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It's Day 2 time here brought to you by Dana and the guy she cruelly one-outered in the media SNG last night. Dana ended up getting 2nd though. ;applause; ;applause;

Meanwhile here are the chip counts for our remaining 59 players:

James Akenhead   106700         
Peter Linton   93300         
Mick McCloskey   89725         
Mark Dalimre   77025         
Fraser MacIntyre   60100         
Sam Trickett   58375         
Joey Lovelady   51125         
Robert Taylor   49725         
Jon Kalmar   48775         
Robert Price   43800         
Bernard Litman   43700         
Hamid Rowshanaei   42825         
Andrew Jackson   41300         
Paul Donaghey   41125         
David Knight   40475         
Dewi James   38625         
Ganesh Rao   37400         
Priyan Demel   37000         
David Allan   34350         
Michael Ellis   33475         
Praz Bansi   33000         
Cheryl Routledge   31950         
Darren Clayton   30925         
Jon Huckle   30700         
Michael Williams   28775         
John Stamatelopoulos   28450         
Michael Fletcher   28425         
Barry Smith   28325         
Dara O kearny   28125         
Michael Hill   27350         
Mickey Wernick   27050         
Lynne Beaumont   27000         
Richard Stanley   26800         
Steven Bayliff   26500         
Paul Lamas   25975         
Keith Hawkins   25950         
Robert Garfield   25400         
David Smith   24700         
Peter Thursby Smithson   24625         
Kerry Taylor   20850         
Paul Gourlay   20050         
Adam Clark   19925         
Tahir Akram   19275         
Zak Aslam   19275         
Alan Vinnicombe   17800         
Craig Metcalfe   17300         
Jim Mcbride   14975         
Gareth Teatum   14900         
Ian Farrell   13100         
Robert Sherwood   12900         
Matthew Buckland   12850         
Paul Johnstone   12575         
Karl Mahrenholz   10925         
Gary Wilson   10350         
Tony Bedford   10000         
Jason De Freitas   8825         
David Seear   8450         
Tony Horne   8075         
Peter Singleton   6075

3 picks each. Who is going to win?

Dewi , The Camel , Karl Marenholz

Good luck to Dewi and Maldini32

My 3 picks:

M. Wernick
P. Linton
S. Trickett

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; GOOOOOOO  DEWI GOOOOOOO  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;


                 ;sexybanana; ;sexybanana;   DEWI FTW   ;sexybanana; ;sexybanana;

for anyone out who fancies a cheap game with around 100 entries in Newcastle, 4pm start aspers is a £55 f/o with 8k chips

My 3 picks:

- Peter Singleton
- Alan Vinnicombe
- Lynne Beaumont

Trickett, DeMel, Garfield.

Well here we are back down at Byker Grosvenor for Day 2. There are 59 left in and only 18 paying out, so expect tears, ludicrous grandstanding, possible violence, and a long slog down to Final Table. Chef has promised us chocolate fudge cake at some point today, and I can tell you right now that the chilli is very excellent, so I am full of hope for a great day of updating. Enjoy! Soon...

LOL

Trickett, Praz and Kalmer

Trickett             
Camel
Akenhead


But more importantly GO DEWI AND MALDINI ONE TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there anywhere where you can place a bet? Anyone got a link?

BlueSq will have prices up tomorrow.

Seating Planaments:

Table   Seat   ID   Player   Start of Play   
1   1   101   Bernard Litman   43700   
1   2   102   Jason De freitas   8825   
1   3   103   Robert Sherwood   12900   
1   4   104   David Knight   40475   
1   5   105   Mick Mccloskey   89725   
1   6   106   Paul Gourlay   20050   
1   7   107   Paul Donaghey   41125   
1   8   108   Adam Clark   19925   
1   9   109   David Seear   8450   
2   1   201   Richard Stanley   26800   
2   2   202   Lynne Beaumont   27000   
2   3   203   Steven Bayliff   26500   
2   4   204   David Allan   34350   
2   5   205   James Dewi   38625   
2   6   206   Michael Wernick   27050   
2   7   207   Tahir Akram   19275   
2   8   208   T Horne   8075   
2   9   209   Peter Singleton   6075   
3   1   301   Joey Lovelady   51125   
3   2   302   J Mcbride   14975   
3   3   303   Craig Metcalfe   17300   
3   4   304   Michael Ellis   33475   
3   5   305   Matthew Buckland   12850   
3   6   306   Peter Thursby Smithson   24625   
3   7   307   Garry Wilson snr   10350   
3   8   308   Hamid Rowshanaei   42825   
3   9   309   Priyam Demel   37000   
4   1   401   Gareth Teatum   14900   
4   2   402   Robert Taylor   49775   
4   3   403   Darren Clayton   30925   
4   4   404   Zak Aslam   40375   
4   5   405   Dara O kearny   28125   
4   6   406   Ian Farrell   13100   
4   7   407   James Akenhead   106700   
4   8   408   Paul Lamas   25975   
5   1   501   Mark Dalimre   77025   
5   2   502   John Kalmar   48775   
5   3   503   Ganesh Rao   37400   
5   4   504   Jon Huckle   30700   
5   5   505   Alan Vinnicombe   17800   
5   6   506   Praz Bansi   33000   
5   7   507   Robert Garfield   25400   
5   8   508   Barry Smith   28325   
6   1   601   K Hawkins   25950   
6   2   602   Cheryl Routledge   31950   
6   3   603   Michael Williams   28775   
6   4   604   David Smith   24700   
6   5   605   John Stamatelopoulos   28450   
6   6   606   Kerry Taylor   20850   
6   7   607   Sam Trickett   58375   
6   8   608   Paul Johnstone   12575   
7   1   701   Michael Hill   27350   
7   2   702   Tony Bedford   10000   
7   3   703   Karl Mahrenholz   10925   
7   4   704   Michael Fletcher   28425   
7   5   705   Andrew Jackson   41300   
7   6   706   Peter Linton   93300   
7   7   707   Robert Price   43800   
7   8   708   Fraser Macintyre   60100   

From AWOP -

Our first casualty is Mr Karl Mahrenholz, running his Q-9 smack into A-Q. Thoughts of his assassin: "Queen and a Nine is all mine, all mine, Queen and a Nine is all mine." Probably.

Mr Hawkins
Mr Priyam Demel  
Mr Peter Linton

Good Luck all the Blondes

Maldini let's gogogogogogo

Dewi let's Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

GIW one of you

pete
sam
joey

what he said.

1. sam Tricket
2. Dewi
3. cheyrl

Good luck to Dewi and big Al

On the big train to Bustoville so far:

Karl Mahrenholz, who shoved with Q-9 suited in Andrew Jackson's A-Q.

Tahir 'Maldini32' Akram, who moved in against Dewi with Ad Kd, Dewi calling with 8s 8c in a big blind vs button confrontation, the board coming a clinical 8h 6h 7h Ks 9c.

Jason De Freitas. His A-6 no good vs Mick McCloskey's A-K.

Those with life. And hope:

Dara O'Kearny, doubing up with Aspades Kd vs Darren Clayton's Ad Qs.

Ian Farrell, winning a raise with Sixes vs Zak Aslam's Ace King.


Here's the Guiness-Powered Welshman though. (3 pints and counting).

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17793&g2_serialNumber=1)

Go on the Blondes!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;  Dewi's Guinness count...lol...has to be done. 

do ya know what prize payouts are yet?

DOUBLE-UPS

Mr Ian Farrell, with pocket Sixes holding up against Zak Aslam's A-K.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17795&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Darren Clayton then managed to deprive Mr Farrell of his newly-won chips, making a brave one-off-utg push with, um, 4c 5s. Farrell called with Aspades Jh and was horrified to see a Five on the river.


EXITS

Mr Pete Singleton - coming back today the official microstack, he stood a hamster's chance in a barn full of elephants and was eventually done in by Mr T Horne's Pocket Fives against his non-hitting K-Q.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17799&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Craig Metcalfe, circumstances unknown.

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The awesome shouty Paul Donaghey, circumstances known. A raising war with Mick McCloskey on a 6d 7d 7c flop resulted in Mr Donaghey sticking his not inconsiderable stack in the middle, and Mick eventually calling.

Mick - 9h 9c
Paul - Jd Js

Paul - "Come on, no nine!"

Turn - Qs

Paul - "No nine! No nine!"

River - 9d

Paul - "Ahhh ya fucker!"

Out he goes. Mick now most likely our new chip leader on 130k or so.

With Paul Gourlay, a trio of awesome poker fashion stylings:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17800&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mmmm money. :)

1         £57,175
2         £33,075
3         £23,625
4         £16,075
5         £12,275
6         £9,450
7         £7,550
8         £5,675
9         £4,725
10        £2,825
11-13   £2,350
14-18   £1,900

Jon Huckle raises to 3,600. Rob Garfield flat-calls before Mick Fletcher moves in for around 20k. Huckle counts out his stack then moves in. Garfield folds quickly.

Fletcher: Ac Kc

Jon Huckle: Qc Qs

Both men shrug in a  'oh it's one of them ones' kind of way.

8c 9c 2h Ts 9d

Somehow Mick misses, wishes everyone good luck and leaves the table.

"A million outs," say Praz, "Maybe a little less."

"All goes in on the flop anyway," say Skalie.

Dave Smith is OUT. Jacks in the small blind vs Queens in the big for Kerry Taylor. A count down delays the exit, until it's show Taylor just has him covered by a couple of hundred chips or so.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17802&g2_serialNumber=1)

;bp; alert

James Akenhead raises to 3k from early position. Rob Taylor makes it 12k from the small blind. James asks how much he has back, "I had 53k at the start of the hand, so about 41k"

James calls.

Jh 5d 2s

Check check.

Kh

Rob bets 10k. James calls.

Aspades

Rob bets 10k again. James moves all-in. Rob looks in real pain with about 20k left and 80k or so in the pot. With a grimace he calls. James shows Ahrt Ad, Rob flashes Ace King as he throws them into the muck.
 
Afterwards Rob is thinking maybe he should pass, "James most likely knows what I have and yet is still setting me in, he's not doing that with Ace Jack which is all I'm beating on the river. I thought he might have Jacks..."

James now vying with Mick McCloskey for the chip lead.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17814&g2_serialNumber=1)

So sick, Maldini busted by Dewi. ul m8.

Gogogo Dewi, Linton and Trickett though, 1 time etc...

Good luck Paul Rocket Man Gourlay x
;mexicanwave;

gooooooooooooooo skaliiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - time to show some Vegas form in the UK!!!

Mr Dave Smith is OUT, as evidenced largely by his presence first at the cash desk, then at the cash game.

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:3YmkyTS4I1FvqM:http://thenonist.com/images/uploads/jst.dedce.it.thumb.jpg)


Those still in include the volatile but currently still chip-leading Pete Linton:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17806&g2_serialNumber=1)


Praz Bansi and Rob "Happy" Garfield:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17807&g2_serialNumber=1)


Joey "Gurning" Lovelady:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17813&g2_serialNumber=1)


Priyan "Lookin' cooool except I think my dad has a jumper like that" De Mel:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17817&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also the owners of these delightful pates:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17818&g2_serialNumber=1)


Was going to make that a competition but it's just too easy so I am awarding myself a prize for correctly guessing Dewi "5 Pints And Counting" James and Mickey "The Leg-End" Wernick:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17820&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Skalie is most unhappy after giving up a chunky pot to early Day 1a leader Ganesh Rao. Skalie made it 4k from one off the cutoff and to his consternation Ganesh called on his immediate left. The flop came 2s 3h 5c and Skalie made an 8k continuation bet, only for Ganesh to make it 20k. Skalie dwelled up a good long while before folding, his expression one of quite upsettingly deep unhappiness, like so - :( . Bless.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17822&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17824&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you

CARD PROTECTOR OF THE DAY

A very tiny sleeping cat made of rock. Aaahhh. Special thank-yous for this award go to Mr J McBride, owner of said cat, for getting up from his seat and wandering off, thus enabling me to take close-up photo without embarrassing explanations etc.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17809&g2_serialNumber=1)

Unlike Skalie not to be all over a 235 flop  rotflmfao

Can i have an update on Paul Gourlay pls

Good luck to Dewi and Paul lammas. Just got back home at least i can watch the cup final!

gooooo Dewi and The Camel

Ganesh Rao has hit a big double up against Jon Huckle.

9h 8d 7d 3c was the board

Ganesh was holding the Ts 6s against the equally never-folding 7s 7h. A blank 2h on the river ships the 90k pot away from the Bad Beat player.

someone has a hangover today http://www.thenutz.tv/videodetail.php?video_id=66684

(http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/images/photos/photo_8344.jpg)

"I'm not the man they think I am at home.
Oh no no no, I'm a rocket man..... A rocket man, a rocket man"

 ;iagree; ;cheerleader;

What a potty mouth. I hope Angelo washes that young lady's mouth out with soap when she returns to Notts.

Quality interview.

Fran: 'It don't matter cos i roll like that' was class.

Comedy.

Mr Paul Gourlay, 20k or so. "That's an awful photo. Please don't put that up."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17829&g2_serialNumber=1)

Chip counts, end of Level 9, courtesy of the kitten-loving Jon Raab.

Table   Seat   ID   Player   End of Level 9   
6   5   407   James Akenhead   155000   
1   5   105   Mick Mccloskey   133100   
5   3   503   Ganesh Rao   94300   
6   7   607   Sam Trickett   84800   
5   1   501   Mark Dalimre   81075   
1   4   406   Ian Farrell   80900   
6   9   706   Peter Linton   77425   
3   8   707   Robert Price   69100   
3   1   301   Joey Lovelady   59500   
3   7   405   Dara O kearny   58400   
5   2   502   John Kalmar   57725   
2   5   205   Dewi James   56000   
2   4   204   David Allan   55600   
6   1   708   Fraser Macintyre   53575   
1   2   705   Andrew Jackson   53300   
6   2   602   Cheryl Routledge   49425   
5   6   506   Praz Bansi   49300   
6   6   606   Kerry Taylor   47475   
3   4   304   Michael Ellis   42900   
3   9   309   Priyam Demel   42900   
2   1   404   Zak Aslam   38050   
1   1   101   Bernard Litman   36625   
3   3   104   David Knight   32300   
5   8   605   John Stamatelopoulos   30600   
2   7   701   Michael Hill   29800   
2   2   202   Lynne Beaumont   27425   
5   9   401   Gareth Teatum   24675   
6   8   608   Paul Johnstone   24500   
6   3   603   Michael Williams   22900   
1   8   108   Adam Clark   22300   
2   9   308   Hamid Rowshanaei   22300   
1   6   106   Paul Gourlay   19500   
3   6   306   Peter Thursby Smithson   18600   
5   4   504   Jon Huckle   17775   
3   2   302   J Mcbride   17600   
2   6   206   Michael Wernick   16500   
2   3   203   Steven Bayliff   15050   
1   7   702   Tony Bedford   14700   
5   5   505   Alan Vinnicombe   13200   
6   4   207   Tahir Akram   12150   
1   3   103   Robert Sherwood   12100   
5   7   507   Robert Garfield   8550   
1   9   109   David Seear   5400   
2   8   208   T Horne   4900   

Here's an unusual thing - it's Rob Garfield, but he's smiling! Reason being that he got it in massively ahead and somehow stayed massively ahead all the way to double up his microstack - pocket Queens up against Jon Huckle's A-Q. Rob now on 20k or so, Jon Huckle was down to just 6k after that.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17832&g2_serialNumber=1)


Unsurprisingly, Huckle shoved his sad little stack in from the button next hand and small blind Alan Vinnicombe shoved too.

Vinnicombe - Ahrt 9s
Huckle - 4d 8h and delighted to be live

Board - Kd Ks Tc 3d 9s and Mr Huckle is a GONER.

Have left Praz in this photo to illustrate how he feels about having passed A-T in the big blind that hand:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17838&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17835&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dara O'Kearny is having a love-hate relationship with Queens.

First he knocks out J McBride with them against Jacks. Hurrah for Queens!
 
Soon after he has the 'even more posher sounding than me' Peter Thursby Smithson all-in with Ad Ahrt against Aspades Qc

Qd Qh 6c 8h 5h. Now boo hiss to Queens!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17839&g2_serialNumber=1)

gogo Dewi and Ty Akram (chip up dude, I gave u some of my lucky irish chips innit!)
 

Rob Sherwood and Tony Bedford have just got it all-in in a Aces vs Kings coup. No help for either, but I think the pictures tell you who won...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17841&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17843&g2_serialNumber=1)

God he, Rob Sherwood, is the worst....

Blinds out waiting for the Aces (or Kings/Queens in late position)...PATHETIC STUFF, always gets them, and always v KK, JOKE

chip count for joey lovelady please?

Former Chip Monster (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg) Mick McCloskey seems to have taken a very large hit, reducing him to 80k or so - by the looks of it, Andrew Jackson was the lucky recipient of most of those, although we're a bit lacking in details.

Seconded.....

Btw Mr Bedford is known online as Tony Tats. For fairly obvious reasons. I thought he said Tony Cats at first though.

Mickey Wernick is OUT. Ace King was no good against David Allan's Ace Ten.

Allan has now just won a monster pot against Sam Trickett.

The board was reading 8d 8s 3h, Allan bet 15k, Sam made it 30k and Allan moved in for about 42k more.

"6,000 preflop..." said Sam, replaying the history in his head, "You made it 6,000 preflop." (blinds were still 600/1200 at this point). "Do you do that with Kings or Aces? You might have Jacks, you know what I have."

Finally he called. David Allan showed Kd Kc, Sam had Qs Qc. No help on the board. And Allan is now on around 150k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17847&g2_serialNumber=1)

This smiling man is David Knight, smiling because he just raised preflop with Jh Jd in early position and was set in by Pryan De Mel's Qd Td from the big blind..

A board devoid of Queens and Tens put Knight up to about 60k and Priyan down to roughly 25k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17845&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ad 8c Kc

Pete Linton checks, Andrew Jackson bets 14k, Pete immediately makes it 40k. Jackson dwells, folds.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17849&g2_serialNumber=1)

MIA:

Praz Bansi
Keith Hawkins

Mr Joey Lovelady, 59k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17853&g2_serialNumber=1)


Other Counts (so easy to accidentally misspell that word) Of Note:

Pete Linton - 85k
James Akenhead - 150k
Andrew Jackson - 110k

They are worth noting because they are all currently sharing a table, along with rather sad-looking former Chip Monster (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg) Mick McCloskey, now on around 75k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17856&g2_serialNumber=1)


My photo of the day:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17859&g2_serialNumber=1)

A double-up for a slightly sheepish Hamid Rowshanaei, getting it in with Ac Qc against Michael Hill's Ks Kh and then hitting the living crap out of the Aspades 4h 4c 7c 2c board. He was sort of shaking his head as he raked in the chips. Michael Hill down to just 21k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17862&g2_serialNumber=1)

Wristwatch Of The Day

This yellow plasticky new-fangled digital number that wouldn't look out of place on the wrist of George Jetson himself:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17863&g2_serialNumber=1)


It is the proud property of Mr Ganesh Rao, who has taken a rather large hit courtesy of the unusual raising-calling-hitting-on-the-river combos of Mr Fraser Macintyre.

Fraser raises utg, and BB Ganesh calls.

They both check the 9s Tc 4h flop, and Fraser calls Ganesh's bet on the 7h turn.

River - Kh - and Ganesh bets a whopping 12.6k. Fraser raises him another, whopping-er 22.5k, leaving himself just 8k behind. After some dwelling, Ganesh calls, and looks like his heart might actually have broken when Fraser turns over Ahrt 2h for the backdoor flush. He mucks.

Fraser: "I don't have it, really!"

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"Oh, actually, yeah, I do."

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Supermonsterhugepot news.

James Akenhead raises preflop from early position and Andrew Jackson calls from the button.

3d 3c Qd

There's a flurry of activity and all the chips go in, in what is around a 200k pot.

James: Ac 3h

Andrew: Ad Kd

Kc

An extra two outs...

Aspades

Three pair for Jackson, but a house for Akenhead putting him over the 220k mark and knocking his opponent out, James has around average stack for the final now.

When queried why Jackson didn't re-raise preflop, Pete Linton piped up: "Because he's shit."

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

£20 Note of the Day

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DISASTER
as reported to me by Fran.

Former Chip Monster (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg) Mick McCloskey is OUT, aggressively Lintoned and sent to the rail.

Pete raised it up with 5-3, as Pete is wont to do, and Mick called from the big blind.

Flop - 2d 5d 3d - Pete bet out, Mick called.

Turn - 7h and Pete bet 25k. Mick then shoved for another 30k or so, and Pete called.

Mick - Qd Tc

An unhelpful 8h on the river, and he'd McClosked it up. Pete won a 40k pot off of someone else next hand, and is now on 200k or thereabouts.

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I'm afraid Mr Linton is getting himself a bit of a reputation.  He doesn't seem to know when to keep his mouth shut and more importantly when to change his style of play during a tournament in order to take down these big events from very promising positions.  He should look in the mirror at his own play rather than criticising others. 

Double-up for Adam Clark, courtesy of Rob Sherwood raising it up with K-Q and then calling Adam's push - Adam had A-K and a Queenless flop later, he is a happy, blurry lad indeed.

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Dewi is down to just 20k or so. "I'm going to double up any second. I'm going to win this." Next hand he gets a walk. "That's the start of my comeback," he says cheerfully.

A message to all the guests reading the updates

We are holding GUKPT supremo Mr Jon Raab hostage in the press room. If we don't start getting some lovely newbies signing up, we're going to start aggressively poking him with a stick like so -  ;m3boy; - until such time as he may expire. On your heads be it.

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A message to all the guests reading the updates

We are holding GUKPT supremo Mr Jon Raab hostage in the press room. If we don't start getting some lovely newbies signing up, we're going to start aggressively poking him with a stick - like so -  ;m3boy; - until such time as he may expire. On your heads be it.

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how do i de-register my account? ;)

Don't know, you'll have to ask Jon Raab and he's currently indisposed...  ;m3boy;

kill some kittens as well

Sam Trickett is OUT, having just moved tables, he pushed UTG with Fours, despite his chips still being in the rack. Michael Ellis moved in behind him with Nines and everyone else folded. A nine came out on the flop and the GUKPT Grand Final winner of last year housed up by the river. Not sure if got to keep the racks as well as the chips though.

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Ganesh Rao has knocked out Jon Kalmar in a blind on blind battle. The chips going in on a T-6-4 flop, with Jon holding Q-T but running into Ganesh's flopped T-6 two pair.

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Joey Lovelady has knocked out short stack David Knight with Td 9d against 8c 7d.

***********1 hour dinner break************

i  very much agree with you    espaically when some1 left the table   it s rude   we all  have a different way of playing  if he actually said that  he s out of order

Top-knotch when it comes to gurning though  ;nanana;

rotflmfao tht is comedy.

ulululullul Maldini, but gogogogogogogoogo the Dewster.

To gain respect you have to give respect, Pets's not very good at that!!

he ll learn   he   s young   we all made mistakes in past   as we go along we learn to respect   others  more on the way    i hope he  does too   poker community is so wonderfull u dont need to treat people   like that  if u have to say something it s actually  better to say their face rather than behind

Well I wish you'd told me earlier, I've been calling you a fish behind your back for years!  ;flushy;

what level are they playin too today? or is it till down to certain amount of players?

They are attempting to get down to final table today, but I suspect that they'll stop after 9 levels if that hasn't been achieved.

(Sleepy updaters quietly praying for early field implosion.  ;pokergods;)

Chip counts at the dinner break from our press room hostage.  ;slavedriver;

Table   Seat   ID   Player   At the Dinner break      
1   6   407   James Akenhead   222100      
1   8   706   Peter Linton   210700      
3   6   204   David Allan   208600      
3   3   503   Ganesh Rao   137900      
2   1   301   Joey Lovelady   132600      
3   4   708   Fraser Macintyre   91700      
3   8   604   David Smith   83900      
1   3   406   Ian Farrell   82300      
3   1   501   Mark Dalimre   75700      
2   7   405   Dara O kearny   70300      
1   2   703   Rob Sherwood   62600      
2   8   707   Robert Price   61000      
1   1   304   Michael Ellis   55500      
3   9   201   Richard Stanley   52700      
1   4   202   Lynne Beaumont   46600      
2   2   603   Michael Williams   45300      
2   6   306   Peter Thursby Smithson   40100      
1   5   606   Kerry Taylor   38900      
3   2   308   Hamid Rowshanaei   37100      
2   9   401   Gareth Teatum   35500      
1   7   108   Adam Clark   34200      
2   5   602   Cheryl Routledge   31600      
3   5   505   Alan Vinnicombe   20900      
2   4   205   Dewi James   20300      

How many get paid ?

18, yes indeed...

1         £57,175
2         £33,075
3         £23,625
4         £16,075
5         £12,275
6         £9,450
7         £7,550
8         £5,675
9         £4,725
10        £2,825
11-13   £2,350
14-18   £1,900

Just before the break, Badbeat's Isabelle told me that Rob Garfield exited, calling all in on the big blind to John Stamatelopoulos' small blind shove. John had Tens, Rob had K-Q, no help and he's OUT. No more smiling for Rob today. :(

Oh hang on, our chip counts say that Dave Smith is still in when he quite clearly isn't. We'll check up on that...

goooooooooo  Dewi

Yes, that chip count is actually John Stamatelopoulos

dewi pint count please must be over 10 it was 6 when i left good luck dewi and  ;slavedriver;

Of to out to get pished, tell Dewi GUINNESS POWER!!!

Guinness count unknown, currently only one Guinness visible, but I think it's likely to go up fairly shortly as I understand from Floppy that he's OUT. Details a-following...

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Dewi is OUT. Took a shot with 9s 8h but ran into Gareth Teatum's Aspades Jd

Js Jc 6d 9c Aspades

Dewi shrugged and carried two pints of Guiness off into the sunset...

Pete Linton raises to 5,200 on the button. Rob Sherwood calls and checks dark.

Aspades Ad Jh

Check check.

Qd

Check check.

8h

Check check.

"Jack" says Rob, showing Js Td. It's good.

Mr Adam Clark has provoked the extreme gurnage of Mr Pete Linton by doubling up off of him. Adam shoved, claiming that he was doing so blind, which was of course a total fabrication. Mr Linton took some time over his decision...

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...then had a brief nap to mull it over...

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...and then called. Mr Linton was most irked to see Mr Clark turn over Aspades Kh, as Mr Linton was holding Ac Qh.

Board - 3s 2d 7d 4s Kd

And Mr Linton is not best pleased.

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Multiway limped pot.

6d 5s 3s

Dara O'Kearny (who won the Green Joker Poker Deepstack comp after a chop) bets out 6k. Gareth Teatum gets out of the way. Joey Lovelady raises to 16k and everyone apart from Dara passes.

7c

Check check

4c

Dara checks again and Joey quickly moves all-in for a big overbet of the pot that Dara can't call. He doesn't and the Scouser takes it down.

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Another spotted mistake in the chip counts. Richard Stanley isn't still in, it's actually Mike Hill.

Indeed on my last inspection it looked like Pete Linton was down to around 90k - something about losing another 50k or so to Adam Clark somewhere along the line...

Mr Hamid Rowshanaei is OUT. He raised to 8k, David Allan made it 14k, Hamid made it All In and David made the call.

Hamid - A-J
David - T-T

No help from the board, and Hamid wanders off, sipping his drink.

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Mike Ellis, who'd lost a few chips, moves in over the top of Adam Clarke's preflop raise.

Adam, "Sorry mate, I have to call, I've got Kh Kc."

Mike shows 7d 7c.

6h 3s 6d 2s 3c

The last remaining GUKPT winner is OUT.

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Also gone is Kerry Taylor, pushing with Jh 9h only to run into Pete Linton's Kings. 20 left.

thanks for support everyone, great to see all the blondes again, had the pleasure of sitting with Mr Liam Flood yesterday & Mickey Wernick today, really enjoyed myself, great comp   :)up

STOP!

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This is due to the tragic demise of Mr Gareth Teatum. It went as follows:

Gareth raises to 7.2k one off utg, and BB Dara O'Kearny raises to All In - around 50k. Gareth calls.

Gareth - Qs Qc
Dara - Td Ts

Board - 4h Th 4s 9h Ahrt

Ouch. The necessary counting is done, and Gareth is left with, er, 300 chips. 200 of those are his ante. So, he moves all in utg the very next hand for a total of 100 chips. Joey Lovelady raises it up and successfully isolates.

Gareth - Kh 9c
Joey - Ks 9d

Ahh ha ha ha. No miracle for either of them, and they split the pot.

Finally Gareth is all in on his big blind, and he gets a number of limpers ("First you get the isolation," says Joey, "Now you get the value."

But eventually Robert Price hits the 4-T-T flop hard enough to isolate, and Gareth's 2-4 doesn't stand a chance against Robert's T-3. He is most definitely OUT.

Dara and Gareth all in, with Pete from Bluesquare taking photos of the ceiling:

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Chip he's not keen on losing and chair he's not keen on using:

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One gentleman finding himself short around the bubble will be Mr Alan Vinnicombe after losing a sizeable pot to Mr Ganesh Rao.

Mr Vinnicombe limps in early position, small blind Mark Dalimre also limps, and big blind Ganesh checks.

Flop - Qh Kh Jc - and it checks around to Alan, who bets 7k. Mark gets out of the way, but Ganesh just-over-min-raises to 15k. This looks suspicious. Alan looks suspicious. He calls.

Turn - 7s - and Ganesh instantly announces all in. Alan looks like he's in pain. Eventually he passes, leaving himself only around 20k.

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Also not messing about around the bubble, Lynne Beaumont. She relieved Ian Farrell of 7.5k, pushing all in for 33k or so to his raise in a blind-on-blind confrontation out of which he emerged the loser and she the Lynne-r  ;hide; .

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Stiil on the ;mc;

Alan Vinnicombe has doubled through Ganesh Rao with Tens vs Nines.

Pete Linton raised to 7.7k preflop and fired bets of 10.5k and 20k on the flop and turn of a Ks 3c Qd 4s board but folded to a push of 25k more.

Rob Sherwood moved in over the top of Adam 'Clarkatroid' Clarke's button raise but wasn't called.

Clarke then just re-raised James Akenhead's UTG raise from 8.5k to 30k, making the Hitsquad member fold.

Still waiting for this bubble to burst.

Go GO GO   ADAM CLARKE!!! aka "clarkatroid"  at last he is having a better run in one of these events! Lets hope he goes far from the Blackpool crewe!!!!!!!!!

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Yes indeedy, our bubble has burst like an overripe tomato hitting a mediaeval adulterer in the stocks, and in classic unfortunate outdrawy fashion too.

Peter Smithson shoves from the button, and Dara O'Kearny in the small blind calls him more or less instantly.

Dara - Aspades Qc
Peter - Ahrt Ks

Board - an absolutely standard 6s 2d 2s 8h Qd

Ouch.

Play will restart at 10pm.

Poor old Mr Smithson.

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Chip counts for all those now in the delicious MONEY:

Table   Seat   ID   Player   End of Level 15   
1   8   407   James Akenhead   266000   
1   1   204   David Allan   238500   
3   1   301   Joey Lovelady   176500   
3   9   708   Fraser Macintyre   140200   
1   7   108   Adam Clark   131000   
3   6   503   Ganesh Rao   121800   
1   4   406   Ian Farrell   117000   
3   7   405   Dara O kearny   116700   
1   3   103   Robert Sherwood   98900   
1   9   706   Peter Linton   88800   
3   3   501   Mark Dalimre   80300   
3   4   605   John Stamatelopoulos   56200   
1   5   202   Lynne Beaumont   52200   
3   8   707   Robert Price   50100   
3   2   603   Michael Williams   44500   
1   6   505   Alan Vinnicombe   40500   
3   5   602   Cheryl Routledge   23900   
1   2   701   Michael Hill   20600   

And those payouts again:

1         £57,175
2         £33,075
3         £23,625
4         £16,075
5         £12,275
6         £9,450
7         £7,550
8         £5,675
9         £4,725
10        £2,825
11-13   £2,350
14-18   £1,900

All the best to Rob Sherwood, gl.

Gl rob

Rob Sherwood raises to 8k (just before the end of level). James Akenhead makes it 26k. Rob does the long slow deliberate chip count think, takes a breath and then announces he's all-in. James immediately asks how much more, it's around 70k or so, which is too steep a price that James is willing to pay. He folds, Rob is up to about 130k.

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Cheryl Routledge has doubled up with Qd Jd vs 8h 7c.

Joey Lovelady and Fraser Macintyre have a big pot going.

The board reads Kh Qs 6s 8h where Fraser checks and Joey bets 40k, much deliberation ensues. He then calls. The 7s is on the river and Fraser moves all-in for about 62k. "So lucky," mutters Joey, "You're so lucky."

He passes and is down to about 150k.

"So lucky."

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Adam Clarke raises to 10k. Pete Linton makes it 22k, Adam Clarke moves all-in. Pete has about 45k behind and decides to call for his life with A-8. Clarke shows Jacks, but Pete catches an Ace on the flop and another on the turn for good measure.

"How can he call there?" asks someone in the pressroom.

"Because he's shit!" says another.

::)

Anyway the 'Jacks' curse is quickly passed on to Pete, he raises with them, enough to cover Mike Hill who I think must have called blind because he found himself all-in with 7-2 against the Jacks. And then made a full house to double up...

Adam Clark, not happy about having his Jacks cracked by A-8:

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And indeed, the very next hand James Akenhead raises to 11k and Pete flat-calls, only for Michael Hill to shove for just 15.9k total. Obviously both James and Pete call. When the flop comes down 5h 4c 7h James checks, but Pete bets 40k - James folds.

Pete - Jc Js
Michael - 7d 2d

Turn - 7c (oooohhh)
River - 2h (OOOOHHHH)

And Michael doubles up. Says Jon Raab, "You've just done a Pete Linton on Pete Linton!"

This is the face of a man who's gone all in with 2-7 when he knows he's getting two callers:

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We have an outage in the shape of Ms Lynne Beaumont. Pockt Eights against Pete Linton's A-T. Pete hit, and Lynne hit the rail.

Standard

obvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Unlucky Lynne and Good Luck to Cheryl  :)up

If the blinds are 2/4 and he has 15.9k, why did he push all-in after a pre-flop raise and a call with 7-2s knowing that he's going to get called, or have I missed something?

Joey Lovelady raises to 10.5k preflop. Ganesh Rao calls from the button.

2c Ac 8d

Joey checks, Ganesh bets 9k, Joey calls.

Th

Check check.

8h

Joey checks again. Ganesh bets 16k and after a thought, Joey throws the chips in slightly frustrated. Ganesh insta-mucks though, and Joey's Ad 6c is good.

Adam 'Clarketroid' Clarke moves in over the top of Ian Farrell's raise. Farrell debates it before saying, "Gamble," turning over 8s 8d.

Adam, "You'll need to catch up then." He shows 9s 9c.

Board:

Ahrt 5d 6h 7d...(wry smiles become apparent) Ad.

Clarke doubles through.

Shortly afterwards Mike Hill gets his last 35k or so all-in with Fives against Rob Sherwood's Ace Jack. He spikes a Five on the flop and doubles back up into the hunt.

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It's a good question. Perhaps he pushed blind? Perhaps he was fed-up? Or maybe we should ask Pete what he thought of the play? ;D ::) :D

He said afterwards, "They were suited..."

THE DEMISE OF LINTON

As I wander up to the table, there's around 65k in the pot and a whole board out - it is 9h 9d 7h 7s 6c. Pete Linton is betting 30k. Then James Akenhead is raising to 77k. Then Pete is calling, and then mucking with some cursing under his breath as James turns over 8s 9c for the short-of-quads nuts. Down to 50k.

And then a few hands later it's all in preflop, once again up against James Akenhead.

Pete - 3d 3s
James - Aspades Qs

Board - Ts 2h Ahrt 5d Js

And with a quick handshake, Pete has been Lintonated. I should add that a while back, when he had considerably more chips, Pete said to me that if he didn't make the final then he was quitting poker. Anyone want to put money on how long that lasts? ;) Well played, Mr Linton. A most entertaining tournament effort these past few days.

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(Local colour left in that picture of James Akenhead, who incidentally is now a massive chip monster (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wO1PoxHrxUpa_M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg).)

By the by still in and playing rather well by the look of it, Ms Cheryl Routledge. She got in on a freeroll, y'know. She's short but everyone at the table seems a bit afraid of her. As I wandered by, Joey Lovelady had raised to 10k and Cheryl flat-called from the button, leaving herself just 24k behind. Big blind Dara O'Kearny called too. When they both checked the 6h Jc 9h flop, Cheryl immediately shoved, and both Dara and Joey folded pretty swiftly.

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GOOOOOOOOO CHERYLLLLLLLL

Rob Price is OUT. Kc Jc into Garnesh Rao's Aspades Ks.

Shortly afterwards on the other table, Alan Vinnicombe moves all-in from the button and James Akenhead calls.

Alan: 4s 4d

James: 9s 9d

Ks 6c 8d 4h (at which point Alan takes a huge breath and holds it for the river...) 5c

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH," and he bangs the table hard in delight.

He's now up to 112k.

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Michael Williams is OUT, his A-2 succumbing to Fraser Macintyre's 6-5.

James akenhead looks to be different class tbh. Think ill lump on him tommorrow.

Also he is (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wO1PoxHrxUpa_M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg) on around 350k.

I think it's an okay play but I'm not going to explain why as I don't do education.

Keep going clarky!!! some good work going on there fella,   take em down!!!!!

Rob Sherwood is OUT. A limp blind on blind pot with T-8 saw him get it all-in on a T-8-4 flop against Ian Farrell's 9-7 which spiked the Jack turn, and Rob failed to house up on the river.

His last few chips were called off in a 3-way all-in pot. Adam Clarke moved all-in from UTG, Rob called from the small blind and Ian Farrell then called both pushes from the big blind.

Adam: Jd Ts

Rob: Js 9s

Ian: Qd Qh

Flop:

Qc 8c Jh

(Something for everyone)

7s

Ks

Adam and Rob are both out.

Ian Farrell has continued what must be a huge rush at the right time. He button raised, James Akenhead re-raised to 80k, Ian then pushed for another 130k or so on top and James said, "I must be dominated," and eventually folded.

Ian is now the chip leader. And a Rodney Bewes lookalike imo.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17951&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/10/285x214/24423_1.jpg)

Is Dara O'Kearney still in ???

Thanks

Yes indeed, full chip counts coming up after this break...

James Akenhead is back to Chip Monster (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wO1PoxHrxUpa_M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg) after a dodgy hour or two.

He bets 17k utg and both Dave Allan in the cutoff and Michael Hill on the button call. James bets 28k on the 4h 9h 4c flop but then has to fold when Michael moves all in. He looks most unhappy, and has dropped down to around 230k...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17953&g2_serialNumber=1)

Folding rather than making obscene gesture:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17957&g2_serialNumber=1)


Then a few hands later everything starts going right again. Alan Vinnicombe makes it 16k from the button - James in the small blind and Dave Allan in the big blind both call.

The flop comes Jc Js Qh and it checks around to Alan who bets 20k. James raises to 60k, and Dave flat-calls. Alan looks from Dave to James and back before sniggering and folding.

Turn - 7h - and the betting goes super-fast-James-120k-Dave-all-in-James-call.

Dave - Jd 5d
James - Ahrt Jh

And thus Mr Akenhead (a distant relative of Jen "Baconhead" Mason btw*) doubles up to, er, over 400k? Dave crippled to, um, 80k? Counts a-coming...

*Possibly a lie.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17964&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17968&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17971&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wO1PoxHrxUpa_M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3522481/2/istockphoto_3522481_vector_illustration_of_french_fries_monster.jpg)

Not enough love for this imo.

Chip counts end of Level 16 from Raaby.

Table   Seat   ID   Player   End of Level 17         
1   5   407   James Akenhead   477300         
1   3   406   Ian Farrell   332500         
3   6   708   Fraser Macintyre   285900         
3   1   301   Joey Lovelady   144600         
3   2   501   Mark Dalimre   128700         
3   3   602   Cheryl Routledge   123000         
1   2   701   Michael Hill   100000         
1   1   204   David Allan   89000         
3   4   503   Ganesh Rao   87800         
3   5   405   Dara O kearny   57100         
1   4   505   Alan Vinnicombe   54100         

Certain members of the press are playing Meatloaf in the press room and singing along. :(

Dara O'Kearny is OUT in 11th. Details hopefully to follow from Floppy...

Garnesh Rao pushed from the button covering Dara who moved all-in from the small blind with the big blind folding.

Garnesh looked unhappy as he turned over 8h 7h, rightly so as Dara showed 9c 9s.

4s Td 6d 8d 9h

The Irishman hits a set he didn't want and is OUT in 11th place. One more to go...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=17975&g2_serialNumber=1)

Yay, we're done! Bar for me, writing up the exit for Floppy! Justice at last!

And we have a final table...

As Alan Vinnicombe shoves his meagre stack in on the other table, Joey Lovelady moves over the top of Fraser Macintyre's cut-off raise. The blinds pass and Fraser instantly calls with Ad Ahrt. Joey is in hot water with Ac 3d

5d 5s 8c 7h 9d

Joey Lovelady is OUT in 10th place winning £2,825

The final restarts tomorrow at 2pm, be there or be...er...just be there.

;stickaforkinme;

the chips are exactly 10,000 short ?

Our Final Table:

Player   End of Day         
Fraser MacIntyre   385,900         
James Akenhead   361,900         
Ian Farrell   323,300         
Mark Dalimore   205,100         
David Allan   186,000         
Ganesh Rao   151,700         
Cheryl Routledge   104,500         
Michael Hill   100,800         
Alan Vinnicombe   80,900         

See you at 2pm!

Just me or does Linton need to drop a few gears when he has chips? Or does he only have 1 gear?

About time a woman won one of these and Cheryl is well up for it...this girl can play.

GOOD LUCK CHERYL

....in on a freeroll cant be bad,.... ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; Cheryl.

Odds to win the thing, from the sponsors:

* James Akenhead (361,900) 5/2
* Fraser MacIntyre (385,900) 11/4
* Ian Farrell (323,300) 9/2
* Mark Dalimore (205,100) 8/1
* David Allan (186,000) 9/1
* Ganesh Rao (151,700) 12/1
* Michael Hill (100,800) 16/1
* Alan Vinnicombe (80,900) 20/1
* Cheryl Routledge (104,500) 20/1