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Welcome back, 68 players return including Snoopy!! Though he's short :( And he doesn't have that many chips. :(

A full list of chip counts and players will appear here magically in a few hours, please thence pick out your top three, preferably one big stack, one medium stack and one shorty.

Finally, will the winner be a young, overconfident whippersnapper? An old fart? Or just a regular donk?

Play restarts at 2pm with blinds 600/1200/100.

I shall be chip leader before the end of the level!

 ;kneelsucker;

Good luck to Dewi, Alex and Snoopy on Day 2!

Combined Days 1A And 1B Chip Counts

Because Snoopy knows how to use spreadsheets.

Michael Moore   129050
Jonathan Gale   76700
Jamie Brown   68350
David Penly   67725
Michael Tse   62425
Paul Mcintyre   59425
Glen Ashworth   56575
Andrew Teng   55150
Michael Ellis   53025
Sami Yusuf   48250
Stuart Nash   47200
James Morgan   44025
Steven Boyd   43600
James Keys   43300
Roberto Romanello   43225
Martyn Frey   43150
Andrew Clarke   42900
Paul Riggs   42400
Andreas Hoivold   41900
Alex Martin   41750
Sonny Chattha   40375
James Browning   40125
Jack Powell   39975
Matt Heeps   37025
Praz Bansi   36750
Terry Chapman   33900
Simon Trumper   33725
D Mitchell   32675
Wasim Akhtar   32025
Liam Pettman   31425
Bernard Litman   31075
Tim Flanders   30700
Gary Symons   30150
Karl Mahrenholz   29975
William Martin   29300
Karim Louis   28625
Steve Jelinek   27900
Andrew Booth   27025
Mark Friedman   26750
Stuart Rutter   26225
Michael Horne   26200
Terry Simpson   26050
James Mcellinney   25850
Stephen Biggs   24775
Mark Bointon   23225
Alan Dean   23000
Cuong Tran   22950
Jerome Bradpiece   22225
Nik Persaud   22175
Elliot Peterman   21525
Andy Purser   21400
Liv Boeree   20850
P Tevdore   20575
Danny Jordan   20275
Andrew Grove   19250
David Anderson   19175
Jonathon Butters   19125
Dewi James   19025
Kevin Terry   18175
Kay Bushby   18025
Kiem Huynh   14275
Mark Wilson   13950
Adam Goulding   10975
Simon Wickenden   10275
Joe Grech   9775
Frank Romanello   6975
Alexandra Jackson-Palin   5775

glglgl james browning

GL Simon Trumper,  Snoopy and any other blondes still in

Did Simon double up near end of day 1b?

Good luck to Snoops and to the other blondes

good luck dewi get it won  ;slavedriver; :)up

Top three = Penly, Martiny and Snoopy-y

Best of luck to all the blondes!!!   ;applause; ;cheerleader; ;applause;

 
Big stack: Riverdave (fiver still running!)

Med. stack: Alex

Shorty: Dewi (fiver still running!)


 ;goodluck; guys....and Snoops!!

GL Dewi, Alex and Snoopy

good luck snoopy and dewi,alex,simon trumper and glen ashworth too

Diolch i bawb am eich cefnogaeth :)up

Croeso

GLGLGLLGGLGL mr teng, mr keys, mr powell

Best of luck to these chaps, and any other blondes I am unaware of the names of :)

Updates and photos of Martn Frey (Table 5 Seat 7) !!

GOGOGOGOGOGO

Go Snoops, Dewi & Co

just had dewi on the phone he fighting fit and ready to go he got a table full of chips so if he can get some hands early on the guinniess should flow again today

His Day 1 report is here: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=37733.0

Good luck Steven Boyd

the card room have put this next to dewi seat

English only on the updates!

it says thank you im a big  ;flushy;

And we're off!

Go Dewi, Alex and Dave P - Win it all.

is El Blondie still in ?

No, he exited Day 1a. I got a photo of him with his coat on and redeye.

Snoopy had a spot of luck first hand, in that it folded around to him on the cutoff and he shoved. The button wasn't interested, and neither was Stuart Rutter in the small blind, who folded 3-5o face up. The luckiest bit, though, was that Nik Persaud had not managed to get out of bed in time to defend his big blind, and Snoopy picked up a few much-needed blinds and antes right there.

Jonathon Butters has slipped up and is outta here, Kd Td losing to Sami Yusuf's Ahrt 9d.

Jack Powell is out, he raised preflop from the cutoff and the big blind Andrew Clarke defended. The flop came out 9-5-4 and Clarke led out for 6k, call. On the 6 turn, the big blind bet 11k and Powell moved all-in for what Stuart Rutter said was about 18-19k more, the big blind quickly calling with a set of fours with Powell drawing dead with T-5o. Clarke wins what was a 73k pot to put him amongst the chip leaders.

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Start of day and chip leader by about 50k - Mike Moore

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Sunny Chattha's superfly 70's shirt

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A shove from William Martin was followed by a surprisingly swift call from Bernard Litman, thus setting off panic alarms in the eyes of Mr Martin -- but he had nothing to fear.

Martin: Qh Qc
Litman: Qs Qd

Board: raggy and flush-free and thus entirely irrelevant

Split.

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What is Dewi hiding?

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Obv.

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A short-stacked Kiem Huynh raised and then called all in to a reraise from Kevin Terry in the small blind.

Bad time to be raising with K-9 - it's a bit of a dog at the best of times...

Terry: Ac Ad
Huynh: Kh 9d

Board: 2c 7d 8c 4s 6c

There was some gentlemanly handshaking, and Mr Huynh and his assistant headed for the bar.

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alex  doing a hellmuth?

Jerome Bradpiece has almost doubled up, moving all in on the river of a 3-8-6-5-2 board (three hearts on there, I believe) with most of chips already in the middle before the river. Roberto folded to the familiar sound of him begging to see Jerome's hand, and Jerome flashed only the 2h.

Jerome Bradpiece, Tea Monster:

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The Three Witches

Romanello, Jelinek, Keys:

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FAO: anyone with time on their hands

Please Photoshop cauldron in there.

Mr Matt Heeps, who featured in our updates yesterday and has some fans on here, but I don't believe we ever got a photo of him. This is he:

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Mr Andreas Hoivold: pretending to be awake.

Ms Liv Boeree: too tired to pretend.

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Any chance of updates on Steven Boyd please.

hows my friend doing Mr Mike More

Martyn Frey -- 40k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22353&g2_serialNumber=1)

A happy Dewi, he's just knocked out Terry Simpson with A-A vs K-9.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22355&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jerome 'Sleepy Bear' Bradpiece raises to 3,200 and Kay Bushby pushes all-in. Jerome makes the call.

Bradpiece: Ac Kc
Bushby: Qh Qs

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Thanks Benjo!

Jh Kh 2d 4c 9d

Jerome wins the classic 57-43 flip eliminating his opponent.

Andy Purser has doubled through a slightly worse for wears Alex (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) with Jacks against Queen-Ten.

Mike Ellis raises from late position and Simon Trumper makes the call from the small blind.

Qc 8c 8h

Trumper moves all-in and Ellis begins to think for a good couple of minutes before basically calling the clock on himself, at which point he passes with 10 seconds left. Trumper shows Tc Th, Ellis said he had nines.

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You get my text mate?

He probably still has 'Moore' than most. Ho ho ho. Ahem.

Will check now.


And your man.

yes did you get mine ?

LOL well has he got Moore or less than wen he started ah ah ah

Seating Plan:

1   1   Michael Moore   129050
1   2   Elliot Peterman   21525
1   3   Danny Jordan   20275
1   4   Jerome Bradpiece   22225
1   5   Sonny Chattha   40375
1   6   Kay Bushby   18025
1   7   Roberto Romanello   43225
1   8   Steve Jelinek   27900
1   9   James Keys   43300
2   1   Andrew Booth   27025
2   2   Stuart Rutter   26225
2   3   Nik Persaud   22175
2   4   Jack Powell   39975
2   5   Stephen Biggs   24775
2   6   Wasim Akhtar   32025
2   7   Andrew Clarke   42900
2   8   Simon Trumper   33725
2   9   Adam Goulding   10975
3   1   Matt Heeps   37025
3   2   Simon Wickenden   10275
3   3   Frank Romanello   6975
3   4   Paul Riggs   42400
3   5   Joe Grech   9775
3   6   Steven Boyd   43600
3   7   Stuart Nash   47200
3   8   David Anderson   19175
3   9   Karl Mahrenholz   29975
4   1   Sami Yusuf   48250
4   2   Jonathon Butters   19125
4   3   Mark Wilson   13950
4   4   Andrew Teng   55150
4   5   David Mitchell   32675
4   6   Terry Chapman   33900
4   7   Alexandra Jackson-Palin   5775
4   8   James Browning   40125
5   1   Dewi James   19025
5   2   David Penly   67725
5   3   James Morgan   44025
5   4   Terry Simpson   26050
5   5   Michael Horne   26200
5   6   Mark Friedman   26750
5   7   Martyn Frey   43150
5   8   Michael Tse   62425
6   1   Praz Bansi   36750
6   2   Gary Symons   30150
6   3   Jamie Brown   68350
6   4   Andy Purser   21400
6   5   Kevin Terry   18175
6   6   Andreas Hoivold   41900
6   7   Liv Boeree   20850
6   8   Kiem Huynh   14275
7   1   Cuong Tran   22950
7   2   James Mcellinney   25850
7   3   Liam Pettman   31425
7   4   Jonathan Gale   76700
7   5   Andrew Grove   19250
7   6   Mark Bointon   23225
7   7   Alan Dean   23000
7   8   Karim Louis   28625
8   1   Alex Martin   41750
8   2   Paul Mcintyre   59425
8   3   P Tevdore   20575
8   4   Michael Ellis   53025
8   5   Glen Ashworth   56575
8   6   Tim Flanders   30700
8   7   William Martin   29300
8   8   Bernard Litman   31075

I did but phone was on silent lol

Sats a bit of a weird day start at 5-30 but only like 1-3 tabling for first hour or so, come round then if you fancy, Mrs is cooking as well let me know so we can buy enough to feed!

Sir, Photoshop Of The Day award goes to you. The background smoke is inspired.

I'm afraid he's OUT. He made a move with 9s 8c but ran into the Qc Qh of Tim Flanders. Some hope initially on the Jh 4s Td 2h 8h board, but no cigar for that man.

A double-up for Elliot Peterman -- James Keys raised from the cutoff and then called Peterman's small blind shove for not much much more.

Keys: 7c 8s
Peterman: Kd Th

Board: 4h 3s Ts Jh 5s

David Anderson is similarly no more. He got it in ahead with pocket kings against the pocket jacks of Matt Heeps, but a cruel jack on the board sent him packing and Heeps breathing a sigh of relief. Heeps now has, ahem, heaps of chips -- looks like around 80k.

ok text me your post code and i will b over about 6ish and yes would love some food Mmmm is that ok ?

Rutter In The Gutter

Metaphorically.

He got it in with Aspades Td against Simon Trumper's Ac Kd, and stayed behind all the way down the Qd 7c 9s 9h Ahrt. He walked off without a word, I suspect in the direction of the bar.

Day 1a Official Shortstacker Joe Grech is OUT. He'd managed to double up to around 20k, but then got it in with pocket queens against Tim Flanders' pocket aces. No help for him, and he was putting on his coat and heading for the smoking section.

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Incidentally, as I was reporting the hand, Jeff Kimber wandered up to me. "Is it normal to keep your magazine in your trousers like that?" he enquired, pointing to Mr Flanders. No. No it's not.

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Some news about snoopy ?

Official Day 1a Second Shortest Stacker Snoopy is still in, and striking fear into the hearts of his tablemates.

Andrew Clarke merely limped in on the button and small blind Simon Trumper decided to come along for the ride too, but both players folded when Snoopy moved in from the big blind for another 10.7k. He showed T-8 offsuit.

A few hands later, Trumper made it 4.8k from the cutoff but then passed when Snoopy moved in from the button. Trumper patted the beagle on the back.

He's still short, though. Sad beagle.

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He's a small dog.

Danny "The Master" Jordan has become the slave of Jamie Keys. Or been knocked out by him. He got his chips in well ahead with Jd Js against Keys' Qh Th, but a swift 7s Ahrt Qd Kc 3c board later and he was no more.

Snoopy why on earth did you show!!! BAD BEAGLE!

James Browning has gone from moderately stacked to, well, fantastically well stacked.

First he doubles up with Aces against Andrew Teng.

Then soon after, Mark Friedman limps, Browning raises, Michael Horne moves in, Friedman moves in. Browning calls.

Friedman: Qs Qd

Browning: Ad Ac

Horne: Jc Jd

Andrew Teng turns to me and said prophetically, "I passed nines."

9c 7d 6c Ahrt 3c

Browning possibly the chip leader now, though he gives back Andrew Teng 15k in the next hand after Teng pops his 5k raise to 15k and takes it down on the turn of an 7-6-5-A board.

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It's ok, apparently Simon Trumper had T-5.

Hot Blonde On Blonde Action!

Resulting in the sad demise of Dewi James.

With a bit of raising pre, Dewi got his chips in with A-Q on a queen-high flop - but Dave "Riverdave" Penly had pocket kings, and pint in hand, Dewi trudged off to the bar. Wp, sir, wp.

Young Scouser Paul McIntyre is set in on the river after Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=287) Ellis (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=287) has fired all three streets of a 2s Kc Aspades 2h 8d board. McIntyre looks like a boy who has just been told he has to tidy his room and do his homework in the next 30 minutes or he gets no supper. He ends up folding what he says is A-Q.

Good pass? Would you play it any different?

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For no reason other than to brighten your day, Ms Liv Boeree:

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Mike Moore is still your chip leader with 162k. Snoopy has 18k. Get those beagle paws going!

tell mike Moore good luck from me

Sigh........my only two horses taking on each other!!

UL Dewi..wp.

UL Dewi

can u pass on my regards to Martyn Frey aka martynf1 on laddies from ShaneMcG and update plz

Good updates guys
Cheers
Shane

Back from the break now, and Nik Persaud is apparently in the mood for punching girls. Ow. :(

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Full chip counts from the break will be with us shortly (thanks Raaby) and I'll check up on your man when I head back down.

Andrew Teng's taken a bit of a hit. He reraised Sami Yusuf, bumping the pot up to 30k preflop, but folded when Yusuf then made it All In for another 57.5k.

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Andrew Booth is OUT, coinflipping his way to the rail with Ahrt Kh against Stephen Biggs' Qc Qs, the board coming down Js 3d 7d 4s 9d. Bigg up.

From Biggs to Riggs - Paul Riggs raised utg only for Matt Heeps to make it 14k from the button. Riggs made it All In, though, and Heeps laid it down. Rigg up.

Much action for you now.

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) is out, Kd 2d against the 9s 9d of 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), blind vs blind. "It was K-K vs his (gesturing to Martyn Frey) A-Q that killed me though," said Sunny.

Alex (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1198) pushes all-in with Aspades Kc against Jamie Brown's raise preflop, who sighs and calls with 2d 2c.

9d 9s 6d ("Counterfeitability" muses Alex) 2s Ahrt. Another blonde gone.

Andreas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) Hoivold (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) doubles through 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) with Ace King vs Tens.

Praz, "How does it feel, James? To lose a race and still have double the average?"

James, "It feels....a bit depressing actually!"

Andreas, "Wait, I've just won a race and still have less than half average, now that is depressing!"

Matt still has Heeps though right?

ul dewi geting your 18k up to 70k before going out well played mate

Paul Riggs raises from the cutoff to about 6k, Andrew Teng moves all-in from the small blind. Riggs folds nines face up. Teng shows deuces.

Jerome Bradpiece has lost about half his stack, he raised to 5.1k from early position and D Mitchell moved all-in for an additional 17.6k next to him. Jerome eventually made the call with Ac Tc and was in trouble vs Jh Jd.

Th 3c 6s 9c (Jerome's eyes widen a little) 8d.

does that mean martin frey has had a double up to 7o k ?glglgl martin gogogogogo

unlucky Alex.

Chip Counts from the break (Bear in mind some of these are now out):

1   1   Mike Moore   162200
4   8   James Browning   155100
3   6   David Penly   103200
6   3   Jamie Brown   95800
2   4   Michael Ellis   95600
7   4   Jonathan Gale   86500
4   4   Andrew Teng   80800
2   7   Andrew Clarke   77700
3   1   Matt Heeps   73000
4   1   Sami Yusuf   72600
3   4   Paul Riggs   66800
1   9   James Keys   63100
3   3   Tim Flanders   59200
7   9   James Morgan   58300
2   8   Simon Trumper   51900
7   3   Liam Pettman   51500
1   8   Martyn Frey   51200
2   6   Paul Mcintyre   50700
4   3   William Martin   49600
3   5   Michael Tse   47900
6   1   Praz Bansi   46600
1   4   Jerome Bradpiece   41600
3   9   Karl Mahrenholz   40200
6   7   Liv Boeree   35700
4   6   Stuart Nash   34900
1   2   Elliot Peterman   33600
1   3   Bernard Litman   33500
7   1   Cuong Tran   32200
6   2   Gary Symons   31000
7   6   Mark Bointon   30500
2   3   Glen Ashworth   29100
1   7   Roberto Romanello   29000
4   10   Wasim Akhtar   28900
2   5   Stephen Biggs   27700
3   2   Nik Persaud   26300
4   5   David Mitchell   24300
6   8   Steve Jelinek   23600
7   2   James Mcellinney   22700
2   1   Andrew Booth   21200
6   4   Andy Purser   19900
6   6   Andreas Hoivold   19600
1   5   Sunny Chattha   19400
2   9   Adam Goulding   18400
6   9   Alex Martin   18100
7   8   Karim Louis   14000
7   7   Alan Dean   12500

I found Mr Martin Frey, and I would have taken a photo had not my camera battery died at that exact moment. >:(

Nevertheless, he is on around 48k, and was last spotted raising to 7k from the button. Both blinds folded, and he showed some rather nice but unpaid aces.

Beagle Disaster

Snoopy shoved with A-2 on the button but the small blind called with A-Q. A deuce came on the board, but a queen followed and the dejected beagle has scarpered off back to Hampstead. Wp, beagle, most unfortunate.

I should at this point also mention that this morning I made him swear that if he made final table, he would play it in a sombrero and a big handlebar moustache. Viva El Snoopio! Oh, the tragedy.

Delicious Monies For The Lucky Top 18

Better known as the payout.

1   £68,380
2   £39,550
3   £28,250
4   £19,210
5   £14,690
6   £11,300
7   £9,040
8   £6,780
9   £5,650
10  £3,390
11-13  £2,820
14-18  £2,260

Jerome Bradpiece can return to his cave to hibernate until the next GUKPT as he is OUT.

Elliot Peterman raised from the button and big blind Jerome moved in for what looked like less than 10 big blinds. Peterman called, and they were on their backs.

Peterman: Ad 8d
Bradpiece: well ahead with Ahrt Kd

Flop: 5s 2d Aspades

Turn: 7d

River: dramatic pause from the dealer... 9d

Ouch.

Three-Way All In Craziness

I shall report this in a list format, as it seems the simplest way.

Liv Boeree (utg, 28k): 3c 3h
Praz Bansi (hijack, 38k): Aspades Kc
James Browning (big blind, covered both): Qs Qc

Imagine, if you will, the Wall Of Assorted Media And Railers around the table.

Board: 4d 4h Ac 8d Ts

Liv is OUT, Browning is down some chips, and Praz is up to 100k.

More Three-Way All In Craziness

No sooner was that last hand over, than another one developed on the next table.

James Mcellinney (utg): 7s 7d
Local boy Liam Pettman (utg+1): Ac Ad
Mark Bointon (hijack): Kd Kh

Board: 9s Jc 6s 5s 4h

Mcellinney and Bointon are both OUT, and Mr Pettman takes their chips, to the delight of his railers.

Huge Cooler!

Praz Bansi and Jamie Brown got involved in a huge pot, there looked to be about 80k in the pot when it came to the river of a Qc 3d 3h 5d Ac board.

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Praz thought long and hard before putting out a bet of about 70k leaving himself 10k or so back. Jamie Brown instantly moved all-in and Praz jumped about in his seat as though he just felt an electric shock, he muttered, "Sick" to himself, before resignedly saying, "I call," flipping over Aspades 3s for a boat. But Brown had clearly seen Jaws, as he had a bigger boat, turning over 5h 5s.

Praz is out, Brown is the chip leader. I'm hungry.

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 ;goodluck; to Simon Trumper!

gogogogo glen ashworth

Raise-Fold Action

Ah, that classic move. Proponents today include:

- Jamie Brown (he of the Praz-sourced megastack), who made it 6k preflop but declined to call Karl Mahrenholz' all-in reraise.

- Tim Flanders, who delighted in min-raising to a mere 2.4k from the button and then folding to Nik Persaud's small blind shove for another 19.5k.

A bit of a hit for Mike Ellis. He and William Martin saw a Kc 4h 2s flop and Martin checked to Ellis, who lazily threw in a 5k chip. Call. Both players checked the 5s turn, and Martin came out betting on the 7d river to the tune of 7d. After a pause, Ellis called -- and mucked when Martin turned over 4d 4c for the flopped set.

Nik Persaud is out, Tim Flanders shoves the small blind without looking, Nik gratefully calls with Ad Kh, Tim shows erm...8c 2s

Qd Jc 2d 4s Jd

Nik Persaud is darn diddly-doodly out, while Flanders is fan-diddly-tastically about average.

Andreas Hoivold also MIA.

Alan Dean knocked out by Jimmy Morgan. The former pushed and the lanky Scouser postured and thought before making the call with Qs 8d, live against Dean's Kh Jh. An 8-5-2-7-A board later left the Deanster pushing up the proverbial poker daisies.

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And the curiosity seems to have mostly killed Elliot Peterman chances today.

Mike Moore raises to 6,000 from the small blind. Call.

Ad 2c 2d

Moore bets 11,000. Call.

Qd

Moore checks, Peterman bets 16k with about 20k behind. Call.

2h

Moore bets 12k, Peterman calls. Moore shows Ac 9c. Peterman mucks and seems to have about 7k left.

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Players are within moments of heading out on their 45 minute dinner break (our clock's a few minutes slow). Floppy will be back shortly with last-minute pre-dinner action, but I am heading off to get me some chicken.

---------------DINNER CHICKEN BREAK--------------

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Nothing much happening in the last few minutes apart from William Martin betting 10k on a 9-3-4 board but then folding his Eights to Andrew Clarke's reraise all-in. Clarke showing Ts Tc.

Jamie Brown still looks to be chip leader with a whooping 280k or so, which put in context, is already about average for the final table. See you in 45 - 60 minutes.

Can we have a Mike Moore count please!

tyvm for support guys, couldnt get going on day two sigh. Jamie Brown will win this, class player.

And we're off once more...

Straight away Roberto Romanello has been virtually felted after Matt Heeps pushed versus Romanello's raise. The Welshman looked to be folding until Heeps said he would show if Romanello folded, Romanello changed his mind, pushed his stack in and flipped 9c 9h, Heeps showed Ad Jd

Kd 6d Js 6c 7d

Heeps has erm...lots, Roberto has less than 10k.

Chip Counts after the dinner break:

6   3   Jamie Brown   302700
1   10   James Keys   140400
7   6   David Penly   134700
1   1   Mike Moore   130300
7   4   Jonathan Gale   105400
7   2   Paul Riggs   101600
1   9   Martyn Frey   98900
2   4   Michael Ellis   92500
6   7   Andrew Teng   82900
6   5   James Browning   82600
2   2   Sami Yusuf   82500
2   7   Andrew Clarke   73000
2   1   William Martin   69700
6   9   Tim Flanders   67700
7   9   James Morgan   63600
2   6   Paul Mcintyre   61300
6   6   Karl Mahrenholz   53700
6   4   Andy Purser   53500
7   3   Liam Pettman   52800
1   8   Roberto Romanello   51400
7   1   Cuong Tran   47100
2   5   Stephen Biggs   46500
2   8   Simon Trumper   46500
1   6   David Mitchell   45900
7   5   Stuart Nash   45400
1   4   Matt Heeps    42800
2   3   Glen Ashworth   42200
1   3   Bernard Litman   34200
6   8   Steve Jelinek   28400

sickness.  gl keys and andy

Penly ftw imo, james morgan deserving a deep run here after some consistent finshes, gl karl glen roberto mike steve stuart and James gogogogogogo.

What happened to jerome and mike tse ?

wp martyn best of luck thanks 4 updates

paul rigg has been so deep in a few of these now with chips. Must be due a run- he cant blow up every time (if he blows up again im gonna start calling him andy black).

gl to riggy and jimmy morgan

best wishes to simon trumper too nice to see him playin and still in !hold it up 4 dtdm8

Both out a few hours ago

The Jamie Brown Express thunders on, setting Andy Purser all-in from the small blind, Purser eventually calling with Ad 8c, ahead of Brown's 6h 4s until a Kd 6s 6d Aspades Td board got put out.

Meanwhile James Keys has had a frustrating ten minutes due to pocket tens. First Paul McIntyre pushes over the top of his button raise with 8h 8c against Keys' Ts Tc and gets there on a 9d 5h 2d 8s Kc board for a 100k+ pot. Soon after, Keys in a hand with Andrew Clarke, who bets 15k on the 8s Kc 3h flop which the double WSOPE ME casher calls. Both players check the Ahrt turn, before Clarke bets another 15k on the Ts river. Keys calls quickly but gets shown Tc Th.

 Looks like he's lost about 2/3 of his stack since the break, and after the last hand he took a step back from the table for a minute to compose himself with his calm demeanour showing the slightest hint of a crack. He appears pretty restrained though.

Jamie Brown and James Browning, errm...No relation

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Wow, how awfully does Praz run? EPT London he had Kk vs AA, with the aces a Scandie's on the button, and then something sick in the highrollers event (I think AA cracked by AQ just before the money). Very ul.

Good luck to James Browning and steve Jelinek

Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=287) Ellis (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=287) is rather short after doubling up Stephen Biggs. Ellis made it 11k utg and Biggs made it All In for 31.4k immediately to his left. It folded around to Glen Ashworth in the big blind who dwelled up long enough to have the clock called on him, but eventually folded. Said Ellis, "I'm sure better hands than this have been passed already," but still called.

Ellis: 7h 7d
Biggs: Tc Td

Board: 3s 5s 8c 8h 6c

Ashworth: passed pocket queens, and not happy.

Some guys in the background may have found gold:

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Things are not going so okely-dokely for Mr Tim Flanders, I'm afraid to tell Flanders fans. He seems to have made some sort of move with 9s Tc but ran into Karl Mahrenholz' Kd Kh, the board reading Ks Aspades 6h Js Jh by the time I got there although I suspect this mainly happened preflop. Karl doubled up to around 110k, while Flanders dropped down to just 5.1k.

He managed to double that up a few hands later though, getting it in with Ad Td against Steve Jelinek who seems to have raised with Kd 5c from the cutoff. Board: 9c 2c 2s 8h 8c.

That hand left Jelinek with just 24k or so, which he open-shoved a few hands later triggering some craziness. Jamie Brown called in the small blind, but James Browning (no relation) moved all in for around 70k total from the big blind. Eventually Brown called.

Jelinek: 8h 8d
Brown: Ac Qs
Browning (no relation): Ts Th

Board: 6d 6h 9c 6c Jc

Jelinek is OUT, and James Browning (no relation) enjoys a more-than-double up.

Mr Jelinek, btw, is my belated T-Shirt Of The Day:

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More dreadfulness for Mike Ellis, in the sense that he is now OUT. A preflop raising war between him on the big blind and William Martin on the cutoff resulted in over 70k in the pot when Mike Ellis moved all in for 30k more. Said Liam Pettman, "I don't like this table."

Martin spent some time running through all the possible hands that he though Ellis might have, asking Ellis if he had any of them, with no success. "Do you have queens?" Shrug. "Do you have ace-king?" Shrug. Said Simon Trumper: "Mike, do you have my nickname?" Said Ellis: "What's your nickname? Eights?"

Call.

Ellis: Aspades Ks
Martin: Kh Kc

Board: Qc 5h Kd Td 8h

Ellis: "Good call."

Martin (after Ellis had left the cardroom): "Woo."

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Mr Martin has also since knocked out Mr Glen Ashworth, K-K against Mr Ashworth's A-5 with no help for the Glenster.

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Jon Raab and I have been coming up with possible headlines for the winner:

Paul Riggs - "Live Poker is Rigged"

Matt Heeps - "Matt has Heeps!"

James Morgan - "Jimmy has Morgan anyone else."

Jonathon Gale - "Gale Forces Win"

Karl Mahrenholz - "Blue Square Pro Wins Fabulously Structured Tournament, says: "I owe it all to Blue Square and think you should all play on there."

Mr Cuong Tran is the latest player to succumb to the nasty exiting bug doing the rounds in this tournament at the moment, and has gone home to recover.

Tran: 9d 9c
Jamie Brown: Ahrt Qc

Board: Ac Th 8h 4d 3h

Similarly James Keys has come down with a nasty bout of no-chips-itis as he ran his pocket fours into the pocket sevens of Paul Rigg.

Tim Flanders is out, trying a stop and go on Jamie Brown on a Ks 2h 3h with Kc 4c, Brown quickly calling with Ac Kh which held on the 9s turn and 6c river.

Tim, "He finally raised my blind with a real hand..."

Simon Trumper has doubled up through Andrew Clarke with Td Tc vs 8d 8c despite the scary flop of a 7s 5d 6d Kc Ts board.

Similarly, Stuart Nash has doubled up with Aspades Kh against Jamie Brown's Tc 9c, the Qs Th Jd was pretty decisive, the 2c and 2s on the turn and river, frankly not worth my time and effort.

A Message For The Friends And Family Of Matt Heeps

He says hi! Hi's in particular to Probe (?), Harpy, Dazzler, El Presidente, Craig Miller (get a nickname!), and all the other folks at Rileys in Worcester.

And of course, not forgetting his beautiful wife Laura.

Hello from Matt!

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Karl Mahrenholz raises to 10.5k from under the gun, Andrew Teng reraises all-in next to him and it gets passed back to Mahrenholz who is already deep in thought while Teng is as still as a statue.

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Karl continues to think, and then, perhaps attempting to get a tell, tries stripping to get something from Teng.

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Teng isn't biting though, and in the end Mahrenholz passes the chips over to his young opponent.

gogogogogogo Karl.............weeeeeeeee

Joy for Heeps fans! Do make yourselves known, by the way, and feel absolutely free to vocally support your boy on here if you feel that way inclined.

He raised to 12k utg, only for D Mitchell on his immediate left to make it All In for another 32.8k. Call.

Heeps: Ahrt Qc
Mitchell: Kd Qd

Board: Kc Ac 5c 3s 3h

Mr Heeps claps with joy as he rakes in the chips, bumping his stack up to 132k. A dejected Mr Mitchell, meanwhile, heads for the door.


During (Mr Heeps looking like a duck, by the by):

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After (headgear removed in relief and glee):

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Interesting thought, given how he's been stripping at the tables etc.

Photoshop away, evil elves...

With that, by the way, we are down to 20 players - the bubble-bubble, if you will.

Paul Riggs limped in, only for Martyn Frey to make it 12k, only for Mike Moore to make it 25k, only for Rigg to get out of the way, only for Frey to move all in to cover Moore, only for Moore to call.

Frey: Aspades Ahrt
Moore: Kh Kd

Board: a very cruel 9c 5h 2s 7h Ks

Moore doubles up to somewhere in the region of 160k, and Mr Frey is very, very unhappy.

A double up for the Last Local Boy Standing, Mr Liam Pettman, courtesy of a now very depressed Dave Penly.

Penly: Ac Kc
Pettman: Kd Ks

Board: 2d Qc 7s 8h 9h

To cries of, "Geezer! F***ing geezer!!!" from his friends at the rail, Pettman doubles up to 180k or so, while Penly is down to less than 20k.

The f***ing geezer enjoying a glass of wine. I reckon his railing friends have had a few too:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22417&g2_serialNumber=1)

Attention Karl Mahrenholz fans! The tallest man at the tables now has a stack tall enough to match.

Karl made it 11k in early position and it folded around to Jamie Brown in, I think, the small blind, who made it 33k in total. Karl then pushed all in for another 90k and Brown called.

Brown: 9h 9d
Mahrenholz: Kc Kh

Board: 2s Ks 3s 8d 4h

Mr Mahrenholz now on probably 240k.

Should look happier:

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Looks like players are going on a short break now with 20 of them still left in. The plan is to play down to final table tonight, or until everyone falls asleep.

A short time ago, he said to me, "Is anyone short?"

I couldn't resist saying back to him, "Anyone standing next to you."

Lots of short stacks now, Sami Yusuf, Stephen Biggs, Dave Penly, Andrew Clarke all sitting in a row taking turns to push. Paul McIntyre has also been very active on his table recovering some chips after losing perhaps half his 120k stack.

go karl....oh yer mbn......

picture of Karl and his ''towers of kipling'' plz

Chip Counts at the break:

6   6   Karl Mahrenholz   207900
6   3   Jamie Brown   202900
2   7   Liam Pettman   195700
1   1   Mike Moore   182600
2   1   William Martin   173800
1   5   Paul Riggs   164000
2   6   Simon Trumper   157800
1   3   Matt Heeps   143400
6   5   James Browning   133300
1   4   Jonathan Gale   130100
6   7   Andrew Teng   106000
1   2   Paul Mcintyre   83200
6   1   Stuart Nash   80000
6   4   Bernard Litman   67000
6   2   James Morgan   60900
1   6   Martyn Frey   50800
2   4   David Penly   49500
2   5   Andrew Clarke   35500
2   2   Sami Yusuf   34000
2   3   Stephen Biggs   19700

martin vul m8 you still got 50k hang in there m8 dont tilt

A shout to Matt Heeps (aka SpaggyMay and Fishcop1) - good effort fella, keep it up - from Lazarus, Tonbanker and the Betdempseys crew

We are now officially bubbling:

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This is entirely down to the demise of Jimmy Morgan in 20th place, who tried it on with 2-3 in the small blind. Jamie Brown found A-K in the big blind, though, and was only too happy to oblige.

Hand for hand now, Liam Pettman raised to 18k in the cutoff and it folded around to Stephen Biggs in the big blind. With his 6k blind and 300 ante in the middle already, he had just 12.2k behind. And managed to fold. Yikes...

Hello hello, welcome to blonde. I shall pass on your well-wishing. Knew my angling for sign-ups would come good. You'll make ColchesterKev smile inside if you take a look at the blonde cardroom too (angle angle :))

Stephen Biggs put his last 2 big blinds in with Qs 7c and Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) Penly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) auto-called with Aspades Td in the big blind.

3d 7h 6s...

And at this point, all the other short stacks were no doubt thinking "Blasted Biggs". *

5h

"Four for a chop," someone astutely points out.

Ts

An almost believably sympathetic "Ahhhhhhhhhhh," ripples around the cardroom whilst secretly, everyone in the money is like this -- (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/woohoo.gif)



*The truly awesomely nerdy will get this reference.

The bubbler and he that hath burst it -- Stephen Biggs and Dave Penly.

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Chip leader at the start of the level, Karl Mahrenholz. Looks like he's lost about 30k back to Jamie Brown though.

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Mr Andrew Clarke is no more. Paul McIntyre limped in on the small blind and Clarke shoved from the big for not a great deal with Jh 6c. McIntyre felt that it was worth calling with 2h 4h, and indeed it worked out well for him.

Board: Aspades Qd Qc 2c Ks

SO UL Martyn Keep the head
One double ur back in action sir

ShaneMcG

And indeed we have a 17th place finisher as well, a most unlucky James Browning. Jamie Brown (no relation) made 16.4k and Browning made it All In. Call.

Brown: Kh Kc
Browning: Aspades Ad

Board: Jd 7h Ks 7c 5h

Ouch.

Mr Browning involved in the very act of shaking Mr Brown's hand:

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Approximate Chip Counts And Exact Seating Plan With 16 Left

I'm working hard, here.

Table 1 (from seat 1 to 9)

Stuart (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=420) Nash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=420) - 55k
Sami Yusuf - 85k
Jamie Brown - 360k or so
Bernard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=48) Litman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=48) - 60k
Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) - 183k
Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) - 100k
William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) - 215k
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) Penly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) - 94k


Table 2 (likewise)

Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) - 143k
Paul McIntyre - 122k
Matt Heeps - 115k
Liam Pettman - 175k
Jonathan Gale - 63k
Paul Riggs - 230k
Martyn Frey - 80k
Simon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=400) Trumper (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=400) - 110k

They play until... Final table (how many players ?) ? fixed level ? ...?

gogogo martyn wp gl etc

Martyn Frey doubles up through Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) with 6h 6d vs 9d 9c catching the 2h 7s 7d 6c Qs board slightly better.

Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) soon raises to 18k after that, and Matt Heeps calls from the cutoff.

Qh 5h 4h

Moore jams for something between 120k and 140k having Heep covered. The latter calls with Aspades Qs, Moore turns over Ahrt (which was expected) with the Js

8h

All over.

Jh

I said all over after the last card, why are you reading this?

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Meanwhile on the other table Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) Penly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) knocks out Bernard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=48) Litman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=48) with Ac Aspades vs Kh Qc after an emphatic 7c Ahrt 8s 8d 7h board.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22430&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jonathon Gale has gone, as have my chances of using the headline "Gale Forces Win", he pushed with Kh Jd and was called by Paul Riggs with Aspades Qh.

A 7s Tc 3d 5h Qc board later leaves us with 13 players remaining.

wowwowowowooww.  does jamie brown = jambon??

Hello Mr Jpean, final table will be 9 players.

ok, thanks Dana.

But (sorry I wasn't clear) I would have liked to know when the stop playing tonight. When the reach 9 players ? at a fixed time ? level ?

please send a message to tufat to try win now and stop icming it up

ty.

Martyn entered the Frey but it was Rigged and he never came back out again. If that a) makes sense, and b) doesn't sound dirty by accident.

Yes indeed, Paul Riggs raised to 17k in the hijack and Frey went all in for 44.5k from the cutoff. They were coinflipping, but no luck for Frey.

Frey: Aspades Kh
Riggs: 3c 3h

Board: 8c Qh 6c Th 9h

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I am absolutely certain that winning is what he's trying to do. Will pass it on though...

Yes, almost almost certainly down to final table. It's still pretty early and they're down to 12 already.

ok thanks... So you'll almost almost certainly go to bed earlier than when covering some EPTs :D

For example (to make it look like I remember what's going on in the card room instead of just writing it down really fast, forgetting all about it while I think of kittens and nice things, and then go through my notepad when I get back to the press room), he's just now taken 20k off of chip monster Jamie Brown. Brown raised said 20k utg, but declined to call Mr Tufat Teng's push.

Yes indeed. I'm already thinking about my bottle of bourbon back at the hotel and dribbling.

Jamie Brown has taken an uncountably huge pot off of William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430). It looks as though the chips went in on the flop or possibly pre, as when I arrived at the table, the uncountable number of chips was in the middle and they were both checking the turn of the Qc Js Qs 2s board. Come the 4s river, Martin bet 27k and Brown called, turning over a rather surprising Ks 3h for the rivered flush and absolutely nothing before. Martin just mucked.

By the way, this casino has magical floating ice. Oooohhh.

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ul martyn wp m8

Insanity. Usually from 12 players to the final 9 takes forever. It took precisely five minutes, but firstly a quick recap.

The Ups and Downs of Andrew Teng

Andrew Teng shoves from the cutoff and William Martin calls from the button.

Teng: Ks 9d

Martin: Jh Jd

8s Ahrt Kc 7c 3d

Double up for Andrew for precisely five minutes when...

Andrew Teng raises to 21k UTG, William Martin moves all-in for 116.5k, back around to Teng, call.

Teng: Aspades Qc

Martin: Ac Ks

Qd 5d 3d (Martin gets up, Teng gestures him to sit back down)...Kd (Martin does so)....9h

Teng back to 115k-ish,  Martin on 240k.

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Teng shoves from the button, Stuart Nash calls.

Teng: Ks Qd

Nash: 5d 5s

Tc 8s Ad 6h ("Get there," says Teng)...Qs

"You won because he didn't say, "Get there," said Karl Mahrenholz.

Down to 11.

Sami Yusuf pushes all-in from the small blind with Ahrt 3h and Jamie Brown gives him a spin with 2c 2h.

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Td 9h 7d 6h....Kd

Ever since knocking out Praz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) Bansi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353), Brown has really been in control bulldozering the field, and probably the favourite tomorrow.

Final table bubble, and it's shorter than Freddy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=834) Deeb (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=834).

Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) Penly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) has reraised Liam Pettman all-in preflop and Pettman decides to go for it.

Penly: Jd Jh
Pettman: Ad Ks

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Qd Js 3d Qh Ahrt is the board and we have our final table. Full chip counts, pictures of finalists and bios that we might make up to follow.

We're done and dusted...

See you tomorrow.

;stickaforkinme;

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Chip Counts from the Raabmeister:

Jamie Brown -- 485,800
Paul Riggs -- 409,600
Dave Penly -- 352,700
Mike Moore -- 280,000
William Martin -- 233,800
Andrew Teng -- 178,300
Paul McIntyre -- 146,500
Karl Mahrenholz -- 128,600
Simon Trumper -- 50,600

Players are being called back for 2pm for a 3PM start.

 ;applause;  For the great updates.

  Many thanks.

Gl to Simon, an unbelievably generous guy, and Karl whose articles are always fun to read