What is the average now and how is the boy wonder doing?

For Papa Yoyo

The lad's doing well (again)

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Thanks. They don't call him YoYo for nothing

Any news of the boy wonder Julian Thew and how he's doing please?

Great updates Tikay. Please tell the son and heiir that all the YoYos - big and small - are rooting for him

Viewing the thread is "papa yoyo", hi Dad!.

You must be a bit proud of your boy.

Hello to Mummy Thew & Graham Thew, too, I think both will be watching, & the boy himself sets off to stay with Mum in Dublin via the 10am ferry tomorrow morning I think.

Toasty.

Please say hi to Julian from PaPaYoYo and the Watch following things from deepest Kildare. Now that the yoyo has dropped we shall expect an amazing comeback

Greetings to YoYo from Malta and all the Maltesers. Any chance of a chip count for the lad please?

Thanks for the great coverage guys. Please pass on good wishes to the YoYo. We're currently commandeering the PC in a lovely Maltese hotel keeping an eye on the young lad.

Steve Jelinek and Trond Eidsvig share a giggle. Steve had gone to raise but it had been noticed that one of the other player's cards had a massive folded dent in it. Ruling was called for and a misdeal was declared, Steve had to hand in his pocket Kings.



Roberto Romanello, "I don't fancy my chances, can we chop?" as he holds for most of his stack against on a board. Too many bullets to dodge, it turns out as a flush comes on the turn.



If we can swap Sorrel and Julian around we would have the evolution of Beards.



Micky Finn, the winner of this event back in 1994.



Daniel Woolson, Warsaw EPT finalist (headphones, white hat) loses a big pot for most of his stack with vs after the board comes out Q-J-T-T-A

Please pass on greetings to the son and heir from all the Maltesers.... and us

JULIAN HEADS UP NOW!!!! 

Go on Yoyo!! 

Any idea what the chip counts are?

At this stage, let me just post a reminder of the payouts awaiting out lucky 4 finalists...

1st Place £86,800 plus seat in Grand Final
2nd Place £46,200
3rd Place £30,800
4th Place £22,400


The early stages of this level have involved the players taking turns to pick up the blinds with preflop riases.

2 for Karim, 1 for Jim Reid, 1 for Michael, 1 for Julian...THEN...we see a flop.

Karim raises to 60 from the button, Julian calls in the BB..

FLOP:

check, check...

TURN:

check by Julian, bet of 50k from Karim, call by Julian

RIVER:

check and Karim checks behind.

Julian shows for top pair, whilst Karim shows....A-A!


wow...definite missed value bet at this stage. Bit too cautious I would say by Karim there! Julian could hardly believe it...the way Karim played it let him out very cheap when he must've thought it very likely that he was winning...

Coverage on GUKPT site suggests Michael Bolger is down to c.100Kk chips. Can you confirm?

Lord Raab has kindly allowed me access into the Press Room which the Updaters are using.

It's right next to the table. (Once you've crossed to the other side of the bar. Gone through a door which has an access code thingie, up 27 stairs, through another door, then another password-protected door, then along a corridor).

Much respect to JungleCat & Dana's legs & lungs, 4 days of this would knacker me.

Looking at the 4 remaining players, they all looked relaxed & cool, & really, any of them could take this one down. Thewy seems to have changed his Tourney game when he makes Finals these days. He sat quietly for the first few hours, but is engaging the full yo gear now.

Tikay - thanks for the words of assurance. I was wondering whether the son and heir had gone middle aged and cautious, but glad to hear the yoyo is back. Pass on our greetings at the break please

Mr Thew Sir, how are you? Long time no see.

Son & Heir is in good shape, worry not. He plays a bit slow early on in Finals these days, but then it's the old wham-bang-thank-you-maam stuff. He just ran an outrageous bluff with 7-2, so he's OK. And yes, he's gonna take it down. I did a TV "link" at 3.30pm this afternoon, just as the Final began, & told the viewers, there & then, that Thewy was nailed on to win, no worries. So he'd better.

Actually, I fancy some sort of business may occur Heads-Up, but Thewy'll get the trophy. Or Jim, who also really deserves it. Or Karim, ditto, or Jim, who's been a revelation. But mainly Thewy, 'cos he's the man. Jim Reid told me at the Break that he thinks Thewy is the best Tourney player in Europe right now. And I think he's right.

Well Tikay, there are very few people left on the planet who call me sir. We shall expect to see you again when you're next in Dublin. The Eden Restaurant still wants to know why you didn't eat your vegetables - they've kept them for you. Liz says hi and she too looks forward to the pleasure!!

 

Lord Raab has kindly allowed me access into the Press Room which the Updaters are using.

It's right next to the table. (Once you've crossed to the other side of the bar. Gone through a door which has an access code thingie, up 27 stairs, through another door, then another password-protected door, then along a corridor).

Much respect to JungleCat & Dana's legs & lungs, 4 days of this would knacker me.

Looking at the 4 remaining players, they all looked relaxed & cool, & really, any of them could take this one down. Thewy seems to have changed his Tourney game when he makes Finals these days. He sat quietly for the first few hours, but is engaging the full yo gear now.

Tikay - thanks for the words of assurance. I was wondering whether the son and heir had gone middle aged and cautious, but glad to hear the yoyo is back. Pass on our greetings at the break please

Is Julian still in or has he decided to holiday? Don't understand the suckout reference

Julian Thew, although short, is still plugging away. He's hovering around his starting stack for the day after a couple of uncontested pushes (if only they knew!), but he did have time to nip over a report the standard of the table.

"The play on here's shocking. One guy re-raised with A-5 of hearts pre-flop and then checked when he hit his flush draw on the flop. He then bet the turn and called a re-raise when he didn't have the odds. He somehow did 50k in that one hand!"

Julian Thew, although short, is still plugging away. He's hovering around his starting stack for the day after a couple of uncontested pushes (if only they knew!), but he did have time to nip over a report the standard of the table.

"The play on here's shocking. One guy re-raised with A-5 of hearts pre-flop and then checked when he hit his flush draw on the flop. He then bet the turn and called a re-raise when he didn't have the odds. He somehow did 50k in that one hand!"

Say hello to young YoYo for us please. Are we to assume that the incompetence of his fellow competitors is confusing him?

I think it may be a case of nohandsyndome as Julian is saying that it's mostly survival at this point, pushing whenever he finds the opportunity. Yoyo's actually on 27,000 now, which he described as his peak, after his pre-flop all-in three times on the trot went uncontested. Again, if only they knew...

OK thanks - keep up the good work