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This is it - the final Nine return to do battle on the glowing blue table which DTD reserves for its finalists. 

They are...

Andrew Tuxworth   0   3   512800
Przemek Rusin   0   7   187300
Paul Murphy   0   8   141600
Nichiei Hicks   0   5   141400
Paul Gourlay   0   4   123700
Richard Hawes   0   2   90900
John Sadler   0   6   69300
Adam Goulding   0   1   58900
Darren Chadwick   0   9   38200

Seat 1: Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding -- 58,900

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Seat 2: Richard Hawes -- 90,900  (don't worry, I intend to get more of you in focus soon :)   )

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best of luck snoopy!!!!

Seat 3: Andrew Tuxworth -- 512,800

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Seat 4: Paul Gourlay -- 123,700

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Seat 5: Nichiei Hicks -- 141,400

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Seat 6: John Sadler -- 69,300

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I no its prob posted somewhere but any chance of the payouts?

Seat 7: Przemek Rusin -- 187,300

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Seat 8: Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1523) Murphy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1523) -- 141,600

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Seat 9: Darren Chadwick -- 38,200

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And we've lost one first hand. Rusin and Murphy both limp preflop and Chadwick the short stack moves all-in. Andrew Tuxworth calls from the big blind like it's a drop in the ocean. The limpers pass.

Tuxworth: Ahrt 2h

Chadwick: Kc Th

3c 6d Qc 9s 7h

Darren Chadwick is OUT in 9th place winning £910

Snoopy moves all-in next hand.....










And wins the blinds.

yep goooooo snooooops

1   -   £15,925
2   -   £9,555
3   -   £6,370
4   -   £4,095
5   -   £3,185
6   -   £2,275
7   -   £1,820
8   -   £1,365
9   Darren Chadwick   £910

Cheers Jen!

Fetch!

It's all about the Snoopster so far...

First he raises with Andrew Tuxworth doing what he does best and calling. But the latter folds when Snoopy pushes on a Q-2-2 flop. Next Przemek Rusin limp/calls a Snoopy raise from UTG but folds when Snoopy moves all-in on a Ad 8d 7s board.

Nick Hicks raises and takes the blinds, Paul Gourlay tries the same thing but folds when John Sadler moves in over the top of his raise.

Snoopy then limps in the small blind and Richard Hawes makes it 13k from the big blind. A bit of beagle-based deliberation, and then he moves all-in, Leeds lad Richard looks pained, shakes his head and passes. Snoopy is probably over 120k so.

Ther's a big crowd surrounding the table at the moment, as the £100 FO won't start for a few minutes yet, but it's certainly adding to the atmosphere.

Nick Hicks, btw, clearly has the best seat at the table. He has three passive players to his left and the big stack to his right, even without the chip lead, I think I'd still back him here.

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Snoops sits one out, and it's limptastic, with Przemek Rusin, Paul Murphy button Richard Hawes, small and big blinds Tuxworth and Gourlay coming along for the ride to the flop:  7d Ad 4c.  Check to Murphy, who bets out 16k.  Next to act Hawes without hesitation pushes his relatively short stack all in... it's about a potsize raise back to Murphy, a little less perhaps, and after a bit of a think about it he declines to call.  No-showdown chips for Richard...
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Other than that, the last few hands have seen blinds taken preflop by Andrew Tuxworth, whose straight raise to 24k was enough to put off Paul Gourlay from whatever he had been considering doing, and John Sadler, who refused to let Nick Hicks limp on the small blind and defended his bb to the tune of 18k resulting in an instapass from the up-til-now quiet (but dangerous) player.

More 24k raising for Tuxworth, and everyone folds super quick.

The hand after is indicative of how the final table is playing though at this moment. Tuxworth limps for 4k, Murphy makes up the small blind and Snoopy checks.

Ahrt 4h 5h

The blinds check and Tuxworth bets an overly healthy 30k, the blinds fold and I'm sure I can here the stifling of a few giggles from a couple of players due to Tuxworth's unorthodox play.

this will be Tuxworth with all the chips then ??

Playing a perfect big stack game by the sounds of it, against nits that are desperate to ladder.

GL Nick :)up

Well, during the last 15 minutes there hasn't been even a whisper of a card being seen (apart from face down and in the muck).  Blinds and antes have gone to Richard Hawes, Paul Gourlay and Snoopy, and there don't appear to have been any torturous decisions, from the total lack of frowning dwelling going on.  Sometimes there just isn't anything to report.  Um.... wasn't the Olympics closing ceremony nice?

I heard the fireworks were fuelled by the bodies of democratic dissidents.

Double up for John Sadler, Tuxworth limps for 4k in early position and John shoves his 70.5k over the line from cut-off.

"Go on then," says a perky Andrew.

Sadler flips Ac Ks and Tuxworth shows Jc Jd

3s Ad 4c 7h 3c

The first dent in the chip leader's armour perhaps?

Wordsplay FTW..

Best of luck to PJ, Snoopy and Nick. Top fellas all.

Six cards in total to report: yes, that's two flop seen!

#1:  Small blind Richard Hawes limps on Andrew Tuxworth's bb.  Check.
Flop: 8s 3c 3h  Check to the CL, who announces, "Two thousand," and throws in 20k.  Mild confusion follows as the dealer says the minimum bet is the big blind, 4,000, and he agrees and throws in 2,000.  It's all irrelevant, though, as Hawes has no further interest.

#2:  Fourway (unraised) to a flop of Qh Tc Ad.  It checks to limper Tuxworth who bets 20k (without announcing a bet size) and that's enough to get rid of everyone.  The slight dent Andrew's stack took in doubling up Sadler is being rapidly filled in, smoothed over, and repainted.

Paul Murphy raises to 15k from mid-position. Tuxworth announces all-in from the small blind. Murphy lets out a deep sigh, counts out his remaining 50k or so, looks and the tournament clock and then says, "Call."

Someone wishes him good luck and Paul replies, "Thanks, I think I'll need it."

Before they flip the cards, Paul asks, "You got a pair?" Tuxworth nods. "A big pair?" Tuxworth shakes his head, flipping 3h 3s. Paul suddenly feels a lot better about his Tc Ts.

9d 2d 5s Ahrt 7s

A 65k dent in Tuxworth's stack again. Well, there goes his no-claims insurance.

Snoopy raises preflop and gets a call from button Tuxworth.  Uh-oh.
Flop: Td 2d 7c  Snoopy bets out 20k, only to find Tuxworth announcing all-in, his stack towering over the table, making young Goulding look even smaller than usual.  He clearly had a real decision for his tournament life, as tense minutes ticked by until eventually he passed, much less able to absorb such a knock with his littler stack.
"I was very happy," admitted Andrew.
"That he folded?" suggested Paul Gourlay.
"I was very happy with my hand, that's all I can say."

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Sorry the clock still says 'On break' - they are still going for another half hour, and the blinds are now 2,500/5,000 ante 500.  I will get my maintenance personnel (Homer) to sort this out as soon as we swap over watching the table...

How many left in the £300 if you get a chance?
The good-looking fella that had 38,000 but didn't turn up for Day 2. Is he still in?

Is that not the most bizarre thing in poker!

Dealer says "on their backs", & then, & only then, the two Players start debating "what you got?"......

If they were to just turn their cards over - which they are obliged to.........

Psychology, & the working of the human mind, is the weirdest thing.

Great Update though, with particularly sparkling reportage of what sounds like a bit of a flat & one-sided Final so far.

In unsurprising news, Thewy is one of the chip leaders. 13 left.

Tuxworth limps for 5k, Paul Gourlay raises to 17.5k, everyone else scarpers and Tuxworth (of course) calls.

5d 2d 2h

Tuxworth leads out for 30k. Paul Gourlay shakes his head in disbelief and we know he's missed the flop and he folds his Ahrt Qh face up. Tuxworth shows Ad 3d.

"I saw the flop and I liked it, so I thought I'd bet," is Tuxworth's simple comment.

Soon after Nick Hicks raises to 12.5k UTG, John Sadler passes, the Russian Rusin calls, (he never seems to raise, just call.) It's passed over to Richard Hawes who moves all-in. Nick and Rusin quickly pass and Hawes apparently flashes his cards to a couple of friends on the rail. No-one seems concerned apart from John Sadler, who now wants to see the cards. Eventually Sadler gets his way and we see the Qc Qs.

"Oh good," says Sadler, "I had pocket tens, but I felt as though there was going to be action behind me."

After the update last night, Jen and I sat in the cash games for an hour or so, and one hand I saw that got to show down ended up with a wait of about a minute before either of the two players were prepared to show their cards. I have a real gripe with people who delay, especially if they should be showing first.

Do you have the payouts to £300 to hand?...Did £100 get many runners?

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1   -   £15,925
2   -   £9,555
3   -   £6,370
4   -   £4,095
5   -   £3,185
6   -   £2,275
7   -   £1,820
8   -   £1,365
9   Darren Chadwick   £910

Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding finishes in 8th place, winning £1,350

A valiant go at doubling from table shortstack to playable stack, but even though he managed to get one through, pushing off an early position limping Przemek Rusin in the process, on the very next hand he shoved in preflop once more.  This time small blind Paul Gourlay instacalled, and big blind Hicks thought about it before passing.
"Are you sure?" asked Snoopy, "You're allowed to change your mind."
Paul showed: Ahrt Kd
Snoopy showed: Qs Js   "Live cards," he noticed. 

The board came 4c 9d 6d 4s Kc so we're one down as level 17 grinds to a halt. 

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Sigh, wp Snoops.

WP Snoopy

Richard Hawes -- 187,200
Andrew Tuxworth -- 564,800
Paul Gourlay -- 195,700
Nichiei Hicks -- 52,200
John Sadler -- 136,300
Przemek Rusin -- 75,800
Paul Murphy -- 150,800

Loving your work Rich
 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

well played snoops

Nick Hicks shoves his short stack under the gun, Paul Murphy thinks and then folds.

Next hand Rich Hawes button raises to 16k, Andrew Tuxworth and Paul Gourlay both call.

Qd 4s 3s

Tuxworth bets out 30k, the other two fold and the rich man gets richer.

John Sadler gets involved - making re-raising a 26k utg raise from Andrew Tuxworth to 66k, with just a hint of handshakery.  Tuxworth says, folding, "Not this time...nice bet," but I get the feeling that Sadler wouldn't have minded a call/re-raise there...

Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) Hicks (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306), having got up to about 90k, raises to 16.5k and Tuxworth calls from the blinds.

9s 4s 5s

Tuxworth checks and Nick bets what looked to be about 20k. Tuxworth moves in and Nick quickly calls, flipping Ad 9d, but he can only roll his eyes in pure disgust as Tuxworth flips 8s 6s. A 5h on the turn suddenly gives Nick some outs but the 2d on the river seals it.

Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) Hicks (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) is OUT in 7th place winning £1,820

I'm asking Tuxworth to choose our lottery syndicate numbers.

unlucky nick, really was hoping you would take it down mate. well played!

well played Snoops , well played Nick Hicks

+1

John Sadler down to the felt...

Preflop, cutoff Paul Gourlay made it 17k to go, called by John Sadler on the button and Paul Murphy on the big blind.
Flop:  Tc 4c Jd  Check to Sadler, who bet 25k, only to find Murphy moving all in.  Paul Gourlay got away lightly, and after a brief think, Sadler called.
Sadler:  Ac Js
Murphy: Qc Qd
The turn and river came raggy, bringing Murphy's stack up to 375k and Sadler's down to just 16k!

Paul Murphy
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John Sadler's chips - now you see them...

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Now you don't...

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A brief reprieve for Sadler who moves in (after one hand's worth of folding preflop, which surprised Paul Gourlay who limped with a small pair expecting Sadler to move but instead had to fold to a raise from someone else...) called by both blinds.  They check down the board of 5h 3s 3c Qc Ks and Sadler asks, "Is this good?" flipping the Ahrt.  It is.  He then turns over his as-yet-unseen mystery kicker, which was the Kd for good measure.

ps.....loving the shirt!  :)up

Richard Hawes raises preflop to 18k, and neighbour Andrew Tuxworth immediately repops it to 53k.  A bit of a stare later and he decides to move in, instacalled by the CL.
Hawes:  8h 8c
Tuxworth:  Jc Jh

The board brought a pair of Aces but nothing remotely like a get-out for the Eights, and an inevitably slightly disappointed Richard Hawes finishes in 6th place for £2,275.

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Just prior to this, John Sadler has trebled up, folding a few hands and actually leaving the table for one hand (much to the amazement of a couple of the other players) before shipping it in with Ac 8h, Paul Murphy calling on the button, only for Richard Hawes to re-raise all-in behind, Murphy quickly folding.

Sadler: Ac 8h
Hawes: Kc Kh

6c 7h 4s 5c 7d

This is such an odd final table, and yet now we've just lost another player...

Paul Gourlay button raises and Rusin moves in from the big blind. After a long dwell which will cost him most of his stack, Paul makes the call with Ahrt Qd and sees the hand he didn't want to find, as the Russian has Aspades Kc.

Kd Js 8h leaves Paul calling for a ten, but the turn and river are 9s 5c

Soon after, Andrew Tuxworth limps on the button, Paul Gourlay moves all-in for his last 20k or so, Sadler gets out of the way and Tuxworth, does what he does best, he calls.

Gourlay: Aspades Js
Tuxworth: Erm... Qc 2h

Tdd 6c 8c 2c 8s

His dominance is utterly complete.

Paul Gourlay is OUT in 5th place winning £3,185

No-one is trying to outplay Tuxworth either, they're too scared at the moment to make the moves. Rusin limps for 6k and then Paul Murphy, who has been very solid makes it 31k. Tuxworth calls(!) and Rusin folds.

The flop comes 9d 2s 4h, as raggy as it gets. Tuxworth bets a paltry 25k but Murphy folds. If anyone wants to actually win this, they're going to have take him on...

The face of a man who has his shove limp/called by Q-2o.

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Now Andrew Tuxworth has over 1 million of the c.1.4million chips in play, and John Sadler knew he had to get some chips to have any chance of getting any further.  He suddenly took the brakes off entirely, raising all in four times over limpers on his big blind, or on Paul Murphy's big blind, with no action.  A couple of times he showed some rubbish like Nine-high, which potentially he might be regretting after this hand:

It folds to Sadler in the dmall blind and, predictably, he moves all in again.  This time he's instacalled by big blind Przemek Rusin who turns over Ks 6s, while Sadler holds Ac Tc.

Flop: Kh 6c...5c (at which point Sadler is already poised to shake the remaining players' hands)... 4s Js on the turn and river finish him off so -

John Sadler finishes in 4th place winning £4,095

More chips than God or indeed, Harry Ramsden.

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Note that he has a few little stacks of eight 1k chips for ease of use, so that he can limp at any given point should the situation necessitate it. His style is so erratic and his stack so big that I doubt he'll be beaten, plus neither of the other two have shown anything so far that would indicate they can defeat this poker juggernaught.

Neil Blatchley and Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) are the chip leaders in the £300 event.

Paul Murphy is the only one to have taken a noticeable bite out of Andrew Tuxworth's stack, really, and he just won another pot:

Tuxworth limped (as he does rather a lot for someone with such a ludicrous lead) on the button, and Murphy checked his big blind.
Flop:  7d Js 6h  double check.
Turn: 6h  Now Murphy bets out 30k, called by Tuxworth
River: 4h  After a fairly long pause, Murphy opts for the all-in move, and that gets rid of his opponent.

This doesn't happen often but I am officially on superubermegatilt.

Thank you, that is all.

All three players see a Ac Ks Ahrt Ts Kh board which gets checked to the river where Paul Murphy bets 80k into a 50k pot from the small blind. Tuxworth folds and Rusin tanks it before eventually calling with Kc Jh but grimaces when Murphy shows Ad 8d.

Is there any way whatsoever that Murphy is ever bluffing there with worse than a king?

Unlucky Nick mate

That guy has been running like god for 3 days solid

Well played in going deep

wd nick im gutted ur my hero though

no, the others may be strange players, but murphy just does not pull any moves. though against those two a very standard game may well be the perfect way to win!

cant quite believe this final...

in fact, the most stupid thing is that rusin would pass a king there easily if the river had brought the 2d, he is just not capable of passing a house

Lots more flops being seen now as Tuxworth has a peek as long as it's cheap and the short stacks, when out of position, tend to check it to him, who checks it back and then fires on the river... Trapping him seems to be what the other two are aiming for, but it's not working out exactly.

Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1523) Murphy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1523) raises to 30k, Tuxworth calls. Rusin moves all-in for an additional 57.2k. Murphy, who is clearly a very tight player is pained but eventually calls. Now with over 200k in the pot, Tuxworth decides that his hand isn't worth the extra 57.2k and passes leaving us with a coinflip.

Murphy: Qc 9c
Rusin: 6c 6d

Qh Jd 2s Jc 6s

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooh," goes the crowd and suddenly the Russian is back in this.

UL Snoops, well played

WP Snoops and Nick.

Great updates Snoops and Jen :)up

This is what the final looks like right now, and probably for the next seven or so hours... the railers now include Flushy + entourage who just missed his sponsoree Snoopy who shot off to Birmingham to avoid paying his 30% see his mum.

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over ruled.

What are the chip count's Jen..Cheers

Andrew Tuxworth   0   3   843200
Paul Murphy   0   8   310800
Przemek Rusin   0   7   211000

It's still uneven, but we reckon it's going to take a pretty big Situation for Tuxworth to prise more than a few chips at a time out of Murphy...

Mr Tuxworth looks like he's sporting a snakeskin shirt.  Can it be true?  I'll be honest, I think I like it.

Colch Kev looks like he has shrunk

DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) currently have four tournaments running simultaneously - the £500 final, the £300 final, the £100 double chance and a £30 scalp tournament (which took the place of the PLO which only got 4 runners).  They also managed to get a £200 PLO ONE-HAND TURNOVER full, which is quite extraordinary considering the lack of interest for the 'proper' tourney... but then again Dubai wasn't here when they decided to cancel that one.  Julian, having just busted from the £300 in 6th, was coerced into joining in (I don't think it was that difficult though), and the winner gets £1,800, more than Julian just got from his result (!).  :)

Congrats organisational skills (and gambling mentality) of DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/).

Think GBCPT winner Neil Blatchley is currently chip leader in the £300- ship it bud!

RESULTS for the £200 PLO One Hand Turnover

1. Simon Nowab -- £1,800 (Flopped quads, but since they only turned one card in their hand over at a time everyone thought they were at least drawing live until the very end :)    )

Meanwhile the three handed play is a virtual stand-still in the main event, overshadowed somewhat by that boistreous blind PLO game. Przemek Rusin has made some ground picking up pots from the other two but both he and Paul Murphy are way behind the chip leader Andrew Tuxworth still.

With around 60k in the pot, Paul Murphy checked the 3c Qh 8d flop to Andrew Tuxworth who bet 40k.  Back to Paul, who moved all-in, and after a countdown, Andrew called, with Ac 8h, which had been outflopped by Paul's Qd 6d.  No help on the turn and river, and the short stack lives again, again.

Hi guys,
If you get a chance to post any updates on the £300, would be grateful as husband Jim Buckley (wonky) is in final five.
Ta

Fantastic, GL Jim, and hello Mrs.

Hi - nice to hear from you. Looks like he is down to final three.
If anyone sees him tell heim theres a bottle of bubbly in the fridge.

After Andrew Tuxworth started the day making the alarming calls and big raises which effectively bullied the table into submission, he seems to have changed his game somewhat and limping on the button or having a single stab at a flop occasionally has become more of the order of the day for him.  He still has a commanding chip lead, but with Rusin (350k) and Murphy (300k) inching ever upwards, he's not looking as invincible as he was this afternoon. 

He needs to remember that hundreds of snakes died so he could wear that shirt and do their memory justice.

Obv, the minute I write that, Andrew Tuxworth eliminates Przemek Rusin in 3rd place for £6,370

They got it in on the flop with draws galore with Rusin holding 4h 4c vs. Tuxworth's flush draw... The fours themselves picked up a straight draw on the turn, but the river was a third spade giving the chip leader his chip lead more firmly and bringing him heads up with a vastly outstacked but very persistent Paul Murphy...

Mr Buckley is currently heads up (albeit outstacked)!  gl that man.  He's owed it  ;whistle;  TWO TIMES

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Thanks for the photo

Here are the heads up players, on the left, Paul Murphy (around 400k) and on the right, Andrew Tuxworth (around 1mil).

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How far apart are that man's legs?  It looks to be about half a metre?

Go on wonky and hello MrsSplash

Much though I love the idea of Mr. Tuxworth showing up in a snakeskin shirt, it's just a strange effect of the flash/downsizing the picture which makes his brown and blue lined (in checks) mustard regular non-animal-product shirt look so cool.  Sorry to disappoint.

You couldn't have lied? 

Has he got trainers on?

Wooosh!

Your loking at the wrong guy.

Forget the trainers, whats Yogi doing in the picture?

Andrew Tuxworth continues to confound expectation (of a giant chip leader) doing things like limping on the button with 2h 4c and checking it down as the board emerges 7d 8c Td 2s 3c (at which point Murphy wins with his bb 3s 6d LOL).  However he does occasionally pressure his opponent, and whittled him down to 170k.  One hand where that happened Paul Murphy called a 30k bet on a flop of 4h Qh 2s, before checking the Aspades turn (Tux checked behind) and folding as the big stack put him all in on the 2c river.

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Andrew Tuxworth limps the button. Paul Murphy checks. Bleh.

Aspades 2h 3d

Check check. Dull.

3s

Check check. Really dull

7c

Suddenly, Paul Murphy moves all-in for about 7 times the pot, but with the action and his image there's no way that...what the hell?...Tuxworth snap calls!!! And confidently flips over Jd Jh. Murphy, true to his tight reputation though, has 5c 4d for the flopped wheel and doubles up to almost 400k.

Tuxworth then showed T-7 incidentally.

Btw, Wonkyjim just doubled up with 9h 4h against Jd 8d all-in on the turn of a 9s 4s 3s 8h 6h board.

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cheers for the update.

LOL class.  Topical, relevant, likely.

With just 10 minutes left of the level, I could just reel off a string of flops, and sometimes whole boards checked down, or say who won what with a flop bet, but I don't think either player has actually made that much headway towards stacking the other/doubling through in the last half hour, and I don't think you'd really want to read a dry list of numbers like that...  There's been less limping-checking preflop, though, so the potential for big pots is still there, just not being realised currently.

By checking they let the terrorists win.

I did.  I didn't want to disturb our more sensitive viewers with this picture of a snake just before it expired due to consuming an electric blanket (no lie - it's on national geographic) and was then made into Tuxworth's shirt.  But since it means so much to you, sod our sensitive viewers.

(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/images/060724-snake-blanket_big.jpg)

God bless you, I've never felt so alive

Players are now on a short break, Paul Murphy picking up a couple of good pots.

In one limped pot, the board of Q-Q-7-8-6 was checked to the river where Murphy bet 55k and was called but Tuxworth then mucked when Murphy showed 8-8.

Soon after Murphy limp/called a raise of 20k and the two players checked to the river of a Ahrt Kc 4s 6s 2h river where Murphy bet 20k, Tuxworth passed and Murphy showed Aspades 5h.

Finally in the last hand before the break. Murphy called Tuxworth's 32k button raised and then another 20k on the 9c 6s 8c flop, both players checked the Ad turn before Murphy bet out 55k on the 5c river. Tuxworth called and Murphy showed Ahrt Js, but then the chip leader showed 8h 5d for the rivered re-re-suck.

WonkyJim just doubled up with K-T vs 3-3 to take the chip lead.

go jim

Jim doubles up his opponent with A-7 vs A-Q.

Meanwhile in the main event, (imagine an narrator of a superhero cartoon announcing that)...

Paul Murphy is down to roughly 250k and facing an almost 5:1 deficit. He actually just put in his first raise for what I'm guessing would be in maybe an hour, Tuxworth called and they then proceeded to check down the Jc 7h 2d Qh 8d board to the river. Tuxworth showed Qd Th and won. Murphy needs to pick up a lot of cards or completely change his strategy to win here and time is starting to run out, because Tuxworth is throwing out bets often enough to take the majority of pots down.

Incidentally, I don't think I've seen a single re-raise or check/raise since they've been heads-up, it's just not like any poker HU I've ever seen before.

Well, Murphy is trying to get some chips now... he doesn't seem scared of coming second, just cautious once a hand has started to play out, and the majority of his bets are pre and on the river.  At the moment. 

Once he moved in on a board reading 4d Jc 6s Jh 5c (having called a minbet from Tuxworth on the flop, and checked the turn) but didn't entice a call.

Just now he limped on the button, and when Tuxworth raised, he shoved in pre and waited for a tense minute while he looked like he was actually going to get a call.  But no.

"I'm not going to get you to put your chips in am I?" asks Paul Murphy, giving the impression that he wished he had.  Tuxworth shakes his head. 
"You're going to fall asleep before I get fed up," ends Murphy.  It's possible.

or will again!

how many left in the £100?

I'd just like to say apart from perhaps the start time of the £500 DTD have once again put on a feast of poker fit for a king!

Well done DTD

and great job by the updaters!

What Bandit would look like if he was a bouncer in the 80's with a mullet cut!!!

That's Danny aka Yogi-Bear.

Paul Murphy has decided upon a whole new plan of attack. He's shoving every hand.

So far it works, but obviously you know the old addage that it works everytime but one. The way he's going though, he'll soon have a stack where he can't really shove anymore, but perhaps if it's working and he doesn't think he'll beat Tuxworth, then he might not stop just moving all-in preflop.

15 I think.

I think they might be long lost brothers

Well, it had started to go a bit like this - Paul moves in and Andrew passes OR They see a flop/full board and Andrew bets off the much shorter stack. 

A couple of Andrew-takes-it-down pots led up to another Paul-moves-in-pre one, but this time there was a difference - Andrew Tuxworth instacalled!

Andrew:  Ks Kh
Paul:  7d 3c  "I didn't see it!" protested Paul.  We understand, we do.

Flop:  Js 2s Kd  Turn and river: irrelevant so that means:

Paul Murphy finishes 2nd, winning £9,555

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20304&g2_serialNumber=1)

and Andrew Tuxworth is the CHAMPION of the DTD Deepstack £500 event, winning £15,925

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=20302&g2_serialNumber=1)

wtf?

well played guys

Oh hi Bandit-didn't see you there!!!

wp guys btw!!!

He can afford some boots now to go with his cool shirt
(http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/08/Snakeskin_Boots.jpg)

Great updates.

Well, it's been a tumultuous ride here in DTD - we've seen a lot of poker and drunk a lot of coffee, and now it's time to ;stickaforkinme; as I spend as much time as I can stay awake in the cash game and then brave the Bank Holiday Train to London.

It's been a pleasure.

I will join you on this. Turned the whole thing into a farse.

Thank you to everyone who gave me a shout. All read and appreciated. Congratulations to Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2561) Tuxworth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2561). I know many will critisize his style and call him a 'station' or whatever, but he's free to play how he pleases without being lambasted. In truth, his game had the whole table tied up in knots, even if the Poker Gods did favour him more than once, and I don't think I was ever able to figure him out. Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325) Gourlay (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325) himself confessed that he'd had to rethink his whole strategy just because of Tuxbridge, so he was clearly more than just lucky.

A most enjoyable Update, thanks to Flops & The Jenster.

Oh, & congrats to Mr Tuxworth.

why are people being so hard on Andrew Tuxworth?

Because he won?

Good luck to the fella. He beat a seriously strong field there.

Thanks for the support. Was more tilted with my own performance than anything else!

Congrats to the winner, as has been said everyone can play their own style.

Onto the next...

A brief tournament report on last weekend's events at DTD can be found by clicking the link below:

http://blondepoker.com/?q=node/20961 (http://blondepoker.com/?q=node/20961)