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Welcome back to the final day of this month's DTD £300. 87 players remaining for the tournament that will restart at 2pm.

Who are you going for?

Kassim Kurbanali   11   2   106800
Justin Devonport   35   3   93900
Basharat Mahmood   34   4   90000
Eddie Lundon   23   1   88500
Aaron Fisher   33   3   77200
Nichiei Hicks   13   2   70500
Ghassan Chehbi   32   9   69600
Hassan Abbas   35   1   65500
Richard Young   33   2   62800
Tony Salmon   13   9   62400
Daniel Brown   32   6   62200
Te Ng Cao   11   1   62100
Daniel Rudd   12   6   60300
Daryl Moore   12   8   55700
Sebastian Powell   32   3   53800
Gurdeu Millan   11   6   53800
Mohammed Ashfaq   32   5   49400
Adrian Swingler   22   3   48300
Benjamin Boulden   14   5   47400
Michael Jones   32   8   45300
Yucel Eminoglu   22   1   44600
Paul Regan   34   5   44100
Craig Betteridge   23   7   43100
Bryan Anglim   33   9   42700
Ghalib Hussain   11   8   42100
Daniel Ward   22   5   41700
Richard Ackroyd   12   1   41500
David Brown   32   2   40600
Phillip Toomer   35   2   37900
James Bagley   14   9   37600
Toby Lewis   13   3   37400
David Tighe   23   8   35600
John Simons   11   9   35300
Marcus Bebb-jones   35   6   34900
Andy Cradock   34   1   34700
Waheed Ashraf   12   4   34400
Arjanit Kondaj   23   3   33500
Anon   22   2   33000
Martin Kearney   34   7   32700
Guy Rolfe   33   7   32500
Jeremy Betts   35   7   32400
Ian Smith   22   6   31400
Jonathan Spinks   22   7   31100
Paul Halling   32   1   30200
Harprit Singh Gurnam   13   4   29900
Stephen Holloway   14   2   29300
Mark Docherty   13   7   29100
Jamie Purdon   11   5   27400
George Brown   34   3   27000
Hiren Kanabar   23   2   26000
Carl G Williams   22   4   25400
James Tomlin   12   5   24900
Paul Garnham   23   6   24300
Paul King   23   9   23700
Christopher Bruce   34   8   23500
Sam Trickett   14   3   23200
Daniel Carter   12   7   22100
Craig Owen   22   9   21500
Andrea Gough   33   5   19000
Michael Wernick   33   1   19000
Wright Peter   13   8   18400
John Sadler   35   4   18200
Shamil Patel   14   4   17900
Robert Cowen   35   9   17700
David Milligan   34   2   17500
Tommy Bingham   32   4   17000
Stephen Hogg   34   6   16800
Sunil Mistri   22   8   16300
Frazer Beattie   13   6   16000
Philip Clarke   32   7   15800
John Exley   35   5   15500
Jonathan Garrett   12   9   15200
Imran Mckenzie   34   9   15200
David Oakton   13   5   14800
Mathew Seer   23   5   14700
Paula Cowling   33   8   13900
Angharad Hyde   23   4   12400
Keith Armstrong   11   3   10700
Joe Stevenson   14   8   9700
Daniel Dodet   14   6   9300
Stuart Rolfe   33   6   9300
Mario Andreou   12   2   9000
David Wall   35   8   7900
Kevin Pearce   14   7   7500
Kirk Moyce   33   4   7500

Mr Redbull Hicks FTW.  You wouldn't get long odds on him reaching another final table and winning the thing imo.

Great updates Floppy and JC.  Best updates I've read since well, yesterday :)up

good luck Nick bout time u scooped another biggie

also best wishes to Basharat Mahmood

FYP

gl to Nick 'Samurai' Hicks, Sam 'Win it All' Trickett and Kirk 'Moyceturiser' Moyce

Daniel "UpTheFishFileters" Rudd FTW

I tried to bokk him last night but it didn't work - so I may be an anti bokk.....

I just feel that Nick is going to win this...

Good luck to Nick & Dan gogogogoggo

As the tables fill up, bags are ripped open and the precious chips within and emptied out and stacked up, here are how the tables are set up.

11   1   Te Ng Cao
11   2   Kassim Kurbanali
11   3   Keith Armstrong
11   5   Jamie Purdon
11   6   Gurdeu Millan
11   8   Ghalib Hussain
11   9   John Simons
12   1   Richard Ackroyd
12   2   Mario Andreou
12   4   Waheed Ashraf
12   5   James Tomlin
12   6   Daniel Rudd
12   7   Daniel Carter
12   8   Daryl Moore
12   9   Jonathan Garrett
13   2   Nichiei Hicks
13   3   Toby Lewis
13   4   Harprit Singh Gurnam
13   5   David Oakton
13   6   Frazer Beattie
13   7   Mark Docherty
13   8   Wright Peter
13   9   Tony Salmon
14   2   Stephen Holloway
14   3   Sam Trickett
14   4   Shamil Patel
14   5   Benjamin Boulden
14   6   Daniel Dodet
14   7   Kevin Pearce
14   8   Joe Stevenson
14   9   James Bagley
22   1   Yucel Eminoglu
22   2   Anon
22   3   Adrian Swingler
22   4   Carl G Williams
22   5   Daniel Ward
22   6   Ian Smith
22   7   Jonathan Spinks
22   8   Sunil Mistri
22   9   Craig Owen
23   1   Eddie Lundon
23   2   Hiren Kanabar
23   3   Arjanit Kondaj
23   4   Angharad Hyde
23   5   Mathew Seer
23   6   Paul Garnham
23   7   Craig Betteridge
23   8   David Tighe
23   9   Paul King
32   1   Paul Halling
32   2   David Brown
32   3   Sebastian Powell
32   4   Tommy Bingham
32   5   Mohammed Ashfaq
32   6   Daniel Brown
32   7   Philip Clarke
32   8   Michael Jones
32   9   Ghassan Chehbi
33   1   Michael Wernick
33   2   Richard Young
33   3   Aaron Fisher
33   4   Kirk Moyce
33   5   Andrea Gough
33   6   Stuart Rolfe
33   7   Guy Rolfe
33   8   Paula Cowling
33   9   Bryan Anglim
34   1   Andy Cradock
34   2   David Milligan
34   3   George Brown
34   4   Basharat Mahmood
34   5   Paul Regan
34   6   Stephen Hogg
34   7   Martin Kearney
34   8   Christopher Bruce
34   9   Imran Mckenzie
35   1   Hassan Abbas
35   2   Phillip Toomer
35   3   Justin Devonport
35   4   John Sadler
35   5   John Exley
35   6   Marcus Bebb-jones
35   7   Jeremy Betts
35   8   David Wall
35   9   Robert Cowen

can we have more pics of seb powel james bagley and toby lewis, and tell toby to wear his hat like an adult

FYP

Any cash games going yet?  Might pop over as I haven't been for a while...

You should ask for photos of the young French dealer (and I don't mean Bruno).

I don't think he listens...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26020&g2_serialNumber=1)

James Bagley

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26018&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seb Powell

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26022&g2_serialNumber=1)

Double Dodet

Straight into action is Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=83) Dodet (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=83). With just 9k at the start of the day, he was looking for a spot to move and did so moments ago SHIPPING it with T-J.

With Dodet's stack at less than ten big blinds, James Bagley decided his range was wide enough that a call with 3-3 was justified and call he did!

But what was going on here?? One quick check with professional Antonio (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=815) Esfandiari (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=815) look-a-like and popular French blogger Benjo cleared it up.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21914&g2_serialNumber=1)

The race was won emphatically by Dodet as an ace, queen and king all appeared to give him the broadway straight, taking a cheeky bite out of Bagley's stack and doubling him through to just under 20k...

Is Paul King in or out? Twice he was reported as being out (once by me) and he's on the player list. Are there 2 of them?

It's not Chris Bruce's day. Aces cracked by Kings then pushed 5-5 and got called by A-Q, his opponent didn't pair up but didn't need to when the board came 7-7-7-T-7...

Ouch - Unlucky Chris.

Pics of young French Dealer please!!

+1

Kirk Moyce has doubled up his very short stack calling all-in with Qd 7d against Paula Cowling's Td Th after a very helpful board ran out 8c 6s 3s 5d 4c, he's still only got a little over 12k though.

James Bagley is out after Justin Devonport got very lucky on the river.

Bagley bet 5,300 on the 9d 2c 9h flop, 7,800 on the 3d turn and moved in on the 8h river with Devonport calling him the whole way with 8c 8d, Bagley's Aces proving no good on the end.

Legend Down


Mickey Wernick is sat on the sidelines watching the aston villa - everton game, sadly sipping a cup of tea. And here's reason he is sat on the rail.

He raised it up with pocket Tc Ts, picking up two callers.

The flop fell 7s 9s Js, and with jsut over a pot-size bet left, he moved all-in understandably.

"I'm hoping no one would have anything there..."

Bad luck befell the bearded luminary however as lurking in wait was the Aspades Qs for the nuts. With just one out left to save him the black eight on the turn was the wrong suit to complete his straight flush and when the river blanked, Mickey Wernick was no more!

Yeah I think so.

Chip counts on Dan Ward, Nick Hicks and Trickett please?

John Simons has been knocked out by Ghalib Hussain when the latter's Ahrt Kc prevailed vs Qd Qc on a Jd Kh 9s 5d 5c board.

On the next table, James Tomlin is a gonna after 4-betting all-in from the cutoff with Qd Qs but running into Daryl Moore's Ahrt Ad.

Sick Hand!

A huge pot just played out between Te Ng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2741) Cao (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2741) and Kassim Kurbanali.

It started with Te raising it up to 4k, only for Kassim to re-raise to 10k.

Te now made it 25k - and Kassim flat called!

A board of 9d 6s 3c saw Te lead out for 20k, which was called by Kassim. Tense faces and hushed whispers abounded as the two combatants faced off in what was already close to a 100k pot.

The turn was the 5d and Te now moved all-in for Kassim's last 40k...

Kassim considered his options carefully under the huge weight of chip pressure applied by Te...

Amidst the sanctuary of peace and quiet offered the two players at this dramatic moment, NoFlops crashed into action, snapping the two in action with his camera, whilst simultaneously dropping his notepad on the head of a fellow player and apologising loudly enough to shatter the tense silence that was pervading.

(He took a great shot of the moment though)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26026&g2_serialNumber=1)

Eventually Kassim passed what he later revealed was jacks, whilst a ballsy Te had pulled the play off with ace-king, we heard!

Sho shick!

Daniel Ward -- 35k
Sam Trickett -- 33k
Nick Hicks -- 70k

cheers

Yes the Paul King you know, chirpy fellow, bit light on top is OUT. One of the first casualties yesterday.

The Paul King still in is a different man entirely (this one has hair!)...

John Exley, who in Barry Neville-speak is known as the "pill**k from Barnsley" just trebled up to 50k or so.

Holding Jacks, he moved over the top of a Kassim Kurbanali raise for his last 15k, and was called in one spot behind and by Kassim.

Kassim moved in on the jack-high flop, receiving a fold from the other live player and must have felt confident with his pocket queens, till he saw Exley had spiked top set.

An overkill jack on the turn hammered the final nail into Kassim's chances of winning the pot and the man who started the day right at the top of the leaderboard has seen his stock plummet in the opening stages...

Daniel Ward faced a giant overbert all-in on the turn of a Jh 3h 7s Qs board for his whole stack and took a good five minutes of consideration before folding, he got shown Aspades 3s for his trouble which made him grimace due to no doubt folding the best hand at that point.

Fifteen minutes into level eleven - the second of the day - we have seen twenty exits in the first hour.

65 remain with the blinds at 800/1600/200.

The average stack stands at 45,230 and the decent structure means there is room for play...

Fallen Comrades:

66   Stephen Holloway
67   Martin Kearney
68   Angharad Hyde
69   Waheed Ashraf
70   Ian Smith
71   Tommy Bingham
72   James Tomlin
73   John Simons
74   James Bagley
75   Wright Peter
76   Mathew Seer
77   Kirk Moyce
78   Stuart Rolfe
79   Christopher Bruce
80   Michael Wernick
81   Kevin Pearce
82   Shamil Patel
83   Andy Cradock
84   Joe Stevenson
85   Keith Armstrong

Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) Hicks (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) has dropped from his earlier heady heights. "Queens versus Sixes and he four-flushed and then I had King Jack vs Ace King on a King high board," he said glumly.

Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=83) Dodet (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=83) has doubled his micro stack through Imran Mckenzie, his Ad 2h looked in bad shape against Ac Qc and he asked the dealer for a 3-4-5 flop. She went one better dealing a 5s 9d 2d Jd Th board, the experience was short-lived though as he went out just a couple of hands later.

Rod wants me to put dead as a Dodet. But I'm not going to. So there.

Cowen's Cowboys

Robert Cowen has doubled through to around 30k, his pocket kings hoilding versus tens for his stack - a king hitting the turn to seal the double up.

wtf that wasn't me lol. That was seat 8, Joe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2108) Stevenson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2108) I think his name was.

My bust out hand was so irritating, it was a 80k pot lawl. He was on the FT of the GUKPT side event I took down and even though I'd been tight aggressive all tourney he definately thinks of me as a complete lagtard. I don't have to bust as I can check fold river (he can only bet houses and quads) but I'm pretty sure he heroes 100% of the time with any two pair to my 23k shove into 34k as he completely thinks I'm capable of spewy three barrells.

GGAIJNGADOIM to summarise. 2 outed for 80k ftl. FU luck.

GLGLGLGL to Seb Powell and Toby Lewis

unlucky baggers, pass on glglglgl to seb and toby and tell him to wear his hat right ffs.
swanny

Oops!

Bad luck with the aces, great board to get paid off with by two pair for sure.

glglglglgl Toby Lewis for the win :)                                    8c    Tc

P.S keep the cap lol ignore all comments lol,

Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) Hicks (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) is OUT!

Raising the button with Ahrt Kh, he instantly called the big blind shove, who showed down pocket nines. An ever-so-standard hand really.

Needing to win the flip, he watched the board peel off 5d 7s 9s, leaving him drawing almost dead and he stood up and put on his coat as the board finished out Kd Tc.

He was covered and sadly offered "Just can't win those key flips" as he made a swift exit out of the DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) doors.

See you soon redbull.

FAQ's -  Can I have two diamonds on the flop?

Mohammed Ashfaq was all-in with Ad 9d against Ghassan Chehbi's 5d 5s in a flip for his tournament life and flopped good when the board came 8d Tc 3d giving him lots of outs, the turn gave even more coming the 7s and the 2d got him there on the river.

Things have just gone from bad to worse for Chehbi who was one of the chip leaders before. David Brown just pushed with 4's for 21k vs Chehbi's raise with Kings and rivered a four to knock the latter further down the pecking order.

Unlucky James I was hoping you were going to win this one :)

Cheers Swanny and Phil.

Brammer if you read this can you give Toby a ring, my phones dead. Let me know what you guys are doing today. Thanks N.

How is the fish filleter  Rudd getting on ?

But Baggers, you ARE a spewytriplebarrellinglagtardaggrodonk. ;)

Bad luck though, hope to see you boys there next month if I can re-learn how to suck out. Getting in ahead is doing nothing for me these days.

Dave

Quick shot of Toby's stylish cap...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26029&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dramatic news on Daniel Rudd to follow shortly from Homer...

Some quality bokkage there Mr Kev.

Daniel Rudd just went out pushing with Qh Th from the cutoff for about 25k and being called by small blind Daryl Moore's Aspades Jd with the board not helping either coming 8s 5d 6h 2s 4s.

Sigh FML

Here he is just prior to his exit, looking ready to pounce!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26032&g2_serialNumber=1)

Adrian Swingler raises to 5k in the small blind, Sam Trickett makes it 15k from the big blind. Call.

6c Jd Qh

Swinger quickly throws out 10k, Trickett shoves, Swingler instantly folds.

It's not all good news for Sam though, he's lost 3 out of 3 flips today so far, the latest being a pair of Nines against Mad Turk's K-T after the latter caught a cowboy to survive.

what is it with this cap ov toby lewis, i think i might get me 1  :)

I want the Mad Turk to win now, can we do a Turk watch ... i want details of every bag of spanners and shit cards he gets involved with, always good to watch any table that he is on.

SHHHHH don't tell that to teh internetz they havn't realised yet <3

Kassim Kubanali has not had the best of fortune today.

Raising it up to 6k from early position John Exley made the call and the two went heads up to a T-T-2 flop.

10k from Kassim, shove from Exley for 50k, call by Kassim, who tabled A-A.

Bad luck Kassim - Exley showed down A-T for trips! No one out and Kassim, who started the day as the chip leader, is OUT!

A whopping 100k pot was shipped to the man from Barnsley - "come on!" grinned an ecstatic Barry Neville, partly no doubt pleased to see a mate from Yorkshire prospering, partly as he has a cut of him.

As to how those two feelings are divided, I'm not going to offer a percentage split as I don't have BUPA insurance!

No 'jaunty' angles though, or you'll give us 80s kids a bad name.

Incidentally, could I request chip counts for Toby Lewis and Seb Powell please?

Hows Ghassan doing? He wound my table right up yesterday and I felt sure he'd go on to the final today!?

Reganomics...

Big pot went the way of Paul Regan, courtesy of Daryl Moore but the river of the Ts 8h Kh 4c 7h brought the flush which slowed both down, Moore showed Kc Qh but Regan's Tc 4d was good.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26033&g2_serialNumber=1)

John Sadler is down to the felt after running K-Q into David Oakton's A-Q.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26035&g2_serialNumber=1)

Players are now on a short break.

Roughly a 130k or so. Full chip counts from the break will come in the next 10 minutes or so.

Chip Counts:

Justin Devonport   21   4   165400
Te Ng Cao   11   1   150100
Ghassan Chehbi   32   9   130200
Paul Regan   12   4   122800
Daryl Moore   12   8   119200
Basharat Mahmood   11   9   112600
John Exley   11   4   105000
Sebastian Powell   32   3   94900
Anon   22   2   90900
Gurdeu Millan   11   6   87500
Richard Young   12   2   86200
Daniel Brown   32   6   82600
Harprit Singh Gurnam   13   4   80800
Phillip Toomer   21   7   78700
Eddie Lundon   22   6   75200
Benjamin Boulden   21   5   70500
Adrian Swingler   22   3   69700
Aaron Fisher   11   2   66600
David Wall   21   1   66100
Tony Salmon   13   9   62900
Paul Garnham   22   5   62900
Jeremy Betts   22   8   59200
Guy Rolfe   12   1   56800
Ghalib Hussain   11   8   55600
Imran Mckenzie   21   9   54000
David Milligan   13   8   53500
Paul Halling   32   1   49000
George Brown   21   2   49000
David Oakton   13   5   45400
Jonathan Spinks   22   7   44400
Sam Trickett   22   4   43700
Bryan Anglim   21   8   42300
Craig Owen   22   9   40200
David Tighe   12   5   36600
Toby Lewis   13   3   36400
Arjanit Kondaj   13   2   35100
Jamie Purdon   11   5   34900
David Brown   32   2   29500
Jonathan Garrett   12   9   27400
Yucel Eminoglu   22   1   26600
Hiren Kanabar   32   4   25800
Marcus Bebb-jones   12   3   24800
Paul King   21   6   24800
Mohammed Ashfaq   32   5   21400
Mark Docherty   13   7   19600
Daniel Carter   12   7   17200
Hassan Abbas   11   7   16100
Frazer Beattie   13   6   14000

anyone at DTD wanna give me 20/1 on Seb Powell to win? Chris, you're rolled after your SCOOP score, lets go.

glgglglglgll to jon mfkin spinks, aka tom middleton ducy?  and sam trickett.

M3boy has had a rollercoaster ride today. He was down to 6k after making a move with bottom pair that didn't work out well, but within a round he had a newly minted stack of 70k.

Most of these chips were gained as he raised on the button with a 35k stack and A-K, only for the big blind to move all-in.

Paul nitrolled for a while before calling to find himself up against pocket fours.

An ace turned to double him through to 70k, leaving him just below average with 40 left...

Chipleaderwatch:

Ghassan Chehbi with Mad Turk

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26037&g2_serialNumber=1)

Justin Devonport

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26039&g2_serialNumber=1)

Te Ng Cao

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26043&g2_serialNumber=1)

lol, you need Rick Trigg or Dubai tbh.

Marcus Bebb-Jones is newly minted after getting his stack in with A-K against A-J on an ace high board for a full double-up.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26041&g2_serialNumber=1)

Present from Barry Neville to Colchester Kev. "E'll Loove this," apparently...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26047&g2_serialNumber=1)

Another classic shot from Barry Neville...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26048&g2_serialNumber=1)

He's been trying to persuade the girls to take topless shots with no success so far. "We might get sacked!"

"Dont worry loov, I'll put a bag on yer ead!"

Good old Bazzer ... he knows what the public want.

Bazzer for mod imo.

FYP

Double up for Toby Lewis, all-in with Js Jh against the Ahrt Qs of David Oakton which held on a Kh 7d 3h 4d 8s board, doubling up the silly hat-wearing boy to approximately 80k.

this.  He's also on the scout for the lovely French dealer... ;)

Justin is a regular at the G in Manc where I play.. gl gl gl 2 him

Te Ng Cao has been turning up the heat on his table, raising frequently with his big stack.

He must be raising some real filth at times though...a few moments ago he raised up to 7k, only to face a re-raise all-in from a shortstack's 22k.

Getting over 2-1 he tanked before throwing his bag of spanners away with only minimal damage done to his whopping 150k-ish stack.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26043&g2_serialNumber=1)

yoyoyo, can i get an update on seb powell pleasssee???

Double up for Richard Young (in seat 2 here) who flipped gooooooot against Daryl Moore holding Aspades Qc against 9c 9h and never looked in any trouble after the flop had come down Qd Tc Th, followed by the 4d and 6h.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26050&g2_serialNumber=1)

Meanwhile Mad Turk is down only around 24k after raising to 6.4k preflop from early position but folding to a shove claiming he had A-Q suited, he was shown A-K for his troubles.

nice double up there toby,  keep it up pal, i sence a big shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip coming today woot woot     8c    Tc   :)

Chiprich in seat 1 looks like he has put a bit of weight on

rotflmfao

But because he's not ginger anymore, at least he now has a soul.

Exitaments:

45   Yucel Eminoglu
46   Adrian Swingler
47   Bryan Anglim
48   Mohammed Ashfaq
49   John Sadler
50   Paula Cowling
51   Sunil Mistri
52   Kassim Kurbanali
53   Craig Betteridge
54   Daniel Rudd
55   Robert Cowen
56   Richard Ackroyd
57   Daniel Ward
58   Andrea Gough
59   Mario Andreou
60   Carl G Williams
61   Nichiei Hicks
62   Michael Jones
63   Philip Clarke
64   Daniel Dodet

Dan Carter has just done for David Brown.

Seeing a flop three way after raising pre-flop, Dan shipped it in with kings on a T-8-x board and was called by Brown's A-8.

No snowmen or bullets and the name sake of blonde's own curly-haired Carter gets a big boon to his tournament hopes.

Looks like about 50k atm. Gonna need to make some moves soon.

1 Name or the win please guys          my pick is       Toby ''cool cap''  lewis                     8c    Tc        :)

John Exley has knocked out Hassan Abbas. Abbas had pushed for 18k and it was passed around to Exley in the small blind who hadn't seen the shove and raised with A-9. He reluctantly made the call but found himself dominating Abbas, knocking him out of the tournament.

His nickname is Zoidberg, make sure you call him it whenever you see him :)

Edgy, Toby smashed up Mr Powell lol.

Sebba opens mid (I think, not sure about position) and Toby 3bet ships it in with KJ for around 40k. Seb nitrolls AK and Toby runs good yah.

He's chipped away a few pots since and looks to be back on around 60k now.

Such a fish, wish I ran that good. :p

Incidentally, what did that GGWITHOTHERLETTERS thing mean on your exit tale of woe?

Good ol' Futurama.

Fry: What's so wonderful about Leela being normal? The rest of us aren't normal. And that's what makes us great. Like Dr. Zoidberg. He's a weird monster who smells like he eats garbage and does.
Dr. Zoidberg: Damn right.
Fry: And the professor's a senile amoral crackpot.
Professor: Oyeeaii.
Fry: Hermes is a Rastafarian accountant.
Hermes: Tally me banana.
Fry: Amy is a klutz from Mars.
Amy: Whoops.
Professor: And Fry, you've got that brain thing.
Fry: I already did!

This, my fishy friend, is what happens when you hit random buttons to represent tilt in a text format.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Boulden

After a period of quiet, where only a couple of players were eliminated over an entire level, the pace is picking up here.

Benjamin Boulden just succumbed, seeing a flop with 5-7 with Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=328) King (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=328) the second.

He liked the look of the T-T-7 flop but once he fired his chips in and King made the call, he was in big trouble versus K-T.

No miracle runner runner quads and King reigned supreme whilst Boulden was outta here!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26057&g2_serialNumber=1)

The similarity with the greater-known Paul King is, er, uncanny!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11097&g2_serialNumber=1)

as in zoidberg from ''futurama''  lol          8c   Tc    :)

come on guys more names for the win please.......  who and why?????

Im heading over to j10 walsall now for there 100f/o


so catch up results l8r on.   good reports as normal  :)      come on toby  shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip     8c    Tc    :)

Dan Brown's Novels Makes A Bad Read

Raise to 8k from Te Ng Cao, call from Dan Brown.

Td 3c 7d

Brown quickly leads for 15k and Cao makes it 35k. Brown looks as uncomfortable as I did reading the start of the Da Vinci Code and gives up the pot.

Barry Neville points to Cao and Aaron Fisher , "Them kidz are raisin' t' button every fookin' time it comes to them, you 'ave to be eeble to play back with 'owt."

Rana Gurnham has dropped a chunk reraising all-in over the top of Toby Lewis before Mark Docherty called in behind. Lewis shook his head and folded and Gurnham flipped Aspades Qc, dominated by the Ac Kc of Docherty on the bricky 8s 9s 3d 2c 3h board.

it's such a sick beat that the strip club next door is closed tonight for when Seb or Toby wins this =[=[=[

great updates guys.

Sebastian Powell may be suffering from a mild stroke but he is struggling on manfully.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26054&g2_serialNumber=1)

Here are some of the recent exits...

40   Jonathan Spinks
41   Paul Garnham
42   Benjamin Boulden
43   Hassan Abbas
44   Daniel Carter
45   Yucel Eminoglu
46   Adrian Swingler
47   Bryan Anglim
48   Mohammed Ashfaq
49   John Sadler
50   Paula Cowling

You'll notice M3boy in the list of names there. His fate was sealed when he lost a lot of chips blind on blind with Sam Trickett when both flopped top pair.

His exit saw him shove AQ over the top of a Trickett raise , only for the limper to make the call with pocket sevens and win the race...

Craig Owen has been knocked out by Ghassan Chehbi, I'm not sure when the money went in between Owen's Qh Qd and Chehbi's Jc Js but it probably could have been at any point given that the board was Jd Th 9s Ts Kh. Chehbi has regained most of his stack he had earlier lost.

John Exley ftw go go go

Sebastian Powell is out, he fired the flop then moved in on the turn of a Kd 6h Qh Td board with Jc 7c but was called by Arjanit Kondaj's Ace Queen which held on the 7d river.

Philip Toomer has just won a MONSTER pot and it was the little suited connectors 6c 7c that did the damage!

He saw a beautful flop of 4c 5h Jc for a drawtastic hand that was never going anywhere, but when Justin Devonport suffered a brain freeze and decided to ship his huge stack in with just ace-king, Toomer made the call with more outs than he might have expected!

A seven on the turn was good enough for him and as the river blanked, he was left with over 300k, making him the chip leader as we stand.

Amazing hand, Devonport will be kicking himself later over blowing a big stack there...

Here's an ecstatic Toomer, massively chipped up...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26060&g2_serialNumber=1)

is justin out now ?

Yes, he's no longer just-in.

I hope Toby's missus isn't reading...

Like a roulette wheel, no more Betts please. Jeremy Betts has just been knocked out by Paul Halling with A-K holding against 9-8.

We're just five spots from the money now.

33   Jeremy Betts
34   Ghalib Hussain
35   Harprit Singh Gurnam
36   Sebastian Powell
37   Craig Owen
38   Justin Devonport
39   David Milligan
40   Jonathan Spinks

Things have slowed to the speed of a crippled slug crawling through treacle as the bubble looms menacingly into view.

Sam Trickett's not loving it right now.

"If I lose one more race, I'm gonna quit poker!"

He has 60k though and still in with a shout.

He still has around 100k and is in pretty good shape.

He just raised it up UTG and got folds all round. His granite reputation won't have been harmed by showing down pocket kings there.

[   ] We believe you Sam. ;)

Jonathan Garrett moves all-in UTG for around 30k and Guy Rolfe cold-calls. Ghassan Chehbi also makes the call from the small blind and the big blind folds.

3h 6s 6c

Rolfe moves all-in for about 55k after Chehbi checks. Chehbi quickly folds to the push and Rolfe shows a dominating Kd Kc against Garrett's Td Th which holds on the bricky board.

Do you have the pay out structure?

Paul King Mk.2 has knocked out Imran McKenzie with Ahrt Qh vs Ad Jd all-in preflop on an oh-so boring 9c 4d 3h 2c Td board.

Yes.

Kidding...here it is.

1st -- £27,348
2nd -- £15,988
3rd -- £9,593
4th -- £6,732
5th -- £5,049
6th -- £3,786
7th -- £2,945
8th -- £2,103
9th -- £1,683
10th to 13th -- £1,178
14th to 18th -- £841
19th to 27th -- £450

Here he is merrily sweeping up the chips...

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update on toby lewis please matey.

is my dealer friend there today?? ;)

We're on the bubble now as David Wall hit the err... rail. He reraised all-in for 35k total on top of chip leader Philip Toomer's 14k preflop raise, the latter making a reluctant call with Jd 8d only to find himself flipping against 4h 4s which was lacking fold equity. A 8h Qh Tc Ac Jh board later and 28 players are left.

Stop! Bubbletime!

;mc;

Oh and now we're on a 20 minute break. :D

The three men who look most in danger of bubbling at the moment are David Tighe, Jamie Purdon and David Oakton, all of whom have sub 10BB stacks.

With the end of that level the players are on a 15 minute break to plan their pre and post-bubble strategies over a cigarette, cup of tea, or for the more adventurous perhaps a cheeky alcoholic beverage or two.

We'll be back shortly!

Lets hope it finishes at 4am

Only kidding

Chip counts:

Phillip Toomer   21   7   360100
Eddie Lundon   21   4   224700
Daniel Brown   11   3   190000
Ghassan Chehbi   12   6   186300
Basharat Mahmood   11   9   153600
Te Ng Cao   11   1   151200
Guy Rolfe   12   1   136100
Richard Young   12   2   124300
Mark Docherty   21   8   122400
John Exley   11   4   108200
Daryl Moore   12   8   101700
Sam Trickett   12   9   98400
Daniel Carter   21   3   97200
Arjanit Kondaj   13   2   86900
Gurdeu Millan   11   6   84200
Tony Salmon   13   9   83300
Anon   13   5   79700
Paul Halling   21   5   71400
Paul King   21   6   69200
Frazer Beattie   13   6   63700
Hiren Kanabar   13   4   63000
Toby Lewis   13   3   60400
Aaron Fisher   11   2   56100
David Tighe   12   5   37300
Jamie Purdon   11   5   35800
Marcus Bebb-jones   12   3   33100
David Oakton   13   8   27800
George Brown   21   2   23800

Brown Trousers Moment.

Having called Te Ng Cao's raise preflop, Dan Brown raised his 20k flop bet to a total of 65k on the Ad 6c Qc board, Cao reraised all-in and Brown saw 1/3 of his chips just evaporated as he folded after thinking for two minutes. Cao showed Ac Qd.

Big hand between Ghassan Chehbi and 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).

Ghehbi raises preflop to 15k and Trickett calls.

9s 7s 5h.

Bet of 20k from Chehbi, Trickett makes the call.

Aspades

Chehbi bets 20k again.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26064&g2_serialNumber=1)

Trickett gives it some serious dwellage before folding 8's. Chehbi shows Td 9h.

Rod has the bubble news though....

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Yes folks the bubble has indeed burst!

George Brown was the man left with chewing gum splattered all over his face, his 99 racing unsuccessfully versus the J-Q of Eddie Lundon as a queen hit the flop and he didn't improve.

There is a huge sigh of relief amongst the remaining players, especially the shorter stacks. They all have one hand in the air and are shouting "we're getting paid!"

Well they would if they were flushy. As it is they are just getting on with it quietly.

Given the protracted period around teh bubble though, the average stack size has fallen to just 16 BBs or so, meaning we are likely to see some craziness over the next level or two as people stop nitting it up for the payday and start to gamble going FTW.

Bring it on!

Tighe Me Down

David Tighe is our first cashee, he pushed his short stack with Kc 9c but found an excitable Ghassan Chehbi behind him with Aces which flopped trips for added insult. With the average stack now just 19 big blinds, expect the field to be whittled down quickly.

excellent..16 BB average...let the carnage begin!

any blondes still in?

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) and Marcus (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1329) Bebb-Jones (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1329) are. There's a few lurkers who might make themselves known I would guess.

Daryl is no Moore!

Daryl Moore just raised it up to 4.5k , only to see Guy Rolfe re-pop him to 13k.

He shipped the rest of his stack in with jacks and Rolfe resisted the temptation to ask "Can you tell what it is yet?" quickly flipping up a dominating pair of queens.

A drama-less flop of Kh 4d 7h 4s 3h did nothing to alter the balance of power and Moore was well and truly rogered.

GG.

Teng Cao updates plz

Marcus Bebb-Jones is out.

Sam Trickett and Ghassan Chehbi continue to spar, albeit within the confines on the structure of the tournament.

Trickett makes it 15k preflop and Chehbi calls in the big blind.

6d 2d Jd

Check check.

3d

Check check

3c

Check, Sam looks at his cards and bets 17k. Chehbi snaps him off but quickly mucks when Trickett turns over Kd Qh.

Going well, but has the big stack of Phillip Toomer on his table now so he has been forced to tone down the aggression a few notches.

Still has plenty of chips though at the moment.

Interesting hand for a Toby Lewis double up.

Raise UTG to 15k from Tony Salmon with perhaps 60k behind. Toby Lewis flat-calls with about 46k behind, everyone else folds.

Kd 9h 2h

Salmon checks, Lewis moves all-in. After much thought, Salmon calls with Ahrt 7h virtually flipping against Lewis' Tens, although you wonder what would happen if Salmon had simply pushed with the nut flush draw on the flop...

Qd on the turn and 3s river change nothing and Salmon slips to the rail soon after as Lewis moves over the 100k mark.

Hiren Kanabar lives to fight again. He pushed for perhaps 30k and was snap called by Dan Carter Mk 2's Th Ts, but turned over the strong Aspades Qh which got there eventually by the river of the 2h 8d 7s 9h Qd board.

Gl to Sam Trickett....get it won ffs!

could i have an update on honest john exley plz? & if you get to talk to him tell 'trig & annie' are rooting for him

+1

We're now down to two tables, Rod with the details...

19   Richard Young   £450
20   Daniel Carter   £450
21   David Oakton   £450
22   Jamie Purdon   £450
23   Frazer Beattie   £450
24   Tony Salmon   £450
25   Daryl Moore   £450
26   Marcus Bebb-jones   £450
27   David Tighe   £450

Our last two tables:

12   1   Guy Rolfe
12   2   Basharat (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2097) Mahmood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2097)
12   3   Te Ng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2741) Cao (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2741)
12   4   Paul Halling
12   5   John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=210) Exley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=210)
12   6   Ghassan Chehbi
12   7   Mark Docherty
12   8   Phillip (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2738) Toomer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2738)
12   9   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)

13   1   Eddie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2887) Lundon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2887)
13   2   Arjanit Kondaj
13   3   Toby Lewis
13   4   Hiren (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2112) Kanabar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2112)
13   5   Anon
13   6   Daniel Brown
13   7   Gurdeu Millan
13   8   Aaron Fisher
13   9   Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=328) King (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=328)

One more elimination means the players are being consolidated onto 2 tables now and are guaranteed £841.

Here's how it happened...

Richard Young and Ghassan Chehbi went heads up to a Jc Ad 8h board and Young moved his stack all-in.

Chehbi considered for a short while before making the call with Qd Td for a double gutter and being shown acey-deucey by Young for top pair.

The king on the turn brought a series of "oooooohs" from the crowd as Chehbi turned the nuts and left Young drawing dead.

Referring to Chehbi, tablemate 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) observed, "his name's on the trophy, he's hitting everything!"

Here he is following that latest coup that leaves his stack almost touching the ceiling at this point.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26068&g2_serialNumber=1)

He's on about 140k which is ok at the moment, but will need something to happen soon.

Double up for Paul Hailing after he pushed for a tiny 17k and yet Ghassan Chehbi still found time to make an incredibly reluctant call for this virtual minraise with 4-2off as Hailing showed Tc 9s.

A board of 8d 6d 7c Ac 2d was dealt out and Hailing was certainly doing that to the dealer, but for Chehbi, it's just a mere drop in the ocean...

Btw, Man Utd's Scottish international Darren Fletcher is playing the £75 competition apparently, as well as some of their reserve players.

He's shit ;)

Basharat (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2097) Mahmood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2097) has doubled up through Ghassan Chehbi.

Mahmood had pushed over the early position raise and flipped Kd Kh once he was called. Chehbi made a face like he was chewing a wasp and turned over Kc Qs

Aspades 3s Jc Qc left him some outs on the turn but the 9c river, put an actual dent in Chehbi's stack.

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Well he's sharing a table with Red Dog and Malcolm M, so perhaps they'll pass on the message for you.

Chip Counts:

Eddie Lundon   13   1   354000
Phillip Toomer   12   8   349800
Ghassan Chehbi   12   6   316400
Guy Rolfe   12   1   226500
Te Ng Cao   12   3   194200
Basharat Mahmood   12   2   189600
Sam Trickett   12   9   167400
Paul King   13   9   166000
Daniel Brown   13   6   132500
Toby Lewis   13   3   120000
Hiren Kanabar   13   4   112500
John Exley   12   5   109700
Aaron Fisher   13   8   105500
Gurdeu Millan   13   7   91500
Anon   13   5   89000
Mark Docherty   12   7   86400
Arjanit Kondaj   13   2   61000
Paul Halling   12   4   60300

Mr Tricket ftw

Arjanit Kondaj has just withdrawn a large sum of luck from his bank account. He moved in for about 60k with Ac 8s after Aaron Fisher raised preflop to 25k with Eddie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2887) Lundon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2887) flatting in the small blind. Fisher pushed behind for 115k total with Ad Td and Lundon folded 6's, a decision he was rueing on the Qs 8c 7c 4s 8d board as he would have taken a decent-sized side pot.

As it happens, Kondaj has about 150k, Fisher down to just 50k or so.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26069&g2_serialNumber=1)

Good pot for Sam Trickett.

He bet all three streets of an Ad 8s 9h 2d Kh board, finally moving in on the river. Basharat Mahmood had been check/calling him the whole way down, but balked at this final bet and gave it up.

But ZOMGS', Rod has the biggest pot of the night and it's a real piece of work.

all in good jest....played with him in the G in Manc.. it was a pleasure knocking a Man U player out let me tell ya ;)

John Exley is out, it got folded to him in late position and he moved in. Mark Docherty pushed behind, but both were reasonably short that Phillip Toomer decided to give them a spin.

Exley: 8s 6c
Docherty: 9s 9d
Toomer: 7d 6d

Ks Qd Jd 4d 5d

Docherty trebles up - just. And Toomer wins a tiny side pot.

Eddie Lundon who was one of the big stacks at the last break, has dropped back down and was almost just eliminated with A-Q vs the A-K of Dan Brown, but a 5-3-x-4-2 board meant it was time to chop it up.

It's called the calm before the storm for a reason...

The period of frankly comatose poker that has characterised the last 45 minutes or so gave no indication as to the dramatic pot that was about to play out.

It began with the two big staccks Ghassan Chehbi and Philip Toomer being joined by Sam Trickett as they went three way to a board of A-T-T.

20k from Ghehbi, 45k from Toomer, fold from Trickett...

The turn was a blankety three and Ghehbi reached out and led for a big stack of 1k chips - 25k, only for Toomer to move all-in!

Two big hands here it looked like and when Chehbi called with T-6 that was one of them. Toomer showed down T-5 and it looked like a split was on the cards, although both had chances to win.

"Keep it low!" yelled Chehbi, hoping his kicker would remain in play on a low river...

Be careful what you wish for. His wish was granted, a low card peeled off...the 5s!

Misery has a face...it was Chehbi's.

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Toomer took down the HUGE 700k pot to propel him even further to the top of the leaderboard and we lose one of the erstwhile chip leaders in dramatic circumstances.

With one last check to just make sure he had been well and truly shafted Chehbi left the playing arena...SICK!!!

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Despite there being the 16 players left and the average stack of only about 15 BB's, this becoming well and truly a nitfest. People just are letting themselves be blinded to nothing and with Toomer holding about 20% of the chips, there's a lot of players with less than average stacks. For people like Sam Trickett though, this is a great spot for him to go after just about everyone else's blind.

Gurdeu Millan must have looked down at pocket eights and thought they looked like the nuts with his 8 big blind stack.

One shove into queens later, a board devoid of eights and he was left on the rail contemplating how bad he runs.

14 left...

Eddie Lundon is out.

Also gone is Paul Hailing, the man named after the most painful form of weather suffered when he moved all-in with Aspades Qc over the top of Guy Rolfe's Ad 9d button raise.

Jh 5d Ts 2s.....9s

And suddenly we're down to just 13 players...

update on toby lewis and his hat please
 8c Tc

Hiren Kanabar raiased to 40k with just 19.5k behind.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26077&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dan Brown thinks for ages (maybe it's about how bad the Da Vinci Code is?) before moving all-in and everyone else folds with Hiren obviously calling.

Hiren: Ks Qc

Brown: 8s 8d

5s 3s 4c Js Qs

Screams and hi-fives from Hiren and his railbirds. He now has 12 big blinds.

any reason why ryan moon is coming up as anon?

Mark Docherty raises to 20k off a 120k stack, Philip Toomer re-raises enought to set him in...and he passes the Ac face up.

Er...

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He then goes to war with Guy Rolfe holding A-Q.

Fair enough, though Rolfe's pocket queens are smashing his hand.

A flop of J-3-4-A-T changes all that though and he flukily doubles to a still below average 200k.

Poker...it's a skill game.

Let's hope there isn't Fran lol

He's over the 200k mark, it's hard to see though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26079&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mark Docherty FTW :)

Paul King Mk2 is out, he pushed raised with Ad Jc and Arjanit Kondaj set him in with 7s 7d which held on the 2h 8c Ts Kd 6h.

Couple of hands later and Kondaj raises the button with Hiren Kanabar shoving from the big blind. Despite the reraise all-in not being that much, Kondaj folds his Ad Jd face up and Kanabar shows him Ahrt Qs...bizarre.

GL to Dan Brown

Not if he writes another bloody book!

Toby Lewis has just taken a big scalp in the form of Te Ng Cao.

I joined the hand just as the dealer was sweeping all Te's chips over to Lewis with a board of A-5-Q-K-3 showing, Te showing A-6 for top pair and Lewis K-5 for two pair...

If Lewis keeps running like this he may be swapping his baseball cap for a top hat!

He's up to over 250k...

He's Not Your Guy, Friend.

Guy Rolfe has been eliminated by Aaron Fisher, Rolfe pushing the button with Kc Jh and Fisher calling with Aspades Kh.

A topsy-turvy board eventually coming out on Fisher's favour; Jc 4s 7h Ad 6h.

10 remain.

Please tell me his first name is SI... Sit & go.. no wonder he loves poker..

Great updates guys.

Ryan's Over The Moon


But crucially, it's not all over FOR Moon.

Toby Wilson just called his pre-flop shove wtih Kh Ts after some deliberation and it turned out he was in good shape versus Moon's sevens.

But it's been a good week for poker people with Moo in their name and a series of blanks followed by a decisive, if unnecessary, seven on the river left a dent in Toby's ever growing stack.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26083&g2_serialNumber=1)

Toomer and his duck FTW.  Good luck M8

Slower than Allan Kessler on the bubble now.

Mark Docherty just raised to 40k on the button with 160k back but folded to Phillip Toomer's shove after a LOOOOONG think.

Aaron Fisher then raised to 40k and Docherty pushed with everyone folding quicker than at an Orgami class.

Hello!

Sorry we missed you at the Norwegian Open his year. From all accounts from staff and people here at DTD, you guys had a really great time!

Sooo slow.

I have to say the quality of this part of the endgame is not nearly as high the last couple of months.

Trickett Takes a Hit

A nasty one for Sam.

I joined the flop of Tc 8c 7c with Sam contesting the pot with Mark Docherty.

Mark had shoved all-in and Sam said "I think we're flipping here...", perhaps expecting a flush draw and an overcard before calling with Td Jd.

He needn't have worried, he was in much better shape than a flip with his top pair against Docherty's 9d 4d straight draw.

With all eyes eagerly watching, the turn blanked out as the 7h, before a 6s spiked on the river to complete Docherty's straight.

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Sam shook his head and made a sound like a cat trying to cough up a furball, as his stack took a possibly critical hit, Trickett reduced to just 90k or so now...

Docherty sheepishly offered an "unlucky mate" as he picked up his chips.

That hand led to a temporary cessation in play as the players take a 15 minute break before the race to the final table continues.

Counts:

Phillip Toomer   12   8   537000
Toby Lewis   13   3   501000
Mark Docherty   12   7   447000
Arjanit Kondaj   13   2   299500
Aaron Fisher   12   5   286500
Basharat Mahmood   12   2   264000
Anon   13   5   244000
Hiren Kanabar   13   4   171500
Daniel Brown   13   6   106500
Sam Trickett   12   9   92000

First hand back and Phillip Toomer gives Sam Trickett a walk in the big blind.

If any further testament was needed as to the passivity of the players out there, Simon Trumper just announced that this is the smallest field for a £300 DTD comp, factors like Easter and the simulataneous Irish Open affecting numbers.

Despite this, this is also the latest the final has ever started, with midnight rapidly approaching...

I really can't overemphasise how slow this is. Simon Trumper just pointed out we have about 60 players less than last month and yet their final started by now. Too many of the players seem to be taking 3 or 4 minutes for very standard push/fold hands, it's just so utterly tedious.

Daniel Brown just double his microstack with Qd Qs against Toby Lewis' Aspades 7c on a 3h 9s 4h Tc 3c.

Other than it's dwell....pass....dwell...pass....dwell....pass...etc

A few moments ago Hiren Kanabar took an age to ship his circa 50k stack in preflop with Aspades Js over the top of the limping Arjanit Kondaj.

(The blinds are 10k 20k 2k btw!)

It seemed like a very standard move, but took all of 5 minutes to play out.

Kondaj called with J-Q. An Ace hit the flop, Kanabar celebrated like he'd just won the world series and was being showered with a rain of cash.

(http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/sydney-fireworks.jpg)

In fact he had doubled through to 7 big blinds.

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rotflmfao ..man you guys do some cracking updates...even on a very boring tourney :) WD

Totally needless norkagepic from last weekend.. GEMMA.. (look at the smile just after i proposed to her.. or might have, or not... insecurity kicks inn.. ) atleast its GEMMMMMMMMA

(http://www.pokergutta.net/gemma.jpg)

We have a final!

And funnily enough, Rod and I did NOT pick one of the players at random and beat him to death with our laptops, simply because, as we came over to do so, we saw Ryan Moone raise and Dan Brown move all-in. After five minutes of now customary dwelleage, Moone called and Brown flipped Td Ts racing Moone's Ac Qh.

5s Qc 4d 2c 4c

We have a final table. Photos and chip counts to follow soon.

Come on Aaron!!  Bring it back to Northampton ;)

take it down Toby good luck on final table

+1 (even though he's from Bedford but I know what you mean D)

FINA TABLISTS!:

Seat One: Mark Docherty - 375k

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BIO: Mark was raised in the jungle. He likes to swing lazily off branches and lie about in his spare time. His poker MO is to min raise then fold off 12 BB stacks. Has a loyal group of supporters on the rail.


Seat Two: Philip Toomer 555k

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Philip was abandoned as a child and raised by a pack of wild ducks. His upbringing has resulted in some unusual character quirks. He likes to cover himself with feathers occasionally and instead of announcing raise, he will often quack loudly.

He carries a lucky plastic duck with him at all times at the poker table.


Seat Three: 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) - 211k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26088&g2_serialNumber=1)

Perhaps the best known of our finalists, 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) has a quality poker pedigree behind him, having won a GUKPT and very nearly picked up a WSOP bracelet in 2008.

He'll be a tough man to beat if he can get chips.


Seat Four: Toby Lewis - 357k

(http://www.thelaughingplanet.com/cheyney/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/poochie.gif)

Most famous for the headgear he stole off Poochie the dog, Toby has shown himself to be an unusual character today by showing an ability to play poker well. I'm sure this bad character flaw will be ironed out of him before long and he will learn the key poker traits of nitrolling, folding to 4 BBs, min raise folding preflop and dwelling needlessly for hours.

You are a bokk madam.

Sam ftw

sorry dewi i think you have it wrong this time TOBY FTW

Early Carnage before we finish off the bios.

Aaron Fisher jsut experienced the frostiest of frosty decks.

He must have been loving finding KK and picking up action off Basharat Mahmood. Little was he to know that Mahmood held pocket aces.

OUCH!

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Iw1Zj97bHUQ/SXMcysZP_JI/AAAAAAAAAkY/6nhw2_nsptI/s400/ouch.jpg)

No king on the flop and Aaron was reduced to a bowl of rice, which was gobbled up shortly afterwards as he shipped 89 and it failed to connect.

Aaron Fisher becomes our first elimination, winning £1,683 after being knocked out in ninth spot!

sam if he picks up a double soon to win

Owww, ul Aaron..Worst way to go

Basharat Mahmood raises the button but folds to Ryan Moone's reraise all-in, the latter showing A-J.

Mark Docherty raises to 72k in the small blind but folds to Phillip Toomer's reraises to 250k.

Sam Trickett gets a walk in the big blind, he shows the Ac but I think he gets lots of walks because he's sponsored by this shampoo...

(http://www.westons.com/acatalog/wha6k.jpg)

Seat Five: Arjanit Kondaj - 114k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26092&g2_serialNumber=1)

Arjanit is short-stacked with less than six big blinds, but as most of the final tablists will attest to, he is under no pressure to move just yet, and can happily fold for a few rounds before waiting to find AA and doubling through to three big blinds.

Patience young padawan!


Seat Six: Aaron Fisher - 0k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26094&g2_serialNumber=1)

Aaron may struggle to make an impact on this final given he is already out. Good game sir, but there's always hope! For the sake of completeness, here is his picture.


Seat Seven: Basharat Mahmood - 520k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26096&g2_serialNumber=1)

Already doubled through, Basharat does not spend his time wallopping rodents as his name might suggest. Instead he has built up a large, vocal fan base here in Nottingham who cheered effusively as he virtually felted Fisher moments ago.



Seat Eight: Hiren Kanabar - 263k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26098&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hiren was the man who went doolally after doubling through earlier to sub ten big blinds. Should he win, he will almost certainly need a change of underwear. Or if he is asked to pay by cash or cheque by a pretty supermarket attendant. Or if his alarm goes off. Or if he eats a grape. etc etc etc.


Seat Nine: Ryan Moon - 588k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26100&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ryan comes into the final as the chip leader and will be a big threat for the title. Can anyone cause a lunar eclipse and blot out the moon. We wait with bated breath to find out...

[X] Rod is very funny
[  ] He's not going to hell for this.

Popssibly a little harsh, here is a REAL picture of Mark Docherty.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26084&g2_serialNumber=1)

And Philip Toomer.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26086&g2_serialNumber=1)

And Toby Lewis.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26090&g2_serialNumber=1)

With the blinds at 12k/24k Hiren Kanabar makes it the old fashioned 125k to play, thinning out anyone who might play back at him with junk. Sam Trickett moves all in for about 175k total and Kanabar looks unhappy but calls.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26102&g2_serialNumber=1)

Trickett shows Ad Qs to Kanabar's Js Jh and says, "My sixth race, about time I won one..."

3c 9h 7s 3d 7c

Sam Trickett is out in 8th place winning £2,103

wow a facial pic of toby, stil got the hat at a silly angle

The quickfire elimination of Aaron Fisher and 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) has not exactly acted as a catalyst for a wave of action, but Toby was recently seen re-raising Mark Docherty. He should have known better than to get in a pot with Mark as the phones in DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) started ringing themselves off the hook as the public clamoured to donate to the DWELL-A-THON that was now in effect.

Mark entered the tank and didn't re-surface for some time, contemplating his time in the jungle and playing through every event he had ever experienced in his life before until, after a short period of five or six hours, he eventually bravely committed himself to the fold.

More chips for Toby, who a now-railing Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) Hicks (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=306) admitted had impressed him when they played together before.

rotflmfao

Ryan Moone raises on the button to 75k and takes the blinds.

Hiren Kanabar raises to 84k from midposition and takes the blinds. Most pots are being taken down uncontested now.

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Whole lot of nitting going on.

Prefinal Finishers In The Money:

10   Daniel Brown   £1,178
11   Guy Rolfe   £1,178
12   Te Ng Cao   £1,178
13   Paul King   £1,178
14   Paul Halling   £842
15   Gurdeu Millan   £842
16   Eddie Lundon   £842
17   John Exley   £842
18   Ghassan Chehbi   £842
19   Richard Young   £450
20   Daniel Carter   £450
21   David Oakton   £450
22   Jamie Purdon   £450
23   Frazer Beattie   £450
24   Tony Salmon   £450
25   Daryl Moore   £450
26   Marcus Bebb-jones   £450
27   David Tighe   £450

ul Trickett.

Get the looot now pls Mr Moon. Ryan got a great game for final tables, when he can be arsed to try and make them!!

Duckman Can't Quack his Opponent's Hand

Arjanit Kondaj has just doubled through!

Shipping in his shortstack with A-Q, he got action from Philip Toomer aka Duckman, whose Ac 8c was behind and continued to be so as a flop with a queen on it rolled off.

Up to 250k or so now, his mini stack has turned into a whopping ten big blinds now!

The stacks are pretty small really and you would think it won't be too long before some sort of deal is proposed, given the volatile nature of shallow-stacked endgames...

Players on a short break. Talk of deals abound.

[  ] We are not rooting for a deal.

Has a deal been done yet?

Archinit...Sorry...Arjanit Kondaj is the real stuck in the mud in the deal.

He refused to deal and demanded £10k or no deal.

They then tried another deal:

15   1   Mark Docherty -- £7,000
15   2   Phillip Toomer -- £9,000
15   4   Toby Lewis -- £9,000
15   5   Arjanit Kondaj -- £8,000
15   7   Basharat Mahmood -- £10,000
15   8   Hiren Kanabar -- £10,000
15   9   Ryan Moone -- £11,000

Again, Kondaj said no and everyone else said yes, but after a couple of minutes thought, eventually he agreed. They're giving £1,400 to the dealers and playing for £6,000.

Basharat Mahmood raises preflop and Philip Toomer pushes. Call. (Everything is so much easier now...)

Mahmood: Aspades 9s
Toomer: Ad 6c

Rod, "They both fold preflop if they haven't done the deal."

Oh Rod, you're such a cynic...

Ts 4c Qs 9c 2c

Philip Toomer is out in 7th place winning £9,000

3.15 finish then?

Sigh, maybe later if the 2009 Dwellathon continues with some of these guys. Rod and I are most likely not going to bed and just getting the earliest train back.

good thing you had a good sleep the previous few nights then, eh?

Mark Docherty doubles through Ryan Moone, the Aspades 7s holding against Kh Qc on a 5d Kc 3s Ahrt Ac board, all-in preflop of course.

I can't even tell the time because I don't have the watch... :(

rotflmfao FYL.

Nearly 11.00pm

The effect of the deal has been to transform what was a nitfest into a laggy slag-fest with players, esp Ryan Moon, shipping and re-shipping constantly.

A few moments ago Ryan Moon raised, Mark Docherty shipped and Ryan called.

JJ for Docherty. Standard.
93 for Moon. Lol-aments.

The flop fell 4-5-6 to cause Docherty's buttocks to clench momentarily, however the pressure wa released as the turn and river blanked in the form of eights...

---

Next hand...Ryan ships again!

This time Arjanit Kondaj looked him up with tens. Ryan had 5-7 this time and after an eventless board, with no sevens or fives on it, Ryan Moon is eliminated in 6th place, winning £11,000 as per the deal agreed.

Good game! We continue five handed...

Toby Lewis is out in 5th place winning £9,000

He had just won a few chips against Mark Docherty on a 4d 8c 7s Ahrt 6h board with 9-7 before moving in with Kc 9h from the small blind and getting snap-called by Arjanit Kondaj's 4h 4c who won after a clincal 4s 9d 3d 5d Kd board.

4 players left.

Players are now on a short break where instead of sitting around the table doing nothing, they'll stand away from the table. Doing nothing.

Basharat Mahmood has taken a big hit from Mark Docherty, the former raised preflop from the button and Docherty called in the big blind.

Ac Kd 8h

Check to the raiser, 200k and a call.

5h

Both players check.

2s

Docherty now leads out for 200k and Mahmood calls. Docherty shows Ks Jc. It's good.

Basharat just bashed a nit...Arjanit.

Taking the last hand in his stride, he got it in preflop with eights and when Arjanit called with A-2 looked good for a double up.

No ace and he did jsut that, back to 650k or so now...

Arjanit Kondaj limps for 40k, eyeing up Hiren Kanabar's miniscule stack. Basharat Mahmood spoils the party by moving in for about 800k from the button. The other two duck and cover and Kondaj the Albanian makes the call.

Kondaj: Aspades Ks
Mahmood: Ahrt 7s

Qh 9s 4c 6s Jc

Mahmood is down to the felt and with Kanabar also virtually felted, we'll be goin HU soonish...

Following that last hand, Bash was all-in for the ante and Mark and Arjanit both checked down a K-Q-J-8-8 board.

On the river Arjnit showed QQ for the house!

Too good for Basharat's K-3, Basharat Mahmood goes out in 4th place, winning £10k as per the deal agreed earlier.

We are three handed!

Treble up for Hiren Kanabar. All-in for 82k and called by the other two, his K-2 was good on an Ahrt 5s Kh 5d 2d board.

He now has 6 big blinds, or what's known as the Tikay Comfort Level.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=26104&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hiren Kanabar ships his tiny stack in with Jh 8h.

He is called by Arjnit's K-T, and with no one making a pair, King high is good for the pot, meaning...

Hiren Kanabar is out in 3rd, winning £10,000 for his performance, as per the deal agreed earlier!

We're heads up!

And heads-up lasted precisely NO hands!

As soon as Mark Docherty were HU, they agreed an even chop of the remaining £6k, with Arjanit officially taking the trophy!

That means Mark Docherty wins a combined total of £10,000 for his 2nd place finish,

whilst Arjanit Kondaj is the WINNER of the monthly DTD £300 freezeout, taking home a total scoop of £11,000! Wahey!

 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Congratulations!

Here's a shot of Arjanit, shortly after his win, explaining how great he is.

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And that as they say is that!

Thanks for following and for not being drawn away by the evil allure of the Irish Open. We've had fun covering the event, there've been some magical moments but it's time for us to go and make our way back to our homes.

Brighton for me; a padded room for Chris.

Thanks to DTD for making us feel super welcome as always and for sponsoring these updates. We appreciate all their efforts.

Seeyou soon for the next blonde update which is sure to be a cracker!

Goodbye and peace to one and all!

I'm exhausted...

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v.good updates guys. Thanks.

+1

+2

Although im dissapointed with lack of that Frenchie!!

Think il be applying for that vacant blonde cameraman job!

thanks for the updates folks

great work :)