais -- 5,600
Andrew Bradshaw -- 34,000
Willie Tann -- 12,100
Stuart Rutter -- 5,900
Paul Parker -- 13,300
Mohammed Hussain -- 25,7000
Michael Greco -- 17,400
Dave Clark -- 9,200
Andy Johnson -- 33,700
Gordon McArthur -- 12,200
Jonothon Butters -- 15,700
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 9,500
Roberto Romanello -- 18,200

The latest 10 exits are as follows:

96th = Tom McCready
97th = Anthony Adderley
98th = Dave Penly
99th = Rick Trigg
100th = Steve Jelinek
101th = Alan Armitage
102nd = Dave Clark
103rd = Mick Fletcher
104th = Andrea Buzzigoli
105th = Nick Gibson

Gordon MacArthur is on 12.5k and making faces about it. Expression below just a bit glum though.

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Andrew Bradshaw, who looks like Snoopy's dad, bets 7k into an already chunky pot with a 7d Js 2d flop out. After dwelling up for a while and twisting his face into what can only be described as a gurn, Kevin O'Leary folds. To Bradshaw's disappointment, he doesn't show the hand that he had liked enough before the flop to throw so many chips around.

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Mad Turk bets 900 on an Ac 9c 2h flop. "That doesn't mean I hit it," he says, "I just want to know where I am." No-one is fooled though, and they all fold.

He is currently sat next to Ben Callinan, who is happily wired to his ipod. Says Mad Turk to him, "I  don't have expensive ipod, I sing." I begin to retreat, afraid. There is talk among his tablemates of some kind of karaoke-off later.

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The blinds are currently 300/600 with 56 players remaining.

If Mad Turk was mad before, then he'll be even madder now, Midland youngster Anthony Kennedy happy to show a bluff to the Turk, and the rest of the table for that matter, on a Flop of 7h Ts 4h. As Kennedy revealed he'd been re-raising with just Ace high, Ac Kd, he glanced at Turk and inquired, "Jacks, right?" Turk nodded with a solemn expression.

Rutter v Butter (don't you just love that?) as Rutter's J-T fails to outdraw Butter's A-Q all-in pre-flop.

Oh what the hell, I'm going to say it again. Rutter v Butter.

Meanwhile, Mad Turk is even madder than he was in the last post where I said he was very mad, his Jacks all-in against the A-K of Mohammed Ghani's Jacks, the board coming 5-6-7-4-8 for a choppety chop chop.

Gordon MacArthur walks up to me and says, "Sorry." "Oh, sorry," say I, thinking I'm in the way, and I move. He's still standing there. "I said, do you want a story?" Oh yes. Of course I do. It's getting late and my brain is starting to melt.

Nevertheless he is in a great mood because he's just doubled up off of a now-fuming Michael (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) Greco (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279). Now that I know what day it is, he tells me that he raised with Js 9s from the cutoff, and found a caller in big blind Michael (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279) Greco (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=279).

Flop - 3s 6s 5s

Greco checks. Tee hee hee, thinks Gordon (not in those words, I'm embellishing here) and bets. Michael calls.

Turn - 4c

Again, Michael checks. Gordon bets again, and this time Michael raises, and Gordon calls.

Michael shows  Ad Aspades, but no fourth spade on the river, and Gordon is delighted and Michael is furious. Here is Gordon, listening to a little voice in his ear telling him to raise with J-9.

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These two gents, Dan Owston and a slightly blurry Simon Baskerville, became involved, as it were. Dan raised from the button only for Simon to go over the top of him. Some brief dwellage later, says Dan, "I don't think I can lay these down," and calls. He shows Kings. "Oh," says Simon, and shows Kings. They split.

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This is the face of your current chip leader, Karl Limbert, who has circa 80k.

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Well, I guess I've just gone and bokked Karl Limbert, because just as I was reporting his chip leadage, he only goes and doubles up everyone's favourite plaster wearing pensioner.

Raising under-the-gun, Michael Arnold looks for a vital double through as the action folds round to Limbert in the big blind. "I guess I'm priced in," observes Limbert semi-seriously. "How much more is it?"

As the answer returned is 4.4k, Limbert makes the call and hesitantly checks a Jd 6d Td Flop with a gentle sigh. As expected, Arnold insta shovels in his remaining 2.9k quicker than a wasp on speed.

As if fighting the temptation and pot odd demons, Limbert looks bamboozled by his decision but eventually makes the call with a huff, simultaneously commenting, "I've got nothing, but I can't pass."

And indeed Limbert did have nothing, but his Ks 2s at least had three outs against Arnold's 9h 9s, which ultimately failed to emerge from the 3h Turn and Qc River.

Hooray for Limbert for still having a load of chips, but hooray also for Arnold who earns himself a timely double up.

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Is it just me, or is Kevin O'Leary calling someone a Matron here?

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Paul Parker is OUT, all in preflop with a suited A-J against Gordon MacArthur's Kings, with no help from the board. As Paul was picking up his coat to leave (pictured below), Gordon got up and came over to the other side of the table to shake Paul's hand. He looked a little like he was going to cry. He has probably around 40k now.

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Lookalikey time!

Michael Greco's jumper

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The Michelin Man

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Also, curiously, this baby.

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I don't know who this guy is, but I heard him asking the waitress to bring him more chips. The tournament kind, not the friend potato kind. She said no.

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With about 40 minutes left till the end of the day's play, it would appear as though the staff here have lost their patience and spiked all drinks with Red Bull (except for the ones that are already Red Bull of course, that would be silly) as the last few moments have borne witness to a flurry of all-in encounters.

First up was Graham Whytell (who had to spell his name knowing full well that I would go for the Whitell option); he found all his chips across the line with 7c 7d, which isn't always too bad unless you're up against Aces, which he was, the American Airlines being held by the now not so invincible Karl Limbert.

Limbert = Aspades Ahrt

Whytell = 7c 7d

Board = 5s Jc Jh 3h...

Oh you know what's coming.

BOING!

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Roberto Romanello has been getting jiggy with mr biggy of late (sorry I have no idea what that means, but I'm trying to say that he's seeing a lot of action).

First he was pushed off a hand by Kevin O'Leary. It was a button versus small blind confrontation, so I would assume it went raise from O'Leary, re-raise from Romanello followed by another raise by O'Leary. After having the clock called on him, which resulted in the summons of yours truly, eager and with notepad in hand, Roberto inevitably made the fold, showed 7c 7d, and said something like, "There's no way I'm going to chuck it all in with Sevens now."

Just moments later, those 15k worth of remaining chips did indeed find there way past the line, and this time they were in tippety top shape, Romanello's Aspades Ahrt in fine fettle against Chris Bruce's inferior 6h 6s. Board brought 2h 8c 5d 2s 3h and Romanello is "dangerous now" according to cardroom supervisor Danny.

The last several dust biters are:

81st = S Baskerville
82nd = Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334)
83rd = Dan Owston
84th = Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=40) Pervais (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=40)
85th = M Robinson
86th = W Ahmed
87th = Yucel Eminoglu

Mad Turk, at the bottom of that list, has a good right to be slightly enraged, his T-T all-in pre-flop against 4-4 was outgunned when a 4 hit the Turn.

Oddly, the players have taken a break, even though they only have 40 minutes of the next level left to play. However, I believe they have an obligation to echo the occurrences of yesterday.

Simon Baskerville is now OUT. Anthony Kennedy bet 4k on a 6s Qh 9s flop and Simon raised his last 5.9k. Anthony calls, and announces, "Open-ended," turning over Th Jc. Simon turns over Kh Ks. And it's all over on the 8h turn. "Boo boo babby yeah!" shouts Kennedy, or something incomprehensible like that, as the irrelevant 2h river is dealt.

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We're not too far from the final whistle, and I'm sure Mr Raab will email through those chip counts in the morning, but for now, feast your eyes on these from Table Bradshaw:

Andrew Bradshaw -- 72,000
Gary Chatterton -- 7,800
Chris Bruce -- 10,100
Kevin O'Leary -- 39,500
Roberto Romanello -- 292,000
Martin Green -- 45,800

"I had to make a move," confesses Chris Bruce as he dons his coat.

Bruce = Kd 4s

Romanello = Kh Kc

Board = 9c 6d 5c Ks 8d

No Brucie bonus and we're a man overboard.

I'd need to undertake a full scour of the cardroom, but going out on a limb momentarily, I'd say Blackpool's Andrew Bradshaw is the current chip leader with 72,000.

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Wow, either Roberto's made an unbelievable few moves or a certain beagle needs a dognap.

After Tony Fellone falls during these very latter stages, he is soon followed by Geordie Thomas Dunwoodie. Didn't get any extensive details, but was informed that his swan-song was made with J-T... which doesn't' tell you much.  :-X

This guy, who we shall for the moment call Travis Bickle, is OUT at the hands of Van Maden. All in preflop with Ts Td against Maden's  Ahrt Kh, the flop comes 9s 7s 6d Ad Jh and he's gone. Maybe he'll drive a taxi home.

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Trevor Payne, who, incidentally, was the only player to be in the same seat after the computer went bananas and inexplicably redrew the players, has just doubled up with Kh Ks versus Ac 8c, all-in on the Flop of an 8h 9d 2h 7c Jh board.

"I was Table 7, Seat 8, before the redraw," he said as he piled his newly acquired 35k stack. "And I was still 7-8 after, must be fate."

"Well, it can't mean he's 78th because we don't have enough players left," add supervisor Danny.

"Maybe it's his winnings... £78," add I.

Actually, the latter's impossible as everyone goes away with £100 minimum. Maybe he's on to win 78k!!  :o

Also OUT is Ben Callinan. Gareth Westcott (below) raised to 3.5k, and Ben made what looked like a slightly suspicious call. The flop came Jd 5h 4d and Ben shoved for 9k; Gareth called.

Gareth Westcott -  Ahrt Kh

Ben Callinan -  Aspades 2s

Turn - Kd

River - Jc

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The masseuses have not been looking after themselves.

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when Roberto was short stack 1200 he was all in on a A/8/K flop with A/7 he got a call from A/J and a 8 on the river saved him he then said to the lad with A/J who had over 10k that to show no hard felling i will swap 10% with you the lad said OK Roberto then went down to 600 in chips and Roberto said to the lad that if he ever saw him in another comp that no matter if the other lad has 1 chip i will swap 10% again with you might be the best move the lad done all day

That doesn't seem like a fair deal to me if Roberto has 1.2k and the other guy 10k.

It's him, surely!

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has roberto romanello really got 293k?????????  that boy is good!!!

Nick Risdale has just taken a big hit, betting 4k on to a Jd Kh 7c Qs 4d board and then calling his opponent's raise too, his set of Sevens no match for his opponent's straightalicious A-T. He's now down to 10k or so.

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And that brings us to the end of another day in sunny Walsall Grosvenor. Chip counts will, I suspect, be with us in the morning, as will another updater, seeing as Snoopy has to sleep before he updates Dublin or something. Weak, say I. Bar time! I mean, bedtime.

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thats why he offerd him it any time again in another comp