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Title: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 11:50:29 AM Good morning, friends! It is yet early, and I am over at Casa Junglecat eating bacon sandwiches, but come apparently 2pm we will be down at the Grosvenor Casino By The Sea to update you on all the action on the first GUKPT of 2008.
In the meantime you might be interested to know that the media comp last night ended up an all-blonde affair, with me and Junglecat playing heads-up in an only slightly boozy manner for the first prize of a free GUKPT main event ticket. In a most gentlemanly of conclusions, we decided to split the prize somehow. But I won. Is the important thing. Yay me and Junglecat! People spotted in the casino last night, and therefore most likely playing today, include Red-Dog, tikay (God help us if he's playing today though), Mickey Wernick, William Hill's own Julian Thew, Paul Parker, and Jen Mason (wandered in around 1am to drink whisky). Should be a good one... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 01:52:23 PM We are here! And everyone in the pressroom is having trouble connecting to the internet except for me! Ahh ha ha ha ha! I love my Mac.
Spotted milling so far are Ian Woodley, Willie Tann, Ian Cox, and a bunch of other people. We have a bag of jelly babies, and we're ready to roll... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 02:24:46 PM Well, blonde have sent me to all the far flung corners of the land, from Plymouth to Walsall and my exotic journey now comes full circle as I return to my town of residence, the "sunny" and idyllic locale of Brighton as the TD just referred to it.
Actually, he was being slightly economical with the truth as it is in fact a grey, wet, windy and somewhat drab day weather-wise, but that is unimportant as an abundance of excited, happy, optimistic and talented poker players have assembled to do battle on Day 1 and will be filling the grosvenor casino with enough poker sunshine to tan a marshmallow. As a quick aside, I realise Dana has already done an official chirp regarding the press tournament last night but I would like to add my congratulations to Dana who played very well to bring home the seat. Well done you banjo-playing badass! (Jen took some interesting and most probably humiliating shots of us in celebratory poses which we will post up during any lull for your general amusement and because we are shameless punks) The players have just about started and Dana has plunged into the midst of things to get the early news. The tournament clock will be posted up shortly but a quick reminder that the event starts with 10k chips and 25 50 for the first level. Level increases will be hourly. There is lots of interest for blondites in the form of Ian Cox, Julian Thew, Red-Dog and many others who we will be following closely. There is a nice blend of strong experienced players as well as the usual smattering of "less gifted"* participators. In addition of course there is the fearsome and well supported Jen Mason, who seems to run deep in every live tournament she plays these days and will no doubt make anyone sharing the felt with her ever so slightly uncomfortable. My confidence in Jen is such that it was only slightly shaken by her comment as we travelled to the casino that "mmmmm, my hair smells of bacon." I have wittered on for far too long so I will join Dana to catch as much of the opening drama as possible. Good luck everyone. May the force be with you! *(Pretentious euphemism for donk) Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 02:58:38 PM I am currently typing up a full and frank listing of the table seating configuration for your perusal and general enjoyment. This will follow shortly...
Meanwhile I have news of the aforementioned Ms Mason and her crazy antics. She was seen raising a bet from her table partner and neighbour Chris Cousins from 600 to 1200 on the turn of a Q-T-8-T board. He flat called and on the 7c river, he checked, and Jen also checked behind. Chris tabled T-8 for a spiffing full house whilst Jen mucked, looking slightly crestfallen and drawing on her reserves of pork-scented hair for comfort. "I should have bet the river!" said Chris somewhat chirpily, as he stacked up his new chips. "You played it well betting out with the house" offered Jen generously. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 02:58:47 PM Well, we've been having some interesting times with the internet connection (my Mac is apparently not Blessed By God, as I previously assumed), but that's ok as it has been a fairly typical early-stages sort of thing so far. The board was claiming 10 minutes in that there had been nine exits already, but I think that was a lie, unless they all went in the first minute and shamefully slunk off, so let's assume for the moment that the board was fraudulent.
Things that have been happening are that Red Dog is being bullied. First hand he called a raise with J-9 and bet out 500 on the Jack-high flop, but then laid it down to a 1200 raise. Down 1000 chips on the first hand; ouch. "I'm building my image," says he. Meanwhile Jen has also lost a fairly sizeable pot (Rod has details) which doesn't bode well for my 1%. Come on my 1%! Obviously many other hands have been played but I've yet to see a big one happen among the largely-random-but-dotted-with-familiar-faces field. We have a player list in paper format, so we'll be laboriously typing that up any day now. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 03:42:08 PM Here is the full player list and seat numbers. Some interesting tables out there I'm sure you'll agree! (the two players whose names have been struck though, Tony Ringe (pronounced to rhyme with singe and...er other things and J Macnair are not playing today but tomorrow)
Carl Limbert 101 Robert Boon 102 Richard Haile 103 Terry Simpson 104 Robert Rees 105 Terry Plumber 106 Julian Thew 107 John Earnes 108 Willie Tann 109 James Harrison 110 Phil Gregg 201 Dominic Kay 202 Richard Grace 203 Gregory Howard 204 M Hill 205 Kevin Williams 206 Ryan Fronda 207 Mark Russell 208 Nik Persaud 209 Peter Singelton 210 Darren Fuller 301 Brendan Hartnett 302 Chris Mason 303 Graham Burt 304 James Atkin 305 David Lloyd 306 Anthony Adderley 307 Alin J Rapoport 308 K Taylor 309 Andy Achillea 310 High Kirton 401 Cunningham-Brown 402 Michael Bale 403 Victoria Coren 404 Mazhar Nawab 405 Peter Wood 406 Kevin Poast 408 Javed Abrahams 409 Dave Clarke 410 Stephen Eames 501 David "Porno" Monckton 502 Jerome Bradpiece 503 Sunny Chattha 504 Ian Cox 505 Anna Goldsmith 506 Stephen Basri 507 Paul "The Lemon" Murrell 508 Andy Miles 509 Ian Holman 510 Paul Bracken 601 Anthony Cascarino 602 S Cllutterbuck 603 Dan Furnival 604 Calvin Stacey 605 Charles Sanderson 606 Sidney Harris 607 Thomas Mcready 608 James Reid 609 Timothy Hiskett 610 Deborah "DebbieFish" Rogers 701 Michael Denton 702 Ashley Hayes 703 Duncan Meyer 704 Paul Garrad 705 D Nutt 706 William Martin 707 C Ellis 708 Chris Cousins 709 Jen Mason 710 Jack Power 801 P Gardener 802 John Fletcher 803 Stephen Spencer 804 Ian "BUPA" Woodley 806 Mark Wycherly 807 Mark Bointon 808 Scott Chaudhry 809 James Sudworth 810 Dave Herman 901 David gregory 902 Jeff Buffenbarger 903 Yilfer Shevket 904 Mick Chivers 905 Mickey "Leg-end" Wernick 906 Dave Felton 907 Tom "Macker" Macleod 908 Balbir Pottiwal 909 David J Lloyd 910 C Xanthos 1001 Richard "Captin" Collier 1002 Andrew Teng 1003 Craig McCorkell 1004 Michael Clarke 1005 Josef Grech 1006 Neil "Bad Beat" Channing 1007 Peter Abela 1008 Simon Taylor 1009 Stephen Zudithipunpare 1110 Adam Stoneham 1101 Dan Carter 1102 Anthony Hardy 1103 Neil Fox 1104 Ray Wyre 1105 Michael Mccool 1106 Praz Bansi 1107 Alex Martin 1108 Wayne Rideout 1109 laurence Houghton 1110 Lee Redmond 1201 James Browning 1202 C Buntyn 1203 D Kis 1204 Nathan Lee 1205 Sal "Never Give" Ghozali 1206 Terrence Owens 1207 Daniellle "PocketLady" Allen 1208 Bob Ballou 1209 A Phillips 1210 Marcu Bebb-jones 1301 James TYler 1302 James Moult 1303 Sasha Rosewood 1304 D Ozkarapinar 1305 Mike Moore 1306 Conan Bailey 1307 Spencer Lawrence 1308 Glenn "The Mutz" Martin 1309 Leon Campbell 1310 Niall Charlton 1401 Simon Randall 1402 Adam Wilkinson 1403 Owen Lock 1404 Steven Khoo 1405 Ross Campbell 1406 David Moule 1407 Mehrdad Saffari 1408 Alan "Ice Cream" Vinson 1409 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 03:51:42 PM Some strong tables out there, but this one in particular looks like a cracker. Alex Martin will likely be playing in a firestorm with this list of players out there....
They include World Heads Up runner up, the baby faced Dan Carter, Adam Stoneham, who has posted lots of consistent results, the fiery Irishman and blondite Mick McCool, the braceleted Hit Squadder Praz Bansi, Laurence Houghton and of course...the one and only long standing cheesy capital radio DJ "DR" Neil Fox. Actually I am not 100% sure that Neil Fox is the infamous capital radio DJ, or just someone sharing his name but I am off to investigate right now... Adam Stoneham 1101 Dan Carter 1102 Anthony Hardy 1103 Neil Fox 1104 Ray Wyre 1105 Michael Mccool 1106 Praz Bansi 1107 Alex Martin 1108 Wayne Rideout 1109 laurence Houghton 1110 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 03:55:43 PM I checked on Conan Bailey and he's doing ok on about 9k - not much change so far.
While I was lurking at his table, I accidentally chanced upon, I mean, I employed my massive updating skill and sought out a rare early exit - a preflop raising war between Noah-Boeken-style-horror-hoodie-wearing Joshua Tyler (down on the list as James for some reason) and tablemate Lawrence Spencer. On their backs, Joshuames had Ahrt Ks and Lawrence was holding Qd Qc . Board - Kc ("here we go..." says Lawrence) 4d 4h 8h Jd "I warned him at the very beginning of the tournament not to get involved with me," says Joshuames, which seems a little unfair, but he is now table chip leader. Lawrence took it well and is now drinking beer. Good man. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 04:09:13 PM I had a quick chat with Julian, who is always very amiable and he was quick to congratulate me on the result from the press tournament. "Thanks very much" said I before inquiring as to his progress...
"It's a slow start for me, managed to donk off a quarter of my stack, well maybe not donk off...[he quickly corrected himself].... I'm plodding away though, plodding's under-rated!" (I sense he may have been hanging around with Paul Jackson a bit too much recently perhaps...) Jen is not looking too happy and in need of a pep talk during the upcoming break which she shall duly receive. She is sitting on about 6 and a half thousand. "It's slow progress but not in the right direction..." she mused slightly morosely. I may have to lecture her later on misuse onf the word progress but for now I will concentrate my energies during the break on raising her spirits. The blind structure still gives her plenty of room to manoeuvre (I can never spell that word) out of her current sticky predicament... Tom Mcready told me that Jim Reid had just provided a choice quote for him. "He says I'm playing too loose, playing too many hands!" "Yes" agreed Jim, seemingly shocked at the brazenly aggressive style of Red Dog today... "He's played 5 hands in the first 2 levels!" That's it for 10 minutes folks. We're on a break. Back very soon.... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 04:28:31 PM Had a quick chat with Hitsquadder Sunny Chattha during the break.
"How's it going Sunny?" "Yeah, not bad, up to 11,000...slow and steady progress, that's how I'm playing it" Meanwhile I have been informed of a significant elimination. Winner of last year's Walsall GUKPT, Jerome Bradpiece has met his match. He called a raise with Q-Q, slowplaying his big pair for value and once the flop came 6 high the chips flew in. Unfortunately, he found his (currently unknown) assailant holding the dominating K-K and was unable to spike a required lady, meaning he joins the crowded rail with the rest of us... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 04:41:23 PM Tales from the break and beyond:
Neil Channing is OUT - apparently he somehow got himself all in massively behind, on a one-outer, I believe. Oops. Ericstoner was down to 6.9k but is now back up to 11k. He saw a Nine-high flop with Jacks and bet out, but come the river there ere four hearts on the board and he checked to his opponent's check. His opponent was holding a Nine with no hearts, and Brendan seemed to be torturing himself a bit about checking the river, but fair enough, say I. Red Dog is up to 20k. After, in his words, "pissing about in a load of pots" and showing terrible hands at the end, he called a 400 preflop raise with pocket Tens. The flop came A-T-T and he got himself in a raising war with the original raiser. Eventually on their backs, the other guy was holding A-K and Red Dog's full house held up, taking him up to about 14k. He has since been abusing his new chipped-up position to bully everyone else, and is up to 20k. Greg Howard is on around 7k, for those enquiring. Alex Martin is down to around 5.5k - I'm afraid I don't know what happened. By the way Mr Moorman, we have a Stephen Eames on the list - is he the same as your John Eames? We do have a few mistakes on the list. No other Eames apparent... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 04:46:33 PM Mike Ellis is OUT, with A-J I am told.
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 05:12:01 PM We're down to 116 runners. Among those now OUT are Ashley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=39) Hayles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=39) who moved in over the top of Jen Mason's A-J with A-7. The beginnings of a comeback for my 1%! Go my 1%! Also Terry Plumber is gone, holding Ts Js against William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=960) Hill (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=960) starlet Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225)'s Pocket Rockets. There was a Ten on the board, and two spades somewhere along the line, but actually I have no idea at what point the chips went in nor how many spades were out then. Also lurking around the cash desk, presumed OUT, is 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).
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 05:17:17 PM Also OUT is Scott Chaudhry, who moved all in on an 8s Ts 9s flop. Ross Campbell dwells up, doing a funny clicky thing with his jaw, and he seems to be in real pain. Eventually he calls.
Scott Chaudhry - 6h 7h Ross Campbell - Ks Kd Turn - Qc River - oooohhhhh - 7s "'Orrible," says Chaudhry and leaves. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 05:31:11 PM Chip counts, end of level 2, courtesy of that fine figure of a man, Mr Jon Raab:
Table Seat ID Player End of Level 2 1 2 102 Robert Boon 13875 1 3 103 Richard Haile 1750 1 4 104 Terry Simpson 8600 1 5 105 Robert Rees 14975 1 6 106 Terry Plumber 14550 1 7 107 Julian Thew 7700 1 8 108 John Eames 21200 1 9 109 Willie Tann 2600 1 10 110 James Harrison 7950 2 2 202 Dominic Kay 6625 2 3 203 Richard Grace 11200 2 4 204 Gregory Howard 6850 2 5 205 M Hill 19500 2 6 206 Kevin Williams 11550 2 7 207 Ryan Fronda 8625 2 8 208 Mark Russell 10300 2 9 209 Nik Persaud 12100 2 10 210 Peter Singleton 13250 3 1 301 Darren Fuller 10100 3 2 302 Brendan Hartnett 9725 3 3 303 Chris Mason 9500 3 4 304 Graham Burt 4625 3 5 305 James Atkin 18125 3 6 306 David Lloyd 12575 3 7 307 Anthony Adderley 7700 3 9 309 K Taylor 10475 3 10 310 Andy Achillea 8075 4 1 401 Hugh Kirton 11200 4 2 402 Andrew Cunningham-brown 10025 4 3 403 Michael Bale 4725 4 4 404 Victoria Coren 5825 4 5 405 Mazhar Nawab 2250 4 6 502 David Monckton 10450 4 8 408 Kevin Poast 18450 4 9 409 Javed Abrahams 10750 4 10 410 Dave Clark 26375 5 1 501 Stephen Eames 4525 5 4 504 Sunny Chattha 11050 5 5 505 Ian Cox 10450 5 6 506 Anna Goldsmith 10575 5 7 507 Stephen Basri 11725 5 8 508 Paul Murrell 17900 5 9 509 Andy Miles 16275 5 10 510 Ian Holman 7650 6 1 601 Paul Bracken 10275 6 2 602 Anthony Cascarino 15200 6 3 603 S Clutterbuck 7925 6 4 101 Carl Limbert 6650 6 5 605 Calvin Stacey 9600 6 6 606 Charles Sanderson 9325 6 8 608 Thomas Mccready 22750 6 9 609 James Reid 15725 6 10 610 Timothy Hiskett 9350 7 1 701 Deborah Rogers 9100 7 2 702 Michael Denton 3850 7 3 703 Ashley Hayles 6200 7 4 704 Duncan Meyer 6775 7 5 705 Paul Garrad 19775 7 6 706 D Nutt 13350 7 7 707 William Martin 22250 7 8 708 Michael Ellis 500 7 9 709 Chris Cousins 14500 7 10 710 Jen Mason 5700 8 1 801 Jack Power 10375 8 2 802 P Gardener 8400 8 3 803 John Fletcher 17150 8 4 804 Stephen Spencer 7200 8 6 806 Ian Woodley 11325 8 7 807 Mark Wycherly 12300 8 8 808 Mark Bointon 6050 8 9 809 Scott Chaudhry 9250 8 10 810 James Sudworth 8400 9 2 902 David Gregory 14850 9 3 903 Jeff Buffenbarger 13150 9 4 904 Yilfer Shevket 11100 9 5 905 Mick Chivers 10275 9 7 906 Micky Wernick 15325 9 8 908 Tom Macleod 10850 9 9 909 Balbir Pottiwal 4800 9 10 910 David J Lloyd 10175 10 1 1001 C Xanthos 7175 10 2 1002 Richard Collier 5575 10 3 1003 Andrew Teng 14700 10 4 1004 Craig Mccorkell 16875 10 6 1006 Josef Grech 15100 10 8 1008 Peter Abela 14075 10 9 1009 Simon Taylor 5000 10 10 1010 Steven Zudithipunpare 12250 11 1 1101 Adam Stoneham 7200 11 2 1102 Dan Carter 8075 11 3 1103 Anthony Hardy 6350 11 4 1104 Neil Fox 8975 11 5 1105 Ray Wyre 8275 11 6 1106 Michael Mccool 18975 11 7 1107 Praz Bansi 10975 11 8 1108 Alex Martin 5275 11 9 1109 Wayne Rideout 13900 12 1 1201 Redmond Lee 5325 12 3 1203 C Buntyn 10825 12 4 1204 D Kis 10350 12 5 1205 Nathan Lee 24850 12 7 1207 Terrence Owens 16525 12 8 1208 Danielle Allen 6900 12 9 1209 Bob Ballou 2500 12 10 1210 A Phillips 2975 13 1 1301 Marcus Bebb-jones 10450 13 2 1302 James Tyler 27500 13 3 1303 James Moult 13300 13 4 1304 Sasha Rosewood 8675 13 5 1305 D Ozkarapinar 5850 13 6 1306 Mike Moore 5250 13 7 1307 Conan Bailey 4900 13 9 1309 Glenn Martin 14575 13 10 1310 Leon Campbell 9500 14 1 1401 Niall Charlton 8250 14 2 1402 Simon Randall 10950 14 3 1403 Adam Wilkinson 7400 14 4 1404 Owen Lock 11775 14 5 1110 Laurence Houghton 8350 14 6 1406 Ross Campbell 19300 14 7 1206 Sal Ghozali 5600 14 8 1408 Mehrdad Saffari 29900 14 9 1409 Alan Vinson 7750 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 05:36:19 PM Current chip leader Mehrdad Saffari has just increased his chip lead. Saffari, so good...
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 05:56:33 PM I grabbed a few words with Alex (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) who agreed with my earlier assessment that he was indeed at a strong table.
"I made a bad start losing some chips earlier" he told me and leaned in to whisper quietly "but then I got it back bluffing Praz off a hand! tee hee!" Ok, I admit I am using a bit of poetic licence with Alex's exact words and he may possibly not have said "tee hee!" but he definitely had a mischievous glint in his eye... He currently has roughly his starting stack of 10,000. Here he is, striking what he told me was a fearsome pose. (http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7847&g2_serialNumber=1) Clearly Jen is not the only one taking liberties with the English Language today. Fearsome Alex?! I've seen scarier kittens than that! (like this one...any excuse to crowbar a spurious cat reference in!) (http://www.zombi.dk/images/big_gallery/169a.jpg) No doubt Vicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=449) Coren (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=449)'s hordes of male poker admirers will find this photo, and in particular, the article Vicky was snapped reading, most intriguing... (http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7851&g2_serialNumber=2) Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=69) Moorman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=69) has rolled out of bed, looking slightly bleary eyed but cheerful as always. I threatened to photoshop donkey ears onto him but considering the phenomenal start to 2008 Chris has had, I doubt if he was particularly bothered by my toothless threats (especially as I am rubbish at photoshopping!) Here is the donkey himself... (http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7853&g2_serialNumber=2) Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 06:12:56 PM Ian Cox just played out a hand with a bit of banter on his table.
He raised to 500 preflop from UTG+1 and was called by the amusingly nicknamed Paul "The Lemon" Murrell in the cutoff. The flop came down Ts 6s 3s and Ian got involved in a bit of banter. "Got any spades mate? What are you planning on doing?" "If you check, I'm betting!" announced "The Lemon" "In that case I'd better bet!" said Ian before firing 1500 into the pot. The Lemon sighed then bitterly folded, giving Ian a sharp acidic stare..."I think you've got a big spade" he said," .......should have let me hang myself!" he responded fruitily. Ian flipped over the rather sweet Ks Kc, happily sweeping up chips, leaving Paul citric to the stomach. I'm sorry for the above puns but Dana has put me on pun-tilt, temporarily blinding my good taste facility. After sweeping up that pot, Ian looks to have around 15-16k in his stack, progressing nicely and continuing the hot form he showed in 2007... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 06:27:51 PM Michael Denton is currently chip leader on Table 7 with a Big Ol' Stack, to be precise. To his left is Dervis Ozkarapinar, who finalled at the Luton Christmas Cracker. I like him because he looks like my drummer Tim.
But things may be changing! I understand that My One Percent, Ms Jennifer Mason, has just doubled up with a pair of Queens. Go my 1%! Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 06:38:07 PM Meanwhile Red Dog is sharing a table with Iam Woodley and Ross Campbell.
On another table, Praz says he has been "up and down" - currently slightly up. Alex Martin was on 8.5k last I checked; now looking cheerful in the queue for the buffet. Apparently I just missed quads twice on their table. They promised to call me next time it happened. And again on that actionful table, I saw Leon Campbell raise to 600 preflop, called by Adam Stoneham. Adam checks the 9c 2c Jc flop and Leon moves in for maybe 4k. Adam folds. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 06:39:03 PM ---------- DINNER BREAK ----------
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 08:33:12 PM Yes vodaphone have restricted access as mentioned, possibly as retribution for Dana's complete thieving of my puns, although this has yet to be confirmed.
HOWEVER, strangely our vodaphone card IS working so although our coverage is slightly crippled we are still able to bring you the latest exciting developments - HOORAY!!!! Here are some of those... First off, I bring you news of Vicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=449) Coren (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=449)'s elimination. Her table is unfortunately rather discretely positioned away in the corner, making access quite difficult so I have no information on how she became relatively short but short she was. I did see how her final few chips went in though. Holding T-4 she called a reraise allin from a mateyboy on a T63 flop only to find herself in bad shape vs Q-Q. A 7 on the turn gave her a few more outs, but a blank river arrived to send Vicky sadly crashing to the rail. Next, I'll just elaborate slightly on Jen's double up. She had raised preflop and received a call from the resident maniac at her table who is also one of the chip leaders (Michael Denton I beleive). On a 4h Jh 9s flop, Jen pushed all her chips (4.5k ish, pot was 3k) over the line and was ultimately called by Michael who was holding a rather surprising K-4 for bottom pair! Jen had Q-Q but needed to avoid a bad beat, which she did in style as the turn adn river came 9-9 to give her a superior full house to Michael. Back to 12k she was last seen wolfing down fishcakes in the dinner break to renew her strength... 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) is on about 4k, Red-Dog about 22k. Nick Persaud has just doubed up, holding J-4 on a J-4-8 flop all the chips went in versus M Hill's K-K and Hill's cowboys were left sorer than a man who's just spent the night on Brokeback mountain with Flushy. Nick on the other hand is up to roughly 35k... Full chip counts from the end of leve 4 to follow... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 08:37:17 PM Jeff Buffenbarger 36850
Michael Denton 32025 Mehrdad Saffari 30750 C Xanthos 28225 John Eames 27500 Nathan Lee 26100 James Tyler 26025 James Reid 25775 Julian Thew 25475 Michael Bale 25350 Craig Mccorkell 24375 Jack Power 23325 Javed Abrahams 23175 Thomas Mccready 22925 Javed Abrahams 22575 Steven Zudithipunpare 21125 Glenn Martin 20575 Paul Murrell 20500 James Sudworth 19975 Praz Bansi 19950 Robert Boon 19750 David Gregory 19575 Andrew Cunningham-brown 19425 Sasha Rosewood 18975 Ian Cox 18825 Owen Lock 18550 Ross Campbell 18525 Sunny Chattha 18375 Nik Persaud 17425 Graham Burt 16475 M Hill 16150 Simon Randall 15575 Mark Wycherly 15450 Anthony Adderley 15400 James Harrison 15325 Adam Stoneham 15225 Wayne Rideout 14275 Yilfer Shevket 12775 Paul Garrad 12600 Niall Charlton 12275 Jen Mason 12100 Robert Rees 11800 Mark Russell 11575 Stephen Basri 11575 Marcus Bebb-jones 11550 Paul Bracken 11500 Duncan Meyer 11325 David Monckton 11250 Darren Fuller 11200 John Fletcher 11175 P Gardener 11125 Peter Singleton 10775 Charles Sanderson 10700 Gregory Howard 10600 Josef Grech 10450 Ian Holman 10175 Chris Cousins 10000 Carl Limbert 9350 Neil Fox 9275 D Kis 9225 Anthony Cascarino 9100 Chris Mason 8900 Timothy Hiskett 8800 Ray Wyre 8750 Dan Carter 8725 Peter Abela 8625 Ian Woodley 8525 David J Lloyd 8500 Adam Wilkinson 8475 Leon Campbell 8400 Richard Haile 7825 William Martin 7800 Andy Miles 7700 Tom Macleod 7500 Alex Martin 7500 James Moult 7350 K Taylor 7125 Danielle Allen 7075 Terrence Owens 6625 Calvin Stacey 6100 Andy Achillea 5950 Mark Bointon 5950 Kevin Williams 5625 Kevin Poast 5425 Ashley Hayles 5300 Redmond Lee 4975 Dominic Kay 4900 Anna Goldsmith 4825 S Clutterbuck 4550 C Buntyn 4225 Micky Wernick 4200 Anthony Hardy 3925 Ryan Fronda 3725 D Nutt 3000 Simon Taylor 2800 Brendan Hartnett 2700 Conan Bailey 2275 Deborah Rogers 1100 Hugh Kirton 950 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 08:54:42 PM I'm going to resist the temptation to get involved in the Flushy Brokeback Mountain scenario imaginings and tell you very very quickly before Junglecat gets back and demands his laptop back that there have been some exits while we've been distracted getting all Content Controlled.
I saw Jim "bookiebasher" Moult get himself crippled "playing a flush draw a bit heavy" against a set of Threes - no flush and he was very low. A minute or two later and the bookie has been well and truly bashed and is reduced to chatting to Kev at the rail. :( Also OUT is Mr K "probably no relation to Joshua" Taylor, all in preflop with Nines against Mr Alin "All-in!" Rapoport's pocket Jacks. A short-stacked Dervis "He really really does look like my drummer Tim, Jen thinks so too" Ozkarapinar was seen angrily moving all in on a Jack-high board, but was uncalled. Still in, as far as I know. 83 players remain today. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 09:33:13 PM Apologies for the no-updates-for-ages-then-loads-at-once nature of the updates right now, we are down to one slow-connecty laptop between us, which is lame.
Anyway, I have Seen Many Things. Jen Mason bets out 1800 on a 6h Jc 7d flop and Ian Cox calls. Now Martin William to Cox's left moves all in. Jen dwells up. She folds. Ian dwells up. He calls! William - 8d 9h Cox - 9c 7c Turn - 4h River 4c And Martin William and his excellent stripy tank top thing are OUT. Jen wouldn't tell me what she had out loud, but it was most likely better than a Seven and worse than a Jack. I'm guessing Tens. Or Nines. Or Eights. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 09:40:45 PM Jen apparently can't play a hand without someone moving all in on her ass. As it were.
A large pot has formed and the below gent, one Paul Garrad on the list but he asked me to tell the blonde world that his name is actually Dale, moves in, the board reading Qc Ks 3h Kc 5d. Jen folds, eventually. She looks like an angry puppy now. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 09:46:21 PM Jeff Buffenbarger has a Big Ole Stack, maybe 50k or so. Alex Martin says he's playing really well. And if Alex Martin says so, it must be true.
A double-up for young Lee Redmond, who looks like a less world-weary Matt Dale I think. He's still only on 7k or so. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 10:07:09 PM Red Dog approached me to tell me "Ah've lost 3 fahv K pots in a rou-oond!" (I've lost three five thousand chip pots in a round) He is not happy about this, although possibly he may be more perturbed by my phonetic interpretation of his accent! (I'll find out later I guess...) Julian and Josh have been swapping chips. Julian related he had lost a hefty 10k chunk to Josh. Josh overheard this and piped in, in his unimitable way "I made a GREEEEATTT call....and you can quote me on that!" So I am. But Josh's big stack has taken some hits too. "I've lsot about 22k", losing a flip with 3-3 v Ah Kh when the board double paired, then losing a pot to Julian when Julian hit an ace on the river after betting all the way and Josh calling... He's still on roughly 27k but was a little disappointed not to be up there with the chip leaders. "It's a good structure though Josh, still in good shape" was the best platitude I could muster at the time, to which he agreed. Just before the break two of the notable shortstacks, Pete (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=346) Singleton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=346) and Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) were allin. Firstly Pete was allin with A-Q, racing against his opponent's 2-2 and hitting on a board of 6-7-K-Q-7 to augment his dwindling stack... Then it was Dan's turn, getting allin with K-Q versus his opponent's T-8. "I've got live cards!" yelled his opponent enthusiastically, no doubt happy after finding his fingers caught in the till but a board of J-5-3-2-4 brought no surprises and brought a welcome double up for Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86). Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 10:26:34 PM My One Percent, formerly known as Jen Mason, has doubled up!
Ian Cox made it 1600 and the American dude two seats to Jen's right below whose name we think is probably Sacha Rosewood made it 4800. Jen called and Ian got out of the way. Flop - 8s 7s 8h and I am fairly sure that Jen open-shoved for 9600. With much giggling, Sacha Rosewood (ID confirmation, anyone?) called. Jen - Ac As Sacha - um, Ad Qs Turn and river respectively - 5c - 2d I now have One Percent of 28k. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 10:53:54 PM As we are just starting level eight some of these counts will be slightly out of date.
Nonetheless they should give you a reasonable idea of the current standings so courtesy of those significant spaniels at blue square, I bring you the chip counts from the end of level 6... Jeff Buffenbarger 59800 Sasha Rosewood 43950 James Atkin 41000 Jack Power 39325 John Eames 34225 Nik Persaud 34025 David Gregory 33775 James Reid 32025 Andrew Cunningham-brown 30350 Julian Thew 30125 Robert Boon 29425 Nathan Lee 28300 James Tyler 27275 Chris Cousins 26750 Steven Zudithipunpare 26225 Javed Abrahams 25750 Yilfer Shevket 25625 Niall Charlton 25600 Anthony Cascarino 25075 Mark Russell 24775 Peter Abela 23950 Josef Grech 23850 Ian Holman 23725 Dave Clark 22300 Graham Burt 21350 Ian Cox 20950 Anthony Adderley 20200 C Buntyn 19925 Craig Mccorkell 19625 Mehrdad Saffari 18025 James Sudworth 18000 Carl Limbert 17900 Mark Wycherly 17775 Praz Bansi 17400 Stephen Basri 17200 Owen Lock 17200 Paul Murrell 16725 Ross Campbell 16675 Andy Achillea 16200 Michael Bale 14875 Simon Randall 14100 Paul Garrad 13975 Duncan Meyer 13775 P Gardener 13775 James Harrison 13700 Jen Mason 13350 Marcus Bebb-jones 13200 Danielle Allen 12800 Conan Bailey 11100 Thomas Mccready 10450 Ian Woodley 9800 C Xanthos 9700 John Fletcher 9325 Gregory Howard 9075 Sunny Chattha 8575 Neil Fox 8450 Mark Bointon 8125 Peter Singleton 7925 Anna Goldsmith 7425 Ian Woodley 7425 Leon Campbell 7200 Dan Carter 6950 Redmond Lee 6925 Alex Martin 6600 Ray Wyre 6550 D Ozkarapinar 5725 Dominic Kay 4800 Andy Miles 4650 Chris Mason 4300 David J Lloyd 4075 Paul Bracken 2550 Wayne Rideout 1800 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 17, 2008, 11:11:54 PM Followin on from that I have news of some eliminations...
First off, two gentlemen I didn't recognise (but one of which I think was Mehrdad Saffari) exchanged raises preflop and Mehrdad Saffari, the erstwhile chipleader had obviously lost much of his early stack as he found himself ALLIN with his KQ versus the 8-8 of his opponent. Unfortunately, for him, he failed to hit and after a promising start Saffari found it's a jungle out there as he joined the rail... Next up Ian Cox raised on the button to 1800, and after his opponent Sasha Rosewood asked him for a count, he reraised anohter 8k or so. Ian felt that Sasha was at it and moved in for his last 7k-ish and Sasha called him. Ian's intuition was correct, as he found his A-7 to be ahead of Sasha's Ks-9s. A flop of 6-9-8 brought hope to both players although it was a bad one for Ian, and the 4 turn and 6 river failed to produce the straight or ace he required meaning, despite a brave and well judged move, Ian's tournament was over. "Unlucky mate, well played" I offered in consolation and put my hand out in customary mode. Ian got up from his seat and as he shook my hand, I felt the bones beginning to bend under his granite grip suggesting he was perhaps not 100% with the way his tournament ended!.... "I had a feeling he was at it" he told me grumpily as he departed. Even the golden boys have bad days I guess! Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 11:32:37 PM You're doing a great job! I refuse to cheer anyone on because it's an insta bok every time, but am quietly delighted with progress of the unmentionables. Shhh! Just thinking about them can send them weeping to the rail! Hopefully you're not secretly rooting for Sunny Chattha, because he is long gone. I didn't see him go, but Julian Thew called me over "because this needs to be made public". It seems he moved in with pocket Sevens on a 9-9-4 flop and found a caller in Joe Grech holding A-4, but a King on the turn and another on the river counterfeited Sunny out of what was rightfully, statistically-likely-ly his. Ouch. Better luck those who have been secretly rooting for Stephen Basri, as he's just doubled up courtesy of Sasha ROsewood in the old painful-for-guy-with-Kings Aces versus Kings confrontation. Aces hit a set on the river for good measure, a metaphorical final finger up at Rosewood's Kings. Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 11:36:28 PM Mr C Bunton, who has awesome hairdo that sadly didn't come out in the photo I took but am now withholding, min-raised utg only for Dave Clark to shove for 15k. Bunton folded fairly sharply. I think I saw a Deuce as he folded...
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 11:41:07 PM Not sure exactly what happened. I think what happened was that Mark Bointon shoved and Conan Bailey called. The reason I'm not sure is that Bointon had Aces and Conan (CONAN!!!!) had A-J. He was giggling a lot as he made his fairly predictable exit, so possibly that's exactly what happened. Sorry, Conan fans. It's barbaric, really.
CONAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 17, 2008, 11:43:54 PM In reply to requests made a long long time ago:
Craig McCorkell - 14k James Atkin - 40k Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on January 18, 2008, 12:37:56 AM Ok, breaking news, which I will type as fast as my withered little fingers can manage as Dana is hovering menacingly, eyeing my laptop with its working connection enviously with a glimmer of madness lurking beneath.
I am ever so slightly scared... Anyway, first off we spoke to Jen in teh rbeak who was happy sitting on her stack of 26k, especially as the aggressive and dangerous Nik Persaud, with whom she had had some tangles had now left her table. This news has since been superceded though as Jen was involved in a big pot. After some betting preflop and on the flop, Jen's opponent in the hand, Nathan Lee, moved in on a 7c 8s Th Thc board to receive an instant call from Jen. Jen showed the flopped nuts-tastic J-9, whilst Nathan was banking on hitting a club with his Kc-6c. The river.....BLANKED, meaning Ms Mason received a big boost to her stack which is sitting in the 45k region now. Go Jen! Josh Tyler is doing well. After the table break, he moved to join a freshly constructed table, which Alex Martin wasn't too happy about, seeing as Josh was sitting on the button to his big blind. The fact Josh had in the region of 70k, which was so many they couldn't even fit all his chips on the table probably didn't help either! Dave Clarke revealed he had about 20k in the break. "Ah so you're sitting comfortably" remarked Jen, taking a 5 minute break from her chip accumulation/ decimation antics..... "Not comfortably enough" said Dave with the barest hint of a veiled threat detectable in his voice...I'm glad I'm not on his table. Leon Campbell just doubled through against John Eames, his 7-7 holding versus John's 3-3. There was some confusion as the board read Td 2d 8s 2c Tc by the river and the dealer, who to be fair was being harrassed from all sides, decided this was a split pot and began to divide the chips up. Chaos held full dominion for a few moments whilst everyone threw their 2c in, further confusing the amount in the pot, but ultimately Leon doubled through to 12-13k or so... Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 18, 2008, 12:59:31 AM Atkinator fans I'm sorry, he's taken a huge hit. Owen Lock shoves and Atkin dwells and calls. His pocket Tens are drawing thin against Lock's Aces, and thinner when an Ace comes on the flop.
Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 18, 2008, 01:46:10 AM Yes yes indeed, play has finished for the night. James Atkins fans will be delighted to hear that he has made a Comeback and is now in second place somehow... Lots of other people are also still in, we'll have the chip counts with you later tonight, and please go right ahead and read our Daily Tournament Report over at William Hill, as soon as we've written it.
Until then, ;stickaforkinme; Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 18, 2008, 02:27:23 AM End of day chip counts from Mr Raab -
Player End of Level 9 Niall Charlton 88700 James Atkin 78575 Andrew Cunningham-brown 67500 P Gardener 61100 John Eames 59575 Josef Grech 59475 Peter Abela 59200 Jen Mason 54525 Julian Thew 51300 Steven Zudithipunpare 47500 Josh Tyler 46575 Rory Campbell 44625 James Reid 42625 Marcus Bebb-jones 42450 Owen Lock 41500 Dan Carter 40800 James Sudworth 37650 Leon Campbell 34925 Ian Woodley 34375 Grahame Burt 34100 Robert Boon 30350 Paul Murrell 24900 Paul Garrad 24800 Nik Persaud 23900 Peter Singleton 23850 Ian Holman 21150 Dave Clark 20425 Alex Martin 20400 John Fletcher 20350 Anthony Adderley 17225 Sasha Rosewood 17050 Wayne Rideout 15025 Mark Russell 12675 Duncan Meyer 12275 Mark Bointon 11975 Neil Fox 10575 Title: Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton Day 1a: At-A-Glance Post by: danafish on January 18, 2008, 02:13:04 PM Please feel free to read our tournament reports today and every day right here:
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