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We're still at our B&B down the road but Day 1B kicks off in around an hour or so with players today including Nick Hicks and Jon Kalmar, but there will be a few players missing from this event due to a clash with a scheduled Bad Beat event over the weekend. This certainly has removed some good players from the field and fair number of people will be fancying their chances against this slightly weakened field.

If you'd like updates on anyone in particular then please let us know.

I'm om my way with my pocket full of syndicate tickets lol.
285 lines still to update - hope to do so on the various breaks during the day.

gl blondes playing.

Good luck to you Greg!....and put those tickets in the Casino safe. :D

Good afternoon, folks, and welcome to day 1b of the BlueSquare.com Bolton GUKPT. Sadly, our arrival was somewhat delayed due to the taxi company refusing to pick up the phone (Friday is clearly a 'chill out' day for Haslam Private Hire). As a result, we had to walk the Green Mile down Wigan Road in the pouring rain, but fortunately, the pressroom is sweatier than a wrestler's jockstrap due to air conditioning failure so we should dry up relatively quickly.

Meanwhile, I experienced a surreal dream involving Jonathan Raab, Ryan Giggs, Teddy Sheringham and Bolton Grosvenor Casino. Details are still hazy, but I recall Teddy Sheringham running into the casino (I was watching from beside my car), Jonathan Raab coming outside, and Ryan Giggs hobbling towards the doors clutching his chest. When I went over to ask Jonathan what was going on, he wouldn't tell me. Then, in the distance, a shadowy figure approached the casino clutching a bloody knife. I ran towards my car, but dropped my keys on the way. I ran back to retrieve them, but the maniac was getting closer. Eventually, I managed to bundle myself into the car, but as I was putting the key in the ignition, the man opened the backdoor (I was sure I'd locked all four doors) and clambered onto the back seat. Then Floppy woke me up with his snoring.

I tried inputting this dream into a dream calculator, but response was varied. I'm yet to cross paths with Jonathan today, so maybe he can shed some light on the matter, but until then, has anybody got any ideas as to the meaning of my dream? And who was this mysterious man, I never quite saw his face?

alex ferguson?

According to the provisional list (we'll publish a more concise line up in due course), today's fields is considerably stronger, or at least more star-studded, than yesterday's batch. Pencilled in to play today are the likes of Ryan Fronda, Nik Persaud, Ash Hussain, Rob Taylor, Tony Phillips, Chaz Chattha, Surinder Sunar, Kevin O'Leary, Tony Cascarino, Stuart Rutter, Nick Gibson, Neil Channing, Nick Slade, Roberto Romanello and Nicky Power. Sadly, and crushing any last minute hopes, the field is still thin with just 79 players taking their seats, although I'm sure we can expect the odd latecomer.

Would he not just kick a boot in his face?

Snoops you reallly do need to stop smoking those Morrocan Woodbines mate!!!

Wish Skalie all the best for me mate - can't believe he is already there - must be either still on Florida time and thinks its time for bed or happy hour at the local kebabby has been moved to 2pm.

He was actually here last night in fact!

do you have a list of the tables yet 

Not surprised really - it is an early start!

good luck to Bigalhx, who's a  ;flushy;

Hat of the Day 1!

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Jim Reid, Ryan Fronda and token Scandie of the Day.

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Alan Armitage of the Day

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Chaz 'I don't want to win hat of the day, I want to win the tournament' Chattha wearing a hat that's a little disappointing.

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Sunny 'Much more likely to win Hat of the Day' Chattha

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Glass-wearers of the Day, 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) and Mad Marty

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In-form Irishman of the Day, Rob (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1426) Taylor (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1426)

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'Hand Glued To Chin' Posers of the Day, Chris Bruce and Ash Hussain

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Table of Death, of the Day - Nick Gibson, Nick Slade, Jerome Bradpiece, Neil Channing, Andy Miles and Roberto Romanello are all sitting together.

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Best of luck to Nicky Power, Rob Taylor and any other Irish playing today.

Nicky to win and Waterford to win the All Ireland on Sunday for a great Deise weekend!

Good Luck Roberto and Ryan Fronda

There's been very little action thus far, the most exciting moment coming when I banged into a table and knocked over Jerome Bradpiece's glass of water. Fortunately, Jerome wasn't there at the time to discipline me for my moment of Frank Spencerness, but I did garner the unwanted attention of the surrounding tables, all peering eyes silently yelling, "feckin' idiot!"

When you spill a drink, there's that awkward moment where you're not sure what to do. Do you pick it up, ask for a mop, pretend it never happened, or just run out of the cardroom? I chose neither of these options. I for some reason retrieved the individual ice cubes and put them back in the pint glass, and then started stomping my trainer on the wet patch as if the sole of my shoe wuld somehow adsorb the liquid. "Just leave it," advised Dena, so I did. "Jerome's bigger than you," warned Neil Channing menacingly, but I guess everyone is really.

Meanwhile, there has been some thrilling developments on the plasma screen, which now boasts a total of 90 players for today's play.

A player list will be published surely, but allow me to divert your eyes momentarily towards this shocking development. According to the provisional player list, the recipient of yesterday's Womblecam, Stephen Walmsley, has been scheduled to play today too! Has he demanded a spot on day 1b so he can showcase another nine levels of folding??

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To view yesterday's Womblecam, click here:

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flushy can you notice any female dealers ??????

good post there  floppy x

can you say good luck to and any updates on rob romanello, Andy Miles and Ryan (pretty lady-boy) Fronda please

The left-hand side of this pairing, Stuart Rutter, has been mixing it up early doors, but to little avail. On the very first hand, he raised it up preflop with pocket jacks, but was shown no mercy on a K-Q-2 flop and had to release to a leading bet from Adam Wilkinson. Then, a few hands later, he picked up quads on an 8-4-4-4-A board, but could only prise out one bet when his opponent housed up on the river.

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is roberto a full tilt pro now or sumetz?

We may be lacking the return of Luton finalist Wayne Mardle and other such familiar names, but we have been graced by the presence of Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772), and, making his Tour debut, Michael Le Vell, perhaps better known as Kevin Webster from Coronation Street. I'm not sure how experienced Michael is at live poker, but I was concerned when I spotted him pulling his cards to his chest to take a peek. In truth, I think the dealer should have advised him to keep his cards on the table in future.

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Early double up and a casualty on the table of death. Nick Gibson calling off his stack on a 5s Tc 7c 5d board with Ahrt Th against Roberto Romanello who flipped 7d 5h for the house leaving Nick drawing to a ten, which didn't materialise on the Qd river.

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Greg 'Lotto Legend' Howard ;tightend; ;tightend;

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Kevin 'Beaten HU by Jon Raab on Pokerstars' O'Leary

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This young chap is Glenn (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156) Ashworth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156), winner of the £200 event from earlier in the week. Glenn hasn't exploded out of the blocks today though, check-raising a 300 bet on an 8s Qh 8h flop to 750, but being forced to lay it down to a reraise of 2,600.

Also stumbling early doors is TV pundit James Browning. He flopped two pair with J-T on a J-T-A flop but ran into a bigger two pair in A-J.

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Table 1:

Seat 1: 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)
Seat 2: Kevin Steward
Seat 3: Jon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2569) Omara (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2569)
Seat 4: Richard Liotta
Seat 5: Dennis Clough
Seat 6: Colin Chin
Seat 7: Nik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=314) Persaud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=314)
Seat 8: Pippa (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=352) Flanders (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=352)
Seat 9: The Artist Formerly Known as Mick McBag

No idea, he has been wearing the patch a few times I've noticed. You were wearing an FT hat, are you a FT pro now? :D

Table 2:

Seat 1: Martino Libertini
Seat 2: Charles Denton
Seat 3: Darid LaRonde
Seat 4: Stefan Raffay
Seat 5: Andrew Taylor
Seat 6: Ian McDonald
Seat 7: Chris Bruce
Seat 8: Ash Hussain
Seat 9: Mark Dalimore

Table 3:

Seat 1: Keith Littlewood
Seat 2: Bill White
Seat 3: Simon Randall
Seat 4: Justin Devonport
Seat 5: Rob Taylor
Seat 6: Michael Moore
Seat 7: Tony Phillips
Seat 8: Richard Buck
Seat 9: Billy Ngo

Table 4:

Seat 1: Chaz Chattha
Seat 2: Kevin Bloor
Seat 3: Stephen Walmsley
Seat 4: Surinder Sunar
Seat 5: Nick Hicks
Seat 6: Marty Wilson
Seat 7: Gary Holden
Seat 8: Maurits van der Poel
Seat 9: Lawrence Gosney

Table 5:

Seat 1: Waseem Shahid
Seat 2: Andreas Mihail
Seat 3: Alan Vinnicombe
Seat 4: Lars Hougaard
Seat 5: Jorn Martinson
Seat 6: Mark Armstrong
Seat 7: Gary Chatterton
Seat 8: Katherine Hartree
Seat 9: Greg Howard

Table 6:

Seat 1: J Byrne
Seat 2: Tim Moreland
Seat 3: Alan Mower
Seat 4: Ben Middleton
Seat 5: Ian Nelson
Seat 6: Chris Moores
Seat 7: Kevin O'Leary
Seat 8: Tim Flanders
Seat 9: M Cheung

Table 7:

Seat 1: Gerald Klippel
Seat 2: Tony Cascarino
Seat 3: Barry Grime
Seat 4: Adam Wilkinson
Seat 5: Richard Cook
Seat 6: Steven Clear
Seat 7: Stuart Rutter
Seat 8: Priyan de Mel
Seat 9: Mohammed Shoahebe

Table 8:

Seat 1: Nick Gibson
Seat 2: Fahir Omuzobozlu
Seat 3: Nick Slade
Seat 4: Roberto Romanello
Seat 5: Neil Channing
Seat 6: Jerome Bradpiece
Seat 7: Andy Miles
Seat 8: Steve Higton
Seat 9: Adam Osborne

Table 9:

Seat 1: Alan Armitage
Seat 2: Nicky Power
Seat 3: Andreas Olympios
Seat 4: Richard Herbert
Seat 5: Kenny Burke
Seat 6: Lee Atherton
Seat 7: Michael Le Vell
Seat 8: James Browning
Seat 9: Rob Garfield

Table 10:

Seat 1: Jim Reid
Seat 2: Ryan Fronda
Seat 3: Christoffer Lindroos
Seat 4: Carl Hoefkens
Seat 5: Jehan Zaib
Seat 6: Greg Hunt
Seat 7: Glenn Ashworth
Seat 8: Sid Harris
Seat 9: Kuljinder Sidhu

Greg Howard, "Someone please win the lottery this week, I don't care who, as long I don't have to write it all up again next week!"

The board reads 6h 4d 9h 7d 4s between Keith Littlewood and Billy Ngo, the former having bet 2,500 into a 3,000 pot on the river. Tony Phillips whispers to me, "I passed aces on the turn, I really don't want to see the cards."

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Billy stands up, then sits down, then stands up again and says, "This would be a pretty sick call."

He throws in five of the lime-green chips and Littlewood says, "You're good," as Billy shows 5c 5s. Tony Phillips rolls his eyes in despair.

Some players have their names on the back like Mr Cascarino here and errrm....Mr Japan.

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We may have only lost three players so far, but it looks as though Katherine Hartree will be joining them on the rail very shortly. Her near demise came at the hands of a Liverpudlian (I assume, I'm rubbish at deciphering accents) lad two seats prior. On a 7d Ts Qs flop (I believe the action was on the flop rather than the turn), Katherine led out for 1,200 but was swiftly raised to 3,200. Although I was adamantly expecting a fold (I'm sure she motioned towards the pass at one stage), Katherine ultimately reached back for he entire stack and slid it across the line. In similarly quick time, her opponent made the call. "Only got trips," came the reply. "Only got trips," echoed Katherine dejectedly, revealing a dominated Aspades Qd in the process. Her foe showed his 7c 7h. As the 6d turn and 6h river hit the felt, the dealer shoved the pot towards the victor and passed Katherine a bowel of rice in change. "I nearly put it down," she added in the aftermath. "I amost folded preflop, I just don't like playing it."

"Wow," comes the response from Tony Cascarino as Adam Wilkinson pushes all in on a Kc 2d 9d board. With 3,500 in the pot and a shove of 8,225, Tony was right to be suspicious, and after umming and aahing for a minute or two, he eventually made a good call with Aspades Kd. "That's what I thought," said a jubilant Tony as Adam flipped Ad Qd. However, the former international footballer still had nine outs to dodge, but with the turn and river coming a blanktastic 9h and Th respectively, the pot, and thus the scalp of Adam Wilkinson were both his. He shoots... he scores.

The man with more names than a school register has seen his stack disected in half of late, Mick McBag's latest encounter seeing him check-raised by Richard Liotta on a 2s 6d 2d 9c Td board. Mick reluctantly made the call, but was left to grumble and rue his misfortune under his breath when shown a triumphant Ad Jd.

They're dropping at the speed of a snail riding a tortoise at the moment, still 88 players remaining. Meanwhile, the best form of entertainment I can find is the table banter between Nik Persaud, Mick McBag and co. I have no idea how the conversation began (and I'm not sure I wish to know), but I distinctly saw Nik check to see if he was wearing trousers before adding, "Wouldn't it be funny if I was wearing a pink tutu under here." The mind boggle sometimes, it really does.

Because the official chip counts don't see the light of day until level four, I jotted down a few miscellaneous counts upon my last outing:

Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057) McDonald (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057) -- 7,475
Jim (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=599) Reid (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=599) -- 16,125
Glenn (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156) Ashworth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156) -- 9,500
Michael La Vell -- 5,075
James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185) Browning (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185) -- 5,700
Rob (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=381) Garfield (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=381) -- 9,425
Nicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) Power (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) -- 10,825
Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32) Miles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32) -- 11,000
Jerome (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=199) Bradpiece (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=199) -- 4,150
Roberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) Romanello (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) -- 16,500
Priyan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354) De Mel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354) -- 5,350
Nik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=314) Persaud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=314) -- 8,225
Pippa (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=352) Flanders (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=352) -- 10,375
Katherine (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1079) Hartree (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1079) -- 1,750
Martino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652) Libertini (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652) -- 8,125
Greg Howard -- 9,500
Chris Bruce -- 7,000
Tony Phillips -- 10,900

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) and his dazzling hat aren't doing too great, his opponent bet 2,600 into him on the river of a Jc 5c 5h Ks 4c board leaving Sunny shaking his head saying, "I just don't believe you..." He called, his opponent flipped Qc 8c and Sunny's cards went straight into the muck.

Do not adjust your set. This is Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409) Walmsley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409) next to Surindar Sunar, no not that one, another one! Evil Turquoise Womble!!!

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Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) picking up a few tips from 'The Poker Academy', I think if he can remember what it teaches him, he could still make it as a pro.

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Although she was able to nurture her depleted stack for a couple of rounds, Katherine Hartree has now departed, albeit in dramatic, crowd gasping circumstances. Pushing all in from early position for a total of 1,900, the action folded round to Andreas Mihail (remember him from the Luton final), who halted the action and asked, "Do you want protection?" In the end, Andreas opted to smooth call, and after the remaining players had folded, the hands were flipped over.

My pen went on strike at a vital time, but I do recall that Katherine had A-Q against A-K, and although the queen hit the turn, a king landed on the river. "One for the cameras," said Katherine as she rose from her seat.

Meanwhile, on the far table, the action was being dealt out in equally dramatic fashion as the players groaned/gasped in the face of yet another outdraw. In great shape with queens versus the sixes of Barry Grime, Richard Cook was looking good for a double up, but a vomit-inducing 7-9-T-T-8 board soon crushed his hopes and Richard was gone. "When it's just not your day..." mused Tony Cascarino. "Sick, sick, sick," chanted another player.

Readers! Please post something, you're making the beagle upset with your lack of interactivity.

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The table banter has definitely been flowing more fluently than yesterday, with various players breaking the silence with an assortment anecdotal gems. One man in particular who is never short of a word or two is 'The Magician' Howard Plant. A local of Blackpool, I believe, Howard has been sharing a number of gags with the table, some which have been highly successful, others that have fallen flat on their face. When I shared a table with Howard during one of the side events, he delighted (or not) the his opponents with a rather crude joke involving Gary Glitter and Michael Jackson. I'd best not publish it here though, or I may get beaten to a pulp by the mod stick.

feed a kitten to the beagle to cheer him up


Any news on fronda, romanello or a miles ?

Blimey, Beagle's really haven't evolved well... over the last week!

can u give me a chip count on the two irish lads please nicky power and rob taylor

updates on nick hicks please.....gl 2 him aswell

Greg FTW...also tell him he looks a lot older than I pictured him..that'll cheer him up :)

how come Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) Phillips (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) is playing today when he was down to play yesterday. I believe he was being blinded away ?????? He was down as seat 4 on table 4.

Great updating much appreciated!

Could you pass on a message to Nicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) Power (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) for me please.
Tell him I saw him ground his club in a bunker yesterday and Fred's on his way  ;) cheers!

isn't Carl Hoefkens, listed today, a premiership footballer of some sort?

Nick is out, in the 75/150 level he lost an 8k pot with A-K against A-A all-in preflop leaving him with just 225 chips. He managed to double that up with 7s 4s ("Half-Wilson," he smirked) against K-T, before doubling again with K-7 against Marty Wilson's 6-6. He was up to 10 BB but then pushed from the hijack with Ad 5d, running into the big blind's A-T. Nick flopped a gutshot and turned the nut flush draw but couldn't get there.

It's a double blow for the Notts boys, as Chris Bruce has also just gone.

Scandie Christoffer Lindroos is also out.

Meanwhile Mick McBag/Cool has doubled up with the mother of all draws on a 8c 5h 4c board holding 6c 5c against his opponent's bullets. The Tc sealed the deal after a blank turn.

Looks too young I think to be that guy.

A simple mistake, he said he was coming down friday. They removed his stack yesterday.

Rob is still around his starting stack, but in good spirits following his recent Irish success. Will check on Nicky 'Stewie Griffin' Power in a bit.

Scouring the cardroom, I didn't notice any unusual enormous stacks, but a number of players do seem to have prospered from the early exits. Surinder Sunar, for example, has around the 20,000 mark, as does Dennis Clough. Meanwhile, Jorn Martinsen is running well with 25,000, whilst Steven Clear has tripled his stack and is up there battling it out with the chip leaders with 30,000.

Updates on Kevin O'Leary and Rob Garfield muchos appreciated :)

No probs Snoops I thought they had introduced some new rules. ;ifm; ;ifm;

I can confirm Floppy's earlier report of Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65) Bruce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=65)'s exit, yet add hand details to the post. According to the combined memory of former neighbours Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057) McDonald (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057) and Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38), Chris called all in with A-J versus A-Q on an ace high flop. If this had been in DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) though, Chris would flopped the jack too and gone on to win the event.

Kevin Bloor has also bitten the dust, and in rather filthy circumstances to boot. After seeing a K-9-x flop with Lawrence Gosney, Kevin led out with pocket aces only to be raised all in by the former bracelet winner. Kevin called, and although he was comfortably in front of Lawrence's 9-7, a nine arrived on the turn to deal the blondeite the cruelest of blows.

As I was chatting inanely to chatterbox Marty Wilson, I was beckoned over to the middle table by Alan Vinnicombe who pointed at the centre of the felt. Although I nipped in with the dexterity of an Olympic gymnast, I could only catch the very end of the hand. "When did it go in?" I asked, noticing Greg Howard had doubled up with J-T versus K-4 on a K-4-Q-9-x board. "On the turn," replied Andreas Mihail. Either way, the important observation was that the pot was being pushed over to Greg, who now has his head back above his starting stack with 14,000.

A frustrated Ben Middleton looks on in despair as his two pair is scuppered by a flush draw. Kevin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=235) O'Leary (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=235) was the offender, his chips going all in with Aspades 8s versus Kd 6h on a Ks 9c 6s flop before hitting a Ts on the turn and dodging the non-pairing 5c river.

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any news on roberto pls snoppy doggy fizzle

how did he get a flush with 2 spades on a club club board .

I've edited it. Bad Snoopy!

Stuart Rutter, Gerald Klipper, Nick Slade and Jehan Zaib are all out, and sampling Bolton's nightlife. Probably.

howcome you aint there swansea jack or big daft barry/ jaffa?

Be sure to check out our Womblecam that was started yesterday. Jonathan Raab has since uploaded an interview with Womble, the original Stephen Walmsley that is.

Nicky Power and Rob Garfield are both grinding away on 8k apiece. Rob Garfield is on about the same after Alan Vinnicombe check/raised Rob's 2,300 bet on the turn of a 5c 3d 7h 3h board all-in for a total of 5,175. Rob passed and Alan showed Jh Jc.

Mick McBag/Cool is smarting after he raised UTG and was called in midposition, but the dealer mucked Mick's cards as he was picking up the big blind. Obviously the TD ruled that the pot now belonged to the caller, but the latter sportingly gave Mick back his raise.

Players about to go on a

*************** 40 Minute Dinner Break ******************

As the break commenced, I ran into Jerome Bradpiece as he was tumbling towards the buffet. For someone on 6,000, he seemed surprisingly upbeat, but I guess when you've been as low as 3,000, it's an understandable reaction. "I had to fold the nuts," he sighed. "I made up the small blind with Q-T off and hit a straight on a 9-K-J rainbow flop. I checked, the big blind bet, a limper called, and I made it 800. The big blind called and the other dude folded. An 8 came on the turn, and I led out for 1,500. He called. On the river, it came a jack, and I was thinking about making a block bet, but with just 4,000, thought it would be too hard to fold if he came over the top, so I just checked. He pushed, and after thinking about it for ages, I let it go. He assured me that he had J-9, and I believe him, I can't see that there's many hands that I'm beating there."

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Play has just recommenced, so, like Pete Tong, we continue.

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ok then hı how r u all ı send u  greetımgs from  sunny turkey
u see u r even followed from turkey ısnt that nıce

cyprus ftw,/.././..,.,.,.,.,lol,.,.,.,\how are you mr bluffer???

u talkıng to me?
he he   ı m ok how r u m8?

One of the more unique chip stacks on display...

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of.,.,course.,.,how could you call my all in with ..,.,ak chit.,.,???

"Have you considered doing a runner with the lines Greg and keeping the $1,000 or whatever the sum is?"

He squirms in his seat.

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But don't worry, folks, here they are!

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Greg has 16,500.

Michael La Vell is out. He ran nines into queens and makes the long trek back to the Street.

Charles Denton is also an early post-dinner casualty. He pushed Ad Qs on a 3s 8d 3h flop but was looked up by David LaRonde's 6h 6c. The 7c turn and Js river provided no help.

:hello: sir. Good to hear from you.

any chip counts  plz boys

Sunny Chattha has had a frustrating day.

In a four-way limped pot with Mick McCool, Nik Persaud and Richard Liotta. Sunny led out from the big blind on a Jh 9d 7s flop after Mick had checked. Liotta called, Persaud folded and McCool came along also.

On the 3c turn, McCool again checked, but this time Chattha was cautious also, and Liotta bet 1,800. McCool folded and Chattha thought for absolutely ages, before folding to the bet that represented about a 1/3 of his stack at that point.

A few hands later though, he picked back up some chips, moving in on a Th 2d 4d board to get back up over 7k. But this was to prove a false dawn.

Liotta raised once more and Sunny defended from his big blind with 8c 6c. The flop came 4s 9s 7h, Sunny checked, Liotta bet about the size of the pot and Sunny moved in, only to be snap called by Liotta's 7s 7d. The 9d left the HitSquadder drawing dead so the Ts was little consolation.

"Perhaps it was a fishy call preflop but he always seemed to be at it," was his resigned conclusion.

Chip counts at the end of level 4 thanks to BlueSq.

1   1   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)   2000
1   2   Kevin Steward   5175
1   3   J Omara   8925
1   4   Richard Liotta   14825
1   5   Dennis Clough   27500
1   6   Andreas Olympios   11175
1   7   N Persaud   7100
1   8   Philippa Flanders   8725
1   9   Michael Mccool   8500
2   1   Martino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652) Libertini (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652)   5900
2   2   Charles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1369) Denton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1369)   4425
2   3   David Laronde   19300
2   4   Stefan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2146) Raffay (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2146)   15175
2   5   Andrew Taylor   9400
2   6   Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057) McDonald (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1057)   13625
2   7   Ryan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390) Fronda (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390)   17550
2   8   Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38)   7425
2   9   Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2361) Dalimore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2361)   5375
3   1   Keith (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1517) Littlewood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1517)   16500
3   2   Michael Butterfield   11200
3   3   Howard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=166) Plant (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=166)   5700
3   4   Justin Devonport   14450
3   5   Rob (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1426) Taylor (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1426)   7000
3   6   Michael Moore   8300
3   7   Anthony Phillips   7050
3   8   Richard Buck   9000
3   9   Nicky (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228) Power (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1228)   9350
4   1   Charles Chattha   16425
4   2   Billy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=49) Ngo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=49)   12350
4   3   Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409) Walmsley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409)   7075
4   4   Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422)   29450
4   5   Lee (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222) Atherton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222)   7550
4   6   Martyn Wilson   10575
4   8   Maurits Van der poel   11925
4   9   Lawrence (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) Gosney (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243)   25475
5   1   Waseem Shahid   11000
5   2   Andreas Mihail   13700
5   3   Alan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=897) Vinnicombe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=897)   11225
5   4   Bill White   17825
5   5   Jorn Martinsen   29775
5   6   Michael Humphries   27850
5   7   Michael La vell   1750
5   8   Robert Garfield   8825
5   9   Greg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=560) Howard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=560)   16675
6   1   J Byrne   3275
6   2   Tim Moreland   12350
6   3   Alan Mower   13925
6   4   Sid (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=396) Harris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=396)   12100
6   5   Greg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2235) Hunt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2235)   20375
6   6   Chris Moores   10050
6   7   Kevin Oleary   24925
6   8   Tim (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=433) Flanders (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=433)   21075
6   9   James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185) Browning (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185)   6000
7   1   Kenny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359)   15000
7   2   Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772)   39100
7   3   Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302)   13225
7   4   Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=175) Nelson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=175)   9850
7   5   Steven Clear   31325
7   6   Glenn (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156) Ashworth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=156)   9250
7   7   Priyan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354) De Mel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354)   2425
7   8   Mohammed Shoahebe   21050
8   1   Gareth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1277) Jones (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1277)   15225
8   2   James Reid   16225
8   3   Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=369) Herbert (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=369)   10400
8   4   Roberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) Romanello (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376)   30425
8   5   Alan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14) Armitage (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14)   10700
8   6   Jerome (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=199) Bradpiece (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=199)   6225
8   7   Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32) Miles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32)   8900
8   8   Steve Higton   19200
8   9   Adam Osborne   12300

      kevin webster has just turned up on the street ,
on about some thing along the lines of idiot with an over pair didn't know when to lay them down.

roberto ftw.,,.,..,c'mon ya doughnut/..,.,,.,.,/

I recall a shout out earlier for the Irish contingent of Nicky Power and Rob Taylor. Well, both are sharing a table at the moment, and you'll be pleased to know that Rob Taylor has added to his short-stack by eliminating even shorter-stacker Howard Plant. I didn't see the preflop action, but Howard was all in with A-K versus sixes and failed to hit, his "Good call that" comment on departure perhaps tinged with a smidgen of sarcasm.

The very next hand, Nicky Power reraised Richard Buck's early position raise of 800 to 2,500, which was enough to take it down uncontested. Richard showed deuces.

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Another all in on Table Taylor, this time in the form of Tony Phillips. He found himself in need of divine intervention with 6d 6c against the Jh Js of Richard Buck. The 7h Tc Ac flop didn't offer any hope, and neither did the 9d turn. On the 8c river, Richard exclaimed, "Fucking hell," but was quickly informed by Tony that he'd rivered a bigger straight. "Oh, sorry, I do apologise," said a relieved Richard.

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Ian Nelson and Martino Libertini are also missing in action.

Not a bad effort from Kevin O'Leary this somewhat floral approach, but I think he's got a long way to go before he can compete with Carlos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=906) Mortensen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=906).

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Here's Pete (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=348) Linton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=348)'s effort from earlier on:

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Minor disaster for Greg Howard, who has just lost half his stack with Kh Kd against another player's A-K, with a fatal bullet hitting the board.

Justin Devonport is clearly enthralled by today's proceedings.

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Nik Persaud has doubled up with Kd 8d against Aspades Qs, all-in after the flop of a 5h 7h 6c Kh 4c board.

Kenny Burke has doubled up in a pretty amazing 20k pot against Jim Reid after the latter set him on the turn of a Js 7c 6c 6h board with 9c 7s against Burke's 3h 3d only for the ugly 3c to rob Reid of a monster pot. He's back under 10k once more.

Nicky Power sadly no longer has the power, as he's just been eliminated by Richard Buck. It was a classic coin flip in the end, Nicky's Ac Kh failing to hit against Js Jd on a 5d 7c 3s 3d 8s. As a firm bang on the table signified Richard's joy, Nicky quietly rose from his seat, grabbed his coat and exited the cardroom. I think you can tell from his expression what he thought of the hand.

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Mohammed Shoahebe is one man who has prospered since the dinner break. He now has around the 45,000 mark.

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On the other end of the spectrum, Lee Atherton continues to struggle with just 12,500.

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Jim (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=599) Reid (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=599) has departed, as has Alan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14) Armitage (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=14). The latter pushed under the gun with sixes, but was looked up by the K-9 of this shifty figure in the big blind. King on the board and that was all she wrote for Big Al, who had been Small Al for the majority of the tournament.

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Mick McBag/Cool has doubled up twice in quick succession, both times against Alan Vinnicombe, first with 8-4 against Vinnicombe's A-5 after the board came 7-6-5-9-2, then against a couple of hands later with Ahrt Th against Vinnicombe's 8s 8h after he caught an ace on the flop, whilst short stack J Omara was also knocked out in this hand too holding a priced in 9c 5d.

Rob Garfield is also OUT, as is Nik Persaud who lost a coinflip with Aspades Qd to Andreas Olympios' Th Td.

The most exciting pot of the day so far just took place, and involved Lawrence (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) Gosney (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) and Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422), and led to the demise of Marty (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978) Wilson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978). When I joined the action, there was several thousand (maybe more) in the pot and Marty was all in for about a 1,000 with the board reading 4d 3h 5c 5h.

Surinder, stoic and meticulous as usual, made a deep reach and pushed out a column of around 15 to 20,000, just about enough to put Lawrence all in if he decided to commit to the hand. Clearly faced with a decision of enormous perplexity (wow, no squiggly red line under that!), Lawrence starting riffling through his chips while simultaneously staring a hole through Surinder that would have made Superman jealous. Surinder, meanwhile, kept cucumber cool under pressure, as motionless as always with his chin held up by his two paws. As Lawrence glared at his foe, he shook his head and mumbled, "I don't think you'd bet that much with the full house" under his breath.

With the clock ticking, Lawrence counted out his stack, before taking one final look at his opponent and silently sliding his chips across the line. As Surinder tabled 9h 5s, Lawrence was a relieved man, his Ahrt 2h looking to avoid a paired board by the river. Thankfully for the bracelet winner, the Jc on the river was as blank as it gets, leaving Lawrence to collect an estimated 45,000 pot. Whilst Surinder recounted his depleted stack, Marty, whose Aspades Qh failed to find the split pot he was in need of, wished the table good luck and quietly slipped away.

A good call from Lawrence for his tournament life, in my esteemed, yet uneducated opinion.

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Players are now on a short break.

great updates guys..can't wait to finish reading them tomorrow :)

End of level 6 chip counts:

Alan Vinnicombe   15675
Kevin Steward   14100
Richard Liotta   10425
Surinder Sunar   31200
Andreas Olympios   13925
Lee Atherton   7925
Philippa Flanders   4450
Michael Mccool   14075
Alan Mower   13250
Michael Humphries   29025
David Laronde   29100
Stefan Raffay   18575
Andrew Taylor   9850
Ian Mcdonald   10850
Ryan Fronda   21775
Jorn Martinsen   42800
Keith Littlewood   12225
Carl Hoefkens   16500
Bill White   22725
Lawrence Gosney   49475
Rob Taylor   6550
Michael Moore   20175
Richard Buck   7025
Ash Hussain   14600
J Byrne   23875
Tim Moreland   7825
Sid Harris   3600
Greg Hunt   32650
Chris Moores   12875
Kevin Oleary   26775
Tim Flanders   20600
Charles Chattha   16450
Kenny Burke   23125
Tony Cascarino   41900
Andreas Mihail   24375
Neil Channing   12200
Dennis Clough   29575
Steven Clear   39750
Justin Devonport   6525
Stephen Walmsley   4575
Mohammed Shoahebe   42725
Gareth Jones   25025
Waseem Shahid   13950
Richard Herbert   7000
Roberto Romanello   43450
Jerome Bradpiece   6875
Andy Miles   6850
Steve Higton   22875
Adam Osborne   14350

Straight after returning from the break, we lost Greg Howard. Here's his assassin - surely dangerous with chips...

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Also hitting the deck is Rob Taylor. In an all Irish clash, Bill White took no mercy on his fellow countryman, raising it up preflop from the cut-off with Ac Qh, before calling Rob's push from the small blind with Jd Td. Bill shook his head dismissively when Rob paired up on the 4s Ts 2h flop, but by the Ahrt turn and 9c river, justice was served and Rob was gone.

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Lawrence Gosney has been a one-man wrecking ball since tea, but Ash Hussain has just stopped him in his tracks. The board was reading 2s 5c 4s 8h 2c and Ash was facing a 4,000 bet on the river which at that point represented most of stack. Ash made the call, and in a refreshing change to the almost regularly occurence of a bluffer instantly mucking their cards, Lawrence flipped his Ah 9c up straght away perhaps also to indicate that he does raise with decent hands on occasions. Ash turned over 6d 4h, not much, but enough to keep him going in this tournament.

Pippa Flanders has do-diddly-doubled up with Ahrt 4h against Aspades Qd, no four on the board, but an equally welcome 2h 2s 5s 3d 6h for an increased in her forlorn stack.

Chaz Chattha continues to now represent the HitSquad solo here in Bolton, a quick check/raise from 1,500 to 3,800 on a Js 7s Jh board elicited a prompt fold from Kevin O'Leary.

At first I assumed Sid Harris had met his match, but no, he'd simply moved table. Tim Flanders did inform me that he near tripled his stack before he'd left, A-J versus K-K keeping the EPT finalist alive. Sid is still short though, with around 13,000 in chips.

For those hoping for a Stephen Walmsley squared interview tomorrow, or, dare I say it, a Walmsley/Walmsley heads up (gulp), the dream is sadly over. After witnessing three players limp before him, Stephen decided to push from the big blind for 3,600 with Ac Jd. Hesitant at first, initial limper Andreas Mihail weighed up his options before opting for the call with 5h 5c. After the remaining two players had side-stepped out of the way, the board came an uneventful 8s 9s 9h 9d 4h to send Stephen home.

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Neil Channing looks completely different without his glasses.  Like Superman only different.

There's been plenty of action of late, most confrontations leading to an exit. The first player to depart is Richard Herbert. All I know is that he had K-T versus David LaRonde's 5-3 on a queen high board, five on the flop. Judging by David's post-hand comments ("I was trying to steal the blinds, and got caught"), I imagine he raised it up preflop, Richard shoved from the big blind and David made an obligatory call.

On the neighbouring table, however, Sid Harris continues his climb, this time come over the top of Carl Hoefkens' 3,000 bet on a Qh 5d Aspades Kc 8s board. It was only several thousand more to call, but Carl deemed he was buried and released the hand. As a result, Sid is now hovering around the 20,000 mark.

Jerome Bradpiece, who looks like a sleepy grizzly bear, has just eliminated Chris Moores with Qd Qh against Jd Jh.

Meanwhile, big hand for Kevin O'Leary betting 1,600 on a Jc 7c 2s flop, J Byrne check/raised to 5,000 and O'Leary instantly moved all-in putting the emphasis back on Byrne. He agonised for ages before eventually folding, but it's hard to see O'Leary having a made hand here given the speed of which he moved in, as surely he would've have thought about the best way to get the most chips in if he wasn't drawing.

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Justin Devonport (centre) has doubled up with big slick against the knaves of Steven Clear, meanwhile Neil Channing has just been knocked out and will have to trade in his Lollipop of Grinding for the bitter Boiled Sweets of Defeat.

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Chip-stacking, the Chorizo sausage way.

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It's funny you should mention Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) (funny peculiar rather than funny haha), as he has also been eliminated from today's event. After limping from early position for 600, Mohammed Shoahebe called from the button, Kenny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359) made up the small blind, and Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) checked his option on the big.

Flop = 6h Jc 7d

The action checked round to Moahmmed who led out for 2,000. Kenny and Tony both folded, and Neil called.

Turn = 5h

Again Neil checked, and again Mohammed bet, this time for 5,000. But instead of calling, Neil counted up his chips and announced all in, pushing the 5,000 plus an extra 6,150 more across the line.

As Mohammed considered his options, Neil quickly realised he was ahead. But in the end, the two hearts enticed Mohammed in, as he made the call with Ahrt Jh. Neil showed Kh Kc.

Although the final card was red, it was a diamond rather than a heart. Sadly for Neil, it was also an ace. A quick look down at the felt, and finally it sank in. Neil tapped the table in acceptance before shaking the hand of Mohammed and making his exit.

Another favourite gone.

Andy Miles has doubled up. Ad Qh versus 5d 5s on an Ac 6c 4s Th 7s board.

Hmmm...I wouldn't be so sure about that, you never can tell with him...

Kevin hinted that his giraffe's don't change colour, rather he has four of them hidden away and swaps them round when we're not looking. "Are you having a giraffe?" I replied.

I believe updated chip counts will be arriving at the end of level eight, but for now, get ya teeth into these:

Mohammed Shoahebe -- 63,000
Lawrence Gosney -- 79,000
The Artsit Formerly Know as HWCBN -- 9,000
Dennis Clough -- 63,000
David LaRonde -- 33,000
Pippa Flanders -- 23,000
Jerome Bradpiece -- 23,000
Bill White -- 26,000
Kenny Burke -- 32,000
Tony Cascarino -- 39,000
Sid Harris -- 17,000
Alan Vinnicombe -- 15,000

Lol, it's amazing how many people really do fall for it.  He was out playing in Ireland a couple of weeks ago and one of the dealers emailed him last week saying she had put another dealer straight when they tried to tell her that he had a few of them in his bag...so funny.

As we near the final level, Tim Flanders has doubled through courtesy of pace setter Lawrence Gosney. With Tim looming over the table, he looked braced to leave, but his A-Q versus 3-3 managed to river a queen on an otherwise raggy board to keep him alive.

What values do these colours represent?

Yellow - 25
Black - 100
Red - 500
Green - 1000

I think...except those are DTD chips, not Grosvenor.

Ryan Fronda is out, David Laronde's 9-9 was too good for the Luton pro's A-8.

Also gone is Mick McBag, he moved in for 10,825 over the top of Surindar Sunar's UTG raise with 8h 8c. Sadly for the McBag fans, Surindar duly counted out the chips and dropped them into the middle revealing Kings which duly held on the 2c 4h 5h 3h Ts board.

Snoopy then arrived wondering how Mick had gone out, I told him how it had gone down and the non-plussed Brummie beagle said, "Oh he should have folded because Surindar had kings, you see you don't want put your money in with worst hand..."

Oh Snoopy, the king of hindsight...

Surely you think for a few seconds at best with a made hand as opposed to instantly moving in? Although moving in with an absolute monster that quickly with no thought against intelligent thinking players would be an excellent strategy.

Yellow = 25
Black = 100
Orange = 500
Green = 1000

Thank you, I'll be here all week. ;hattip;

10 minute break, then 20 more minutes of action then it'll be time to bag 'em and tag 'em.

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Obviously I've no idea what he had in this hand, but as far as Kevin is concerned I wouldn't rule anything out 8)

As the action was rather lack-lustre, I thought it might be interesting if I reported a hand from each of the remaining four tables, whether it was a big pot or a small one. It was a mixed bag in the end:

(1) Without hesitation, Roberto Romanello moves all in under the gun for a total of 9,000. Just two seats along, Ash Hussain peeks down at his cards, and makes the call in equally quick time. The action then passes around to Andrew Taylor who sniggers to himself, places his head in his hands, and folds a hand that I imagine was A-Q, T-T or something of similar, but likely inferior strength.

On their backs, and Roberto is in trouble, his Kd Qs in need of assistance against the Aspades Kc of Ash. The Td Qc 7h delivers, but also gives Ash four cards to a Broadway straight. "No jack no king," demands the Welshman as a 7h hits the turn. Breaths are held for the river, but it's another blank, the Qh pairing the board and giving Roberto the pot. Ash, meanwhile, is visibly frustrated/gutted, and will now have to try and work his 20,000 stack back up to what it once was.

(2) No such drama on the neihbouring table. Sid Harris raises it up to 2,600 from utg+1, and everyone folds.

(3) The same applies with the next hand. With the action folding around to Lawrence Gosney, the bracelet winner makes it 2,500 to play from the cut off and watches as everyone folds. Although the speed of Lawrence's fold and the facial expressions of the other players suggested that this was a regular occurrence, Lord Gosney did indeed have the goods as he kindly reveals an Ahrt Kh.

(4) Finally, on the last hand before the ten minute break, Jerome Bradpiece raises to 2,100 from early to mid position, Bill White makes the call one seat along, and big stacker Mohammed Shoahebe passes on the big blind.

On the Kh 6d Qc flop, Jerome leads out for 3,100 and Bill quickly calls. A Qh on the turn causes both players to pause, but ultimately both players check. Come the 7h river, Jerome once again pauses briefly before checking, but Bill is less hospitable, betting out 6,500. Clearly tortured by his decision, Jerome mulls over his options momentarily before making what appears to be a reluctant call. In the end, he was right to be reluctant, as Bill shows Ahrt Qd for the turned trips whilst Jerome simply mucks.

In the aftermath, Jon Omara, possibly not realising Jerome had just lost a pot, asked how much he had. "Eleven thousand," sighed last year's Walsall GUKPT winner, "but I just gave away 6,000 I didn't have to."

Jerome Bradpiece went out just before the end, Ts 4d from the button into Justin Devonport's Ad Ts, the board proving particularly cruel: Kh Jh Td 4s Js

Sid Harris doubled through Surindar Sunar with Kings against Nines, but I'll leave the fun final hand to Snoopy...

See you tomorrow at 2pm and the return of Womblecam!!!

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            7s  7h  7d  A Aspades  Aspades

Great updates guys, thanks so much.  Looking forward to being attached to my computer all day tomorrow!

Well, it took right up until the final ten minutes to stumble upon what I would declare as the 'hand of the day', but it was worth the wait, if only for the endless banter that ensued throughout the hand.

The hand in question involved two of the chattiest players remaining in the tournament, Roberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) Romanello (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) and Liverpudlian (I think) Michael Humphries. It was Michael who commenced the action, raising it up to 4,000 preflop. As the play passed around to Roberto in the small blind, Michael pulled down his hood in true Phil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=710) Laak (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=710) fashion and concealed all but his eyes like some form of poker ninja.

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Without too much hesitation, Roberto made the call and the two players saw an 8d Qc Ts flop. As soon as the board was dealt, Roberto peered down at his chips, grabbed the bottom of his two columns and confidently slid his remaining stack across the felt.

"I'm winning, definitely," boasted Roberto as Michael rose from his seat.

"I might call just to bum you," joked Michael, much to the amusement of everyone watching. "I've always wanted to bum a Welshman."

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"I knew you were going to do that," he continued. "I need any any ace, king or jack."

"You can't gamble on that," pleaded Roberto.

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"Has anyone got any lube?" inquired Michael.

"The masseuse might have some," added Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38), who had otherwise remained content to watch on in awe.

The mood suddenly went serious.

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"How much is it?" asked Michael.

"13,600," replied the dealer after counting the Welshman's stack.

"Is it that much?" said Roberto, perhaps feigning surprise. "Whatever happens," he continued, "I like you, you're a nice guy."

Before Roberto had barely finished his compliment, the chips were in and Michael had called.

As Michael revealed Ahrt Kd for ace high, Roberto chuckled to himself and shook his head. "Oh no," he said as he tabled an inferior fingers-caught-in-the-cookie-jar Jh 7h.

The crowd held the breath as the dealer popped out a harmless 4d turn, some perhaps devilishly willing out a nine so they could be entertained before hometime and witness the sickest of bad beats. Michael's eyes were fixated on the felt.

As if in slow-motion, out it came, a 7d on the river. The crowd gasped.

"Ship it!" exclaimed Roberto as he high fived his neighbour, the smile surely requiring a plastic surgeon to remove. "Sorry mate," he added.

Taking his beat like a man, Michael remained cool and simply concluded, "I still have chips, I told you I'm a shit player."

What a hand! Roberto is now dangerous, but don't count Michael out. He took his beat well asnd still has enough chips remaining to mount a decent challenge, although the wounds from the seven on the river may take a while to heal.

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(c) Photography: Floppy Photos Ltd

See you tomorrow where we hope to see more Welsh probing.  :)

 ;stickaforkinme;

 ;gobsmacked;

End of day chip counts:

Lawrence (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) Gosney (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243)   100700
Mohammed Shoahebe   70450
Dennis Clough   58800
David Laronde   45950
Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772)   45775
Steve Higton   42900
Jorn Martinsen   37325
Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422)   36900
Roberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376) Romanello (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=376)   36725
Justin Devonport   36625
Greg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2235) Hunt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2235)   35775
Stefan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2146) Raffay (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2146)   35400
Kenny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359) Burke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2359)   32200
Michael Humphries   31450
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)   29000
Philippa Flanders   27575
Bill White   24225
Sid (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=396) Harris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=396)   23475
Kevin Oleary   23025
Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38)   22625
Alan Mower   19100
Gareth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1277) Jones (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1277)   17700
Tim (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=433) Flanders (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=433)   17500
Kevin Steward   17000
Andreas Olympios   16425
Waseem Shahid   16075
Andrew Taylor   11800
Alan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=897) Vinnicombe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=897)   11650
Tim Moreland   9750
Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32) Miles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=32)   6175

Good luck to Lawrence Gosney.