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« on: April 12, 2005, 05:47:16 AM » |
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The blue square.com soponsored Spring Festival began tonight at Luton with the 150 PLH rebuy.
83 runners, 3,000 starting chips, unlimited rebuys and an optional top-up. Clock was a lovely 45 minutes.There were 119 rebuys & top-ups, giving a Prize Pool divided up as follows......
9th, 750.
8th, 900
7th, 1,050
6th, 1,200
5th, 1,800
4th, 2,550
3rd, 3,750
2nd, 6,150
WINNER - 12,150.
Notables there inccluded William Hill's Bad Girl & Smokin Steve, Rumit, Denis O'Mahoney, Sonny Osman, Martin Farragher, & David Lloyd.
Nottingham sent a strong team, including Vic Hero Nik Whiten, Rob Yong, Bob, Greek Jack, Steve, Basha, & Nottingham Nick, who is not from Notts.
The dreaded Eric The Screw Barker & at it merchant Ian Bradley came down from the North East, & other Northern notables included George Geary & Simon Nowab.
Rankings leader since his 2nd at The Vic, Stuart Nash was present, looking to add to his points tally. And Gutshot Finalists James Browning, Neil Bad Beat Channing, Ben The Milky Bar Kid Grundy, & Cemal Alp, who also finalled at The Vic, were also present & correct.
King Richard Ashby, Racing Ronnie, Frankie Knight, Jeff Rogers, Phil Peters & his charming wife, the lairy Riverdave Penly, & EPT Commentator Pete Singleton, were amongst others I recall seeing.
When play finished for the night, there were 25 minutes left at 1,500-3,000. Play resumes at 2.30 pm Tuesday, & it will be a 9 seat Final.
Current average is 55k, & average for the Final will be 67k.
The Overnight Chip counts, in table & seat order, are.....
Table 1......
Simon Nowab, 82k
Stuart Nash, 70k
R Hammer, 24k
M Wright, 137k
Xuyen Bad Girl Pham, 25k
J Buffenberger, 53k (BUTTON)
Table 2
A Sawyer, 34k,
P Valentino, 27.5k
Phil Peters, 73k
C Edelman, 19k
Ian At It Bradley, 63k
Good Luck to them all!
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