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Last night 27 of 73 made it through a gruelling Day 1a

Those players are listed below:


Paul Rodger 304700
Alex Martin 286100
Philip Mildon 205900
Gary Cooper 187800
Edward Thompson 187500
Andy Lyew 184100
Jason Clarke 174100
Victor Ilyukhin 165700
Peter Lody 164200
Danny Toffel 155300
Jim Reid 143700
Adam Lawler 135400
Terry Mitford 134200
Mark Hutchinson 126300
Steve Kirk 113800
Nick Crisp 83300
Mickey Morley 80400
Giovanni Ambrosio 71100
Edna Adams 68300
Dave Robinson 66500
Dave Fredericks 66000
Bharat Joshi 58500
Alex Burton 48800
Paul Romain 47000
Steven Chennells 39200
Paul Garnham 37800
Richard Baker 37700


Play 1b begins at 1pm. Please join us for coverage then

Judging by the numbers descending on the cash games last night the make up of what is expected to be a 150+ field today is expected to be very different. Plenty of Norwegians around, lots of Irishmen, some Germans, a Spaniard or two.

Should be lively. Well as lively as a 50,000 chip 1 hour clock allows!

Good Luck Tighty... with that eclectic mix of nationalities i predict blood spilt before the end of the day with the folding out of turn rule..bonus points for pictures of fights in action

Looking forward to the updates today. It will be a lot different with a bigger field of players and the atmosphere should great.

So far I have seen Irish, German, Danish, Dutch, Socttish and Russian players in the casino buying in.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CdqfJ2fU2M

Bit of atmosphere from yesterday.

lol agree

So here we go again

Pics and seat draw on their way, with action to follow


Playing today the likes of RED-DOG, Karl Mahrenholz, Julian Thew, Praz Banzi and Pino Valentino.

I'm hoping we'll have a bit more excitement today as there's over a hundred players registered so far and sat down now, with a queue at the desk to buy in.

Also the table right in front of the press desk has a Danish lad on it who was on my cash table last night - if he plays comps like cash he will be either chip leader in an hour or at the bar. Karl M on the table behind so I don't expect much happening there.

Tighty is taking some snaps as we speak, please let me know if there is anyone in particular you want a photo of, or updates on.

Good Luck to all Blondes!!

Photo of Darren 'Norwich' Ward please. He do 'arrrrve a proper fens accent do that boy.

Tom Reddog McReady has just beckoned me over.

"Caroline" he whsipers "I'm not so fussed about the comp, but I just need to know where I come on the Totty list"

So here we go....who have we got in the Luton house today


Joe Grech

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he is sitting next to the Hairdresser from Flitwick, Mr Pino Valentino. Pino and 50,000 chips. Could get messy

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the DTD Grand Prix finalist Chris Gordon

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Paul ALterman and Tom McCready.


Totty alert


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DTD Deepstack Winner Greg Garrett and the Honey Millionaire Albert Sapiano


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the suave Jim McBride

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Tom is sharing a table with Kenny Rogers

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RED-DOG comes across and reports

"We've played two orbits and had 5 10k+ pots, 2 50k+ pots and two players all in onn a 7-5-x flop with 4-6, both missed and they chopped"


Jim McBride reports that to a raises and a 3 bet he flatted in the small blind with A-8 suited (lol) and they saw a three way flop of 2-8-8

Jim checks and the re-raiser says "I might go all in here"

Jim possibly gives the game away by saying "I will call you", so the re-raiser checks

and he wins the pot uncontested with a bet on the turn



This could be a fun day

Karl is actually sitting down in this picture.

James "jambo22" Gray

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Barry "Bazzabhoy" Burns

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Karl Mahrenholz

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Amy Trodd

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Up from Brighton Tony "tonysaint" Adderley

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Handsome, according to Chompy, Paul "dogracer1" Ephremsen

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In homage to Chompy, a hoop shirted Dominic "nico29" Kay


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Yeah but this is lucky Jim... he always knew the 8's were comig

Table 1

1. Marius Lietuvnikas
2. Julian Thew
3. Richard red devil Horton
4. Parvis Tafreshi
5. Colin paddington
6. Jerome OShea
7. James gadd
8. darren ward

Table 2

1.Paul mcDermott
2. Neil Fox
3.Paul Turnstill
4. A. Golubevs
5. Cristian Kurti
6. David Lawrence
7. Robert Twyman
8. Thijs Hujgers

Table 3

1. Dean coombes
2. Jeffrey Rogers
3. Eshghi Nikkhahe
4. Paul Alterman
5. Tom Mccready
6. Barry lane
7. Martin Davis
8. Lam Trinh

Table 4

1. Elizabeth Mcfarlane
2. Barry Burns
3. Nigel Ventre
4. Ashique Miah
5. Dean Olivant
6. Greg Garrett
7. Albert Sapiano
8. Cuong Tran

Table 5

1 John Earle
2 Mark Hayter
3 Tony Mackay
4 John Paul Santos
5 Gary Mercado
6 Drain Alien
7 Chris Cooper
8 Darren hickman

Table 6

1 Mo Muse
2 Fergal Cawley
3 Aleksanders Zaravins
4 Paul brown
5 Tony Rafter
7 Stephen O'Keefe
8 Chris Brider


Table 7

1 Mike Moore
2 Amy Trodd
3 Martin Dawe
4 Erik Cox
5 Peter Rahr
6 Robert Boon
7 John Bonadies
8 Sam Welbourne


Table 8

1 Craig Sweden
2 Huseyin Hussein
3 Chris Goodson
4 Paul Fowler
5 Ben Jenkins
6 Richard Petrisor
7  Richard Pain

Can someone give me a run down on what cash games were being played last night, stakes, start/finish time, number of games running? Thanks.

TABLE 9


1 Lin Wai Cheung
2 Tony Adderley
3 Ian Bowden
4 Ben Turnstill
5 Chris Cancilliere
6 Les Fenton
7 Siamak Vakili


Table 10

1 Jim McBride
2 Karl Mahrenholz
3 Mark Kempson
4 Neil Bernadout
5 Keith Miller
6 Kevin Curtis
7 Paul Ephremsen


Table 11

1 Hanns Jacobi
2 Peter Nicolle
3 James Sullivan
4 Tina Lane
5 Jeppe Jensen
6 Peter Garrett
7 Dale Hoy


Table 12

1 Silas Meyer
2 David Greene
3 James Gray
4 Jimmi Lee
5 dom Kay
6 Rajinder Shina
7 Steven Harrison

6pm onwards, all night

£1-2 and £2-5 NLHE. three tables

Loose as hell

will be busier today too

Tom's table with the allins, big pots and 6 high hands after ten minutes..

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I know, I know, you were expecting a table of young internet boys, mad scandies and more.

Instead you get a Rotary meeting of local pensioners.

Table 13


1 John Briden
2 Tony Lynch
3 Neil McCulloch
4 Nissim Beniesch
5 Will Kassouf
6 David Lloyd
7 R Roebarnett


Table 14

1 Robinder Dinhasa
2 Mark O'Connor
3 Pino Valentino
4 Niels Ladefoged
5 Joe Grech
6 Barrie Evans
7 Chris Gordon



105 in so far today, open for 4 levels and a steady trickle of more coming in

Julian Thew trying to compete with Alex Martin in the fashion stakes. Luckily for him he's on the same table as Dom and his pink rugby shirt, so not much competition there.

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Praz Bansi has just sat down, think he may have had to rush whatever he was eating to get here.

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Paul Parker's man bag.

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Darren Ward has just taken his seat.

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We're 38 minutes into the comp and I have heard "Ruling!" called probably 38 times already.

The passing out of turn rule is not a popular one here in Luton, despite it being a normal part of D4 events.

Praz Bansi and Tina Lane in a hand

Flop A 10 K

Tina bets Praz calls.

Turn 10.

Tina bets again

Praz's cards flicked away faster than he managed to flick that food off his lip earlier.

Are you sure that's not Billy Crystal?

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Great updates btw.

Tina Lane. Don't be fooled by the flowery image, she's after pulling Praz's pants down.

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Woman after my own heart

Is Chompy playing today , or did he play yesterday ?

Neither. Decided he was dead money in a field of this class

Greg Garrett, DTD winner and fellow scouser, just told me about "some old guy" on his table who is hitting everything..

This is the "old guy"

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He was first to sign up , must have been disappointed with the turnout , predictions pre tournie was a 400 sell out , infact Nina told me numbers of 280 had bought in or qualified  last week , alot must have pulled out !

115 now in today

Numbers are certainly lower than expected, and steers that were given, for both days. Not quite sure what to put that down to.


I am currently immobile, sandwiched between a video photographer, Caroline and two poker tables by the entrance to the toilet. I will set up somewhere else tomorrow

Glamourous life.

FIRST MAN OUT!

Martin davis has left the building, courtesy of Eshghi Nikkhahe.. trying tio get details, but suprise suprise, they were on Tom Mc's table.

pics and updates of the turnstill lads please!

Chris Cooper "cooperman" on blonde

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Just taking some now.

Here they are, the Turnstill massive.

Father & son, Paul & Ben.


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The guy next to Praz Banzi is Dale Hoy, CEO of Red Hot Poker, recently seen on the Party Poker V TV programmes on Channel 4

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The photo of Rookie hasn't come out, so here's one of racehorse trainer Tim Vaughan. Same thing basically.

So... FTS?

Fill This Space?

Free The Shortone?

For The Soldiers?

Film The Sausages?

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feck this sh*t

now come on Richard, you would give your eye teeth to be next to Caroline,,,,I sure you can forget the proximity of the toilet in such great company,   have a good day Evil x

Fk The Spurs?

Praz Banzi is on the move, winning a 30,000 pot against Dale Hoy with Kings ona  Jack high flop against Jack-rag

We are just nearing the end of level 2 having lost  of 116 today

Hoping to overcome our technical problems in the break and up the coverage

On table Banzi is this lady, Tina Lane


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If anyone in the vicinity can help me out, I'd be grateful


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Tom McCready 58,500 at the break

"it's just crazy, huge pots everywhere"

just wandered over to Mo "No News" Muse's table to see if he recouped any of his losses from the cash table last night just as he got involved in a pot with Ed hardy fan Jon Lewys.

Mo raised preflop in the Big Blind.

Jon having limped in in the SB calls his raise, and says "You trying to get some chips back? How much have you lost? Ok I call and we'll just check it down right?"

Flop Q 6 5 rainbow.

Jon checks as promised, Mo bets 1500, Jon thinks and calls.

Turn K

Jon checks, Mo sits for a while and bets 2600.

Jon insta calls.

Mo starts to look pale.

River a 4.

Jon checks. Mo pops another 6600 into the pot.

Jon calls.

Mo declares ace high and Jon flips over AK to take the pot.

Mo Muse

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Jonathan Lewis

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Updates for Ben Jenkins and Jono Beck plz

Players just gone on short break, will get them on their return.

thats what red bull does for pensioners tom blows their mind updates on robert boon please

No Jono Beckon player's list, is he definitely playing today?

Just found out from ben Jenkins that Jono DID turn up to play today but was escorted from the premises after finding out he was in fact now BARRED!

Apparently he got a little out of line last night after a few too many shandys and found to his cost some of the staff here don't share the same sense of humour as him.

Still, I'm sure he can see the funny side. Sat in is hotel room alone.

Kevin Lovejoy O'Leary is here


Caroline took this one. Blame her

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Tighty just read a name off the list and toldme it was Lovejoy, and to go and get a picture.

I spent ten minutes looking for this guy, seriously.

Jeff Buffenbarger "Michigan Jeff" is a late entry

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David "7djl" Lloyd is here. Local player, big player, nice guy.

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Jeff Rogers and his Kindle are here

No sign of Jeff's legendary temper yet, though I am on the look out for signs of it. usually aftger he has suffered his first outdraw

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Chipcount and picture of Karl Mahrenholzenholzrenholzholzholz pls

Darren Hickman is here

Here he is

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and here is a boiled egg

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GUKPT London winner Cuong Tran has been in a big hand, details coming

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Robert Boon

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at least the subject is in the center of the shot

Big pot on Albert "honey monster" Sapiano's table.

Ash Miah raises to 400, Greg Garrett reraises to 1200 (with AK he assures me)

4 callers, including Albert and Cuong Tran, last year's London GUKPT winner.

Flop

7 Q 7

Albert bets out 5k. Tran calls.

Turn 4 Albert Sapiano bets 10k out of turn, which goes down like a lead balloon bearing in mind this one round penalty rule here. Floor is called. Action then goes to Tran who checks, so that Albert's bet stands. Tran then check raises him to 25k!


Albert makes the call, river a 2, Tran shows QQ in the hole for a flopped full house, Albert mucks.

Albert is now sat out for one round, which may mean his 6k stack lasts that bit longer.

Mark "Red Shirt" Kempson

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You may wonder, "How did he get that nickname?"

Well, he won't play poker unless he is wearing a red shirt. One trusts he has more than one. A favourite of the Luton card-room, especially I recall for Claw75

Karl has his starting stack. He is here telling same to Amy

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Amy is not too impressed

"Such a nit Karl, get on with it"

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Lam Trinh raises to 700

Lovejoy makes it 2300

Called

 Ahrt C5 7s

check check

turn  3s

check check

river  Qh

Trinh bets 3,500 with 15,800 back

Lovejoy sets him in minus the 800, so raises to 15,000

Trinh moves in for the 800 more

Lovejoy passes!

Lovejoy just left the Table of Death, Tighty updating on one hand there, Didin't see details but apparently the flop was A92

Lovejoy had A9

Paul Alterman had a set of twos.

No help for Lovejoy and he's back on the antique trail.

One of two German players in the field today, Peter Jacobi

Good to see Caroline is back to taking shots off-centre

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Trinh should've showed the bluff.

gogogo the Turnstill lads

Also updates on:

Neil 'the sly' Fox
Dean 'Grumpy Dean' Coombes
Dean 'Plumpy Dean' Olivant
Mike 'I drive slow' Moore
Richard 'I once out talked Paul Parker' Pain
Tony 'The Goat' Adderley

Also is parker actually playing or just wandering about?

Dom Kaye has gone.

Totty count dropped considerably as he had the added attraction of being taller than me.

Flop was 10 10 8

Dom bet 1k

Raj Shina raised to 3.5K

Dom shoved for 10K

Raj snapped him off holding 10 8.

Dom had AK.

Albert Sapiano has gone, no hand details but I'm guessing he started behind and finished behind.

Don't think that was Darren Ward in the earlier photo.

Chips counts for handsome Paul and Keith Miller? Any news on which part of the Bourne trilogy Jim McBride is watching?

Tony Adderley is chip leader with 166,000

Always a talented player, with speech play to match, it is a joy to see him running over his table with quite such aplomb.

I went up to Not Darren Ward after Caroline took his photo

The exchange went as follows

"You know Chompy then? Has he always been so daft?"

"Chompy? No?"

"You went to Vegas with him 5 years ago. Hooped jumpers"

"No"

"Are you Darren Ward?"

"No"

Exit tail between legs

Neil Fox 37,000

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Dean Coombes 40,000

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brilliant so com ty

Julian Thew flops a set, ends up making a crying call on river on a flop with 45678 on it, only to chop the pot with the agrressor holding King high.

Dealer tells him he played it well.

Julian says things really looking up when the dealer gives you a rubdown.



Not Darren Ward's real name is Dan Beresford. Easy mistake to make.

Dean Olivant 1,525. Don't forget the 25

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Mike Moore 42,000

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Its normally a red shirt due to volume of red wine drunk and spilt..................

Doesn't this guy play for a living?

Richard Pain 50,000

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Tony Adderley 186,000

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Yes he is playing 54,000

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Paul Ephremsen 28,000

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Keith Miller 80,000

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anyone in the world running as bad as julian right now?

Alistair Carins (arm=shark attack off the Great Barrier reef)

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Denis O'Mahoney in Seat 10. (Another weight loss poker player....)

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Didin't you just retire?

And you wonder why I've come back out of retirement? That's just awful spew

 rotflmfao oops

Pics and chip counts of Paul 'the guvnah' Turnstill and Ben 'i love really soft pillows' Turnstill pls

Ben Jenkins  63,500

I've met Ben about six times, and never has he been without a ridiculous scarf


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a table break puts Banzi, Parker and Thewy on the same table. Good news for the others, likely to hold a nice pre and post flop edge over these guys

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Jim McBride is watching telly on his small screen device

What is he watching?

A clue

"I could be so good for you, love you like I wanted to, I'd do anything for you-oo-oo-oo, I'd be so good for you"

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Meanwhile his neighbour Karl Mahrenholz nearly hit the trifecta. Got two check raises in post flop on the same hand. Almost went for the treble but a bad river card stopped him

Greg Garrett on 76K, 2 seats to his left Cuong Tran sat with around 130K.

Greg just raised to 600 and was called by the next five consecutive players - I feel he's getting a lot of respect. Comes to the BB and Greg says "C'mon Scotsman pump it up"

"Scotsman" Barry Burns elects instead to just make up the 600.

Flop comes A 3 9

All check.

Turn K

Scotsman checks, Greg bets 1700, and Scotsman chooses to now pump it up to 4k.

Greg passes.

Guess he could have saved himself 1700 if the Scotsman had pimped it up pre instead.

Amy Trodd 4th level. Blinds 100/200/25. Up to 70k. Played about 20 hands, won all but one. Amy has an absolute cast iron table image. Completely solid. Completely at odds with all the filth she gets away with winning hands with.

GO ON LADS!

Are they both still in?

FTS

Paul Turnstill 56,000

Ben Turnstill 35,000

Come on lads, Feel Those Sausages.

(http://www.finsbury.org/documents/fts_420.jpg)

Tut tut. Try harder with your photgraphy skillz plz

Minder - ??

Been racking my brains all day and suddenly it's hit me.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXD1upKsdtI/AAAAAAAAPrs/qyMI7dKWrKs/022.JPG)

For The Separationatbirth?

lol. whens your next gig babe. i'm chucking more money into the live blogg fund

Joe Grech says seeing me sat by the toilets reminds me of his best pulling technique man years ago, when he would always sit by the ladies loos in the pub as it was the best place to chat people up.

I told him times have changed - I just put Rohypnol in their milk now.

yes!

Laptop needing a good cleaning anyway   rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Just approaching the one hour dinner break after 4 levels of play today

119 runners today, 188 in total

£94,000 in the prize pool


Chip counts and Payout break down to follow


110 are left today on 13 tables, average 54,100

Tighty, I retract my offer to help updating future events.  Just won't be able to match this sort of level.

Great stuff guys.  Don't peak too early, looking forward to a whole weekend of railing.

Get yerself to the top of the dinner line the pair of ya!!!

What do you mean ?

Tighty will have done that last post from the front of the queue.   ;D

£500 NLHE

188 runners

£94,000

1st £25,000
2nd £16,000
3rd £12,000
4th £9,400
5th £7,000
6th £5,100
7th £3,700
8th £2,700
9th £2,000
10th-12th £1,500
13th-18th £1,000

nice pot

Updating with Caroline Cove

We are side by side, and I get to eavesdrop on phone conversations, look over at her facebook and generally get a peek into what is probably a maelstrom of a life.

Yesterday, Caroline shows me a comment on her facebook wall

The poster says

"Caroline, you are a Fucking MILF"

Fairly standard, I think. Not my style, however....


"but you must be used to that Caroline?"


"It's from the 14 yearold class mate of my daughter's" she says

The Emperor Ming: Later. I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

:)

Tighty - More of Caroline at future updates please...

Its like a stand up gig  -  its dribblin down my left leg - LOL - MORE..!!

Complimenting caroline is nice but telling us its dribbling down your leg is just wrong

+1

Break chip counts include


Julian Thew 86925

Richard Horton 59025

Darren Ward 105575

Paul Turnstill 62,375

Grant Mercado 69,750

Jeff Rogers 104,925

Paul Alterman 103,950

Tom McCready 66,825

Greg Garrett 72000

Jeff Buffenbarger 65875

JP Santos 116245

Amy Trodd 67775

Sam Welbourne 97500

Paul Fowler 123275

Tony Adderley 29,000

Ben Turnstill 30,000

Jim McBride 54175

Karl Mahrenholz 47575

mark kempson 60100

Barrie Evans 87600

Praz Banzi 89875

Paul Parker 60925

Pino Valentino 85475

Keith Miller 77425

Neil McCulloch 124775 chip leader

David Lloyd 97525

Joe Grech 21425

Chris Gordon 51750

I am sorry, in my old age I sometimes get a little befuddled...!!  It was my right leg..!!  :)

We would like to do three updates in April


Fox Poker Main Event

DTD Deepstack

GUKPT Walsall


Fox are paying for their update in London and celtic is doing that with one other, to be decided

but certainly planning to ask Caroline to do one of the Midlands ones. However to do so we need donations from members. If you are interested in helping out please let me know on here, by PM or on Caroline's facebook, preferably giving her stick simultaneously

With pleasure but don't forget, Rohypnol doesn't come cheap so I will need funding to perform.

Buffet report


Chicken curry

and/or

vegetarian curry

and/or

fish curry

I wasn't brave enough for the fish curry, but 6 out of 10 for the chicken. Down a point on the marking for the look I got when I asked for a bigger portion

Salad, meh. Nice sausage rolls though. Smoked Salmon! Nice. Potato Salad, standard

6 out of 10 for the side offerings as a whole


Caroline liked the cake. Chocolate. "It was brilliant, had to be careful though almost went for the Black Forest by mistake. Can't be seen having that, people might think I am a Northerner."

4 levels gone, 7 levels to go. today.

Words cannot describe my desolation, so instead I will give you this image which summarises

(http://www.trivalleytax.com/Portals/0/accounting_shock.jpg)

The fish curry was made out of the remainder of the plaice goujons we had yesterday, absolutely revolting, I had two mouthfuls and spat it out over edna, who then went to the powder room to clean her top .

Cause I sure care what people think. Anyway, i think the whippet outside in my truck gives it away immediately.

Play, both Caroline and I are happy to report as we are beginning to fall out, is resuming.

Releadgc speaks

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkoT58sFd80

If Caroline falls out, photos please..!! :)

Current chip leaders going back in after the break, Neil McCulloch and Paul Fowler

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Releadgc speaks

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0sUWU6NIk

One for the old pervs  ladies.

Cougarrrrr

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Play a hand with Tighty

You are Jeff Rogers. You sell perfume for a living in Watford. You are reading a novel on your Amazon kindle and have headphones in. You are tactiturn and do not suffer fools gladly. You have 90,000 chips.

blinds are 150-300/25

You look down at  Jh Jd UTG+1, and UTG passes

You presumably raise?

If so how much to

One of these is the correct option


a) 850

b) 950

c) 1150

d) 1400

If you get the answer correct you go to Stage B

Whoever is the last guesser standing as we move through the hand wins

Stage b at 6.50pm

Paul Fowler came to me at the break to tell me he'd just won a massive pot. Not having met him before I asked him how he felt about strawberry blonde jokes - I felt it was more polite than calling him a ginga: this is my version of subtlety.

He asked me to be nice and said "I know I'm an easy target, the fat ginger lad".


Takes the fun out of it once they destroy all viable joke options.

There are 4 limpers and Neil Fox raises in the small blind from a 35,000 stack

Paul Turnstill 4 bets in the bb with KK

Fox 5 bets in the small blind

Turnstill 6 bet shoves his 62,000

Fox calls with AA


Aces hold and he doubles through Turnstill who is down to 27,000

a) is the correct answer but I think the answer for this hand is d)

Yep, old school Jeff 1,400 with JJ here. "I 'ate pocket jacks, don't wanna see a flop" etc.

Rule out the other three as he'd never put a 50 on the end of a bet imo

HEEEEEEYYY RATFANS :(

A few more guesses please Humour me.

c 1150

or (e) he folds as to far out of position

dom aka nico29 is out. he asked me to tell blonde he had a pretty bad cooler w KK in a 3b pot v some chap who had AA. an AK9hh flop was not conducive to the accumulation and preservation of points. jeeeeej.


p.s gr8 coverage rich and (to a lesser extent because obv caroline fancies herself as a bit of a cash game shark owing to a 7 hour session yesterday) and mouth. gl blondes playing today!

No the correct answer will always be given


Another guess or two people?

950

The correct answer as played was c) 1150

A Middle Eastern gentleman playing 60,000 flat calls you next to speak, and you are now heads up to the flop with 3,000 in the middle. Gentleman is loose and splashy

the flop is  9c Ks 4h


You are first to act

Check or Bet? If you bet how much?

Keep up kid. I told them Dom was out like 10 pages ago. sigh.

(I still would though, I like em young n dumb..)

RED DOG raises to 1,000 with Kings and the besuited and booted Peter Garrett makes it 4,000

RED flat calls and they see a Queen high rainbow flop

Both check

Turn is a rag and Tom check calls 10,000

River is a rag and Tom check calls 12,000, and is shown trip Queens

He is down to 20,000. However his smallball has kept him in the comp.

check..noto cr blown off this pot

Okay in the same vien of guess the outcome.

You are Julian Thew. (Hard for any of you to actually be this nice, but try to fill his shoes)

You raise pre and get one caller, a young Dane called Silas.

The flop comes 935

You check, Silas checks.

The turn is a 4, no flush draws.

You bet 5100. Silas slowly calls.

The river is an 8.

You bet 11k.


Silas calls.

What hand do you expect him to show?

83

Perhaps I am best playing a hand when its busier  :'(

oh well got to try these things

Jeff checks, and Mr Middle East bets 2525 into 3,000 Jeff calls

Turn is  Js


Jeff checks and opponent bets 8600 into 8050 with 35000 or so behind

Just to have one more crack at this, what now as Jeff?

bet 1500 see where u are silus shows 67 for nuts or 93 two pair should i be right bottle grolsch on my account please

Raise to 18425

Jd Ts

You'd think this maybe.

No Grolsch I'm afraid.

Silas had Ace King.

pump it a bit to 26k

julian had ?

Jeff beat him into the pot with a check raise to 40,000 and got an equally quick fold

Julian mucked and A-K was good

Same table.

I'm not hanging round the table with Silas, Praz and Julian on it for any reason other than in the interests of good poker obv. No Cougaring going on here.

Raj Shina Raises pre, one caller in SB from Jimmi lee.

Flop 4d 10c 4c

checked.

Turn Kc, Shina bets Lee calls.

River As

Lee checks, Shina bets 3500

Lee sits for a while and raises to 7200.


Shina sits for even longer then throws in 4 purple chips - 20K on top.

Jimmi Lee, bearing in mind the bet puts him allin, tanks and calls, only to show Shina quad 4s!

Shina mucks his set of tens and breaks Jimmi Lee's glasses for the slowroll.



Oh no sorry, that's would I would have done.

The current state of play

One player entered on the cusp of the 5th level as entries closed and starting with 160x bb, 80 minutes later has done the lot

£550= (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ou57iVdHbVc/RiaHa34tfhI/AAAAAAAAACw/uVO4-ecLlh8/s200/burning_money.jpg)


(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXE_mKyqw7I/AAAAAAAAPwg/Jekabr8WgvU/IMG_5672.JPG)

Dan Beresford just told me his table is really boring, no one talking and no one pkaying any pots.

Karl Mahahahiplaylotz has just been moved to his table.

Things are sure gonna change there
.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFBkwTIp3I/AAAAAAAAPws/WiF6gvfXrmM/067.JPG)

cawl obv

The scotsman from Greg garretts table has just walked past me muttering expletives that cross any language barrier.

Apparently Esh Nikkhahe called 50K preflop with AK. Barry didn't mention what he had but I'm guessing Esh hit and held, as Barry walks off to the bar shaking his head.

Amy Trodd with 70,000.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFCuANrnjI/AAAAAAAAPw4/lTBhLGdS3yw/IMG_5674.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFCwn13HcI/AAAAAAAAPw8/90CKef8SCa4/IMG_5675.JPG)

Barry Burns that is, Bazzabhoy

Jambo22 is hanging on with 30,000..lost a 50k flip just before the last break

Barry had KK, Ace on the turn

nice to get a bit of norkage keep it up

Esh Nikkhahe saying to his neighbour "Ha he I callled him off with ace high and won. If I win this maybe I can stop buying my shirts at 70s charity shops."


(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFD7_qgSYI/AAAAAAAAPxI/G1XLWK3as3k/071.JPG)

that amy trodds been followin me around since the ladbrokes poker cruise i wish

Martin Bader has asked me to post up that he is a short stack.

Not because he's proud of it, but because his mate doesn't believe him, so he needs proof online.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFD8UbscqI/AAAAAAAAPxM/cO3iBRMcdNA/072.JPG)

Plenty of tits in poker. You got a mirror?

rookles updates please

RED-DOG in his lovely  top

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFE0jwW8aI/AAAAAAAAPxY/a2HgtNfvph8/070.JPG)


and here he is playing up for the camera with Mo Muse and Ben Jenkins

(http://www.lennyhenry.com/assets/OTT_Bob_Carolgees_Alexi_Sayle.jpg)

except he hasnt got his hand up a dogs arse at the moment

i think it was up lenny h s arse when that photo was taken

Craig Sweden with his life ethos on his T shirt.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFHIBhYg1I/AAAAAAAAPxk/TkS4Wjfadpk/074.JPG)

Julian Thew raises with AQ and Paul Ephremsen calls him with 8c6c

flop brings two clubs. Paul check raises and Julian shoves with two overs to the flop

Paul calls, both had 25,000 before the hand started

Paul hits his flush on the turn to knocmk Thew out

Some updated chip counts as we hit the break at the end of six levels

Paul Alterman 100,000

Ben Turnstill 90,000

Paul Turnstill 30,000

Cuong Tran 110,000

Chris Cooper 60,000

Jonathan Lewys 120,000

Karl Mahrenholz 70,000

David Lloyd 100,000

Paul Ephremsen 65,000

Paul Parker 30,000

Drain Alien 40,000

Praz Banzi 120,000

Paul Folwer 100,000

Mark Kempson 80,000

Ben Jenkins 70,000

Jim McBride 40,000

Peter Garrett 100,000

Greg Garrett 70,000

blinds going 300-600/75 now and average is 61,200

98 of 120 remaining today

Why isn't he paying for both of them?

sorry, I don't understand?

  Amy Trodd Down to 30k. All in w AA on 98T rainbow flop against an opponent who had flopped the straight

the fans wanna see more turnstill boys pics!  gogogo.

Going into the break, some of the bigger stacks.

Sam Welbourne 108K

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFJqyi0agI/AAAAAAAAPxw/3IkifhCFku4/075.JPG)

Alek Zavarins  110K

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFJrwGXO9I/AAAAAAAAPx0/wxY9XHRRUM8/076.JPG)


Gary  Mercado taking a break from the darts circuit  135K

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFJsa7d0SI/AAAAAAAAPx4/eUriF4LuIU8/077.JPG)

Are you sure they asked for the Turnstill boys?

6 levels gone today, 5 levels to play

For players, updaters and viewers, we all need to show


(http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny-dog-pictures-dog-has-patience.jpg)

great updates, ive forgotten how good they are..

Can you find out if there is a cap for tomorrow nights 300

Irony  ;booder;

PS Are you on rohipnol?

RED-DOG raises with A-J  spades to 1600 at 200-400

4 Callers!!

flop A-J-2, two clubs

RED leads for 3500, 1 caller, Lam Trinh

turn 10 giving RED the nut flush draw in spades

RED bets 8000 from 18000, Lam Trinh sets him in

RED calls and beats A7dd

RED up to 48,000

Do you want to be? ;)

No cap on the £300 on this stage.. Can hold 120 before they start to worry about space, staffing not a problem

Thanks Tighty, see you tomorrow hopefully

more chip counts from the break

Silas Meyer, the Cougar totty 100,475

Jeff Rogers 119,650

Ben Turnstill 95,175

Nik Eshghi 132,275

Darren Ward 108,950

Lim Wei Chueung 126,375

Pics of these 2 please

Also pic of player on karls right plz

Little story from earlier

Tony Adderley says to Caroline "£20 to the live updates fund if one of you posts that I am a big chip leader and am playing superbly. Lets get Flushy going"

Job was done, 6 or 7 pages ago

He is currently grimly hanging on, showing no flair and a lot of attritional qualities, with 20,000

One of the greatest posts ever on blonde................so funny.

Pass on best wishes to Jambo please

Geo

 ;tightend; ;applause;

wp all round

Praz Bansi to Silas Meyer on Silas's BB:

"Why are you staring at me? You think staring at me will stop me raising your blind? It's just gonna make me raise more."

He then raises as promised, fold round to Silas who folds and says "You are raising the same amount as I raise."

Praz says : " I know, it's like I'm taking the piss isn't it?"

gota luv the banter

hell yeah

FTS FTS

On Karl's direct right is the sometimes brusque and often controversial Richard Horton. Looks pleased to see me

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFRQPZYZbI/AAAAAAAAPyE/0BcYKDnDOpo/IMG_5684.JPG)

Lin Wei Cheung

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFRQqAstkI/AAAAAAAAPyI/dtm7SzVf6Bk/IMG_5685.JPG)

Yesterday we paid for food. Today the valets haven't charged us.

Tighty and I currently about to start our third meal of the afternoon.

Nik Eshghi

Shirt from Laura Ashley, Poker from Matalan

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFRRblbnCI/AAAAAAAAPyM/FPigbrvtCiY/IMG_5686.JPG)

Harsh to Matalan IMO. More like Poundland.

carolines 3rd meal of the day



(http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo151/outragous76/pea-on-a-plate.jpg)

Nope

We are

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFTYYAhbHI/AAAAAAAAPyY/zbwWi0wa2yw/IMG_5687.JPG)

and

(http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Monty%20python%27s%20Mr.Creosote_WEB.jpg)

Hmm thought was someone else, looked like it in other picture, guy is called juicy a local from Brighton, ask adderley for directions

Another brighton local, took 4th in the deepstack event in Ireland

This is Kourosh from Brighton, plz tell him 'Flushy says fck you'

Honestly please do this, nothing bad will happen.

Not sure if Outrageous just called me anorexic or if Tighty called me a fat bastard.

Tighty is correct unfortunately. I'm a massive fan of decent food, but in the absence of that, the G Bar menu will do.

Juicy the Brighton local is out and sitting in the cash

----------------------------------------------------------

David Lloyd out, going to find details. He has rushed out of the card-room

-------------------------------------------------------------

was a compliment of course

Juicy!!

David Lloyd has just gone out, he lost some chips in a couple of hands previous, then got involved with Neils Ladefoged, on a King high flop with 2 spades, Lloyd bet the flop, Neils raised and David went allin for 20K, Neils snapped him off with AK, David missed everything with 7 9 spades.

Also on the same table is Andros Spyrou who has just doubled up with QQ off Neils the hand before. Despite giving Andros 40K with his AK in that one, he obviously decided to keep the cards and see if they worked next time round. Neils now back up gto 140K.

FACK MEEEEEEE??  FACKK YOOOOOO!

time for a round with tighty??????????

or even an orbit with orifice?

Timed a visit to Tom McCready's table just   in time to see him double up.


Tom raises UTG +1 to 2600

Jeff Rogers pops it up to 6600 on the button.

I hadn't bothered writing anything down but then noticed Tom had started to hyperventilate so realised there was going to be a duel to the death, and sure enough, Tom then threw another 15K in the pot.

Jeff asks him how much he's got, Tom shakily pushes his remaining chips out (he started the hand with 51K) and Jeff says allin, Tom snaps and turns over his Aces.

Jeff has KK.

No help on flop for Jeff, Red Dog Tom now up to about 106K

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFaXMSB0kI/AAAAAAAAPyk/t5byocWxvUc/078.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFaaiitVPI/AAAAAAAAPyo/6xS_t-AOiZo/079.JPG)

Praz Banzi and the Dane Silas Meyer have been locking horns for most of the day, and both having to avoid Caroline Cove's horn too

Banzi raises to 1500 in mid position at 300-600/75 from 120k

Meyer in the small blind palying 130k and the short stacked Ashrique Miah in the big blind call


flop  6c 3c 8h and Meyer leads for 4,200

Miah passes and Banzi makes it 11,000

Meyer calls after a long think


both check a  Ks turn

river  7c

Meyer thinks so long I am considering calling an ambulance for myself, him and the dealer. Seasons change, birds return for the summer and the grass needs cutting.

Eventually he bets out for 11,200

Banzi indulges in some chip tricks, looks at Meyer quizzically and folds with the reluctance of someone not entirely comfortable at being taken on at his own game


This hand took seventeen minutes, with no exaggeration. A Round with Tighty would take on current estimates about 2 hours. Sod that for a game of soldiers.

Some twitter accounts are good value imo

Amy_T  Amy Trodd
Never been irritated by someone on the table b4. This mug boasting about driving at 175 mph every night on the motorway in his Porsche.

  Amy_T  Amy Trodd
Bet he's got no friends and has a small penis. Anyway, back to poker on about 40k. Blinds 400/800/100

Praz callin in a Hit Squad to help him with the great Dane.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFfX8tM-iI/AAAAAAAAPy0/g5dCHyxj2Qc/080.JPG)

Praz folds on button to the fourth consecutive raise from Silas Meyer.

Call in the BB from Steven Harrison.

Flop 727

Harrison bets out.

Silas calls.

Turn Ace.

harrison checks, Meyer bets out 11600.

Harrison calls.

River 3.

Harrison announces allin. Silas insta calls.

Silas flopped a full house with 22.

Harrison turned a more impressive one with AA. Clearly a grower not a shower.



Steven offering a silent prayer of thanks to the poker gods

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFgy8k-nSI/AAAAAAAAPzA/-SacGOXkB64/082.JPG)

Silas not too unhappy abo9ut losing with his twos full, as he has just doubled up while crippling Praz bansi in the meantimer.

Silas wandering past to the loo, I say "unlucky about the twos."

Silas "That's okay I just doubled up again. Some guy couldnt lay down K3"

I have a feeling i know who was holding K3.. I ask "Was it Praz with the K3?"

Silas looks at me blankly and says Who?

"Praz. Praz bansi? "

No, Silas says, " I don't know him but he needs to learn to control his aggression."

When Tighty and I managed to speak again, we told him who Praz was.

I even pulled this up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praz_Bansi

Silas's jaw dropped as he pointed to the line about Praz's winnings and he just looked at me in shock. I said maybe it was better he didnt know who he was before the game or it may not have happened the same way. He agreed!

Anyway, turned out Silas had KK, he raised Praz 3 bet him with K3 soooted and the rest was history, although not reported on Wikipedia as yet.

Praz went out hand afterwards.

Totty count decimated.

So after the Banzi Bansai excitement a wander around the room as we approach the end of Level 8 with 87 left today

I have Coung Tran the chip leader with over 200,000

Ben Turnstill is at 120,000, whist Dad Turnstill is struggling with 15,000

Karl Mahrengrindholz is on 75,000

Pino Valentino over 100,000

RED-DOG still comfortably over 100,000 alongside Paul Alterman with similar

Darren Hickman on the felt, Robert boon 80,000

Lam Trinh the GCGBT event winner 80,000

Saw this guy parking his Porsche earlier.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFmSNoa1KI/AAAAAAAAPzM/0hZlcERYXzM/083.JPG)

Amy T still tweeting away

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFnJUwU1uI/AAAAAAAAPzY/y3uCqOiNtWg/086.JPG)

Okay 81 players left now, about to go into a break. When we come back blinds will be 500/1000 with a 100 ante for Level 9.

Average chips 73,400.

chip count for Kevin Curtis please

 the break

Tom McCready 90,000

"tough table, every time you enter a pot you think you are going to be playing a big pot. Still, not many comps you can lose 50,000 with Kings on Day One and still be in it"

Greg Garrett 16,000

Karl Mahrenholz  60,000

Amy Trodd 50,000

Michigan Jeff 60,000, still beaming from ear to ear though. One of life's happy guys

 

The Cabaret has started in the Nightclub area. Caroline and I are currently trying to decipher what they are singing. Haven't even worked out the style yet


Oh wait. Friday night. 10.45pm "True Colours" by Cyndi Lauper.. A real crowd pleaser

Kouroush from Brighton limps utg for 1,200

John Earle limps in the hi-jack

Ben Turnstill bumps it up to 6,000 in the cut off

Tony Mackay the London circuit regular shoves for 28,000

Kouroush goes into the Chieftain of all tanks and eventually passes

the other two pass

Kouroush shows Jacks which considering he is playing over 100,000 qualifies as "Pass of the day"

Mackay says "I re-stole" and flips  Kc 9c

Kevin Curtis did have about 70K here.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFnJUwU1uI/AAAAAAAAPzY/y3uCqOiNtWg/086.JPG)

Then he raised Amy T's big blind.

Flop was 3c Ac 7d

Kev bet 5600

Amy went allin for a total of 46K.

Kevin then did this for a while -

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFuTHPdTtI/AAAAAAAAPzk/3QxIxS6X2fg/087.JPG)

After muttering about women poker players for a bit, Kevin then folded AQ face up, he now has about 50K.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFuVeuLDFI/AAAAAAAAPzo/raREnNXyf6g/088.JPG)

Steven Harrison, Christian Kurti and Martin bader just gone out.

Now 81 left.

Lam Trinh up over 100,000

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFxEdU8jiI/AAAAAAAAPz4/naQSfSRS0FY/IMG_5700.JPG)

Christopher Goodson raises with Aces.

This fella, John Brider, calls in the big blind with 6-2 off

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFxFoaO-vI/AAAAAAAAP0A/eU0AzraGrTA/IMG_5702.JPG)

they see a Q-6-2 rainbow flop

Brider leads, Goodson shoves and is shoved out of the door by the flopped two pair

Three way allin, I get there on the turn to see a flop of 5d 6c 8c 9c and three players on their backs

James Gadd holding 10s 10c

Marious Lietuvnikas holding 55

Richard Horton holding 66.

River is a red 7 - split pot.

James has used his One time card now. Richard Horton looking really happy with the outcome obv.

I'm amazed he folded.whenever i played with him he didn't know how to fold

One of the chip leaders, Nils Ladefoged of Denmark

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXFxEx1DG3I/AAAAAAAAPz8/bvD45mVqnJs/IMG_5701.JPG)

Doesn't ten hi straight scoop?

I know I have been drinking - split pot ?

yes, checking that out. I am thinking tens was short, won a small main pot and a side pot was split. Caroline tells me there was definitely a split in there

New chip leader, Paul Fowler.

David Green raised with AJ spades.

Called by Andros Spyros holding ACES, then called by Paul with K10.

Flop 10 high, one spade.

C bet of 11k by David, flat call by Andros and fat call by Paul with top pair and no concept of just how far behind to Andros he currently is.

Turn Ks

David now checks holding the nut flush draw and possibly a Royal.

Andros checks

Paul Fowler goes ALL IN with his top two pair, swiftly called by David with his erm Ace high

Andros FOLDS his Aces.

River pairs a rag on the board, David misses the lot, left with about 80k, Paul up to 270, Andros would have won when the board paired on river, with the better two pair, which Paul Parker keeps mentioning to him, telling him how much he would have had if he'd called, instead of now being a short stack..



Paul Parker goes out shortly afterwards. Karma's a bitch.

 

turny 1+2 pictures are lacking!

Complete misrepresentation on my part on the split pot hand.

Player with the 10s had the higher straight and scooped the main pot, but was outchipped by the other two in the pot, who then split the side pot.

You may also think I described the hand with the AA/K10/AJ incorrectly as well - nope, it really was that bad.

My bad.

Here we go

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXF2IwI23TI/AAAAAAAAP0M/rVoGtJj9E_w/085.JPG)

Junior Senior

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RdelCyePPpg/RmQ0p47X93I/AAAAAAAAAEE/u8KzT6T47nU/s400/563134_356x237.jpg)

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Barrie John Evans in Purple. Fetching. Welsh. Not fetching

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Aleksanders Golubevs, who finalled the DTD Deepstack a few months ago. Success went to his head so much that he started wearing green tops with a suit

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gogogo Rooks and Turny

Can you ask Turny how that little cushion is helping his back plz, seems it would do fkall to us!

Alex Martin is here, half cut.

Things are looking up.

"it was helping earlier but not now, I'm shattered"

Said the cushion.

lol, ty. Tell to to man up and gsb.

Darren Ward raises in late position and Marius Lietuvnikas calls in the big blind

Ward covers Lietvnikas but both are below average


flop  4h 8h Ts

Two stacks find their way into the middle


Ward  Td  Tc

Lietuvnikas  Kh 7h

turn and river  9h and an unneccesary  Ahrt and the Latvian doubles through a crestfalen Ward who walks away from th table hands on head, muttering dark thoughts

Mahoosive adams apple..wonder what that means ;o)

Tighty and I just offered free spicy chicken wings. I managed to refuse due to an hatred of chicken since a bout of salmonella some years ago, Tighty managed to polish off my share.

That's four meals today - oh no hang on it's midnight.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmwRQqJsegw

Ben Turnstill and Tony Mackay get it all in pre.

Turnstill KK

Mackay 10 10


Kings hold, sends Turnstill over 200,000 chips and Mackay out of the comp

Great updates again today. Thanks to Tighty and Caroline. Hopefully we can get Blonde at some more of our events in the near future...

Mark O'Connor and Paul Alterman get their stacks in on a 8-K-J rainbow board

O'Connor has raised on the button and Alterman has called in the blinds pre flop

O'Connor K-Q

Alterman K-J

O'Connor is out and Alterman, and experienced and dangerous competitor, up to 175,000

Vienna, Budapest, Slovenia.....ok, count us in  ;)

Big stacks at the moment include Ben Turnstill with 200K, Paul Fowler with 260K, Gary mercado with 190K, Paul Alterman with 180K, Jimmi lee on 160K.

Just over half an hour to the break and then one more level before play ends for  the day.


Still plenty of time for this

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oioiiiiiiiii shibat rookle

Message for Paul Alterman

Come on dad.

Charlotte and Joel

Hi guys


Some disappointing news I am afraid

Peter Nicolle is in the small blind and raises

Your Dad re-raises in the big blind with Kings

Peter calls

flop  6d 3s 9c

Peter open shoves the flop for about 90,000 into a 45,000 pot

Your Dad calls with  Kh Kd

Peter is completely locked up with  9s 8s

turn  2s

river  8h


to out-draw your Dad and push him down to under 100,000. However all is not lost, plenty of time to build back up

is kevin curtis still in???

Niels Ladefoged limps for 1,600

Turnstill punishes the limp. I notice this is very much Ben's style...raises a lot in limped pots,presumably sensing dead money in these spots. Makes it 6,200

Grant Mercado calls in the big blind and the Dane Ladefoged call

flop  4d 5d Td

checked to Turnstill he bets 12,500. Mercado passes but Ladefoged c-raises to 25,000

Turnstill gives that one up, but you can see why he gets chips though

Hello welcome to blonde

He has 45,000 and is still battling

Average stack is 80,000 and blinds shortly go 1000-2000 into the last level of the night

Karl M raises, two callers includiing Paul Fowler who has just been moved to Karl's right.

Flop A 8 3

Two checks Karl bets 5100 into a 13000 pot, two insta folds, Karl shows a set of 8s.


The Chuckle Brothers

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awww not to good thanx for the up date

I thought the sicilian played yesterday?

 news for Cushion Turnstill fans

With a 50,000 stack, so already recovered from earlier he raises pre from the cut off

Tina Lane tries to re-raise from the big blind but, with no verbal announcement underraises and is held to call

flop  4s Js 6h

Tina leads and Cushion flat calls

turn  8c

Tina checks, Cushion bets 15,000 into a 20,000 pot...

Tina c-raises all in and is just covered. Paul the cushion has a made hand with  Jd 8d for flopped top pair and turned two pair and calls

Tina has  Aspades Qs for the nut flush draw

River  9h

Cushion Turnstill goes over 100,000 and Lane is out All, probably because of a mistake pre-flop in not announcing raise when intending to 3-bet.

Break at the end of Level 10

58 left, Average 85,000

blinds 1000-2000/3000 for the upcoming last level of the night


Please stick with us for the last level, we'd appreciate it. Caroline is on the brandy and I need moral support. Apparently she cannot drink Whisky as it makes her fight.

 :hello: ;welcome;

Amy Trodd saves me a job, so copying from her twitter. I assume she binked the diamond to scoop


Amy_T Amy Trodd

Up to 200k. Raised in mp w Ad8d. Blinds both called. Flop Kd4hQd. Managed to get the guy with a set of kings to call an all in...

Hell of an ante

300 ante. Don't let you get away with anything, these forum posters...

SHIBAT.

175MPH ?...  Amateur

175 bet i no who she talkin bout

Pino Valentino bounces across to update central, his coiffured hair glistening in the lights

"I have just won a huge pot, fancy a free haircut?" (well, almost. Fact though, his salon is at the end of my road)


Paul Fowler raises to 4,500 with  Ac Tc, Pino calls with  Ahrt 9s

Yes, here comes a Pino special

9 high flop, two clubs

All the chips go in, with Pino on 98,000 covered

Paul misses the 10 overcard and 9 club outs and Pino Valentino from Luton, a player here of 25 years standing, doubles to 200,000

er no, she made it up. If Kevin has a problem, tell him to ask for Caroline Cove

update for greg garret please caz

talk 2 whom who is that???

Yes, she's the man wearing the Blonde t shirt called Richard Prew.

The tall girl doing the updates is Ms Cougar.

Tom McCready comes over and tells of two dire levels. Ace-King has been his downfall. 3 bet with it twice, been called both times and missed both times. Raised with it twice, missed twice but c-bet anyway but met resistance when shoved on twice.

Down to 50,000

Hiya Nick, Greg got about 50k I think but will confirm for you after the break and tell him you said hi.

wow mega confused to late for all this thinkin how much longer is play today

yes sorry, not meant to confuse. A long story.

One more level so an hour's play from now.

Greg Garrett with 55k

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Jambo laughing at the fact Greg has 55K. Check your own stack jambo.

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thanks mate , weird coincidence that sweaty sock keeps appearing and me or greg cashes every time he shows , do me a favour and tell greg you have just put a pic on blonde next to the jack high calller from teeside , he will understand.........spooky

jambo not laughing anymore now his 35K is in the middle.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_M7mySuUsa6c/TXGO8cNgE-I/AAAAAAAAP1g/YVuWZl4P1TI/005.JPG)

No callers. He breathes again.

i mentioned it to Greg and jambo's hand shot straight up in the air Nick, I guess both of them knew what you meant lol.

Level 11 and still multiway limped pots here


Jeff Rogers limps for 2,000

Paul Alterman limps in the cut off

RED-DOG limps on the button

the blinds complete check so 5 way to a  3c 2d  2h flop with 13,000 in the middle

All check

turn  9h

Checked to Alterman who bets 10,000

the big blind calls

Rogers calls (with  Qh 8h as it happens)

River  6s

Blind and Rogers check, Alterman checks and shows  9c 4c to take down the pot

lol nice one have a good weekend wish i was there but i have the bairns

Still going out there

Drain Alien short with 40,000

Jim McBride 100,000

Ben Jenkins 80,000

Hans Peter Jacobi 90,000

Peter Nicolle 120,000

Chris Cooper 100,000

Darren Ward 70,000

i have a feelin these two will get it all in real soon

half an hour left to play, here's an overview of the tables:

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RED-DOG receives that late slice of luck he needs

Jeff Rogers raises in the cut off and RED in the big blind puts his last 29,600 in

Jeff calls with  4s 4d

RED  Ahrt 3d

Board  2d 6c Jh 6s  Jc

Sixes and Jacks with an Ace kicker counterfeit three pair and doubles RED up over 60,000

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Jambo has gone - shoved his short stack right slap bang into Greg Garrett's A A

No help for Jambo's QQ

Greg now has about 85K and has suddenly rediscovered his voice, now telling everyone what to do and what he's going to do.

What is about these loud scousers? They're everywhere.

i wont say I TOLD U SOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jimmi Lee raises in early position to 6,000

RED-DOG makes it 20,000 on the button

This is called


So a big pot in the context of two below average stacks 46,000 in the middle.  Neither has a Pot sized bet behind

Flop  6h 7d  7h

Lee checks and RED shoves as he must do

Lee thinks inordinately. Monster dwell

Eventually he calls all in with  Jh Jd

RED sighs and flips  Th Ts

but really it played itself with those stack sizes on that flop

 9d Ac turn and river and we lose Tom McCready


55 left with 20 minutes left to play today

recent departures are Elizabeth McFarlane and John Earle

Meanwhile Luton reg Keith Miller going strong with 120,000.

Amy Trodd raises to 5,200 UTG

Grant Mercado makes it 35,000 in mid position

Amy playing 200,000

Grant playing 300,000

Amy shoves

Grant asks for a count, calls

Amy  Ahrt Aspades

Grant  Kh Kd

This is back to back Aces for Amy!

board  Ts 7c Js 9c A frisson on the table as the gutshot Queen looms into view

river  Jh

Aces hold, and Amy Trodd moves into the tournament chip lead 400,000 and more than halves the previous chip leader's stack

Dom Kay is currently parading his latest squeze round the cardroom

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/10/bowen011006_228x334.jpg)


And here's a picture of Dale Hoy.

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Play has ended for the night with around 50 left, and we bring back 77 or so tomorrow at 1pm with a re-draw

Chip counts will follow in about 15 minutes time

nice post tonight nice 1

Great updates guys thanks very much   ;applause;

Sigh.
11 hours of totally shite cards/situations, plus I was sober.
Just ridic.
On the plus side I still have 64% of my starting stack.
LOOOOOOOOOLZ. wp me.
I predict a short visit tomorrow.

to be fair, dale hoy is a living legend in thai circles.

lol, i thought you/updates were joking when they said you were playing.

glglglglglglglglglglglgl drainy, hope you win it mate.

ps, wtf are those hats about that turny & rooky are wearing?

Overnight chip counts

Average is 150,000 blinds 1200-2400/300 on their return

48 left

Amy Trodd 431,000
Ben Turnstill 321,600
Keith Miller 266,100
Paul Alterman 231,700
Lim Cheung 224,300
Coung Tran 202,000
Jimmi Lee 194,100
Nils Ladefoyed 191,100
Paul Turnstill 189,300
Peter Nicolle 188,300
Grant Mercado 181,200
Pino Valentino 170,000
Marius Lietuvnikas 141,500
Kevin Curtis 131,000
Neil Fox 132,100
Silas Meyer 119,400
Lam Trinh 117,000
JIM McBride 109,600
John Briden 109,100
Paul Fowler 106,800
James Gadd 96,600
Siamak Vakili 96,000
Chris Brider 95,100
Neil McCulloch 90,900
Hans Jacobi 88,000
Karl Mahrenholz 86,800
Jeff Rogers 85,300
Greg Garrett 84,900
Chris Cooper 76,800
Richard Horton 75,200
Craig Sweden 73,500
Jonathan Lewys 73,100
Darren Ward 53,000
Alekander Golubevs 51,300
Ben Jenkins 38,200
Dean Coomes 32,200
Drain Alien 32,100
Iain Bowden 26,500


75 in total return at 1pm tomorrow


goodnight

nice comeback by turny ;)

good luck all tomorrow

Ta Birtday boy
I predict a quadruple-up on my first shove.......
 ;letsparty;

oioiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Rooks. gogogo.

gl older version too, win it allllllllllllllllllll.

WHAT A STACK!!!

GL Ben Turnstill, you're a very gifted young player

FTS

The strangest part of that is that after having actually watched that, I can't help but agree with Caroline's comparison. FML

:P

this is a joke right?

Gl drainy wait for that spot and shove it......

keep us updated may pop down to rail u if still in gl..

fyp

LOLZ, it really was Drainy 'playing'!

GL Rookie, Megadonk, Pretty Alex and other blondes left.