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727 began, over two starting days, generating an incredible £218,100 prize pool

130 odd remain and today someone scoops the £44,304 first prize

From 2pm, coverage of the Final Day of the DTD New Year Special Deepstack

To the death. Of me probably

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So who has made it through?

From Day1a

Gordon Hannay    13    5    401000
Justin Devonport    36    2    383000
David Lloyd    14    5    367500
Paul Mallett    33    8    361500
Ian Roberts    13    7    330500
Ricky Cross    13    8    299500
Anonymous    12    5    297500
Richard Whiteley    12    9    279000
Dinarte Araujo De Sousa    14    6    273500
Athir Ali    14    8    272500
Paul Grummitt    33    1    262500
Neil Ryder    12    7    248500
Ian Barnett    33    6    240000
Adam Forsyth    14    4    228500
Mark Mccluskey    14    1    227500
Alex Clark    36    3    225000
Paul Haycock    13    3    218000
Thomas Myland    36    4    213500
Kevin Bloor    33    4    213500
Charlie Wates    13    9    198500
Barry Neville    13    6    197000
David Barraclough    36    1    188500
Julian Thew    33    5    183500
Anthony Martin    12    2    180000
Linton Reid    33    9    179500
Anonymous    13    4    169000
Carol Nichols    14    3    161000
James Ashton    13    2    158500
Mario Andreou    12    8    158000
Anonymous    14    2    149500
Caicai Huang    12    1    138000
Stephen Thompson    33    2    113500
John Smith    12    6    96500
Lee Cockroft    36    7    81500
Will Fairclough    14    7    75500
Richard Garner    12    4    47500
Graham Carter    36    9    45000
Gene Lam    36    5    39000
Wahid Patel    36    6    18000

From 1b

Nathan Farnaby    33    4    406500
Frank Flanagan    25    1    397000
Neil Whitby    25    8    372500
Hamid Toghyan    35    9    359000
Jake Sharpe    12    5    348500
Harprit Singh Gurnam    12    9    315000
Michael Fisher    23    9    285000
Robert Cowen    25    9    283000
Alan Taddei    11    5    282500
Mark Lane    33    8    281000
Renee Xie    12    1    276500
Giovanni Vaccarella    14    2    275000
Will Mitchell    36    7    270000
Mitchell Johnson    36    6    263500
Alli Mallu    37    8    233500
Vikrum Mehta    37    6    231000
John Sanders    13    9    227000
Barry Sedgwick    34    4    226500
Martyn Frey    14    7    223500
Glyn Cooke    23    8    222000
Martin Henderson    33    5    213500
Paul Smart    37    7    211000
Natsha Sandhu    36    5    205000
Stuart Hopkin    34    6    190500
Gary Orme    37    5    184500
Nick Wood    23    5    176000
Charlotte Godwin    25    6    173500
Timotheos Timotheou    36    2    171000
Ioannis Liperis    14    6    170000
David Williams    12    7    168500
Aaron Brunskill    14    3    167500
Niall Murray    12    6    167500
Will Ross-jones    14    1    167500
Ian Bosley    13    7    165000
James Clarke    37    4    165000
Stephen Pearce    23    4    161000
Robert Garfield    11    1    154500
Philip Mildon    25    4    154000
Mike Dao    13    3    152000
Stuart Brownson    11    3    150000
Kaveh Vossoughi    34    1    137500
David Bryan Johnstone    13    5    137500
Paul Zimbler    14    8    136500
Ramazanali Abbassi    35    6    131500
Michael Arnot    25    5    128500
Anthony Kirkham    34    7    128000
Mick Hardy    25    3    128000
Stuart Bell    14    5    125000
Simas Dargis    11    8    122500
Callum Mccuaig    35    7    122000
Gary Jones    36    8    121500
Christopher Rose    12    3    118500
Robert Burdett    35    5    115000
Nigel Ventre    14    9    112000
Dominic Smith    11    7    110000
Anthony Haughey    23    2    109000
Rupinder Bedi    12    8    104500
Sarbjit Kular    37    2    104000
Daniel Carter    36    9    103500
Chris Nicol    34    2    103000
Tamer Kamel    25    7    102500
Ian Whitby    33    6    102000
Tadas Dargis    37    3    98500
Salim Jangarwala    35    4    96500
Fred Wise    13    2    95000
Michael Ahearne    11    9    93000
Chin Chai Koh    36    1    91000
Mark James    33    3    86500
Matt Russell    23    7    85000
Mohammed Istakhar Sadiq    34    3    81500
Weikang Wang    23    6    80500
Scott Fitzpatrick    35    1    79000
Terry Carter    13    8    78000
Steve Higton    35    2    77000
Gianni Marotta    37    9    76500
Stephen Brunsdon    13    1    75000
Craig Sweden    35    3    74000
Alex Goulder    23    1    72500
Sandeep Shah    33    9    72000
Vaidas Siriunas    33    7    71500
Francis Jones    13    4    71000
Tina Abery    35    8    63500
Scott Phillips    37    1    63000
Alex Zeligman    34    5    59000
Andrew Probyn    12    2    59000
Natalia Breviglieri    34    8    58500
James Gardner    33    1    57000
James Robert Turner    14    4    55000
Anonymous    11    2    53500
Anthony Mcdonald    36    3    37000
Hasan Qureshi    11    6    13000

Payouts are as follows

1    -    £44,304
2    -    £25,601
3    -    £15,330
4    -    £10,731
5    -    £8,432
6    -    £6,899
7    -    £6,132
8    -    £4,906
9    -    £4,139
10    -    £3,219
11    -    £3,066
12    -    £3,066
13    -    £3,066
14    -    £2,913
15    -    £2,913
16    -    £2,913
17    -    £2,913
18    -    £2,759
19    -    £1,800
20    -    £1,800
21    -    £1,800
22    -    £1,800
23    -    £1,800
24    -    £1,800
25    -    £1,800
26    -    £1,800
27    -    £1,800
28    -    £900
29    -    £900
30    -    £900
31    -    £900
32    -    £900
33    -    £900
34    -    £900
35    -    £900
36    -    £900
37    -    £750
38    -    £750
39    -    £750
40    -    £750
41    -    £750
42    -    £750
43    -    £750
44    -    £750
45    -    £750
46    -    £750
47    -    £750
48    -    £750
49    -    £750
50    -    £750
51    -    £750
52    -    £750
53    -    £750
54    -    £750
55    -    £600
56    -    £600
57    -    £600
58    -    £600
59    -    £600
60    -    £600
61    -    £600
62    -    £600
63    -    £600
64    -    £600
65    -    £600
66    -    £600
67    -    £600
68    -    £600
69    -    £600
70    -    £600
71    -    £600
72    -    £600
73    -    £600
74    -    £600
75    -    £600
76    -    £600
77    -    £600
78    -    £600
79    -    £600
80    -    £600
81    -    £600
82    -    £600
83    -    £600
84    -    £600
85    -    £600
86    -    £600
87    -    £600
88    -    £600
89    -    £600
90    -    £600
91    -    £600
92    -    £600
93    -    £600
94    -    £600
95    -    £600
96    -    £600
97    -    £600
98    -    £600
99    -    £600

and the seat draw

11    1    David Williams
11    2    Anonymous
11    3    Lee Cockroft
11    4    Andrew Probyn
11    5    Anonymous
11    6    Frank Flanagan
11    7    Mike Dao
11    8    Paul Zimbler
11    9    Mario Andreou

12    1    Wahid Patel
12    2    Will Ross-jones
12    3    Stephen Thompson
12    4    Charlotte Godwin
12    5    Ian Bosley
12    6    Martin Henderson
12    7    Renee Xie
12    8    Martyn Frey
12    9    Tadas Dargis

13    1    David Bryan Johnstone
13    2    Alli Mallu
13    3    Alex Zeligman
13    4    Richard Whiteley
13    5    Ian Barnett
13    6    David Lloyd
13    7    Giovanni Vaccarella
13    8    Alex Clark
13    9    Stuart Brownson

14    1    Callum Mccuaig
14    2    Anthony Haughey
14    3    Justin Devonport
14    4    Will Mitchell
14    5    Ricky Cross
14    6    Dominic Smith
14    7    Mohammed Istakhar Sadiq
14    8    Neil Ryder
14    9    Paul Smart

21    1    Stuart Hopkin
21    2    Craig Sweden
21    3    James Ashton
21    4    Stephen Brunsdon
21    5    Paul Haycock
21    6    Julian Thew
21    7    Scott Fitzpatrick
21    8    Chris Nicol
21    9    Salim Jangarwala

22    1    Mark James
22    2    Glyn Cooke
22    3    Mitchell Johnson
22    4    Mick Hardy
22    5    Philip Mildon
22    6    Kevin Bloor
22    7    Scott Phillips
22    8    Alan Taddei
22    9    Carol Nichols

23    1    Anonymous
23    2    Barry Sedgwick
23    3    Charlie Wates
23    4    Nick Wood
23    5    Ian Roberts
23    6    Matt Russell
23    7    Alex Goulder
23    8    Sandeep Shah
23    9    Steve Higton

25    1    Aaron Brunskill
25    2    Gordon Hannay
25    3    Anthony Mcdonald
25    4    James Gardner
25    5    Ramazanali Abbassi
25    6    Fred Wise
25    7    Hamid Toghyan
25    8    Daniel Carter

26    1    Anthony Kirkham
26    2    Jake Sharpe
26    3    Michael Fisher
26    4    Sarbjit Kular
26    5    Vaidas Siriunas
26    6    Graham Carter
26    7    Mark Lane
26    8    Niall Murray

31    1    Will Fairclough
31    2    Caicai Huang
31    3    Michael Ahearne
31    4    Barry Neville
31    5    Natsha Sandhu
31    6    Weikang Wang
31    7    Linton Reid
31    8    Richard Garner
31    9    Athir Ali

32    1    James Clarke
32    2    Thomas Myland
32    3    Timotheos Timotheou
32    4    John Sanders
32    5    David Barraclough
32    6    Stephen Pearce
32    7    Anonymous
32    8    Gianni Marotta
32    9    Nigel Ventre

33    1    Harprit Singh Gurnam
33    2    Tom Kugelstadt
33    3    Terry Carter
33    4    Robert Garfield
33    5    Gene Lam
33    6    Natalia Breviglieri
33    7    Vikrum Mehta
33    8    Robert Cowen
33    9    Mark Mccluskey

34    1    Rupinder Bedi
34    2    Tina Abery
34    3    Chin Chai Koh
34    4    Adam Forsyth
34    5    Gary Orme
34    6    Hasan Qureshi
34    7    Paul Grummitt
34    8    Tamer Kamel
34    9    Robert Burdett

35    1    Francis Jones
35    2    Christopher Rose
35    3    Paul Mallett
35    4    Ioannis Liperis
35    5    Simas Dargis
35    6    Neil Whitby
35    7    James Robert Turner
35    8    Gary Jones

36    1    Nathan Farnaby
36    2    Michael Arnot
36    3    Anthony Martin
36    4    John Smith
36    5    Kaveh Vossoughi
36    6    Ian Whitby
36    7    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa
36    8    Stuart Bell

Also today at DTD

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Incredible 100
Start Time 3 PM
15,000
30 min
£100+£15
£20,000 gtd

£10 Beginner
Start Time 7:30 PM
10,000
15 min
£10+£4

£25 Freezeout
Start Time starts at 7:30 PM
10,000 chips
20 min clock
£25+£6 entry
£1,000 guarantee

£50 1RL
Start Time starts at 7:30 PM
10,000 chips
30/20 clock
£50+£8 entry
£3,000 guarantee

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/images/promotions/176.jpg)

Good luck all blondes and Natalia Breviglieri.

Table 13 will see loads of action. Ali Mallu and Stu Brownson will be play every hand and I expect Rick Whiteley may profit and make a deep run

Shout outs for your favourites please!

There's a long way to go, but pick me a couple of finalists.....

Good luck all blondes, but best of luck to Tighty.... The road is long...

As for that lookalike? I have had Gary Megson, Fizz from Corrie and Neil Lennon before but not sure about that one. Eso liked it though!

Yes best of luck to everyone who treads these boards.

At least you have what should be two better NFL games to keep you company, Tighty.

A reminder that the final will be live streamed, first from tableside no hole cards 9 handed

then the full schmozzle with hole cards and chip counts etc from 8 handed down to a winner


Unfortunately I can't be in two places at once so the updates will be more sporadic once I go into the comentary booth.

You can catch the live stream later at http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/live.php


As usual, if someone can put the major final table hands up on here in the early hours you'll win my special prize. Half an hour with Frankie and no escape because you've positioned yourself with one route to myour chair, and one route out of your chair :-)

i'll do it then  ;whistle; ;whistle;

GL to all the blondes left in, it's been a great tournament and good to see such a big runout at DTD once again!

Great updates as always Tighty!

Good luck the Whitby brothers!

Ron weasley
Prince Harry
Simon Pegg (run fatboy run ref)

Loads mate

Good luck all interesting how flat they have gone with the payout structure is this to speed things up? getting from 99 down to like 50 is going to be crazy fast i predict!

My Close Mate James Clarke run deep Pal, gl to Mike Dao as well

Good luck to Linton Reid and all Blondes playing...

£44k seems low for 218k seems more like an online payout structure 22%.. But hey 44k is a lot of money...

Here's a picture of what Linton will be doing next week should he win the tourney...

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And gl Kev Bloor, deserves a good run

Think I can say my prediction's come true when one-s out and and one is first day chipleader

hi tighty
do u know why they r paying too many people as 727 players  should they pay %10 which is 70 odd rather than 99 and 1 st prize only %22? i find it strange   it s like poker stars paying too many people too little keep more people happy?

you answered the question yourself 

i find it bizarre  that they changed payout  i dont think it was like that previose ones  mmmm someting simon or rob to explain i think it s terrible

Must admit I prefer a 10% payout structure, but this 14% structure is definitely what seems to be preferred at DTD. Maybe it speeds the comp up if there are lots of people who have satellited in and want to make the money?

A first prize north of 50k would have been a great advert for a 300 quidder.

This

good luck to Aaron Brunskill!

Good Luck to Julian Thew  :)up

GL too Charlotte Godwin ran well in a couple of tourneys with her. Do it for the girls!  :)up

disaster for a blonde in the first orbit.....

Wifi gone down

Matt Russell raises UTG with 9-9

Charlie Wates calls on the button

Ian Roberts the loosey Liverpudlian calls in the big blind

flop 9-7-7

Russell leads for 12,000

Wates 31,000

Roberts shoves the big blind covering both

Russell calls, obviously

Wates passes

Roberts 6-7

turn...


...

7


to knock Russell out full house against Quads

This in spades.

A shame really, as Matt had a good seat draw

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Ian Roberts the new chip Leader

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8CrJWHfoW7c/UOmGONxuogI/AAAAAAAAdvQ/mJOx8r3S324/s512/DSC01513.JPG)

Instabok.

Nathan Faranby the 1b chipleader from Teeside

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Aaron Brunskill next to 1a chip leader Gordon Hannay

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y5Cnhiei_Uw/UOmF-PzViqI/AAAAAAAAduY/v7FobvrzFkU/s720/DSC01506.JPG)

"ay oop luv, I've got some things in my boot for you"

Barry gets the dream seat draw

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Fred Wise aka Fred W on here

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GulpOx2GsCw/UOmF9AyT8xI/AAAAAAAAduQ/ZNWMlSU9Wwk/s512/DSC01505.JPG)

George2green unveils the Sunday hoodie, for luck

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Mitch isn't sideways, the camera was it seems

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SenR7b1ZGUc/UOmGLKH3n1I/AAAAAAAAdu0/k2JSxPcf3WE/s720/DSC01509.JPG)

Kev B

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Doobs

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VVSCzkeTib4/UOmGNcbJLmI/AAAAAAAAdvI/8-WTDl_leb0/s512/DSC01512.JPG)

Big up for John Vacc tell him he can play more than just AA and KK he has got chips!!!

Out so far today

124    Graham Carter
125    Stephen Brunsdon
126    Tina Abery
127    Mark James
128    Wahid Patel
129    Hasan Qureshi
130    Matt Russell
131    Tom Kugelstadt

It's going to be hectic a while

blinds at 2500-5000 and anyone under 100,000 which is a good part of the field needs to double in the next level or two

+1

GL Julian

gl to kev bloor

Best of luck today to both G2L & Dom Smith.

I believe both have got of to good starts today. A pic of Dom would be great if you get a chance Tighty.

So many Hero's left in. Goodluck to....

Ian Barnett
Alex G
Mitch
Franky
Natalia Brav
Thewy
George Bedi
Grummett
Raggy
Mark McCluskey

Tom Myland opens K-K

Chunky 3 bet from Anon on the button

All in from Gianni Marotta in the big blind for 60,000

Myland reshoves

Anon calls all in

Anon Q-Q

Marotta 10-10

10 on the flop trebles Marotta up, knocks out Anon and gives the small side pot to the Silver haired charmer with Kings

Franky on a mission today...missing his beloved Liverpool visiting his home town Mansfield in the Fa Cup today to win this comp. I passed the Liverpool team coach parked outside his chippy, stevey G ringing the doorbell looking confused at the closed sign.  

Rana Gurnam opens Q-Q

In the big blind Vikrum Mehta calls with  Kd 9d

flop  3d 6d 9c

check

Gurnam 25,000

Mehta 200,000+ check shove

Gurnam calls with the overpair

 Kc on the turn to knock him out and take Mehta to near 400,000

Is that Chinese Franky? If so, gl to him too!

Stuart Hopkin

The influence of Mrs Hopkino on his dress sense is clear for all to see

Rare to see a 50 year old man like Stuart in this garb

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YrzUxBXhWWA/UOmLTw2HzuI/AAAAAAAAdvg/Q_3uCYApXc4/s512/DSC01514.JPG)

Yep good luck to Frankie. Fun playing with you yesterday, sir.

Guys got some serious game.
Chip count please?

"Sorry darling, I need that tablecloth again. Its final table day"

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Tom Myland, hoping to keep Luton gamblers in business a while longer when he returns home with £44,000

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8qb5rz756vw/UOmLaPV3vlI/AAAAAAAAdvw/pFctt3dkQyU/s512/DSC01516.JPG)

Johnny Vacc, also flying the flag for Luton

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mGRTXNHxyJA/UOmLaw8x4DI/AAAAAAAAdv8/3IRK0cQIPm4/s512/DSC01517.JPG)

Ali Mallu, flying the flag for the unorthodox lunatics...

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Vikrum Mehta after his big pot. Also a cash game player at Luton

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gcAUDI2aeBg/UOmLf9dJU9I/AAAAAAAAdwc/pet3IUdsITU/s512/DSC01522.JPG)

Will Mitchell.

Pokerversity on blonde

Now Will, me old china, lay off the personalised sweatshirts next month huh? Next you'll be turning up in Ed Hardy gear and we know that way lies no poker results whatsover...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jn4XxUlFR6Y/UOmLe7rptDI/AAAAAAAAdwY/gcr4EyVcGbs/s512/DSC01521.JPG)

Renee Xie preparing to befuddle yet more opponents...

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gO1UeKJjtYc/UOmLc1uwZ1I/AAAAAAAAdwM/-opIFTI1C7A/s512/DSC01519.JPG)

Good luck to all Blondes that are left but especially to:

Aaron Brunskill
Kev Bloor
Barry Neville
Richard Garner
Stuart Brownson
Nigel Ventre

And to those that dished out "bad beats" to me, I hope u all Bubble  ;nanana; ;nanana;

Come on the vacuum cleaner

Look after them chips, sir :)

Barney Barnett knocks out Ali Maliu. Not sure how though. Up over 300k

Ali Mallu has dusted his chips off, in two stages


He raises with 7-7, and gets three callers

flop 9-8-rag

Checked to Ali he bets a massive 125,000 into 65,000

Ian Barnett  check shoves, and Ali folds

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Barnett opens A-10

Ali shoves 5-3hh for 65,000 at 3-6,000

call

Ali flops two hearts on A-8-A

turn 8 to knock him out


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currently 109 left 99 paid

blinds 3000-6000

Average 109,000

All chasing Ian Roberts with over 500,000

Charlotte Godwin

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dnJEBtpyrRk/UOmLd-_gx7I/AAAAAAAAdwU/7B_x9T37odI/s512/DSC01520.JPG)

more exits

110    Alli Mallu
111    Craig Sweden
112    Chin Chai Koh
113    Gary Orme
114    Sandeep Shah
115    Sarbjit Kular
116    Natalia Breviglieri
117    Scott Phillips
118    Harprit Singh Gurnam
119    Charlie Wates
120    Andrew Probyn
121    Mohammed Istakhar Sadiq
122    James Robert Turner
123    Anonymous

Can I get an update on Tony Haughy pls when you have a minute, 14,2, hoping he has a good run at it today.

Thanks.

He heard there was another game starting and wanted to play that

Pics and updates of the Whitby brothers sat side by side on table 35 please Rich? Good luck to both of them, Ian cos he's a nice guy and Neil because he'll need it.

hows natasha doing please?

Hello

We are on the bubble and she has 130,000 at 3000-6000

Sam is on the rail, sweating her. Nice to watch!

Caicau Huang does it again

Opens to 15,000 UTG

Athir Ali 28,000 in the big blind

Caicau 100,000 playing 266,000 4 bet

This can only mean one of two hands, in months and months of watching Ms Huang

Ali shoves, just covering her

So a 540,000 pot for the chiplead, essentially

Ali has 10-10

Aces hold on 4-9-4-K-6

The very pleasant Ms Huang high fives her supporting fella....


Next to her Warrior from Gladiators has literally only just stopped shaking his head that 10-10 shoves...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V9bfq8Pkjlc/UOmTr3rFBDI/AAAAAAAAdw0/IbgapsihSoA/s720/DSC01525.JPG)

 

Paul Zimbler tries to duble his chances of a scoop by bringing his own Burberry mannequin to play half his stack

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w3H8Uy39ogg/UOmT0VgMq_I/AAAAAAAAdxw/QOB1wD0Kfa0/s720/DSC01533.JPG)

dom "MilkShake" Smith

Yes they really do make clothes that colour

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sUbDp5GriR8/UOmTy46ZV1I/AAAAAAAAdxo/5lt82wOHGNM/s512/DSC01532.JPG)

A table break thrusts two old forum friends together

One asks the other "what are your January results like?"

the other replies "Two early to tell"!

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IwNCF7lUbaQ/UOmTw4o8KRI/AAAAAAAAdxc/93QimFmzlCk/s720/DSC01530.JPG)

Who is she ? Sat next to her for 25 mins yesterday as she watched me play 2 hands an left !

Gogogogogo mate, take it down

Ian Bosley's better half

Long hours spend in the bar waiting for him to be knocked out

and that's my excuse for posting the photo

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gjJwHwiTEpI/UOmT1vYYMtI/AAAAAAAAdx4/evub-32_T3A/s512/DSC01534.JPG)

Tighty can we have an update for Neil Whitby (also known for short as NITBY) , another player from the KC club in Swindon! last I heard he was on about 570k!

Justin Devonport 550,000

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L_xlvT3E7cU/UOmTx2s5PMI/AAAAAAAAdxk/4qvSClgNJXM/s512/DSC01531.JPG)

We are hand for hand on the bubble

Bad news for the Tricketts, I am afraid...

exits

101    Vaidas Siriunas
102    Natsha Sandhu
103    Ramazanali Abbassi
104    James Gardner
105    Ioannis Liperis
106    Linton Reid
107    Weikang Wang
108    Charlotte Godwin
109    Tamer Kamel

This guy just made the sickest bluff on the pure bubble! Totally fooled everyone. Guy folded 4 high flush face up I was like that's such an easy fold.... Then Roberts shows 5 high!

Can you get a picture of Stuart Brownsons feet for those of us with a fetish Ty

Is Zimbler the older brother of TD Ryan? Lol

Looks like Alex has chipped up well...Aron looks like he's ready to explode Into an outburst of trollage any minute haha

Think if they're gonna pay this money some consideration for hand for hand needs to be looked at. We have 11 tables at hand for hand and have played 5 hands in about half hour

Is the Clock Stopped?

are you exploiting the bubble?

Ricky Cross limps for 8,000

In the small blind v short stack Tony Gaughan completes

Justin Devonport in the big checks

9-10-3 rainbow

Gaughan shoves

Cross calls with Q-J

Gaughan A-10

turn 7

river K

Tony Gaughan bubbles

Literally the dream seat draw for blonde... Please do a round with Tighty!!

before that Cross opened for 15,500

Dom Smith shoved on the bubble for 175,000

Cross tells smith he has A-K

He is playing 230,000

He passes face up

Smith shows Aces

The Whitbys

Presumably dad and flat cap on the left, with the stack?

Son and no cap and no stack on the right?

both have cashed

I assume stacked Whitby is a Lambourn racehorse trainer in that get up?

One of them got extra helpings as a kid?

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1L7s03_fZBg/UOmZcfnrbzI/AAAAAAAAdyI/J3k0-8jJOPk/s720/DSC01535.JPG)

Bubble boy Tony Gaughan

Pre-bubble

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--YsoIXcdAAY/UOmZdjc3LwI/AAAAAAAAdyQ/dx5Al2R5qv0/s512/DSC01536.JPG)

She dealt the bubble hand

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SFRynkh4Nkg/UOmZeiY_-fI/AAAAAAAAdyY/HMcn6vazH2s/s512/DSC01537.JPG)

He been nicking chips out the cupboard again?

Having seen the outfit I deny ever meeting him and forfeit my 20%. Goodnight

Stuart Hopkin opens to 18,000

Julian Thew shoves 120,000

Hopkin calls playing 190,000

Hopkin 10-10

Thewy K-K

Kings hold, Thewy doubles

Hopkin down to 70,000

90 left at 4000-8000

average 239,000

the chip leader are


Ian Roberts 800,000
Hamid Toghyan 600,000
Frank Flanagan 600,000
Neil Whitby 550,000
Justin Devonport 550,000
Vikrum Mehta 500,000
Stuart Brownson 500,000
Caicau Huang 500,000

Stuart Hopkin is out

A-K

Paul Haycock opens Q-10cc

Hopkin shoves the big blind

Haycock calls, a touch guiltily (first asking if I was watching or not, hoping I wasn't so it wouldn't get reported..but he forgot I have my spies!)

and flops the flush

first exitsin the cash for £600

90    Daniel Carter
91    Stuart Hopkin
92    Anonymous
93    Stephen Pearce
94    Michael Arnot
95    Chris Nicol
96    Ian Bosley
97    James Ashton
98    Richard Whiteley
99    Nigel Ventre


Simon "Used to be ACES but now he has told me this I am not so sure" Trumper comes over to let me know that the final hand of this will be 5.30am tomorrow

What fantastic news.

time n half after mid night tho :)

Or probably taking no notice ;)

Aaron, beshirted, knows he doesn't need to fraternise with the hoodie-wearing oiks.

Kudos.

Break after 3 levels

85 come back to 5000-10000 in 15 minutes


now to catch up with the action...

Julian Thew raises UTG

Paul Haycock calls in the big blind

2-6-K

Haycock check raises

Thew calls

Haycock 51,000 on the 6 turn, call by Thew

Haycock 51,000 on the Q river

Thewy calls with A-K

Haycock 5-6 to win the pot

Hatycock up to 350,000

Thewy under 100,000 and shovesville Arizona approaches after the break
 

Any idea how Callum McCuaig's going please Tighty? Also, I don't suppose the one remaining anonymous is Mo Fassil by any chance?

Paul Haycock

or Paul Cock if you are Thewy (this isn't as rude as it sounds, Paul and I go back a way from APAT days!)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mAuMXBZAlxo/UOmgfGem2mI/AAAAAAAAdy4/l7jAoufkSEw/s512/DSC01541.JPG)

McCuaig just survived the bubble, very very short at the time

Still in

Mo Fossil Fassil? Not sure, will check post break

Dinatro De Sousa in the red hat bantering with the dealer on table Aaron/Cambridge Alex

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XiX6v_rzB4g/UOmgdz4b2GI/AAAAAAAAdyw/gt12z77zMCE/s720/DSC01540.JPG)

Aaron might have had to post the big blind two hands in a row, I think. I am sure he can fill us in

Someone had shoved before he realised, and as action had taken place, the mistake had to stand

Aaron took it in good grace

So did the dealer

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OQvmTk9tY3s/UOmgc2mU0MI/AAAAAAAAdyo/Kqp7TaKQ0aM/s512/DSC01539.JPG)

Raggy Clarke gives that look that only sitting next to Tom Myland for hours on end can produce

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1GWPbs6vTdI/UOmTsbTeTvI/AAAAAAAAdw8/bXjBNO2e4gQ/s512/DSC01526.JPG)

Another gratuitous dealer photo then

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This was actually on the bubble. Not being too results orientated but I think my call was a bit hasty?

Gl to Julian though

The very same :D ty ty

That look is saying " omg I'm going to kill this man"

Simon deadman down to last 4 at wpt Dublin 1.8 mill ,chip leader has 2.5 mill for anybody interested
How's martyn Frey doing please ?

Aaron Brunskill shoves 106,000 at 5-10k

Dinarto De Sousa calls in the big blind

Brunskill 2-2

De Sousa 10-10

flop 10-3-K

We lose Aaron in 81st

Doobs has about 200,000

He opens UTG+1 to 22,000

Will Mitchell calls on the button, covering him

 Ts 2s 5d

Doobs 25,000 called

 Qc

check check

 4h

check check

Dobs shows down  Aspades Tc

He takes it down and moves towards an average stack

exits

76    Anonymous
77    Mick Hardy
78    Paul Smart
79    Aaron Brunskill
80    Christopher Rose
81    Stuart Bell
82    Niall Murray
83    Francis Jones
84    Ian Whitby
85    John Smith
86    Richard Garner

Update for Steve Higton please.

Great job as always Tighty

http://www.pkr.com/dublinlive

Updates here for anybody interested

Some chip counts of the blonde and requested players

12    8    Martyn Frey 350,000
13    1    David Bryan Johnstone 250,000
14    7    David Barraclough 250,000
21    2    Fred Wise 200,000
21    3    Barry Neville 150,000
21    6    Julian Thew 120,000
22    3    Mitchell Johnson 350,000
22    6    Kevin Bloor 200,000
23    7    Alex Goulder 300,000
34    1    Rupinder Bedi 300,000
34    2    Thomas Myland 450,000

All a way off the chip leaders in the 800k+ area, still lead by Ian Roberts, Justin Devonport, Vikrum Mehta

What about Barney rich? Seat 5 table 13 cheers

do me a favour Tony, spam these updates on their chat box

:-)

Update on Nick Wood Please... His next to De sousa from what I saw in the pic posted earlia
Thanks :)

Amazing!!! haha! Ian (on the right) is a copper in the met police who is currently spending his time totally cleaning out william hill every day, and Neil (on the left) is chief taster for walkers crisps and filming for the new series of man vs food!

Ok just thought some may be interested in how he's doing that was all

Is Mitch still in? haven't heard much from the chubby funster

Updates please for Neil Ryder (14/8) and Mark Mccluskey (33/2) if you pass by tighty.

Over 400,000

All steady

190,000

Average is 307,000

blinds about to go 6-12k

Yes, haven't seen him play much I must admit, but thats probably an accident of timing as to when I go past

He's got 350-400k so an above average stack

somebody started a thread this morning
The Funk for Deadman Dublin Style: WPT 10 left

George Bedi opens blind on blind with  Kc 8c into Tom Myland's big

He is called

 Ac Tc 2h flop

Bedi leads, Myland shoves  Ad 7h

Bedi calls

turn  7c to produce the flush, but two pair for Myland...

Outs to the full house, but the river bricks and Bedi doubles to around 550,000

Steady is his middle name... interestingly sat next to Miss Agro Tight Huang who beat him heads up for the deepstack win last year. He also had a deep run at Genting Sheffield. Not bad for only a handful of tournaments as he usually plays high stakes cash.

Requests

Mark McCluskey 470,000

Neil Ryder 160,000, just shoved uncalled

Nick Wood 360,000


Now 68 left, average 320,000 at 6-12k Level 20

Neil Whitby button raises, flat cap a quiver

Alex Clarke 3 bets the small blind to 70,000

Stuart Brownson shoves the big blind for 340,000

Whitby passes

Clarke calls, covering Brownson

Brownson Q-Q

Clarke 9-9

Queens hold, Brownson is now a top three stack with nearly 800,000


Especially for Jason

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6hinis-ftAI/UOmuLTuNGWI/AAAAAAAAdzk/vRVqXhdmjik/s512/DSC01545.JPG)

and Stuart's footwear

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9hgAF-HT4dg/UOmuKbQsLXI/AAAAAAAAdzg/ctVfSukZhpw/s720/DSC01544.JPG)

Ricky Cross

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tEIXXjF-_TM/UOmuJjYKgxI/AAAAAAAAdzY/oPn1enj1eC0/s512/DSC01543.JPG)

Alex Goulder and Paul Grummitt share a movie

Suggestions as to what they might be watching?

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1yiTaX1xVng/UOmuI8s8INI/AAAAAAAAdzQ/FNlcTbax6gA/s720/DSC01542.JPG)

Neil Whitby opens to 25,000

Alex Zeligman button shoves 150,000

Whitby tank calls

Whitby 9-9

Zeligman K-K

Zeligman doubles and Whitby is now one of the shortest stacks with under 100,000

Paul Haycock opens

Julian Thew with under 150,000 shoves 6-6

Haycock has Aces

Despite many a bink in this spot, this time Thewy can't spike a six and is out in the mid 60s

Updating all the exits

64    Giovanni Vaccarella
65    Neil Whitby
66    Mike Dao
67    Julian Thew
68    Nathan Farnaby
69    Kevin Bloor
70    Adam Forsyth
71    Callum Mccuaig
72    Philip Mildon
73    Paul Mallett
74    Anon
75    Robert Garfield
76    Anonymous
77    Mick Hardy
78    Paul Smart
79    Aaron Brunskill

ha ha. Those little feet of stu "flip flop" brownson have played semi pro football. Now he makes do with having a kick about with the Leeds legends, including Lawrence Gosney.

good luck to George bedi and Dom smith.  leicester

Deadman now heads up in Ireland.

Cheers for the update Tony.

Judging by the smirk on Paul's face, they have to be watching Alex get that sickkkk tattoo video ;)

Doobs (David Baraclough) up to 800,000 and a top five stack.

Knocks out Day1a Chip leader Gordon Hannay with KK v 77 on a 3-4-6 flop


On the same table Jusrtin Devonport has the first stack over 1m

Barney all in with JJ v A10, first card out Ace. Is he still in?

Vik Mehta opens to 30,000

Will Mitchell calls in the cut off

Ricky Cross calls on the button

In the big blind Dom Smith shoves for 160,000 at 6-12k

Mehta folds

Mitchell, just covering Smith, re-shoves

Cross folds

Mitchell  Td Ad

Smith  Qh Qc

 5d Ts 9c Kc 2h

Smith more than doubles up to just under 400,000

Yes he has just got one 3 bet shove through since. On around 120,000

Michael Fisher inflicted the outdraw you describe, and is on 600,000 now

exits in the last level, including Mr Barnett just now

55    Ian Barnett
56    Nick Wood
57    Will Fairclough
58    Stephen Thompson
59    Michael Ahearne
60    Mark Lane
61    Lee Cockroft
62    David Bryan Johnstone
63    Gordon Hannay

Update on Glyn Cooke please?

The face of a man with 700,000 chips

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QZBP1dJ_X1U/UOm3HZrXtuI/AAAAAAAAdz4/KeCfMdOTrtU/s512/DSC01546.JPG)

As I walk round the room and go back past his table on the way back, he knocks out Paul Zimbler 52nd

Zimbler A-Q, Q on the turn against Bedi Q-Q

So this is the face of a chip leader, with 1,100,000 chip nearly treble average

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MfjnPNX-QzQ/UOm3Tr9wRRI/AAAAAAAAd0o/VGg5iVLqJSI/s512/DSC01552.JPG)

Now under 50 left, but 5 minutes ago this was the state of play

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zfGs1ptr2fA/UOm3P1W_9AI/AAAAAAAAd0Y/Y4SXzCHvqYU/s720/DSC01550.JPG)

Keep it up G2L..

Blondes chip counts?

All the chip leaders are as follows


Timothy Timotheous 1.1m

George2loose 1m+

Frank Flanagan 900,000

Martin Henderson 800,000

Michael Fisher 900,000

Justin Devonport 950,000

Doobs Barraclough 900,000

Vik Mehta 750,000

Ian Roberts 800,000

Anthony Kirkham 800,000

Paul Grummitt 800,000

Timothy Timotheous right up there one of only two players with more than 1m

Looking at the clues, he might be from North London

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ux1akZLbcXw/UOm3SMF55yI/AAAAAAAAd0g/3a8OO1oDmM0/s512/DSC01551.JPG)

Martin Henderson 800,0000 and a Xmas jumper

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZY1B7RrNscs/UOm3Jrxd1DI/AAAAAAAAd0A/klNgG9jkzsI/s512/DSC01547.JPG)

Michael Fisher 900,000

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T5p-K6qeR1E/UOm3LzFkntI/AAAAAAAAd0I/MObidUv5rao/s512/DSC01548.JPG)

just out 54th I am afraid

The big hand I saw he lost 10-10 against J-J earlier which lost him over half his stack, the board came 8 high

Athir Ali a shortstack shoves the small blind into Vikrum Mehta

Mehta tells Ali he is going to mentally toss a coin as to whether to call or not, blind

He feels lucky, calls and turns over 6-2

Ali has 8-8

the board runs out 6-9-3-7-2 to knock out Athir



Here are all the latest exits

49    Steve Higton
50    Athir Ali
51    Paul Zimbler
52    Gary Jones
53    Robert Burdett
54    Glyn Cooke

Carol Nichols raises

Mitch Johnson, now an under average stack shoves

Nichols is covered and calls

Nichols K-J

Mitch A-9

Q-6-10-9-2

Nichols doubles up, leaves Mitch very short.

Well, gll to Rupert Bedi

Still some luton sweats with Vikram & BPIL MUG

Deadman in massive all in hu

BTN Simon -  Kc Qd
SB Joaquim -  3h 7h

 Kh 4d 8h


Joaquim, cbets, Simon raises to induce.. J shoves and Si snap calls...


We do a hold and BOOM! a lot of the chips our way... Massive lead hu now
5mil vs 500k

Go on George!!!!!

Chuckle the win in :)up

Paul Grummitt under raises, and is made to min raise

Ian Roberts pounces and three bets

Grummitt a massive all in for 800,000 at 8-16k

Roberts shrugs and passes showing a nine....

Grummitt shows....the old Rastafish overshove... Ad Ahrt

Wrong thread?

Mitch doubles up

He jams A-7cc over Robert Cowan's open with 10-10

6-Q-5-4-8 for the rivered straight to send Mitch over 200,000 again

Deadman wins Irish open... Well done lad.

Just thought people might be interested..

The darts isn't all that great, and Rhianna is singing Diamonds on ch 365 on Sky.

What's he ordered from the menu?

John Sanders shoves K-Qss and Paul Haycock calsl in the big blind with 8-8

8-Q-6-4-7 and we lose Sanders



Coming to the second break of the day and I will do a chip count when the players are away from the tables

No she's not

I've just had a pumpkin soup starter and a chicken curry main course.
My flight is in 90 minutes.

Hamid Toghyan raises UTG 40,000

Mehta calls

Mitch Johnson calls

Will Mitchell all in 155.000

In the big blind Doobs all in with massive chips


All fold so heads up

Mitchell J-J

Doobs A-K suited

Jacks win a 576,000 pot to put Mitchell well back in it, from a low of 50,000 under two levels ago

Good Luck to George Bedi and Dom Smith, gew on boys !

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43 left at the break

blinds go 10-20k next

average is 507,000

I gather Bedi lost a big one to Timotheou just before the break, Timo rivering a straight with A-J on Q-10-7-8-9


11    1    Tadas Dargis 820,000
11    2    Rupinder Bedi 700,000
11    3    Barry Neville 600,000
11    4    Thomas Myland 150,000
11    5    James Clarke 200,000
11    6    Frank Flanagan 700,000
11    7    Gianni Marotta 700,000
11    8    Timotheos Timotheou 1,400,000
11    9    Mario Andreou 400,000

12    1    Robert Cowen 200,000
12    2    Will Ross-jones 700,000
12    3    Carol Nichols 500,000
12    4    Anthony Martin 300,000
12    5    Mark Mccluskey 600,000
12    6    Martin Henderson 1,000,000
12    7    Renee Xie 1,100,000
12    9    Kaveh Vossoughi 450,000

13    1    Scott Fitzpatrick 100,000
13    3    Michael Fisher 600,000
13    4    Caicai Huang 500,000
13    5    Salim Jangarwala 400,000
13    6    David Lloyd 300,000
13    7    Simas Dargis 600,000
13    8    Alex Clark 250,000
13    9    Stuart Brownson 750,000

14    1    Vikrum Mehta 800,000
14    2    Mitchell Johnson 200,000
14    3    Justin Devonport 650,000
14    4    Will Mitchell 600,000
14    5    Ricky Cross 450,000
14    6    Dominic Smith 250,000
14    7    David Barraclough 900,000
14    8    Neil Ryder 600,000
14    9    Hamid Toghyan 700,000

23    1    Paul Haycock 650,000
23    2    Alan Taddei 250,000
23    3    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa 400,000
23    4    Gene Lam 850,000
23    5    Ian Roberts 550,000
23    7    Alex Goulder 280,000
23    8    Paul Grummitt 1,000,000
23    9    Anthony Kirkham 650,000

How many Blondies left in please?

Bedi doubles up Myland to 260,000

Myland QQ

Bedi calls with 88

12. Full list of chip counts is above.

Presuming this is the Marty I think it is, the guys an absolute hero. Only really just started playing, soaking things up like a sponge and eager to learn. Bust 1A in level 3, only got in level 2! If this guy wins it'll be a hell of a party, in fact, i might be driving back up if he finals!

Frank Flanagan raises UTG

Barry Neville shoves on the button

Frank snap calls with Aces

Barry pocket Tens

Aces hold, Barry out

Frank up to 1.2m

SICKO

yeah I would not put it past him :)

exits either side of the break

43    Barry Neville
44    John Sanders
45    Anthony Mcdonald
46    Terry Carter
47    Fred Wise
48    Barry Sedgwick

£750 the current payout

FYP

Mystic Meg itt.

Mariou Andreou on the button knokcs out George Bedi in the small blnd

Bedi gets A-Q in pre versus Andreou's K-J for the double up

King on the river knocks him out

Tom Myland has doubled again

Shove for 200,000 with K-J called by Tadas Dargis with 4-4

Jack on the flop sends the Best Player from Luton onwards

Big double up for Mitch Johnson through Neil Ryder

Ryder button raises 7-7

Johnson shoves 419,000 in the big blind at 10-20k with Q-10off

Ryder palying a million or so calls

Queen on the flop sends Mitch to the heady heights of 850,000+

Go Bernard!

Paul Grummitt knocks out Alex Goulder, who has ground a below average stack all day

Goulder shoves less than 10x bb with Q-8 in the small blind

Grummitt calls with Q-J in the big blind

8 in the door, Jack on the flop too

Frank Flanagan knocks out Raggy Clarke

Unraised pot blind on blind

All in on J-2-5

Clarke J-2 in the big blind

Flanagan K-J in the small blind

turn 10

river 10

Mark McCluskey knocks out Renee Xie

McCluskey button raises A-5dd

Xie shoves J-J in the big blind, having had a really bad level since the break, losing most of her stack

McCluskey calls

A-2-2-5-4

So after this flurry of exits

37    James Clarke
38    Alex Goulder
39    Rupinder Bedi
40    Renee Xie
41    Scott Fitzpatrick
42    David Lloyd

we are down to four tables....

and about 12 levels left to play I reckon

Only the 21m chips in play in this one, and blinds currently 10-20k.

Martin Henderson raises UTG, min raise, with Q-Q

In the big blind Mark McCluskey comes along for the ride with 8-6

flop 8-5-8

McCluskey gets the lot in over a series of raises between the two, is called and is covered

He holds, doubles to 850,000

Henderson 170,000

Hamid Toghyan knocks out Samis Dargis

Aces against Kings, all in pre

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Mitch Johnson knocks out Ricky Cross

Short-stacked Cross shoved Q-9 in mid position, Mitch found Jacks in the small blind. Called and held

Awesome work Tighty. 5.30 am finish was a joke yeah

Go on Mitch.

He wins this, and restaurateurs in the Derby/Nottingham area will be rejoicing.

:)up

No joke.

David Barraclough raises to 51,000 with Ace-King playing 550,000

Vikrum Mehta makes it 450,000 in position!

Barraclough isn't folding, and shoves

Mehta calls with...Kings

and knocks "Doobs" out in 34th 

Unlucky Doobs.  Well played, and nice to meet you (and play on the same table for a brief moment) on Friday.

Tadas Dargis button raises

Ian Roberts calls in the big blind

Roberts check shoves  Aspades Qs Qh

and Dargis calls with  Ad Td

Roberts  4s 6s

Roberts doesn't hit a spade and is out

---


Martyn Frey raises to 55,000

Robert Cowan all in 140,000 on the button

Anthony Martin re-raises to 275,000 in the big blind

With a decision, he tells the table, Frey passes  Ac Kc

Cowan  Ahrt 7h

Martin  Ad Kd

a  3d 4d 6s 6d Qc knocks Cowan out

30 left

blinds 12-24k


chip leaders are


Frank Flanagan 1,700,000
Mitch Johnson 1,300,000
Vikrum Mehta 1,200,000
Hamid Togyhan 1,200,000
Mark McCuskey 1,100,000
Anthony Kirkham 1,100,000

well i just read the lot all 3 days great work on the updates

Tom Myland doubles to 600,000

Shove A-K

Tadas Dargis calls with A-J

A-K holds

Bok

never met Tom afaik but love his contributions on blonde. As always a local player usually tid so must be Mitch's time

28 left in Level 24

Blinds are 15-30k

Average is 780,000



Hamid Togyhan raises to 60,000

Michael Fisher 170,000

Caicau Huang on the button all in 460,000

Togyhan all in

Fisher fold (A-Q)

Huang A-K

Togyhan 10-10

8-2-2-K-5 sends Huang over a million chips

Mitchell Monson Johnson tho!

Apparently, he's massive (and he's got a lot of chips!)

Hahahahahaha

WP Boshi

Don't know any of the remaining now (yet may have played with them), so will funk for Mitch, as I may get a free burger out of it on Friday.....

Struggling not to back the fantastically named Timotheos Timotheou though!

Mitch ftw!

Kaveh Vossoughi shoves 500,000 with A-10ss and is called by Togyhan with Q-Q

QQ holds to knock him out


Togyhan then knocks out Stuart Brownson while I was talking to one of my favourite dealers. Three days into this slog, you can forgive me not paying attention momentarily faced with such an opportunity

Togyhan has 1.5m in peach chips alone, probably 2m total and is chip leader with 27 left



Meanwhile Justin Devonport shoves 400,000 with Q-Q and unluckiily finds K-K and Neil Ryder behind to knock him out


Here are the latest exits

28    Justin Devonport
29    Dominic Smith
30    Stuart Brownson
31    Kaveh Vossoughi
32    Robert Cowen
33    Ian Roberts
34    David Barraclough
35    Ricky Cross
36    Simas Dargis
37    James Clarke

Gene is ex gala leeds dealer . Out all the time playing round Leeds. Gl gene

I though G2L was chip leader? Sigh. I thought he was gonna take this one down.

Now my bets have shifted to Mitch. He is due a win.

Come on big fat Mitch

not to late to get in on the prop bet with goulder n black :)

Short stack Tadas Dargis shoves under 5xbb with Q-J

Paul Grummitt calls in the big with 8-4

Flops a 4 and knocks Dargis out 27th

Break after 9 levels today

blinds go 20-40k

average is 807,000


stacks are


12    2    Will Ross-jones 1,000,000
12    3    Timotheos Timotheou 1,000,000
12    4    Anthony Martin 1,300,000
12    5    Mark Mccluskey 1,000,000
12    6    Martin Henderson 300,000
12    7    Paul Grummitt 700,000
12    8    Martyn Frey 1,200,000
12    9    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa 600,000

13    1    Hamid Toghyan 2,000,000
13    2    Paul Haycock 800,000
13    3    Michael Fisher 700,000
13    4    Caicai Huang 700,000
13    5    Salim Jangarwala 550,000
13    6    Gene Lam 550,000
13    7    Carol Nichols 550,000
13    8    Alex Clark 850,000
13    9    Anthony Kirkham 950,000

14    1    Vikrum Mehta 1,000,000
14    2    Mitchell Johnson 1,380,000
14    3    Mario Andreou 250,000
14    4    Will Mitchell 300,000
14    5    Frank Flanagan 1,000,000
14    6    Gianni Marotta 600,000
14    7    Thomas Myland 300,000
14    8    Neil Ryder 700,000
14    9    Alan Taddei 700,000

 Next two levels aregoing to be carnage for lots of those stacks below 800,000. Remeber we are normally comfortably into a final at this blind level

Cmaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwn Mitch!!!!!! The best and biggest hugger in town :)

Be amaze to hear the commentary if Vikram makes it to the final - c'mon mate

Pic of gene lam pls

+1

Gl Mitch and mark.

Biggest, definitely.

Because he plays really really unconventionally?

GO VIK!

Based on what sample size?.... oh is this Maria? Sorry, fair enough.... ;)

G L Mitch, Mark McClusky an Will I am Mitchell

Gianni Marotta opens to 100,000

Tom Myland shoves 300,000

In the small blind Neil Ryder shoves 640,000

Marotta calls to create a 1.6m chip pot

Marotta 10-10

Myland A-8hh

Ryder A-Q with the A of spades

flop Q-8-4 all spades

J on the turn

4 on the river

Ryder wins it, knocks out Myland 27th

Ha hilarious, yes I sampled half of Notts last night. Was feeling a bit needy!

Most Hugged Poker Player 2012

Been lurking on here for a while, hello everyone.

GL Vik, take it home for Hitchin.

2013 now boshi ;)

Martin Henderson shoves 300,000 in the cut off

Paul Grummitt calls on the button

Henderson A-10

Gerummitt A-Q

9-K-10-6-10

Doubles Henderson up

---




I keep waiting, hpoing against hope I suppose, that there is a rash of exits coming

Average stack is 20x bb and everyone's playing right snug.

Yeah, she's going to be trying to hold-on to her title this year. If you haven't hugged Maria, you haven't lived!

Mitch with chips??


Brown or tomato sauce?

He's pretty unconventional yep, but got every chance from here. Hope he finals

 :hello: & welcome

Will u do a pic of gene to make sure it's him who I think it is

Never heard mitch called 'half of notts' but makes sense now, given his size.

Well frankly, Chili, you're the one who missed out yesterday :P

Harrumph!

I'll do some pics from 20 players down (when the camera has charged, lol. I forgot last night)


Carol Nichols raise calls a shove from   Salim Jangarwala in the big blind for 370,000

Salim K-K

Carol 9-9

Kings hold for the double up


In the immortal words of Neil Sedaka "Oh Carol"

Contemporary music reference there

Shaking hands with me musta made up for it though?

Let me think...

;carlocitrone;

I'm glad I got my hug in early as I wasn't there that long.

I didn't get a hug

Last time she gets a good photo from me.

Mitch loses a big one to Neil Ryder

He is down to 600,000 with blinds going 25-50,000

Only caught the tail of it but betting a x-x-Q-K-A river Ryder was called, and showed down A-J to win


From the wince on Mitch's face I could only deduce two things

a) The Ace was a very bad river

or

b) The kitchen has run out of burgers.

Hi Chili, thinking you were sat to my immediate left in a tourney at DTD last year.

Thanks for the welcome.

Have to say, Celtic, you have an excellent, firm handshake. It was an unexpected moment of joy.

It's difficult personally because I will never of course fully be able to understand how truly special it is for people to meet me.

Little out there competes with an Eso Kral HipHop Handshake tho...

Well that's bullshit. Gg

er, Mitch is out 25th

Here he is, Gene Lam

Its been a long day

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hw_0UyegqBI/UOnrKyRZkyI/AAAAAAAAd1g/JtfULAoxLKI/s512/DSC01557.JPG)

:(

Maria, quick - he needs a hug.

 :(

did u not get enough chips?

A big rush of action

Martin Henderson raises 8-8 from a 300,000 stack

Paul Grummitt sets him in and he calls off

Grummitt K-K

8 on the turn to double Henderson up


Left with under 200,000 Grummitt shoves A-10 into the A-Q of Anthony Martin and is out

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-biPWTWwayag/UOnrW4fOzWI/AAAAAAAAd28/cy1ND2UL0Ac/s512/DSC01569.JPG)

Is he even looking at his cards here! does not look like he wants to be there!

Lost TT to KQ to go to 2.4m, then same guy peeled my open with AJo, peeled a K23 flop, check check on brick turn and he lead ace river. The last 15bbs in when button opens, I jam A9o, he has Tens, brick it off. :-(

Vikram Mehta button raised and Mitch shoved the small blind

Vik called with 10-10 and knocked out Mitch with A-9


Vik also knocked out Mariou Andreou, who shoved with 6-6

Vik called with K-10 and spiked an overcard


Andreou out 25th

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Jxg4J4vfleE/UOnrTaI-0dI/AAAAAAAAd2c/L6Zr93Fi_uc/s512/DSC01565.JPG)

Boo

Where is the updates on the DTD 100. Is it online. Looking for David Amos.

I'm the biggest fish. All i said to Maria was "Seat Open" whilst on the 1/2. #wpsir

[ ] won on the cash to make it worthwhile
[ ] met Tal

• MET THE HONEYBADGER!!!!!!!

Ul Mitch mate, come on Marty!!!!!

Gene Lam left the cash table at 4:30am....

Neil Ryder knocks out two players

First Will Mitchell who shortie shoved J-10 into Ryder's Aces

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j7UQz8q9M-M/UOnrWP23zyI/AAAAAAAAd20/iZpzdhcYCpI/s512/DSC01568.JPG)

Secondly Gianni Marotta who shoved A-J into Ryder's A-K

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HxTlQjEhBkM/UOnrR9_uQlI/AAAAAAAAd2Q/dpF-a2LYAlg/s512/DSC01563.JPG)

Haha did Maria post her end if year hugging  stats for 2012? Be interesting to see who had the most ;)

Help us out Aaron?!?!?!

So we are down to 19 after these exits

20    Paul Grummitt
21    Gianni Marotta
22    Will Mitchell
23    Mitchell Johnson
24    Michael Fisher
25    Mario Andreou
26    Thomas Myland

blinds are 25-50,000

average is just over a million

Really isn't a stack over 2m either

It's anyone's, out of these players who have out-lasted over 700 others

12    2    Will Ross-jones
12    4    Anthony Martin
12    5    Mark Mccluskey
12    6    Martin Henderson
12    8    Martyn Frey
12    9    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa

13    1    Hamid Toghyan
13    4    Caicai Huang
13    5    Salim Jangarwala
13    6    Gene Lam
13    7    Carol Nichols
13    8    Alex Clark
13    9    Anthony Kirkham

14    1    Vikrum Mehta
14    2    Paul Haycock
14    5    Frank Flanagan
14    7    Timotheos Timotheou
14    8    Neil Ryder
14    9    Alan Taddei

http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/result-info.php?id=3292


thats the first Incredible 100 that has broke £30,000 prize pool by the way

The cherry on top of what looks to have been a hugely successful weekend for DTD

Mark mcCluskey....do a winnnnn sir to cap off a remarkable day for K&K

noooooooooooooooo :( :(

did he show?

I wasn't hard to find yesterday tbf. Sat next to Frankie. Plus I make quite a lot of noise at the table, as Will Mitchell (and anyone within a two table radius) will confirm...

Even lasted past 8pm :)

As Sideshow Bob, you were obviously caught up in a circle of discarded rakes.

Neil Ryder knocks out Timothy Timotheous to go to a 2.7m chip chipleader

AK Tim Tim loses to KK Neil

Tim Tim back to Big Bluff

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_z8Vmn9IF0E/UOm3NkntJHI/AAAAAAAAd0Q/9fmQsfqnMXc/s512/DSC01549.JPG)

November was a bad month apparently.

Martin Henderson raises and Dinarte De Sousa calls

Ah 3d Qs

Henderson 155,000, called

check check on 6d

Henderson all in for 330,000 on the 10h river

De Sousa passes

Henderson shows  Ad Jc

Tell Gene I want to see some Alea style spawn!

Will Jones all in 365,000 called by Mark McCluskey

Jones A-K doubles through McCluskey A-J


--

Martyn Frey opens to 125,00 with A-Jss

McCluskey jams A-9cc

and is called


and is knocked out 18th on 7-5-8-10-A

Will Jones knocks out Carol nichols in 17th

Nichols shoves A-7 shortstacked

Jones calls with K-8 suited in the big blind

and spikes a King on the turn

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1obE8fSgcxA/UOnrLvZTLHI/AAAAAAAAd1k/7Wgcs1Nbz1A/s512/DSC01558.JPG)

GO VIK.

12    1    Gene Lam
12    2    Will Ross-jones
12    3    Caicai Huang
12    4    Anthony Martin
12    6    Martin Henderson
12    7    Anthony Kirkham
12    8    Martyn Frey
12    9    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa

14    1    Vikrum Mehta
14    2    Paul Haycock
14    3    Salim Jangarwala
14    5    Frank Flanagan
14    6    Alex Clark
14    7    Hamid Toghyan
14    8    Neil Ryder
14    9    Alan Taddei


16 remain

1    -    £44,304
2    -    £25,601
3    -    £15,330
4    -    £10,731
5    -    £8,432
6    -    £6,899
7    -    £6,132
8    -    £4,906
9    -    £4,139
10    -    £3,219
11    -    £3,066
12    -    £3,066
13    -    £3,066
14    -    £2,913
15    -    £2,913
16    -    £2,913

A reminder that the final will be live streamed, first from tableside no hole cards 9 handed

then the full hole cards and chip counts etc from 8 handed down to a winner

Unfortunately I can't be in two places at once so the updates will be more sporadic once I go into the comentary booth.

You can catch the live stream at http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/live.php


As usual, if someone can put the major final table hands up on here in the early hours that would terrific, or else I will put up stuff I remember in the breaks

Good luck Paul and Vik!!

blinds up to a whopping 30-60k

average is 1.4m

Chip leader has under 3m


All to play for..

What time do you anticipate the final to start. Caicai and Frank Flanagen are the only heros I have left to funk. :(

Heroic work Tighty

Paul Haycock FTW.

11pm to midnight?

Just as well I don't have a full day tomorrow. Oh, wait....


Volunteers for next month, form an orderly queue.

Great updates tightly! Long one coming up me thinks!

thank you

To be perfectly frank, its been quite an effort by the staff this weekend. Many many tired people around!

Send Cheese. Or bring cheese next month

Sustaining yourself still on that tin of biccies Tighty?


Great stuff as usual mate!

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

Would you like some splendid jokes to keep you going Tighty?

any of the above except for taking out levels, would be disastrous.

behave!


Frank Flanagan opens to 150,000and Togyhan makes to 285,000

Flanagan calls

8c 10h 2h

Flanagan shoves Ah 8h and is called by Jd 10c

turn Jc

river 10s

Frank Flanagan out 16th

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P-SnNYpiw9Q/UOnrSsq8Z_I/AAAAAAAAd2Y/ufeetVWVqWI/s512/DSC01564.JPG)

12pm starts please Rob, if the staff can manage it

Many travelling players for Day 2 are out of hotels by mid morning and waiting for the club to open


Don't think the other options are too palatable for players

+1, Levels have to stay as they are. Chips to stay at 30k as well.

12pm start would be most beneficial to all I would say, especially Tighty!

Beat me to it mate!

12pm starts

Three day tourney over 500 runners.

Final table on day three.

Early start is a must.

I would say leave day 1's maybe play an extra level and then start at 12 on the Sunday. Shorter breaks would also work. 20 min breaks are too long in my opinion have 5-10 min breaks and that is more than sufficient. I believe the breaks are 20 mins now and there are 4 on day 1? so making these 10 mins long would save 40 mins and would allow for an extra level? Starting at 12 on the Sunday and having shorter breaks mean that even with 700 odd runners it could be finished by 2-3 which in my opinion is not to late

number 1. Has to be a joke??? Do a million £ in overlay then when you get a comp that exceeds the gtd prize you want to limit to the number of runners to just meet the prize.

People love the club as the numbers show this month. I prefer any one of the other 4 suggestions before capping fields.

Any way tighty gets 28 days rest till the next one. :)

The structure for this comp has been fantastic. I'd love to see the 30k and 40 minutes stay for day 1 but possibly not specify the day 2 clock/structure until you know how many total chips are in play.

When you've got your total number of chips just set the clock or remove a few levels so that it'll be finished for whatever time you desire.

The problem with setting anything in stone is that you'll never be sure. Until you know your number of runners you can't possibly begin to accurately set a finish time.

Only if you stop posting on the forum for those 28 days Mr High Maintenance drama queen

I hate the Monday final table especially for a Monthly tournament leaves the people who work in a horrible spot, cannot book every monday off just in case!

:) I'll take my handbag n flounce off then

What time do people expect/want a comp like this to finish? Is this month not an exceptional month or is everyone everyone expecting 700+ runners every deepstack!

What kind of time do you "expect" a deepstack to be finishing Tighty?

+1 for 12pm or 1pm start time.

Martyn Frey opens to 175,000

Caicau Huang shove 550,000

call

Frey A-K

Huang 6-6

King on the turn, and Huang is out 15th

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G9TQS0OjQ20/UOnrVZ8FG1I/AAAAAAAAd2w/eLR_3ZBai5I/s720/DSC01567.JPG)

Personally I hate the 20 minute breaks but I understand completely why they have them.

There's a bunch of dealers working at the place who all need a break as well. No way this can change much at all unless they risk bringing in loads of extras so they can be rotated.

3am latest? Reasonable enough. Most players will have work on a Monday at a £300 buy in level, and yes those who final will have a great payday but they've still got to go to work tomorrow!

Yes its an exceptional month in terms of runners and therefore extremely difficult to fine tune a structure and times in advance

Matt's idea about day 2 above is a good one

i understand that for the club shorter breaks is a lose lose. It means less time for players on the house games and it also means they need more dealers for roation. But i would love to know how this balances out by saying having extra people in the club.

Early starts are best idea. This would mean a midnightish finish Saturday and a midday start Sunday. Then a 3ish finish Monday morning. Seems fine to me.

I'd advocate shortening the stock break to 15mins (leg stretch, phone home, spend a penny) and having an hour dinner break. You only have two roulette tables and a couple of blackjack tables. There are only so many people out of 500 who can get to them to do their brains, no matter how long a break you have :)

12 pm start, take out a couple of levels.

Nothing disastrous about taking out 250/500 between 200/400 and 300/600, surely?  I could say the same about 2500/5000, and 25k, 50k.  Save a couple of hours right there.  I don't think you need get rid of any more than those.  They just seem to stick out as superfluous to me.

Dropping from 30k to 20k is only going to save you 40 minutes and isn't worth the moaning.

I wouldn't limit the runners, no point in removing your chance of a good profit.

Probably best to wait to see when it finishes.  Also, February is bound to see a drop off in numbers.

Breaks were 15 minutes this time, think they have already dropped from 20.  Am I going mad?

Vik Mehta opens to 185,000

Paul Haycock button shoves 525,000

call

Mehta K-Qo

Haycock 9-9

j-3-k-a-6

paul Haycock out 13th

(I missed the exit of Alan Taddei, sorry)

Pesky Internet kid, 3bet me with JACK SIX earlier.

Nice bloke. Wp.

20-20-15-20 right? Or something like that 1A, 1B it certainly had 20 min one first...

3am definitely reasonable. Starting day 2 early seems like the easiest option for next month. Offers a chance to see what the numbers are.

Simplest tweak is keep Day 1a as is, but move Day 1b and Day 2 to 12 o'clock start.

Obviously logistical issues for the club, but that helps the players.

no dinner break please! not needed! If your hungry and dont want to eat in the club pack some sandwiches! hour dinner breaks are also not good for the club as i bet more people will go elsewhere for food.


Im not a fan of the early start on a friday back to the days of work fact. Most people can slope of early on a friday so a 2pm start is not that bad as people can get there by 4-5 if you make it 12 people will therefore need a day of work to play

+1

I think an early start on Fridays would be bad. It worked out ok this month, as a chunk of people were still off work, but normally it wouldn't work so well.
35 minute levels is fine by me. Not ideal, but better than taking levels out.

12 pm start on Saturday, so that you can start earlier Sunday, would probably help.

Rather than change too much though, it's likely that next month (and thereafter) won't be quite as busy as this one - January is a funny month with people off work, desperate to get out the house after 2 weeks of food & drink etc....

12pm starts defo best option

Oh and please ban those pathetic electric cigarettes!

12 - 12.30 start would be cool but might crush the Internet "don't surface till 4pm" brigade :)

I'd be interested in what five minutes could do to the dynamic but don't think that could harm.

Everything else mate is spot on!


Tim

Agree, except for the Friday start. As others have said, people can get away from work for the 2pm start, but might struggle for a 12:00 start on the Friday.  Saturday and Sunday can start at 12 o'clock though.

12pm start would work .....

With the blind structure been so good people can have the option to late reg  4 or 5 hours after the start and still have a playable stack (as the 70/80 waiting to be seated found out on Saturday )

Please don't change the structure.

20k stack seems a good solution

+1 these tilt me not sure why i think its every 2 seconds seeing a puff of smoke in the air and being 21 i don't remember the days of smoking indoors!

....and keep the structure

Yeah I would just say start day 2 at 12pm, and eliminate one level. Job done

please don't change anything but the start times

Will Jones raises to 135,000 on the button

Martin Henderson shove 300,000 total big blind

Auto call with any two, Jones calls with 5-2 suited

and is happily against A-Ko

Ace on the flop though doubles Henderson up

C'mon Mad Marty!!!!

blinds now 40-80k

Break

Average 1.6m

12    1    Gene Lam 700k
12    2    Will Ross-jones 650k
12    4    Anthony Martin 450k
12    6    Martin Henderson 700k
12    8    Martyn Frey 1.7m 2.1m
12    9    Dinarte Araujo De Sousa 1.1m

14    1    Vikrum Mehta 2.4m
14    3    Salim Jangarwala 1.2m
14    4    Anthony Kirkham 1.7m
14    6    Alex Clark 600k
14    7    Hamid Toghyan 6.6k
14    8    Neil Ryder 2m


Mr Toghyan has basically torn a strip off table 12, applying maximum pressure for a level or two. I hardly saw him play a showdown pot! Then, with the last exit... he got moved out of the big blind to the other table

Not a happy bunny at this turn of events, onto a tougher table with more stacks to fight against him with



and as I write

Martin shoves blind 9-2 off

Frey in the big blind calls with A-9

Frey holds up and knocks Martin out in 12th

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YdgMVm4Nsn0/UOnrUcrCwuI/AAAAAAAAd2o/drPSK_1_7iI/s512/DSC01566.JPG)

THIS!!!

I'd Say 12o'clock start & Reduce The Clock To 35mins :) However the turnout this weekend was obviously Great for you an the club!  :)up

Yes those electric cigarettes use huge cables to the power outlets.

Electronic ones are the future.

Lam

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hw_0UyegqBI/UOnrKyRZkyI/AAAAAAAAd1g/JtfULAoxLKI/s512/DSC01557.JPG)

Jones

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lD7NsWKdKMU/UOnrCMm5OpI/AAAAAAAAd08/EzLJb0rDa84/s512/DSC01553.JPG)

Henderson

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZY1B7RrNscs/UOm3Jrxd1DI/AAAAAAAAd0A/klNgG9jkzsI/s512/DSC01547.JPG)

Frey

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dEjcRsrvYJs/UOnrFogYF5I/AAAAAAAAd1M/YBQir18f0XM/s512/DSC01555.JPG)

The breaks on day 1B were 25 mins (end of level 3), 25 mins (end of level 6) & 30 mins (end of level 8 to change up the 25 chips).  Not sure about after that I went out in level 9 & left the building!  These breaks seemed unnecessarily long, unless they were to accommodate staff breaks required by law.

De Sousa

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BH2Y4WB7N4c/UOnracqdWJI/AAAAAAAAd3M/BvwFVBjUmV4/s512/DSC01571.JPG)

Mehta

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gcAUDI2aeBg/UOmLf9dJU9I/AAAAAAAAdwg/MeI5smaFAhI/s512/DSC01522.JPG)

Jangarwala

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u1Cyimno7Fs/UOnrKKgt0EI/AAAAAAAAd1Y/Zy8yn8pEXHA/s512/DSC01556.JPG)

Kirkham

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@Doobs

Taking out levels would be really terrible - they make a massive difference definitely aren't superfluous.

Can't see the downside in the 12pm starts. Perhaps 25k starting stack too if that makes a decent difference.

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Hamid Toghyan

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Hi
I don't post too often but great stuff Rob and Simon bringing back the 300!!! It's pitched just the right level for a lot more of us to come and play this fab deep stack event!

Great work from all the dealers, overrun valets and tighty of course :).

I agree with most of these posts earlier start on the Saturday and if need be Sunday

Catch you all soon!
Razor

I'd agree Richard 12pm start for all days rather than touch clock,chips,money they are great as they are

Down to 10

Clark open shoves 6-8 off

Toghyan calls with A-J off

K-Q-A-10-2


Alex Clark out in 11th

I wouldn't touch Friday. A working day, earlier start is trickier

Saturday and Sunday, yes, earlier the better.

It does however crucially depend on staffing, rotas, costs etc. Only DTD will know whats possible in that regard

Surely nothing needs to change? Looks like the final will start in the next half an hour. Finished for 2?

Funking for Neil Ryder from here.

Will Jones shoves 9-6 off and Toghyan, again calls with, again a hand 10-10

Tens hold and we lose Jones in 10th


Now setting up the nine handed final

Lose one and we'll move to the streamed feature


I know go off the updates and onto the microphone, you'll see me around the nine handed final in a bit


As many of you won't be around when I re-emerge, thanks very much for reading and interacting. See you all soon


If anyone wants to pop up significant hands that I commentate on, or talmk about the comemntary or the stream itself, please feel free


Feedback welcome


Night! (he says, optimistically)

I'll take the overs!

Is it still a 60-minute clock for the final?

That was the only thing that seemed superfluous to me in the structure.

If its not broke

well you could say that about the decision to get rid of the £300 deepstack in the first place!

First 500 in Jan was a huge success...

12pm starts. 20k stack. Shorter breaks if possible.

I really wanted to play this but having to be up at 6am put me off. I had visions of a 3am finish and whilst that's prob ok as I'd be getting loads of money I don't feel like only having 1 hours sleep lol.

I think like with this one, a lot of people are under the impression that it's a one-off with a big guarantee, so they make the effort for the first one. I think it's pretty hard to sustain on a monthly basis. I don't doubt Feb will still make the guarantee but slowly decline from the big 727 runners month to month.

But wasn't sustainable to the majority of their target market in the current economic climate!

oh yeh forgot about the breaks. 25mins on day1  (maybe not every break but some of them were definitely 25 mins)

How's about moving Day's 1a and 1b to Thursday & Friday with a 4pm start, allowing buy-in's to around 8pm, (fair to those who are working or need to travel say from London), but ensuring an early finish at around 11:30pm/midnight. This way those working Friday won't have too late a night on Thursday. OK, so it will mean a much larger field on the Saturday, (you could easily the start at midday), and finish a sensible time on the Sunday. Would also be good for the Club in that you would have more people on-site over the four days. I agree you could drop the breaks to 15 minutes but would not touch the stacks, clock or the structure. BTW, apologies for the higorance, but where do I find the stream?

yeh this.

Can't see how reducing the stack will make a difference. People can get 30k in on the first level just as easy as 20k.

12pm starts would be best. Taking the levels out would be a disaster.

Blind levels>clock>starting chips: as far as good structures go. And with the long late reg period, I think starting at 12 on a Saturday shouldn't be a big deal if that gets an earlier finish.

Just put the guarentee to 100k or w/e you think is sustainable and people will come down to try and grab the value out of it once they realise the guarentee is broke every month (even though it seems they are getting value they are actually getting no extra value.) Put on entertainment in the big breaks, I am sure you can get lively bands etc from the local area and area's afar that would love to pay for a few hundred quid to have a possibility of gaining a few hundred more fans. Make it an event to be remembered and people will want to come back and play the event knowing they are going to be playing for above the guarentee and they are enjoying themselves.

Peace out.

why mess with something if its not broken??  the club has been buzzing this weekend leave it how it is

Thats my thoughts on sustaining a guarentee by the way.

think the issue was getting everone in on saturday who wanted to play

727 total  264 friday and  463 on saturday

try to get more to play friday start friday 4pm ?

hi,

Thx for all the feedback. of course, we dont expect 720 runners for Feb, 500 will do just fine :) but our monthly deepstacks have been generally finishing late since we moved the start time of day 2 to back to 2pm from 12pm, so its not just this deepstack that I was referring to (this move back to 2pm on day 2 was for the benefit of our dealers to get plenty of sleep after working a late night saturday dealing cash games etc). we will have a chat next week and look at the feedback on here.

Few replies to questions on here;

- the next Grand Prix is in mid march
- next Chip Leader will be..erm....ask Nick
- we changed the £300 to £500 as a one off last Jan and we ended up getting into a mess with all the clashes, in 2012 we did £200, £150 and £500, there wasnt a lot of consistancy which was a mistake
- breaks have been reduced accross all comps including the Deepstack, we got caught a little this weekend with the 50% above than planned attendance so the breaks would have been a bit skewed depending on staff
- we only did 1 live sat because many of our regs get irritated when we cancel the normal evening comps, hard to keep every happy
- initially elec cigerettes were banned at DTD and we got LOADS of flack because other venues allowed them, hard to win on this issue

Lets see what time this finishes, we are over the moon with the runners but people that know us will know we want things to be as perfect as possible and a final table starting at 11.30pm is not perfect for anyone, but of course, not a lot needs to change and the world will go on even though we will have a late finish tonight :)

Cheers Rob

Re the start times I agree that day 1B and day 2 should start at 12 noon (may be preferable for some for day 1A to start at 2pm, so could try leaving that alone).  I've never really understood why day 2 can't start earlier anyway.  As someone who travels to DTD and sometimes stays over, it's a real pain having to kill 3 or 4 hours after getting thrown out of the hotel room at 11am!  I always go and sit in a pub or restaurant or something day dreaming about how late it's going to finish!  For those not travelling too far and living locally, surely a 12 noon start isn't too difficult if they can make a 2pm start?

But with it being a re-entry tourney the Friday will always be perceived as being more shark-infested.

Sounds like more dealers are needed to rotate so it accommodates for sleeping and breaks.

rob i agree runners were great no overlays anywhere as far as i am aware all sat's made extra seats!

Any plans to bring back more live sat's 10 seats guaranteed Wednesday Thursday Friday would be good for locals! (week before the deepstack)

Also I've stopped playing the online satelliites, hate them, terrible structure, 1 rebuy, 1 addon, gets expensive.  Also the feeder tournaments into the satellites only get you your initial buy in.  Puts me off that I'll then potentially need to take a rebuy and an add on.  If you introduce some variety (some nights have the current sats, some nights have a f/o, some nights have an unlimited rebuy) you may attract more people.

Toghyan opens to 160,000

Lam shoves 480,000 otb

Freyplaying 2m folds 10-10 in the small blind, worried about the big chip leader who has opened

Toghyan calls from 9m with K-2o

Lam A-J

K on flop

K on turn

Gene Lam out in 9th


Live stream commentary is there...hopefully everyone can get it?

Link again is http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/live.php

not sure what filming from 9 handed brings to the party. espicallly when the feed is poor. Titghy commentating is good but im happy to wait until 8 handed for that!

Level?

Course it makes a difference. Main one being that there's only 14M chips to share between everyone rather than 21M

12pm starts would be terrible for me personally but I understand they're good for most.

The feed table is 8 handed of course...so the commentary table side before that is an attempt to start the stream a bit earlier and catch the first exitof the unoffical final in 9th

Ideally there would be a flop cam above the table (its always table 13) but that might be on the agenda only if its felt it would justify the investment. It probably doesn't tbh, as its used for one exit per month for one event

Thought on monthly rotation.

Ie. £300 / £500 / £1k

With re: structure etc, fine as it is IMO. Only way your getting no sleep is if you win a chunk, and nobody feels sorry for you.

Taking out the levels I suggested is roughly the same as moving to 35 minute levels.  If you are happy with one, you should be happy with the other.

Problem with these choices is that they aren't equivalent.  For instance stating at 20K probably saves less than an hour.  Moving to 12 means the staff have to work just as long, just at a slightly better time.  I don't think the cap will make much difference either.

Now I think about it breaks were possibly 20 mins day 1a, and 15 day 2.  Is that right?  I assume they were longer on 1b because of the bigger numbers.

I'd be happy with 15, but if the club has a reason, and they aren't going to save a load of time by doing it then there isn't much point.  Could they easily lose a break on day 1 though.  There is a colour up break that comes only 2 levels after the last break.  Think it is level 8.  Can't they just leave it until the end of level 9, then they don't need a last break at the end of 14?  I can't remember seeing any big unwieldy stacks at that point.  Will save 20 minutes easy enough.  

Anyway, going to be getting off soon, gl those left

cough. If only I mattered :-)

Only joking, well played today Mitch


Right, off to commentary.

Feed should be with you in 10 mins or so for the delay

Start earlier day 1a and 1b. 2pm fine for day 2.

Open the doors earlier to allow people to buy in with time to spare.

25k stack plenty.

10 min breaks, unless the break times are needed for staff breaks.

Don't bother with a 60 min clock for FT.

I agree with Michelle, the sats are awful.


WP to Mr. Tight one, fantastic updates.

WP DTD yet again, putting on a great comp and listening to it's customers.

Excellent work again tighty wp

I think rotation is a good idea, but I would go for £200 / £300 / £500 / £200 / £300 / £1k / £200 / £300 / £500 / £200 / £300 / £1k (you get the idea!)

DTD could also look at introducing the Multi Prize Pool concept into the mix at some point?

Why can't Sunday just start at 10am? Throw in a 1-hour dinner break, saves 3 hours. Not entirely sure why there were 25min breaks on the Saturday either... 10-mins is plenty generally... perhaps with 1 a bit longer so people can grab some food then too.

Best of luck to Neil Ryder

+1

30 mins day 1, 40 day 2?

shallower pay structure so people dont nit it up ALOT with 15-30bbs effective.

#gambolll

VBOL to Neil. It's pretty funny that Turk is commentating being as last week, when Turk was nice enough to give me and Neil a lift back from London he said the following words in the heat of a debate, "Yiannis, you are my witness, Neil will never ever win a big tournament, I promise you." It wasn't as nasty as it sounds, it was all good banter in the heat of a debate, I doubt he even believed it himself. But now the sweat is on for jokes.

Good to put faces to names, and was good to meet you and a few others. 

Don't know if it was unlucky, I was thinking after, does he ever do that freak raise with AQ and with big stacks behind (he was MP).  But meh. 

Would have to fold face down and not tell anyone ever. 

Just switched the livestream on.

6 remain. Current chip counts:

Hamid Toghyan       9.7m
Anthony Kirkham     3.8m
Neil Ryder               3.2m
Martin Frey              2.2m
Vikram Mehta           1.8m
Salim Jangarwara       1.1m

Blinds 100k/200k

How much will next grand prix be to enter?

Down to 5.

Vikram Mehta raises to 275k in the cut off with  9c 9d

Salim Jangarwara in the BB with only 430k shoves all in with  Qh 9s and gets called.

Board runs out  7c 8h Kc 6c Kh

Which is no help for Salim and leaves in 6th with £6,899

Chip leader Hamid Toghyan raises to 200k on the button with  2c 9s

Neil Ryder who is in the SB wakes up with  Ad Ahrt and just flat calls

On a flop of  Ts Tc 2c  Neil check raises Hamids c-bet of 200k to 625k Hamid then passes.

The very next hand. Neil Ryder on the Button raises to 200k with  5c Ks and spookily the SB  Vikram Mehta wakes up this time with the  Ad Ahrt just like the very last hand. A 3-bet to 515k from Vikram gets a pass from Neil.

Anthony Kirkham on the button raises with  Aspades Kd

Martin frey in the SB flats and when it gets to the Big Blind (chip leader) Hamid Toghyan, he shoves all in with  3d 8h

Kirkham instant calls, Martin folds.

 7d Th 4c

 8d   (oh no)

 Ahrt  (sigh of relief)

Kirkham now Chip leader.

Blinds now 60k/120k 15k ante.

Vikram in the cut off raises to 275k with  2c 2h

Anthony flats on the button with  Aspades 8s

Martin in the SB calls with  Kh Qd

Hamid in the BB also calls with  Ahrt 3h

Flop  Th Jc 2s

Gets checked back round to Vikram who shoves all in for 1.5m after flopping a set. Martin Frey with an open ender and 2 over cards faces a tough decision with approx 3.8m. Martin finds a folds and maybe Vikram is kicking himself now for shoving.

Current chip counts with 5 left. 60k/120k

Kirkham          7.4m
Frey               3.8m
Mehta            3.6m
Toghyan         3.5m
Ryder             3.5m

Im not sure how the betting went on in this hand.

Anthony Kirkham on the button holding  8h Kc (assuming he raised)

Martin Frey in the SB is holding  Th 6h

Board runs out  2c 7h 5d 3h Jh

Just catch it as Martin calls an all in bet from Anthony which gets him a double up from the chip leader and now Martin becomes chip leader.

We lose another 1. The long time chip leader Hamid Toghyan.

Again, not sure of the action but. . . .

Neil Ryder  7c 7h

takes out

Hamid Toghyan  Ahrt Ts

on a board of  3h 8d 4h Qh Qd

Hamid leaves in 5th taking home £8,432

Vikram makes it 300k utg with  6c 6h

Anthony on the button calls with  Aspades 9s

After flopping a set again he decides to check call all 3 streets this time and manages to avoid the flush and take the pot down. 2h 6s  Qs  Jd 7d

Anthony Kirkham all in with  Jd Qc

Called by

Vikram Mehta  Ac Qs

 9c 4s  2h

 Kh

 Td

Kirkham hits runner runner for King high straight and doubles up to around 2.6m

4 left, blinds currently 80k/160k 20k ante.

Neil Ryder                   7.7m
Martin Frey                  5.9m
Vikram Mehta               5.1.
Anthony Kirkham          3.2m

Kirkham gets a double up.

Kirkham  Ahrt Ks

Frey      Ad 9c

 9h 7c Kh 6d 7h

Anthony Back up to 5.3m

Vikram on the SB bets to 480k with  8c Js

Anthony calls in the BB with  3s 6s

They see a flop of  Ad 7d Ahrt

Vikram c-bets for 500k and Anthony passes.

Vikram bets to 425k with  6d 7c on the button.

Martin in the BB and the short stack just raises to 960k with  Qc Qd

Vikram looking a bit puzzled due to the reraise rather than a shove ends up folding.

Great work TopTen. Well done sir.

Thanks Alex

Martin Frey makes it 400k from the button with  Aspades 5h

Neil Ryder tanks a little in the SB with  3h 3c before passing.

Vikram Mehta in the BB with  Kh Tc calls.

 Kd 4c 2d

550k ish c-bet from Martin, Vikram just calls.

Both check the turn   2c

0n the  3s river (Neil would have made a full house) Martin Shoves with a rivered straight and instantly gets called by Vikram and gets a double up.

Martin up to 7.4m
Vikram down to 5.5m

Blinds now 100k/200k ante of 30k

Vikram makes it 680k on the button, yes 680k with  6s Jc

Martin looks down to  Aspades Qc in the BB and makes it 1.8m which is sufficient to take it down.

Lost one.

Anthony Kirkham shoves all in on the button with  Kh 3s

Neil Ryder in the BB calls holding  8d 8s

 Td 7c 2h 6c 7d board

 8d 8s holds and sends Anthony to the cash desk collecting £10,731

Down to 3 100k/200k ante 30k

Martin Frey      9.3m

Neil Ryder       8.6m

Vikram Mehta  3.8m

Blind on Blind action.

Vikram in the SB shoves all in  Tc Qd

Martin Frey in BB calls with  Ahrt 4d

board runs out  8d 8h 8c 6s 6c

Chop it up!

Fantastic stuff Ken, thanks very much

Its over soon

Shall I pop the last hand up?

Well played tighty great work! Great weekend just finish 7th in the £100 to make it a profitability weekend

In a really nasty one 3 handed

Vik button raised K-4

Frey Q-Q 3 bet to 1.2m in the sb

Ryder J-J in the big blind

Frey and Ryder each playing 8m

Ryder shoves

and is felted, and soon after in 3rd

Heads Up

Frey 18m, Mehta 4m

Mehta oscillated between 3-5m

then went down to 2m with a river call


then called a raise in the big blind with 10-6, against A-K

flop K-10-9

Vik check raised all in and was called

He finished 2nd for £25,000+

A superb performance from a player to watch

So the winner, 1st of 727

martyn Frey for £44,300


Well played sir

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Car crash!!!!!

Vikram (short stack) on the button makes it 400k with  4h Kh

Martin in the small blind  Qc Qd makes it 1.4m

Neil in the Big Blind  Jc Jd in fairness, Neil thinks for a while but couldnt find a fold and re-raises all in.

Vikram passes and Martin calls.

 Aspades 2s 3h Tc 9s

Queens hold and this leaves Neil on fumes.



Neil all in on the button with  6d 7c

Vikram calls with  Ac Jh

Martin gets out the way with  7d 8d

Neil fails to hit on a  3s 4d Td Kc 4s board and leaves in 3rd place collecting £15,330

Quite a weekend

Shattered, tbh


Wake me on Tuesday

Thank you to DTD, to everyone for posting and especially for TopTen posting for the final


Goodnight. M1 awaits.

Your welcome Rich, thank you for all your hard work. You get a sense of the commitment that you give and the hard work that you do when you try to update just for a few hours, and you do it all weekend. And I did it from the comfort of my comfy chair whereas you have to go walking the floor. I hope its really appreciated because it deserves it.

Thanks very much Tighty and TopTen for soldiering on like heroes :)

Great updates and congrats to all the winners!!

Wd Martyn, played with him a couple of times in last few weeks and seems like a nice bloke. Congrats.

Not really sure what the problem is with a late finish to be honest, but if your gonna change anything, (and this is probably a bit "out there") what about changing the levels but at the start? Say:

30k stack, levels:
50/100/25
100/200/25
150/300/50
200/400/50
300/600/100

And make it so the ante is minimum 1/4 of the sb.
Or something like that. Contrary to seeming popular belief, having antes at the start, and bigger antes throughout, makes a tournament a) play deeper and b) go quicker, which seems like its exactly what were after. This is the way I are all tournaments going, and DTD seems like exactly The sort of place to pioneer this idea. I played a comp ran by 888 in Prague that had 80k stacks and started at 150/300/25, the antes from the start were pretty much unanimously well liked by players from all demographics, and the tournament played deep the whole way through and was still over comfortably in 2 days.

antes in level 1 ftw

Great updates Tighty and Topten.

Def a thumbs up to earlier starts.

great to see the 300 back, it's def the sweet spot as the numbers prove.

i dislike the idea of rotating buy-ins altho re-introducing the monte carlo once or twice a year would be nice.

in the end, tightys woes aside, the finish line time wasn't too late & hey it's a nice problem to have if you FT.

noon or 1pm starts on saturdays & sundays would be better & it's great to see the 20 min breaks reduced to 15 mins.

dinner breaks are for wimps.

statos early ante suggestion sounds interesting & you could also consider making the first 3 levels 30 mins.

well done to rob, simon & all the DTD gang for putting on a great show,

another great effort from tighty & congrats/wp mr frey & all the the other finalists

Supreme effort, Tighty, Mr Frey and TopTen.

It was fun playing, too.

Nice weekend in Nottingham & met some fellow Blondes, it is true that Alex runs like god as he doesn't even have to post his BB most of the time!

Lots of shout outs for Tighty, me also. He does a cracking job & at times must me a really boring and long day just watching, well played to him.

Another weekend where DTD was buzzing - hated my poker (in a self-loathing sort of way), loved being there and will always do my best to be in the place for days like that.

I understand that the satellites for this had zero overlay throughout which surely speaks to the popularity of the tournament.

For the future


Play 30mins for first 4 levels
Cut the breaks by 10 minutes each
Add at least one, and possibly two levels to Day 1

Start Day 2 at noon and keep the breaks short


I like the idea of antes from the start as well

Love the idea of level 1 antes - id even turn up for level 1!

Finished at 4am, I'd like it to finish at 2am at the latest, would have been around that time with 500 runners, possibly just a few tweaks needed then. Well done to Martin Frey, another loyal local DTD regular wins again, pretty amazing how our regulars do so well in the big events :)

Agree with all this