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Hi folks and welcome back to the Brighton Grosvenor as we prepare to resume for Day 1b.

The wind and rain and general inclement weather we faced yesterday has not abated, but nor has our boundless enthusiasm to cover the inevitable excitement that today's poker will surely generate.

Doing battle today is at least one former winner in the perenially behatted Dave Smith, winner of last year's Brighton GUKPT. Also present will be Chris "Sorry I can't talk im playing 16 donkaments at the moment" Moorman, who will surely be a threat to the field given his recent form.  We don't have a confirmed list of runners just yet but there will be many other poker luminaries donning poker faces and limbering up to exchange chips across the felt.

Good luck to all the players today. A full player count and seat arrangement will be disseminated as soon as we get it.

Let's get ready to rumble!

Looking forward to this. 

:)up

Ok dear friends, we are all set up at the casino, we have sorted out the multiple threads that we accidentally started and then had to delete and then realise we'd done it wrong, and they have very definitely shuffled up and dealt. Wooo!

We are not starting the tourney clock until we are absolutely certain of the number of runners, but if we were to start it, it would look something like this currently:


GUKPT BRIGHTON
WITH DANAFISH AND JUNGLECAT
Entrants - like probably 150
Starting Chips - 10,000
Players Left - proabably still 150, barring accidents
Average Chips - 10,000
50:12
Level 1 - 25/50


Player list will eventually show up, we're not going to type it out again like yesterday because Mr Raab will eventually email it to us and it's so depressing when you realise you've needlessly lost an hour of your life to data entry. Any hypothetical picks for today before the player list arrives? I'm heading down there with the camera...

 :hello:

 :hello: :hello:

gl to moorman today, the kippers gotta do something live soon? anyone lay me 50/1? stars or tilt transfers?

Hello the both of you! News so far is that WOODY DECK HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING. Also we already have an exit without actually knowing everyone who's playing yet. Junglecat has details...

Hi di hi blonde reportaroonies. I'm back home in sunny Sharnford. Today I will mostly be kissing the wife, cuddling the dog, and reading the updates. (though not necessarily in that order).

As I mingled amongst the throng of players, several faces caught my attention.

Scott Reilly, who finished 3rd in last years's Plymouth leg of the GUKPT, is present as is Paul Parker, who is wearing a typically colourful shirt and dapper waistcoat. (Photos to follow)

Hitsquadder Priyan De Mel was spotted as was Chris Sokrati, who is seated next to one of the stalwarts of the game and Brighton regular, Ronald DeBeaulox.

Luke Patten, Dave Smith and Ali Malllu were also spotted and the latter has been invovled in the early stages in a big coup. Although I was not present as this hand played out, allegedly Ali was holdiing Aces full versus Adrian Passfield's Jacks full and both players managed to get all their chips into the pot, meaning Adrian was one of the early casualties. A full house is probably pretty hard to fold against Ali...

Kevin O'Leary who was in scintillating form at the tail end of 2007 has also turned up to play today and will be looking to continue tapping the rich vein of form that yielded him the 2007 GUKPT heads up championship.

A full seating plan will follow shortly.

1   1   101    Mike Charman
1   2   102    A Mackay
1   3   103    Robert Coombes
1   4   104    Ivan Donaghy
1   5   105    Jason Ho
1   6   106    Steven Boyd
1   7   107    Chris Sokrati
1   8   108    Ronnie Debeaulox
1   9   109    D Samson
1   10   110    Ian Frazer
2   1   201    Dale Greenleaf
2   2   202    Farbod Javad
2   3   203    John Flanagan
2   4   204    George Annan
2   5   205    Ali Mallu
2   6   206    Vincent Mather
2   7   207    Adrian Passfield
2   8   208    Daniel Evans
2   9   209    Fabio Esposito
2   10   210    Martin Adeniya
3   1   301    John Keown
3   2   302    Mark Robinson
3   3   303    Alex Buton
3   4   304    Steve Phillips
3   5   305    M Rowlands
3   6   306    Phil Risley
3   7   307    Glyn Altham
3   8   308    Stephen Slavin
3   9   309    Darren Baxter
3   10   310    M Cutting
4   1   401    Johnathon Butters
4   2   402    Gursel Gulfer
4   3   403    Keir Ratcliff
4   4   404    Paul Smallwood
4   5   405    Bran Lenton
4   6   406    John Wood
4   7   407    Dan Owston
4   8   408    Jerome Oshea
4   9   409    Stuart Rutter
4   10   410    M Libertini
5   1   501    David Colclough
5   2   502    Necmettin Cicekli
5   3   503    Michael Tucknott
5   4   504    Michael Pereira
5   5   505    Tony Ringe
5   6   506    Lynne Beaumont
5   7   507    Nick Riseley
5   8   508    Roberts Cowen
5   9   509    Granville Cochrane
5   10   510    H Liu
6   1   601    Zack Chesses
6   2   602    Steve Littlejohn
6   3   603    Huseyin Yilmaz
6   4   604    Michael Fletcher
6   5   605    David Tighe
6   6   606    Michael Hynes
6   7   607    Luke Patten
6   8   608    Talal Shakerchi
6   9   609    Kevin Oleary
6   10   610    Efty Neocleous
7   1   701    Karim Louis
7   2   702    Glynn Rees
7   3   703    Ghassan Elhoss
7   4   704    W Deck
7   5   705    Richard Rudling smith
7   6   706    Grant Mercado
7   7   707    T Wong
7   8   708    Rod Davies
7   9   709    Mark James
7   10   710    Robert Wilfred
8   1   801    M Pavlou
8   2   802    Andy Greekfish
8   3   803    Terry Chapman
8   4   804    Jamil Ogunmakinwa
8   5   805    Priyan Demel
8   6   806    Steven Hill
8   7   807    Albert Sapiano
8   8   808    Geoffrey Mockford
8   9   809    Alan Dean
8   10   810    Neil Morris
9   1   901    Simon Wickenden
9   2   902    Michael Clarke
9   3   903    Mark Burton
9   4   904    Charles Denton
9   5   905    Jeff Duvall
9   6   906    Roger Brush
9   7   907    G Swan
9   8   908    S Wan
9   9   909    K Dionysiou
9   10   910    Kirit Patel
10   1   1001    Paul Gourlay
10   2   1002    Sami Yusuf
10   3   1003    Adam Clark
10   4   1004    Jim Woodruff
10   5   1005    Jason Powell
10   6   1006    James Browning
10   7   1007    Robert Stain
10   8   1008    Ben Carpenter
10   9   1009    J Macnair
10   10   1010    Joel Ettedgi
11   1   1101    Craig Owen
11   2   1102    Paul Parker
11   3   1103    Brian Martin
11   4   1104    Fred Ogilvie
11   5   1105    Debbie Littlejohn
11   6   1106    Lee Bidulph
11   7   1107    Luke Trotman
11   8   1108    Rob Taylor
11   9   1109    Amir Zahiri
11   10   1110    Robert Garfield
12   1   1201    Steven Cunningham
12   2   1202    Raymond Nicholas
12   3   1203    Clive Layton
12   4   1204    Chris Moorman
12   5   1205    Micheal Bolger
12   6   1206    Devon Shearer
12   7   1207    Stavros Ioannou
12   8   1208    Guy Steel
12   9   1209    G Tlynrwes
12   10   1210    Van Hoang
13   1   1301    Martin Green
13   2   1302    Dean Coombes
13   3   1303    Joe Sullivan
13   4   1304    Brian Prescott
13   5   1305    Alin j Rapoport
13   6   1306    Steve Holden
13   7   1307    Tuan Le
13   8   1308    Scott Oreilly
13   9   1309    Steve Jelinek
13   10   1310    Chung Hoang
14   1   1401    Koroush Nikkhahe
14   2   1402    Matthew Franklin
14   3   1403    Roberto Romanello
14   4   1404    Greg Yates
14   5   1405    Paul Marrow
14   6   1406    David Smith
14   7   1407    James Mcbride
14   8   1408    Michael Arnold
14   9   1409    Colin Linton
14   10   1410    Lam Trinh
15   1   1501    David Barraclough
15   2   1502    Paul Noble
15   3   1503    Nick Slade
15   4   1504    Dave Shallow
15   5   1505    Vik Kanwar
15   6   1506    Darren Grosvenor
15   7   1507    Charles Chattha
15   8   1508    Liv Boeree
15   9   1509    Bardi Rajah

Hi can u wish Soxy GL from me please.

Thanks very much for great updates yesterday under obviously harsh conditions!!

How is Dave Shallow looking? Rumour has it he only had 5hrs sleep :D

Looks like 2008 is another serious year for him.....

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15   8   1508    Liv Boeree

Norkage alert  ;)

Thnaks for the updates awesome as usual yesterday.
Please can you wish Roberto, Dan Owston, Ghassan Elhoss and Rudders gl from me. (Hope I havnt missed any of the welsh out!!)
Thanks
Jack

Will sit quietly cheering people on in me head as I'm convinced that publicly supporting them is a guaranteed bok, but ye know who ye are!!!!

Is Allin J Rappaport wearing tails and have a large cigar clenched between his teeth and a bigger moustache than Red-dog ?

 ;iagree;   I'm with Jack on this one 8)

No, he's not even here, but please feel free to post your own groucho marx photos and/or photoshop efforts.

Meanwhile, some poker has been played, some of it well, some of it frankly inexplicably. Almost as soon as I'd entered the cardroom, I witnessed the bizarre exit of Mr Guy Steel (below, walking off, possibly consumed with shame). To be fair to the man, I didn't actually see what happened in the early stages of the hand, but when I joined them at the table, Steel was all in on a 6h 2h 9c flop and a gent two to his left (apparently a late entry so he's not on the list, but I think we saw him having problems signing into the casino; if it's the same guy he's called Hoang) was dwelling up. Eventually he called.

Hoang - Qh 9h - hmm, ok, pretty loose at this stage, I guess, but -

Steel -  Ahrt Qd - ummm

Turn and river - 5d and 7d respectively. O-kay...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7913&g2_serialNumber=2)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7914&g2_serialNumber=1)

Another notable exit, this one courtesy of Phil from AWOP who's currently sending rude replies to Junglecat's emails while he's out of the room, is that of Michael Arnold.

Apparently Dave Smith bet 600 on a 2c 3c 4c flop and Arnold called. Matthew Franklin made it 3.5k and Smith got out of the way but Arnold called.

The turn comes 5d and Franklin shoves; Arnold calls.

Arnold - Ac and the the 5 of something for the made straight on the flop

Franklin - 5c 7c for the made flush.

Here is early foldee in this hand and Last Year's Winner Dave Smith:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7918&g2_serialNumber=2)

great updates yesterday you two

please pass on my best wishes to my favourite 2 daves..mr.smith and mr.colclough
would love to see greek jack get a result too.

updates please

Danny Samson, Luton talker

Max Wilfred, Luton qualifier

Rob Garfield, Luton terror

and picture please, update if you wish...cough..splutter...Liv Boeree

wheres all the welsh gang????
iwan jones ,martin kavanagh ect,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,or dont they like brighton,,,,
good luck to """""ROBERTO THEFISHFRYING ROMANELLO"""" welsh/italian

Another hand from Table Last Year's Winner:

The board reads 6s 6c Kd Jh and Koroush Nikkhahe (prize for anyone who can spell that out phonetically for me - Junglecat's best effort has been "Caress My Car Key") bets 1600. After some considerable dwelling, he folds, and is shown a third Six to make the Devil's own trips for his trouble. "Did I make a good fold?" chirps up Roberto Romanello, "Q-6?" Obviously no-one believes him, but the little smile from Nikkhahe suggests that he may well have been holding a full house.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7948&g2_serialNumber=2)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7944&g2_serialNumber=1)

I see a RObert Wilfred on the list - is that him?

Other Update Favourites/People Who Have Amused Me So Far Today:


Blondepoker Waterford Adventure Finallist Rob Taylor:

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7909&g2_serialNumber=1)


Paul Parker, Whose Shirt Today Really Looks Like He's Vomited On It:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7921&g2_serialNumber=2)


This Man Is Wearing A Funny Hat:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7925&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Kevin O'Leary With Highly Appropriate Reading Material:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7932&g2_serialNumber=2)


Mr Dave "Dave Colclough" Colclough:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7935&g2_serialNumber=2)


The Rutter, almost unrecognisable sans scarf:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7938&g2_serialNumber=2)


Sharing a table with The Rutter, Mr Jonothon Butters, shortly before being knocked down by a speeding Volvo with its headlights on full beam:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7941&g2_serialNumber=2)


Mr Ali Mallu, shortly before being knocked down by a speeding Volvo with its headlights on full beam:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7942&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Chris Moorman, about whom I have not yet thought of anything funny to say:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7949&g2_serialNumber=1)

one and the same, goes by the name of Max, thanks

Take it u guys have never played with Kouresh then lol

man with funny hat= Roger Brush..Walsall/Broadway regular

Most likely to have played with 62os or 63os lol

The early levels of poker events tend to be replete with slightly bleary-eyed and tired players, quietly working their way through the shallow blinded levels until the more exciting later levels kick in and they awake from their lethargic slumber and begin to chatter and move chips about more animatedly.

There are exceptions to this rule of course. Roberto Romanello is one of the obvious examples of this... As I traversed the rows of zombie-esque players, many of who seem barely concious, Roberto's stream of incessant chatter immediately drew my attention...

He was involved in a pot with Dave Smith on a 8s Qc Ks 4d flop and Dave had just moved in for 2k or so...

"What have you got Dave? You want a call? I can't beat much! Do you have T-J? I can beat that! Do you have a pair??"

"I don't have a pair" Dave told him before Roberto laughed "How can I fold?" and called.

"I've got trips" said Dave to a ripple of laughter from the assembled onlookers drawn in by Roberto's patter like moths to a loud, welsh light.

"Haha, I'm drawing dead then" said Roberto showing 6h 8h to Dave's rather juicy Q-Q set...

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Dave "Dubai" Shallow was quiet, looking like he may have had a late one (or two) recently. Tut tut!

Still, he also looked as if he might have added a chip or two to his quietly growing stack at this early stage so perhaps it is all a cunningly designed ploy...

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Or AQ and going for the straight draw lol

GL to moorman please, great updates yesterday as usaual, ill be sure to catch up on these tomorrow

SICK OUTDRAW ALERT

Again the setting is Table Romanello, and isn't Roberto a lucky boy?

All in on the 9-K-7 flop, Lam Trinh turns over a set of Nines, which is of course crushing Roberto's Q-K.

Turn - Q - ouch

River  - K - OUCH.

Trinh's still a pretty big stack though, with at least 20k.

Chip Counts For Your Boys/Ladies:

Danny Samson - still on around his starting stack
Liv Boeree - ditto
Rob Garfield (on Table Parker/Taylor) - 15k or so
Robert/Max Wilfred - just over 5k but I'm afraid I don't know exactly what happened.

SOMEONE was hogging the camera, but I'll get photos next time I head down.

Here is a shot of Roberto shortly after damaging his stack versus Dave Smith's set of queens.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7951&g2_serialNumber=1)

If you look closely you may notice former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton's slightly deranged twin brother, Matthew Franklin is his table partner. Actually this is a bit harsh and I am not sure if there are blood ties between Matthew and the former 007 star but the resemblance is there i feel...

Sick Roberto I love it........

afternoon guys
it s a bit early but how s dc doing please thanks

Rod u got that parker update!
Cheers
Khalid

Would that I could, but I'm a well-known techno-dunce.....  ;shame;

I thought was Keith Gillespie!!

Can't be Keith, there's no alcohol or betting slip in his hand

LOL!

He never seems to be at his table when I'm there!

The only newsflash I can give you is that he is looking very pleased with himself at the moment. I will hopefully have a more expansive description the next time I visit his table (assuming he's there)

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I just spoke to Richard "rudders" Rudling-Smith, who is currently sitting on 11,000. "I've been lagging it up" said Rudders excitedly! I gave him a slightly dubious look, as I am familiar with his game.

"Really.....?"

"Yes! Well I've had a few hands too...."

No ***t! He seems in good spirits anyway and has the game to run deep given a few cards.

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Dubai has a large stack after apparently hitting a straight flush, the rack.  He seems intent on maintaining his expression of complete disinterest though, despite the positive fluctuations occurring in his stack...

Good luck big man...

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Priyan De Mel also looks to have increased his stack nicely during the early stages and had his chips neatly arranged, allowing me to easily ascertain he had 17 or 18k.

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And he's not been knocked to the floor by Alan Shearer...

Good to Rudders and Stu Rutter.

End of Level 2 Chip Counts (thanks Raaby!)



Table   Seat   ID   Player   End of Level 2
12   10   1210    Van Hoang   26850
14   10   1410    Lam Trinh   25575
8   5   805    Priyan Demel   24325
7   4   704    Woody Deck   23100
2   2   202    Farbod Javad   22100
5   5   505    Tony Ringe   21925
11   7   1107    Luke Trotman   21900
9   4   904    Charles Denton   21125
14   9   1409    Colin Linton   19925
6   4   604    Michael Fletcher   19275
8   9   809    Alan Dean   18225
4   9   409    Stuart Rutter   18025
2   7   1506    Darren Grosvenor   17125
12   7   1207    Stavros Ioannou   17125
2   1   201    Dale Greenleaf   16425
3   2   302    Mark Robinson   16225
13   8   1308    Scott Oreilly   16175
3   6   306    Phil Risley   15950
14   5   1405    Paul Marrow   15725
14   2   1402    Matthew Franklin   15700
5   10   510    H Liu   15575
1   4   104    Ivan Donaghy   15200
6   1   601    Zack Chesses   15200
2   5   205    Ali Mallu   15175
11   10   1110    Robert Garfield   14950
9   8   908    S Wan   14850
3   8   308    Stephen Slavin   14800
4   5   405    Bran Lenton   14775
7   6   706    Grant Mercado   14650
2   6   206    Vincent Mather   14350
12   8   1501    David Barraclough   14200
1   1   101    Mike Charman   13800
13   5   1305    Alin j Rapoport   13225
10   2   1002    Sami Yusuf   13050
2   10   107    Chris Sokrati   12875
2   3   203    John Flanagan   12825
8   8   1502    Paul Noble   12725
5   3   503    Michael Tucknott   12600
4   1   401    Jonothon Butters   12575
3   10   310    M Cutting   12500
10   8   1008    Ben Carpenter   12050
6   6   606    Michael Hynes   12000
8   1   1006    James Browning   11975
9   5   1503    Nick Slade   11975
1   8   108    Ronnie Debeaulox   11900
1   7   1505    Vik Kanwar   11775
4   10   410    Martino Libertini   11600
8   2   802    Andy Greekfish   11525
13   1   1301    Martin Green   11325
11   1   1101    Craig Owen   11250
8   4   804    Jamil Ogunmakinwa   11200
9   7   907    G Swan   11125
5   8   508    Roberts Cowen   11025
9   2   902    Michael Clarke   11000
12   1   1201    Steven Cunningham   11000
1   3   103    Robert Coombes   10925
7   5   705    Richard Rudling smith   10925
13   10   1507    Charles Chattha   10900
13   9   1508    Liv Boeree   10850
13   4   1304    Brian Prescott   10700
12   5   1205    Micheal Bolger   10450
1   5   105    Jason Ho   10425
7   9   709    Mark James   10425
13   2   1302    Dean Coombes   10425
7   2   702    Glynn Rees   10400
10   9   1009    John Macnair   10400
10   3   1003    Adam Clark   10075
10   4   1004    Jim Woodruff   10025
3   9   309    Darren Baxter   10000
12   6   1206    Devon Shearer   10000
10   6   1509    Bardi Rajah   9975
7   7   707    T Wong   9925
8   7   807    Albert Sapiano   9900
11   5   1105    Debbie Littlejohn   9850
4   8   408    Jerome Oshea   9825
9   10   910    Kirit Patel   9800
12   9   1307    Tuan Le   9650
8   6   806    Steven Hill   9550
13   3   1303    Joe Sullivan   9550
14   7   1309    Steve Jelinek   9475
4   7   407    Dan Owston   9300
13   6   1306    Steve Holden   9300
5   9   509    Granville Cochrane   9250
3   3   303    Alex Buton   9225
6   5   605    David Tighe   9225
9   9   909    K Dionysiou   9125
6   9   609    Kevin Oleary   9000
10   1   1001    Paul Gourlay   9000
10   5   1005    Jason Powell   9000
10   7   1007    Robert Stain   8875
11   6   1106    Lee Bidulph   8850
14   4   1404    Greg Yates   8825
11   9   1109    Amir Zahiri   8775
2   8   208    Daniel Evans   8750
6   10   610    Efty Neocleous   8725
5   6   506    Lynne Beaumont   8700
7   1   701    Karim Louis   8700
8   10   810    Neil Morris   8700
8   3   803    Terry Chapman   8575
3   1   301    John Keown   8525
6   3   603    Huseyin Yilmaz   8400
11   2   1102    Paul Parker   8400
12   4   1204    Chris Moorman   8350
14   1   1401    Koroush Nikkhahe   8325
1   9   109    Dan Samson   8300
9   3   903    Mark Burton   8275
1   2   102    Anthony Mackay   8200
6   7   607    Luke Patten   7700
5   1   501    David Colclough   7475
4   3   403    Keir Ratcliff   7300
9   6   906    Roger Brush   7125
12   3   1203    Clive Layton   7000
9   1   901    Simon Wickenden   6875
4   6   406    John Wood   6550
11   3   1103    Brian Martin   6550
14   3   1403    Roberto Romanello   6100
3   5   305    M Rowlands   5950
4   4   404    Paul Smallwood   5875
6   2   602    Steve Littlejohn   5775
11   8   1108    Rob Taylor   5575
7   3   703    Ghassan Elhoss   5175
7   10   710    Robert Wilfred   5100
6   8   608    Talal Shakerchi   4675
3   7   307    Glyn Altham   4600
5   4   504    Michael Pereira   4200
4   2   402    Gursel Gulfer   4175
11   4   1104    Fred Ogilvie   3900
14   6   1406    David Smith   3600
2   9   209    Fabio Esposito   3400
1   10   110    Ian Frazer   3100
10   10   1010    Joel Ettedgi   3100
1   6   106    Steven Boyd   2850
3   4   304    Steve Phillips   2625
7   8   708    Rod Davies   1600

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"Are you married? Are you rich? Answer the second question first..."

it cant be long before we get the 1st person to get mallued in a gukpt

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7986&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7975&g2_serialNumber=1)

Scintillating reportage  ;tightend;

Double up for Charles Denton courtesy of Bruce Lee-a-likey unknown first-namer S. Wan (coincidentally sitting next to someone whose surname is Swan. Spooky.) on Table Dubai.

All in on an 8h 9h 7c flop, the turn is the 9s and the river the harmless 3c so Denton's Td Jc made straight holds up against Wan's drawlicious-and-preflop-dominatey Th Qh.

Charles Denton, pictured on the right with some new friends obviously having a lovely time (beer just out of shot):

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7971&g2_serialNumber=1)


Bruce Lee:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7973&g2_serialNumber=1)


S Wan:

(http://www.rhythmarts.com/BruceLee/brucelee3/016ww.jpg)

so you have been reading the updates Tom, have you cuddled the wife and kissed the dog yet?

Photos To Accompany Earlier Chip Counts:


Rob Garfield, cheerful as ever:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7955&g2_serialNumber=1)


Robert "To The Max" Wilfred (no improvement yet from whatever incident halved his stack):

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7961&g2_serialNumber=1)


Danny "I Ain't Gonna Take It Deli-lying Down" oh my God I'm getting desperate now Samson:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7963&g2_serialNumber=1)


Lovely Liv Boeree, twice. With and without flash, before and after she noticed I was taking photos. Enjoy.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7957&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7959&g2_serialNumber=1)

I think the thread title may be incorrect on this page: http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/14707 ?

Go Stuart Nutter!

 ;karabiner;

Dave Colcough, thrilled to be wearing the blondepoker colours:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7967&g2_serialNumber=2)

Incidentally I came back to the press room and found something plugged into my laptop. "Oh cool!" say I, "Someone's given me a free iPhone!" To my enormous disappointment I am told that it in fact belongs to DC and I am under no circumstances to wipe all the music off of it and replace it with banjo music. Under no circumstances.

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We're braving the buffet...

Just before we throw ourselves into the enormouos dinner queue, a smattering of chip counts for you guys.

Priyan De Mel -22k or so...

Here he is, looking pleased with his day's work so far...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7992&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Albert "Honey Monster" Sapiano has been relatively quiet today, at least as far as I have noticed. His stack appears to have dwindled to 6k or so. Looks like he's been missing a few flops...

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Sunny Chattha is happy, he won a big pot with K-K vs Q-Q and the hitsquad member is up and around the 20k mark at the moment.

Luke Patten has roughly 15k...sadly Paul Parker is down to roughly 6k or so...

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Dave Colclough just grabbed by notepad off me as I passed by him and scribbled a note out for me. Here it is virtually unedited.

"Biggest pot on table 5.

508(Robert Cowen) limps with 44, 505 (Tony Ringe) raises to 1100 and he calls.

The flop come 4-4-2

Check raise both the table chip leaders allin for another 17.5k each. Quads wins 37k pot..."

I guess this means that Robert will be our chip leader at the dinner break and it looks like that's the end of the tournament for Tony Ringe...

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Finally, I asked the beautiful and highly photogenic Dena if I could take a quick photo of her, for general blonde norkage purposes and she reluctantly agreed.

Here is the lovely lady...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7990&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ok, off to stuff my face but we'll be back soon guys...

Friends, I never thought I'd say this:

The buffet's pretty damn good.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7992&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/10/03/GeorgeMichael460.jpg)

Superlative norkage pics, thank you...apart from the George Michael one obv!

Agreed.  But the resemblance is uncanny - don't you think?

In the background

I concur. The chicken a la king/ chasseur was very tasty. As were the profiteroles. Great work Chef!

So far 'Content control' has left ye alone tonight.  Good stuff! 

Chip counts from the end of level 4 courtesy of the jolly japers at blue square...

 Roberts Cowen   38050
 Michael Fletcher   36950
 Darren Grosvenor   35625
 Steve Jelinek   35300
 Simon Wickenden   33600
 Adam Clark   30950
 Alan Dean   29850
 Phil Risley   28950
 Lam Trinh   27550
 Vik Kanwar   25900
 Nick Slade   25325
 Woody Deck   24875
 Scott Oreilly   24800
 Mike Charman   24525
 Jonothon Butters   24500
 Charles Denton   23200
 David Colclough   22950
 Farbod Javad   22475
 Steven Cunningham   22475
 Karim Louis   20050
 Jamil Ogunmakinwa   19250
 Charles Chattha   19150
 Granville Cochrane   19000
 Craig Owen   18625
 Jerome Oshea   18500
 Micheal Bolger   18450
 Mark Robinson   18400
 John Flanagan   17900
 Colin Linton   17875
 David Barraclough   17225
 Martin Green   16350
 Luke Trotman   16300
 Andy Greekfish   16275
 M Rowlands   15950
 T Wong   15900
 Matthew Franklin   15700
 Chris Sokrati   15550
 Martino Libertini   14625
 Talal Shakerchi   14100
 Anthony Mackay   14000
 Grant Mercado   13675
 Robert Garfield   13350
 Chris Moorman   13275
 Steven Hill   13075
 S Wan   13075
 Zack Chesses   12850
 Richard Rudling smith   12750
 Vincent Mather   12600
 Luke Patten   12375
 Terry Chapman   12225
 Stuart Rutter   11950
 Ivan Donaghy   11825
 Bardi Rajah   11800
 Paul Gourlay   11750
 Clive Layton   11725
 Jim Woodruff   11625
 Liv Boeree   11550
 Robert Coombes   11425
 Sami Yusuf   10875
 Debbie Littlejohn   10775
 Joe Sullivan   10575
 Keir Ratcliff   10550
 Paul Noble   10450
 Stavros Ioannou   10350
 Joel Ettedgi   10125
 Glynn Rees   10025
 Lee Bidulph   9975
 Darren Baxter   9800
 M Cutting   9800
 Fabio Esposito   9700
 Stephen Slavin   9625
 Ian Frazer   9600
 Alin j Rapoport   9575
 Steve Holden   8950
 Jason Powell   8375
 Kirit Patel   8300
 Ghassan Elhoss   8050
 Rob Taylor   7900
 David Tighe   7550
 Bran Lenton   7225
 Mark James   7150
 Glyn Altham   6525
 Paul Marrow   6500
 Brian Prescott   6425
 Kevin Oleary   6275
 Devon Shearer   6250
 Lynne Beaumont   6125
 Alex Buton   6000
 Van Hoang   5925
 John Wood   5500
 Michael Tucknott   5375
 Efty Neocleous   5150
 Paul Smallwood   5050
 H Liu   4950
 Mark Burton   4800
 Ronnie Debeaulox   4600
 Roberto Romanello   4350
 Greg Yates   4275
 John Macnair   4225
 Albert Sapiano   3825
 Gursel Gulfer   3800
 Ben Carpenter   3775
 Steve Littlejohn   3750
 Steve Phillips   3375
 Dean Coombes   3000
 Robert Wilfred   2250
 Paul Parker   1875
 Damian Evans   1375
 Priyan Demel   550

Double-up for the gent in the pale fuschia shirt, Mr Steve Phillips.

I saw him shoving for his last 2075 on a board that read Qh 8d Qs Qc 9c.

Across the table, the gent in the red jacket and the hair, one Darren Baxter, sighed. "Were you flushing on the flop? Did you miss? I've got Ace-high and I'm thinking it's good." He calls, and it turns out that Mr Phillips had basically nothing on the flop, as he turns over Th 9s for the rivered house. Mr Baxter looks sort of sick, like a man who's just lost a bunch of chips with Ace-high.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7998&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7996&g2_serialNumber=1)

SSSSHHHHH, the wireless gods haven't noticed us yet!

Notable Player Exits As Ascertained From The Variety Of Player Number Cards That James Just Now Handed Me:

Zack Chesses
H Liu
Brian Prescott
Van Hoang (nooooo!)

Also gone is Robert/Max Wilfred. Down to just 2250 he shoved under the gun with pocket Eights, but was instacalled by Glynn Rees. Ghassan Elhoss  announced, "I like you, I don't want to call you," but probably just had a rubbish hand and laid it down. Unluckily for Wilfred, Rees turned over pocket Queens and with no help from the board - 9s 5c Ks 5h 3c - he's gone.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8007&g2_serialNumber=2)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8010&g2_serialNumber=2)

On the not-out front, Paul Noble has doubled up - somehow. Catching the very end of the hand, I find him all-in and called on an x-2-x-x-A board, holding pocket Aces. His opponent, the legend that is Woody Deck, is holding K-2. I have no idea how this came to pass. Sorry.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8004&g2_serialNumber=2)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8000&g2_serialNumber=1)

Another interesting hand from Woody Table Woody Deck. The Deck Man bets out 1500 in early position, and finds fairly swift callers in Rudders and Glynn Rees, and possibly someone else although I admit I don't really know because honestly I didn't get particularly interested in this hand until the 5s 5c 7s flop when Woody insta-shoved for his 10k+ stack. With some reluctance, Rudders passes. "YESSS!!!" says Deck. "No," says Ghassan Elhoss, "There's still one more." Glynn Rees dwells up long enough to get through a hypothetical delicious Brighton Grosvenor buffet queue, but eventuall he passes. Deck shows Kh Kd. Rudders is telling everyone he passed Queens...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8016&g2_serialNumber=2)

News has reached me of various eliminations.

To bring you up to speed here they are!

Roberto Romanello, the silver toungued Welshman, had got rather short and his verbal acuity couldn't get him out of his predicament. I didn't see his exit hand, but i doubt he went quietly...

Here he is in happier times.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8013&g2_serialNumber=2)

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Paul Parker was also elminated, just before the break unfortunately. The loss of Roberto and Paul in quick succession is a big loss to the tournament, causing its bright shirt and decibel quotient to drop faster than, well this guy...

(http://www.familycourtchronicles.com/people/gonzalez/speedy-gonzalez-loves-cheese.jpg)

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Darren Beaker, Kevin O'Leary, Stavros Ioannou, Mark James, Bran Lenton and Ghassan Elhoss are also recent casualties. Elhoss was particuarly unlucky , making a good call on the turn with Ah Kh on a Jh 5s Th 4c board, happy to fin his opponent Clive Layton had made a move with Qs 9c and very few outs.

The 9d on the river was one of them though and a dejected Elhoss was sent to the rail.

The battle continues....

All you Guests reading the updates, I have an important message for you from blondepoker management:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5649&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy Greekfish is also gone, not sure what he had but it was no match for Tala Shakerchi's pocket Tens on the T-x-7-x-7 board. Assassin pictured below.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8017&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also out, and sort of on a Woody Deck-type theme, one Paul Smallwood.

Any crazy Alli Mallu/Mick Fletcher type hands?

Has to be the word of the day: I thought you made it up but obviously not, oh for an education!!!!

  a·cu·i·ty     

NOUN:

    Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness

Um, no. :(

Except for this one. :)

Ali (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) Mallu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) went out a little while back, most unfortunately (thanks, Phil):

Ali and two other players saw a 4-7-9 flop and a Ten on the turn. A which point it all went crazy. Guy A bet, and Guy B moved in over the top. Then Ali (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) Mallu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) moved over the top of that, and Guy A called.

On their backs, Ali (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) Mallu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=23) - 6-8 for the made straight
Guy A - 9-9 for the set
Guy B - A-Q, for, er, Ace-high

But the river is another Seven giving Guy A a full house and sending Ali hurtling most undignifiedly (probably) to the rail. Unlucky. We think the lucky winner of the 40k pot was either Adrian Passfield or Daniel Evans.


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)'s still in, though, apparently very comfortable on around 35k. Will endeavour to hover around his table...

Come ONNNNN all you Guests, sign up, sign in! Not only will you be able to harass all your favourite updaters for chip counts and photos of your favourite players, but you will also prevent me and Junglecat from being mercilessly beaten by Floppy and Tightend when we get home! Pity us! Join the blondepoker community today! Signing up is quick, free and easy, like Snoopy.

I would be free and easy if i had a good looking girl who likes to strum her own banjo to  ;danafish;


 ;scarymoment;

anyone know what happened to jeff buff last night? had big chip stack then was missing off the final list. is he out?

Yes he's definitely out. We are equally mystified as to how his stack seemed to spontaneously combust in such a short amount of time but no one in the press room seems to have any idea how...

Jon tells me Joe Grech was his final executioner, taking his last few chips but he had a big hit just before he joined a new table.

If I find someone who was on his table returning tomorrow, I'll see if I can get some more details...

How is Liv Boeree doing?

great updates.liam

I second that! :)

Players are on a short break. We should have full chip counts after that.

In the meantime  I can tell you that our current chip leader is probably Steve Jelinek (probably I will be humiliated when the official counts come through) on 46k.

Other counts -
Dave Colcough - around 13k
Liv Boeree - 15k, although she told Sharplea to put her down as 20k
Rob Taylor - 23k, which is pretty impressive as he was down to just 3k at the end of Level 3. His new sponsor, Green Joker Poker's Mike Lacey, is celebrating by outdrawing full houses with quads in the cash game and drinking heavily.
Dubai looks like he has a massive, in fact uncountably-by-the-the-naked-eye-massive stack, but actually he doesn't seem to have that many purple chips (the good ones). Like I said, official counts on their way...

OUT I'm afraid is our Bruce Lee-a-likey S. Wan. Hopefully the guy who took him out lived to tell the tale.

Thanks!


Thanks!

Correction:

I have misrepresented Liv Boeree; she's actually on 19.5k.

Woo hoo!!

Thanks Dana :)

Mick Fletcher is sharing a table with Craig Owen, Luke Patten and a bunch of people I don't recognise. No massive fireworks during my time hovering, but I saw Fletcher take a pot off of Luke Patten, betting a paltry 1k on an A-x-Q-K board. Spectacular stuff.

Woody Deck has been going crazy though, massively raising Grant Mercado's 3.5k bet on the 8d 2h Jh flop. Mercado folds and Woody shows 6-8 offsuit. Mercado looked like he'd been Decked.

Sorry Jase, had to move your post to its rightful home here as I foolishly left the at a glance thread unlocked.

Adam Clark and Lee Bidolph. I'll do my best to track them down...Dana is out and about with the camera at the moment, so as soon as I have that in my possession we'll see what we can do.

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 Incidentally there is a small issue where our version of the structure used in the clock above is slightly different to that employed by Blue Square this year.

As a result the current level is not 200 400 as showing but is in fact 300 600 with a 25 ante. This will be rectified as soon as possible...

Chip counts for the end of level 6 are about to be sent through so they will be going up shortly

HI Danafish,
Posted on other thread as well,   Just wondered if you could update me on a chip count for adam clark aka Clarkatroid, and Lee Bidolph aka Boon who are both from Blackpool, I believe Adam is doing well, look out for him!! Both big online players who make plenty at it! Great updates by the way....
Cheers Jase.

tell mr fletcher to take it easy,
also tell stuart rutter come on the owls

   plz barry

OFFICIAL CHIP COUNTS END OF LEVEL 6 GOD BLESS JOHN RAAB WITH VIRGINS IN HEAVEN OR SOMETHING:

Table   Seat   ID   Player   End of Level 6
9   5   1503   Dave Shallow   49425
5   8   508    Roberts Cowen   45225
9   1   901    Simon Wickenden   43100
9   2   1105    Debbie Littlejohn   43100
7   4   704    Woody Deck   42925
10   3   1003    Adam Clark   41250
9   6   701    Karim Louis   39425
6   4   604    Michael Fletcher   38500
8   10   1309    Steve Jelinek   38075
6   8   1201    Steven Cunningham   37025
5   3   503    Michael Tucknott   34525
7   9   101    Mike Charman   33500
3   9   401    Jonothon Butters   33250
3   1   1205    Micheal Bolger   31125
7   2   408    Jerome Oshea   30675
3   6   903    Mark Burton   30050
3   4   1409    Colin Linton   28825
2   8   409    Stuart Rutter   27475
8   5   809    Alan Dean   27325
7   10   1203    Clive Layton   25925
6   3   1101    Craig Owen   25725
2   4   1106    Lee Bidulph   24900
2   2   202    Farbod Javad   24750
2   1   1107    Luke Trotman   24450
2   7   1506    Darren Grosvenor   24450
10   7   1305    Alin j Rapoport   22425
5   10   1108    Rob Taylor   22175
8   9   809    Alan Dean   21750
6   1   1505    Vik Kanwar   21600
2   6   1110    Robert Garfield   21000
7   1   1501    David Barraclough   20825
5   9   509    Granville Cochrane   20725
5   7   208    Damian Evans   20625
7   8   1502    Paul Noble   19825
2   9   1507    Charles Chattha   19600
3   5   305    M Rowlands   19075
2   10   107    Chris Sokrati   18975
8   8   1508    Liv Boeree   18675
10   4   1004    Jim Woodruff   17625
10   2   1002    Sami Yusuf   17300
8   3   803    Terry Chapman   15575
5   2   702    Glynn Rees   14725
8   1   209    Fabio Esposito   14575
7   5   705    Richard Rudling smith   14475
5   1   501    David Colclough   13950
10   9   103    Robert Coombes   13925
6   9   403    Keir Ratcliff   12725
6   6   1308    Scott Oreilly   12675
9   3   1403    Roberto Romanello   11900
6   10   610    Efty Neocleous   11500
10   1   410    Martino Libertini   11200
5   4   1410    Lam Trinh   11000
8   7   1301    Martin Green   10850
3   8   308    Stephen Slavin   10775
7   7   707    T Wong   10325
5   6   102    Anthony Mackay   9675
9   8   104    Ivan Donaghy   9675
6   2   602    Steve Littlejohn   9200
10   8   1206    Devon Shearer   9125
6   5   605    David Tighe   9100
9   9   206    Vincent Mather   8850
3   10   110    Ian Frazer   8475
10   10   1010    Joel Ettedgi   8425
3   3   1204    Chris Moorman   7850
10   5   1005    Jason Powell   7500
9   10   910    Kirit Patel   7350
7   3   903    Mark Burton   6425
3   2   302    Mark Robinson   6050
2   3   203    John Flanagan   5975
5   5   406    John Wood   5925
3   7   307    Glyn Altham   5900
8   2   108    Ronnie Debeaulox   5375
8   6   806    Steven Hill   5025
6   7   607    Luke Patten   4100
8   4   804    Jamil Ogunmakinwa   1375

Hi Barry, I've just been chatting to stuart a minute ago but not before I read this message so I haven't encouraged him to come on any wildlife yet...

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He's doing ok now, after a long period where he didn't have many chips he was dealt 9c 8c and saw a flop 4 handed.

It came a juicy Jc 4c 3c, giving Stu a flush and someone in the pot fired out 1500. Stuart flat called , seeing this as an opportunity to win a big pot and perhaps encourage others in the pot to come over the top, but they all folded...

The turn was the Qs - "A great card for me" Stuart said, and his opponent again bet out 1500.

"I was pretty sure he had a J with either the Kc or Ac...so I min raised to get more money in the pot but knowing I could get away if a club fell."

The river paired the Q, and Stuart shoved allin with hsi flush and was called by his opponent, holding Ac Js, just as he predicted. That coup left Stuart on about 24k, which is roughly the same amount as his next door neighbour, Sunny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=423) Chattha (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=423).

Here is Stuart looking pensive as he checks his cards...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8019&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mick Fletcher is not taking it easy, and why should he with pocket Aces. Steve Littlejohn moved in on a 9s Ac 8s flop holding 8-9 and was oh so dismayed to see the Pocket Rockets. The turn was a meaningless 7s, and oh how his heart rose on the 8h river when for a split second he didn't think Fletcher had a bigger full house than he did. An unfortunate exit. Mick Fletcher's huge now though.

Hi Jase,

Yes yes, as you can see from those great official chip counts they're both still in. I have sent my slave downstairs to get you photos and some good info hopefully.

Meanwhile everyone will be delighted to know that there has been a fight in the casino! I didn't see it but I understand that some dude went behind the bar and took a swing at the barman, and has subsequently been barred for life. Yay amazingly stupid drunk people!

All Phil could tell us was that it was a really drunk Irish guy who follows the tour although doesn't often play. Oh no, thought we, it's Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670) Lacey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670). But Junglecat has just phoned me to say it's definitely not Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670) Lacey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670). Phil also says it took five people to wrestle the offending drunkard to the ground. Repeat, definitely not Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670) Lacey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670).

By the way, a little chip count correction - the dude listed as table 3 seat 6, Mark Burton, was actually Phil Risley; Mark Burton was table 9 seat 3 and is still in. RIsley's actually now OUT.

Also now OUT:

Joel Ettedgi
Luke Patten

Danafish,
thanks for the reply, look forward to some pictures of the Blackpool crew!!
Like i said earlier keep an eye out fot Adam Clark he is a big player and loves big tourney situations.    6th after level 6 good going!

any chip counts on dc ,mick fletcher , rutter.
 
                     plz barry

Unfortunate exiter Steve Littlejohn:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8031&g2_serialNumber=1)


Assassin Mick Fletcher. Not sure what his left hand thinks its doing, but he's definitely having a fine old time:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8033&g2_serialNumber=1)

Level 6 chip leader Dave Dubai Shallow:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8023&g2_serialNumber=2)

Steve Jelinek, because he's still in, I swear he was chip leader when I declared him so, and we've had no photos of him yet:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8024&g2_serialNumber=1)


Liv Boeree lookin' badass:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8028&g2_serialNumber=2)


Devon Shearer:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8029&g2_serialNumber=1)


Rob Taylor:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8035&g2_serialNumber=1)

No-one messes with El Blondie!

Robert Cowen tried it on though, betting on a 2h 2d Ahrt flop after Dave checks to him and getting himself called. He tries it again on the 3c turn, and is again called. The river is the disconcerting 4c, and this time Dave bets out 2.5k. Cowen pulls his hood off and looks extremely uncomfortable; mumbles something about straights before folding.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8037&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8041&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jase, my slave is rubbish and claims he couldn't find them, when he was probably spending 20 minutes telling people that some crazy lady was holding him captive and making him take photos of poker players. He will be punished.

Hopefully your boys are still in, i'll have another look now.

Chris Sokrati looks to have around 14k or so, possibly slightly more as I think I saw him quietly sweeping up a pot just as I walked away from his area...

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Rudders is sitting on 12k at the moment.

"Have you played a hand yet?" I cheekily enquire.

"As you know Rod, the best part of my game is my laydowns. I had Q-Q earlier (on 150 300) and a loose player raised under the gun to 1400. I flat called and everyone else got out of the way.

On the flop of 7s 7c 4s, he pushed allin for 30k. I thought about it for ages and passed. He showed K-K!"

"Bad pass", I tell him. "I wouldn't have got away from that one"

"That's why I'm sat here and you're up there" he countered cheekily. I'm not in the habit of handing slaps out when mates are in the middle of tournaments, but when you read this back later Rudders, just remember you're on borrowed time....

...Don't anger the cat!

(http://www.doublespiral.org/tasteless/graphics/21/angry_cat.jpg)

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Ian Fraser is out, a victim of Robert "Call me Bob" Coombes.

Jon Raab informed me that Robert ( a really nice guy apparently) qualified for the event in a $2.50 comp on blue square, in which there were 25$ rebuys and addons but he didn't take one. If he manages to cash in this, that will be a phenomenal return on his investment of just over a pound!

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Additionally, there has been talk of violence downstairs...apparently an upset punter was being refused service by the bar.

Not happy at this treatment, he walked behind the bar and attempted to land one on the barman, before security became involved with the inevitable result that the drunken trouble maker was dragged out of the casino, manacled and shackled.

We were told this story in the press room so I went downstairs to get more information on this development but every potential avenue of information I explored appeared blocked off.

"Did you see what happened?" I asked a member of staff..

"Nope, didn't see anything."

"What's all this about a fight I hear" I asked another.

"Fight? Don't know anything about a fight?"

Strange...It almost seems as if a Roswell-esque shroud of secrecy has been thrown over events surrounding the fight. As I prepared to probe and pry further for information, I thought I saw two security staff quietly whispering into discreetly located headphones. I could be wrong but I'm sure I lip-read them mouthing "code-red."

I broke off any further inquiries, slightly fearful that I would be removed to a quiet room in the back where two large individuals would take turns using my head as a football.

The truth is out there, and when I grow a pair, I'll go find out what it is...

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Chaz Chattha who I have referred to several times as Sunny(my apologies Chaz)...has roughly 20k and Stu a little more than that in 23k or so...

Keep searchin danafish they are out there somewhere!! Will be good to see the chip counts at the end of this session to see how it sets up tomorrow!
will be some big moves made in the final few mins of this session
cheers jase.

Jase -

I found them! I found Adam Clark very quickly, and then spent AGES asking everyone whose numbers I couldn't see if they were Lee Biddulph. I went around the room twice before I realised that he was sitting next to Adam Clark. Anyway, Adam's on around 30k and Lee's on around 15k.

Witness; Adam Clark. Where is Lee Biddulph?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8043&g2_serialNumber=1)


There he is! This is a tough job when you're me. Tougher when you're Junglecat though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8052&g2_serialNumber=1)

T Wong took out Glynn Rees just now, Ad Qd for Wong v Rees' 9h 9s preflop.

Board - Qs 8s Js ("ooooh!" goes everyone, but the flush doesn't come) Kh 3c.

I am typing this very quickly because Junglecat has further things to say re Mr Wong....

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8054&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8056&g2_serialNumber=1)

hey guys great update.

can u tell me how lam trinh doing please?............ :goodpost:

Double up for Robert Coombes courtesy of our old friend Butters. There is a brief raising war preflop, which results in Coombes flipping over Kc Kh. Some muscles in Butters' face briefly stop functioning when he sees what he's up against, and he turns over 9h 9d.

Board - an absolutely indifferent 2c 8s 3d Ad 2s, and though Butters can be a slippery customer, Coombes has landed face-up.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8048&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8047&g2_serialNumber=2)

This gent, Michael Bolger, looked to be a HUUUUGE stack last I checked - maybe 80k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8050&g2_serialNumber=1)

I'll have a look...

I caught Rudders at the bar drowning his sorrows with shots of some sort of blackcurrant vodka.

"I'm out as you may have guessed" he told me.

Apparently Dubai has been a raising machine on his table, at one point raising close to 20 hands in a row!

"As you can imagine this has made things difficult for me so when I found AJ on the button with 12 BBs, I decided to commit with it and shoved allin..." Sadly the SB woke up with A-K and Rudders failed to outdraw, meaning we lose one more fierce competitor from the race to be the Brighton GUKPT champion.

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News of a rather sick hand.

On 400 800, Clive Layton made a large raise to 3,700 from the cutoff, resulting in T Wong, holding a healthy 30k or so stack announcing "ALLIN."

Clive took about 10 seconds before making what was close to an insta-call for his remaining stack of 15-20k...

There was a bit of banter from the rail..."Two giant hands here!", "Massive pot!" and Wong turned over K-K, half proving this...until Layton turned over the incredible hand of....Jd Qd????

An extremely "brave" call, "brave" obviously being used in a similar sense to describing a man throwing himself under a bus as "brave".

 
The flop arrived and Wong made a set with the first card as it popped out K-9-3.

However, Clive was not yet dead, needing a T to complete his gutshot and as live poker is rigged, the turn was indeed a knife in the heart for Wong as a T popped out.

You could hear the hush as all eyes watched to see if the river would pair...sweat beaded up on Wong's brow as he prayed for a K,9,T or 3 to save his stack...

But in true anticlimatic fashion a limp 2c fell, eliciting a bellow of  "******* ****" (you can guess the blanks) from Wong, which he immediately apologised for. A 45-50k pot headed toward Clive Layton. VWP sir...

Line of the day. ;applause;

can you wish good luck to liv and soxy for me and lettuce know how they're doing....great updates snoops

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) has taken a big hit.

Calling a raise of 1k on his BB (400-800), he check raised his opponent's bet of 3.4k to 9k or so on a Qs 3s Qc flop.

His opponent now moved allin and Stuart insta-passed before his opponent showed the curious 5s.

Stuart looked slightly bemused and is now very short.

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Shortly afterwards as the players resumed from a mini-break on 500 1k, Johnathan Butters was heard loudly complaining about Robert Coombes behaviour. "If he's not in the pot, he should shut his mouth!" he was bellowing.

Butters is clearly drunker than a skunk who's just celebrating straight As in his skunk A-levels at a bar running a promotional of free drinks for skunks all night. He was wobbling quite precariously as he delivered his diatribe toward Coombes, who merely kept quiet and ignored the abuse and assorted shouts of "you got it yet sonny!" from Butters.

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Coombes was shortly involved in a large pot. Raising to 4k from early position, he was re-raised an additional 7k by Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=805) Slavin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=805). Coombes shrugged before pushing for the rest of his stack, which Stephen called in a fraction of a second.

Unsurprising really, given that Slavin had A-A. Coombes showed the highly dominated A-K and a single K on the turn accompanied by a toothless pack of blank cards meant Coombe's brave journey was over.

After his confrontation with him previously, Butters was overjoyed. "Get lost, get out of here" he harrangued Coombes somewhat uncharitably with as he gathered his meagre belongings and prepared to leave.
"I'd butter be going" Coombes might have said had he felt like making a bad, semi-jovial pun about Butters name. Tempers are rising, fuses are being lit and fireworks are going off!

[Dana edit - this is MY pun!] Slavin over a hot pair of Aces:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8064&g2_serialNumber=2)

Just happy to help.  ;hattip;

T Wong is Ken Wong of 'no bruff, no win' fame.

How is Groucho doing please ?

Ok, here were the standings at the end of round 8 courtesy of those futuristic footmen of blue square.

 Michael Fletcher   91575
 Robert Cowen   76350
 Simon Wickenden   73000
 Micheal Bolger   71325
 Jerome Oshea   68225
 Clive Layton   65375
Dave Shallow   63025
 Karim Louis   56525
 Steve Jelinek   49875
 Steven Cunningham   48975
 Adam Clark   46350
 Darren Grosvenor   43500
 Jonothon Butters   40300
 Granville Cochrane   37075
 Vincent Mather   34350
 Talal Shakerchi   34050
 David Colclough   34000
 Debbie Littlejohn   34000
 Robert Coombes   32750
 Chris Sokrati   32100
 Woody Deck   29500
 Stephen Slavin   29200
 Alin j Rapoport   23975
 Farbod Javad   23250
 Colin Linton   22475
 Mike Charman   22075
 Fabio Esposito   21900
 Robert Garfield   19400
 Luke Trotman   19200
 Alan Dean   18675
 Damian Evans   18475
 Martino Libertini   17875
 Scott Oreilly   17700
 Stuart Rutter   17375
 Efty Neocleous   17325
 Lam Trinh   16875
 Sami Yusuf   16650
 Lee Bidulph   16550
 Anthony Mackay   13400
 Keir Ratcliff   13325
 Charles Chattha   13000
 Jason Powell   12800
 Liv Boeree   9300
 David Barraclough   8650
 Mark Burton   3750

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) is on around 25k. Seeing someone I thought might be he but with no useful number card visible, I offered Junglecat money to ask him if he was indeed Mr Trinh. He looked at me like I was asking him to tell the teacher he'd wet himself. "You can just ask him what his number is," say I. "If it's him, he'll be 14-10." Junglecat looks sad. I turn to Mr Maybe Trinh and ask him his number. "Ooh," says he. "14-06, I think. Maybe 14-07." "Ok, thanks," say I. Then a second later, "Could you tell me your name please?" He said his name was 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). That took a very long time. Here he is:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8065&g2_serialNumber=1)

Incidentally he got in trouble with the floor - he apparently called a bet while he was on the phone, and his hand was eventually declared dead. He took it well though, like a little Lam.

"though Butters can be a slippery customer, Coombes has landed face-up."  LOL  Then flipped over and busted.

Sounds like people are in aggressive moods of one sort or another... Gl to Woody, Stu and anyone not shouting abuse at each other.  Is Dubai still chip leader?

JC and Dana - Sorry I have done nothing but watch old episodes of Lost today - I promise to go shopping shortly. 

please... please can u give me an update on lam trinh?

thank u

OMG we were promised duck!

Woody Deck finds Aces v Steven Cunningham's A-K! No help on the board and doesn't he look happy? Cunningham is crippled.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8058&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8060&g2_serialNumber=1)

"A very brave decision, minister."

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/images/columnists/sirhumphrey.jpg)

Lee Biddulph is OUT - I found him lurking around the rail and he told me his sad bad beat tale:

UTG raised to 3k and Lee pushed for 16k. The button calls himself all in and UTG also calls. Lee has Jacks and both Button and UTG have A-K; looking good. UTG makes a 4-flush on the river. Ouch.

Woody Deck And A Mackay chip stacking disaster!

It was according to Deck "mutually assured destruction. I'm not sure of it was intentional, but I'm firing back." Much giggling.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8067&g2_serialNumber=1)

 :)up cheer guys
pleass wish him good luck

Please scroll up a bit...

Forget shopping. I'm so setting Mr Ekko on your ass...

Anyway, back to the poker. We have now officially finished for the night.

35 players remain to return tomorrow for Day 2 to join the 35 who managed to survive day 1a. If tomorrow's play matches the frenetic exchanges, occasionally tinged with hints of violence, that took place during the final levels of tonight, we will be in for a cracker! We will be provided with full chip counts for the remaining players from Jon Raab before long, which we shall duly provide for you but for now...

 ;stickaforkinme;

Seeya soon folks and make sure you join us tomorrow. Be good to yourselves and each other.

Oh, you're clearly one step ahead of me.

 ;applause;  Thx for some great updating.

thank u and i see u guys tomorow.

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Mr Jon "I deserve 1000 virgins in heaven" Raab has provided us with chip counts. They are as follows:

 Robert Cowen   107975
 Michael Fletcher   96575
 Clive Layton   83025
 Adam Clark   81725
 Simon Wickenden   71975
 Woody Deck   71850
 Micheal Bolger   67550
 Stephen Slavin   63825
Dave Shallow   63200
 Jerome Oshea   62350
 Steve Jelinek   50050
 Farbod Javad   49000
 Darren Grosvenor   46550
 Talal Shakerchi   44650
 Jonothon Butters   37150
 Karim Louis   36775
 Robert Garfield   34675
 Vincent Mather   34525
 David Colclough   30400
 Colin Linton   29675
 Lam Trinh   29075
 Chris Sokrati   28550
 Efty Neocleous   28175
 Alan Dean   26625
 Mike Charman   23125
 Anthony Mackay   22450
 Debbie Littlejohn   22000
 Fabio Esposito   20375
 Scott Oreilly   20300
 Luke Trotman   20100
 Damian Evans   17125
 David Barraclough   15225
 Stuart Rutter   14300
 Jason Powell   12850
 Liv Boeree   10000

2pm start again tomorrow. See you then!