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flanders out, 66 Ali malu takes pot, trumper out, shipley out, 27 left

If I make a mistake guys forgive me, I havet done this before, technology hates me, and I'm playing a comp online

Fuat Can out, D Grosvenor out, Taj Jugpal out, Lawrance Robjent out, Anders Rosandr out. Falling like flies, 21 left, 20 get paid...so its bubble time

Hows Junior doing.

definately a condensed version lol!!
any idea what the pay structure is and how's mickey wernick doing please?
ian

El Blondie chip leader, with 135k, Ali Mallu down to 60k, Stuart Fox 125k,

Good afternoon to you all!
Today's tale is "big wind + chimney = big mess on floor!"
Sincere apologies for my delayed appearance. End of my bad beat story!!!

Bandmansour is OUT !!

Stuart Fox is now at 155k

We are now down to only two tables!

A full payout structure is to follow and a warning, it is BIG!!!!!

....and a HUGE thanks to RED-DOG for getting me up to date!

Enough of your bowels ;D.....hows Greg going?

Payout Structure:

1st - 70,300
2nd - 36,800
3rd - 19,300
4th - 14,000
5th - 8,800
6th - 7,000
7th - 6,100
8th - 5,300
9th - 4,400
10th - 3,500
11th / 20th - 1,500

Greg Hill 71k
Micky Wernick 46k.

Let me set the picture, this place has been transformed.
The TV table hsa been set up in a full arena and has seating about 6 deep around it. The place looks great.
There are TV crews and gantries...wow.
Who remembers the days of 15-20 at a poker tournament?!!
This game is getting BIG !!!

SHOCK EXIT - Ali Mallu is OUT.
He took three bad beats and then got AQ v Chris Singhs KK

Which TV programme is it being filmed for?

Its getting hectic!
Sonny Nijzan is OUT
Phil Compton is OUT

It is getting Crazy, S Murphy has just gone OUT, followed by D Bush who is also OUT.
This thing could be over by 5pm at this rate!!!
There is a break in about 15 20 minutes, we will give a full chiop count then hopefully.....

Bill Shrevington has doubled up to 135k with 33 v Lamb Chop (!!!) 88.
Then he had A3 against Sonny Ninjas slow played AA when he flushed!

The TV Crew are filming material for a NEW Poker News Magazine that will start in March.
As always, you will hear about it first on blondepoker very soon.
Watch this space....

The Players are now on a break.

We have a new chip leader, T Reardon, about 180k.
Chips counts to follow very shortly

Table 1 (in Seat Order)

Micky Wernick     - 66.5k
Chris Singh          - 122k
J Turner             - 89k
Joe Grech           - 77k
C Kkola               - 44k
Greg Hill              - 39k
Henning Gradstad - 56k

Table 2 (in Seat Order)

Dave Colclough    - 153k
Ian McDonald       - 59k
Bill Shervington     - 45k
T Reardon           - 197k
D Callinan            - 85k
Stuart Fox           - 139k
E Haugland          - 97k

On the restart blinds will be 2k / 4k

After the explosive start, things have quietened down, and things are tense and tight.
Raise, Pass.
El Blondie has donned shades and blondepoker cap.
This next bit is a quote, not from Mrs C either, he looks "well mean, well sexy"!!
Tikay, go and get a drink.

T Reardon is having a corker of a week, you may recall we exclusively revealed he picked up 15,000 in a four way chip in the 500 NLH on Friday.
Lets see if he can go the extra step today.....

Greg "Junior" Hill is desperate to find a spot to move in with, he won't be ante'ed away, these Notts boys go down with all guns blazing!
He makes it 10k to go in the BB and takes the pot down.

Greg bets 10k on Button, Haugland calls, Wernick Passes.
Greg bets the flop and takes down the pot.
He is now up to 60k.

On the other table, El Blondie raises to 12k , they all run to the hills!

Bill Shrevington in clash with El Blondie

El Blondie raises with AK, Bill obviously thinks there is a bit of stealing going on and re-raises all in with....err 86.
Flop brings an 8....and a KTA4.
Bill Shrevington is OUT.
A great display by him though.

I am not sure if I can say this on here but, I will anyway and deal with the consequences after, Greg Hill must have balls the size of coconuts.

Classic steal, re-steal, re re steal and he RRR'd on the end. Flop was three spades. He showed two red cards. Both rags.

You can tell this guy has spent time near Julian Thew!!

El Blondie button limp, Flop 246.
BB (Reardon) bets 8k, El Blondie Calls.
Turn 6
Reardon bets 8k, El Blondie RR'd with another 8.
Reardon passes.
El Blondie shows a boat!

Ian McDonald in BB v El Blondie in SB.
Ian Raises, Dave Calls.
Flop K99
Ian checks, Ian passes.
Dave has his dancing shoes on!

But Stuart Fox is not in the mood to dance with DC!
DC messes with Stuarts BB, Staurt fires back!
Dave says "ok, you win this time"
Could be a set up for later me thinks.....

Greg clashes with guy to his right who moves all in on a board of KQ977, three hearts
Greg passes and drops to 80k

Drama!
Callinan moves all in with AT suited, El Blondie Calls with 88.
The boadr is kind enough to bring two more 8 for quad snowmen!
That is 309k for El Blondie. (That's right folks, three hundred and nine thousand.)
Callinan OUT

Ian McDonald takes 3 way pot against limpers Fox and El Blondie, Ian about 55k.

You guys know i get insecure when i am on my own, tell me you are out there reading this!!!

YEA, SOUNDS LIKE DAVE IS HAVING LOTS OF FUN

we are all here transfixed,you r a legend!!

IS THAT ED GIDDENS????

great stuff, how is Henning doing ?

I'm here watching, it's about time DC caught up with tikay on the results front!

Good stuff man keep it coming,

and thank you !

Micky Wernick has moved to the "big stack" table, sandwiched between Gradstad and Colclough. Stuart Fox is to Gradstads right! Lucky him!!

Thanks guys, now i feel better. I was just about to stop and put "The Terminal" on  DVD !!

HOW MANY LEFT NOW???

12 left, its pretty tense and there is a HUGE crowd. I bet Wlasall Football Club would be glad to get this many people at a match!

Blondie you are blessed son !! Quad 8's! just give him the money now and we can all go and watch a movie or something lol

El Blondie makes what looks like a button steal, BB Reardon calls and ctaaches top pair. They check it down all the way, Reardon takes the pot.

Joe Grech battling hard with 55k, Greg Hill is behaving or taking a kip! He is on 70k

WOW

Reardon just Re-Raised El Blondie and the blonde one moved all in for about 300k on a 8876 board!
Message sent
Messgae recieved! DO NOT MESS!!

DC just stole Gradstads BB, he is now down to 40k.
I mean, how cruel is that? Picking on low stacks.....  ::)

Ian McDonald has just survived an all in versus DC.
Ian had AK, DC had KQ.
Pot was 101k, Ian is back in it

Any chance of an update on stacks and how much are the blinds? sorry but just got back from lunch!!

Stuart Fox has moved to 170k. Chris Singh just moved all in on the guy to Greg right who then passed 77

Gradstad had AT v Reardon TT. Ace came on the flop, Reardon is down to about 100k, Gradstad 85k

Fox in SB sets Gradstad all in. Bully Boy time....yet again. He takes it!

Any word on J. Turner?

Greg Hill 80k
Chris Singh 120k

more to follow heeby geeby

Welcome, and congratulations to Welshman who is the 100th member to join this forum.
I think you should mail tikay and ask for a hat or something to mark the occassion.....lol. He will kill me!!

come on greg, come on henning, come on stuart!

Still waiting for my cap for being the first ever forum poster! ;)

Notts Boys doing it again,
Must be all those nights at GALA

Come on GREG!!!!!

Good work Simon

HOW MANY LEFT???

CHIP LEADER???

great work jb I know what a good job your doin now that I've had a little go, mind you, I cant fart and chew gum at the same time, keep it up.

Nothing like keeping your options open Julian!
By the way, I spoke to Yiannis who you used toplay with in London sometime ago, i forgot where...but he said Hi anyway!

J Turner has 90k Heeby Geeby

Julian

Not playing 100 tonight?

LOL, thanks RED-DOG, and you did a cracking job too!
The only reason I do it is because I am a social outcast with no friends and nothing better to do! he he

Thanks again for the update mate. Doing a fine job!

a few very tight rounds of play, you could cut the atmosphere in here with a knife!
The crowd appears to be growing as well.
I say lets have more festivals!!

Greg Hill just passed AK when Haughland, who has not played a hand since a week last tuesday, went all in.

There is a break in 10 minutes time when we will give you full chip counts.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support, I am looking at the traffic for the site and it is huge. Seriously, it really is appreciated.

WHAT TIME IS IT THERE???

IM IN FLORIDA IN THE US

Greg Hill just got the pocket rockets (AA), but,no action. He has 116k now.

Next hand Reardon moved all in, El Blondie passed.

Its 21.49 here in Greece and19.49 in UK !!

100er next week mr W....

Grech and Turner in 70k opt.
Board KQ973.
Grech bet on turn with 44, Turner called with K4 ti win the pot.
Chips counts as follows

The players are on a break - Chip Count

Table 1 (in seat order)

Chris Singh    - 97k
J Turner       - 99k
Joe Grech    - 20k
C Kkola        - 77k
Greg Hill      - 110k
Haughland   - 74k

Table 2 (in seat order)

Dave Colclough    - 313k
Ian McDonald      - 100k
T Reardon          - 80k
Stuart Fox          - 156k
Henning Gradstad - 85k
Micky Wernick     - 40k

Play resumes at 8:10 pm

thanks simon, please pass on my regards to yannis - keep up the good work
oh, & wsop supers have started on willy hills - get in there!

tell the worm I said good luck

Thanks Julian. I will be speaking to him on Monday as we are both trying to represent Greece in the PokerStars World Cup! Should be fun.
WIll do RED-DOG, message passed on!

We have our first casualty for some time.
Ian McDonald is OUT.
He had AJ and flopped a jack. Bad news. Stuart Fox had AA. 11 left

A quick reminder of the money from here on here:

1st   - 70,300
2nd  - 36,800
3rd   - 19,300
4th   - 14,000
5th   - 8,800
6th   - 7,000
7th   - 6,100
8th   - 5,300
9th   - 4,400
10th - 3,500
11th - 1,500

Junior takes blinds against Kkola.
Grech, 44k
Singh 100k
Stuart Fox 250k
Stuart has somehow managed to have four pints at the table! Wow, I would have fallen off my seat if i had that much.
Not that i could drink that much on the first round by the time i get knocked out!

Turner sets Grech all in. he has VERY long dwell. He asks Danny, the cardroom manager, if he can enter tonights 100 if he loses!!
LOL, quality.
He calls!
He has 44, Turner has A8, the A drops and Joe, is no more!
Joe is OUT in 11th and takes home 1,500

Micky Wernick down to 20k, moves in with QT. He is called by T Reardon AND Stuart Fox, Micky OUT in 10th with 3,500
We have reached the final table!

Interesting side point......

The hand before Micky exited, while Grech was o his dwell, Micky left his seat to ask the cardroom manager why they were not hand for hand. A good question. However, whilst he was away, to add insult to injury, the dealer took his cards.
That HAS to hurt

OK.
As you will be aware, there will now be a break for a while. The finalists will have a buffet, then the grand entrance for the TV cameras etc, also the intros.
I would think it will be in the region of 9:45 - 10:00 before we are off again.
Be assured, we will keep you right up to date with all of the happenings as, and when they happen. I guarentee, you wont find information more up to date anywhere other than the card room itself!

chip counts will be here soon.....

Which T.V. station is covering the final table?

all these Nottingham players on TV, brilliant. first JT storms on now Greg will make an appearance. Did you say this was for the new poker channel coming in march which will replace Game In TV?

Talking of which, I caught a short poker documentary last night on that channel and aswell as interviews with Howard Lederer, Devil Fish, Mad Marty, the Mob and Harry Demitriou there was an excellent appearance by our very own Tikay explaining some strategic differences between Omaha and Hold'em. He came across very thoughtful, deliberate and, it has to be said spoke....very.....slowly....which I told my wife was very unlike him. Nice one Tony

Quote from earlier for you Carlo.....
"The TV Crew are filming material for a NEW Poker News Magazine that will start in March.
As always, you will hear about it first on blondepoker very soon.
Watch this space...."

dammit, tikay has yet to see it, i missed too.
hope all goes well fella
nice pic btw

Nice going this is topl class for us mere mortals.
Was sat with DC at the start and he had a nice pot of me when he hit 4 queens against my full house.
Mind you i had a good time and got my chips back and was rolling along nicely till i decided to go all in with jacks on a 9 high flop and the other chap had kings. Thats poker as they say.
Any way I wish all the players the best as they would have had to play some good poker to get this far.
Keep up the good work with this coverage.

Thanks Julian, I've found a nice little private game in Nottingham that, hopefuly I can make a bit out of and get back on my feet. slowly, slowly catchy monkey :P
20 to WSOP champ in two years, ready set GO!!!

Final Table

Seat 1 - Dave Colclough  - 381k
Seat 2 - Chris Singh     - 97k
Seat 3 - J Turner       - 139k
Seat 4 - C Kkola        - 63k
Seat 5 - Stuart Fox     - 268k
Seat 6 - E Haughland    - 64k
Seat 7 - T Reardon     - 100k
Seat 8 - Henning Gradstad- 105k
Seat 9 - Greg Hill       - 114k

Payouts are as follows:

1st  - 70,300
2nd - 36,800
3rd  - 19,300
4th  - 14,000
5th  - 8,800
6th  - 7,000
7th  - 6,100
8th  - 5,300
9th  - 4,400

Very Early action.....

Greg Hill makes it 21k to go UTG, Gradstad in BB moves all in for 54k.

Greg has AK
Gradstad JJ.

Flop 26Q
Turn 8
River K

Gradstad is OUT in 9th for 4,400

Greg Hill and Dave Colclough in blinds battle, Flop is A92, all diamonds, Greg leads out, DC passes

Can I ask what are the blinds now?

Is there much of a crowd?

Greg busy again, he bets 26k, DC calls. Flop T9A.
Greg bets 45k. DC dwells, DC passes.
Greg sets his stall out to dominate.
The consenus is, he thinks he is in the 20 rebuy at Nottingham!!

Haugland moves all in on his BB, Fox passes

Hi Stone, welcome to the board.
Blinds are at 4k / 8k for about another 50 minutes.
Turner has just picked up the blinds.

good man greg, but maybe he should take it seriously & treat it like a 30 at notts, hehe

Greg and DC clash yet again.
Board J8857.
Greg bets out on the end, DC calls with A5 to win pot

Greg is playing again!
Flop AKQ.
Fox bets 15k, Greg re-raises to 35. Fox passes.
Greg is now 200k plus and rampant.

WHATS D/C'S CHIP COUNT

  Hats off to the worm. I know he'd had a tricky time not so long ago but looks like with 3 payouts here, and a good result in Nottingham he's back on his feet. Just goes to show form is temporary, class is permenant.

    Jon

Yes, huge crowd.
Gaugland bets 20k, Singh moves all in and the Scandanavian passes.

Kkola moves all in with AQ, El Blondie calls with KK
Flop J66
Turn J
River A

Kkola doubles through

DC, singh and Reardon in 3 way action.
Flop 78T
DC bets 25k, Singh lets go, Reardon moves all in. DC passes.
DC not having it all his own way!

Reardon and Greg Hill clash now.
Flop 622
Greg has 82
Reardon 65

Reardon is OUT and we may have a new chip leader!!

Reardon takes home a nice 5,300

DC has somewhere in the region of 200k

......although DC stack is dropping a bit.
Fox's turn to take chips from DC now winning a 60k pot

Done!

Were there any online qualifiers for this event?

There are many people from Norway watching those updates now. Hoping Erlend Hauglands wins this turny!!!

Greetings from Spain!

Approximate chips counts for you....
Hill 250k
D Colclough 180k
Turner 90k
Kkola 70k
Singh 120k
Fox 351k
Haughland 60k

Does anyone know much about the TURNER??

Wow, great response to people registered, another four on the way! Thanks guys.
Welcom Gazza, There were satellites for the event but they were all "bricks and mortar" in the days leading up to the event.
Shame really, great event and maybe a great idea for the future Gazza.
Hi to our friends in Norway!!!
And Spain as well!!!  ok big hand for Haugland, he has just gone all in......

Haugland is all in v Turner and Turner folds!

Singh and Greg now, Singh bets, Greg Calls, greg bets turn on
K85J2.
Singh passes. Greg is doing an amazing job here....

El Blondie is now making a stand v Fox by betting 100k.
Fox taps the table. A nice little timely boost for Dave

thanks for good updates jb

bluesquare did online sats

I'm sure anyone who visited Walsall this week noticed the presence of Blue Square. Their poker room was offering satellites for the main event in the weeks leading up to the festival. They'll also be doing them for future Grosvenor festivals so keep your eyes peeled for a cheap way in to the big money!

Turner is a Luton regular. Don't think he's played too many big comps efore so hes done really well.

Howdy

I have been lurking, but as you asked so nicely, I signed up ::)

Is J Turner, Justin from Luton??

Ali

Hi Ali. Any chance of an Omaha lesson?   ;)

Anytime Reevio ;D

yes it is ali.

Yes its Justin Ali

I didnt realise that, well done to bluesq. I think this is a good way forward for our game, there is no doubt the UK scene is growing and events like this can only help.
The atmosphere is truly wonderful in the casino at the minute and is rammed full.
Long may this continue.
Hi Ali!
Not sure, the only info I have is J Turner!

Poor Old Dave "El Blondie" Colclough. He is really struggling at the minute and to make mattres worse, he has just had a nosebleed at the table.
And that is not a fugure of speech.

HAUGLAND ALL IN.....
Turner passed.
Haugland now has about 105k
DC back to about 200k
Justin Turner from Luton 90k  ;)
Kkola 60k
Fox 300k
Greg 250k
All approx.

They are about to go on a break in a minute so proper counts following.....

Just a quick thank you to everybody who responded to my request to register, another 12 did so! THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU!!
Keep on going, the more the merrier!

The players are now on a short break

Got to feel sorry for tikay.

His fingers must be sore from all the text messages he's tapping out and I shudder to think what his phone bill is going to be next month.

Can you talk to Haugland in the brake? tell him all the wsop.no are watching the turny updates, and say this is "BADELAG"

Hi Camel, indeed, I shudder to think what mine is like as well, and we don't have broadband so have to pay for every minute online, gulp!!! All for a good cause though!
Great result for the SUPER HOOPS at the weekend.
Hauge, i have passed on your message!!
Chips counts are just in...we have a new chip leader.....

brilliant updates - keep'em coming. go norway!

let me guess, he hails from notts...

Official Chip Count:

Dave Colclough 216k
Singh 119k
Justin Turner 94k
Kkola 59k
Stuart Fox 334k
Haugland 98k
Greg Hill 350k

Hauge, we got the message through for you and he was DELIGHTED to hear that you are following him, his face was a picture!!

   Any more on DC's nose bleed?  ;D

That is nice!!!  :D

Not a lot of news on the nose bleed I am afraid, suffice to say the blood was red, not blue for royalty as many would have us believe!!

We are playing again, blinds are 6k / 12k

I thought his blood was neither red or blue but instead blonde, how disappionting.

No broadband jbsc, looks like you will have to play some SNG's to cover your costs :)

A few steady rounds with raise and fold, so, just a reminder that the forum is a very small part of this site, there are poker room listings, updates from LOADS of tournaments, a results service, forthcoming events, a great section with all of the poker coming up on TV for the weeks ahead, player profiles...wow, so much stuff I can't remember most of it!!

End of advert!!!

Massive hand coming up.....

HAUGLAND ALL IN FOR 90k
This time he is called by Turner who reveals....AA.
Haugland is crippled, only 4k and its his BB next

:( what did haugland have? q5?

Funny you should say that Diceman....there happens to be a JBSC7769 playing a 25 SNG on pokerstars as we speak!!

...and he is all in....and survives when he hits a 2 !!!
My guess is all in again next hand!!

this really is live!!
He is all in, Greg reraises ervyone else...they are on their backs......greg shows TT, haugland 45....we need a miracle....FLOP 2448J
OMG WOW WOW WOW
Haugland up to 35k !!!

who all in you or Haugland?

HI SIMON . HI JULIAN .   HILL JNR DOIN THE BIZ HEH !  MUST BE THE NOTTS AIR. COSTA ,THEW, TIKAY, JAMIE MOULT AND GREG HILL  -TAUGHT THEM ALL I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

LOL Simon !!
HAUGLAND ALL IN AGAIN!! awaiting flop.......

come on in slowmo, the water is warm...

Important update request..................How is JBSC7769 doing in his 25 SNG???

Ok no1 cares but its a bit of light relief

All fold!

Haugland All in again...Greg calls
Greg A8 and fills up.
Haugland is OUT in 7th and wins  6,100
A Superb showing by the Norwegain

HI JULES. NOT PLAYING TONIGHT?   WHERE'S TIKAY?

ha ha, Stuart Fox's wife / girlfriend has just turned up and he abandoned the beer and ordered a pint of water...that is comedy ladies and gentleman, top drawer comedy.

Guess your veiwing figures have just halved with that last post.

hehe, vintage - & a lovely lady she is too.
at home slowmo, tikay is at walsall, texting simon the updates - gotta love that man

Singh goes all in, Kkola shows an Ace and passes, Singh shows Q6. very nice!

Thanks for the great play-by-play.

-Magnus (norwegian)

You are most welcome Mammux, tahnk you for joining us!

Singh is now getting busy, Fox, greg and DC are just watching the small stacks fight it out.

CHIP COUNT????

Kkola makes it 30k, Greg calls on the button, Kkola bets out on an all rag flop denying Greg his planned steal!

Turning into a marathon, 11:45 and still 7 left.
Singh has joined the fun moving all in 3 times in 4 hands

Great live coverage, congrats to all concerned.  Must say this time the cardroom staff got this festival absolutely spot on , with antee structure and everthing else. Well done guys.  Good luck Dave, still think u a class act.. Craig W

Greg and Fox at it now, Greg bets out on a 7944 board, Fox passes

It must be tense in walsall, Its still tense when it gets here and it has to come via greece

this is great, even in the states we keep up w/ the action

thanks

Nice dry humour from C.

Fox says "just calls", so, Greg says, "just calls", DC says "just raises".
Flop JT2. Greg bets all in. Smiles gone!

Approx Chip count:

DC 120k
Singh 95k
Turner 130k
Kkola 115k
Fox 280
Greg Hill 500k

Keep it going Greg!

  What do we all reckon, a 3 or 4 way chop of the loot?

Maybe Jonny.

A reminder of the payout for the top 6:

1st  - 70,300
2nd - 36,800
3rd  - 19,300
4th  - 14,000
5th  - 8,800
6th  - 7,000

Trouble ahead for these boys now, Greg has started his "raise, raise, quick quick raise" trick.
I think some of them will adopt the feotal position and plead for mercy soon!
Could turn into "The Greg Hill Show"....not as funny as "The Benny Hill Show" but equally entertaining.

can't see why Greg would agree to chop at all. He has half the chips on the table and is quite capable of using them. I can see him having his sights on the full 70k

Blinds are  up to 8k / 16k

I guess it depends on the offer Adam.If he was offered 50k now he might view that as life changing and accept.

   Plus he might realise it takes a couple of beats and he's back scrapping it out with the rest!

It changes my life if I find 1 down the settee

The players are taking a very short break.
Although the hour is getting late, we will be here all the way through to the conclusion of the event.
Thanks for staying with us

I suppose, I think he's probably far enough ahead at the moment he won't take it. bit of a wobble then maybe but he's pretty deep.
Know what you mean though 50k / 70k what ever, it's all a big chunk of change

never over till its over, twice today i have been a very low stack and come back to win on pp sit and go

lol WSOP.
If he took a hypothetical offer of 50,000, it would pay for WSOP entry / hotel etc and still a nice 35k in the back pocket

how do deals and TV poker work then?

If you can, can you get a "Good Luck" message to Justin for me  ;D

Tell him it's from Ali Cheeseman

Cheers

Ali

DC 245k
Singh 101k
Turner 102k
Kkola 68k
Fox 272k
Greg 488k

Not sure they do Adam. I am sure on WPT they are not allowed to deal but dont quote me on the that. That said, what happens off screen......

  Wouldnt waste my money on a WSOP entry anyway, 50k or no 50k! Why pay $10k or however much they'll make it to chase a pipedream, and play bingo with 4000+ players!!!

     

know what you're saying but if I were sat where Greg is (if only) and I pulled 70k tonight I wouldn't be able to stop myself from thinking thats $120k + WSOP here we come. he's a noticably good player first time you face him and he's on a cracking run, why not take your shot. there's more than one event isn't there.

With Grg's form a $300 super-sat might not be too bad of an idea !

 ;)

I am with you 100% Adam, he is playing well,why not?
You don't need to win to make it pay.
I thikn they will be back playing very shortly.....

I remember reading something Slansky wrote about the -ve EV of WSOP not applying to him because as a poker writer the potential book sales and extra finacial benifits made a win more valuable. 2nd's nowhere

6 handed still too early to talk deals i reckon - try & flush out the shorties & see how the land lies - the fact it's being filmed should make no difference to any deals.
c'mon junior!

SIMON, NEED TIKAY TO HAVE A WORD WITH GREG B4 POSSIBLE DEAL. THAT MUCH MONEY WILL BE IMPORTANT TO HIM.

oh, and well done to jbsc7769 for being the 1st member to break through the 'senior member' barrier. what do you get for 500 do you reckon?

 
 Yeah true, but with the fields as huge as they are now, its quite possible a recognised 'face' wont will the WSOP again. Mind you they do say that next year if you make the final table you'll probably be a millionaire! Crazy.

Dont think D C does deals

Listern guys the final table at wsop any event is an experience all poker players should have at least once! And believe me if you are a player and you can get a roll together win it or whatever, take some advice spin it up at wsop !! its why we are poker players!!!

Hadn't noticed that Adam, cheers!
Ali, Justin says thanks and, Tikay says thanks to tuning into Blonde as well!
I didnt tell him I bribed you with chips in the moaha comp on Friday!!

And D.C. ain't doing any deals ! ( unless it's a gift! )

well put Carlo. I didn't start playing the game with the dream of carving out a living in 50 rebuys and online poker. I want a bracelet and If it takes me the rest of my life I'll have one.
(I hear Helmuth gives them away, that's not what I mean :D)

We have commenced play again, DC starts off with a raise and takes the pot down

2nd hand is a repeat of the first!

Now its Fox's turn to raise big.
Turner Calls
Flop 78T.
Fox bets 100k
Turner passes
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.....

are there any other pro's known for not doing deals?

I had the same view and went in 2003. First time there and before i got into the swing of things... BAM ! Final table $5000 event. With Chan and Huck Seed etc. I nearly shit !! but it's the best !! OH AND cHAN won it lol

YEAH I DONT DO THEM

Negreanu won't do them. you cannot do them at WPT. If you get found out doing a deal they can take your winnings back. It is all in the release form you have to sign.

KEY HAND
Greg makes it 60k pre flop, Kkola re raises all in.

Greg AK
Kkola JJ

Flop Q87
Turn Q
River A

Kkola is OUT in 6th and wins 7,000

THEN AGAIN I NEVER FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Gotta disagree Im afraid. Carlo, as a pro player isnt value in tournements more important than any glory chasing ideal? I hastened to add I am far from all-knowing on these matters, but the WSOP just seems to have lost something for me personally.

 

Key Hand again
Turner All in
Blondie Calls

Turner JJ
Dave  A9

Ace come on flop.

Turner is OUT in 5th and gets 8,800

Ask Ram to do a deal and his reply is always the same. He says... ''You know the rules'' meaning no deals

Dealt with DC ? YOU MUST HAVE GIFTED HIM LOL

even if he's short and gets a good offer?

   Doesnt J-J win there against A-K?

how does greg win that against kkola???

Serious Money up for grabs now.......

1st  - 70,300
2nd - 36,800
3rd  - 19,300
4th  - 14,000

about 140k to play for!

excellent, reason i ask is I'm not a big fan of deals myself. mainly because I love the game when it gets short and especially HU.
Not specifically a HU game but when you're already in the money.

How can you get better value than a WSOP event?

Qs & 8s with the A

didnt d/c do a deal at a wsop fianal and give up a braclet????

Very enjoyable to follow , wish i was still there , hi to Carlo , and i wouldn't do deals if i was Ram with a $1,300,000 deal lol .

TYPO !! Sorry, last card Ace, it has been corrected


OK MASSIVE HAND COMING UP HERE, WE HAVE A SUPRISE EXIT........

Whats the chip count? if you have time please

Blondie flush.....

ACES ! My boy how the devil are you? Going to the Irish open?

suspence

Not sure exactly how the money went in but, El Blondie and Stuart Fox get ALL of their chips in.

Stuart shows AJ
El Blondie Show 99

Very first card hits the Ace...then the board brings FOUR spades and El Blondie hit the flush....UNREAL HAND

Stuart Fox is OUT and wins 14,000.

We are now down to three players
They say yo uneed a little bit of luck to win a tourney and that could be the luck El Blondie needs to kick start his charge

1st   - 70,300
2nd  - 36,800
3rd   - 19,300

how does that leave the count then?

Luck? he had the best hand!!!!!!!!!!

ITS ABOUT TIME D/C HAD LUCK, WAS 7TH, MISSED FINAL TABLE OF 6 (OUT OF THE $$$) IN PPT IN L.A. AFTER PLAYING 2 DAYS

He don't need luck! He's learn't The Green Cross Code ain't he! He know how to cross a final table lol

Come on Whats happening?????????????

just waiting for the details......

Oh no ! I got a feeling there dealing!!!!!!!!

  They may well just take a chip saver and play on no?

i think there are a few interviews taking place but as soon as the info is available, it will be here!
Didn't mean to build up the suspense, was half way through a mail when Tikay rang so, i let you know as soon as possible!!

level the prizes out a bit you mean?

Is it over then?

Play it out you pussies lol

No deal talk!!
El Blondie taking control now with raises!! but Singh is dangerous!

CHIP COUNT ???

Singh All in for 170
He raises, DC re raises, Singh all in. DC shows cards to crowd and says "shall i call?"
NO they shout!!
He fold A7....singh shows 89 !!!

Is there anyboby there????????????????????????????????????

Singh 170k
DC 600k
Greg 500k

ALL APPROX
Sorry, just come through, there are alot of chips and tikay needs to get to table and count them!!!

YEEEEHA COME ON BLONDIE

Now the updated chip count from after those hands!!
Singh 234k
Greg 310k
DC 700k

chris 234k
greg 310k
dave 700k

WHAT'S THE BLOOBY BLINDS LOL

hehe, sorry si...

sounds like chris has played a very patient game & is opening up - he won a main event at walsall 2 years back & is a classy player.

come on junior!

Hi Carlo , working on 2nd years schedule as i write , will be including Ireland as first event but it might get dropped and the Vic will be first , either way looking forward to seeing my mate . Did you see the interview i did on Sporting Life where they asked me what i would do if you asked if you could leave a container on my drive lol .

Good luck to all the finalists , it was a great tournament .

ACES

great coverage, keeps me from tilting in the Stars 500

no problem Julian, had a hitch there, no text message for ages, then they all came through at one, in the wrong order....i think we are ok now......

no i didn't have the pleasure. I can't wait to play you must comr to Ireland mate

if the tilt don't get you the boredom will....

Greg just bluffed 75k, DC calls vrey quickly, with 2nd pair on a scary flop (flush), Greg had nothing

Aces i AM RINGING YOU IN 5 MINS!!!

Greg 220k
Singh 220k
DC 800k+

It was in a series of interviews David Lloyd is doing , i've archived it on my site under articles if you want to read it , keep up the good work Tikay , Mathilde says hi Carlo.

Lets hear it for Blondepoker guys, great job!!!!

in 3 minutes the blinds are going up to 10k and 20k.
Very heavy three handed!

Yep doing a fine job here guy's and thank you.

Thanks Card_Shark and welcome to the site!

Singh is OUT
He moved all in with 45, DC called with KQ. Both hit a card.
Singh gets 19,300

We are now heads up!!

given that Greg's been seen out in the cap, it's an all Blonde poker final.

What a fairy tale, Young Greg "Junior" Hill taking on poker legend Dave "El Blondie" Colclough.
They are now playing for the following.

1st  - 70,300
2nd - 36,800

This really has been a thrilling event, well done Walsall.

The players are taking a short break before we find out who the winner of the main event will be.

has tikay got a camera phone, send us a pic or two

whilst we had a few tech probelms, a text came through with an amazing statistic!
Of all of the runnres, only 4 had the blondepoker colours on. 3 of them made the final 4.
UNBELIEVABLE.
We will keep it a little secret who didnt make it, just between us eh Tikay?

send me a hat, QUICK

Chip Count

Greg Hill 245,000
El Blondie 1,000,030 !!!

I am just looking at the small print of my contract, only 25% of DC's payout for all of my hard work??? Jeez.....

Junior has everything to gain and nothing to loose hear doesn't he?
36800 as a worst case scenario isn't aweful, he's up against a world class player so no lack of respect if he looses and if he wins it even more well deserved respect than already earned.
Nice job Greg

A few small exchanges then the first big pot.
A cleverly played 2 pair must have been a real boost for hand winner, Greg.

greg all in.....awaiting info!

I bet Dave is glad he has the extra 30! ;)

DC passes.

Greg up to 370k.

This boy has so much heat, he has been great no matter what the result.

Good discipline from DC

  Absolutely right. They say playing Heads-up is easier when your the shorter stack as well. My money would still be on DC though with a 4 to 1 chip lead.

come on greg hang in there for notts! u can turn it around

Huge crowd watching the action unfold. This belter is a real David v Goliath, only David is Goliath.....if you follow me!

Greg just took down another 100k pot...he is sneaking back....it really could happen?
DC has soooo much class but, the new kid on the block is holding is own, and then some

yeh like you would know!!!!!!!!!

Greg bets 40k, DC moves all in, greg passes. He is only going to commit on his own terms.

You think back to when DC only had one hundred and something thousand chips and where he is now.

Class

greg is now up to about 500,000 chips

Ifm. The Hendon Mob is the other way kid.

sort of out of context there, i meant to argue against the david/goliath thing

Dave C 700k
Greg 520k

Great effort by both.

arrgghh, tell us something, if its only what you had fot tea!!

Come on Dave.. I want to go to bed mate!!!! hurry up and finsh the kid of. He can buy alot of school dinners with 35k anyway hee hee. ONLY JOKING GUYS.

ditto,
come on junior,
i got an early morning feed coming up...

dunno Carlo, I reckon Gregs got this inthe bag now. ;)

Im starving now, want a fry up

no pressure on junior...

iT IS POSSIBLE BUT I DONT THINK SO . IF YOU HAVE EVER PLAYED WITH DAVE YOU WILL KNOW HE HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK WITH THE BEST OF THEM. HOWEVER WHAT MAKES THIS GAME GREAT IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE TO SURE!!

ok, good news for followers of DC, not so good for Juniors fans!!

DC is really applying pressure on Greg now, he is down to 150k (greg!)

SEE WHAT I MEAN !!!!!!!!!!

NO NEED TO SHOUT CARLO

LOL LOL sorry

julian c'mon man .u may be good poker player, but dont ask us to believe you feeding baby . WHAT A BLUFF

Ive been watchin and im well impressed with the effort put into the coverage and the site.

Good Luck Dave........

P.S. Hey Simon hows it going? ::)

Ah, Ron,
Any news from your mate at Sony yet. SUSPENSE IS KILLING US

BIG HAND

All in pre flop

Greg K6
Dave K7

Flop K6A

Turn 3

Dave Begs for an Ace

River ACE !!!

It is all over. Greg Hill is OUT winning 36,800


The winner of the main event is Dave Colclough!!!!

i kid you not big man - me hands on, nappies, swing rides, the whole kaboodle...it's like an advert on the telly

probably th right result. well done Greg, good effort.

BUT HOW CAN U BREAST FEED???????????????????????

horrible image. thanks for that :(

well done to both players, tikay & simon - junior, hold your head up, you did just great - what a future...

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE COLCLOUGH THE WINNER OF THE MAIN EVENT AT THE WALSALL MIDLANDS MEDLEY
He wins 1st prize of 70,300

A special well done to Greg Hill who must be so happy with his performance over the two days.

Thanks also to you for coming to the site, we have regular updates on most of the big events and a results service that is unmatched on the web.
Please come back and visit us soon on our main web address www.blondepoker.com

Thanks

Simon

WELL DONE SIMON.  GREAT COVERAGE. VEGAS NEXT MONTH . FANCY IT ?

well done to both, well done Blondepoker, well done Carlo for not shouting, well done Ju for breast feeding, goodnight and good luck all

Adam, funny u should ask..........

Spoke to him today..
He gave it a listen and decided it was passonworthy (must be a technical music term)
So now it is being bandied about to the appropriate Sony geezers (apparently there might be A pop-punk specialist geezer)

And...............
Hell let me know if THEY like it....LOL
I know. Its a funny old game but hey the foot is at least in the door and the shoe is rattling around the right cages at the moment...


 :D

Thanks to Simon & Tikay  for bringing us excellent coverage  through out the festival. Hope Barry Hearn is not watching , it might go to pay per view.Well done Dave in showing everyone u truly class at poker.

Thanks Slowmo.
I am saving my pennies to try and make WSOP !!!
You lucky bunny going over again! Have a great time and let me know how it goes.
Thanks also Julian for your kind word, again, all i do is type, Tikay is the star of the show!!
Hope to see you all soon

thanks a million Ron. If there's anyone's name you can get us so we can follow it up that's be a massive help. I could stop bugging you then.

think passonworthy is the technical opposite of binable.

hope you get the breaks adam,
still got your cd...

not half as much as I do Julian. got some big gigs coming up soon. tell you all about them if I ever get the roll up enough to get to notts again.

GOOD JOB EVERYONE, THAT WAS GREAT

JUST WIN DAVE, JUST WIN

 8)
I would just like to say a big thank you to all the people who have put so much effort into this site
and thank you for all the good luck wishes.

Greg Hill and Stuart Fox both played exceptionally. We will be hearing from both of them in the future for sure. In the end I got lucky against Greg. The  key hand was when I flopped a straight and he made top pair (I think)

There were no deals. I dont do deals now. I did do a deal that cost me a bracelet in 2000 when I didnt care.
The reason I dont do deals is not because I am greedy. It is because it alters the way people play. It takes the pressure off. I like to try and apply a little pressure as Michael Cain would say.

Thanks everyone.
And sorry to those peeps I outdrew (particulalry Mr.Lattiff)

Congrats Dave on another fine win mate.. and also thank you to everyone connected to Blondepoker for all their efforts in covering the event

Great coverage chaps, better than watching football on teletext !!!

Congratulations to Dave and Greg, star performaces ffrom both.

Thanks to Simon and Tikey for all their hard work. Was going to say much appreiciated but me spillings not very good and Tikay will take the p##s

This is going to be THE site for live tourneys.

Just had to read all the coverage to make sure it wasn't a dream! - thanks to everyone for your support and kind wishes, nice to have so many people funking for you! Tikay was a star during the event, giving me constant confidence boosters and pep talks. - he should get a job as a mr motivator (on second thoughts.... Tikay in a jump suit and bum bag!! - maybe not eh?!)

Simon - you are a legend, Blondie should send you a chunk of his prize for the phone and internet bill.

Blondie - pleasure to play with you, next time lets hope its a different result. I had a feeling whoever could get Mr maniac Singh's chips would be able to press home the advantage. - great game.

Good luck guys, see some of you gala boys in the near future

Junior

Congrats Greg
Was planning to stay up and see it thru last night but fell asleep on keyboard on page 18 lol
thought you were going to do really well in sheffield the other day nice to see you come good in a biggie.

Craig

Nice to see DC back on form better stay out  of his way me thinks.

Very well done Greg.

Scratch at this too now !!

 ;)

thanks Ralph!
maybe even +2
lol

cheers as well craig - see you soon! - about 3 weeks i think til i am up there again

Great coverage guys.

Almost as good as playing :-\

Well done chaps for updating and keeping up informed, excellent work as usual

now when are u getting up them deauville piccies  ;D