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From midday today Live Update of GUKPT Coventry

Two starting flights today beginning at 12pm and 6pm

This is the fifth of six GUKPT legs in this season, with the Grand Final in December to follow

(http://www.grosvenorukpokertour.com/images/ukpt-logo.png)

Thank you to bobalike and tikay who are funding this update, plus the usual direct debiters

Who will follow previous winners this season Peter MacAdam, Alan Mansbridge, Chaz Chattha and Praz Banzi?

I expect many blondes to be in the field attempting to do so

Don't forget to hit the Sicilian up.  He's got 50 squid for ya too. 

Good luck to all the blondes playing this week-end!!!

Coventry's Ricoh Arena

The casino attached is probably the most sumptuous in the UK. A real Vegas style and covers a huge floor space just to the side/underneath the football stadium

(http://www.visitheartofengland.com/images/products/7a5acd90-6233-4f2c-b53f-5b4fb7f0a57d/30020101014130507isle2.jpg)

(http://uk.pokernews.com/w/articles/4bf1/60d67db5c.jpg)


Here's the football stadium, with its usual crowd in

(http://www.archimage.co.uk/Images/Interiors/044Interiors.jpg)


and the rather exciting pitchside rooms in the hotel part of the complex

(http://www.letsbookhotel.com/img/max300/379/3791546.jpg)

Right, the motorway awaits

Midday start, don't be late!

i'm gonna be late

Gl to Dan "Wardy84" Ward, Vinny "Celtic" Calenti, Stu "easypickings" Rutter and Julian "I'm going to be late" Thew

Hello from Coventry

Flight one begins at midday

Playing 8 levels

Flight two begins at 6pm, again 8 levels


A long day ahead, would be delighted to have your company as we wend our way through the early stages of GUKPT Leg 5

Remember also there is a Live stream, on this board, throughout the three days

Thread is at http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54715.45

There are 57 in at outset

do we reckon this makes 150 Total ?

luton crew departing soon...

Seat draw

1

1 Nicholas Fellone
2 Mark McCluskey
3 Warren Jones
4 Damien Evans
5 Aaron Barry
6 Rick Trigg
7 Jamie Burland

2

1 Rhys Jones
2 Andrew Psaras
3 Jonathan Butters
4 Barry McDonald
5 Helena Brett
6 David Barraclough
7 John Woods


3

1 Royce Law
2 John Hicks
3 Mark Wagstaff
4 Stephen McGowan
5 Ian Riggs
6 Joe Grech
7 Richard Sutcliffe

4

1 Craig Burgess
2 Tony Kendall
3 Peter Whitehouse
4 Carl Williams
5 Paul Wilshaw
6 Peter Lawson
7 Lee Taylor

5

1 Danny Toffel
2 Darren FUller
3 Ashley Williams
4 Fred Russell
5 Alex Mah
6 Tony Horn
7 Niall Farrell

6

1 Stephen Lovatt
2 Stuart Rutter
3 Paul Romain
4 Alan Mansbridge
5 Nicky Evans
6 Alan Scott
7 Senh Ung

7

1 Adrian Eley
2 Niels Ladefoged
3 Stephen Brown
4 Tony Cascarino
5 Priyan Demel
6 John Littler
7 Chris Kiefert

8

1 Jeff Kimber
2 Steve Jelinek
3 Thomas Wright
4 Marc Wright
5 Gareth Williams
6 Simon Mairs
7 Allan McLean

Can't see 150 most players will be local motorways a nightmare on a Friday . I'm sure updates wiu be superb as always

Tony Cascarino and Priyan De Mel

Three GUKPT wins and 88 caps for Ireland between them

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M7Jtgoztf8c/TpgaQzkr-OI/AAAAAAAATus/KhBZb8xrKnQ/s640/IMG_9218.JPG)

UKIPT Winner and, in his major achievement, Sky Poker Tour Grand Final finalist

Jamie Burland, of a site I forget the name of

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aCXAt0eO4OI/TpgaUqxfI_I/AAAAAAAATu8/9_I7OntVM2s/s512/IMG_9222.JPG)

;goodluck; to all blondes playing.

I'm going out on a limb and predicting a blonde winner this time.

Rick Trigg

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t3VQPqowzd4/TpgaVRYYxoI/AAAAAAAATvA/lY-BFmdmTjs/s512/IMG_9223.JPG)

Dressed in homage to his favourite characters

(http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/little-britain-usa/characters/lou-and-andy-1024.jpg)

Paul Romain is a man in form

Chopped the DTD Deepstack last weekend

3rd in the £300 side here

Supported all the while by an army of facebook supporters, one of whom looks great in a white bikini (that's the only clue you are getting)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G7YkVtUzg_Q/TpgaYOdz78I/AAAAAAAATvU/Z390agkdopY/s512/IMG_9228.JPG)

Paul is on the same table as Nicky "cod meharly" Evans

First blood to Paul as he raises a flop bet on  8d 6h 3c and gets the fresh faced Evans to fold

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WG2Ab_ShcLc/TpgaZoSdK0I/AAAAAAAATvc/V4pAaf1rXPU/s512/IMG_9230.JPG)

Is it Des Duffy?

:dontask:

Marc "Railtard" Wright

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cOcmnC6cWgs/TpgaaZMB2LI/AAAAAAAATvg/oy3xKkq3AAc/s512/IMG_9231.JPG)

ahahahah quality

Thrilled to be here, Steve Jelinek

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-asacfrqRX74/TpgabcXYVXI/AAAAAAAATvo/OQfDA3ea3Tc/s512/IMG_9233.JPG)

Danny Toffel, of our good friends www.watches2u.com

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8MkbJpuLR98/Tpgab043_JI/AAAAAAAATvs/WmZ9uISnhlg/s512/IMG_9234.JPG)

Note to self, people don't fold in gukpt's ever

"Hello is that Guy, Guy Johnson? Yes it's Paul. Free for dinner sometime?"

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Al2k9e7ZYJc/TpgfeAeeQoI/AAAAAAAATwQ/HsmPkFOyv_I/s512/IMG_9245.JPG)

You might wonder why this player needs the shades?

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9R8m5vXsqIA/Tpgff50VWvI/AAAAAAAATwc/BQCf5FsXdKo/s512/IMG_9248.JPG)


Answer is in this photo

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AZHViwTNiD4/TpgfZjWbcrI/AAAAAAAATv0/VIF4sb-mczQ/s512/IMG_9238.JPG)

Sky Poker well represented in 1a, resident pro shows his usual corporate face

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_vYAI1G9-Hk/TpgffaOl4bI/AAAAAAAATwY/paJ5OxhoiPc/s512/IMG_9247.JPG)

Andrew "bobalike" Psaras

Saves an identification problem til tomorrow as his twin plays in 1b

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vxuhOS3xv2Q/TpgfdrEC_TI/AAAAAAAATwM/eCAGSXzN51Y/s512/IMG_9244.JPG)

Helene Brett gets the stare down in early

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sSjUpHtOM14/TpgfdA6G2kI/AAAAAAAATwI/VQpUvmxE42M/s512/IMG_9243.JPG)

APAT's Player of the year last year, put into this by APAT as part of his added value

Warren Jones, from Swansea

Hoping it will be a fantastic rubgy/poker weekend for the Welsh...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qCRHZ6tXjGE/TpgfcQUt0NI/AAAAAAAATwE/-tO_AzD2enY/s512/IMG_9242.JPG)

Niall Farrell, who was playing for Team Blackbelt, won the APAT UK Team Championship this January

His added prize was to play this

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ccYSdK0dxAY/TpgfaoC1ekI/AAAAAAAATv4/yUFAPA4kZnk/s512/IMG_9239.JPG)

Seven GUKPT Main Final tables and counting (I think)...a record for GCasino Pro and all round good guy Mr Jeff Kimber

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nkxu2YcSvxw/TpgfWxSk1lI/AAAAAAAATvw/2c-4t_XpFaA/s512/IMG_9237.JPG)

Another multi-GUKPT finalist Joe Grech


(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7yxENICVMM8/TpgfbNexrHI/AAAAAAAATv8/OJhCyCTxp3s/s512/IMG_9240.JPG)

Glgl to Trigg, Noy Boy Phan, TV's Anthony Kendall and the Bobalike brothers.

We're up to 65 players near the end of Level 1

You have to say, and you can see from the pics so far, a pretty strong line up for this early flight

Numbers lower than I would have hoped. No idea what the organisers hoped/expected

Tikay still in?

Have seen the hand of the tournament already

Rhys Jones opens to 150 UTG with  7d 6h

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b5O5CB3-7lg/TpgmJNdpsCI/AAAAAAAATw4/SSxMj8gYlxM/s512/IMG_9256.JPG)

Barry McDonald flats in mid position  7s 7h

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kqlZW77Ykfg/TpgmIkgepUI/AAAAAAAATw0/GpQ9N974u34/s512/IMG_9255.JPG)


flop  7c 6d 6s

Rhys thinks "he can't any of that" and checks

McDonald thinks "he can't have any of that" and checks

turn  3d

Jones bets 400, called

river  6c

Jones 1,000

McDonald FLATS!

Quads beats the house

Jones "I should have just bet the flop and waited for my one outer, and won a massive pot..."

First player out is Mario Trattou

Rick "Little Britain" Trigg did for 4/5th of the Italian's stack, Full House against straight

Steven Warburton who went v deep in the EPT London Main event

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OnoqPxsbCe0/TpgmCJPyalI/AAAAAAAATwg/cMP8_zkiviE/s640/IMG_9250.JPG)

Martin Holmes from Southampton takes time off from his moonlighting as Marcel Luske's body double at the Amsterdam Casino

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-asAmEoav4Ew/TpgmFeBm41I/AAAAAAAATwk/WsWQyFddaKk/s512/IMG_9251.JPG)

(http://www.macpokeronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/marcel-luske.jpg)

Lee Taylor discovers the delights of sharing a table with tikay

"I've got 48,000"

"I had Queens"

repeat every hand for six hours....


(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V4_Q38iG2Xc/TpgmF478JQI/AAAAAAAATwo/kBJTy4nW4c0/s512/IMG_9252.JPG)

Calling Woodsey, your favourite is here

Caicau Huang

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ri-p3CXQSqI/TpgmG7mshDI/AAAAAAAATws/bAjUC-4c6Ac/s512/IMG_9253.JPG)

Mark McCluskey. Those shades must be a fashion item amongst men of a certain age

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cc72n266FrU/TpgmJ5V3dzI/AAAAAAAATw8/-Cg1Td5bisQ/s512/IMG_9257.JPG)

Coventry has always been well blessed with dealers of quality

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0HPWzxVGgts/TpgmHl8bt_I/AAAAAAAATww/CqbbM-kzI-Y/s512/IMG_9254.JPG)


or at least it was

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V4b2UydfB6Q/TpgmKfA5ogI/AAAAAAAATxA/yLPkmwxiGWA/s512/IMG_9258.JPG)

I'm currently on the toilet at home. Feeling very nervous. Can't wait to play in this big competition later. I hope I win.

keep that kinda stuff to yourself mate.

small ball poo?

Doesn't sound very small ball from where I am sitting ;)

Hope it's not on his lap

Flush.

Tony "tikay" Kendall is living a charmed life

He raises A-K, and is flatted by Lee Taylor with A-A. Tony Kendall misses the flop, passes to the c-bet, and is shown the big pai

He then raises Q-Q. Peter Whitehouse flats with K-K and Tony Kendall check folds to a pot sized bet on A-K-3 

Sigh..never leave yourself logged in with celtic around

A Round with OMGCarlo Citrone, Pet

1 Jeff Kimber 16,000
2 Steve Jelinek 19,000
3 Thomas Wright 9,000
4 Marc Wright 12,000
5 Gareth Williams 6,000
6 Simon Mairs 18,000
7 Allan McLean 14,000
8 OMG Carlo Citrone 16,000

Blinds 50-100

Hand 1, button seat 6

Kimber 225 UTG
Citrone calls in the big blind

"Ah wunnae defend me bug blunds in thes' early stages"

flop  2d 7s Jd

Citrone check calls the "obvyous cee bet"

turn  6s

Citrone check calls 850 "I ner ahm reet"

river  Aspades

Citrone leads for 1,325

Kimber folds

Citrone flips  Ad Js for his fellow Geordie to see


Hand 2 button seat 7

Marc Wright raises to 250
Allan McLean calls on the button
Jeff Kimber 800 in the big blind
Both fold


Hand 3 button seat 8

Jelinek gets a walk

Hand 4 button seat 1

Marc Wright 300

Citrone calls ("in posishun pet")

Kimber calls

 7c 3h 4s

check check, Kimber 500 takes it down


Hand 5 button seat 2

Marc Wright gets a walk


Hand 6 button seat 3

Jelinek 250

Thomas Wright calls

 Aspades 9d 2c

Jelinek check calls 450

 5c

check check

river  Jd

check check

Jelinek  Ac Ts wins


Hand 7 button seat 4

Jelinek 250

Marc Wright to 800

Jelinek calls

 Ad 7s 3h

Jelinek check calls 400

turn  2c

check check

river  6c check check

Jelinek  8c 8d is good


Hand 8 button seat 5

Marc Wright to 300, all pass

Break after 2 exits

62 began, 61 remain

 blinds 75-150 next

Fresh back from Cannes

To Coventry.

Definitely got the right end of that deal

GCasino Pro Stuart Rutter

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Xb_1rOFyXxo/TpgzlW28zRI/AAAAAAAATxE/9kDEK9HzLyQ/s512/IMG_9259.JPG)

"logged" in?

Marc Wright is out

He made it 250

Allan McLean 1300 in the blinds

Wright calls


flop A-X-X

Check check

turn 10

McLean leads, Wright raises, McLean re-raises, Wright shoves

McLean A-A

Wright 10-10

Paul Romain down to 6,000

Most of it done in an interesting hand

Mansbridge limps UTG

Nicky Evans limps

Stephen Lovatt limps small blind

Romain in the big blind with A-A

Makes it 700

Only Lovatt calls

flop  Kh Qc 2s

Lovatt check raises to 2,000 on the flop, Romain calls

turn  Tc Romain calls 2,750

river  8c  Lovatt leads for 6,000

Romain is down to 3,000 if he calls, decides to fold thinking King-Queen, maybe a set. Unlikely to be A-J or a flush, but thinks he is behind

Lovatt shows him  4d  5c

Enough of the backdoor puns!!

Great work on the updates Tighty. Any chance of Tower getting some more Kendall-time on the TV. You know, we don't get enough of him in front of a camera, etc.

Cheers!

Julian Thew opens to 400 at 75-150 in the cut off

Stuart Rutter 1,100 on the button

Thew 2,700 4 bet

Rutter a big ponder, and eventually a slow and measured call

flop  Ahrt 6h 3s

Thew leads for 2,300

Rutter passes with a lopsided smile

Thew seems quite proud of himself and asks Stuart if he can "show the reporter"

Rutter agrees and I am shown  9s Js

Julian advises Stuart not to read the updates for a while

We didn't even get the 'floating' one in there... Sigh.

Stephen Brown

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SwUlgZZH_PU/Tpg7Yxef_yI/AAAAAAAATxI/yP-Y1hw6nL0/s512/IMG_9260.JPG)


Brown is sharing a table with a now micro-stacked Tony Cascarino

I tap Tony on the shoulder and get a look that immediately tells me I have made a mistake redolent of a haphazard referee who has just booked Tony on his Old Den stomping grounds

"e-e-exc-u-u-u-se me, Mr Cascarino" I simper "did you lose a big pot?"

"No" comes the barked reply "lost every pot, haven't won one all day"   

The previously bluff happy Stpehn Lovatt

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bOzUD5PHVT4/Tpg7q9piQ7I/AAAAAAAATxQ/jd3aVz9tlUo/s512/IMG_9262.JPG)

and the tournament veteran, the wily and very LAGgy Allan McLean

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jM1dkUZluAk/Tpg7aRFqhiI/AAAAAAAATxM/DWNLSOYJk14/s512/IMG_9261.JPG)

Gareth Williams 800 from 3,900

Allan Mclean 2,400 in the small blind

Carlo Citrone calls in the big blind

Williams all in

both call

A board of 5-7-10-9-3 is checked down and Citrone 2-2 holds against K-J and A-J to knock Williams out

Peter Whitehouse wins a big pot off Carl Williams

4-4 v K-K on 10-7-4, Whitehouse limp calls, pre and check raises the flop, calling the shove

Whitehouse doubles up

22. Rly?

Paul Jackson opens

I have been hanging around the vicinity of the Burland/Trigg/Jackson table for its obvious potential

So far I've seen the three above take it in turns to win a series of small pots with just over min-raises pre and not much resistance pot


Anyway, Jackson opens to 325 at 75-150

Aaron Barry calls in the small blind

they check a  3s Ks 6h board

Barry check calls 400 on  Td

Barry check calls 700 on  Ahrt

Barry's  Qh Tc good as Jackson declares he has "nine high"

Does this man analyse poker for a living?

Showing Maximum flair today Paul! glgl

hero! - very best of luck Yo Yo :-)

How much did carlo have at the start of 22 hand Tighty?

Ian Riggs 350 UTG

A call from Richard Sutcliffe

Steve Jelinek 1,150 on the button with Dem Aces

Mark Wastaff all in small blind 11,500 with Queens

Riggs folds playing 14,000. After the hand he insists he has folded Kings to general incredulity from the table

Anyway, Aces hold, Jelinek knocks out Wagstaff

Jelinek feels a bit hard done by. Now playing 27,000 he feels he was on for the treble up rather than just the double if Riggs indeed did have Kings

Always in front

Over 25k. One of the bigger stacks

no wonder you stopped playing poker Chompington!

Cmon Cos. He put them both on big cards so knew the flop was coming low

Carlo just twitterded: "Had 22 and the bet was nearly a Desmond, so canna fold. Canna wait to get back on the sunbed"

Has anybody told carlo with that suntan and blingy watch he should get on tv ?
In the way is Essex !!

Ok only way is essex

GOOD LUCK to Paul Jackson, Ben Jackson, Jamie Boz O' Connor, and Charles Chattha

You do realise he never actually started playing poker don't u ?

Damien Evans 425 UTG

Rick Trigg calls UTG+2

Nicholas Fellone calls small blind

Mark McCluskey all in just over 7,000 in the big blind

Evans folds

Quick call from Trigg

McCluskey 9-9

Trigg J-J

The board runds out 4-9-3-A-2

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vO9R94gfSSQ/TphJCX-wo1I/AAAAAAAATxU/esait7wWgDY/s512/IMG_9263.JPG)


McCluskey more than doubles up

Massimo APiccarella, who is Italian, no seriously he is, raises and Pete Whitehouse calls in the blinds

flop 3-10-Q

Whitehouse check calls the c-bet

turn 8

Whitehouse check calls a pot sized bet

river A

Whitehouse with 7,000 left is faced with a bet of 5,000

He flats for a third time with Q-8 but is dominated by Q-Q for flopped top set


Whitehouse's Experience ends soon thereafter

Tony Kendall has rarely felt the delight that he felt when Julian touched his left knee under the table. Julian wonders if this was part of the SKY POKER sponsorship contract.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gVxya94Y1cQ/TphLJlpmXeI/AAAAAAAATxY/VgM8zkkSKOY/s640/IMG_9264.JPG)

The dealer asked the TD if they could turn the lights down on Carlo's table

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6-2fXleKvM8/TphLLY2671I/AAAAAAAATxg/64zda-Bkrno/s512/IMG_9266.JPG)

(http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-page-main/ehow/images/a07/m0/si/tanning-bed-safety-cancer-issues-800x800.jpg)

Richard Fuller from Reading

Richard is undergoing an arduous triple challenge of half marathons/Marathons in the new year in memory of his Mum

www.justgiving.com/Fullerstriplecrown for more

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Wqhr5iejeXM/TphLKplNP-I/AAAAAAAATxc/irCdTH-Eelo/s512/IMG_9265.JPG)

64 began, 56 remain

Near the end of Level 5 where we go for, oddly I always think, a one hour buffet break. 1b doesn't get a buffet break


Exits so far


Mario Trattou
Gareth Williams
Rhys Jones
Mark Wagstaff
Man Hei Lam
Martin Holmes
Mark Wright
Peter Whitehouse

Great Work.
"Massimo APiccarella, who is Italian, no seriously he is" !!!!!  ( pmsl !!!) thats worth £30 to the fund,on its way Tighty.
  

Simon Mairs opens to 400

Stuart Rutter 1,200 on the button

Mairs 2,700

Rutter 5,700

Both playing 20k

Mairs folds

Rutter flips  8h 6s


Pesky Internet 5 betting whizzkids

(http://a2.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/profile01/136/ee3f73f8ba2945c1adcea90296ce31bd/p.jpg)

Echo that m8!

Can I have chip counts on royce law and Adrian eley please?
Tyvm in advance :)
might be worth asking Adrian if he managed to park his car properly today as he normally parks like a tit across 2 spaces lol

Jeff Kimber calls a raise on the button from David Barraclough with  Jh 9h

David 700 on  Qc 5h 2s

Kimber makes it 2,000 and Barraclough calls.

Turn Qs check check

river  6c

Barraclough check calls all in for 5,200 with  Aspades 5s and is good

About 11,000 each, and now on the same table

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fUhR07EXQuA/TphQYebN4pI/AAAAAAAATxk/dBnSy3QAPq8/s512/IMG_9267.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I0IwsnmwFCQ/TphQbJE0eiI/AAAAAAAATxs/JH_huHmjmhs/s512/IMG_9269.JPG)

David "Doobs" Baraclough


(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b2CXYZEX_Is/TphQZxyz5JI/AAAAAAAATxo/15AQ2W50RoE/s512/IMG_9268.JPG)

Alex Mah, girlfriend

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eGrIfusoA-4/TphQcJ22nEI/AAAAAAAATxw/b7LNXV29Ck0/s512/IMG_9270.JPG)

Promised full chip counts in the break

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-laB9cdRBkjc/TcSCSwY2HPI/AAAAAAAAATo/vGaFb6emI1I/s1600/And_pigs_might_fly_by_moonmomma.jpg)

 action resumes in one hour

gl jamie 'boz from slov' o'connor... tid m8...

Chip counts after 4 levels

Steve Jelinek      57000
Gruffudd Jones      43600
Stephen Lovatt      38875
Chris Keifert      37000
Caicau Huang      37000
Trevor Lawson      35000
Alex Mah      33500
Danny Toffel      31000
Carlo Citrone      28500
Massimo Apicella      25075
Stuart Rutter      24000
Rick Trigg      23000
Priyan Demel      22900
Nicolas Fellone      22450
Lee Taylor      22375
Paul Jackson      22200
Julian Thew      22000
Warren Jones      20500
John Littler      20000
Stephen Browne      19200
Allan McLean      18950
Aaron Barry      18000
Helene Brett      17500
Andrew Psaras      17000
Fred Russell      17000
Senh Ung      16475
Simon Mairs      16175
Craig Burgess      15575
Barry mcDonald      15225
Ian Riggs      15200
Alan Mansbridge      13000
John Woods      12650
Jonathan Butters      12125
Jeff Kimber      11900
Carl Williams      11700
Steve Warburton      11500
Joe Grech      11000
Jamie Burland      10900
Carl Spicer      10600
Mark McCluskey      10500
Damien Evans      10500
Darren Fuller       10100
Tony Kendall      10075
Adrian Eley      10000
Royce Law      9100
Nicky Evans      8750
blank      8000
David Barraclough   7475
Tom Wright      6100
Tony Cascarino      5025
Paul Romain      2600

Paul Jackson, the pre-flop raiser..Jamie Burland and the big blind see a

 Qd Jc 8c flop

checked to Jackson who leads for 1,100

Burland c-raise to 2,700

Jackson to 5,400

Burland all in 11,000

Jackson knows he's screwed but has to call with  Qh 9h

Burland  8d 8s

turn  8h to give Burland quads and double him up

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v4yTFNld_ck/Tphft2gcW_I/AAAAAAAATx4/lUAvy1o2eQk/s512/IMG_9272.JPG)

Spot the difference

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D20pqrKGN58/TphftUy0IkI/AAAAAAAATx0/Dk8tpuuDPQg/s512/IMG_9271.JPG)

and

(http://www.tenpinshop.com/productimages/display/SS-image-2007-09-30-470032c7ebecb.jpg)

Was torn between DCI Meadows and Alexei sayle

triplets?

(http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/1439751/?type=display)

Rick Trigg sports another fashionable look

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OuP1ACamsDI/Tphjb136e9I/AAAAAAAATx8/4I-KUiKivjc/s512/IMG_9273.JPG)

(http://www.fakefaces.co.uk/images/lookalikes/fullsize/205-205.jpg)


All is going well for the Sheffield boy though as he has just knocked out a shrt-stacked Mark McCluskey 55 v KQ, raise and call the shove

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones

a Welsh Ginger, no less

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--7I_oxl9MtY/TphjcvhukFI/AAAAAAAATyA/AL--fnB-yoY/s512/IMG_9274.JPG)

Craig Burgess on table tikay

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sG3sHWx1Fn0/TphnGBXQkaI/AAAAAAAATyI/FZzwGxBCSdM/s512/IMG_9276.JPG)

Blind on blind action

Frederick Russell limps, Alex Mah 650 in the big blind

Russell 2,000

I'm only watching and for me these are ringing, such is the snug play of Mr Russell today

(http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/alarm.jpg)


Mah though sets Russell in and his chips are beaten to the middle

Russell  Qd Qs

Mah  Aspades 7s


Russell stands as the flop comes  3d 2d Ad

turn  6h

river  9d and he four flushes to double up


Russell is a sartorial fellow, his monogrammed cuffs read

"Love it when you call"

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZB_vltIHK9M/TphnFmauMVI/AAAAAAAATyE/JUnFI4OTSPo/s640/IMG_9275.JPG)


This may, or may not, be a tribute to the Feeling's track of the same name released in 2008.

Day1b starts at 6pm, and we have a few hours of parallel running

I'll put up the initial list for Day 1b then concentrate on 1a again til the end of play, before switching focus across

Early indications are another 60 or so runners in 1b at this stage

If this is confirmed, then it has to be considered a disappointing total of runners, but we will see

blinds up 200-400 in level 6

49 of 64 left

Average 18,600

Steve Jelinek the chip leader

Been in 2 minds about whether to play or not but I just can't resist.

Heading down the motorway in the next 10 mins.

See you all there.

Andrew "bobalike" Psaras up over 30,000

Two hands

3-3 on a 3-x-10-10 board, paid off

10-10 bet and called on all three streets on a King High board, described by Jeff Kimber as "very good value bets"


On the same table Carlo Citrone has described his table as "nits".

Kimber counters "Only Carlo is c-betting. He showed Aces"

Hey tightend can u keep keep me updated with chris retallick again plz!! hes starting at 6

hes coming for the gukpt nw.. in the last month hes took down the OWP tourny for 6k and DTD for 9k

Come on son!!

picture of jamie 'one cap' o'connor please...

Not seen him today

Playing flight b you think?

must be he's definately playing

Massimo Piccarella shoves 3,400 with A-2

Craig Burgess calls

Julian Thew isolates with A-K in the big blind

Burgess folds....A-K for his stack

Thew knocks Piccarella out and goes to 36,000

GL Vincent Calenti xx

This minus these xx

Chip leader with over 50,000 is....Rick Trigg

As I was counting his stack I joined midway through a hand

With the board reading Q-10-7-Q Chris Kiefert bets 2,100 from the big blind

Trigg on the button calls

River double pairs the board, a 10

Kiefert checks, Trigg bets 3,500

Kiefert folds and Trigg shows A-A commenting "well I couldn't check back if I was saying I had the Q or 10 could I?"

just seen him, pics of 1b later

Good luck to Shaun "Claypole" Conning, well overdue a big final.

Tony Kendall makes it 1,300 from 6,000 with K-Q

Allan McLean makes it 3,000

Kendall does not want to raise-fold from that stack, jams.....

McLean thinks and calls with A-4

flop A-4-3

turn 4

Tony Kendall out

Seating 2nd flight

Table 13 Seat 1 DAVID GRIFFITHS
Table 13 Seat 2 Yucel Eminoglu
Table 13 Seat 3 Niels Ladefoged
Table 13 Seat 4 Paul Thomas Wilshaw
Table 13 Seat 5 Jeff Hemmerman
Table 13 Seat 6 Shaun Conning
Table 13 Seat 7 Stephen Mcgowan
Table 13 Seat 8 Luong Bui

Table 14 Seat 1 Margaret Sheridan
Table 14 Seat 2 JAMES KERRANE
Table 14 Seat 3 Mary Brown
Table 14 Seat 4 Frank Romanello
Table 14 Seat 5 Anthony Barnes
Table 14 Seat 6 Helen Godfrey
Table 14 Seat 7 Mickey Wernick
Table 14 Seat 8 James Wilson

Table 15 Seat 1 Simon Deadman
Table 15 Seat 2 Ryan Scott Spittles
Table 15 Seat 3 Wei Deng Wang
Table 15 Seat 4 Stasia Xanthos
Table 15 Seat 5 Daniel Philip Ward
Table 15 Seat 6 Khilan Mistry
Table 15 Seat 7 Caroline Button

Table 16 Seat 1 Peter Gardiner
Table 16 Seat 2 Carl Cook
Table 16 Seat 3 Peter Garrett
Table 16 Seat 4 Ben Dobson
Table 16 Seat 5 Charles Chattha
Table 16 Seat 6 Dean Morris
Table 16 Seat 7 Adriano Liuzzi

Table 17 Seat 1 Wai Kwan Yuen
Table 17 Seat 2 Nicholas Romanello
Table 17 Seat 3 Stephen Rawls
Table 17 Seat 4 David Johnson
Table 17 Seat 5 David Witts
Table 17 Seat 6 ANDREW J. HULME
Table 17 Seat 7 GEOFFREY DUNN

Table 18 Seat 1 Brian Sheppard
Table 18 Seat 2 Mick Corrigan
Table 18 Seat 3 Nicholas Cherbanich
Table 18 Seat 4 Christopher Retallick
Table 18 Seat 5 Lee Rawson
Table 18 Seat 6 Eli James Heath
Table 18 Seat 7 Stephen Lowrey

Table 19 Seat 1 Vincent Calenti
Table 19 Seat 2 Harvey edward Butters
Table 19 Seat 3 Sonia Padovani
Table 19 Seat 4 David Sinclair Allan
Table 19 Seat 5 Benjamin Jenkins
Table 19 Seat 6 Xiu Quing Chen
Table 19 Seat 7 Alli Mallu

Table 20 Seat 1 Dean Swift
Table 20 Seat 2 Charalambos Xanthos
Table 20 Seat 3 James Edwards
Table 20 Seat 4 Dinh Phan
Table 20 Seat 5 Steve Vigor
Table 20 Seat 6 Stephen paul Eames
Table 20 Seat 7 James Sykes

late entries

Table  Seat  Gavin Ball
Table  Seat  Paul Foltyn
Table  Seat  David Jones
Table  Seat  Jonathan george Mccann
Table  Seat  James Williams

tyty

Stuart Rutter doubles through Stephen Lovatt

Blind on blind

Lovatt A-Q small blind

Rutter A-A big blind

all in pre, up to around 35,000

Paul Romain has made a great recovery from 2,600 to over 25,000

A treble up when very short

A double through Priyan De Mel with 8-8 on 9-7-2, c-raising all in and De Mel calling with 3-3

A double through Carlo Citrone just now, I gather

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T8Kals7xVXQ/Tph1IOAb3SI/AAAAAAAAT0E/9wcOvbhB-ZU/s512/IMG_9307.JPG)

Day1a chip leader

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vcsQwRA26Vs/Tph1HFtqNgI/AAAAAAAAT0A/E0hVNgZXFLs/s512/IMG_9306.JPG)

Day1a Leading dealer

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bHIuf6SwaLY/Tph1GSDritI/AAAAAAAATz8/3fKQvSUEhqA/s512/IMG_9305.JPG)

Steve Jelinek has lost a lot of ground to go under 20,000

Most recently he doubled Carl Spicer up

Spicer, by far the shorter of the stacks, all in with 2-2, Jelinek A-K in the blinds

Deuces hold

Day 1b pics


Vincent Calenti may look serious but his day was brightened when these twolate entries sat down to his right

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OLiXLm3XMng/TphtwiEDJWI/AAAAAAAATyM/ScV6w7Ei4bE/s512/IMG_9277.JPG)

LJamesL and Middy

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Fw3XIlsbpn8/Tph1Fxoi8-I/AAAAAAAATz4/0zuGLSPFYcM/s512/IMG_9304.JPG)

Jamie O'Connor fresh from his dual successes at DTD and in the side event this week

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qfNTucC9Uzk/Tph1D-dgx2I/AAAAAAAATzs/8leQGv9J8zY/s512/IMG_9301.JPG)

Chris Retallick from OneWayPoker

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-55dpB_zTSYE/Tph1FF-pNwI/AAAAAAAATz0/4dRdcB_9uGQ/s512/IMG_9303.JPG)

Former GUKPT Grand Final winner Paul "Pab" Foltyn makes a rare GUKPT leg appearance

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CpKLrBsbNJQ/TphuR9vgRwI/AAAAAAAATzo/6ksQRp_wxkY/s512/IMG_9300.JPG)

David "Le Knave" Jones, the Leeds metrosexual

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ysEO514L6pg/TphuREldKGI/AAAAAAAATzk/PgtlpnoVPsw/s512/IMG_9299.JPG)

Fresh from his very deep run at EPT London, Ben Jenkins

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kzXRH_lFVDw/Tphty80hGUI/AAAAAAAATyQ/hVNWuWYvhWk/s512/IMG_9278.JPG)

good to see he got a new cap :)

£200 Six Max Side event winner last night, Andrew "stato1" Hulme

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S7RJrGDy35Y/Tpht9bAvhWI/AAAAAAAATyk/1hPC8BUGBt8/s512/IMG_9283.JPG)

1a is on a break after 6 levels by the way, hence I can do the 1b pics

45 of 64 remain there, blinds 300-600 next. two levels to play

Hold

APAT Added value winner James "ThinkerJE" down the M6 from Wolverhampton

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VJaUal28rmc/TphuGeB5E4I/AAAAAAAATzU/DF_OR7Ybg_E/s512/IMG_9295.JPG)

Mr Phan

The name strikes alternatively terror and delight amongst the poker players of Northampton and Luton

Mrs Phan thinks I am a "very noy boy"

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ifshk-qUTDs/TphuJUzGsSI/AAAAAAAATzY/xD1jVV6LIt0/s512/IMG_9296.JPG)

Shaun "claypole" Conning

A big win has been around the corner for so long, one might suspect the corner is a straight line

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RtOT7anrxAk/TphuBi7qn1I/AAAAAAAATy8/rcxt88uFSE4/s512/IMG_9289.JPG)

Dean "Sicilian/Dulux/SirDonksalot" Morris

Disappointing sober shirt.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ajfm8c37krs/TphuFU7hAVI/AAAAAAAATzQ/NwEcSoZR8U8/s512/IMG_9294.JPG)

GUKPT Luton Winner and all round good guy Chaz Chattha

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F9DObN61QJw/TphuEqZOJZI/AAAAAAAATzM/GQ6h3imLYPI/s512/IMG_9293.JPG)

given up saying gl to everyone in these, i want more than half the field to win

Chip counts after six levels in 1a

   
Rick Trigg   58350
Gruffudd Jones   53200
Carl Williams   48225
Julian Thew   44500
Andrew Psaras   38800
Allan McLean   38125
steve Jelinek   37450
Chris Keifert   36850
Stephen Browne   34625
Trevor Lawson   32700
Jamie Burland   32600
Danny Toffel   31600
Paul ROmain   31425
Alex Mah   27350
Stuart Rutter   26725
Steve Warburton   25700
Adrian Eley   25250
IAN Riggs   24650
Carlo Citrone   23825
Simon Maies   23300
Senh Ung   22825
Carl SPicer   21800
Caicau Huang   21650
Freddie Russell   21350
John Littler   20150
Priyan Demel   18400
Thomas Wright   16825
Stephen Lovatt   16675
Nicolas Fellone   13650
Darren Fuller   13375
Jeff Kimber           13125
Helena Brett   12800
Lee Taylor           11725
Craig Burgess   11450
Warren Jones   11300
Barry McDonald   10925
John Woods   7625
Paul Jackson   5075

Peter "eel on wheels" Gardiner

Pete asked me on Wednesday why he was called the Eel on Wheels?

I replied that it was one of the more explanatory Chompy/celtic/Tighty nicknames as he was a fish in a wheelchair!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1Yy8nEUKI70/TphuDOOtKRI/AAAAAAAATzE/ROt2602edGc/s512/IMG_9291.JPG)

Ben Dobson wonders what the eel is up to....

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0B82Wzh4O8c/TphuDy6CfGI/AAAAAAAATzI/HTwwyD0dPCM/s512/IMG_9292.JPG)

Local player David "Fluence" Griffiths. One for his facebook album, he hopes...

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-suBHqQni6Us/TphuASTP83I/AAAAAAAATy0/qUcp2JCabcw/s512/IMG_9287.JPG)

Next to Fluence, the Walsall legend Mad Turk holds court...


(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o11OE7ex7jc/TphuBA1yrEI/AAAAAAAATy4/BFiNrlPvu7w/s512/IMG_9288.JPG)

One Way Poker's Mickey Wernick back for another grind on near his home turf

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GXalv1zrJzM/TphuCbG855I/AAAAAAAATzA/jofgVDA0Ic8/s512/IMG_9290.JPG)

Jamie Sykes

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ubxtANgCARk/TphuPxoeUCI/AAAAAAAATzc/1kGtYRivl1M/s512/IMG_9297.JPG)


Tighty you cannot possibly do this lookalike again, stop yourself

(http://thedrunkbirder.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/joe-90-dad.jpg)

oops, can't help it

Late night poker, London cash game and London hotelier legend Bambos Xanthos

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eJ0QDBoXhbk/TphuQTRMiQI/AAAAAAAATzg/8N9vAU7ivdU/s512/IMG_9298.JPG)

jonny and his plums

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BkjGM24MLmM/Tpht8vmOlBI/AAAAAAAATyg/49ThuAuDPXs/s512/IMG_9282.JPG)

Hasn't cashed in a major live tournament for at least a week

Useless

Simon Deadman

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4hMfW4Fbbhg/Tpht_mMy6sI/AAAAAAAATyw/74SDnq-pf9s/s512/IMG_9286.JPG)

Lookalike least photogenic poker professional in the world

A or B?

A

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QmpchQ-wwAI/Tpht-9zfZrI/AAAAAAAATys/2T-4IziDF74/s512/IMG_9285.JPG)

B

(http://www.pokerjunkie.com/img/?id=2956)

Dan Ward

Leicester's finest, on enemy territory in Cov

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lW7boP6XlgM/Tpht-Jz_EsI/AAAAAAAATyo/X-p_3wDIYEE/s512/IMG_9284.JPG)

Enough pics, back to 1a and some hands shortly.....

He will hate this, keep them coming please lol :)

Great updates, as always mate!

Carl Williams raises

Allan McLean 3 bets

Stuart Rutter in the big blind with Q-Q

Says afterwards "I had no idea how to play the hand"

He opts to 4 bet

Williams folds

McLean shoves

Call

Mclean 9-9. He started the hand with about 20,000 at 300-600

7-A-A-7-6

Rutter knocks out McLean and, in his quest to win back to back GUKPT Coventry titles, Rutter goes over 50,000

Paul Jackson

points at Rick Trigg with 65,000 and tells me

"If I ran as good as he does for aweek, I'd be living on a desert Island"

Danny Toffel bets 6,00 on the river of A-A-6-10-J, Julian Thew calls and mucks when shown A-K

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

Darren Fuller 1,600
Andrew psaras calls
Senh Ung ships 13,000
Both pass, Psaras showing 3-3

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

Paul Romain opens to 1,600
Psaras calls in position
 
flop  5s 9c Jc

Romain 2,900
Psaras 7,800
Romain passes

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

Warren Jones opens to 1,500 from 13,000 with 10-10

Alex Mah smooth calls

flop 8-4-3

Jones 2,200

Mah raises 6,000

Jones ships

Mah has Q-Q

Jones a goner.

how's sam grafton doing?day1b,ty!
more importantly,has he found J3o yet to go ballist?

Five way pot, no raises

 9d 6d 7s

checked round

 6s

Andrew Psaras bets 3,200

Sole caller is Stephen Brown

river  8d

check check

Brown shows  8s 7s

Psaras  5d 3d for the rivered gutshot to scoop

"It's all about timing" he tells the table

Andrew Psaras two hands later, A-A UTG and no callers

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

Chris Kiefert 1,500 UTG

Rick Trigg 3,800 in the small blind

Kiefert 4 bet to 7,800

Trigg pass

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


Stephen Lovatt 2,000

Julian Thew calls small blind

 2s 7c 9s is checked by both

Julian leads 2,200 on  2s, called

Julian l;eads 3,800 on the  Qh river

Lovatt reluctantly passes

Into the last level of the night on 1a

33 of 64 remain

Level 8 blinds 400-800-75

Average 29,100


In Level b currently 77 runners with entries still open for one more level

Therefore 141 runners total


I suppose 141 is "par". I'd be slightly disappointed, not sure what you feel about it?

- Cannes
- Poker Economy
- Lack of satellite qualifiers Online for this series
- Low spend local player market

are all factors I suppose

yeh that was me come on The Romain

Steve Jelinek out

Shove A-8

Thomas Wright call 8-8 and the pair holds

Guy Johnson would say 'If we ran as good as Rick, Paul definitely would be on a desert island.'

Paul Jackson shove 8,000/10x bb with 77

Rick Trigg, who else today, calls 8-8

flops an 8 for good measure to knock actionjack out

Craig Burgess raises pre in late position.

Unremarkable enough

Carl Williams calls in the blinds and check calls a c-bet on

5-4-5 with 6-6

Burgess then shoves 24,000 into 11,000 on the 9 turn

Williams calls him

Burgess, in a real double take moment, has J-3 clubs

river 7

Burgess out in a real

(http://hippiemagicphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/BLOW-UP-FLYER-September-9-2011-black-matter2.jpg)

Watching Rick Trigg play it really is virtuoso stuff

Yes he has a big stack, Yes he is reputedly running well

but man, can he use his stack

Two illustrations


Alex Mah opens to 2,175 at 400-800

Trigg 5,700 in position

Mah calls

flop 

Jd 5c 7c

Mah chec folds to 7,400

Trigg tells him he can look at either and Mah flips  Ac.

 Ac Ax or  Ac Kc then?



Caicau Huang raises, Trigg calls

2-7-7

Huang leads 3,200

Trigg min raise

Huang folds

Carlo Citrone raises to 1,900

Helena Brett calls in the big blind and

Donk lead-shoves 9,000 on A-K-10

Carlo finds a brave call with A-Q to beat K-9 and knock the Betfred Ladies Champion out

Nicholas Fellone 2,500

Rick Trigg calls on the button

Chris Kiefert calls in the big blind

flop  Kh Jh 2sis checked round

turn  8d

checked to Trigg who bets 4,225

Kiefer calls

river  7c

check

Trigg 6,900

Kiefer reluctantly passes

Trigg does his "you can look at one" Trigg

Kiefer flips Trigg's  Tc

In One Bee....

Claypole Conning out

"The worst two hours of my life" (what, it beats the journey up with the Sicilian?!)

an example

Early position limper

Lots of other limpers

Claypole  Ahrt 5h limps

Skalie raises to 450

3 callers, Claypole then peels

flop  2h 9h 3d

checked all the way to Skalie who bets half the pot

A raise to 4,000 from a middle limper and Claypole jams for 9,000

Skalie passes  Kh Qh

Caller has  9s 9d

Claypole turns  4c for the straight

The set of Nines doesn't reallise he is beat....and is anti-funking hearts

River 4 gives a full house to virtually bust Claypole

1a is ending with 22 left

Amongst those

Rick Trigg
Andrew Psaras

those the two chip leaders


Julian Thew
Carlo Citrone
Jeff Kimber
Danny Toffel
Priyan DeMel
Stuart Rutter
Paul Romain


Day 2 tomorrow is already shaping up to be a corker!


Chip counts when I have them

I am off to check out 1b, see what's occurring

Last few hands of 1a

Andrew Psaras raises to 3,000 UTG A-K

Carlo Citrone shoves 18,000 in on the button

With 2-2

Called, Deuces hold

here he is

About 23,000

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CNRMtO0tREk/Tpib995oWQI/AAAAAAAAT0M/XoFJfvWwsc0/s512/IMG_9309.JPG)

Here is Matt Russell, a last minute entrant

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gNKA1wA-w0Y/Tpib9Q5i1SI/AAAAAAAAT0I/O1E0g0mMKj0/s512/IMG_9308.JPG)

On table celtic/Middy/James Williams

Nick Hicks

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OBZ_kcXnoQI/Tpib-uRNEvI/AAAAAAAAT0Q/O9FZHo9WHzY/s512/IMG_9310.JPG)

News coming of a huge overnight chip leader from 1a with over 150,000 (200x bb+)....

Some conjecture that this might be the biggest ever overninght GUKPT main event, though I am not sure

Mr Richard Trigg

Has played superbly all day from what I have seen

Good players are also able to run well and Mr Trigg is top quality to go with it

So, 1b

69 of 81 left

Average 17,800 in Level 4 100-200-25

Chip leaders? tricky to tell but approximately of those we know on here


Vinny Calenti 18,000
Dean Morris 19,000
Middy 24,000
Deadman 10,000
Ryan Spittles 21,000
Pab 16,000
Ben Dobson 17,000
Le Knave 18,000
Stato 28,000
Jamie O'Connor 11,000
Chris Retallick 11,000
Dinh Phan over 30,000
Matt Russell 13,000
 

Are you pissed Tighty?

I'm only on page 6 and I have to say these are the funniest updates ever!!!

Tighty for QM :D

xx

Ayarrr nice one trigarrr

Dan ward and Andy hulme update pls

Chip counts end of play - flight A

Richard Trigg 151900
Adrian Eley 96800
Steve Brown 79400
Stuart Rutter 62400
Nicholas Fellone 58400
Carl Williams 53200
Paul Romain 45300
Carl Spicer 44000
Andrew Psaras 42400
Carlo Citrone 41600
Ian Riggs 41300
Julian Thew 37300
Gruffudd john Pugh-jones 36600
Christopher Keifert 34900
Lee Taylor 31500
Jeff Kimber 28200
Thomas Wright 26000
Senh Man Ung 23000
Danny Toffel 21900
Frederick Russell 9800

Go Go Go Vinchenzo.

Not in the conventional sense.

Drunk on life.

How is pretty boy James Williams getting along Tighty?

Paul Wilshaw raises

Mad Turk calls in the big blind with 7-4 suited and 4,000 behind at 100-200

"If the flop comes seven high you are in trouble" says Turk

flop is a splendid 4-4-5 for the Mad one

He open shoves

Wilshaw calls him with J-J

Turn J

Goodbye Turk

Answering requests as we hit the Level 4 break

Chip leader is Luong Bui with over 40,000

James Williams 11,000

Andy Hulme 25,000

Dan Ward 18,000


OTHERS


David Fluence Griffiths 27,000

Ryan Spittles up to 28,000

Vinny Calenti 27,000

All comfortably above average

just had a missed call of chris retalick is it bad new or his he on break?! ne updates tighty?

Just ending the break now

150-300-25 next

(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lksa5wKqVj1qie3ovo2_400.jpg)

omg Private Pyle

Skalie Kalmer doubles up Cardiff's Jeff Hemmerman

3 bet- called a shove with  Kd Qd, and found himself dominated by  Kc Ks

flop Ahrt Kh Qs

I am told to tell you it went in on the flop

It didn't

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S9IsKOoWQdM/TpiuVlh8HxI/AAAAAAAAT0U/bO7-QwMCSeI/s512/IMG_9311.JPG)

Harvey Butters, who I have only found out today is iraise on blonde

Having only met him about 30 times at these types of events

wp tighty

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NnejM-St2B8/TpiubQVlL4I/AAAAAAAAT0s/jMr1IkNOy04/s512/IMG_9317.JPG)

FYP

chip leader Luong Bui

As Luong is sitting pretty, it could be argued that he is a pretty bui

Getting my coat

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JUDrxWuTV78/TpiuWxCjQjI/AAAAAAAAT0Y/3qD7QglrCnU/s512/IMG_9312.JPG)

blind on blind the shorter stacked Stasia Xanthos and big blind Dan Wrd get it in, A-10ss versus Q-Q

Queens hold and Ward knocks Mrs Bambos out

Some One Way Poker players here in 1b


Frank Romanello

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i4EfrFZ0oqQ/TpiuX0Ze-sI/AAAAAAAAT0c/IaYTZJyK5nA/s512/IMG_9313.JPG)


Adriano Liuzzi

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-erWAMu6X8SY/TpiuaSEJfzI/AAAAAAAAT0o/VBE8aCC6lyY/s512/IMG_9316.JPG)

brothers from other mothers?

£300 side event winner Ben Jackson

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ry88s-ZhUYY/TpiuYiikkpI/AAAAAAAAT0g/dUSYlZeqlso/s512/IMG_9314.JPG)

Ben is sandwiched between the unpredictable Mr Phan and the equally unpredictable Albert Sapiano

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I dont think that's Frank tbh

Can you find out how paul foltyn is doing loving the updates as usual

Nathan Lee limps and Middy calls

Harvey Butters 3 bet the button to 1900 (10-10, I think, only saw a quick peek)

Lee folds, Middy mazkes it 4,400

Butters folds

Vinny Calenti tells Middy to "show a deuce"

Middy "nah Vinny, I only play good cards, unlike you"

About 23,000.

On his table Chaz Chattha 25,000

Ryan Spittles nearly 30,000

Nick Hicks 20,000

Matt Russell opens to 700

Nathan Lee flat calls

Middy to 2,300

back to Russell who folds

Lee 4 bets to 5,600

Middy five bet shoves, comfortably covering Lee

Lee calls with A-A

Middy a creative K-J

10-4-10-4-3

Lee doubles to nearly 30,000

Middy unfazed.....

Can't trust anyone!

oh Angry Bird, how I have missed thee...

(http://www.rovio.com/img/angrybirds_big.jpg)

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stato Hulme raises to 1,325

called (it was ever the case) by Sapiano

Angry Bird 2,825 on the button

Hulme folds

called (it was ever the case) by Sapiano

flop  Ks 8d 8h

Sapiano checks

Angry Bird 3,500 with 5,000 behind

The chips are splashed into the pot with such aggression that they literally roll in all directions, as if travelling down a chip helter skelter to their destination

Sapiano check raises to set her in

Angry bird stands and asks quite an odd question

"Have you got pocket eights?"

Um, probably not Ms Bird

Anyway she calls,

with  9h 9d

Albert has flopped himself to contentment with  Kc Jc, holds on the Qs 2h river and doubles through leaving the bird angrier, shorterstacked and less than philosophical about her opponent's play

Played the 300 side with this lady. She min-raised UTG to 3200 with AJ... folds round to the BB who jams 11k and insta-flips his K8o. She sits and tanks the decision (even though K8 has his cards face up) for about 4 minutes before making the call, saying she was 'working our her pot odds'. Highly comical.

could you get a pic of nicky and frank romanelo tar

Here's Nicky

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I thought I posted Frank earlier, but perhaps not

any news on retalick?? hows his stack doing?

Nicholas Cherbanich limps UTG and Lee Rawson raises AQ. 

Nicholas now pushes  A-A, the old limp-shove brought back from the dying embers of the past, and Lee calls.

20,000 pot

Q on the flop

Q on the turn

Chernibach, a voluble Russian with a Walrus moustache with whom I have some poker history, a long time ago, is out

He wasn't happy.

richard,
can u post the result for the 300, six max and plo pls

could you tell me is there any live streaming

IS IT?

Sorry Frankie, I don't have them

They are normally sent to me on the Monday after the festival and if you need them ask me then please

Yes there was earlier, not sure now. Will be all weekend though

You can see it on this board on the first post of http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54715.0

David Jones raises, Mary Brown calls

I was trying to think of a lookalike for Mary, who is a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket and Kathy Burke, but got fed up

Anyway Pete the Eeel Gardnier makes a big raise on the button

Jones passes, Brown calls

flop A-x-x

Brown motions to her chips as if to bet, but thinks better of it. Checks

Gardiner either misses this or ignores it. Shoves J-J

Brown says "I had better call" With A-A for top set.


Late night comedy at Coventry, its keeping me going
 

14,000

In Level 6 now 60 of 81 left

Average is 20,500

blinds 200-400/50

A nice ruling post to spice things up

The floor, in the shape of Henry the TD, is called over after Tony Barnes announces "raise" out of turn from the small blind

Maggie Sheridan has bet 300 on a 9-8-3 flop, two diamonds and the button is yet to speak, Tony in the small blind verbally announces

The ruling is that Tony must raise and post the minimum 600 and can only call or fold any further action above that for that round of betting.

The button folds and Maggie calls the extra 300.

An Ace on the turn and checked to Maggie who bets 600; Tony calls.

A King on the river and again Maggie bets 600; Nothing like good bet sizing and this is nothing like good bet sizing.

Tony calls and Maggie shows AK to take it down

"You're lucky you didn't raise more!"  says ther triumphant Sheridan

"You wouldn't have called if I had" from Barnes.

Harvey Butters knocks out Ben Jenkins but not without a hiccup on the way

Butters A-A

Jenkins Q-Q

All in pre

flop 7-8-Q

turn A

Andrew Hulme 925 with A-K at 200-400

Albert Sapiano calls on the button playing 10,000

It all goes in on A-3-5

Sapiano has called with 2-4

He doubles up to 20,000

"I should have raised pre" says a dry and rueful Hulme

"I was calling whatever" says an unrepentant Sapiano

Sonia Padovani with 40,000 on table Middy/Evilpie/celtic/Iraise

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gv7E4gAanus/TpjAnvMWo_I/AAAAAAAAT04/_Qw7II3blBE/s512/IMG_9320.JPG)

Mary Brown

I think I just made her night by taking this snap

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hows Chaz n Ben Jackson gettin on Tighty plz?

Vinny and Dan ward update pls

Jamie O'Connor is hoist by his own petard

By his own admittance playing "manically aggressive" today he has raised six hands on the trot, raise-folding several

Immediately finds K-K thereafter and raises to 700

Scandie Paul Vasnunes makes it 2,900 on the button

O'Connor ships 29,000

Vasnunes calls for his stack bar a few thousand with A-10

Ace on the turn knocks O'Connor out

Chaz Chattha has just doubled to 8,000

10-10 in the small blind beats A-Qdd

Ben Jackson 32,000



Involved in this hand

Albert Sapiano limps UTG

Middy 2,000 UTG+1

Ben Jackson calls big blind

Guess what Albert does? He calls.

flop  7h Ad 4d

checked round

turn  2d

Jackson checks

Sapiano shove 9,000

Middy call

Jackson pass

Sapiano  Ac 8s

Middy  Aspades Jd


Middy holds to send Albert back down south to his Honey pots...

ty

sighhhhhh ul bozzza

Vinny over 30,000



He is now to the immediate left of Ryan Spittles who has just knocked out Dan Ward

Spittles raised A-J

Ward down to 6,000 shoved A-2, no help

Good as usual thanks I chose night on beer instead just got in ha ha ten pints an a couple pickled onions

Is mr phan still in ?

Yes yes

Much excitement, he passed top pair on a J-7-9 board when I went across to check

Wouldn't have happened when I played him regularly

25,000

You are on form tonight :)

Break after 6 levels

47 of 81 remain

average 26,400

blinds go 300-600-75

Luong Bui is chip leader 65,000


Two more levels to play tonight and a 3am finish. Whoopee.  ;sleep;

??? 29k with A10 ???

Ryan Spittles a superb 54,000


Battling with celtic

He raises A-K

celtic three bets 4-2 off lol

Ryan flats and check folds to a 4,200 bet (announced as four-two by Vinny!) on 3-8-7


Vinny Calenti has 37,000


Both in great shape. Chip wise, not physically, of course

Go go go the Maltese Glasgae Slimkid     ...     Is Sir Donks still in?

Mr Pham ftw

Yes. Image is a wonderful thing, until they outdraw you

Terrific Updating, Tighters!

Sir Donskasicilian has had a struggle today

About 16,000 currently and in full on grind mode

Simply Awesome.

Aww - bless     ....

Still what can you really expect from a (lesser) Luton player?

What about GayLord Plums?

chip counts after six levels

Middy   90000
Luong Bui   75500
Paul Vasnunes   72600
Ryan Spittles   54000
Sonia Padovani   45000
Nick Hicks   43000
Jamie Sykes   40000
Sam Grafton   39000
Harvey Butters   36450
David Jones   35000
Vinny Calenti   34000
James Kerrane   34000
blank   32000
Mary Brown   31000
Nicky Romanello   30000
James Wilson   30000
Le Rawson   28400
Stephen Rwls   28000
Steve Vigor   26000
Alistair McLaren   23000
Jonathan McCann   22000
Nathan Lee   20200
Mr Phan   20150
Adriano Liuizzi   20000
David Griffiths   18550
Andrew Hulme   17000
Jon Kalmar   17000
Chris Retallick   16875
Frank Romanello   16400
Pab Foltyn   16000
Margaret Sheridan   16000
brian Sheppard   15175
Dean Morris   15000
Caroline Button   15000
blank   15000
Khilan Mistry   14000
Rob Cowna   14000
blank   13000
Helen Godfrey   12000
chaz chattha   11500
Kathleen Padovani   11000
Keith Bartholemew   9400
Carl Cook   8700
James Edwards   8500
Mickey Wernick   6500
Gavin Ball   6000

No JohnnyPlums     ...      is there such a thing as the 'Coventry Wildside' for him to take a walk on the?

Your chip leader at the break

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Not your chip leader at the break, No need to cry though Dean

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gXvkXvkjOnA/TpjQY3ZpapI/AAAAAAAAT1E/tVHD8U5ZDxg/s512/IMG_9323.JPG)

celtic spies a snack....

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Le Knave above average...

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Goliath winner Lee Rawson going for a Coventry double

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Chaz Chattha out


A raiser is flatted in two spots

Chattha squeezes in with K-2

gets passed the first raiser, and the second

the third, Antonio Liuzzi has set the trap with J-J calls and holds

FYP

Paul Vasnunes who tired of O'Connor shoving the table around and knocked him out with A-10

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3ucwUPbVBC8/TpjQZhzQGBI/AAAAAAAAT1I/ogiReUdhUbY/s512/IMG_9324.JPG)

Sitting here in the bowels of the Ricoh Arena, a stones throw from the pitch I am reminded of one of my favourite football facts

Coventry City FC have not finished in the top six of any division since 1967, the year I was born

It's a long haul, being a Cov fan, Keith Houchen aside (87 cup final, below)

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42934000/jpg/_42934145_keithhouchenscores416.jpg)

jesus, thats incred

Mickey Wernick doubles through David Jones

Jones J-J and has to call the Wernick short-stacked K-K shove

don't worry "at the end of the tunnel theres always a light"

67 was a good year too!

Story of the Middy chip lead

He 5 bet shoved versus Ben Jackson

Jackson called all in with J-J

Middy got there with King-Queen

Wi fi problems apologies



Nasty one this

Alistair McLaren 1,450 in the cut off

Vinny Calenti 2,700 in the big blind with QQ

McLaren 7,100

Calenti 5 bet shove for 27,000

McLaren calls from a 40,000 stack with A-3

Wow

Calenti  Qs Qh

McLaren  Ad 3c


board

 Qc

 4s

 6c

turn

 8c

river

2c


Calenti is four flushed with the  3c to be knocked out as we enter the final level


Several railers come up to me as I am writing this up to ask me if I saw the hand, with incredulous expressions!

Paul Foltyn out

Short-stacked shove A-8 into Gavin Ball's K-K

sooooo Sick.

unlucky fella.  

In the last level of the night

36 of 81 remain

average 34,700

blinds 400-800/75

Middy still the chip leader with around 100,000

Full house doesnt beat a flush in Coventry ?

not if I read my notes correctly

No full house, obv.

:) nice editing

Me and Nicky Evans have a very important bet on, my side being that I think Trigg's 151,000 is the highest ever stack taken into day two of a GUKPT.

Does anyone has the info to confirm either way?

Bet is that the loser has to buy all the other's drinks on a night out. If I'm wrong about my line, I'll be happy to have tricked Nicky into thinking that is an "even money" bet.

Paul Vasnunes wins a big pot against Middy

60,000 in the middle on 7-9-6

turn 8. Middy check UTG and calls Vasnunes bet of 21,000

river 7 check, Vasnunes all in for 50,000. Middy has 50,000 left

Middy Thinks for ages and appears to talk himself out of the call

"I mean, obviously its a bluff. Nice bluff" and folds

Vasnunes the chip leader, well over 100,000

Dean Morris up over 30,000 and approaching an average stack for the first time since the early levels

With 34 left we're playing the last few hands of the night

Will have chip counts up before I leave

nh, wp Tight one.

It can't be easy doing two days updating back-to-back in one stretch.

David Griffiths doubles through right at the end

A-A versus Skalie's A-10ss


Skalie left with 18k shoves the last hand with A-K, called by Jamie Sykes with Q-9hh

Queen on the flop

King on the turn

Skalie doubles up

Chip counts end of play - flight A

Richard Trigg 151900
Adrian Eley 96800
Steve Brown 79400
Stuart Rutter 62400
Nicholas Fellone 58400
Carl Williams 53200
Paul Romain 45300
Carl Spicer 44000
Andrew Psaras 42400
Carlo Citrone 41600
Ian Riggs 41300
Julian Thew 37300
Gruffudd john Pugh-jones 36600
Christopher Keifert 34900
Lee Taylor 31500
Jeff Kimber 28200
Thomas Wright 26000
Senh Man Ung 23000
Danny Toffel 21900
Frederick Russell 9800

Flight B

Paul Vasnunes   137100
alistair mclean   73900
Luong Bui   71200
David Jones   70900
Sam rafton   65800
lee rawson   52400
Nick Hicks   47500
Peter garratt   47200
gavin ball   43800
Antony Barnes   42600
Chris Retallick   42500
Harvery Butters   42300
Jamie Sykes   36000
David griffiths   33800
Mickey Wernick   30000
James Wilson   28800
Brian Sheppard   28400
Sonia Padovani   28300
Dean Morris   27700
Adam Wilkinson   25300
ryan spittles   25100
Niels Ladefoged   24700
Antonio Liuzzi   23600
nathan lee   22400
Tom Middleton   21500
James Kerrane   21200
nicky romanell9o   19500
khilan mistry   19200
Jon Kalmar   17300
Margaret Sheridan   14800
Jonathan McCann   14500
Mr Phan   10700

54 resume at 2pm tomorrow

goodnight

cmon the squid!!!!!!!!

can't even get out of make up with a 1st :( will be close though, had super fun table with burland and action jack which made the time go really quick.

So sick, unlucky - off to sleep - go Trigg day two

Trigg and Hicks ldo

Are you still in Stato? No news of your exit....?

Anyone know what the parking situation is today with Coventry playing at home? I heard we cant park at casino..is this right and if so where do we park?

Players still in were given VIP car park tickets to allow them to park in the casino car park. If u haven't got one you can still park at the ground for free but will have to go early and use a normal car park not the one right outside.

Marvellous....when did the VIP tickets get given out? I was virtually one of the last ones to leave the tables and I didnt see any being distributed. Grrr!!

Where are the "normal" car parks then? Because according to the Ricoh website, and i quote:

"Matchday Parking

People should be aware that there is NO parking available in side streets near the venue. A strict residents' parking scheme will be enforced within two kms of the Ricoh Arena as part of the venue's green travel plan.

Spaces in Car Park B are available at £10 per space.

Spaces in Car Park C are available at £10 per space.

Bookings will need to be received at least a week in advance of the particular match. "

I've parked in the 'other' car parks for gigs at the Ricoh and they are about a mile from the ground. Also don't go to gigs at the Ricoh, not a great venue unfortunately.

If you can't get a vip ticket (and I'd call them about this), I'd be tempted to park a good distance away and then get a taxi in. That's if you can't get there early.

The 'VIP' parking tickets are for car park C.  Park there and then go and get a ticket off someone at the G?

trigarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I tend to go for Car park B or C for Day 2's

Day 1's I mix it up a bit more

At the G Luton I just use the main car park but sometimes go over the road if it's full which is a bind, but weirdly, closer to the main entrance. Go figure !

Car parking is a nightmare - just went to C and they tried a tenner with pass so back at Novotel, getting a cab. The barrier is up and they're not checking car park if you put it there

Not happy with this. Total lack of information from Grosvenor. I have no idea where I am supposed to park. I havent been given any pass. If I end up being late I am going to have one of my famous meltdowns...

Shaun come to see Dena, she'll reimburse the cost of the cab

Paul, Dena has left you a voicemail

there is a ticket for you, they were handed out last night

the car park is free for players

gogogogo Jones Middy and Trigg!

gooo Grafton and Jamie too.

has the prize breakdown been anounced yet? how many get paid, and whats 1st place?

 Khilan Mistry FTW.

please see the day 2 thread

How did I miss out on this coup? Pretty sure Goodwin had 200k when he won Manchester, played one more level then but also started with 10k not 15....

Booom.... GG

erm.....Marc Goodwin   149950....always knew Stu was right