Title: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on November 16, 2007, 04:45:55 PM Welcome to Waterford guys!
This is Junglecat, just using Snoopy's laptop temporarily till I get down to the casino... If the super satellite run yesterday evening is anything to go by then today should prove very enjoyable. There's plenty of blondites out in force here as you would expect. Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=324) Garnham (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=324) aka M3boy, Dave Shoelace and several other blondes went through in the €50 super satellite rebuy last night but there are plenty of others lurking in the wings, not least of which are our two intrepid updating colleagues, Jen Mason and Snoopy. Arriving late yesterday, both Jen and Snoops spent the evening in low key fashion carefully preparing for today's tournament (lol) Still a few alka seltzers will sort the pair out and great things are expected of them - no pressure you two! Colchester Kev, Tightend, Tikay, IrishDenis (and his impeccable hair) will be here to help things run smoothly Myself and the irrepressible Dana are eagerly anticipating the 7.30 pm start so we can get stuck into all the action. 15,000 starting chips and an hour clock await the players and a superb day of fun poker awaits! Join us down in Waterford and find out how your friends, fellow blondites and the big names all get on... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 07:44:21 PM Greetings greetings from the Woodlands Hotel! I am absolutely full of sandwich, and all set for a fun-filled few days. Players are just now taking their seats, and I expect that some shuffling up and dealing will take place shortly.
In the meantime, please enjoy this tournament structure: Level Blinds Antes 1 25/50 2 50/100 ---BREAK--- 3 75/150 4 100/200 ---BREAK--- 5 150/300 6 150/300 25 ---BREAK--- 7 200/400 25 8 300/600 50 ---END OF DAY 1 - 4.30AM--- 9 400/800 75 10 500/1000 100 ---BREAK--- 11 600/1200 100 12 800/1500 100 ---BREAK--- 13 1000/2000 200 14 1500/3000 200 ---BREAK--- 15 2000/4000 300 16 2500/5000 400 ---BREAK--- 17 3000/6000 500 18 4000/8000 500 ---BREAK--- 19 5000/10000 500 20 6000/12000 1000 ---END OF DAY 2 - 2.15AM--- 21 8000/15000 1000 22 10000/20000 2000 ---BREAK--- 23 15000/30000 3000 24 20000/40000 4000 ---BREAK--- 25 25000/50000 5000 26 30000/60000 5000 27 40000/80000 5000 Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 16, 2007, 08:04:34 PM Well, the competition is underway!
We kicked off bang on time at 7.30 pm and after a short while we will bring you a seating plan showing all the players and how they are arranged over the 31 tables in play. What I can tell you is that the fearless Ms Merton Mason has drawn the same table as Dewi so it will be interesting to see if these two blondites stay out of each other's way or get stuck into each other. There could be fireworks if they do! Tikay wanted us to let you know he was up to 17k early on. This was 10 minutes before the start of the competition though so quite how he managed this, no one is quite sure...he said he had "nicked a few pots." We are still receiving mixed reports of the numbers. 274 players sat down initially but as late arrivals get here, this is increasing all the time, and an excess of 300 is very likely. One fascinating question is how long will it take for casualties to fall. On the one hand the players have been given a whopping 15,000 chips to play with, which should ensure they have enough depth to survive quite comfortably through the early blind levels. On the other hand, there defiinitely seems to be a spirit of gambling permeating through the hall, so I wouldn't be suprised to see one or two casualties ( at least!) in the early levels. Let's see how it pans out! Myself and Dana have taken some snaps of the venue which we will post up shortly. As we work our way round the tables, we'll relate all the interesting tales, thought-provoking hands and give you some interesting pictures as we come across them. Enjoy the update, I've a feeling this will be a cracker! Good luck all! Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 16, 2007, 08:17:24 PM Ok, well very early on we have our first significant morsel of information...and it's a cracker!
We were busy uploading our photos when the loud microphoned voice of Neil Kelly boomed out "We have an ALLIN on table 19. A-Q versus....9-2!" Myself and Dana dropped laptops and cameras, donned pens and pads and launched ourselves into the action. Once we had fought our way through the crowds also rushing over to see what was going on, we foudn the dust had settled and the A-Q had held up against Eddie Stuart's 9-2, meaning he is the first elimination of today. Whilst it may seem an unlikely hand to put all your chips in with, it seems he was crippled in the hand before, perhaps mitigating his play slightly. Mike Lacey, the Green Poker Joker guru, who seems to know every face in poker is off to a flier. He told us he flopped the nut flush with Ah5h and managed to eke a juicy 3k out of his opponent, who I beleive was Michael Dorin, before Michael mucked the river... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 08:22:28 PM You'll be delighted to know that a seating plan has arrived! Rod is even now making the assorted bits of paper into a spreadsheet of some sort, which we then shall post up here somehow. There were 274 players seated at 7.30, a little short of capacity, but new ones are appearing. We'll know numbers for sure at some point in the next hour or two.
Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 08:59:34 PM Wow, people here are not afraid of getting involved pretty much as soon as they've sat down. I see a bunch of 1000 chips in the middle of the table and a flop reading Td 9c Th out, and I pull up by the table just in time to see the below gent, George Soumelios, bet out 5k. The below lady, one Vera Duffy, flat calls. The turn is the 7c - again, the gentleman bets 5k and the lady calls. They both hurriedly check the 8s river, and Ms Duffy shows Aspades Ahrt - Mr Soumelios mucks, and looks dejected.
Actually, I've just seen him in the queue at the cash desk, so I'm assuming he never quite recovered from that... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 09:06:00 PM Mr Padraig Parkinson is with us today - I saw him button-raise and find a caller in a gent listed on the seating plan only, mysteriously, as "Stefan". Padraig had to lay down his hand when Stefan raised his continuation bet on the Ahrt 6d 8c flop.
Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 16, 2007, 10:14:07 PM Whilst we are on the dinner break, I was speaking to a few of the players.
M3boy is building his stack slowly and steadily and has around 17,500. Tightend has also has a promising start. The main hand of note he played he held A-Q on a Q high flop with two clubs. After getting check raised to 2.5k after betting out 600, he called "hoping to keep the pot small." The turn blanked and his opponent again bet out 3.3k which tighty called. The river was a third club and his opponent now moved in for his last 4k...Richard was worried but after watching his opponent for a while, he picked up soemthing which made him think his hand was good and now called the rest of his stack off. His opponent gave him credit for a good call as his Q was good and Tighty was up to 22k. Snoopy has started slowly and after seeing a few flops that he missed has been reduced down to 12k or so. Jen has also had a bit of a nightmare, despite the fun she is having on her table, losing a big pot with K-K. Apparently she passed on a flop that didn't have an ace. She raised to 450 with KK, having raised the last two hands she expected some action and found it as someone in late position called. The flop came Js 8c 4s. Jen bet 500 and was re-raised to 2k. She now made it 6k and her opponent shoved. She passed the Kings face up convinced that her opponent had 8-8 or J-J..."When I get 4 bet by that guy, I'm behind", she told us... Compo is up to 40k as well. "playing your usual tight game then?" I inquired. "Of course, I only ever play premium hands" he replied, somewhat misleadingly since he then added "6-7, 2-4, nothing out of order!" The players are just re-seating now after the break. Let's see what happens in the 75-150 level! Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 16, 2007, 10:40:50 PM Ok, here we have the full player list along with table layout.
Now I'm expecting there to be multiple spelling and typing errors, so if you see one, let me know and I will correct it... 101 Matty Edwards 102 Donal Mullally 103 Sean Jetty 104 barry Carter 105 Rowan Gilligan 106 Martin O' Rafferty 107 Brendan HArtnet 108 Eoin Grace 109 Anna Colley 110 Alfie Baldwin 201 Kevin Fitzpatrick 202 Michael Prendergast 203 Reggie Lyons 204 Cardine Maghee 205 Tony Baitson 206 Keith McGuire 207 Dawn Dineen 208 Manus Burke 209 Darren Grownd 210 Anthony Lynch 301 Joe McGinley 302 Thomas McGarvey 303 Mats Nylander 304 Wayne Brennan 305 Roy Brindley 306 Joe McEvoy 307 Noel Mannon 308 309 Patrick TObisa 310 Damien Kent 401 Anthony Cartwright 402 Aiden McIntyre 403 Loreen Dolley 404 Vinny O'Toole 405 Andrea Rimccson 406 Willie Clynes 407 Paul Marraghy 408 Thomas Nolan 409 Dimitrias 410 Alexopoulos Goors 501 Maurice Slattery 502 Eamonn Connelly 503 Peter Lee 504 Ketih Birmington 505 Shieley May 506 Daniel Sheridan 507 Vivian Brown 508 Stephen Mcclean 509 Ian Trohan 510 Christian McCann 601 Pat O' Callaghan 602 Andrew Draghe 603 Jay Welsh 604 Nick Right 605 Craig Stokes 606 Richard Prew 607 Mark McDonlad 608 Sideshow Bob 609 Stephen Murphy 610 Alex Coilles 701 Tony Philips 702 Feni Daily 703 Bruno Apollonio 704 John Weafer 705 Collette Murphy 706 Ralph Shalson 707 708 Keith Hogganth 709 Tony Welsh 710 Wes Farrell 801 Gavin Stevens 802 Gex Smith 803 Mike Apollonio 804 Conor Cooney 805 Dewi James 806 Tony Wolley 807 Jennifer Mason 808 Paul Higgins 809 Glen Laming 810 Allen Mclean 901 Roger Killee 902 Tikay 903 Gary Clarke 904 Jim Ringland 905 Vincent Mcnamee 906 907 Casimh O' Sullivan 908 Michael Muldoon 909 Dermot Jacob 910 Conor Toban 1001 Marty Smith 1002 Mark McGuinness 1003 Phil Harris 1004 Brian Nolan 1005 Mem Tam 1006 Dave MAsters 1007 Jason Darby 1008 Tony Herdman 1009 John Cullinare 1010 Stepohen Purcell 1101 1102 Willon COnnolly 1103 Mick Doran 1104 Robert Brosnon 1105 Mark Furlong 1106 Emmett Goft 1107 Mike Lacey 1108 David Cohen 1109 Andrew Tracey 1110 JP McGann 1201 Mike Kelly 1202 Chris Frasby 1203 Corma McGinikly 1204 John O'Shea 1205 Richie Hawke 1206 1207 Jimmy Kiernan 1208 Connie Sullivan 1209 gerom Friatis 1210 James Kenny 1301 Phill Coghlan 1302 Stefan 1303 Albert Kenny 1304 Louis Lavelle 1305 1306 David Pagan 1307 Mike O'Keefe 1308 Niall McNamara 1309 Padraig Parkinson 1310 Eamonn McNamee 1401 Derek Williams 1402 Ciaran Wall 1403 William Collins 1404 George Soumelious 1405 Lean Tracy 1406 JP White 1407 Kevin Hickey 1408 Niki Powell 1409 Keith Lawke 1410 Vera Duffy 1501 Colm Quarry 1502 John Burke 1503 John Nolan 1504 Michee Corraran 1505 Tom Christal 1506 John Weldan 1507 Eddie Walsh 1508 John Collins 1509 John Maurice 1510 Steve Meehan 1601 French 1602 Mike Osbourne 1603 Gary Stokes 1604 Sean Gerahty 1605 1606 Finlan Gavin 1607 James Wlsh 1608 Paul Garnham 1609 Graham Walsh 1610 John Snarebrigg 1701 Mark Reyburn 1702 David Gearie 1703 Nolam Fallon 1704 Mike Lyons 1705 Darren Smith 1706 Ben Dooley 1707 Jemma Walsh 1708 Raj Jeffry 1709 Colim Faulkland 1710 1801 Lloyd O' Farrell 1802 Henrick Lindstein 1803 Brian Cannon 1804 Mike O' Connor 1805 Adam Goulding 1806 James Lee 1807 Mike Ryan 1808 James Kehee 1809 Shane Flynn 1810 Keith Nolan 1901 Ian Nolan 1902 dave Luddy 1903 David Curtis 1904 Niall O'Callaghan 1905 Keith McFadden 1906 Who Man Chin 1907 1908 John McGill 1909 Eddie Sweeney 1910 Derek Murray 2001 Ciaran Taggert 2002 Danny Guiney 2003 Athanassadis Alex 2004 Gavin Kelly 2005 David O' Mahoney 2006 Rob Taylor 2007 Mike Rossiter 2008 Dave Compton 2009 Declan Daily 2010 Pat Kelly 2101 Bobbie Brennan 2102 Dave Flemming 2103 Darren O'Reilly 2104 Pat Storan 2105 Keill O'hare 2106 matt Dobbins 2107 patrick Stephens 2108 Niall Kelly 2109 Barry Hand 2110 Mike Hennessy 2201 Henry McGrath 2202 Adam FInn 2203 Brian Coody 2204 Colm Reville 2205 Edwin Hendy 2206 Richard Ronayne 2207 Damien Kavanagh 2208 Chris Coeke 2209 Oliver Cummin 2210 Castin Martins 2301 Donnect Blene 2302 John Ward 2303 John Quinn 2304 Jason Tompkins 2305 Gee Dooley 2306 Dylan Keogh 2307 Ebde Kendrick 2308 Dave McCarthy 2309 garry Whelan 2310 Percy Kingston 2401 Jenny Byrne 2402 Derek Thorpe 2403 Bo Ps 2404 Steven Kinnen 2405 2406 Nicky O' Donnell 2407 Matt May 2408 Derek Cunningham 2409 2410 John Kelly 2501 Colm Kennedy 2502 Robin Materaj 2503 jay O'Toole 2504 Andre 2505 Dave Smyth 2506 2507 Paul Fitzpatrick 2508 2509 Keith Mcinerney 2510 Paddy Dooley 2601 2602 Biully FItzpatrick 2603 John Costello 2604 2605 Mick French 2606 Brenda Foley 2607 John Lyons 2608 2609 Colin Lurdes 2610 Renan Macguire 2701 Jamie Barlow 2702 2703 Michael Malone 2704 Ian THomapson 2705 Marty Sheritan 2706 Conor Doyle 2707 Keith Cummins 2708 Wilf Dooley 2709 Oscar Wylin 2710 Ian Witty 2801 Kevin McDonald 2802 Worn Lane 2803 Nicolas Tesikalakis 2804 2805 Alan Kellee 2806 Iggy Dunphy 2807 Sheamus Olridge 2808 Owen Olin 2809 Jimmy McSweeney 2810 Mark Lassron 2901 barry Feley 2902 Matt Doyle 2903 Owen Lyons 2904 Sheamus Hoban 2905 Oliver Boyce 2906 Ken Conkery 2907 2908 Denis O'Mahoney 2909 Dave Callahan 2910 Michael Godkin 3001 Vinny Gavin 3002 David Tyrell 3003 Adrian O'Donoghue 3004 Fran Cgaro 3005 Ken Powell 3006 Declan McCarthy 3007 Glenn O' Rourke 3008 Brian O'Keefe 3009 Michael Trimby 3010 Wes McGroeken Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 10:51:59 PM Astounding Outdraw News!
Cards on their backs before the flop, one Mr Steven K-illegible, was not really expecting his Ad Ks to win once he saw his all-in opponent's Kc Ks (one Mr Nicky O'Donnell). Oh, but look! Board - 2d 3h Kd Qd Td And to astounded cries along the lines of "you sick sick little boy!" from those gathered around the table, an obviously delighted Mr K knocks out a rather less delighted Mr O'Donnell. O'Donnell submits to Mr K's hugging, perhaps out of shock. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 10:55:50 PM On Table Tikay, Gary Clarke becomes Involved with one Roger Killear (barring spelling mistakes). The flop reads 7d 6s Ad and Gary is all in - eventually Killear calls.
Killear - Ahrt Tc Clarke - 9c 8c Turn - 3c River - Td And with the rivered straight, Gary doubles up. Superbaaaad. I promise I'll stop now. :-X Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 11:16:37 PM UPDATER UPDATE:
Jen has been moved to Table Tikay, and is on 10,575. Snoopy has 11.1k and didn't look very happy so I sneakily took a photo of him from behind. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 11:24:59 PM Threeway all-in action!
The flop reads 6d Kc 5h and William Collins pushes; behind him one Lean Tracy calls, and one Kevin Hickey is now left with a big decision to make. He takes his time about it - eventually he has the clock called on him after five minutes or so. He calls! Collins - 7s 8c Tracy - Jd Ks Hickey - Aspades Kh Turn - Ad River - 2h So Hickey triples up. Meanwhile Collins is down, and Tracy is out. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 11:43:03 PM OUTages galore over here.
I caught the outage of Mr Mike O'Keefe at the hands of Niall McNamara. The board reads 8s Ad 4c 5d Kc and McNamara bets. Mr O'Keefe dwells up, and then to mind unexpectedly moves in (admittedly not for a massive amount compared to the pot). Instacall. McNamara shows Kd Ks for an impressive set, and O'Keefe mucks and makes his exit. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 11:47:47 PM Another OUTage - a gent we believe to be Mr Tony Wolley is gone at the hands of Dewi Now-Looking-Pretty-Cool. Mr Wolley apparently was holding Aces and bet 4k on the 8-high flop; unfortunately for him, Dewi was holding pocket Eights, and moved in. Mr Wolley just couldn't get away, and it cost him his tournament life.
Dewi doesn't look that happy about any of this as he rakes in his new chips. He looks like he means business. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 16, 2007, 11:55:57 PM Tales from Table Tikay:
Jen is now on about 12.5k, having stolen a few chips from tikay. "That was fun," says she, as tikay is silently giving us the evil eye from across the table. I choose to ignore the evil-eyeing and walk over to chat to him. He has around 13k. At this point he loses interest in talking to me, and instead decides to raise with Js Qd from mid position. A gent whom I believe to be Vincent Mcnamee calls from the button. Flop - Tc 9c 9d Tikay checks, and Mcnamaybe bets 1100. Tikay makes it 3k. Mcnamee calls. They both check the 2s turn and again the Qs river which wins the hand for tikay - his opponent shows A-T. Lucky tikay. I guess that puts him on, er... swift mental calculation... 17k. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 12:01:54 AM Crazy chip-monster Anna Colley (Annette_56, according to tablemate Barry Carter :o ) has taken out yet another unhappy punter, who this time may or may not have been Eoin Grace.
Either way, Graceyboy is holding Ks 9s and Anna is holding Jc Jd, and the flop they go in on is 8s-7s-8. A harmless non-spade Four and Three later, and Anna yells "SHIP IT!!!" which she yells every time she knocks someone out. She is very close, and extremely loud, and she has been knocking people out at a quite alarming rate. I am developing a bit of a headache. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 12:36:44 AM Play is even now resuming, with blinds now at 150/300. 232 players remain, and average stack is 17,780.
And here's the all-important payout: 1 €37,000 2 €23,000 3 €13,000 4 €9,500 5 €8,500 6 €7,200 7 €6,000 8 €4,500 9 €3,000 10 €2,200 11-13 €1,700 14-16 €1,500 17-20 €1,100 21-30 €950 Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 17, 2007, 12:40:35 AM Snoopy filled me in on some interesting hands, one of them involving the exit of blonde's own Luckylloyd.
After Snoopy took some chips off him, sneakily river check raising his turned set of Kings vs Lloyd's rivered set of Jacks, Lloyd re-raised allin on a Aspades Qc 2c board. Conor Doyle told Lloyd, "I think you've got a flush draw" and after vacillating for a while eventually called the extra 6k or so with bottom pair 2s 3s. Now THAT's a brave call! He was correct Lloyd did have the flush draw, but that's not all. Holding Ac 9c for top pair to go with his nut flush draw he had Conor drawing very thin. But poker being poker, almost anything can happen and an offsuit 2 on the river to give Conor trips sent a highly disgruntled Lloyd to the rail. He was last seen heading off to the toilets for a bit of this... (http://studiocsk.com/data/vomit.jpg) The players have just had a short break but are back in action, so hold onto your hats, this could get bumpy... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 12:54:10 AM And while I was happily Photoshopping that, I noticed that mere feet away on Table 1, Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143) had moved all in on a 6s 5h 7h flop, and Anna Colley was considering whether to call or not. He'd mentioned to us in the break that she was making it a very interesting table to play on, and he was looking forward to getting an actual hand, as she would most likely pay it off. She eventually folded - no cards were shown, but Barry informs us that he was holding pocket Sevens and he is fairly sure that she was holding pocket Fours and was considering calling for the straight draw. He doesn't seem too upset that she folded though. He's on around 34k.
Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 17, 2007, 12:56:44 AM There has just been an elimination.
Gavin Kelly was short and down to 3k or so. He got his chips in preflop versus the even shorter David O' Mahoney's 7h-7c and showed down the dominating Ks-Kc. Mahoney was in bad shape but things got interesting on a 9h Jh Kh flop. Gavin had made top set but the hearts gave David a flush draw. He missed the flush as the turn came the 8d and the river the Ts but this gave the lucky David a backdoor straight and left Gavin with a mere 600 chips. He shoved these in next hand with A-6 but ran into the K-K of Mike Rossiter and this time the Kings held, sending Gavin to the rail... The three chip leaders as we stand are Michael Muldoon with 60k, Kevin Hicky on 57k and Anna Colley is down to 44k. She had been the chip leader but as Dana just related took a big hit off Barry. She remains in decent shape though... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 17, 2007, 01:18:05 AM I join Jen's table as she is raising Mclovin's big blind. All fold and Jen takes it down. "I've ground to a halt" she tells me but I love it when it gets to 150 300 with a 25 ante! [the next level]" she tells me with genuine infectious enthusiasm.
Suddenly there appear to be a rash of allins and I run frantically about trying to catch them, almost sending several of the waitresses flying (that was the excuse I used for bumping into them anyway) Michael Muldoon has claimed another victim. Vincent Mcnamee appeared to have got a bit short and shoved preflop with 7-7, only to find the heavily chipped up Muldoon (who had shown down Q-Q the hand before) with K-K. When you run good... Michael's cowboys held, consigning Vincent to the rail and increasing Michael's chips yet further. "Great call" says Jen, with just the merest hint of sarcasm and the table have a bit of gentle banter at Michael's expense. He just smiles and stacks yet more chips into his towers of glory... Sadly the aforementioned winner of the best sunglasses in the tournament, a man who I believe is called Jerom Friatis is also out as is Sideshow Bob. Here's how he looked as he exited (http://www.22dakika.org/imaj/jane+doe/sideshow.jpg) Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 01:24:31 AM On Table 14 we have what must be for them a kind of weird creepy deja-vuey situation where Nicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) Power (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228), Marty Smyth and Brian O'Keefe, who shared the final table at the Irish Open this year, are again up against each other.
On Table 14 we have what must be for them a kind of weird creepy deja-vuey situation where Nicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) Power (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228), Marty Smyth and Brian O'Keefe, who shared the final table at the Irish Open this year, are again up against each other. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 01:44:00 AM Jelous as fook here.. how are the blondes getting on ?? Snoops is on 21k, somehow. Nothing spectacular, he says, just the gentle, boring grindage that is the hallmark of so much of what he does... :) M3Boy is back down to his starting stack - he was up to 23k, but lost it back in 3 big hands. Ouch. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 17, 2007, 01:44:05 AM Tightend appears to be on 17-18k or so.
He was a bit disappointed with one hand. Holding Ah 9h, he raised from the cutoff and was called from the blinds. The flop came a nut-tastic 8h 3h 2h giving Tighty the nuts. He bet the flop and was called by his opponent, who unbeknownst to him had 8c-8s for top set. A further heart though killed any more action for him and he was a bit dismayed at not getting fuill value for his nut flush there. He battles on though. Tikay's on 18k or so. Jen's doing pretty well on 16k, Compo looks to have taken a hit or two after holding a large stack earlier... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 02:03:27 AM I witnessed an absolutely shameful hand involving Jen Mason and Michael Muldoon, for which they both deserve a big slap on the wrist, and possibly a ten-minute penalty too for fun.
Jen raises to 1000; both Michael Muldoon and Gary Clarke call. Flop - 4s 7d Kh Jen bets another 1000; Gary Clarke folds and Michael calls. At this point I was distracted by some shouting which turned out to be an "all in the bar" as Neil Kelly put it ("glasses breaking" as the rest of us call it) and I turned back to see a Tc turn out, and they were both checking the 3s river. Michael - er, 5c 7c Jen - errrr, 6s 7s to win! Says Jen - "I will never bet again." Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 02:06:35 AM Marty (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=656) Smyth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=656) is OUT to the lady posted back on page one, I think - Ms Vera Duffy.
Not sure when the chips went in, but Vera was holding A-K and Marty K-6 on a King-high board. There was much handshaking and hilarity. Said Neil Kelly into the mic: "The bar is still open, Marty, the bar is still open." Edit: Here's Marty, I'm fairly sure, just after his exit... (http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4754&g2_serialNumber=1) Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 02:11:54 AM Mr Karabiner is OUT - he found Queens and became involved in a raising war with a tablemate. Two or three raises into said war, Karabiner became certain that his opponent had A-K. He went all in and his opponent instacalled with his A-K, and promptly hit. Unlucky, Mr Karabiner. "The bar is still open..."
Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 02:35:22 AM I was standing in the middle of the room, blissfully staring into space, when tikay flailing around in front of me indicated a big hand going on on his table.
Dewi was Involved in a hand with Jen. Jen had bet before the flop and Dewi called, and they were looking at a board that read Ahrt 2h Qh. When I wandered out on to the floor I'd only meant to take a few photos so hadn't brought my notebook, which now results in me not actually knowing whether Jen bet first [EDIT - Jen informs me that Dewi bet out, she raised and he shoved], but at some point on the flop Dewi declared All In, and Jen called. As you do: Jen - 8h Th Dewi - Ac 6d Turn and River respectively - Qc 4s Dewi, not so Cool right this second, is OUT. Jen might be chip leader - she must have 60k at least. Further edit - Jen has 72k! Go, Jen! Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on November 17, 2007, 03:11:43 AM Level 7 will be the final level.
We are now on 200 400 with a 25 ante. It seems as though Jen Mason and Michael Muldoon are the two likely chip leaders at this stage. there are roughly 173 out of the initial 275 entries still remaining. The average stack is 23,843. hey can i get some news on wayne brennan please thanks I'd estimate he is around the 13k mark or so... After raising preflop, he was just seen betting 1.8k on a Qc 9c 8s board, but was quickly reraised by none other than Tightend and folded his cards fairly quickly... I spoke to M3Boy at the break. He looks like he has struggled to get a stack going, after a couple of good levels early on. "Haven't seen any hands in the last two hours Rod" he told me...no crash and burn jsut yet though. Snatiramas made a whirlwind start and was swiftly floating in the 20-25k regions but he says he hasn't seen any decent cards in the last 2 hours and is sitting jsut below average at the moment. He doesn't need chips to chirp though as the non stop stream of chat that is constantly heard from him proves! Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: Colchester Kev on November 17, 2007, 03:25:06 AM Junglecat posting on Kev's account now. I get about a bit huh?
Dave Shoelace aka Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143) has just played another interesting pot with Anna Colley. Seeing a 3 way raised pot with her, he led for 2.5k on a 3h 4s 8c flop after Anna and the other player both checked to him. As the other player in the pot passed Anna commented "That's a gay bet there" and called. The turn came the 9h, checked by Anna, and now Barry said "I'm going to make a masculine check now..." "No such thing!" laughed Anna. The river came the Ad and now Anna led for 4.5k, Barry called pretty quickly. "You shoulda folded there" said Anna confidently, but as Barry turned over A-J for top pair, she re-checked her cards and mucked them. "Rivered me" she claimed somewhat incredibly...! I'm not sure I beleive her there, do you? Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 03:28:54 AM Mike Lacey told me about a completely bizarre hand he was involved in.
Kind of short, he decided to limp in with 7c 8c. As you do. The flop came A-5-6 and it checked around. The turn came another 6 and someone bet 1k - even though there were two callers ahead of him, he called. As you do. The river came a 9, giving Mike the straight. Someone bet 3k - and something snapped in Mike's brain, leading him to believe that he had not in fact made the straight, and he mucked his cards. Fool! There goes the Lacey double up. The bettor showed pocket Nines for the full house. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 03:33:03 AM Incidentally in the break Jen told me another bizarre hand she found herself involved in.
She limped under the gun with with Aces. Michael Muldoon limped from mid position with, um, Aces. The big blind checks. Flop - 9-7-3 and Jen bets out 1600. Michael Muldoon calls, and the big blind raises to 5k. Jen re-raises to 10k, and Michael Muldoon re-re-raises to 25k. Jen folds her Aces face-up (ohhh, the restraint!). The big blind turns over 7-9 for two pair. Turn - 7 River - 7 Leaving the big blind with QUAAAAAAAAAADS!!!! and Jen feeling incredibly, for once deservedly, smug. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: Colchester Kev on November 17, 2007, 03:46:04 AM Here's some random counts for you, although these will rapidly be superceded by the final chip counts at the end of the day...
First off Tighty is looking somewhat tired now and it doesn't look like he has been involved too much as his stack has depleted to about 17k or so. Tikay, well ditto really, perhaps looking a touch fresher than Tighty, but a similar stack of 16k or so. M3boy was a little annoyed when I saw him. Holding K-K, his blind was raised and he decided to play them slow to ensure a double up. SO he flat called. The flop came Q high and M3boy checked before his opponent bet out 2k or so. "I knew he had AQ" so I flat called. The turn though was the A and when his opponent bet out 3.5k M3boy felt sick but folded, leaving himself 10k back... Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 03:46:37 AM They've all gone crazy in the last half hour or so - we currently have 163 runners remaining with 10 minutes of play left, blinds at 200/400 with a 25 ante. Average stack is 25,306. I expect at least a handful more exits before we get to go to bed.
Sorry I couldn't be bothered digging out the running aunties picture two levels back, by the way. It's been a long day. Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: Colchester Kev on November 17, 2007, 03:54:35 AM Tightend has just passed a big pair preflop, for the
Limping with Q-Q there was a raise behind and Roy Brindley shoved on the button. He reasoneed he couldn't be beating both so passed. The raiser called quickly with K-K, validating Tighty's pass, and Roy showed that he was at it with his 6-6, which didn't outdraw the cowboys and sent Roy back to his ferrari with his tail slightly between his legs. TIghtend commented that he would have shoved to the original raiser's raise so Roy's ill-timed shove actually helped him there... "I've got exactly my starting stack to come back to tomorrow!" said Tighty. "How is that possible???" As Neil announced over the microphone..."He's called Tightend for a reason!" Title: Re: Blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival: Day 1 - At a Glance Post by: danafish on November 17, 2007, 04:00:23 AM Play has now finished for the night. The only thing that could make me happier right now than the prospect of my Travelodge bed would be the bar being open, but it's not, so I'm going to think about kittens instead. Chips are being laboriously bagged and tagged, so until the chip counts magically reach us by email (thanks!), I am sticking a fork in this update. Oh my God I wish we had food. Back at 2pm tomorrow, coffee permitting...
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