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This is it!

The second year of the immensely popular GUKPT tour draws to a close and what better way to mark the end of the schedule than to gather together the winners of all the previous GUKPT main and side events for what should be a mesmerising clash.

The cream of GUKPT talent will be on show here as all 93 competitors duke it out for the honour of winning the final event on the tour as well as hoping to line their already overflowing pockets with the rather juicy lure of the £75k prizepool on offer.

For many, it will be the honour of winning that will be the key to the event. Saying you've bested all the other winners of the GUKPT events gives you immense bragging rights and the winner will have to see off some stiff competition before they can lord it over their fellow players whilst swigging Dom Perignon at the bar.

They'll have to adjust to the format first though for this is no normal tournament.

There will be a disparity in the amount of chips each player gets with number of wins and size of buy-in factored into exactly how many chips each player starts with.

Sam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429) Trickett (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429) will be the man they are all chasing with three wins under his belt this season, though he'll have a fight on his hands with Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195) Kimber (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195), Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) and of course recent GUKPT Grand Final winner Paul "Pab" Foltyn lurking just a gnat's whisker behind.

The exact starting stacks will follow shortly but we encourage you to participate in what should be an exciting, tense and good spirited contest between the elite GUKPT players over the last year. Naturally myself and the mcuh acclaimed and talented Ms Dana (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1241) Immanuel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1241) will be bringing all the thrills and spills to you in the comfort of your armchairs, with the usual smattering of humour, photoshops and awesome punnery to liven up proceedings.

Throw any requests, shouts of support or anything else our way and we'll do our utmost to service you as best we can.

Battle lines have been drawn and the players are ready...

Bring it on!

What prices is pab to win this please ?

LOL just looked myself 14/1 Valuoooooo

GL Pab and any other blondes playing this

Here is the line up with their starting stacks. Thanks to Jon Raab for these.

One other unique aspect of the tournament is that the players will be able to vote on their preferred payout structure at the start of the competition.

News on this as it comes.

The tournament is sceduled to start at 2.00 pm tomorrow in the Grosvenor Luton so buzz down to the updates then for all the latest.

See you there!

Sam Trickett**20,000
Jeff Kimber* 15,000
Marc Goodwin* 15,000
Paul Foltyn 15,000
Dave Penly* 12,000
Jerome Bradpiece* 12,000
Andy Andreou* 10,000
Andy Teng 10,000
Ash Hussain 10,000
Brian Clarke 10,000
Derek Miller* 10,000
Ganesh Rao 10,000
Glenn Ashworth* 10,000
Julian Thew 10,000
Ketul Nathwani 10,000
Tony Cascarino 10,000
Arkady Kielman 7,000
Ben Callinan 7,000
Curtis Ledger 7,000
Karl Mahrenholz 7,000
Kjetil Naess 7,000
Pascal Heynsen 7,000
Paul Parker 7,000
Richard Grace 7,000
Richard Wheatley 7,000
Adam Wilkinson 5,000
Alan Mclean 5,000
Alan Mower 5,000
Andrew Baker 5,000
Andrew Clarke 5,000
Anthony Thorpe 5,000
Antony Ross 5,000
Aryan Virabi 5,000
Christopher Skinner 5,000
Ciaran Corbett 5,000
Cornelius Cronin 5,000
Darren McKenzie 5,000
Darren Seed 5,000
David Gallagher 5,000
David Price 5,000
David Rudling 5,000
Donal Norton 5,000
Essy Jahanpour 5,000
Faton Prokupla 5,000
Frank Romanello 5,000
Gabriel Macavoray 5,000
Gary Hollands 5,000
Gavin Ball 5,000
George Annan 5,000
Ian Frazer 5,000
Ian Woodley 5,000
James Akenhead 5,000
James Bagley 5,000
James Browning 5,000
Javed Iqbal 5,000
Javid Aktar 5,000
John Eames 5,000
Ken Wong 5,000
Kenneth Kull 5,000
Kevin Parkes 5,000
Kevin Rigby 5,000
Kyle Smith 5,000
Loraine Healy 5,000
Marcus Bebb-Jones 5,000
Mark Tomblin 5,000
Martin Knibb 5,000
Martyn Reeve 5,000
Matt Lawrence 5,000
Michael Arnold 5,000
Michael Hynes 5,000
Michael Richardson 5,000
Nick Slade 5,000
Nowakowski 5,000
Oliver Boyce 5,000
Paul Gardener 5,000
Paul King 5,000
Paul Newman 5,000
Peter Wood 5,000
Ramazanali Abbasi 5,000
Reyaaz Mulla 5,000
Richard Dawson 5,000
Richard Stanley 5,000
Rob Ellis 5,000
Robert Bostock 5,000
Slobodan Bjelobrk 5,000
Steve Holden 5,000
Steve Read 5,000
Steve Warburton 5,000
Steven Bayliff 5,000
Steven Reeves 5,000
Terry Reeve 5,000
Theo Tsouvallaris 5,000
Tony Phillips 5,000

These are the prices blue square have the different competitors at.

Apologies for the confusing formatting!

Sam Trickett     12/1       BET       Oliver Boyce     50/1       BET       Kyle Smith     80/1       BET
Paul Foltyn    14/1    BET     Paul King    50/1    BET     Kevin Parkes    80/1    BET
Marc Goodwin    14/1    BET     Steve Holden    50/1    BET     Kenneth Kull    80/1    BET
Jeff Kimber    14/1    BET     Paul Gardener    50/1    BET     James Bagley    80/1    BET
Kethul Nethwani    16/1    BET     Adam Wilkinson    50/1    BET     Frank Romanello    80/1    BET
Jerome Bradpiece    16/1    BET     Reyaaz Mulla    50/1    BET     Faton Prokupla    80/1    BET
Dave Penly    16/1    BET     Javid Aktar    50/1    BET     Darren McKenzie    80/1    BET
Julian Thew    16/1    BET     Pascal Heynsen    50/1    BET     George Annan    80/1    BET
Andy Teng    20/1    BET     Kjetil Naess    50/1    BET     Gary Hollands    80/1    BET
Ash Hussain    25/1    BET     Paul Parker    50/1    BET     Gabriel Macavoray    80/1    BET
Glenn Ashworth    25/1    BET     James Browning    50/1    BET     Steven Bayliff    80/1    BET
Karl Mahrenholz    25/1    BET     Matt Lawrence    66/1    BET     Terry Reeve    80/1    BET
Tony Cascarino    33/1    BET     Martin Reeve    66/1    BET     Martin Knibb    80/1    BET
Ganesh Rao    33/1    BET     David Price    66/1    BET     Ramazanali Abbasi    80/1    BET
Andy Greekfish    33/1    BET     Anthony Thorpe    66/1    BET     Paul Newman    80/1    BET
Derek Miller    33/1    BET     Con Cronin    66/1    BET     Michael Richardson    80/1    BET
Richard Grace    33/1    BET     Aryan Virabi    66/1    BET     Loraine Healy    80/1    BET
Curtis Ledger    40/1    BET     Ciaran Corbett    66/1    BET     Kevin Rigby    80/1    BET
Steve Read    40/1    BET     Andrew Clarke    66/1    BET     Anthony Ross    80/1    BET
Arkady Kielman    40/1    BET     David Rudling    66/1    BET     Richard Dawson    80/1    BET
Tony Phillips    40/1    BET     Richard Wheatley    66/1    BET     David Gallagher    80/1    BET
Ben Calliman    40/1    BET     Peter Wood    66/1    BET     Gavin Ball    80/1    BET
Alan McLean    40/1    BET     Slobodan Bjelobrk    66/1    BET     Richard Stanley    80/1    BET
James Akenhead    40/1    BET     John Eames    66/1    BET     Rob Ellis    80/1    BET
Ian Woodley    40/1    BET     Henry Nowakowski    66/1    BET     Robert Bostock    80/1    BET
Donal Norton    40/1    BET     Brian Clarke    66/1    BET     Steven Warburton    80/1    BET
Ken Wong    40/1    BET     Theo Tsouvallaris    66/1    BET     Christopher Skinner    80/1    BET
Ian Frazer    50/1    BET     Javed Iqbal    66/1    BET     Steven Reeves    80/1    BET
Marcus Bebb-Jones    50/1    BET     Michael Arnold    80/1    BET     Alan Mower    80/1    BET
Nick Slade    50/1    BET     Michael Hynes    80/1    BET     Andrew Baker    80/1    BET
Essy Jahanpour    50/1    BET     Mark Tomblin    80/1    BET     Darren Seed    80/1    BET

how are the starting stacks decided JC?

:)

So for instance Sam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429) Trickett (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429) with 3 wins under his belt this year (not to mention nearly picking up a WSOP bracelet in the summer) will start with 20,000 chips.

Meanwhile Pab's win in the London GUKPT GF with its 3k buyin merits a 15k starting stack.

I'm not sure of the exact formula but more wins + bigger buyins = more chips is a close approximation lol.

It should also be noted that this is a one day event and thus the tournament clock will be running at a slightly more pacy than usual (for a GUKPT) 45 minutes.

This should raise a few pulses and mean the shorter stacked players will have to get their skates on if they are to keep up with messrs. Foltyn, Kimber, Goodwin and Trickett.

It should make for some exciting, aggressive poker imo.

if i was betting id have teng @ 20/1 and john eames at 66/1

Trigg iz busto?

Parker @ 50s

godd luck to all blondes in this especially sherriff, riverdave and pab good luck guys  ;goodluck;

Keep an eye on Sam Trickett early on, I think he wants to either build a stack quickly or he'll want to come up to DTD for the £1k event. Could be similar with several other players also.

dont think so hes playing bristol tomorow

gogogogogo sam,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),glenn ashworth and jules

be nice to see sheriff and pab pwn this one

yeh heading to bristol with sam tomorrow to play the Gala tour final, should be heading down to the casino pretty shortly, c ya there updaters

I honestly don't think 12-1 is a bad price about Sam Trickett, as you know he's only going to be fast out of the gates with the big stack. Could look value after an hour.

yeah go blondes, esp Sheriff. and Pab. and the others!

See you down there later

The two payout structures the players will be voting on are as follows:

Option 1:

• 1st £25,000
• 2nd £15,000
• 3rd £10,000
• 4th £7,500
• 5th £5,500
• 6th £4,500
• 7th £3,500
• 8th £2,500
• 9th £1,500

Option 2:

• 1st £20,000
• 2nd £14,000
• 3rd £10,000
• 4th £7,500
• 5th £6,000
• 6th £5,000
• 7th £4,000
• 8th £3,000
• 9th £2,000
• 10th £1,000
• 11th £1,000
• 12th £750
• 13th £750

I think there will definitely be a fast start to the comp, what with the various tournaments vying for the players' interest today and over the next few days and with the fact that the smaller stacks have some catching up to do if they are to keep pace with the leaders.

Throw in the fact that it is a freeroll and we could see carnage over the early levels.

Good morning! We are here, we are battling our flu symptoms with medications (woe betide anyone who gets in the way of the updaters sneezing), and it looks as though we'll be starting only slightly late. Bear with us...

After a short introduction from Jon Raab on the mike, we are off!

There can be only one!

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The prize structure has been voted on, and it is Option 2 (13 places paying, with 1st place taking £20,000) that will be today's payout. Wusses!

Sheriff Ledger updates please guys, tyvm

why are they even getting asked? everyone will pick option 1 anyway

Here is a taste of the exoticism and glamour that pervades the whole of the city of Luton today.

Mr Sheriff Curtis:

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Mr 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):

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Mr 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), not really awake yet:

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Mr Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225), resplendent in William  (http://www.williamhillpoker.com/)Hill (http://www.williamhillpoker.com/)-branded velour tracksuit, excellent choice:

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Wrong!

madness imo

I would have bet 3's on that it would be option 1!

Picture of Terry Reeve please, aka Tiger Duff.

Can't believe the nits voted for option 2.

Was it a secret ballot?

We have exactly one woman playing here today, her name is Lorraine Healy, she started with 5k in chips and she is wasting zero time in shipping those chips into the middle.

Javed (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1379) Iqbal (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1379) just now raised to 150 from the cutoff onyl for Healy to re-pop him from the small blind for 550 total. Undeterred, Iqbal made it 950 to go, which Healy smooth called -- but he was not prepared for her open-shove for 3.9k on the Jh 3s Tc flop. After some brief consideration, Iqbal folded, leaving himself 3.2k. "She does the same with 2-7," noted a cheerful Adam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=11) Wilkinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=11).

Sizzling Bacon makes Ketul Blow a Fuse

A bad start for GUKPT London winner Ketul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1545) Nathwani (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1545).

He was seen betting out 650 on a 3h 6c Ad board, only for Andrew Bacon to make the call.

The turned 5d was the cue for Nathwani to lead for 1,500 and again Bacon ponied up the monies.

On the dangerous looking 4d river, Nathwani checked and Bacon now bet a measly looking 1k, which Nathwani felt obliged to call with his Ahrt Kd, only for Bacon to show up with a rivered straight in A-2.

Nathwani tapped the table to signify his defeat and watched his opponent scoop up the pot as Bacon gets off to a frier.

MMmmm, tasty!

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Elimination!

Marcus Bebb-Jones' tournament has been brought crashing to a halt in the early stages. Though we missed his exit, we are told that Sam Trickett dealt the death blow in an early coup that underlines his status as chip leader.

It looks like Sam is in no mood to hang about, as was suggested earlier, involving himself in almost every pot, despite having Marc Goodwin and Karl Mahrenholz as his table companions.

marcus won a seat to the dtd comp last night so not a surprise he wanted to gamble early on

This is great, the 45 minute blinds mean that we already into level 2 and although we still have almost the same number of runners that we started with, this looks as though it's going to be pretty speedy.

Also knocked out early doors is Kyle Smith, meaning that we are down to an official 91 runners, but subtract from those also the half dozen or so that haven't made it (including: Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) Woodley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176), Donal (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1712) Norton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1712), 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), Glen Ashworth) and it feels like we're halfway there already. :)  Although we're not. :(

Announced one of the TDs over the mic: "There are two players gone already, so if you'd like to all make a deal..."

updates on steve holden plz

Two More Gone

89-way deal a distinct possibility

- Gabriel Macavoray = busto

- Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=309) Slade (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=309) = heading home early


Average chips now 6.7k. Sam Trickett still looking good on his frankly unfair 20k starting stack.

Left is the menace of Blue Square and Jamie's dad,Tiger Duff aka Terry Reeve himself.

The likeness is uncanny!

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Sam Trickett counting up his ever increasingly enormous pile of chips, next to a less well stacked, but also going well, Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257).

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Wiii gogo TD £50ew @ 80's let it hold!!

Rod can you tell him i said he looks very dapper....

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Karl Mahrenholz and Marc Goodwin in beautiful flash-o-vision.

Cheer up lads, might never happen! (If you stay out of Trickett's way...)

4,250 or so atm so a slow-ish start.

He could have been better placed with Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562) Wheatley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562) and oh-so-close-to-a-WSOP-bracelet winner James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) directly in position on him.

James has around 6.4k at the moment...

Fashionably late arrival Paul Parker is doing his best to up his smaller stack, moving all in on the turn of a 3s 9d 6d 8h board, forcing Michael Arnold to make some faces and then fold Ad Th face up. Parker flashed the 7s...

Meanwhile bold moves from Richard Dawson, who checked a Tc 8c 3s flop to Peter Wood, who bet 150. Essy Jahanpour made it 550 -- and then Dawson made it 1725 to go. Wood dwelled up for some time, making little noises that sounded a bit like a pterodactyl, and then passed, followed by a swift pass from Jahanpour too.

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Our latest casualty is Javed Iqbal, whose flush draw failed to come good against Ganesh Rao's set of eights.

Sheriff's been an absolute dynamo so far, blitzing his table with an exciting series of folds.

In his own words..."I'll play a hand eventually!"

He is brandishing his sheriff's badge and cowboy hat with pride though, so we can expect him to lay down the law sooner or later.

Curtis Ledger - currently 5,100.

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One of Peter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2709) Wood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2709) and 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) raised to 500 and the other called; either way, they each got 500 chips in pre, with Wood in position.

They saw a curious 2d 2s 2c flop and Browning bet out 1k. Wood, with barely a pause in his monologue concerning how Willie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) Tann (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) went broke with that flop in the WSOP, announced all in. Browning dwelled up while the Wood momlogue continued. "What if I have queens?" asked Browning. Eventually he folded, and Wood showed him pocket kings for his trouble.

Browning down to under 4k.

Yes, so far I've seen him do some daring things, like limp in to see a flop and then fold to a raise. Still time, though...

That's Not Very Naess

Kjetil Naess has bitten the tournament dust, his set of nines no good against the new slimline Jerome Bradpiece's straight (photos of mini-Jerome coming, I'm afraid we're on lame slow dongle connections all day).

Bacon Fried

No chips with that -- Andrew Bacon is BUSTO.

Where Has The Rest Of Jerome Gone?

How Much Money Did He Bet That He Could Lose Weight?


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Mr Darren Seed, whom we like a lot because he has his name on his t-shirt thus making everything much easier for us, has just now knocked out Mr Slobodana Bjelobrk, thusly:

Bjelobrk: Qd Qc
Seed: Ahrt Ad

Board: 9d 5h Jh 8h Ks

---------BREAKTIME--------

Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Or, as the case may be, if Rod's got 'em. Thanks man.

There's a healthy amount of table chatter ringing round the confines of the Luton G Casino poker room, but one voice that can be heard above all the others is that of renowned motormouth Andreas  "Greekfish" Andreou.

A few moments ago, a pot broke out which caused much merriment amongst the table.

With Peter Wood making a raise to 300 from middle position, he watched James Browning make the call from the small blind.

"Not you again!" chided Wood, who has already clashed with Browning on a few occasions.

"I keep getting hands!" protested Browning!

The dealer dealt out a flop of Ahrt Jc Ad and the two players checked it down to see a turn card of 6s.

"I already know what you are going to do now" said Wood. "You always check the flop then bet the pot on the turn."

"Oh!" said James. "What is the pot?" he asked quizzically and counted out the 700 there.

"I bet 700 then!"

After a long period of contemplation and sighing, Wood laid down his hand and Browning generously offered to show him what he had for 1 pound. Wood scrabbled frantically in his pockets for the money but could only pull out wads of notes and 45p.

With Browning on the verge of mucking, the kind masseuse Sam jumped to the rescue providing Wood with the monies.

Browning gratefully accepted the pound before showing down a trip-tastic A-Q!

"Give me a bucket to throw up in" laughed Wood on seeing his foe's dominant hand...

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Groanin' Cronin

The alliteratively named Cornelius (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=511) Cronin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=511) is another of the early casualties with the 93 runners already distilled down to 80 hopefuls in the early levels.

Also out in Michael Hynes.

"Did he go out with 5-7" asked a mischievous Jon Raab as Dana merely stared blankly at the GUKPT supremo.

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Bayliff's Chips are Seized

Chirpy scouser Steven Bayliff has seen Jeff Kimber collect on his debts.

Jeff told me he'd open-shoved a few times for his last 1,500 chips before Jeff eventually made the call with K-Q. I beleive Bayliff had A-T so was marginally ahead but Jeff runs good and he got there, leading Steven to leave the table with a small scowl.

"That's twice you've done that but nevermind..."

Jeff swept up the chips quietly with a small smile, up to 17k or so now...

Some Chip Counts

Sam Trickett: 30k
Marc Goodwin: 11k
Julian Thew: 6,075
Curtis Ledger: 3,125
Reyaaz Mulla: OUT
Sole Romanello in today's event, Frank: OUT


The only Romanello to make the grade will not be making the money:

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Official No-Shows

Shame on you, it's a freeroll!


Six of them couldn't be bothered/live in Ireland/have gone to DTD instead, they are:

- Glen Ashworth
- Tony Cascarino
- Donal Norton
- Ian Woodley
- John Eames
- Gavin Ball

Bagley Set Up For Fall

Pascal Heynsen and James Bagley just went to war on a Q-4-x flop, Bagley holding K-Q which was looking bad versus the flopped set, 4-4 of Heynsen.

The turn and river blanked, leaving Bagley's hopes in tatters and a grateful Heynsen stacked up his newly acquired booty as his chances received a nice boost...

Chip count for tony Phillips and sam'golden'trickett please

Ooops. Not true.

My apologies!

Tony Phillips - 0. Yes the cheeky chappy is out. Dana has more details...

Down to not very many chips at all, he got it in with K-Q against David Rudling's A-J, with a jack on the board for good measure.

The assassin:

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A shortstacked James Akenhead has doubled up to around 5k, courtesy of Pascal Heynsen.

Akenhead: Kc Qh
Heynsen: Aspades Ts

Board: 7d 7h Qd Ks 2d

Curiousness from Lorraine Healy and Julian Thew now.

Healy limped in utg and Thew raised to 525 from the hijack. The small blind called, as did Healy, and they proceeded to a flop.

Flop: 8s 9h 5c

It checked to Julian who bet 1k; the small blind gave up, but Healy flat called and they moved on to the turn.

Turn: Ahrt

Again, Healy checked, and again, Thew bet -- this time 1.7k, making Healy lay her hand down.

Sam Trickett doing very nicely, the earing-ed one has around 30k and is looking mean and moody.

Some other counts:

Marc Goodwin 9.8k

James Browning needs to get up, get on up as he has a mere 1,700 atm. "I'm desperate!" he told the table. Owwww!

Ian "The Raiser" Frazer 5.8k

Jerome Bradpiece - 26,000. He is definitely looking, if not exactly svelte, then at least very trim and healthy. He is off to a great start with his chips stacked rather haphazardly but increasingly imperiously.

Paul "Pab" Foltyn - 9.8k. Not the greatest start for Pab who has seen his stack dip below 10k, largely at the hands of Ganesh Rao who is playing the part of mongoose to Pab's cobra at the moment.

Andrew Teng - 5.8k When not playing poker, Andrew is known for his Gok Wan, star of "How to Look Good Naked", impersonations. Allegedly...

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Erroneously reported as OUT a little earlier, our sleepy early morning slip-up (to be fair, he was apparently walking around saying, "I'm out") no longer matters, as Adam Wilkinson has actually, verifiably now busted out.

Hot Goodwin-on-Trickett action! The two players made it as far as the river of a Td 3s 2h 6d 3c board, which Goodwin checked. Trickett bet 1.6k, and it was enough to make Player Of The Year Marc Goodwin pass, leaving himself on 10.3k.

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Easy come, easy go...

With such short stacks at the tables, there is a requirement to gamble and Akenhead did just that, getting his chips in with A-J, only to clash heads with Steve Holden's A-Q.

An Ace and Queen by the river meant Steve's Aces up was best, though Akenhead had him covered by 2k or so.

So that's Holden up to 6k, Akenhead hanging grimly on with just 2k....

hows paul king going on jungle plz.

A gentleman I'm afraid will only be known today as Mate E. Boy is OUT, busted at the hands of Jerome Bradpieceofhisformerself.

Mr Boy pushed in utg and Jerome called from the small blind.

Boy: Ks Qh
Jerome: Jd Jh

Board: Ac Ahrt Ts Aspades 5d

To the dulcet sound of someone else at the table complaining that they would have had quads, Jerome is up to 31k.

Btw, Pab, to Jerome's immediate right, is on 18.5k.

Oh dear, an unlucky exit for Michael Arnold (not that Michael Arnold, the other one). He bet out 1.2k on a 7s 3d Qd flop only for Ketul Nathwani to make it maybe 7k, leaving himself just shrapnel behind but covering Arnold. Arnold though about it, then called all in.

Nathwani: Kd Jd
Arnold: Ac Ks

Turn: Jc
River: 3h

Thus Ketul wins the hand in the meanest possible way, and Arnold is busto.

Dont forget the blonde league starts tonight ... details here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=38638.0

OUT

James Browning

Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562) Wheatley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562) raises to 600 in early position, only for Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) to re-pop him for 1,500 total. Call.

Flop: Ad Ks 8c

Wheatley bet out 1.8k and Julian flat calls. They proceed to see a turn card.

Turn: 5s -- and it's checks all round.

River: Jh

Wheatley checks, and Julian nonchalantly bets 3k, more than half of his remaining stack. After a moment's thought, Wheatley calls -- only for Julian to flip over some rather unexpected Ahrt Aspades. Wheatley flashed the Ac and mucked his other card.

Wheatley: down to 6k
Julian: up to 14k

Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562) Wheatley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1562)  had a useful start...up to 10,000 before the above pot with Julian knocked him back to 6k or so.

"Touch me up a bit!" shouted Wheatley in somewhat sinister fashion as he spied me cropping his photograph.

Well I'm prepared to get rid off your red-eye Richard but that's where I draw the line!

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chip counts for paul king plz.

Yes indeedy. 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) doesn't feel so good and he knew that he would when he saw Greekfish's hand win a race versus his sevens.

His piscine nemesis' A-J made two pair by the river in an all-in coup to leave Browning's  sevens floundering and his tournament hopes done and dusted.

Here is a shot of his executioner, the man who has increased sales of noise reducers worldwide..."Greekfish" newly moved to table Trickett/ Goodwin.

Note how Greekfish is making an early bid for Terminator Of The Day.

(I think he'll win...)

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Reeve Leaves

With two limpers before him, Terry Reeve shoved for his last 1.5k or so -- and there was an unexpected call from the small blind. Both limpers declined to get into any kind of war, and passed.

Reeve: Ks Qh
Small blind: Jd Js

Board: Ts 2d Ahrt 7d Th

Out he goes, with his cheery yellow jumper.

Assorted Counts

No typo there. :)

Jeff Kimber: 21k
Curtis Ledger: 7k
Brian Clarke: 12.1k
David Rudling: 17k
Ketul Nathwani: 17k
Paul Parker: 6.5k

Norkage Of The Day

The female form is at a premium in the G casino today as table upon table of hairy men ply their trade at the felt.

Luckily though, this wonderful lady is here to redress the balance.

Gentlemen, enjoy...

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DINNER!

The players are on a 45 minute break to fill their bellies.

We'll see you all shortly. Currently we have Jerome Bradpiece as the chip leader with 30k or so...

There is a 4k stack sitting where Paul King was, prior to rushing off to the buffet.

Dont forget the blonde league starts tonight ... details here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=38638.0

AND

EQUAL CHANCE sat tonight http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=38636.0

Make sure you get this on every page kev  :)up

Of every thread

Should i post it on Dewis Fry up thread ?

We're Back!

With the players re-populating the card-room about to restart, we just have a few moments to announce...

COMPETITION OF THE DAY!

Not open to anyone actually playing in the competition but a poser to all you reading at home with a pretty hefty first prize on offer.

To whom does this random assortment of objects belong???

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The winner will receive a whole 5$ (yes that's right 5 WHOLE dollars) transferred to them!!!

So join in, first guess only qualifies.

Let's hear your thoughts people!

Be rude not to dewi's great thread deserves to be informed

Bullets Cracked: Gunfight At The Not OK Corral

Curtis Ledger is OUT.

Down to maybe 4k after dropping a few chips to Jeff Kimber the previous hand, the Sheriff was all in with his Ahrt Aspades looking good against Ketul Nathwani's 8s 8c, but oh, the cruel river.

Board: 5d 3c Jh 9h 8h

Ouch. Wp, sir.

Thewy.

UGH...  VUL Sheriff!!!

A blind on blind raising war between Richard Dawson and Lorraine Healey was eventually won by the super-aggro Healey with an all-in bet that Dawson wasn't prepared to match. "I'll let you have a peek if you show your hand," said Dawson, and a nod later he flashed K-Q. Healey showed him a lacklustre 9-T offsuit for his troubles. Despite the aggression, Healey is still barely over her starting stack, though, on just 5.5k.

BIGSTACKWATCH

Former and current.

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): 42k
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): 30k
Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195) Kimber (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195): 27k
Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257): 20k
Sam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429) Trickett (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1429): 17.5k

Wow, that was quick!

Congrats to Sharplea.

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Indeed the drumstick, higgledy-piggledy chip arrangement and humungous earphone combo could belong to only one man and that man is Julian Thew!

Well done mate ;)

As a bonus to the prize, here are some cats.

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PM me your username on FT if that is ok for you and I will transfer, or we'll arrange something similar.

Back to the tournament!

Also going very well is Derek Miller on 35k...

ul Sheriff, proper brutal.

A New Big Stack

Ketul Nathwani's stack was looking pretty healthy, but not any more, as the chips have mainly gone the way of David Rudling.

With over 6k in the pot by the turn, Rudling checked the Jc Aspades 8d 7h board, and Ketul bet 2.2k. Rudling raised to 5.5k, and Ketul called.

Come the Jh river, Rudling bet out 7k, and with a resigned sigh, Ketul threw in the call a moment later. Ketul turned over Ac Kd for two pair -- but Rudling showed him 8h 8c for a full house, taking down the chunky pot.

Rudling: 40k
Nathwani: 8k

A rather short-stacked Paul Parker raised to 800 in early position and received a flat call from Jeff Kimber on the button. Small blind Brian Clarke announced all in; Parker, with fewer chips to his name than Clarke, called all in, and Kimber did the sensible thing and got out of their way.

Clarke: Ks Kh
Parker: Ad Ac

Board: 4c 6h Tc 9s 5d

Parker: up to just over 15k
Clarke: down to 2,775

Busted Out While We Weren't Looking

- Andrew Teng

cmon jaffa, take one down big boy

By the way, seeing as the uneven starting stacks makes it rather impractical for us to programme a starting stack into the workings of the blonde tournament clock, the average stack is now 13,900.

updates on steve holden plz, had a cheeky score on him

The Pabra Strikes!

One of Pab's less predictable tablemates had been seen shoving the last two hands, on one occasion berating one of his opponents for not calling..("Stick it in you pussy!") much to the amusement of Pab, Jerome Bradpiece and the dealer.

This time Pab raised to 800 from UTG and Jerome Bradpiece flat called, as did another player.

Mr. Pussy now started dwelling "ooooh there's value now! Ok, I shove blind...Honestly I don't know what I've got!"

He now shoved (again) for roughly 4.8k and the Pabra had a little think. "Will you call me a pussy if I fold?"

Eventually, he decided he wanted to stick it in his eye and made the call while Jerome and the other player in the hand threw them away.

Pabra: A-J
Mr P: K-5

FLOP: 3c 6d Kd (Booooooo!)
TURN: Ac (Yaaaaay!)
RIVER: 8s

Pab arranged his new chips on top of his stack, up to 30k+ now and celebrated with a swig of beer...

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A lucky escape for Ash Hussain. He raised to 800 only for Andy "Verbal Diarrhoea" Greekfish to make it 2,075. "There's friendship, and then there's taking the piss," justified Greekfish (not his real name). "You've raised me like six times." Nevertheless, Hussain called and they saw a flop.

Flop: 7d 6d 7s

Greekfish now bet out 3.5k, and Hussain went into the tank. "How much have you got left?" he asked, and was told 11k. After some dwelling, he passed, showing the not very good 4h in the process. Greekfish showed him the much better Qh Qs.

A double up for Mr Robert Bostock, all in with Ahrt Kc agains this opponent's 5h 5c.

Board: Tc 6s Ad 4s 3h

Looks as though Mr Bostock will be sticking around.

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OUT

Who has busted now?

- Martin Knibb, bluntly

- Ramazanali Abbasi, another victim of the poisonous Pabra

Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) was looking to work his 8k stack into something more worthwhile, seen shoving to pick up the 600 blinds just a few hands previously.

Eventually, he did just that, calling a shortstacked players shove with K-Q, only to find he held a sizeable advantage as his opponent held the dominated hand Q-T.

Only three outs could stop the sharply-dressed maestro but nonetheless, he couldn't watch...

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His brown waistcoat shining under the bright lights of the G, the dealer dealt out a relatively safe board of 8-9-3. With a gutshot still a slim possibility, Parker's luck held and he turned round to find his opponent vanquished and his stack boosted to 17.5k.

Definitely something to smile about...

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Richard Wheatley has doubled up in a blind on blind confrontation with Robert Bostock. Wheatley spent a while counting up his chips on the river of the 8d 8c Kh 5d 6c before deciding to just say a metaphorical 'what the hell' and announce all in. After some pause Bostock called him -- but mucked when Wheatley turned over 8s 7h for flopped trips.

An excellent boost for Ganesh Rao, bumping his stack up to 23k. He called a 2.6k bet from his opponent on a Qd 2c Th flop, and when said opponent checked to him on the 5h turn, he thought about it for a long time, and then announced all in. His opponent thought about it for less time, before folding.

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Greekfish has been battling Ash Hussain with mixed success, naturally keeping up a running commentary as he goes along.

First off, he limped pre-flop on Ash's big blind, saying "I'm not messing about with a raise, even though I've got a big hand."

Ash checked and they watched a board of 6d 5d 5c roll off.

Check from Ash and Greekfish issued a soliloquy on the merits of the flop.

"That's a dangerous flop for me, I hope I'm still good. Big hands get cracked on flops like those...I'll bet out small to find out."

400 was the bet after that, which Ash called. "Ah, calling to bluff, I like that" said Greekfish.

TURN: Aspades

Check, 1k from Greekfish. "Please call, I want a call, call me." Ash called.

RIVER: 7h

Ash led for 1.5k and now Greekfish bumped it up to 4,000. Ash insta-called with A-T, only for Greekfish to show K-T which was NO GOOD.

"For a good player, you don't even think about what I'm representing there," Greekfish lamented as he sucked on his lollipop petulantly.

"What about what I'm representing!" laughed Ash as he raked in the pot.

That wasn't the end of the tale though...

"That's it...I'm on tilt! You won't stop me raising now..." Greekfish followed up with and he was true to his word, popping it up to 1k next hand, getting 3 callers, before firing a 3-4-5 flop successfully and picking up the pot.

Next hand he was in the BB and Ash Hussain raised to 1,200 from late position. Even before any other players had acted, or he had checked his cards, Greekfish picked up his 15k stack and moved it to the edge of a line ready to move all-in.

"Watch this move, this is genious" he told the watching rail.

When the small blind passed, he now took a quick glance at his cards, nodded to himself and pushed his towering column of chips over the line.

Ash looked pained and went into the tank, only for Greekfish to call the clock on him moments later.

Ash eventually folded and Greekfish giggled and showed 2c 4c.

"You can't call there. You'd fold Jacks there. You can only call with Queens, Kings or Aces!"

"Give me A-J and let's do that again..." said Ash a tad grumpily!

And now, Mr Andy "Greekfish Isn't My Real Name" Greekfish is OUT. He got it in well ahead with aces against Ash Hussain's pocket nines, but a nine on the river sent him on his way and boosted the Hussain stack to a probably-chip-leading 50k+.

Mr Andy "So Good They Named Him Twice" Andreou headed for the rail, still complaining about how he'd played the hand perfectly...

Sole Female Contender No Longer In Contention

Lorraine Healey shoved for around 8.5k in early position, and Ganesh Rao to her immediate left called. Fold around to big blind Paul Parker, who folded too (8-3 offsuit swept out from under his cat card protector, and an "I didn't get where I am today without the cat's help") and they were on their backs.

Rao: Ac Kd
Healey: 2s 2d "A wing and a prayer..."

Board: Ahrt 3d 5d Kh 6d

This tournament is now down to zero ladies.

Apologies, apologies, our wonderful server went down there.

Chip Counts From 10 Minutes Ago

Marc Goodwin: 13k
Sam Trickett: 30k
Jeff Kimber: 26k
Ben Callinan: 13.1k
Ketul Nathwani: 10k
David Rudling: 40k
Ash Hussain: 46k
Julian Thewster: 7.1k
Darren Seed: 8.3k
Paul Parker: 24.5k
Ganesh Rao: 25.5k
The Pabra: 54k Chip Monster, Hisssssss!!!
Jerome Bradpiece: 26k
Pascal Heynsen: 17.2k
Robert Bostock: 13.5k
Derek Miller: 40k

Andrew Clarke is BUSTO, getting it in either pre or on the flop with 7s 7c against Derek Miller's Ac 3d. One of Miller's buddies shouting, "Oh my god you are the luckiest bastard I've ever seen..." to his friend suggests to me that the chips went in pre...

Board: 3c 9s 3h Td 2c

A shot of Lorraine giving the camera a winning smile as she exits the tournament...

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And her vanquisher, Ganesh Rao stacking up his newly won chips...

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Dana,

Could you tell me is the mad scouser (Steve Bayliff) still in if so could you give him and Derek Miller a big WOOP WOOP from allinbob AKA Dave Green.

Cheers Mate great updates.

Moments later, as I chatted with Rookie, who was watching from the rail, The Pabra sprung into action!

In typical LAG-tard fashion he found himself calling Richard Wheatley's push with pocket fives with...yes pocket ACES!

"Must be nice to be Pab!" observed Rookie dryly...

A flop of K-7-7-A left Richard drawing dead by the turn and The Pabra takes yet ANOTHER victim!

Meanwhile myself and Rookie dissected the hand.

"Bit risky there from Pab...maybe he should have waited till the turn before he got his chips in" I offered.

"Yes but what if someone had sevens?" queried Rookie.

"Good point. Check call to the river probably best..."

The Pabra could only smirk as he raked int he pot...

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I'm afraid Mr Bayliff is OUT -- Junglecat informs me he posted the exit; Mr Jeff Kimber did the deed.

Will WOOOOP Mr Miller after the break.

--------BREAKTIME----------

Fewer Chips Than Before

The Pabra: 35k


More Chips Than Before

Paul Parker: 45k

The players are on a break at the moment but will returning shortly.

It's getting very exciting now with just 3 tables left...

Sowing The Seed Of Failure

Just before the break, a bit of a disaster for Darren Seed -- Kevin Parkes open-shoved utg with Td Th and Seed re-shoved with Kd Kc, looking good, but...

Board: 3h Ts Jh 9c 2h

Thus the grass is green for Parkes on 20k now, while Seed's blossoming stack has been cut down to 6k.

gogogo Pab

Our Remaining Contenders

And How They Are Seated

Table 2
2 Derek Miller (I WOOOPed him, he says hi)
3 Darren Seed
4 Richard Grace
5 David Rudling
6 Ash Hussain
7 Kevin Parkes
8 Ketul Nathwani

Table 3
1 The Pabra
2 Jerome Bradpiece
3 Pascal Heynsen
5 Martin Knibb
6 Paul Parker
7 Paul Newman (different Paul Newman, not the dead one of 50 eggs, salad dressing etc fame)
8 Robert Bostock
9 Ganesh Rao

Table 4
2 Anthony Ross
3 Essy Jahanpour
4 Jeff Kimber
5 Marc Goodwin
7 Anthony Thorpe
8 Ben Callinan
9 Alan Mower

GL Pab!

Two times!

Trickett, Sam - OUT!

The chip leader from the start of the day has perished, Sam getting his last few chips in with A-K and picking up a call from Anthony Thorpe's pocket Jacks.

"Now I've got a bowl of rice, I'll probably win this race!" said an exasperated Trickett, whose day has not gone too well after a promising start.

An ace straight off the bat suggested his premonition would come true but then BANG! a jack appeared and Sam started putting his coat on, knowing the death knell had almost tolled for him.

Toll it did, as the turn and river blanked sending Trickett crashing out shy of the prize monies.

"Good game all" said he, as he turned tail and left.

Here he is with his executioner Thorpe, when his dreams of victory were still a tangible possibility...

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Pascal Heynsen doubles through Paul Parker -- didn;t see what Parker had, but Heynsen was holding A-K, with another two aces on the board.

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Martin Knibb open-shoves for just 3.7k from the button with 3c 3h and finds a caller in Paul Newman on the big blind holding Ks Qh. A 9h 7c 3s 9s 4d board guarantees the double up for Knibb, and Newman's stacked is knibbled down.

1 The Pabra: 36.5k
2 Jerome Bradpiece: 35k
3 Pascal Heynsen: 25k
5 Martin Knibb: 8k
6 Paul Parker: 31k
7 Paul Newman: 27k
8 Robert Bostock: 12k
9 Ganesh Rao: 19k

2 Derek Miller: 44k
3 Darren Seed: 12.8k
4 Richard Grace: 15k
5 David Rudling: 43k
6 Ash Hussain: 43k
7 Kevin Parkes: 14k
8 Ketul Nathwani: 18k

2 Anthony Ross: 15.4k
3 Essy Jahanpour: 8.2k
4 Jeff Kimber: 33k
5 Marc Goodwin: 25.7k
7 Anthony Thorpe: 18k
8 Ben Callinan: 46k
9 Alan Mower: 10.8k

Discarded Confectionery Item of the Day

As you will have surmised from his absence from the chip counts, Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) is no longer in the competition with only a sole discarded drumstick remaining as trace evidence he was ever with us.

A moment's silence please for this stoic campaigner, there through the good times, dumped in the bad.

We salute you sir...

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By The Grace Of God...

Ketul Nathwani raised, Richard Grace shoved for around 14.5k, and after some thought, Nathwani called. It was the right call, but it's not Ketul's day.

Nathwani: 4d 4h
Grace: Ac Qh

Board: Js Tc 8c Kd Jh

Thus Grace makes the straight to double up to around 30k, while Ketul is down to just 6 or 7k...

A double up for Ketul!

Having somehow felt he could let the blinds go through him once, he finally snapped and shoved with Ks 2s. Richard Grace called from the big blind with Ahrt Td, but oh! the luckiness!

Board: 6c Kd 2h Jd Jh

Mr Nathwani back up to around the 12k mark.

Pab has lost some chips and one of the problems facing him has been his tablemate, the famously monikered Paul Newman.

Paul watched Pab raise it up to 2,100 from early position, only to make the call from the small blind.

They went to a flop of 3-4-5 rainbow, and Paul showed him the colour of his money leading for 2,400.

Pab now made it 6.5k, sometimes a great notion but Newman is nobody's fool and immediately pushed all-in.

Small grimace from Pab, well on the road to perdition and he proceeded to get a count of how much more it was...around 15k or so.

He spread the pot, did some mental calculations but decided Paul wasn't kidding, he didn't want to sun-dance and wasn't feeling too butch.

Then he folded.

Paul Newman 1 Pabra 0.

Mr Kevin Parkes: K-K
Mr Richard Grace: 7-7

Mr The Board: 6-Q-T-J-7

Ouch. Mr Parkes = bust.

No sooner had he doubled up than Ketul Nathwani was back down to 6k, doubling up Darren Seed to around the 12k mark.

Seed: 6-6
Nathwani: A-3

Board: K-4-3-4-T

After a very tiny rollercoaster of micro-double-ups, like one of those crappy little trains that the really little kids go on at theme parks, Mr Ketul Nathwani has kicked the COC tournament bucket (no COC jokes, please).

Ash Hussain raised to 2.2k from the button, and Nathwani sort of giggled at his his very few chips. "I'll see a flop and then pass," he said, and did just that -- flat call. So they saw a 5c Ac 3c flop, and at that point the chips did find their way in after all.

Hussain: Ad Ks
Nathwani: Jc 6s

Turn: 9d
River: 8s

We are down to 20.

A micro double up for Essy Jahanpour. Green woolly hatted Anthony Thorpe raised to 3.5k in early position, and Essy shoved for 2.6k more from the small blind. An easy call for Thorpe, and they were coinflipping.

Thorpe: Ahrt Td
Jahanpour: 9d 9s

Board: Qh Jd 5c 3s 9h

Marc Goodwin raised to 3k from the button and big blind Ben Callinan called.

Callinan checked the 6s 7h 2c flop to Goodwin, who immediately announced all in. A quiet pass from Callinan, and Goodwin showed him the 7c... and then the 2s with it for two pair.

It's playing out much more tightly than previously now as we home in on the 13 payout spots...

The last 15 minutes or so have passed with few contested pots and isolated preflop raises doing a good job of picking up the blinds.

A few moments ago, it looked like it may take off as Jerome Bradpiece raised from UTG to 3.2k, only for Ganesh Rao to dive into the tank for some time, before re-surfacing with a raise of 9.5k to 12.7k...

Jerome, who is oft compared to a good natured bear, due to his furry features had only briefly ventured out of his cave though and after blinking laconically at the sun for a moment, he folded and lumbered back inside, possibly for a short nap and some honey.

Shortstack Robert Bostock has been sent to busto-ville and who naturally it was the deadly Pabra who sank his teeth and gave him a venial delivery of poison.

A-J was the hand in Pab's hands...er coils(?) and the A-9 of Bostock looked in bad shape and by the river, it was.

19 left...31.5k average chip stack...

Seed-less Tournament

Many players are waiting for big hands to stick their chips in and when Darren Seed found one, he did just that.

Sadly his A-K was to run into a cooler, as Derek Miller had picked up pocket cowboys at the same time and the chips inevitably all flew into the middle.

No suprises, Miller's KK held and seed was spilt from the roster.

18 left...

Our Final Two Tables

Five Of These Unfortunates Will Not Be Getting Paid


Table 2
1 The Pabra
2 Jerome Bradpiece
3 Jeff Kimber
4 Ben Callinan
5 Martin Knibb
6 Paul Parker
7 Paul Newman
8 Marc Goodwin

Table 3
1 Essy Jahanpour
2 Derek Miller
3 Anthony Thorpe
4 Richard Grace
5 David Rudling
6 Ash Hussain
7 Pascal Heynsen
8 Anthony Ross
9 Alan Mower

Another hand, another drama.

This was an interesting one, as Ben Callinan popped it up to 3.6k form early position, only for Martin Knibb to ship, ship mcgipp quicker than you can say "imallin."

Back to Jerome in the big blind who had woken from his apparent slumber and after a short dwell, he counted out a small re-raise.

Facing a shove and re-raise though, Callinan was no longer interested and folded his hand, leaving Bradpiece heads up with Knibb.

Knibb : J-J
Bradpiece: A-A "I knew it" said Knibb regretfully...

A flop of Jc 2s 3s did much to revive his spirits though.

"There's my jack!" he said happily as Jerome merely looked on implacably from behind his shades..

A three on the turn left him just 2 outs to redraw and when the river was a baby, Knibb had almost trebled up.

Jerome tapped the table as Knibb consoled him with a platitude of little use to the professional bear impersonator.

"It could have been worse!"

Pab raised to 3.2k and Ben Callinan called from the big blind.

Flop: Ahrt 7h 3s

Callinan checked, and Pab bet 4.5k. Callinan made it 12k, to which Pab responded by making it All In.

Callinan dwelled up long enough for the whole of this hand to be played out on the other table:


Alan Mower Doubles Up On The Other Table

Mower raised, and then called a reraise that put him all in from Derek Miller in the small blind. A clinical affair:

Miller: 3c 3s
Mower: Qh Qc

Board: 5c 6h Kh 5h Jc

Thus Miller doubles up.


Now Back To Pab V Callinan

Callinan was still dwelling, but eventually made a decision -- he called.

What could they possibly have? ? ?

Er, bit of a disappointment really.

Pab: Ad Th
Callinan: Ac Td

Turn: 7c
River: 3c

Sigh.

Ash Hussain is taking no prisoners. He raised to 4.2k from the button and was called by Pascal Heynsen in the small blind. They saw a 2d Ac Tc flop, which Heynsen checked -- and on which Hussain immediately announced all in, to easily cover Heynsen, who had around 15k behind. A swift pass.

All the evidence points to some action preflop, but when I arrived, Essy Jahanpour was checking a 4d Qc 7s flop. David Rudling announced all in, Essy INSTAcalled, and it was an easy double up for Essy.

Jahanpour: 7c 7h
Rudling: Ac Qh

Turn: Tc
River: 8d

Essy up to around 28k, more chips than he's had all day.

"Kimber!!!!!"

Jeff Kimber has just been toppled like a hefty geordie redwood, and he didn't look thrilled about the manner of his exit

He was seen a little miffed at being out-flopped by Paul Parker following a raise to 4.3k that Paul made up from the big blind.

The flop fell 9 high, Paul led out and Jeff passed, only for Paul to flash Jh 9h.

"I can't pass for that!" defended Paul.

Next up Jeff raised to 4.3k again, only this time it was a different Paul, Paul Newman who tangled with him.

No flat call on this hand, instead Paul moved in for an additional 18k, which had Jeff covered.

After some thought Jeff called with A-J and as soon as he called Newman said "nice call" knowing he was probably behind with his Kd Qd.

He did add as an aside "I'd rather have shoved with A-J than called with it though!"

With Paul Parker wishing both players good luck, the flop fell rather nicely for Paul Ad 3d Td.

Only the nuts.

Jeff looked on a little miserably but the Ac on the turn suddenly re-ignited his chances, giving him a chance to fill up and stay in on the river.

The river though was the Kc, no re-suck was evident and Jeff was sent packing in 18th spot...

17 left....35k average 800/1,600/100 blinds.

It's gettin hot in here! (Though we are keeping our clothes on....(for now!....(and most likely the next few hours)))

Table 2
1 The Pabra: 37k
2 Jerome Bradpiece: 18.5k
4 Ben Callinan: 34k
5 Martin Knibb: 15k
6 Paul Parker: 39.8k
7 Paul Newman: 40k
8 Marc Goodwin: 15k
9 Ganesh Rao: 36k

Table 3:

1 Essy Jahanpour: 31k
2 Derek Miller: 48k
3 Anthony Thorpe: 17k
4 Richard Grace: 7k
5 David Rudling: 40k
6 Ash Hussain: 55k
7 Pascal Heynsen: 11k
8 Anthony Ross: 17k
9 Alan Mower: 33k

Not So Amazing Grace

You may be thinking Richard Grace looks a little short there with just 7k and the BB at 1,600 and you would be correct.

One of the reasons he finds himself in such dire straights is that a few moments ago, he re-shoved Anthony Thorpe's push on the button for 8k and once the big blind folded, they found themselves heads up, Grace holding A-Q and Anthony...er 9h 2h.

A flop of K-T as the first two cards looked ominous for Thorpe but then a deuce spiked on the third flop card.

Plenty of outs for Grace, but none came as the turn and river blanked and he now finds himself on the cusp of elimination...

Jerome Gets Shafted

Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) raised to 2.4k; for some reason he laid the chips out to look like a penis:

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Anyway, Pab called on the button -- and then 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) announced all in form the small blind. Parker called, Pab folded, and they were on their backs.

Bradpiece: Aspades Qs
Parker: 9c 9s
Pab: "Hey, I folded pocket nines!"

Flop: Ad Kd 7d

Jerome hits, and Parker has zero chance of hitting a set.

Round about this point Parker starts shouting, "Flush!"

Turn: 5d

"FLUSHHHHH!!!!"

River: Qd

Unbelievable. Split.

Pascal Heynsen raised to 6k in mid position -- around half his stack. Essy Jahanpour reraised all in...

...And Heynsen folded, most curiously.

The next hand, incidentally the last hand of the level, he pushed all in utg+1, and found himself called by Anthony Thorpe on the button. While everybody else scarpered to the gents/smoking section, they proceeded to a showdown.

Thorpe: Kd Qd
Heynsen: in some trouble with Kc Jd

But wait!

Board: Td 8c Th 9d Qc

Thus Heynsen makes a straight, and stays in to see the light at the end of the breaktime.

BREAK BREAK BREAK!

The players are on a break. 10 minutes though and the last 17 combatants will return to pick up arms.

Can i have an update on Celtic in the £250 + £250 please.

Dis-Grace-Ful

Wow, the cigarettes/toilet breaks have really perked everyone up.

Richard Grace is gone. He shoved with 8-9 and got looked up by Ash Hussain holding pocket sevens in the big blind.

Board: a very exciting 6-7-Q-J-Q.

There's been another exit, too; Junglecat has the details.

Jerome Sent Home

Jerome has had some horrible luck today and that trend continued just a few moments ago.

We joined his table with his stack in the middle versus Ben Callinan.

Jerome held the advantage with Aspades Qs, versus the behind but live hand in Callinan's hands K-9.

Jerome gave a quiet tut as a flop of7d 5h 9h appeared to give Ben the lead and as the turn and river fell 3h and 4d, Jerome's life-support stack was turned to dust and the slightly less giant than usual bear impersonator departs the tournament with an "unlucky mate" ringing in his ears...

15 left.

Martin Knibb open-shoved from the button for 11.7k, and Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) made a speculative call from the small blind.

Knibb: Qs 7s
Parker: Jh 9s

Board: 3h 6d Jc Ts 6h

Therefore Knibb is OUT, and we are on the

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Paul Parker raised from the button and then called the bubble-time push from big blind Marc Goodwin. Excitement!

Parker: Kc Td
Goodwin: Qh Qd

Board: Tc 3c Jh Jd Ad

All in stays in, and we continue with 14.

Thorpedoed!

The bubble has been brought crashing to a halt and it took a bad beat to do it.

Miller popped it up to 6.4k, only to find Anthony Thorpe shoving for 14k total.

A long dwelling period from Anthony Ross now followed with much grimacing and hand wringing, before he eventually threw his hand in the bin.

Priced in to call now Miller called the additional 8k, showing a lowly A-3 to Thorpe's powerful looking Jacks.

Poker is a fickle mistress though and this time she decided to run off with the milkman as a board of A-6-2-8-T transpired to leave Thorpe down and out and a relieved-looking Miller scooping up the pot.

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That elimination burst the bubble, meaning everyone else is now guaranteed at least £750.

Good job guys!

Lordy me, we're down to 11 already. We'll be done by midnight at this rate.

Exit 1

Ben Callinan raised to 7k from the small blind, and big blind Paul Parker announced that he was going to reraise. "I have a jack, you see." This was a lie, but reraise he did -- another 16.7k, or All In, in layman's terms. Call.

Parker: Aspades Qc
Callinan: 7s 7h

Board: 5h 7c 5s 3s 3h

Thus Paul Parker finishes is 13th place, winning £750 but not in cash which he is disappointed about; rather the money will go in his Bluesquare account.


Exit 2

David Rudling raised to 6k, and Pascal Heynsen went all in for barely a k more. Obvious call.

Rudling: Ad 9d
Heynsen: 7h 7s

Board: 9s Qd 2h 4h 4s

And so Pascal Heynsen busts out in 12th place, also winning £750 to a Bluesquare account, although apparently he doesn't have one, so one is being opened for him right now.

Mower Mown

And then there were 10...

Alan Mower is the latest casualty, facing off versus Anthony Ross' big slick.

Sadly his A-T looked a little limp in comparison and a flop of K-5-2-9-Q did nothing to alter the balance of power, meaning Mower exits in 11th spot, taking home a cool £1,000 for his efforts.

Not a bad day's work!

On the cusp of the final table now, here are the remaining payouts awaiting the 10 players still in action...

1st £20k
2nd £14k
3rd £10k
4th £7.5k
5th £6k
6th £5k
7th £4k
8th £3k
9th £2k
10th £1k

Marc Goodwin raised from the button and Ash Hussain called from the big blind.

They saw a flop of 7c Ahrt 6s, a Qh turn and a 5d river, all of this betting-free, until Goodwin bet another 6k on the river. Hussain called and it was a split.

Goodwin: Aspades 3d
Hussain: Ad 2d

"I knew you had a small one," said Goodwin, apparently not intending the sort of, er, rubdown there, "You only looked at one. It's a tell of sorts."

Are any of the top chip-starters still there?...it looks like no. 

My Train of Shame back from Notts passed through Luton, btw.  I deliberated getting off there and coming to see what was up with the Champion of Champions, maybe helping you out with a few hand notes during the busy post bubble hour.  Or I would have, if I wasn't asleep.  The guy who picks up the rubbish at the end of the line had to shoo me off the train.

P.S. Thorpedoed.  Strike three.

GOOD LUCK to Tony Ross...blondes reenot GLGLGLGL x

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Here's the current chip counts as we home in on our final table:

TABLE 3:

Essy Jahanpour: 15k
Derek Miller: 80k
Ganesh Rao: 25k
David Rudling: 56k
Anthony Ross: 57k

TABLE 2:

The Pabra: 35k
Ash Hussain: 65k
Ben Callinan: 75k
Paul Newman: 40k
Marc Goodwin: 50k

Yes.

Pab and Marc Goodwin both started with larger than average stacks and have guided them through to the latter stages with all the skill and guile you would expect of a half man/ half cobra and and er an ex-double glazing salesman(ahem!)

Ben Callinan raised from the button; he made it 7k. Paul Newman (not that Paul Newman) in the small blind: he called. Marc Goodwin in the big blind, though: he reraised all, for a whopping 49.7k more.

"Not much of one, is it?" sighed Callinan. Said Goodwin, "You never playedonline, when you press auto-all in?" Said Mr Callinan, "Ive never played before. Mr Callinan dwelled. And dwelled. I thought about getting a cup of tea. But then Mr Callinan called. Mr Newman passed a pair of sixes face up, and it was onwards to Showdown.

Callinan: Aspades Qd
Goodwin: Js Jh

Board: Th 2s Kh 6h 4h

Goodwin thus made a flush to double up and stay in the game. "Where's Paul Parker?!"

Ben Callinan: 40k
Marc Goodwin: 120k

I'm glad you've caught the Shame Train; we hope to be with you in a few hours. Unless you want to pick us up, of course.

Leave me some of the goulash!

That is all.

Oh, except you may not have seen this yet, so I shall post it again for your benefit:

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Thanks for that.

I keep falling asleep, and you would have to do some awesome preempting of the final table finish to get me there on time... if you find yourself in difficulty let me know though.

Keep up the informations, or I will doze off again!  P.S. Does Pab mind being called The Pabra?

Mr Pab does not know that he is The Pabra. It's like his super-secret alter-ego that even he doesn't know about. We call him Mr Foltyn Sir to his face. The Mighty Poison Pabra behind his back. Hissssss!

Marc Goodwin has just been loudly admonishing the hand for hand format that is currently in place on the brink of the final table.

"Why are we playing hand for hand when it's only £250 difference? Let's scrap that guys. It seems ridiculous!"

After stating his case most compellingly, he was ushered aside by the tournament director (none other than the lovely Dena) who pointed out that in fact the next jump was £1,000.

"Hmmm" said Marc, re-thinking his strategy.

"Ok then, why are we playing hand for hand when it's only £1,000 difference!"

Much laughter and merriment followed although his complaints died away and the players continued playing hand for hand.

Somewhat slowly....

BIG NEWS TO FOLLOW THOUGH!

Dana has the details!

Ben Callinan, down to 40k or so, raised around 20k. Marc Goodwin reraised all in, Callinan called, and 'ere coom them caaards:

Callinan: A-Q
Goodwin: 9-9

Board: entirely devoid of aces or queens.

Meaning that Ben Callinan is OUT in 10th place, winning 1,000 theoretical Bluesquare internet pounds.

We're going to be on that Shame Train back to London any minute now!

Ganesh Rao is the latest to bust out, before they even had a chance to redraw for the final table. Rao moved all in on an A-2-3 flop, but his absolutely bluffalicious K-6 was no good against Ross' A-K, and Ganesh Rao busts in 9th place winning £2,000 English Bluesquare interweb pounds.

There is a little confusion regarding the exact order of the bustouts.

We were initially told that as it happened on the same hand, Ben Callinan and Ganesh Rao will split the 9th and 10th monies and thus be receiving £1,500 each.

We'll get official confirmation of this shortly from Jon Raab.

Meanwhile the players are having a short 15 minute break to formulate their strategy so we shall return shortly for the final run in to the champ!

Just to confirm Ben and Ganesh are officially splitting the 9th and 10th spot payouts so it's £1,500 apiece for the pair of them.

Good work fellas!

Our Eight-Handed Final Table

Seat 1  David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) -- 80,000
Seat 2  Derek (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1799) Miller (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1799) -- 76,900
Seat 3  Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) -- 162,200
Seat 4  Essy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=141) Jahanpour (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=141) -- 21,800
Seat 5  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) -- 58,300
Seat 6  Anthony Ross -- 79,300
Seat 7  Paul Newman -- 40,300
Seat 8  Paul "The Pabra" Foltyn -- 37,600

Let battle commence!

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David Rudling raises to 9,500, and thusly wins the first hand on the final table.

More!

The Pabra strikes! He raises! Everyone folds! He picks up the blinds!

Hisssssss.

Anthony (or Tony as he just told the table he wants to be known) now raises to 10,500.

No resistance again and a cagey start to the final continues as the blinds are won again by a preflop raise...

It folds around to Ash Hussain on the small blind, who merely limps. Tony Ross checks, and they proceed to a Js Ad 8h flop.

Ash checks, Mr Ross bets 5k, and Ash folds.

Fairly action-free so far, but we're expecting fireworks any minute now.

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Uberstacked Marc Goodwin raises this time, to 10k. Everyone folds in fear (may have made up the fear bit) and Marc shows them Ahrt Qh.

Blind on blind, Pauls Newman and Foltyn limp/check their way to a flop.

Flop: Ahrt Jd 6s

Check, check.

Turn: 4s

Now Newman bets 4k, and Pab calls.

River: 9h

They both check again, and Pab shows Kc 6d which must be good enough to win as Newman just mucks.

Onwards!

Derek/John Miller raises to 10k utg, and Paul Newman dwells up on the button for a bit....

...but passes, as does everyone else.

Still awaiting fireworks. Have lit the blue touch paper and stood well back. Am considering going back to the lit firework to see why it hasn't exploded. It might explode in my face. Pray for me.

Ash Hussain makes it 8.2k to go, and Derekjohn Miller is the only caller.

Flop: 6c 6s 5c

Miller checks to Hussain, who bets again. Miller quickly folds, and Hussain shows him pocket aces for his trouble.

Derek calls from the small blind and Marc Goodwin checks from the big blind.

They go to a flop of Qc 6h Qs...

Derek bets out 5k, Marc calls...

TURN: 8c

Derek, who is also known sometimes as John apparently checks, Marc bets 5k...

"John" now makes the first aggressive move of the final and check raises to 15k and Marc lays it down...

It folds around to Marc Goodwin in the small blind, who limps in. Short Stack Of The Day Essy Jahanpour moves in from the big blind, and Big Stack Of The Day Marc Goodwin calls.

Goodwin: Td 8c
Jahanpour: 9c 7d

Board: Qs Kh Js 6s Kc

Thusly Essy Jahanpour busts out in 8th place, winning £3,000 of Bluesquare internet funds.

[Brief pause while photographer Q is called over to try to find an AA battery for the little webcam thingy recording action at the final table.]

PLEASE tell Tony GL from me Dana x

Next hand Paul Newman shoves all-in...all fold to Ash Hussain who now asks for a count from the small blind...

Eventually...he passes though and Paul pads his stack with the 6.1k in blinds and antes.

Ash makes it 12k from the small blind, and big blind Tony Ross lets him have it. As in, he folds. Doesn't beat him up or anything.

Now Tony Ross makes it 12k from the small blind. It has the same effect, and big blind Paul Newman passes.

Mr Marc Goodwin makes it 10k to go, and everyone does go -- away. He shows A-K.

Sitting like a cat on a hot tin roof......GOOOOOO TONYYYYY

Mr Goodwin makes it 10k to play again, and once more no-one wants to play with him. It's lonely at the top of the chip ladder.

He's right in front of me but I don't want to break his FT concentration. I'l send him good lucks at the break...

Good idea :-) Thx

This time Goodwin passes, concentrating instead on his nice massage. So instead, Ash Hussain raises to 10.2k. No-one wants to play with him either, though, and he picks up no more than the blinds and antes.

Miller raises to 14k from the small blind. Marc Goodwin couldn't care less and passes, and Miller shows him an ace, that he also doesn't care about. He's having a massage. Mmm, massage.

Some shots of our lucky finalists.

David Rudling looking stripey ands serious.

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Derek Miller, looking laid back and pensive.

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Essy Jahanpour looking more hopeful than a few minutes later when he will be knocked out!

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This final has gone a bit sleepy-foldy tbh.

Where are my fireworks?

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Plenty of aggression from whoever's on the small blind, though.

Marc Goodwin did it just now, and Ash Hussain folded; the next hand Ash did it, and Tony Ross folded. Ash showed aces that time though. Would have probably been funner if he's had the aces when Marc Goodwin raised his blind. Shame.

Fireworks!

Paul Newman gets a walk; shows K-J.

Fireworks? Even a sparkler would be ok.

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Pab in what is now regarded as his trademark pose, hand resting on chin, waiting for Aces like a COBRA (but a nitty cobra!). We only mock him because we love him.

Go Pab!

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Star of multiple hit films, Paul Newman, following drastic plastic surgery.

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Poker superstar 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) and the less celebrated but also talented Anthony Ross.

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And finally we have Marc Goodwin, stocking up on nourishment as he prepares to lay the smack down with his big stack...

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Marc raises to an esoteric 11k, and it folds around to The Pabra in the big blind, who moves all in. A swift call, and they are on their backs.

Goodwin: 9c 9d
The Pabra: Ahrt Jd

Board: Ks 8c Qc 5d 4s

Which means that Paul "The Poison Pabra" Foltyn has been slain, and busts out in 7th place winning £4,000 of internet money.

We are down to six.

Tony was a respectable 2nd at the last APAT game and beaten at the post by our Ripple, this lad knows how to play.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

AWWWWWW well played Paul xx

Six handed, Marc Goodwin pops it up to 10k. David Rudling in the BB...calls!

FLOP: 3c 7s Ad

David checks and Marc leads for 15k ; David sighs and folds.

Marc seems to have a stranglehold on affairs at the moment...

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And then! David Rudling moves all-in. Marc Goodwin CALLS!

Ad Qc for Rudling Tc Th for Goodwin.

"You can't win every race can you?" asks a quizzical Rudling.

"You know that's Marc Goodwin don't you!" points out HUssain.

The flop falls Kd Qs Jh 7s 2c however and this time Rudling takes it down, doubling up and leaving GOodwin with a a still over 100k stack.

David Rudling raises to 13k from the button, and gets himself some blinds.

Derek raises to 14k, Marc moves ALL-IN!

Derek considers his options...can he calll his tournament off here?

NO!

Marc's aggression is good enough and Derek lays down his hand, leaving Marc to immediately bolster his stack.

There's a mass of talent on the rail with Jeff Kimber, Paul Foltyn, James Akenhead, Stu Rutter, Dana Immanuel and the only known half man/ half cat (that's me) comprising the audience.

Poor Alex Martin must feel so out of his depth!

Ash makes it 10,200 from the button, and big blind Paul Newman makes a 'hmmm' face -- but disappointingly passes.

It folds to Paul Newman on the small blind who makes it All In!!!

But David Rudling folds his big blind, and we continue.

Tony raises to 12.5k...and takes the blinds.

No fuss no bother, just some uncontested chips.

Mr Goodwin gets a walk.

More fireworks!

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Tony is turning into a raising machine!

12.5k again...a nice set of blinds...AGAIN!

Who will stop Tony the Tiger??

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Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) raises to 11k from the button... And big blind Tony Ross moves all in. Goodwin appears to be doing some complicated calculations in his head, or possibly just muttering to himself... and then passes.

Marc raises it up and Paul Newman deliberates for a few moments...before moving all-in!

Insta-call from Marc as he has pocket Kings. Only Ac 7s for Paul who quietly mouths "come on!"

Nothing comes on though as the board falls 8h 6d 7d 8d 5c and Goodwin knocks out Paul Newman!

So Paul Newman picks up £5,000 for his 6th place finish.

Well played sir.

Ash makes his favourite raise to 10,200, but everyone folds -- and he shows pocket kings, his third seriously premium hand since we went to final table, and the third one for which he has had absolutely no action.

He makes it 10,200 the next hand too, and although Johnderek Miller looks interested, everyone folds again. He doesn't show pocket kings this time.

David Rudling pops it up and Marc Goodwin...calls...

FLOP: Qs 7d Qd

Check, check is the riveting action!

TURN: As

20k from David, Marc passes and David sweeps in the pot with a exhalation that looks suspiciously like relief...

Blinds now up to 3k 6k with a 300 ante.

Much yawning at this final table, as they have now been playing for a full 12 hours, plus travelling time etc.

Mr Tony Ross in particular deserves a stamina mention -- he left Devon at 3am to drive down here, and is approaching the magical 24 hours of wakefulness mark. Yikes.

Rudling raises to 12.5k, and everyone passes to big blind Ash who also passes, showing a deuce and accidentally knocking lots of his chips on the floor.

Everyone needs a nap imo.

Marc raises to 12k.

Tony Ross....flat calls...

FLOP: Ts 5c 2c

Tony checks, Marc also checks.

TURN: Jd

Tony checks, Marc checks.

RIVER: Jh

Check, check.

Marc shows pocket fours. Which are good!

Another pot goes the way of the Goodwin. He's starting to look very likely to win here, although he will have to get past the large stack of the unpredictable and dangerous David Rudling first...

Foldy-foldy-foldy to Tony Ross in the small blind who limps, but big blind David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) rather spoils the party and makes it 16k. Fold.

Limpy/checky to a 9d 5h Ahrt flop for Rudling and Miller. Rudling bets out 7k, and Miller spends some time counting -- the pot, his own chips, fingers etc (may or may not be true). What is definitely true is that he dwells up for some time, seriously considering some sort of action-type behaviour....

And then he passes. Rudling flashes the 5d.

Ash raises to 14.2k utg, and big blind Marc calls.

A flop!

It is: 2h Ahrt 2s

They check, and they a turn.

The turn: 7h

Marc checks and Ash bets 10k; Marc can't be bothered any more and gives it up.

Anthony raises it up to 16k...Marc is ALL-IN!

Tony...passes...

Marc has applied a lot of pressure with his big stack and at the moment no one is taking him on, with the possible exception of David Rudling occasionally.

He looks like a man on his way to victory at the moment...

Ash raises and no one challenges him. The 10.5k in blinds and antes is all his!

Go er...Updates!!!! Yay! Win that update!

Derek shoves allin from the small blind and Marc...CALLS!

On their backs fellas.

Ahrt 7d for Marc

Qd 4d for Derek

BOARD: Th 3c Tc 5d Ts

No shocks and Marc wins another big pot, meaning Derek Miller is OUT in 5th spot, winning £6,000.

Not bad for a freeroll eh?

Ash Hussain moves all in...

...But everyone passes. He shows A-K. Wow, he's not having any luck getting these big hands paid off tonight.

Chip Counts, Four Handed

Marc Goodwin: 250k
David Rudling: 173k
Ash Hussain: 78k
Tony Ross: 60k

Btw Suzanne, well-wishing to Mr Ross duly passed on. He says, "Thank you."

Ash Hussain limps from the small blind and Tony aggressively...checks his option.


The flop of Ac 5s Js elicits a mountain of action, detailed in all its fullsome glory below! :

Ash checks, Tony checks

TURN: 5h

Ash checks, Tony checks

RIVER: 6s

Ash bets 12k...Tony...throws it away

Tony moves ALL-IN!

Marc passes, David passes...

Ash tilts his head sideways several times before passing.

More blinds and antes tumble the shortstacked Tony's way.

Ash moves all in from the small blind, and Tony Ross in the big blind...

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...




...Calls!

Tony Ross: Ac 6h
Ash Hussain: Ahrt 2d

Board: 4d 3d Th 5d 4c

Tony doesn't really register for a while that Ash has made a straight, but that is what has in fact happened, and Tony Ross is eliminated in 4th place winning £7,500 at some point next week in his Bluesquare account.

Three handed!

It's David "Stripey" Rudling versus Marc "Check Out My Big...stack" Goodwin versus Ash "Superstar" Hussain!

So exciting, 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) is nearly wetting himself.

Marc raises to 18k from the small blind and Ash Hussain...CALLS!

The flop falls 9d 3h 6d.

Marc checks, Ash leads for 20k and Marc quietly passes, muttering something gently about A-Q.

Marc Goodwin makes it 21k from the button and small blind Ash Hussain passes. David Rudling in the big blind thinks about it... and then announces all in.Goodwin's throat makes a noise like a creaky door, just before he passes -- he claims pocket tens...

Ash makes it 14.2k.

David Rudling makes it 44.2k, an extra 30k.

Ash now passes showing pocket sevens.

"One time" he says as he lays them down, not in the internet kid sense but in the "Next time I'll f*** you up man!"-sense.

How I Feel Right Now

This is not a boring tournament, I just feel like I might die.

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Thanks Dana x

Ash aggressively limps from the small blind and a positively fearsome Rudling growls in menacing fashion...before also checking.

The flop falls K 3 4.

Laggy check from Ash and David springs into inaction with an audacious check.

TURN:

Ash again lays the aggression on thick with a quick check before David finally puts the first bet post-flop in of 12k...and Ash folds.

Thrilling!

Ash folds his button and David Rudling raises to 17k from the small blind. Big blind Marc Goodwin scrunches up his face, and calls.

The flop: 5h Js 6c

David checks, and Marc bets 30k. David appears to be chewing the inside of his cheek. He sticks his tongue out and stares Marc down for a bit -- and then he passes, letting Marc take the pot.

David raises to 16k from the button, and gets himself some blinds and antes in return.

Well played Tony drinks are on you next time I see you x

Ash calls from the sb, David checks from the big blind.

Ace high flop... 6k from Hussain, fold from David.

Easy as that.

Ash raised his button, but small blind David reraised and put Ash off the whole idea.

As Jon Raab says, "David's different class right now. Blinding play from David."

Only slight hysteria creeping into his weary, announcey voice.

Just a quick note to pass on my admiration for my updating colleague Dana who has worked her little cotton socks off today, despite feeling very under the weather, whilst keeping up her acerbic humour.

She's one determined kitty. My congratulations Dana!

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Is It The Break?

Yes It Is!

Everyone is trying to outdo each other with tales of what-time-I-got-up-this-morning stamina-ful weariness. And what snow they had to drive through to get here. Praying for a swift conclusion after the break.

Fantastic updates as always, thank you guys x

Or I should say Dana :-)

Thanks also to Junglecat for the lolcats and periodic work. :)

Chip Counts:

Dave Rudling: 201,600
Marc Goodwin: 198,500
Ash Hussain: 156,300

Anyone's game!

David Rudling just had a suggestion I think we all agreed with.

"Let's put the blinds up really high so it's all luck!"

Back at the felt, the blinds are now 4k / 8k / 400.

First hand Ash raises...and picks up the blinds.

Well played sir!

Good work guys.

Marc makes it 25k from the button and big blind David is up for it.

Flop: Kc 4d 4s

David checks to Marc, and Marc makes it 35k to go. David doesn't want to go for that much, so he folds.

FML, I want my duvet.

I mean, thank you.  ;hattip;

David raises to 25k...and Ash calls!

FLOP: Kh Ac Ah.

30k from David. Ash...calls!

OMG ACTION!

TURN: 8c

David checks...Ash checks.

RIVER: Jh

David moves all-in and Ash passes...and a big pot goes to David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123), who was already the chip leader and has just increased his advantage.

That hand puts Ash down to 100k, David boosts up to 270k and Marc hovering around 200k.

Next hand, as if to make up for losing that monstrous pot, Ash gets a walk. And the hand after that, he raises to 24k from the small blind and gets David's big blind. Doesn't that make it all better?

Ash folds, and now it's David's turn to nick Marc's big blind. Nicking achieved.

Jon Raab on the mic:

"Another hand is over, by the way. Not a lot happened in it."

David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) raises to 23k from the small blind, and big blind Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) reraises, another 45k. Rudling moves all in, Goodwin calls, and it's looking good for Mr Cool...

Rudling: Kh 9s
Goodwin: Ad Ks

Board: Ts 2c 8c 9h Jc

Mr Cool rather loses his cool and slams a fist on the table, and then I think he kicks a chair, albeit quite gently and it doesn't fall over or anything. Nevertheless, Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) is OUT in 3rd place, winning £10,000.

James Akenhead:

"When you've got a minute, do you think you could come over here and take a photo of me throwing up in a roulette wheel?"

And the very next hand, Ash finds himself all in, and called!

Fingers crossed...

Ash: Ac Jh
David: Kh Tc

Board: Js 6c 6h 9s 4c

Thus Ash doubles up to 245,800, Rudling still in the lead, but not by much...

Silent sighs among the updaters who'd really like to go home, silent rejoicing from Ash who now has a serious shot at the £20k first prize.

Our heads-upsers limp/check their way to the turn of a Jh Ad 6s Js board.

Ash checks to Rudling, who now bets a very minimal 8k -- but Ash folds anyway, and we are back to still being here instead of on the train home.

Limpy/checky to the 6h 9s 9h flop; David bets and Ash folds. That is all.

Limpy/check-a-rama to the turn: 6s 7h 6d Qs

At which point Ash bets 12k, and David calls.

River: Qh

Ash bets 12k and David calls; Ash shows T-7 and it's good enough to take it down.

Ash raises from the button, only for David to reraise.

As Jon Raab says, "Nope."

David claims A-K.

From the smalll blind, Ash calls and David checks.

FLOP: 4s 8c Qs.

Check, check.

TURN: 5d

12k bet from David and Ash calls.

RIVER: 4d

30k from David and Ash lays that mofo down.

Onto the next hand!

The two players limp in and it's...

FLOP TIME!

Jd Ac Jh

12k from David takes it down with a shockingly revealed pair of Aces!

OMG, SICK NO ACTION!

Limpy-checky-floppy:

Kc Js Ts

12k from Ash, and that's the end of it.

So who got the title? 

Hands reversed right?

Ash raises to 24k. David...shuffles his cards before..wait for it...passing!

Heads up continues with David Rudling still somehow sporting a smile. Good on ya fella!

No they changed the rules for that hand to make sure someone got knocked out.

Good idea imo.

Sorry, my bad. Oops. Goodwin's definitely out, though.

It may look as though nothing much is happening, but in actual fact, David is chip chip chipping away bit by bit with a marginally more aggressive game at the moment as the two players see flop after flop in unraised pots.

Ash may have to re-think his game plan at this rate...

Was it the sarcastic updater?

::) ;)

The limp/checked flop: Jh Jd 6h

Check to Ash who bets 12k, and back around to checker Rudling who makes it 30k.

Turn: 3d -- check, check.

River: 9s

David checks and then calls 25k from Ash. Ash shows K-6 for two pair, and Rudling shows a six but mucks the other card.

Split pot ! Both players make a straight! The chip counts remain identical!

John Raab has just revealed he is hallucinating. I hope his visions are a little more exciting than the poker at the moment.

Maybe he is seeing things like this...

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The players see another flop.

8s 4s 4c

12k by David is good.

"No sixes this time" says Ash referring to Jon Raab's theory we have been seeing lots of sixes. It looks as though Jon is about to look silly but then David reveals a pair of sixes in his hand!

"Spooky" says Ash as they continue...

Ash limps, David raises to 30k...

Ash...calls!

9c 5h Ac

50k from David, Ash considers what to do and flat calls.

TURN: Js

Check from David. Check from Ash.

RIVER: 3h

Check from David. 50k from Ash...David mulls it over...then calls!

Ash shows A-3 for Aces up...which is good. A shrug and Ash now moves into the lead.

"That was the biggest pot of the tournament for me!" says Ash.

In the context of this heads up, it was about this big:

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Ash limps in, and David whacks another 45k on it. Ash folds.


ROUGH CHIP COUNTS

Ash: 370k
David: 200k

Limpy-checky to this board: 9s 2c 4h Js

Rudling bets out 18k, and Ash calls.

River: 4s

David bets out 40k and Ash calls -- our caller turns over Jd 6c, and David just mucks. David getting short-ish now...

Now David, suddenly aware that he is short-ish, open-shoves from the button! But Ash passes, and we are all still here.

Jon Raab: "Five minutes before I start hallucinating..."

Many happy returns to Paul from AWOP, who turns 21 today! And he gets to spend it here in Luton, working! Lucky him! Everyone else suddenly feels much better about their predicament.

 :birthday: :birthday: :birthday:

David now has his head in his hand. Even his relentless good humour is failing him a little as we enter the twilight zone.

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David raises, Ash shoves...David passes!

"Very nearly" says a tired looking David.

Jon Raab has done a great job of keeping up a chirpy commentary throughout. The man's enthusiasm is boundless!

Junglecat: "I think it was my 21st birthday when this heads up started."

The hallucinations have begun.

Jon Raab: "Ash Hussain's stack looks like a little yellow submarine with bits of purple in it..."

ALLIN from David.

Ash asks for a count...

He gets a count...

It's 75k more...

David says "I don't mind if u call i would appreciate the chance to double up

Ash says "I have a four!"

but passes 4-5. David flashes an Ace.

Ash limps in, and David moves all in! Again! And Ash passes! Again! And David flashes an ace! Again!

Jon  Raab is amusing himself by making suggestive gestures with the microphone.

So far he has licked it like an...er icecream and started to rub it excitedly.

The microphone obviously.

Poor man. I hope it ends soon before he straddles it and shouts "geronimo!"

David announces all in preflop for the third time in a row!!!

And Ash passes!!! Again!!!

I've heard they're making the C of C event into 4 days with 2 hour levels, is it true?

Don't give me a gun.

A card just jumped off the table and tried to escape.

Good effort little fella. Damn those quick fingered dealers scuppering your escape to victory.

You mean the COC event? I think we've been here about a week already. What's my name?

David raises, Ash shoves, David folds.

Ash shows A-K and Rudling is now very short with 65-70k.

It should end soon but do we want this grippping contest to draw to a close?

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The players see a flop of...

Kh Jd 8c

David bets 18k, Ash folds...

David open-shoves again... And this time Ash...




...






...Calls!

Ash: Kc 2h
David: Qh Js

Board: 2c Qs 7s Ahrt 5c

Thus David doubles up. Yay. He says it's 220k but it's actually around 70k. 220k and it would have been almost over. I have an overwhelming urge to hurt myself. Or hurt Junglecat.

Go Dave!!!!

Good luck to the short-stack.

Ace high flop.

David bets Ash Shoves, David folds.

Onward christian soldiers. Or military people of other religious denominations. Or Atheists.

Just onward everyone.

Beagle's going to get a slap.


Floppy's going to get a slap.

Let's all root for whichever player has the most chips winning the next all in! Yay!!!

Can I remind the mean Nottingham-based updaters that even if this does ever finish, we still have to pack up, get a cab to Luton station, get a 40 minute train to West Hampstead and then attempt to find another cab or trudge the 25 minutes uphill to our house?

Omg I hate my life.

The 43rd dealer since the heads up started has just seated himself at the felt.

Why don't they just let Dena deal, she always gets someone knocked out.

Bring back the black widow!!!!!

Can you tell Ash and David to carefully consider each decision and most importantly, take their time! It's not every day you get to be the inaugural COC Winner. I think some careful contemplation with the aim of reducing the tournament to about 5 hands per hour could prove to be a winning strategy.

Ash limps in from the button, and then calls a raise to 45k from David...

...who open-shoves the flop, blind.

Flop: 2s Jc Td

David: 9d 9c
Ash: call, with Jh 8c

Turn: Js
River: 5c

Thus Mr David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) is OUT in 2nd place winning £14,000, and thus it necessarily follows that 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) is the Champion!!! of the inaugural Bluesq.Com GUKPT Champion of Champions!!!! event, winning £20,000!!!!! He's like a champion, cubed. Top COC, this.

Hurrah for both heads-upsers, hurrah for shortly heading off to the train station for the homeward trudge; photos to follow shortly.

Finally, we have shots of our worthy winner Ash Hussain.

Here he is shaking hands with heads up opponent David Rudling...

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And here he is with his winning hand and the trophy...

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Well played Ash!

So that's it!

Thanks for following. It's been a blast and all the monies have been correctly distributed (or will be online once the blue square staff have had a well earned rest.)

Myself and Dana are now off to nap for a 1,000 years so thanks for following us on what has been a long but ultimately satisfying journey to crown the Champion of Champions!

;stickaforkinme;

'cos quite literally, we are done!

well done ash

brilliant updates as per       wd Ash  and another nice cash for Pab

Brilliant performance by Reenot as well.

Well played sir :)up

Nice one Reenot, didn't realise you were in this ;applause;