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1625 runners have become 8 over 5 days here at DTD

Final Chip Counts

1    Ian Senior 3,765,000
3    Hasmukh Khodiyara 2,350,000
4    Robert Baguley 2,115,000
5    Iqbal Ahmed 6,680,000
6    Barry Mc Mahon 1,750,000
7    James Cummings 2,575,000
8    Nick Woodward 2,445,000
9    Grant Pirie 2,430,000


blinds are 30-60k for 4 more minutes then 40-80k


Payouts

1 - £210,400
2 - £125,000
3 - £96,700
4 - £79,600
5 - £62,500
6 - £45,500
7 - £34,000
8 - £22,750


Final at 2pm TODAY and the ONLY place you can interact on updates is here. With me. There's no live webcast

The final will be webcast on www.Channel4.com/poker and www.Pokerstars.tv in a week or so


It has been a tremendous event so far, and I expect the final will be a fitting ending to the tournament

 

These images are courtesy of www.pokerstarsblog.com


Chip leader Iqbal Ahmed

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Ian Senior

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Robert Baguley

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Barry McMahon with childhood friend Emmett Mullin, from Omagh, Northern Ireland

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James Cummings

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Nick Woodward

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Aberdonion Poker Dealer Grant Pirrie

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Hasmukh Khodiyara

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This was the final late last night, just before Devron Hasselnock exited in 9th

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Ruth, my favouritest valet in the whole wide world, says

"Join Tighty at 2pm!"

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Tighty, you have done a truly great professional job.

Well Done.

Fantastic updates over the whole tournament tighty mate!

Big thumbs up  :)up :)up

If ruth says it ill have to do it!

Good luck today tighty only one more day on the grind great job so far hope these boys set up a great finish for you today!

And don't forget those still in the sweepstake, with a £2350 for 1st place and £1000 for 2nd, here are those blondes still in.



1    Ian Senior 3,765,000                    John Black
3    Hasmukh Khodiyara 2,350,000        Broonie
4    Robert Baguley 2,115,000             MrBlond
5    Iqbal Ahmed 6,680,000                Skolsuper
6    Barry Mc Mahon 1,750,000            Big D
7    James Cummings 2,575,000          dllewellyn
8    Nick Woodward 2,445,000            MrBlond
9    Grant Pirie 2,430,000                   Tonytats

Poker is not really a game where many players take much account of human/ real life emotion at the table. We worry about outdraws and bad beats. We curse in chatboxes, well some do.

However at Nottingham this weekend something a little different has happened.

Throughout the tournament Ian Senior, who lost his wife a short time ago, has used his Valentines Day gift to his late wife as a card protector. Around his neck on a chain he has worn his wife's wedding ring.

I was watching the latter stages of yesterday, the field had just gone to 9 players and we needed to lose one more player to hit today's final.

I sat, weary, to the side of the final table.

The cards were dealt, Ian was on the button in seat one for the first hand. Before he looked at his cards he reached inside his Hit Squad Polo shirt, pulled the chain out and kissed the wedding ring.

Man, I can do cynical with the best of them, but I was in bits!

Periodically through the 90 minutes or so I'd catch him looking up to the ceiling. He saw me watch him do it, and smiled gently across at me. None of the players he is competing against know the back story to Ian's achievement of course, but he knew I knew.

I don't know Ian too well, but for a low stakes player from a recreational background (he and his wife were regular attenders at the Sky Poker Tour and forum live games), this is some achievement

As Ian said to me though "Whatever happens, I'm happy"

Probably a motto many in the poker world could learn from.

Rooting for Ian the most, but John Black winning the sweepstake?! Please!

Thank you for the last 5 days Richard most enjoyable

Today will be a

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for a man of your

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Just read Tightys post and as I know no one on final table gotta cheer Mr Senior on

proppa quality summing up Tighty, hope he does it for the nice guys and it will be the greatest ever poker story. GL again Mr Senior

should be nice an easy day for u today with only 1 table lol

I'm using my one time for Mr Ian Senior. WHAT A STORY!!

Good luck to Mr Senior.

For spoilt sods like myself it helps to have a reminder from time to time what many have been through in their lives. I can only look on in admiration at those who cope with extreme sadness and loss and maintain a positive and warm outlook.

I repeat, good luck that man.

Richard,

Once again you've produced a top performnce on the updates, huge respect to you fella. Over the weekend I seen you seemingly in pain at times, feet hurting and obviously weary from the long days.

As well as the updates, you never failed to take time for a bit of chat and banter with many attending whilst always keeping your eye on the tables/updates.

Top work big guy and my personal thanks

(and yes I managed to get a bit of a wind up on Ade - lol)

Geo

+1

Good luck Ian Senior

Geo

Bit of A Story.........

I was at the fox club 2 weeks ago for The Genting Event . During  the Day I got talking to the guy to my right , and told him I was impressed with his game .He eventually agreed to come to dinner with Myself ,John Conroy (Punk Floyd) and his mate Alex . He told me he was a cash game player who actually lives in Jersey and travels around the poker scene on the back of his cash game winnings. ....His Name ?   James Cummings  who is on the final table today .

I tell you this because  the following night I went to dinner with Albert Sapiano who actually won the Genting event

Could a  London Dinner Double be on the cards ?  I think hes a really nice guy and a very solid player so the 6 -1 Trigg has put up looks a bit of value .

Good Luck James

Seat 1: Ian Senior, 55, United Kingdom
Chips: 3,765,000


A 55-year-old chartered accountant from Buxton, Ian Senior started playing poker in a Redtooth poker pub game in the back of a Thai restaurant - just for fun - and has ended up on the final table of UKIPT Nottingham against his expectations. "I didn't book a hotel," he said. "Also I have to cancel some appointments tomorrow and I have an electrician coming." Senior recently lost his wife to cancer, and having accumulated the £700+£70 buy-in in pub poker tournaments, he is playing this big event in her memory. At one point down to 4,000 chips, Senior is now within striking distance of the trophy, on the weekend of his anniversary.

Seat 2: Hasmukh Khodiyara, 25, United Kingdom, PokerStars player
Chips: 2,350,000


Hasmukh Khodiyara has recently graduated from university with a degree in business. He bought in directly to the UKIPT Nottingham main event after "a decent score online" as he could not resist being part of an event this big. The £22,750 he is guaranteed for making the final table already represents his biggest live result, and should things fall his way on day four, he is considering going pro. It is definitely an improvement on his previous UKIPT Nottingham experience in season two when he busted in the last level of the first day. Although his friends don't play poker, they will be in attendance on the rail as he attempts to take down the title.

Seat 3: Robert Baguley, 60, United Kingdom
Chips: 2,115,000


A 60-year-old retired landlord from Leicestershire, Robert Baguley is a regular at Dusk Till Dawn but usually plays low stakes cash games. He won a seat to the main event at the club on Tuesday to play on Wednesday's starting flight. He has had very little sleep since the start of the event, and is excited to have made final table. This is his first UKIPT event and regardless of whether he takes the title or not, he plans on taking a holiday with his wife to Cornwall - the first they'll have been able to take in eight years.

Seat 4: Iqbal Ahmed, 29, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player
Chips: 6,680,000


Iqbal Ahmed has been the chip leader in this UKIPT Nottingham main event since the early stages of day two and has held a two to one advantage over the nearest stack throughout. "I just got paid off," he said. He must be doing something right, as he came second in the Estrellas Poker Tour Alicante Main Event last year and is a professional player, mainly sticking to the online side of the game. Turning 30 in May, Ahmed said that the £210,400 first prize would mainly mean one thing: "A bigger bankroll."


Seat 5: Barry McMahon, 25, Ireland
Chips: 1,750,000


Barry McMahon is a 25-year-old joiner from Ireland, playing his second UKIPT event (following Dublin in season two). He bought in directly taking his lead from his friend and UKIPT champion, Emmett Mullin, who has been following McMahon's progress from the rail. McMahon is a keen live player who started out at his local pub but has since honed his skills to make it to the final table here at UKIPT Nottingham. If he rises up from the short stack to take first prize tomorrow, he plans to head to the USA for a holiday, with a stop off in Vegas of course.

Seat 6: James Cummings, 26, United Kingdom
Chips: 2,575,000


The 26 year old property developer James Cummings has travelled to Nottingham from Jersey, via London, to play in this year's tournament. After spending four weeks in the capital, his friend satellited into the event and James decided to take a punt and come along. A wise decision. This is his first appearance on the UKIPT, although he does regularly play live. Should he win big at the final, it will fund this summer's trip to the World Series.

Seat 7: Nick Woodward, 26, United Kingdom
Chips: 2,445,000

The 26-year-old Londoner, Nick Woodward, is having a great run at his first ever UKIPT event. The semi-pro was enticed to play in Nottingham event by the £1 million guarantee and the great structure. Having worked in casinos for years, Woodward developed an interest in poker, and quickly realised he could make more by switching to the other side of the table. If he walks away with the £210,000 first prize this weekend, he'll be taking all his mates on a big night out.

Seat 8: Grant Pirie, 21, United Kingdom
Chips: 2,430,000

At 21, Grant Pirie is the youngest of the UKIPT Nottingham finalists. He started playing in 2009 and now works as a casino dealer in his home town Aberdeen. This is his first UKIPT event and is already his biggest cash to date. The £1 million prize pool was too good to miss and he decided to invest in a direct buy-in to the Nottingham event. With no real plans as to what to spend the prize money on, he just seems happy to have made it to the final day.



These profiles are by Jen Mason, reproduced with permission (thanks!)

in the senior camp, gogogogo

James Cummings still 6-1 ? if so max bet = ?

pulled the book, getting no interest whatsoever

Get there Mr Senior!!!

Get it re activated then   :)

+2.. Also Rooting for Nick Woodward who dealt at the Empire for years and is an extremely nice guy..

I predict bearing in mind that there are no deals, a 5 hour + final table even with these blinds.. Anyone want to take the under for 100 Press ups....?

There are deals, potentially

It is a PokerStars Event, not a DTD event with a no deals policy

My bet is based on there being no deals before the final two.. So 5 hours + even if there is a deal between first and second place...

Just to confirm, the sweepstake is based on FINISHING positions, not £earnt. If X does a deal when 3 handed for the lions share but they play on and he finishes third, he's THIRD, not FIRST.

Would be fantastic if Ian Senior could do it. Best of luck fella!

Good luck that man!! nice story!

On behalf of all TKP, best of luck to Hitsquadder Ian today. A lovely story for a lovely man!!

Ready for the players

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Tighty is there much interest in the 100 6 max?? Tempted to travel up but only if it looks like getting decent number of runners

Very very best of luck Ian.   Be absolutely fantastic so see you win but you have done a grand job so far

 ;sexybanana;  ;letsparty; ;sexybanana; ;mexicanwave;

Simon Trumper has rota'd for 70-100, George.

Ian's progress the tournament is one I've followed closely (along with Dave (Solarcarro) thompson and Don Campbells)the whole way and one that has been truly inspirational to me.
I've been saying for a while that I wanted to try to gain entry to a big tourney but never really put any sort of effort into doing it. The MacMonster effect(similar to the moneymaker effect but for Brits) has already got me into looking at the various ways I can qualify for a big tourney.
 Gd luck to Ian, enjoy the FT and T.I.D.

Looking forward to this Tighty. Running along side the poker stars blog this experiment has worked out wonderfully. I wish stars had you at more of their events as the interaction with you on here adds something to the blogs that makes us feel like we are really there. Great work by you, Kirsty and here team and Rob and his. Wonderful effort again and can't wait to see what stars and dtd are gonna magic up next year.

cheers

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is in the

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Jason

Jason its already decided on EPT Lenton Industrial estate it was decided in another thread and thats contractually binding now ;)

1k buy in next year? 2k runners next year? Extension on DTD next year? i dont know what they can do to make it much better this tournement is going to change someones life for 700!

Would just like to wish ALL 8 players best of luck and hope they have a great game. Keep up the brill work Tighty you done a fantastic job up until now.

go on ian you can do this

Think I'm gonna come to play the 6 max

Getting ready for the player introductions

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Senior and Kholidara

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Excellent work Richard.

Im rooting for Grant but closely followed by Ian Senior.

Cheers

Team Woodward are 30 strong, up from London and part of a heaving rail

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GOOD LUCK IAN

Will be along to rail a little later!

6 minutes left at 30-60k

and we are off...

go on ian run golden jam it in there eyes

Cummings wins a 1.2m pot off Senior

Senior bet all three streets on

J-9-K-8-Q

Cummings had 8-10

Amusingly, while the lads play for huge money, coming out over the DTD pa system is todays episode of The Archers on Radio 4

I think I am the only one who has noticed...

T I D  IAN  ALL HITSQUAD FIRMLY BEHIND YOU M8

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Go on Grant, take it down!

My bet is still on... any takers.... ?

Rob Cooper is a bender :)

Ambridge updates pls tighty.

Best of luck to Ian, aka macmonster.

No stage etc like last year? cutting costs!!

Tight so far, only seen the one flop in the first 20 minutes

Ahmed has 3 bet Hasmukh off one pot pre-flop

Baguley

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McMahon

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Have to expect it to be tight i think. Big money time now, lots of pressure on players.

The final will be webcast on www.Channel4.com/poker and www.Pokerstars.tv in a week or so.

Are there any TV cameras today. Can't see any in pics??

Good luck all and keep up the great updates Tighty!

Take a bow Tighty................Gl Mr Senior

DOUBLE UP....

any chance of chip counts please.got to be a deal coming with all that money and no big winning pro at the table.then again ceri took down a huge score here recently with no deals and has just lost his job.gl to all left.Ians story is very emotional but gl to you all.great updates again please.

who doubled up?

Ian Senior opens to 175,000

Baguley calls on the button

Ahmed calls small blind

Ahmed leads 275,000 on

 5s Td 8s

Senior folds

Baguley 550,000

Call

 9d

Ahmed 1.5m

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Baguley calls all in with  9h 9c

Ahmed  9s 4s

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River  Kc


The rail lets out an enormous oooh,sigh, cheer as they half think its a spade, half hope its a spade, half dread ita spade

Baguley doubles

we've only just started, give me a break lol!

Another double up

Pirie min raises small blind to 160,000

Ian Senior calls in the big blind

 3h 6d 6h

Pirie checks

Senior 600,000

Pirie check raise all in 1.3m

Seniot "I am pot stuck, I don't want to but I call"

Senior  4d 5d

Pirie   Aspades Ad

turn  Ac

Pirie doubles to 2.8m

Think Stars should give Tighty and Blonde a perm gig alongside their blog. They compliment each other brilliantly

My refresh button is getting some grief today!

Another double up

Hasmukh Kholidara A-K shove called by Iqbal Ahmed 10-10

3-9-7-K-7

The chip stacks are evening up dramatically here

school run............ Hold Page 7

This always seems to happen. CL who has run good for 3 days finally seems to be real.

IQBAL DOING IT!

It's all up for grabs now!!

Go go go Ian!!

chips seem to be flying round table come on ian

That echos my thoughts exactly.
If I'd known this story when Ian knocked me out,disappointment wouldve gone out of the window.
Funking hard for him today.
#WrittenInTheStars

Best of luck to Ian Senior today. Sounds like he's off to a rocky start, but he'll be alright.

Good job on the updates, Tighty. Can you let me know if Chompy is still in please? Thanks. ;)

Cummings

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Hasmukh Kholidara

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current chip counts


Senior 1,400,000

Kholidara 3,200,000

Baguley 5,900,000

Ahmed 3,500,000

McMahon 2,700,000

Cummings 3,200,000

Woodward 2,900,000

Pirie 3,000,000

20 minutes of 40-80k left


This has turned round and is anyone's.

Will be catching up with all the updates for the first time later.
But just wanna say thanks Rich for your help yesterday. Cheers

Gowan Ian!

Woodward

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Senior

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Updates on talksport . Shame no ch4 this year . Great updates on blonde

Come on Woodward... I'm rooting for you......

Senior

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go on ian u can still pull this of you have played amazeing

Think it will go 3 way deal . Defo deal will be done between 3/5 players

Go Go Grant !!! Aberdeen r right behind u !!!  ;applause;

My refresh button is getting a real beating.

Thanks Tight


Good luck to Grant.

bloody Nora, Aberdeen..? I guess he won't have a loud rail..... GL to your man...

come on grant kick some butt

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Pirie 175,000 UTG

Ahmed calls cut off

McMahon all in button 1.5m+

Pirie folds 3-3

Ahmed calls 9-9

McMahon A-Q

A-A-4-2-5 doubles McMahon up

4th double of the final and Ahmed on the wrong end of several

+1

PLEEEEEASE let the next post say double up for Ian Senior

GO ON MacMonster

Baguley 175,000

Woodward 425,000 small blind

call

 2c 8c 6h

Woodward shove 1.7m

Baguley passes


Woodward is a dealer at the Empire in London. He was meant to be working the day shift today. Funnily enough, he changed shifts

Yeah

Come on peeps. When you join you get to see half of Herbie Werrbies wife's breast too and other rather random photos?

+ a million go Ian

Sunset and Vine filming an all in for the TV production

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Break in 10 minutes blinds are 50-100k

........and tikay on the beer already today!,  :)

Maybe someone should explain to guests how to join

That gentleman is far too young to be tikay.

Done and Hello awesome updates been reading since day 1A

McMahon shoves

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99 v AQ

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The most important thing is to think of a snappy user name (and make sure you spell it correctly)  :D

Registered! Great Updates Tighty! :D

Thanks for registering

Jamie Wilson the ex Cardroom Manager at the G Aberdeen shouts out to all Aberdonians railing on here. He rates Ironside!!!! Bad judge.

:D:D:D:D

Blind on blind Ian Senior is all in with Aces. He is called.

called by Hasmukh with J-10 in the big blind

K-3-5-6-8

Ian Senior doubles up to just under 3m

i knew i liked jamie

Hello & Welcome. Been here since 1A myself too lol.

TID IAN

 ;cheerleader; ;yippee; ;yippee; ;cheerleader;

come on grant take it down its yours  taken bud

chip counts at the break, done by the TD


Robert Baguley 5,650,000
Hasmukh Khodiyara 3,750,000
Barry McMahon 3,200,000
Nick Woodward 2,840,000
Grant Pirie 2,750,000
Iqbal Ahmed 2,355,000
James Cummings 2,170,000
Ian Senior 1,395,000

New reg here too. Torturing myself by keeping up to date, having bust yesterday.

Great updates Rich.

Illicit railing from work - TID Mr Senior!

Luxury car dealers the UK over, memorise these faces

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from www.pokerstarsblog, with permission

Can't take it anymore, I'm getting in the car, be there in half an hour

GO ON IAN

wish him luck from all of us at hitsquad simon

What a week to be signed off work, followed since 10am on Wednesday! Go on Ian, fairytale ending

I assume DTD deal policy does not apply here? guessing from previous comments but havent noticed it stated.

Great updates as always

+1

Correct.

Will do guys, have put my Squaddie shirt on for the occaision, HitSquad FTW

Registered. Good luck to Ian - who's that with a huge pile of chips....is it MacMonster?, Is it MacMonster??

Ian Senior min raise to 200,000

Baguley calls

Cummings calls small blind

 7c 9h Qc

Cummings checks

Senior goes to bet, thinks better of it, checks

Baguley puts out a leaning tower of white chips, 2,000,000 worth

both fold

First exit, first exit

Welcome Graham, and all those from 'next door'    :hello:

Nice to see all the teams united supporting Ian in this!!

Robert Baguley was on my table on Day 2 - seemed very solid and dare I say 'old school'. Has a Hendon Mob page full of <£50 DTD Tourneys (ok, six) and  he seems to have reached the final table under the radar. I wouldn't expect him to be an early exit from the final table unless he gets coolered.

Talk Sport just did an update on this, get a plug in Tighty!

Big shouts to the Aberdeen contingent.

Half of G Aberdeen is railing Grant Pirie through Blonde :-D

Ian Senior UTG raise

Grant Pirie shoves big blind

Senior CALLS

Senior QQ

Pirie KK

Runs out 5-6-10-3-10

Ian Senior is out 8th winning £22,750

Tremendous performance by Ian, & his exit hand, it seems from here, played itself.

Very well done Ian.

go grant go

UNLUCKY M8 YOU DID THE HITSQUAD PROUD WELL DONE M8

Very well done Ian. mr pirie needs to get a tattoo of 77 if he wins this.wp Ian and gl to those left in.great updates

Extremely well played Ian.

Great effort, Ian. You played a blinder :)

stand free     pirie iz in his first ukipt      he's gonna take it down  and bink it for g in  aberdeen

Ship It Grant!

Nice bok

nice run ian and gratzs on the nice cash

only thing hes guna get tattoo'd is the names of his victims and in which order they fell...

<jumps up and punches the air>
Nice hand, Grant

Stack counts.

Did anyone take the 5/1 offered on Big G?

incred updates the whole way through tighty, monster effort. wp.

Hasmukh limps in the small blind

Baguley checks the big

 7h Ks 9d

Hasmukh 100,000

Baguley 300,000

Hasmukh shove 2.175m

Baguley fold

New member here ,fantastic work by tighty,read every post since day 1,rivetting stuff,well played ian and good luck to the rest :)

Echo this a million %. Titan Tighty strikes again :)

Very well played to Ian Senior, making it to day 2 in a competition of this scale is an achievement, but to make the final table... My hat's off to you Sir..    

Gogogogogo Grant!!

+1

Chip counts are

Baguley 5.5m

Pirie 3.5m

McMahon 3.1m

Kholidara 2.5m

Woodward 2.4m

Ahmed 2.0m

Cummings 1.6m

50-100k for another 20 minutes

+2

Well done that man. Nice cash and I'm sure the wife will be looking down so proud of her husband.

Cummings shoves K-Jo in the cut off

Woodward re-shoves K-K on the button

Flop 8-K

The place goes nuts, about 40 railers screaming, jumping off chairs, pandemonium

rest of board 2-A-10

James Cummings out 7th winning £34,000

jus wana give a shout out to the Dentist and Alan Robertson who taught grant everything he knows about the game

Lolz

Hasmukh opens the button

Iqbal shoves the big blind

CALL

Hasmukh  7s 7c

Iqbal  Ahrt 3h

flop  Kh 5h 6d

The rail babbles like a theatre audience in the intermission, all whispered discussion

turn  Ac

"oooooooooooooh"

river  2h

"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"

Iqbal doubles up

Hasmukh is stoic. He didn't look at the board once the cards were on their backs. Not a reaction, not a flinch. He's ready for the next hand straight away

Come on Nick!!!!!!!! You can do it!!!!!! Sending you all of my run good!!!!!!

Ping Pong!

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Thanks to Stars for moving Penny the dealer onto the final table

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+ 1 million :D

Message from Grant to the Aberdeen lads

If he wins it, he's putting £10,000 behind the DTD bar, for those who have come down to support him and Team Woodward

Woodward and Pirie have become mates sitting side by side and their railers are now intermingled on the rail in a mutual love in more resembling the scene where German and British soldiers met in no mans land in the middle of WW1 for a Game of football than the rail of a poker torunament

Bombs are on Grant?

Penny 100% my favourite, top eye candy and lovely girl too!



Back in my hole

Kinda hoping Iqbal does not wanna let any deals take place but these are huge sums of money. So gutted for Ian. Iqbal I hope gets Cummings heads up because Cummings laughed at all my jokes :)

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thats another 10k gone off grants win, wrap her up for the man

Ahmed 200,000 button

McMahon 475,000 small blind

Ahmed 1.3m button

McMahon smiles, shakes his head, folds....

you need to get out more

Tighty can you tell Nick that "Steve Sethi, Isaac and Tony Ho said good luck and we're rooting for him...".. Thanks mate and brilliant job so far.. Loving the blog...

blinds up 60,000-120,000

6 left, average 4m

Kholidara the short-stack with 1.5m, McMahon 2m ish

Baguley leads Pirie from Ahmed and Woodward

Yep.....Evidently...to Dusk till Dawn ;)

Kholidara in shove mode, shoves last two orbits unopened blind on blind into Baguley, uncalled

Probably a nice seat spot for him, as Baguley hasn't shown many signs of much action in the last 40 minutes or so

Why hasn't this got the exposure of previous UKIPTS like last year had a stage and rv table from day2 etc.

YEA!! get the RV table out!!

Not a lot of change last 15 minutes

Not many flops


Another shove blind on blind from Kholidara

Baguley raises small blind into Ahmed, called, c-bets Q-4-3 and takes it down

Ahmed raises twice

Woodward raises once

McMahon quiet

Pirie away from the table more than he is at the table....

A huge shout to Rob, Simon and all the team at DTD for making this happen and putting their gonads on the line again with the guarantee.


Also well done Stars for all the billboards :)

finally broke my blonde viriginty and registerd! great updates as always rich hats off to ya :)

+1 and Rob/Nick/Simon for agreeing to GTE the £1m! probably made it what it is, always put their nuts on the line!! top class!

;welcome;

Gonna second that tim but I have my own hero. He is there time and time again from shuffle up to heads up and is a true legend and a grinding machine. This is from us all.

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Richard tightend Prew. Take a bow son take a bow :)

Little to report

McMahon now more into shove mode

Just shoved UTG for 2m, uncalled, pretty unsurprisingly


This is the quiet before the storm

Epic updates throughout and very easy to just take for granted.

Man is a legend.

DTD continues to prove without doubts it's the place to be.


Massive congrats to everyone at the final table and best of luck to each one of you.

Thanks for the updates as many have said. Still gutted busting 34th iqbal ran hotter than the sun for the 2 days i was on his table. Cheers again and hopefully you will remember my name next time I see you tighty!

Howard.

more likely the quiet before the deal

epic updates! one time macccca! sweating the refresh btn hard here!

Yeah the blinds to stack isn't quite big enough at this point to force the play

We haven't seen five flops this level

As I said, Hasmukh has shoved several times, McMahon once. The rest is cagey pre-flop sparring passing the chips round

Of course the money is huge, and the jumps huge..but no discussions of deals yet.

Onn the last hand before the bread

Ahmed to 275,000 in the cut off

McMahon shoves the button

Ahmed folds



Chip counts are coming

blinds go 80-160k ra 20k next

Average 4m

Chip counts in seat order are


Khodiyara 1,720,000

Baguley 8,400,000

Ahmed 4,205,000

McMahon 2,160,000

Woodward 3,580,000

Pirie 4,010,000

1 - £210,400
2 - £125,000
3 - £96,700
4 - £79,600
5 - £62,500
6 - £45,500

Over £100k each looks like a good deal right now

Welcome to blonde. First post has to show you have balls and stand up to pee please.

Owned haha

Great job Tighty keep going! GL to the remaining players amazing comp and well done to all involved at DTD.

p.s. freudian slip?.... ;-)

We are back for what should be a crucial level

80-160k and all bar the chip leader have less than 25x bb

Ship Fold Deal ;)

Well done to the remaining players again and once again tighty! Still clocking that refresh button to see whos walking away with the big payday! How many runners did the 6 max get? and how many players down their playing cash might come down later on DTD open till 4/5 as per today

6 way deal would be such an anti climax to a ground breaking tournament like this one..

Think about it, first time a poker club/casino in the UK has ever guaranteed a prize-pool of £1 million with a buy in lower then 1k.

Robs/Simon consistent blogging and touring to get this filled, all the people who entered, brought in for a chance of binking the first prize of £210+ Life changing money (unless you're my man Rasta-fish)  the local and national press have even got involved, a 6 way deal will be bad for way to end such a great tournament..

I would probably think different if I were on the final table, but I say they should play to the death.. In the words of the Highlander "There can be only one..."

There was a mistake on the accounts

Ahmed 3m not 4m


Important because


Woodward 400,000 UTG

Ahmed all in big blind

Woodward, thinks, CALLS

J-J

Ahmed A-Q

"Hold!" is screamed from the rail by a young lady in a pitch so high that a nearby Dog rescue centre collapses in the trampling rush of escaping dogs

Woodward has Ahmed covered

8-8-6

Q "Nooooooooooooooooo" comes the plaintive cry from the massed rail

2 on the river

Woodward down to 800k as Ahmed doubles

I agree would be great for the rail if the no deal rule was in place!

Woodward shoves 10-5ss blind on blind into Pirie

Pirie K-K in the big blind

8-2-9-A-8

Nick Woodward out 6th winning £45,500

Well played

Hpmh!!!! Jus felt compelled t clip herbie round the back of his head!!!!

Pirie always has KK!

just wont happen im afraid.big differnece if table filled with pros with lots pounds behind them.unless someone gets vvv strong there will be a deal.100k is not far off second place.gl those still in.

Since Woodward's exit, the now 6m+ Ahmed has completely upped the tempo. Raised 4 of 5 hands, shoved two of them into short-stacks

No resistance

He's winning 320,000 every time he raises/shoved uncalled.

Very Well played Nick... Now don't go spending 10k at the bar... The 2/5 Omaha game at the Vic is open to you.. Come join the fun......  ;welcome; ;letsparty;

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

Incredible scenes, I mean stunning stuff

I disagree Poker is not all about the money for a lot of people its about the winning also the prestige that goes with winning a tournement like this.

Obviously this is a lot of money i imagine for most of the players left in i know it would be for me.

When i sit down in my local pub game for a fiver to win £25 is it about the money then or is it about the winning and bragging rights? If its about the money its defo not a +ev game to play as i always end up getting a round afterwords that costs more then £25!

Lol yeah cheers alex. It proper hurt

Barry McMahon shoves 1.4m UTG

Hasmukh Khodiyara calls all in button 1.2m

Iqbal Ahmed in the big blind contemplates and to a huge rail reaction throws the chips in to call

With  Qc 7d

Utter disbelief around the room. Quite a reaction

McMahon  Aspades 6s

Khodiyara  Kc 9c

 7c 2d 6h  7s Qd

Ahmed knocks both out

Hasmukh Khodiyara out 5th winning £62,500

Barry McMahon out 4th winning £79,600

SSSSHHHHHIIIIPPPP IIIITTTTTT GRANT

Ahmed impossible to knock out it seems

Ahmed 12m

Baguley 8m

Pirie 4m

80-160k

No talk of a deal

1 - £210,400
2 - £125,000
3 - £96,700

is this a level?

lolz skill game

Jesus...... Queen Seven!  Can't see a deal coming anytime soon after that.

Just wow! How to ship it to the top prize!

Go on Iqbal. A man with balls like water melons :)

One time!!!!

Of course Pub games aren't the same poker.  If you've invested over £700 and 4 days of your time to play in a tournament it is about the money. Period. Lose sight of that and you're not going to be as successful a player long term as you should be. It's your money that went in - not DTD or PS - it doesn't matter - you have to maximise your return at that point.

You can leave some money in the pot after the deal so there's still a winner and someone gets the glory of winning - but I'd rather have the cash thanks.

On the subject of payout structure it seems a hugh jump from 1>>2>3 to me 85K gap between 1st and 2nd and 30K gap in between 2nd and 3rd?

Just wow

I like his style. Iqbal to win pls.

Fantastic call.. 1.4 to win 2.6 + blinds and antes....

Ahmed 325,000 on the button

Pirie shove the small blind

CALL

Ahmed A-J

Pirie A-7

K-9-Q-2-A


Grant Pirie out 3rd winning £96,700

its the only game i can win tony ;)

Good luck heads up guys! A torrent of knockouts!

Break before Heads Up

Ahmed 16m plays 8m and I would say a huge favourite to win this, given his aggression

I'm obviously not on the final table but if I were I may think different.  But if we all thought about the odds when playing and didn't take a chance, you wouldn't have as many amateurs winning.

Plus poker isn't a team sport it's a game played the individual so glory does come into it.. I've read many interviews where players have said it's not just about the money it's proving they are the best.  Why wouldn't you want to be considered the best at a game that you play and take seriously.  

Also an overall winner will win more then the £210k they will more then like get some sort of sponsorship deal allowing them to either freeroll or gain some sort of benefit in other tournaments, it'll also open you up to a wider community of your peers by you garnering respect from them for your win..

I'm a gambling man, if you consider this foolish that is your opinion not mine..  

skill game obv

Awesome effort young Granty! wpwpwpwp.

four exits in 30 minutes, I said it would be a crucial level

Brilliant Grant, well done mate.

Ul grant I even bubble the sweep stake

My new poker hero.

hes not going to deal if he has 12m tighty sir.gl to the three left.q7?explain pls.did he hv zillions of chips?

Good call. ( Said in the carlseberg advert voice)

so 2/1 on the call vs 2 players with an average hand? At best it was marginal.

ty so he could afford to call and considered he was geting good price?.did he hv a huge stack behind?q7 doesnt exactly play well v a r all in a reship.good luck to the hu duo.wp mr pirie

I guess the computer says "yes"

to be frank since the break the only thing that looked less likely than Iqbal even considering a deal was the titanic sailing into New York Harbour tomorrow morning

Huge aggression and balls from Ahmed

He described the Q7 call to his friend, his sole railer, as "standard". Brilliant poker to watch

only thing sicker about that hand would have been to hit the flush with the 7dimonds

Wiiii the old Alister James. I chatted with Iqbal obviously on and then again off the table. This kid is supernova on stars and makes a nice living from poker off his own dime.  He knows exactly what he is doing and I watched him call a 10 bb shove without even looking at his cards yesterday. He deserves this for sure

he has 6mil i hink 2-1 against a short shove and a short call.... very likely to be live here 2-1 against pos 6-4 with chips and to knock two out.... Fantastic and correct Call..wp sir

Oh thought he was playing off 3-4 million, not 6m.  Missed that one!  Agreed with 6m good call.

TBF Vinny this is standard play from you anyway. He probably read your book....oh wait......  ::)

The call from Khodiyara seems much more marginal than Ahmeds.

Could do a simple stove on the maths if we knew the blinds and antes?  Its probably not as bad as ppl are making out.

Who cares anyway gl to the guy, whats his stars SN name? just curious since i heard he plays cash on stars

Its really bad imo, as is the K9s all in call.

Suprised at that. Mandatory call surely?

If he had 12m after the hand, he must have had at least 9m before.

80-160k RA 20k

Playing 6m after knocking out Woodward AQ v JJ

Shove for 1.4m

all in call for 1.2m

1.4 to win 2.9.. if it wasnt for the sums involved its standard...he had the balls to not let the money affect the correct judgement..hats off to the dude WP

He had 6, won this, then knocked out Pirie = 12m

oh and yeh K9 is worse than Q7 here. Esp with the ICM for the shorties.

23% ( Q7) 36% (K9) 41% (A6)

Real edge of your seat stuff!!

Last 15 mins great reading!!

Well Done Grant. Unbelievable!!!! Im going to need to look for a new dealer now I think!!!   Kh Ks

I never asked JP but he also played a Lot on PKR. A real down to earth guy and was impressed I could speak a bit or Urdu. ( plenty of late nights aying in Bradford ). He requested me as a friend yesterday and the only other mutual friend was Karl disco monkey Fenton. This is one guy who deserves this IMHO

It's not as clear cut as that I don't think. JP might put up the results

i'll have to do it later as im playing SCOOP .fr soon.

Im sure a more accomplished mtt player could fire it up, given what we know id assume he has at least 20% equity against there likely ranges. Thing is given hes likely running over the tbl he probably doesnt need to push the edges so far. Anyway i digress, apologies for de-railing.

Heads up underway

Baguley won a 450,000 pot early doors

Lost it back when bet folding 300,0000 to a 750,000 flop 3 bet from Ahmed

You don't need to run numbers to see that its bad.

Wow.

Keys vs Dave Burn HU in the sweepstake. Poor Tony :(

Baguley raise, Ahmed 3 bet and call pre

 2d Ac 3d

Ahmed 1m is called

 7c

Baguley all in, Ahmed folds

2m+ pot to Baguley

It isn't bad with his stack imo.  Max outlay of 1.4m from 6m to knock 2 players out?  I suspect he thinks he has an edge anyway, so even if he loses the hand, he still has a very playable stack and his perceived edge. 

Spraggs you abs nit  :D

Baguley bets 400,000 on  Qc 4s 7h, call

Baguley bets 800,000 on  7d call

Baguley bets a whopping 2.5m on  Kc call

Baguley  9s 7c to take it 13m to 11m in his favour

If he wins the hand he moves up two spots in the payout - if I was him and had something like 54s I'd flick it in for the gamble, knowing I had chips back if it didn't pan out. Q7? That doesn't look so pretty but still might call.

But seriously, what was the K9 guy thinking?

Amazing stuff. I do like the call and in his shoes would like to think I would do the same but I think I probably tank then fold swearing with a heavy heart

Mickey May the PS photographer caught the end of the Q7 hand brilliantly (with permission)

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Close but no cigar thanks for running this Alex
Huge thanks to Richard for the updating ,it's been brilliant ,and dtd for making all this happen
And everyone who played in it it's been great

Q7 hand. No one has mentioned the fact that both his cards were live. Often with an all in and call there's a good chance they both have high cards possibly including a Q. Fair play to him muchus balls.

Got to go out for an hour so GL and WP to both HU players.

great updates tighty.. railed since 1A.. havent missed a thing!

Sick call, great result, HU for the win. Great play for 3 1/2 days. TID

you're completely wrong.

The other day someone told me Warwickshire was in the maldives and he was only very marginally more wrong than you are.

Can we stop going over the Q7 hand.. He won the hand so he's a hero, if he had lost it, it would be considering splurging.. So what .. Next hand..

Does anyone have Ahmed's PS username? heard he plays cash on stars...

Against my expectations Baguley has turned this on its head he's 14.5m-9.5m up with blinds about to go 100-200k

Appears to be running well/winning showdowns

Iqbal is is as unflappable as a penguin without arms

i like to win.

+ if i win i also win the MONEY

Say first dude is shoving 22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,A7o+,KTo+

second dude calling (bizarrely) 55+,A7s+,K9s+,QTs+,JTs,A8o+,KJo+

Q7o is about 23% vs those ranges.

So he needs just over 3:1 pot odds to call to make it +cEV

Cut and paste from page 17....
I'm obviously not on the final table but if I were I may think different.  But if we all thought about the odds when playing and didn't take a chance, you wouldn't have as many amateurs winning.

Plus poker isn't a team sport it's a game played the individual so glory does come into it.. I've read many interviews where players have said it's not just about the money it's proving they are the best.  Why wouldn't you want to be considered the best at a game that you play and take seriously.  

Also an overall winner will win more then the £210k they will more then like get some sort of sponsorship deal allowing them to either freeroll or gain some sort of benefit in other tournaments, it'll also open you up to a wider community of your peers by you garnering respect from them for your win..

I'm a gambling man, if you consider this foolish that is your opinion not mine..  

P.S.  Love the way Competitive mentioned standing up to pee..  ;D

Money + wins = good times!

Mickey k May official stars photographer (close friend and wife of legend Jesse May) posted without permission  but pretty sure it will be alright  ;hattip;

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Another unsung hero of these things

"Old School" ftw

Baguley 455,000 on the button at 100-200k

Ahmed 1.25m in the big blind

Baguley calls

 Jd Qc Jc

Ahmed leads for 1.3m

Baguley fold


The pendulum begins to swing again

Thought you were down with the kids kenneth? All the time you spend with aaron i thought he was teaching you a thing or two!

maths smaths,

it the business end of a biggie, he's got the momentum going & can afford to gamble with a portion of his stack...sends out a strong message that he ain't afeared bout bein the next man out,

superb updates as always tighty

wp all

If I ever start firing blanks lildave I would like you to jump in as a donor. You are right up there with beer and sweets on my scale of good things



And obv anyone else looking for a donor with a decent track record.... Julian Thew everyone

There's more to it than pot odds. It's not a cash game where win or lose it is just one of a continuous stream of hands against these players. He has a possibility of killing off two players on the FT. Apart from the chips, he can lock up a bunch more cash and move two places closer to the big prize, at little risk to his stack.

Yeah he is, but not anything related to poker  ;ashamed;

+1 to this,ive loved the coverage,and you guys seem a great bunch :)

Sat here trying to complete a maths assignment thats due in at 12 midnight. But my real cut of point is 9pm so i can get down to d2d, im just trying to read some nice friendly updates! Dont need more maths thrown at me!

What does Ruth think?

I often think the guests figures are over exaggerated as i for one know ii often view the updates without logging into my actual account!

Been a distinct lack of ruth updates today!

Yes, Ruth pics.....

Seen as though you like math so much here's a question, stolen from Khao's wall on FB..

There's  a red clock and a blue clock. The Red clock doesnt run at all. The Blue clock loses 1 second every 24 hrs. Which one is more accurate?

plz no stove/maths talk on here take it to the learning boards

My apologies, couldn't help myself....  :)

i always level myself with riddles so im just going to plump for the answer i thought of straight away Red clock as it is right twice a day were as the blue clock is accurate at the start and then not again for about another 118 years or something like that... if ive got the kist of this!

Bloody hell it's stuck in my throat Patrick but great quote. No idea how to prove it but agree with you whole heartedly :)

Thats great with me!

You've heard this one before....

Ruth not here I am afraid. I was gutted. Haven't seen Ruth before this weekend I don't think.


Internet down at DTD, so took a while to switch to a back up, apologies

Did you ask her to sign up for blonde? your not a man to miss a trick like that!

whatever happened to the picture of vicky corens ring.? lol. gl hu to the two left

first post in 3 years on here,i played this comp and was wondering why only 15 000 chips to start,your main event is moving up to 30 and world main event 30,thanks

It's over


Baguley won 2 successive 1m+ pots,, limp pre, Baguley bet flop/call, Ahmed check/fold turn

Baguley then 450,000 on the button

Ahmed shoved 7m big blind

Call

Baguley A-10o

Ahmed J-7o

10-4-6-6-K


Iqbal Ahmed out 2nd winning £125,000



and the UKIPT Nottingham 2012 Champion is Robert Baguley winning £210,000


as the applause dies down, the voice of Danny Bell comes over the PA

"Seat for Robert Baguley in the £15 freezeout, seat for Robert Baguley"

Oh tighty I have a pearler that the wife took the other day for me to show the doctor. Think I might just let it go this time and avoid a ban

Congrats!

Cos 15 is plenty and 30 would turn it into a month long event

Great story. Played with the winner a few times. Just goes to show anyone can win at poker.

Wp all great effort from Pokerstars Dtd and Blonde

 ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

So we're done

Pictures coming shortly

Robert is local, recently lost his pub business (a decision of the chain who owns it, I gather) and his only plan with the money so far is to go on holiday to Cornwall with his wife

Many congratulations to him, all who cashed, all who played, DTD and Stars. Great six days all round

Congrats to Robert.

Well played to all involved and poker, DTD winners all round

Tighty, you must be disappointed it's ended so soon - I though you were just getting warmed up.

lol. not bitter at all are you george?

Just in time, as now off for some pub poker....


... This time next year Rodney.....

This

Robert!

You little beauty thanks for bring home the title to the OVER 35 camp :)

One lovely vegas dinner waits for lil dave this summer on our very own Rick Trigg.

Congrats.

Ahmed looked like he played a great game all the way through as well - still a nicccce lil payday for him wp to everyone who didn't spack their stack of in level 4  ;whistle;

Congratulations to both in what has turned out to be a fantastic run/organised tournament but over the moon for Mr Baguley. Goes to show it isnt all about youth and aggression!!!

Final few words to go out to Richard tighty Prew. Many many thanks for the great reporting. Been with u all the way. One does appreciate the time and committment that your good self puts in!!!!  ;thankyou;

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=157893

What an addition to his Hendon Mob!

Great to see one of the short stacks at start of day take it down......always good for the game!

WP all!

Congratulations :) Fantastic result and pay day :)

Is this the same Robert Baguley whos last cash at DTD was Nov 2011 for £74?!?! Not hating, FAR from it.

Well done tighty and DTD, wooooooooooooow!!!! Balls of steel and brilliantly executed

Job well done Rich, Excellent stuff
Thanks also to Alex for running the sweepstake

Beat me to it :)

Awesome event, great updates, congrats to all finalists. Same time next year for the £2m gte?

Says a man who proves his point :)
When is it our turn to prove how bad we are George. :(

Good luck to Robert and Iqbal and Ty for the thrilling final.

Don't forget a drink for the staff.     ;)


Edit : you get flags for £15 comps???? Sod paying £770 in future just to get em

Congrats to all the final tablists and thoroughly enjoyed the updates.
Will be back again to check out the rest of the forum as i,m one of the newbies who signed up  to follow this event
MP

Wat is all this maths shit. it's live poker. fiddy fiddy win or you don't.

if you do win it's a good call. if you lose your bad simples.


More valet updates imo

This in DTD new two tier seating system were the stack the tables and players on top of each other and have 1000 runners each starting day

fantastic event great blogging Tighty thank you

DTD just need to take over the old nightclub next door, build a walkway between them from the current smoking area. And just use it for massive events so they can field 1.5k runners with ease.

gowan Rob you know you want to :p


 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

congrats on the superb coverage over the last 10 days enjoy your break see you for the 500 at dtd

Treble the buyin, reduce starting stack and half the clock next time please

Fantastic event, fantastic updates!!

Would also like to say a massive well done to everyone at DTD and stars for running such a great tournament. Just hope next year run a bit deeper :)

Congrats to everyone that cashed and to all the finalists and winner!

Great Updates Tighty

Well done to Robert for winning

If only I could beat 38 more........

Like ;)

For once i agree with both IT

Start at level 100/200 as well the first two levels are boring The third level is were you bust imo!

cograts to all that cashed nice to see no deals where done and grets blogging m8 well in down there sunday for the grand prix so hope to c some of u down there

Richard prew, fantastic blogging! I didn't even read the stars blog, blonde is way better!
Well done to the FT players. Not too jealous...much. Maybe run better on day 3 next year! £5m gtd joint EPT/UKIPT grand final yesssssss!!!!

Sorry genuinley didn't mean it come across that way

The winner


Robert Baguley

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Great tournament, great updates! Well done all those involved and especially Tighty ;topman;

Right all that remains is to wrap up.

Thank you to PokerStars and DTD for allowing me in to blog this

To the Stars bloggers and Jen for their assistance.

To everyone on here for their support. I don't intend doing 6 day updates solo again for a little while. However, it needed doing, it couldn't NOT be blogged on here, so I am pleased to have done it.

and, before I resemble Gwyneth Paltrow at the oscars...


The next blonde update will be with Caroline Cove, the DTD Grand Prix the weekend after next.

For now, thank you and Good night.

congratulations to all involved especially  Robert Baguley winning £210,000

Why?

so you can win 3x the money in 1/3 of the time obv :P

Sure would get 1650 runners

Congrats to all the final table
Absolutely epic blog to manage 6 days is unbelievable !!



Roll on next year

top updates for the last 6 days well done 2h 2s 2d 2c 2c

Thank you Tighty, Great updates and a very enjoyable weekend on the virtual rail!

Part hotel, part poker floor ftw!

remember the black guy from happy gilmore with the giant comic fake hand....

is the sectet to binkage worldy limbs?!

That's the hi roller you've described surely? This event was about getting a jokes amount of runners.

Imo bring the antes in earlier.

20k stack

50/100 100/200 100/200/25 !

dubai is joking obv George :D

he aint

Just got home from work and read this from start to finish now.  Great updates, cheers Tighty.  Loving the Q7.  Also loving Ruth obv.....

Well played the winner, was on my table for 9 hours yo-yoing like a whores knickers, when I saw 14/1 being offered at the final table thought I should have a punt as I dont buy it that pros or big hitters have much of an edge late on. And so it was proved. Conincidentally the winner last year came from the same starting table as this years winner, one I shared with both winners.

Echo that  ;applause; ;applause;

Wp all the finalists!!

Nah was messing- obviously would be a better comp but wouldn't get same amount of runners. Market speaks volumes, the fact that huge fields, slow structures and small buyins don't suit me is irrelevant- il happily donate to a well run event. Good job done all round by Dtd and the updates

Brilliant effort Rich - well done - great read from start to finish - although some parts had me in bits.

Disappointed no pic of Ms Corens ring - I did ask for a pic just to see how big the sparkler was but realise now that it could have been misconstrued as a being asked for in a professional capacity.....

That not withstanding I guess that these updates have almost certainly spurred us all on to try and get a seat next time.

I played with the winner for most of Day2 and no he didnt have the youth, but he certainly did have the aggression.
He played fearlessly for a low stake regular and that for me was the key.
Ive only just caught up with the updates and when I saw that 14/1 quote earlier this evening I thought if only Id checked last night....grrrr!
Wd to the winner and vwd to all involved making it a superb event.

yeh i got similar results on near identical ranges. I was probably a little hasty in my first look. He probably needs like 29% getting 2.33/1 here, interestingly (or not) 9Ts would be a mandatory call.

Just finished reading the updates.... Tighty you are an absolute star.Superb effort - There are none who are your equal.  Congrats to those who made th money and especially the final table..........epic!

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Robert Baguley has beaten Iqbal Ahmed heads up to win UKIPT Nottingham, taking home £210,400 – the biggest prize awarded at a UKIPT Main Event. Baguley, 60, is a retired landlord from Leicestershire who plays at host venue Dusk Till Dawn regularly – although usually for a maximum of £20! He qualified via a £100 live satellite and has overcome tough opposition after four long days of tournament poker.

All three starting flights at Dusk Till Dawn filled the club to capacity, with a total of 1,625 entrants creating a prizepool of £1,137,500 – the largest live field ever at a PokerStars sponsored event, £1m Guaranteed by DTD themselves.

Click here to view the full list of all 207 paid positions and their prizes.

Visit ukipt.com for player lists, gallery and finalist player profiles.

Baguley started the final table second to last in chips, while with more than three times his stack Iqbal Ahmed looked unstoppable. He had been in first place in the chip rankings since Day 2. After a dramatic fall-and-comeback combination, during the latter part of which he eliminated four players in quick succession, Ahmed started the heads up back with a 2:1 lead. Baguley, however, took down every key pot thereafter until finally eliminating the professional online player after just four levels of play at the final table.

Even Ahmed’s £125,000 runner-up prize surpasses Gareth Walker’s first place money here last year, the final table in total awarding £676,450.

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Very well done to all the final tablists, and a great blog tighty. Really enjoyed reading since i came home.

Tighty excellent work once more, great updates, shame I could not have pushed on even further but hey may be next time.  Would like to thank all for their support, looking forward to next tourn.