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A very creditable 204 players began at 5pm yesterday and at 3pm today 35 return to fight over the £30,600 prize pool here at DTD

They are as follows

Daniel Copeland    11    2    458500
Luke Bayliss    13    3    401500
Matt Russell    11    9    307500
Marcel Ligac    23    8    303000
Nilufer Gunay    14    8    260000
Heidi Myhal    11    1    239000
Christopher Murtagh    11    3    238500
Nicholas Mc Evoy    13    9    234000
Mat Jones    12    1    224500
Ben Jackson    14    4    216500
Shaun Hibbert    11    6    210500
Chris Lewis    13    4    208000
Daniel Ward    13    6    203000
Karl Whinkless    14    2    200500
Frank Flanagan    14    7    163000
Robert Baguley    23    6    160000
Mark C Smith    23    5    159500
Ryan Omahony    13    5    156500
Joe Oliver    12    3    142000
Imran Mckenzie    12    2    140500
Garry Hallows    13    8    135500
Benjamin Sweetman    23    9    131500
John Fake    12    8    131000
Matthew Cartwright    12    9    129000
Waheed Ashraf    12    5    106500
Raj Dhiri    14    6    101000
Sean Randall    23    4    99000
Jason Holland    11    4    97000
Jose Pena    23    7    95000
Thomas Busst    12    7    94000
Mike Dao    12    4    90500
Roger Wright    11    5    88500
Jav Javed    13    2    76500
Ray Mackintosh    23    1    59500
Akhil Avasthy    14    3    58500


blinds resume at 2,000-4,000

Payouts as follows

1    -    £9,945
2    -    £5,814
3    -    £3,488
4    -    £2,448
5    -    £1,836
6    -    £1,377
7    -    £1,071
8    -    £765
9    -    £612
10    -    £428
11    -    £428
12    -    £428
13    -    £428
14    -    £306
15    -    £306
16    -    £306
17    -    £306
18    -    £306

It's a good field

blonde favourite Matt Russell broke the habit of a lifetime and kept a stack through to day 2

Dan Copeland is the chip leader

UKIPT Nottingham winner Robert Baguley has chips

Birmingham wunderkind Ben Jackson in the mix

Dan Ward is due to do the business

Youngsters like Shaun Hibbert and Luke Bayliss have real game


Who is your pick?

GL to Mark "Brock5" Smith, Gary "Smokynuts" Hallows and "Bigpoppa" Avasthy !!!!!!!!

Dan Copeland to win it please. Gl

thanks vin

me and mark having this one (((hopefully))) needs hope and a little bit of luck any guessers on what time this finish i say about 11pm

GLGL Evil one.

Good luck to fellow blondes for day 2.

glglgl matt & also Luke bayliss.

Seating for today

11    1    Heidi Myhal
11    2    Daniel Copeland
11    3    Christopher Murtagh
11    4    Jason Holland
11    5    Roger Wright
11    6    Shaun Hibbert
11    7    Benjamin Sweetman
11    8    Jose Pena
11    9    Matt Russell

12    1    Mat Jones
12    2    Imran Mckenzie
12    3    Joe Oliver
12    4    Mike Dao
12    5    Waheed Ashraf
12    6    Marcel Ligac
12    7    Thomas Busst
12    8    John Fake
12    9    Matthew Cartwright

13    1    Mark C Smith
13    2    Jav Javed
13    3    Luke Bayliss
13    4    Chris Lewis
13    5    Ryan Omahony
13    6    Daniel Ward
13    8    Garry Hallows
13    9    Nicholas Mc Evoy

14    1    Sean Randall
14    2    Karl Whinkless
14    3    Akhil Avasthy
14    4    Ben Jackson
14    5    Ray Mackintosh
14    6    Raj Dhiri
14    7    Frank Flanagan
14    8    Nilufer Gunay
14    9    Robert Baguley

updates on sky poker's Luke Bayliss please aka Sam's brother.

Start in 10 minutes

If anyone wants to stop watching the tennis

Go on Matt. Do it for the donks.

Missing in action, playing it cool...

Matt Russell's seat

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VVo1ShVYrQ4/T_mTkfgX7sI/AAAAAAAAaYE/ddYaeejjyU0/s512/IMG_0957.JPG)

Akhil "bigpoppa" Avasthy

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b2A_CNssDVo/T_mTYqQi7II/AAAAAAAAaXE/TqB_EDcqEtI/s512/IMG_0949.JPG)

Dan Ward

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6qMAdPbwW2Y/T_mTbcjyF-I/AAAAAAAAaXM/ADCyLD6uX04/s512/IMG_0950.JPG)

Luke Baylis

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Zx3IPIeJ_8M/T_mTeUlniSI/AAAAAAAAaXc/ZfSiW999hS8/s512/IMG_0952.JPG)

Matt Cartwright

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zJd7_9qvyQA/T_mTlK4m07I/AAAAAAAAaYM/gH31npVrpHI/s512/IMG_0958.JPG)

Dan Copeland from Norfolk, overnight chip leader

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WN_1A638hPc/T_mTil3aBfI/AAAAAAAAaX4/fWclVigMCEU/s512/IMG_0956.JPG)

Ben Sweetman sweating a Federer bet.....

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pGVYM9z07Sc/T_mThx6aD-I/AAAAAAAAaXw/-p63_zMHdf4/s512/IMG_0955.JPG)

Petrolhead Garry Hallows from Sheffield

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vBFe8UmgCeo/T_mTdCCXc_I/AAAAAAAAaXU/2zDlVx4bt2g/s512/IMG_0951.JPG)

The ever dangerous Wadey Ashraf

Chinese Frankie offered Wadey 7-1 Murray at 4-4 first set. Wadey took it, I gather....

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--QVmSOk2luA/T_mTfGZ80fI/AAAAAAAAaXk/LhwgCmN8b6k/s512/IMG_0953.JPG)

Shaun Hibbert

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dBOhysFRL9c/T_mThTo7KBI/AAAAAAAAaXs/AbMMNg5JBdY/s512/IMG_0954.JPG)

Nilufer Gunay

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vWKJx5nE8Lk/T_mTWluIYUI/AAAAAAAAaW8/cxFlCqNbXSE/s512/IMG_0948.JPG)

Haha Shaun is alot older than you would think! We talked strategy before yesterday and he stuck to the game plan and he's a real contender. Goooo horsey!!!!

Goodluck this man. Please get 2nd. Thanks.

A slow start, with only one player eliminated, that being Jason Holland



Seen two sizeable pots

Heidi Myhal check called Q-10-J-7 against Shaun Hibbert

She then check raised the 5 river. No flushes possible

Hibbert called with A-A and was good


---

Ryan O'Mahoney opened to 13,000 in the cut off at 2500-5000

Daniel Ward called on the button

Garry Hallows called in the small blind

 5c Kd Th was checked through

 3h saw Ward call 19,000 from O'Mahoney

 4s saw Ward call 42,000 from O'Mahoney with  Ac Ts which was good against  7h 7d

Chris Lewis and Ryan O'Mahoney

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9lOfnTQrBfM/T_mZYCQWvwI/AAAAAAAAaYY/FqaIW1jn3Vo/s720/IMG_0961.JPG)

Chris Murtagh

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IASBXV67bjc/T_mZY4TV3AI/AAAAAAAAaYc/3JgAyWa0d0M/s512/IMG_0962.JPG)

Heidi Myhal

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nId-xiDkiD4/T_mZZnKV_yI/AAAAAAAAaYk/hc-K8bOOjxM/s512/IMG_0963.JPG)

Raj Dhiri and Frank Flanagan

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xTYN3e7oxCs/T_mZaQmn3NI/AAAAAAAAaYs/NZI6mZftix8/s720/IMG_0964.JPG)

He's here, Matt Russell

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-308XIEHagOU/T_maDKhQsOI/AAAAAAAAaY4/MooiAOwLBCw/s512/IMG_0959.JPG)

and UKIPT Champ Robert Baguley

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-52dWE7UQDtk/T_maE7U275I/AAAAAAAAaZA/bK4grrfsQ9w/s512/IMG_0960.JPG)

Gl Ryan O"Mahoney and Dan Copeland who ran like Usain Bolt yesterday. Also Umar Khan, good work Tighty

chip race break after the first level today

We've lost three, the latest being Akhil Avasthy who shoved his last 50,000 at 2-5k unopened from the small blind into Dan Ward in the big

Ward calls with A-5, held against 7-6 on Q-K-3-J-3

32 left

Ben Jackson arrived after the first level

"overslept?" I enquired

a sheepish smile, and a cheeky nod...confirmed I wasn't too far off

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZOas3cwUiuA/T_mcKBZ-auI/AAAAAAAAaZI/GY5674ZY-Zw/s512/IMG_0965.JPG)

the state of play, with blinds going three-six and average a smidge under 200,000

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SuM23sisQ1U/T_mcfEXwILI/AAAAAAAAaZQ/PV9Ni-Bb-Uk/s800/IMG_0966.JPG)

Dan Ward up to 280,000


Meanwhile...

Matt Russell raises to 10,000 with A-J

Copeland makes it 27,000

Russell flats

A-6-6 flop

Russell check calls 40,000

check check on an 8 turn

J on the river, Russell bets 40,000 called by A-Q

Russell up to 400,000.....

Ben Jackson opens to 14,000

Frank Flanagan calls on the button

they both check  6h 8c 4d 8h

Jackson leads for 37,000 on the  5h river

Flanagan makes it 94,000

Instant call by Jackson with  Ahrt 9h

Flanagan though shows  5s 5c for the rivered house to win the pot

Lookalike of the day

Imran McKenzie

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-luYKLvuHmk0/T_mh7SbKE4I/AAAAAAAAaZc/80zLCIBt7FE/s512/IMG_0968.JPG)

Brodus Clay

(http://brodus-hq.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001.jpg)

Chris Murtagh opens to 12,000

Ben Sweetman 3 bets to 31,000

call

 Ks 9d Ts

check check

turn  2c

Murtagh 34,000

Sweetman calls

river  6h

Murtagh shoves

I can only think Sweetman has put Murtagh on a flush draw, and he calls all in with  9h 7h

Murtagh  Js 9s wins the pot and knocks Sweetman out

Gl Imran due a nice cash

Robert Baguley raises A-9o UTG

Raj Dhiri button shoves a shortstack with K-Q

Call

2-J-9-2-9 knocks Dhiri out

----

Jav Javed 3 bet shoves 10-10 over a Mark C Smith open with A-J, called

2-2-4-K-8 doubles Javed up

--

Shaun Hibbert opens K-K

Heidi Myhal finds 10-10 in nthe big blind and shoves under 100,000

call

J-J-A-6-8 knocks her out in 30th place

Somebody call his momma!!

One limper, then Karl Whinkless raises

Matt Russell calls on the button, bringing the limper along

flop   Tc Jc Qc

checked to Russell who bets 17,000

Whinkless calls

check check on the  3h turn

Whinkless leads 21,000 on the  4d river

Russell makes it 68,000

Whinkless thinks and makes it 145,000

Russell folds

Whinkless shows...... Ac Kc for the flopped Royal Flush

What a life!

Sick flop

Ben Jackson shoves a well below average stack in the cut off

Frank Flanagan all in in the small blind

Nilufer Gunay in the big blind is just covered....ALL IN!!

Jackson the gamble-tastic  8s 7s

Flanagan  Qh Qc

Gunay  Ac Kh


 8h 6d 5d

"oooh"

 4s

"ooooooooooooooh" say the rail

Jackson is blessed, huh?

river  7s


chop, chop, chop!

Jose Pena raises

Marcel Ligac 3 bets the big

Pena calls

9-J-J

Ligac checks

Pena shoves

Ligac thinks and thinks and calls for around 60% of his stack with A-Kss

Pena 10-10

tens hold, Pena doubles

Ben Jackson shoves again, this time Matt Russell accomodates him

Jackson A-Q

Russell A-J

Jack on the flop knocks Jackson out 26th

Russell back over 300,000 at 4-8k after his bluffing into Royal Flush adventures

Chris Murtagh raises

Marcel Ligac calls in position

Nilufer Gunay calls in the small blind

8-8-7 flop

checked to Murtagh who bets 55,000 into 65,000

Ligac passes

Gunay c-raise all in for around 150,000

Instant call, Murtagh says "I have an eight" and shows J-8 suited

Gunay though has flopped the world with 7-7 and doubles up

More importantly, severe thunderstorm outside has knocked out the satellite signal!

No tennis final in here for the moment.....

Two more exits

Luke Baylis raises in mid position

Short-stack Roger Wright shoves on the button

Baylis calls with J8cc

Wright KQo

5-Q-8-8-4

---


Wadey Ahsraf shoves 120,000 at 5-10k

Mat Jones reshoves on the button

Ashraf 8-7dd

Jones A-Jo

10-A-K-4-9



21 left, 18 paid

Today's exits

22    Waheed Ashraf
23     Roger Wright
24    Chris Lewis
25    Shaun Hibbert
26    Ben Jackson
27    Ray Mackintosh
28    Raj Dhiri
29    Matthew Cartwright
30    Heidi Myhal
31    Benjamin Sweetman
32    Akhil Avasthy
33    Thomas Busst
34    Ryan Omahony
35    Jason Holland

Luke Baylis opens

Nicholas McEvoy 3 bets the msall blind

Baylis calls

McEvoy leads for 55,000 on  4s 7s 5h

Baylis makes it 300,000 covering McEvoy

Mcevoy thinks for several minutes

He arranges that if he folds, Baylis will show, for a £10 note

Eventually McEvoy folds  Ts Th face up

Baylis shows   Aspades 9s

Break

20 left

blinds go 6000-12000

average is 306,000


Who's left and their chip counts

12    1    Mat Jones 700,000
12    2    Imran Mckenzie 125,000
12    4    Mike Dao 200,000
12    7    Daniel Copeland 400,000
12    8    John Fake 150,000
12    9    Jose Pena 175,000

13    1    Mark C Smith 350,000
13    2    Jav Javed 125,000
13    3    Luke Bayliss 550,000
13    4    Sean Randall 150,000
13    6    Daniel Ward 300,000
13    8    Garry Hallows 350,000
13    9    Nicholas Mc Evoy 200,000

14    2    Karl Whinkless 450,000
14    3    Christopher Murtagh 250,000
14    4    Marcel Ligac 200,000
14    6    Matt Russell 300,000
14    7    Frank Flanagan 350,000
14    8    Nilufer Gunay 500,000
14    9    Robert Baguley 400,000


18 paid a minimum of £306

Jose Pena opens to 25,000

Mat Jones 50,000 on the button

Imran McKenzie all in 130,000 small blind

Pena passes, agonised, 10-10

Jones calls K-K

McKenzie A-A

J-8-3-6-J more than doubles up McKenzie

Sigh just lost a 270k pot AA v J9 all in pre.

Chris Murtagh opens, Frank Flanagan calls in the small blind

Flanagan open shoves 8-9-3 with J-10

called by A-A

5 turn

9 river

Frank Flanagan out 20th and we are on the bubble

Daniel Ward opens UTG, Sean Randall calls in the big

A-10-3 ccc flop

Randall leads for 30,000

Ward shoves for 150,000

Randall calls off most of his tack with Jc10s

Ward As9h

8h turn

4d river


Ward doubles to over 300,000 again

gud up dates there buddy

Shortstack John Fake shoves A-8

Mike Dao calls with A-K, holds and knocks Fake out on the bubble


18 left, and we are in the cash

1    -    £9,945
2    -    £5,814
3    -    £3,488
4    -    £2,448
5    -    £1,836
6    -    £1,377
7    -    £1,071
8    -    £765
9    -    £612
10    -    £428
11    -    £428
12    -    £428
13    -    £428
14    -    £306
15    -    £306
16    -    £306
17    -    £306
18    -    £306

Luke Baylis opens

Nicholas McEvoy jams for 229,000

Baylis calls from a 550,000 stack with J-J

McEvoy 10-10

10 on the river doubles McEvoy up

Meanwhile Matt Russell has just picked up what he says is his second pair of the day, K-K this time

The first time any of his raises have met no action, he tells me

He has about 220,000 with blinds going 8-16k now, average 340,000

He's had more than his share of big pairs lately.

Marcel Ligac open shoves the button for 150,000 at 6-12k

Sean Randall calls all in in the small blind

Ligac 5-3 sooooooooted

Randall K-Jo

A-9-6-5-6

Sean Randall out 18th

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2j9fzpnuWDk/T_nMMmIUhzI/AAAAAAAAaaI/piPKSQ-UAMk/s512/IMG_0973.JPG)

Shortstack Jose Pena shoves A-8 running into Dan Copeland with A-K in the blinds

2-J-10-6-2 board Eliminates Pena in 17th

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JGz_BlmECas/T_nMWyICo0I/AAAAAAAAabs/2O7e54HzF0U/s512/IMG_0986.JPG)

As the blinds go 10-20k

Jav Javed open shoves 340,000 in mid position with A-J

Luke Baylis reshoves for about 400,000 with A-K

The board runs out J-10-2-A-2 to give Javed a huge double up through an unfortunate Baylis

Big pot alert, big pot alert

Matt Russell alert.


If anyone is watching :-)

 :)up

Mark Smith 40,000 UTG

Marcel Ligac shove 250,000 in the small blind

Matt Russell shove 250,000 big blind

Smith, playing 500,000

Folds

Jacks

Ligac Q-Q

Russell K-K

9-6-8-8-8

Marcel Ligac out 16th

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OMHXDStmETo/T_nMKWlfueI/AAAAAAAAaaA/LqnGKiBnPXo/s512/IMG_0972.JPG)


Matt Russell up to 570,000 and an above average stack for the first time in hours

Nicholas McEvoy opens

Dan Ward 3 bets

McEvoy 4 bet shoves covering Ward

Ward calls with A-Q

McEvoy A-10hh

flop comes 10 high, two hearts

Ward is drawing to non heart Queens, misses and is out 15th

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zlveqaMmQaY/T_nMSNE_eTI/AAAAAAAAaa8/qNkf2gEUJ7k/s512/IMG_0980.JPG)

 ;cheerleader;

Chris Murtagh raises, Garry Hallows shoves and Call

Murtagh J-J

Hallows A-Q

Off the the races and the pair holds to knock Garry Hallows out 14th

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-25M4aQdjj8s/T_nMCe9cS2I/AAAAAAAAaZo/rXHXItLP1tQ/s512/IMG_0969.JPG)

chip counts for Daniel Copeland and Imran Mckenzie please tighty, ty

Daniel Copeland raises

Imran McKenzie shoves his last 100,000 with A-K

Copeland calls with 10-10

6-4-A-K-9

Copeland still has 500,000

McKenzie doubles up

Keep up the good work tighty. Great value comp!! Aspades

nice timing, ty

Break with 11 left

blinds go 12-24k

Average 500,000


12    1    Mat Jones 600,000
12    2    Imran Mckenzie 200,000
12    4    Mike Dao 100,000
12    5    Jav Javed 600,000
12    6    Luke Bayliss 320,000
12    7    Daniel Copeland 390,000
12    8    Nicholas Mc Evoy 800,000

14    2    Karl Whinkless 350,000
14    3    Christopher Murtagh 1,200,000
14    6    Matt Russell 300,000
14    8    Nilufer Gunay 290,000
14    9    Robert Baguley 420,000

Just before the break Matt Russell opened

mark Smith jammed

Chris Murtagh in the big blind rejammed

Russell passed

Smith 5-5

Murtagh A-A

J-J-8-7-4

Mark Smith was out 12th

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2DXYlsDPAwc/T_nMN87rQYI/AAAAAAAAaaU/k5ce8BaA8T4/s512/IMG_0975.JPG)

and that must be the 7th or 8th time Russell has opened to be met with a jam which he can't call...hence the slide down the chip counts

Good Luck Matt!

Mike Dao doubles up three times after the break, each time his opponent is priced in to call, each time their are dominated

Dao up to nearly 200,000

Still 12 left

then Dao gets unlucky

All in shove 10-10

call Dan Copeland A-10

Ace on the flop to knock Mike Dao out 12th

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aSXOzbqqPec/T_nMRIvB5cI/AAAAAAAAaa0/97tbug69T_c/s512/IMG_0979.JPG)

Two exits simultaneously

on a  7d Js 2h 8h board

big blind Jav Javed leads

Dan Copeland shoves

Javed long think and calls for all bar a small part of his stack with  9h 7h

He is in great shape against  Ks Qd and holds

Dan Copeland out 11th

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A03JLtYaHuo/T_nMUw5uDYI/AAAAAAAAabg/8bK100GSG9c/s512/IMG_0984.JPG)

Robert Baguley 50,000 UTG

Nicholas McEvoy 150,000 on the button

Nilufer Gunay gives it the mother of all dwells, with running commentary and folds AK

Baguley shoves 315,000 A-A

McEvoy priced in calls 3-3

Q-5-J-9-3


Robert Baguley out 10th

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B5CS2GDb47k/T_nMPIhLqRI/AAAAAAAAaak/z7U5LeGqxb0/s512/IMG_0977.JPG)

Onto the 9 handed final

1    -    £9,945
2    -    £5,814
3    -    £3,488
4    -    £2,448
5    -    £1,836
6    -    £1,377
7    -    £1,071
8    -    £765
9    -    £612


ICM Deals permitted

There may be Caribbean CPP Golden Chips here too. If those players deal, they lose the Golden Chip if they win

We'll see how it plays out

13    1    Mat Jones
13    2    Luke Bayliss
13    3    Matt Russell
13    4    Nicholas Mc Evoy
13    5    Karl Whinkless
13    6    Imran Mckenzie
13    7    Jav Javed
13    8    Christopher Murtagh
13    9    Nilufer Gunay

great updates Tighty :)

does the stream start now or is it 8 handed??

Mat Jones

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5JUN-_SglxQ/T_nMS-emUMI/AAAAAAAAabE/iygMve0VaiU/s512/IMG_0981.JPG)


Luke Baylis

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9lG80jmLF0E/T_nMUUS0EJI/AAAAAAAAabU/ec8sZQTKOKo/s512/IMG_0983.JPG)


Matt Russell

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S9rdbpDris0/T_nMNEco2MI/AAAAAAAAaaM/s3CA6WUf36o/s512/IMG_0974.JPG)

are deals being allowed again???
i thought it was a no deal policy on guaranteed tournys?

Nicholas McEvoy

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zE7F_FTvoWo/T_nMV9YXjlI/AAAAAAAAabk/duH4dZv2_O4/s512/IMG_0985.JPG)


Karl Whinkless

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d9vTETn3Tz0/T_nMDPIMd0I/AAAAAAAAaZs/n8fMpDN6rBM/s512/IMG_0970.JPG)


Imran McKenzie

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y9Vi3c73r-s/T_nMTsI4AUI/AAAAAAAAabM/O11k4Z4ME7Y/s512/IMG_0982.JPG)

Jav Javed

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N_GvAgyANUY/T_nMQs8_cWI/AAAAAAAAaaw/W28BH6u8buA/s512/IMG_0978.JPG)


Nilufer Gunay

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Chris Murtagh

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8 handed, if there is one

you can deal if under £50k

I thought they were permitted on <£50k comps

I could be wrong.

blinds are 15-30k

shorties are Russell, Jones and Gunay wqith about 300,000 each

Murtagh chip leader 1.4m



there is a break and a live stream on the next exit

I'll be reporting as it happens, so for no spoilers don't check the updates if you are watching the stream

only know about half the final, Matt has to be one of the stronger players there.

gl evil

Imran McKenzie doubles, button shove 225,000 with A-3o

Murtagh calls big blind Q-10o

K-J-4 for the sweat  3-6 to double him up

He'd definitely be favourite if it was arm-wrestling.

Matt Russell opens to 65,000

Karl Whinkless shove 600,000

big blind Mat Jones shove 450,000

Russell....folds


Whinkless Q-Q

Jones J-J

8-10-J-7-8

Its a hard game sometimes, Whinkless left with 5x bb

Whinkless several uncalled shoves and a double taking him to 387,000


Russell shoves 320,000 UTG

Whinkless shoves UTG+2


Murtagh makes an astonishing fold, considering he is playing over 1m

He folds Queens, and tells the table he's folded them, and I saw them



Immense the things you see in this gig sometimes


Russell 5-5

Whinkless A-K

3-10-A-J-K


Matt Russell is out 9th

ul matt

blinds are about to go 20,000-40,000


Jones 806,000

Bayliss 448,000

McEvoy 1,007,000

Whinkless 725,000

McKenzie 721,000

Javed 590,000

Murtagh 1,452,000

Gunay 373,000

In the first skirmish of the final Murtagh to 85,000...McEvoy to 310,000 on the button...Murtagh folds


anyone watching the stream?

Folded to Bayliss in the small blind with 330,000 left he shoves into McEvoy

who calls with A-6o

Bayliss 4-2ss

10-3-3-5-3

Luke Bayliss finishes 8th

yes to stream

made home without getting wet

ops carnt do both stream and forum as you in front

just opened it up

Good run Garry, wp mate.

notcing much on the stream?

McEvoy is chip leader ahead of Murtagh

these two well clear of the rest and blinds about to go 25-50k


I'll go delayed if it helps

thanks could done better at end but hey thats poker i did right thing just dident win was  Js Js against my  Ad Qs no hit for me

its ok tighty thanks for updates

Rich, if u need to know their holding cards on a particular hand I will fill in the gaps for u if u like.

ok


Jav Javed just shoved 320,000 at the new blind level

Nick McEvoy called in the big blind

Javed A-9o

McEvoy A-2ss

Q-J-7s-3s-9s

Jav Javed out 7th

Just watched that hand to give u some idea of the delay on the live stream

Nick McEvoy opens to 140,000

Imran McKenzie all in 440,000 on the button

McEvoy getting over 2.5-1 on the call eventually does so

McEvoy  Kd 7d

McKenzie  Aspades Qs

 6d 6c 6s 5s 7s

We lose Imran McKenzie in 6th




5 handed McEvoy has half of the 6m chips in play. Topten to confirm chip counts.....

Nilufer Gunay shoves the button for 355,000

Mat Jones in the small blind calls from 550,000

McEvoy in the big folds K-Q

Gunay K-J

Jones 6-6

A-3-6-3-7

Nilufer Gunay out in 5th place

McEvoy. . . . . . 2,688,000

Murtagh. . . . . .1,575,000

Whinkless. . . . . 810,000

Jones. . . . . . . . 679,000

Gunay. . . . . . . . 380,000

8m time, a pot for over half the chips in play


Topten can update it for you so I don't spoil :-)

and then Whinkless shoves his ten big blinds, Ken, and is called.....

McEvoy opens on the button to 125k (blinds 25k/50k)
Murtagh on the BB 3bets to 375k
McEvoy then 4 bets to 900k
Murtagh then jams for 1.6m

Call, on their backs

McEvoy  Ks Qs Showing on live stream as  Ahrt Qs tho.

Murtagh  Ad Ahrt

Board runs out: 7h 6c Qd    9d    8h

Whinkless shoves the button for 910k with  Ahrt 2c

Murtagh the merciless in the SB calls with  Th Jh

Board runs out:  Ad Jc 7s    Tc    7c

 7c on the river for Whinkless couterfeits the turned 2 pair of Murtagh.

Blinds now 30k 60k with r/a of 10k

Chip counts:

Murtagh..........2,420,000

Whinkless........1,745,000

McEvoy...........1,240,000

Jones..............849,000

Murtagh utg opens to 180k with  Kh Ts

gets round to McEvoy in the SB who jams for just over 1m with  Tc Jc

Murtagh thinks, then passes.

McEvoy tables the  Tc Jc

McEvoy on the button raises to 200k with  4c 4d

Whinkles in the SB thinks with  Ac 8c but then passes.

BB passes.

VPIP STATS:

McEvoy.......33%
Murtagh......31%
Jones.........13%
Whinkless....13%

A long spell of open/3bet/pass ends when

Murtagh opens to 180,000 at 30-60k

McEvoy shoves, again

Murtagh calls this time with A-A

McEvoy 8-8

6-4-9-4-7

Nicholas McEvoy out 4th


Murtagh a monster chip leader

other 10% is tighty  :)up

Whinkless tanking with  2s 3c lol

Surely with his agressive play and now a youge chp lead, Murtagh is most certainly going to run over the remaining 2???

Murtagh applies the pressure constantly playing 4.5m v 1m v 500k

then he calls a 1m shove from Whinkless, with A-3

Up against A-J

J on the flop doubles Whinkless to 2m



Card dead ladderer Jones playing 500,000 with blinds about to go 40-80k after a short break....

Not sure on how the betting went but Murtagh must have shoved all in on the BB to an open bet from Jones on the button.

Murtagh  Js Qs

Jones (very short stack) had  Ahrt Tc according to the live stream again. Jones then tank folded?????

looks like a certain card or maybe 2 are not registering correctly, Surely Jones couldnt pass there if that hand was correct????

On a break on the live stream. Blinds 40k/80k when they return.

Current chip counts:

Murtagh.........3,940,000

Whinkless.......1,970,000

Jones..............315,000

Tighty. What's next weekend is it the same comp as this £150 and £30k gtd? Thought I read that somewhere

Same as this weekend Jason according to the website so yes mate.

Cheers ken

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Nothing to report as yet apart from Murtagh dominating the play.

Looks like Whinkless and Jones are on the same wavelength (hoping one or the other runs into Murtagh and gets eliminated) so they can ladder up yet again and claim the 2nd prize. Only one winner here!!!

Whinkless shoves and eventually we have a call, a confrontation

Yes!

Whinkless A-9

Murtagh A-10

k-k-10-q-k

karl whinkless finishes 3rd


Murtagh with 5.7m plays Jones with 400k Heads Up

Please don't take long

Heads Up is one hand

Murtagh button shoves Q-6dd

Jones, who has displayed one of the best examples of laddering I have seen for ages, finds A-A in the big blind


I manage a LOL. A bit too loud



8-2-Q-4-Q

Mat Jones finishes second

The winner

Chris Murtagh

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Whinkless makes up the small blind with  Ahrt Jc (can only think he is hoping for a raises from the BB, Murtagh, the chip leader so he can re-shove)

Anyway, Murtagh just checks.

Murtagh      Td 7c

Whinkless     Ahrt Jc

Flop  Th 6d 9h

Whinkless checks, Murtagh makes it 120k, Call from Whinkless

Turn  8h

So this leave Whinkless open ended and the nut flush draw but still checks to Murtagh who claims all in and Whinkless immediately passes.

Same comp same time next week


Next blonde live update is three weekend's time, days 2 and 3 of the Supersized Grand Prix with Caroline Cove

Next month we'll do the £200 £100k GTD and the £500 £500k GTD

All three should set our collective update pulses racing



For now, after one of the quietest live updates I can remember, goodnight.

Cheers Rich, well played.

great reporting as per usual.

Played with him on Day 1 kind of shocked when i saw he made it this far, similar plays were shown early doors as well ha. I guess its a different playing style :) He bust me on level 12 as well, after he was berating my play, good times :)

Well Done Chris it was a pleasure to be on the final table with you. Very well played !!

Well played Chris. Thought you had it in your grasp from about 2 tables out to be honest. Good solid performance.

Not too sure about the QQ fold though you big nit :D