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This is it !!

9 players, 1 goal ... the title of English Poker Open champion 2009

and the small matter of over £200k !!

We start at 3pm ... when will we finish ? ... if you want to win a book signed by Doyle Brunson himself then go here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44276.0 and post your guess.

Micheal Tureniec   0   9   405000
John Eames   0   8   339000
James Moult   0   1   329500
Simon Pearson   0   7   305000
David La Ronde   0   4   243000
Julian Leonard   0   3   211500
Eric Liu   0   6   172000
Thor Drexel   0   5   76500
Martyn Bebb   0   2   48000

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468
6   -   £28,851
7   -   £22,440
8   -   £16,028
9   -   £12,823

tureniec   2/1     
eames 9/4         
moult 6/1           
pearson 6/1         
la ronde 7/1       
Leonard 13/2       
liu 7/1             
drexel 12/1         
bebb 25/1 


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I was sure Eric Liu had busted Day 1 because he was playing a £5/£10 game while the tournament was still going on for a couple of hours. Maybe he is just a sick live multitabler I guess.

2 eric lius in tourny

Blinds when they re-start?

Almost certainly.

can anyone tell me when is the last reg for the £250, end of level 3? Now that the starting chips is increased, well worth a punt imo :)

LOLOLOL

gogogo John Eames

If you give me 3-1 on John Eames, I'll take it.

so would I

Is my bet on trigg?

yes

any more for any more?

pm sent trigger

Simon Trumper wont be a happy bunny ... the TV malarkey is delaying the start.

Special good luck to Jamie Moult, aka Lucky Jim, aka bookiebasher. He's an indepebndent Bookie in Nottingham, & a top top bloke - he'll be wearing a blonde badge, too.

Good luck him.

how much longer?

He wont ...

Strict rules over logos by the organisers .... he is going to try and sneak it in under the radar ... we have already had a practice ;)

Pass ... still lots of work going on .. shouldnt be too long.

yep gl him

kev, are there any cash games going and is dtd open to anyone today or just epo players?

Open to all fella, there is a £250 game going on, the £500 final and cash games .... get yourself down.

looking forward to this today , thanks for all the updates so far

Micheal Tureniec played well yesterday but like to see John Eames win it

Looks like we will be strating at about 3.30- 3.45

Afternoon Blondie, Afternoon Frankie  ... Afternoon everyone

can we change our times for the book because it didnt start on time kev

Expect a lot of edits on the 'win Doyle's book' thread.

You can if you want.

Gooooooooo Jamie da bookiebasher  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

kev can you please confirm for me that the £50 freezeout is on tonight i think it starts at 8pm , im coming over from hull  thanks mark

Kev, get Jim to use a blonde badge as a card protector.  It'll be good for the overhead shots.

Thats the plan ;)

but dont tell anyone !!

Yup, Deffo ON !

can you still watch live feed today and how do you find it kev

Just between you and me (and Jim).

Wish him good luck from me :)up

The delayed start - I bet Mother Hen is STEAMING! The players too, I would think - playing for £200k up top, & they have to hang around. It's really not right, & TV peeps need to improve on this area.

thanks  kev

i bet simon is pulling his hair out lol

Frankie & Benny Darren

LOL

Rooks is here for the £250 ... he has a mate with him

Its the beautiful Cassie

Rare that a Derby fan would wish a Forest fan well but best of luck Jim.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44232.0


There ya go.

say hi to rooks for me i used to play pool against him when he played for bedfordshire with his dad . ive played poker with him a few times when his dad used to hold home games at his house

Who are you?

jason shellum u also came down to colchester and played at mr pools in a poker tournament that i run

roooooooooooooooklllllllllles

eamesy is superman.

Yo Trigg. Yeah Jason I remember, hi mate.

did you play in the epo rook or any of the other side events . are you going to blackpool for gukpt if you are we can catch up and have a BEER mate

Players taking their seats ... not long now.

thank god

No mate, been playing online this week. First one I'm playing.

Good luck to everyone but the name is on the trophy already

EAMES John

you going to blackpool gukpt rooks

kev! hows Dave Maudlin getting on in the £500? cheers

he'll be at the IPO Jason. You should come to that

theres 1 name on trophy thats david la ronde

Final table Players

Jim Moult

is there live feed today kev if so how do we get to it mate

John Eames

lol

David La Ronde

Thor Drexel

Eric Liu

Julian Leonard

Simon Pearson

lol

noooo... gutted you removed my picture. will sneak it in later :)

great picture i did make me larf lol

Micheal Tureniec

have we started yet

Martyn Bebb

gooooooo Eames!

i thought Eric Liu was peachy keen from Cardrunners and European Cash game. That geezer isn't him.

ALL IN AND A CALL

Bebb all in Called by La ronde ...

La Ronde JQ off
Bebb K4 off

Flop K82

Turn 5

River Q

Bebb doubles up

Sorry guys, so busy putting up the pics ...

We have started

Live feed here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44232.0

ahhh 4 kings it is

Good lad Jim :D

Probs quite a few Eric Lius about...

only one johnny eames though!

(cheers for that marky, you keep setting 'em up, i'll keep knocking 'em down)

La Ronde gets a few back next hand with A 10

Feed is great imo ...

means I dont have to keep running to the table and back, apart from taking pics :)

2 Eric Liu's!!!!!

Rigged :P

haha

you will be saying that name alot kev he is in every hand "la ronde"

he is from colchester aswell kev

All in for Bebb, called by Thor

Bebb has 10 10

Thor has A 10 off


FLOP QQ9

Turn 8

River K


We lose Thor Drexel in 9th place winning £12,823

Remaining money

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468
6   -   £28,851
7   -   £22,440
8   -   £16,028

whats going on kev any action

La Ronde is certainly the active player early doors ... every pot !!

All in La Ronde

Call from Eric Liu


Set for LA Ronde

2 pair for Liu


Liu OUT !!!

MBN

Liu out 8th for £16,028

Sick turn for liu

Barny just called him

David La Roux

And here are Barney & Grub doing the commentary on the live feed

i did say kev if nobody slows him down he want stop more chips he get the more agressive he is lol go go la ronde

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468
6   -   £28,851
7   -   £22,440

The money let in the pot.

how many chips david la roux got

FYP     ;)

£50 says grubb was in the club next door last night with ashley hames.......dirty old perv that he is

any joy finding out how dave Maudlin doing in the £500 kev? cheers

nice one marky. but he dont need a set to bet keep watching mate   ;surrender;

you mean he doesn't need a set to call

Just gone mate

8   David Maudlin   £1,470
9   James Keys   £980

Dont forget to have a look at the live feed

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44232.0

that aswell mate

cheers kev!

lol now Liu is out I expect I'll get my bet confirmation from Trigg!

Nice pot for Eames

Uncalled river bet on a board of 2 3 4 6 J

La Ronde chip leader now.

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468
6   -   £28,851
7   -   £22,440
8   Eric Liu   £16,028
9   Thor Drexel   £12,823
10   James Atkin   £8,976
11   Anders Arntzen   £8,976
12   Pramesh Bansi   £8,976
13   Mike Hill   £8,976
14   John Askey   £6,411
15   Paul Peterson   £6,411
16   David Cudby   £6,411
17   Andy Greekfish   £6,411
18   Amon Toni Hassan   £6,411

can we have estimated chip counts please kev cheers geordie

some random pics from Monday nights welcome party

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Will get them at the end of level ... had to get close enough to the table while the cameras are on.

I'll ring George in a bit, he'll sort it.

he will take some stopping now

loooooooool

I think I will have to give George a ban

AND TIKAY !!

ALL IN ANDCALL

 Ahrt Qh for michael

A K Julian


Julian doubles up

how many chips was the double up kev

Level up

we are now on level 19

6k/12k ante1k

dont worry kev     some of us appreciate the hard work u put in       keep it up

Lots ... looked like around 280k

If anyone has any questions for the commentary boys, let me know and I might pass a few on.

thanks kev you doing a great job

when are we getting chip counts mate

asap mate ... are you watching the feed ?

those stacks take some counting LOL

my computer wont let me lol  they should be getting the creamy looking chips out soon 25 k each

La Ronde takes about 50k off Bebb ...

Bebb is short stack now.

Wp Kev. Keep it up. I came 3rd last night in the only tourney that counts, which must mean i as good as you :-P. Enjoy today. Oh yes and Gogogogogo eames

yeah  ask grubb where's the best chicken house in vegas...... and in s&m is a whipping in a gimp mask more of a turn on than the rack while ur gonads are have nails hammered into them

Nice one Jimmy boy!! 

Super Eames!

D-

bebb all in, call from

CALL

AQ v 44

River is an ace, Leaonard had the AQ


Martin Bebb OUT

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468
6   -   £28,851
7   Martyn Bebb   £22,440
8   Eric Liu   £16,028
9   Thor Drexel   £12,823

whens the break kev so we can have chip counts mate

25 mins

Tureniec ALL IN

everyone passes


Next hand

Tureniec ALL IN

everyone passes


If he does it 3 times on the trot i might cloth off and streak around the final table.

Unlucky ladies, he didnt go for 3 in a row ;)

how many chips he got kev is he short stack and whats the blinds mate

Break starting now ... full counts coming mate ... break is 15 minutes.

players making there way back to the seats ...

Blinds 8k/16k ante1500

Ave stack is 355k

The all important chip counts

David La Ronde   0   4   648000
Julian Leonard   0   3   493000
James Moult   0   1   327000
John Eames   0   8   262000
Simon Pearson   0   7   206000
Micheal Tureniec   0   9   194000

The bookiebasher Plan is working to perfection so far.

Cheers Kev.  You're doing a great job.  George over-rated imo.

MAN DOWN

QQ for Simon Pearson

KK for Julian Leonard


King on the flop and Pearson is out in 6th for £28,851

if they chop it now they get 86,979 pound each lol

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290
5   -   £38,468

...and Bookiebasher advances another rung.....

Useless fact #1

David La Ronde is from Colchester ... he is now one of the top 2 players in that town.


Me & Moorman were 1&2, but we have both moved .... GUKPT winner Dave Clarke is also from Colchester

how about dave rudlin he is from colchester to

Good shout, I forgot Dave  ... and Vic Kanwar !!


They still aint as good as me & Moorman though ;)

kev live feed s useless i cant see much keep freeing can u tell us whats going on please pal thanks

that doesnt make sence to me

Nothing makes "sence" to you pal ;)

best online player is moorman BEST live player is VIC from colchester

ALL IN AND CALL

99 Julian Leonard

JQ Tureniec


QUEEN HITS


Tureniec doubles up

Good luck to BookieJim and John Eames.

Top updating as always...

thats better

What was Simon's 'finish up time' guess?

Level 23 ... but he was hedging.

currently 41 mins left of level 20

 KEV maybe we should set a 9 seater table up with all the colchester players that have cashed in big tournaments to see whos the best player from colchester im up for it mate what do you think mate  

No point, It would be too easy for me :D


And I have moved lol

lol  would have been fun never mind

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW


Massive pot

JIM GETS OUT OF IT

Think David used it "One time" 1 Time 2 Quick

lol 1 time!!!!!!!!!!!!1time

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....what a LOVELY river!!!!!!!!!

AK for JIM

10 10 for La Ronde


Flop comes ACE high all spades ... neither player has a spade

Turn comes 10 spades !!


Jim needs a spade on the flop to chop it ...


River JACK of SPADES

CHOP CHOP !!

Brutal

Crap

Bad news for the John Eames fanboys ...

he got it in with ACES against KQ off for Tureniec

flop 10 J 8

Turn J

River 9 Giving Tureniec the straight !!

And Eames was covered, he is OUT !

eurgh, so sick, ul John. :(

sick

John Eames OUT 5th for £38,468

Holy ouch batman.  

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089
4   -   £51,290

Left to play for

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

nice score tho john vwd    ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

ul eames wp

So sick. Unlucky john. Sigh.

Kev can you ask the 2 boys inthe booth a question for me plz?

Ask them which jam i should have in my rice pudding, raspberry or strawberry? TY

NO DEALS ... we play on.

Urgh vul Mr Eames VWP

Kev you banned from spamming tonight's Blonde League Game?  
20:30 start?
Open to all card room and forum members?
$10 Buy in?

Great updates all week.

GL Bookie

LOL will ask them now ;)

LOL,was just thinking exactly same thing

TY

Get my name right FFS!

should have taken that 7-1 on la ronde at start of the day i new he would be there at the end

I did ... Fat Girgy !!

last4

Hi there

who has the chip lead kev

Deffo Strawberry Girgy ... easy question imo.

Micheal Tureniec   0   9   809500
David La Ronde   0   4   584000
Julian Leonard   0   3   469000
James Moult   0   1   267500

Go on Jim.....still well in there!

Tonights blonde comp spammage is on my sig AND on 2 separate threads on "the rail" .... Good luck to all that play, MILLIONS AT STAKE !!

that was quick kev with the chip count you getting the hang of this now

At last grubbys said summet interesting and its all cos of my jam dilemma!!

Gooooooooooooooooooooo Jamie da bookiebasher  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

when they getting the big chips out creamy 25k daddys

can we ask the boys in the booth if they can go next door and hire a few streakers?

Good idea, take it off the first prize  ;cheerleader;

For those without the live feed, we still have 4 left ... Jim just lost 100k when he gave up a hand on an all heart, king high flop.


La Ronde is playing his stack well.

whats going on kev  ;nanana;

so kev WHO do you think will win it

Live feed was grand all day, but gone a bit dodgy with the past 20 or 30 minutes.  Anyone else having the same trouble?

Blinds 10k/20k ante 2k

La Ronde challenging Tureniec for the chip lead.

No, fine here.

Tureniec IMO

La Ronde and him will clash shortly.

I was alright when you were a warthog, perhaps you need to change it back :)

fine here

i think thats where the battle is its who comes out on top of that hand kev

Goooooooooooooooooooo Jamie da bookiebasher  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

ALL IN AND A CALL


AA for La Ronde

KQ for Jukian Leonard


Aces hold and Julian OUT 4th for £51,290

Ladddddddddddder!!!

Go on Jim.

where's George when you need him?

Geo

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815
3   -   £73,089

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Sighhhhhhhh FMP now ... 8.30 pm I have 10.47 in the Doyle signed book sweep ... I must have a chance imo.

la ronde must have over 1m chips now kev

You sure do kev

If they're talking deal and your in Jims shoes, what would you be looking for. Or would you take your chances knowing that it is likely the other 2 will clash?

Geo

with la ronde agresion on the table take your chance you allready have 73 in the bag and still a chance for 208 go for it

Chip counts please

any chance of a chip count kev just ruffley

FYP

and +1 think id go for this!

how long left of the break kev,   i watching live feed on my mobile terrified of my bill next month :(

I have rigged it, I have asked the camera guys to keep breaking the action so they finish at 10.47 bang on :)

if im def geting 73k i would go for it you have nothing to lose you have won life changeing money

Talking to Jim on the feed now.

any talk of deals kev

Jamie is multai

Jim being interviewed

Ageed mate,

also, watching Jim over the last coupla days he has looked quite at home and as relaxed as anyone.

Good vibes.

Geo

La Ronde 1m
Tureniec 800k
Jim 300k

Back playing ... still 10k/20k 2k ante

Ave 710k

Scratch that

La Ronde 1.3 mill
Tureniec 500k
Jim 300k

Cheers big <ahem> ears ;)

La Ronde bashing it up ... just called a 65k bet on the river of a Q 9 6 5 3 board with bottom pair and it was goos against Tureniec !!

JIM ALL IN !!!

La Ronde wants a count

And passes

John Perrin says "Good old Jim, what he has locked up will just about cover his liability on Notts County this season, he has laid them for a fortune!!"

bookiebasher take3s down a 130k+ pot

He knows if he checks any flop he will get bet into, just needs to hit any bit of it and repop.

Plan going well so far

ugh feel so sick for super johnny eames. such a cruel way to go after playing so class. he will be back!

jim must be close to 400k now after taking blinds from button

turneiec all in moult in think tank

ALL IN AND CALL


A9 Jim
A8 Tureniec


A 6 5

Turn 8 !!


River 4


SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Just counting the chips

Sick game

 OMG....

great call.

sooooooooooo ul

So so unlucky.

Jim is OUT in 3rd winning £73,089

Soooooo sick.

Great effort Jim - played well.

did they do any deals with 3 left

This

Proud of you Jim - the game-plam worked to perfection. 

£73k is well tidy. Delighted for ya.

That

No deals.

great call jim  so sick  vvvwp

A9 is a snap call there

ul all the same

have thet spoke of any deals heads up kev

I repeat ... NO DEALS.

We don't all play as well as you do obv.

Kev, can you confirm that there were no deals. :)

Heads up between Michael Tureniec & David La Ronde

1   -   £208,367
2   -   £121,815

short break to sort stuff with cameras ...


If they play HU for 1hr 40mins I win a signed Doyle brunson book .... 1 time !!

Not sure, should I ask ??  :D :D

it will be quick heads up david dont hang around heads up kev keep your eye on it or you might miss it

Only if you think you should.

what the chip count kev thanks mate doing a great job

kev i'll do a deal wiv ya, ask the dealer if there has been any deals,deal? only one question deal or no deal?

i lol at this...jim's played a patient game & calling all-in is never nice on a big stage regardless of the opponent...it's an easy snap call sat at home
ul jim, great effort

Any deals Kev?

+1

& i'm pretty sure michael won't deal

kev stop sleeping

Tbf it's only 140k difference after 3days of grinding  ;)

Fuckers are slaughtering me on the feed :D

2.5 hours hu battle ftw

The've been talking bollox for 20 mins, and I've been listening lol.

Thanks for clearing that up. Kev was a bit unsure. :)

Players back at the table for the heads up duel ... 1hr 02mins please

1.35 million for La Ronde
770k for Tureniec

loooooool the dealer more nervous than the players   1st hand miss deal

wasn't having a pop,relax

if you disagree then fine.

Anybody know what the delayed tournament is that Tureniec is chipleader of?

ur drawing dead m8 u picked exact same time as me but i said it 1st, ul m8 if i get it, u can borrow it anytime tho ;)

Partouche poker tour, final in November ... $1million 1st prize.

any chance of pictures of the 2 players kev

Iceman u r my hero

my apologies beaver808 picked same time as me

Never mind them Jase we haven't had any valet pics for ages.  ;popcorn;

why am i your hero lol

high kev how you doing mate you going to blackpool for gukpt mate

cheers

have they started heads up yet i dont mind long as it ends at 11.18 lol

Dont think so mate,  never say never though .... its been a while since I have ridden the big one  :o

Let's gogogogo someone win it in the next 10mins,a think

Home now Kevin, is Jones/Brunny still  in the £250 mate?

me neither chap,
just don't think all poker situations should be judged as if playing in a vacuum

LOL ... yes mate.

Nothing of note, chip counts roughly the same as at the start of the battle

wrong kev i ment kev B not colchester kev about blackpool lol

No mate busted 21st i think

ALL IN AND A CALL !!!

Stop reminiscing about one of your ex's kev and get us some norkage

who had 22.08 ??

HOLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Not playing the ME mate but up to support a friend and playing Friday side event.

did ginger say that!!!!

A7 for David

K 10 for Michael


Ace high Holds and Michael Tureniec is the runner up taking home £121,815

DAVID LA RONDE WINS THE ENGLISH POKER OPEN

very well played david.....nice to see an englishman win the 1st english open........fantastic result

i new it i said he would

Well done David. Great stuff Kev as usual, well done.

well done kev great job

Great updates Kev, as usual.  :)up

Bad luck with the book.

can't believe michael missed lol,
wp david, v nice result

David praying for his Ace to hold

IT HELD !!

fantastic work kev, 3 days non stop, a lot of people dont realise how much running about you do........you must be donald ducked.............great job kev      geordieneil

Thanks for the updates.

And well done to raketherake and DTD for a great event.

great updates as ever-exciting stuff !!

Great work Kev.  Great work RTR.  Great work DTD.  Well done to the champ, and a shout to Jim 'bookiebasher' Moult in 3rd - who played bloody well (drinks are on you!!).

Someone buy Kev a Jack now!

Great stuff kev  cheers

+1 good stuff

Well done George, great Updates.

And DTD nailed it, too - no surprise there, either.

A big thanks from blonde to our Sponsors for this Update, raketherake.com, without whom there would have been no Update. Support the Sponsors, please.

Thanks Kev.

Excellent  updates Kev a most enjoyable 3 days thank you sir and George too  :)up

+1

Many thanks chaps

Heres the man ... being presented with the trophy and the cheque from Karim at raketherake.com

.

Top job as always Kev.

great tourney from start to finish.

tyty. Am knackered after that marathon update

PS: Thanks to my able assistant Kev- superb work as always

Time for me to pack up and do one .... but before I do, I have to thank a few people ...


Karim, Glen, Jacqui from raketherake.com ... looked after me exceptionally, I hope they are happy with the job I have done for them.

Everyone at DTD ... I know the hard work that goes on behind the scenes here to make these events run like an absolute dream, it isn't luck that they run so smoothly, it's damned hard work from EVERYONE here at DTD. Thanks for yet again making me feel so welcome  ;tightend; ;tightend;

Thanks also to all the blonde members and guests, your interaction and support of the updates are what makes them a pleasure to do.

From a tired Colchester Kev in Europes PREMIER poker venue  .... goodnight and god bless

xxx

Well played David.

Thanks for the updates Kev, top work.

Happy to see jim take down the £££££

One of the nice guys getting a result

 :respect:

Regards

M

Great updates and what a result for David La Ronde, well done matey.

Surprised he took a pop with A7 as if memory serves that was the very hand that lost him the GUKPT Luton heads up against Sam Trickett's AQ in 2008. Though over the last couple of days he HAS taken a pop with virtually everything else in the deck, to be fair. As Jason says, he runs good.

Le Ronde plays his way. Having been at his table he is an absolute nightmare to play against. He pots flops, doesn't fold easily and isn't afraid to put his chips in.

Wish I'd backed my judgement and put a wedge on with Trigg!

WD and vul Eames. Sick exit bud

fkin DUNK stung me 7/1 la ronde im just gonna grim tho. gg m8

  fair play gg me  id only spunk it on a 8game spin up

To say I'm surprised is an understatement! Ul Mike, John and Jim...Nice result David

Good job Kev!!

Just wanted to say thanks for all the messages of support on Blonde.

Also thanks to everyone at DTD , and if Rob does decide to sell it in the future ,
then he should sell it to Carlsburg , probably the best poker club in the world .

Strange to have won so much and feel gutted  ;D

Thanks also to Ralph and Chris Bruce for transfer of funds in full tilt otherwise I
wouldn't have played and to Kev for the great updates.

Interesting last hand , would like to know peoples thoughts on it.
Like most hands , it had some history and wasn't as straight forward as it looked.

Anyways , as Amatay would say ( love your blog by the way ) laters fish

Well done sir, very well played.

Thanks for the updates and raketherake for sponsor :)

Sigh, you don't know how much unnecessary happyness that will bring Amatay..

Congrats on a great result and unlucky not to win it

Hmmmmm good luck to they guy he must of played well, but still was as lucky as a mtf to beat me when he was all in with a-5 vers my qq.

many congrats

in any tournament you need abit of look to win it we all now that . i didnt get to see how the last hand went but a7 against k 10 for 208,000 i must be going wrong somewhere lol can someone tell me how the last hand went was it all in preflop

Looking through the updates although difficult to decipher as a lot of times chip counts and pot odds info were not available.. both la ronde and Tureniec made some at best questionable calls for all the money... and got hugely lucky.... i know they are both excellent..but some people are just born smelling of roses..

congrats to bookiebasher on the cash.
On the updates it says he played his stack well, but on his table at the LPC I found him spewy and a good source of chips, though was mentioned by others that know him that he's a nightmare to play against when he has chips

La ronde?

Wrong bookie i think  ::)

Never played LPC

You might be thinking of  'da bookie '

Never spewed in my life   ;)

Andy... did he call it off with A5 or did he move first..and in your opinion was it an awful play ?

WP Jim.

Great result and unlucky at the end after that great and difficult call especially under the cameras and with hole cards in view later.

Did you find that knowing that others would be able to see your hole cards later and critique your play affected you at all?

la ronde moved all in with A 5 with 15 big blinds he got called by QQ witch you would the rest is history nobody played it badly just got lucky witch you need at some stage in a tournament like this

people keep saying he is such a bad player but hay who has the 208,397 and the trophie and im sure if he ante allready sponcered he will be now good luck to him

Fair enough...unlucky andy...

Thanks Matt

Im too long in the tooth to bother what people think about my play , although

I knew the last hand with  Aspades 9d was marginal and would have looked spewey

if the guy had a premium hand. Lots of factors , as you know , go into making a decision.

It would have been a much easier call but for the fact that the other 2 chaps had been playing

a lot of pots and thought they would deffo clash and hopefully  I would get heads up.

Thought the worst play was the young french lad shoving from sb  Kd Qs  for around 40 big blinds.

To me that's just playing scared poker.

Congratulations Jim  :)up

Great result and the A9 play was fine. Sod's law he didn't have you dominated, it's not like the best hand is meant to win or anything /sigh

Hope you have a well deserved break and can just relax with family and friends, must be interesting to know you will be able to re-watch it through with all the cards later!

My thoughts on the A9 hand........

Hmmmm......

I like to think snap call and if it was in a £50 comp I would without doubt.

I've never been one for laddering but then again I've never been looking at laddering for £50k before.

I think I might pass, get blinded away waiting for them to clash then kill myself when I saw the A8 on the replay later.

I think you played it brilliantly. Fantastic call. Anyone who says it's easy is either rich or stupid.

VVVVVVWP mate. Congrats.

lol @ this

I didn't think that guy was talking to you mate ???

You just won 70k and played very well so don't need any advice from me but fwiw vs either of them two there i'm never folding A9 in that spot esp with stack sizes just very unlucky.VVWP sir enjoy the cash such a sick game that your proabably gutted today haha,i'd be exactly same.Congrats

For £50k?? You're never folding??

You really think it's that easy......

I think i've already said it was certainly not a snap call situation.It certainly wasn't any easy call at all Matt it was a very good call but with less than 20bbs 3 handed and with two aggressive players at the table and the guy that shoved having such a wide range i think you should be calling here with A7+ 66+ that was what i had decided i would call with while Jim was tanking.Yes you could fold and hope that the other shortiy busts but with 70k already locked up i'm playing ftw at that point.

That's the other factor I considered. £73k locked up so it's been a good few days no matter what happens.

Basically we're now on a £50k freeroll hopefully leading to an £80k freeroll. I still prefer the gamble where my chips go in first tbh. Yes oppo's range is wide but it's not ridic wide and we're never a massive favourite unless he happens to be on a weaker A.

There was a hand deep into wed night when the 2 big stacks managed 2 get all the chips in
pre-flop when I reckon they had over 100 big blinds each...... Ks Jd  v Ac Tc

That was between 2 young lads. The young uns can do this but you won't catch many older
players gambling like that. Its not a case of right or wrong , it's just totally different styles.

Like i say A9 is pretty close to bottom of my range that i'd call with and yeah would rather be 3b shoving A9 here than having to call an open shove.What range would you put him on here personally i'd have him on Q10+,K9+,Ax+,any pair.

If they are both young and from online play then it's just a case of they both know that they shouldn't play pots with each other therefore their bets should be taken as stronger and if they were both in LP then it's very easy to imagine getting 'some chips' in but 100 bets is just stupid with those hands. Fwiw they aren't gambling on the strength of their hands, when young players gamble 'they are gambling on what the percentage chance of getting a fold they think their is relative to the amount in the pot'.

I'll +4 for Mantis that big pots should need big hands in these live tournaments.

Congrats again Jim  :)up

does anybody have a clue when they are showing it on telly will be interesting to watch

I can't really put him on a range because I didn't follow it too much. Jim obviously knows his range on this particular day better than us and that's why he makes the call.

Tbh though I wouldn't be that bothered about his range. Even if I think I'm ahead I'm unlikely far ahead. If I'm behind I'm quite a long way behind.

It comes down to whether I fancy a £50k gamble at this point. Like I said I like to think I could make the call because it is undoubtedly correct but if oppo showed me KQs face up I still don't love it.

This particular hand has no relevance to our long term EV at all. If we could run the hand 10000 times for the same 50k then yes it's easy but this is very much a 1 off and not a simple case of "I'm probably ahead so I call".

Why is this call for 50k?

Stack sizes are pretty critical here for how many bets they each had, esp considering there are antes.

Just an assumption. On the update it said that they had to count the stacks before confirming Jim what out so I guessed they were pretty close.

To clear things up, yes La Ronde, not Jim.
I only played against him in the one tournie, just how I found him play on that occasion

anybody have a clue when epo is being shown on tv

+1

young and scandinavian

Yeah I was watching the feed and couldn't believe they didn't know who had who covered but w/e. if they were both relatively short.

It's just the idea of by calling=losing 50k, we still has equities we aren't mucking after calling.

I watched the live feed for most of the weds night and all of thurs pretty much (sad i know) and that's where I get that range from.The fact that the cl has 3/4 of the chips in play i think i would rather try to double up before getting hu thus having a better chance to win the thing than try to get 2nd place and hope the other shorty busts but be against a 7:1 chip disadvantage hu

He had 60 % of the chips

Alan 1.3 million

Lucky swede 400 000

unlucky bookie 400 000   give or take 20-30 000 chips on all three.

He had me covered by 4000 chips.

Personally I dont mind being big underdog HU . Dynamics change again and he is the one under pressure.

Just got home ... was on the train from Notts to london with Lee Jones & Liv Boeree ... I was asleep for 90% of the journey :D

That's the most impressive thing you could put on your poker resume.

'Slept with Liv Boeree'.

Technically not a lie

Whilst Lee Jones talked her through positions, ...

Lee Jones- nice guy but I can understand why ou were snoozing!

FYP

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POTW!!   rotflmfao