Grosvenor Southampton £1000 LIVE UPDATE

[Djinn]

The £1,000 No Limit hold'em freezeout is seconds from commencing here in Southampton - the field is small, but hopefully action-generating and in all other ways entertaining...

A couple of words about this update first:

Snoops and I are having to share the one Vodafone card and a connection which is comparable to talking via cups on a bit of string.  This means that we won't be updating as frequently, but hopefully there'll be loads of juicy information in every fun-packed post.  Well, that's the idea.  And unfortunately, there would be a lag of about, oh, a decade if we were to try any photos - so we'll get them on in one go later on today or tomorrow (no worries about our photographic slacking!)

And there appear to be just five tables starting off on this comp - full player list in the next post.  But I think I should mention Flushy and NoFlopsHomer whom we have already run into during the mad dash through the bar...

[AlrightJack]

37 runners here in sunny Southampton. While Jen tackles the official list I'll add in a few names that are here.

Martin Green
Stuart Nash
The Camel
Jim Reid
Mukesh Mojaria
Paul Traynor

[tikay]

Hi jen, sloppy.

I should add that's it's my fault there is only 1 lappie down there. I was supposed to be there, & give sloppy my lappie, but I was wrecked, after 4 days non-stop hithering & thithering, & did not get up in time. I'm sorry.

[tikay]

Did Flushy not bring a lappie?

[Djinn]

And here's who's made it to Southampton for their rather nice 10,000 chipped £1,000-er:

Iain Abrahams
Tony Adderley
R. Backstrom
Ian Cox
W. Daoud
James Dempsey
Neil Fox
Rick Glading
M. Green
Chris Hall
S. Harris
Horace Harvey
Keith Hawkins
A. Hayles
Barry Hearne
Antony Hughes
F. Jahr
Nick Jenkins
Ian Jolly
Walid Khalil
Colin Knapp
Mark Lawrence
Mike Magee
Lyle Metcalfe
A. Miles
R. Miller
Michael Mole
Mukesh Morjaria
S. Nash
Dennis O'Mahoney
James Reid
John Reynolds
Adrian Royle
Faud Serhan
L. Smith
Paul Traynor

[tikay]

Hi Jonathan!

[AlrightJack]

Well, there are two lappies now, but one if them is mine.  I'm sure slopony will get his paws on it at some point when I'm otherwise occupied (ie at the bar).

[tikay]

Thanks JR

[RED-DOG]

Good luck guys, I'm looking forward to some propper updates for a change.

My picks for the final are

Noflopshomer
Dennis O'Mahoney
James Reid

[Djinn]

Hi folks, Mr Beagle here..

The big news here is that the usually blue Grosvenor sign on the front of the building is actually red here!!

Oh yeah, and there's also a tournament on...

Speaking of which, although there is only a rather lack-lustre 37 crowd, we are graced by the presence of a few blondeites. Doc12345 (Luke Smith), Jim Reid, Keith Hawkins (The Camel), Irish Denis, and Noflopshomer They're not much, but they're all ours. Anyhow, it's quality, not quantity... well, that's what my past lady friends kept telling me anyhow. Grr!

Actually, the latter of them blondeites, Chris Hall, encountered some early action...

Camel called, Mark Lawrence (nowt to do with football) also called, noflops raised to 250.

Both opponents called.

Flop =

Camel checks, Lawrence bets 200, noflops makes it 800, Camel folds, Lawrence calls.

Both check it dow to the river. Turn = , River =

Noflops =

Lawrence =

A close one, but Chris is a nosehair in front and scoops the pot.

[Colchester Kev]

Stop the comp and just chop it between Jim Reid and Martin Green ...It will just save time ... Camel for 3rd and Stuart Nash for 4th..

[tikay]

Stop the comp and just chop it between Jim Reid and Martin Green ...It will just save time ... Camel for 3rd and Stuart Nash for 4th..

You forgot Flushy.....

[Colchester Kev]

You forgot Flushy.....

No .... I didnt !!

[Djinn]

Snoops again. More news for you. Apologies for it bing clunked together, but the mobile card is in full tortoise mode.

Mark Lawrence is down to 900 after running his Q-Q into Antony (should that be Anthony or is the player list spot on?) Hughes's pocket rockets.

How about this for a board though?... Q on the flop, Ace on the turn. Ouch. Plenty of oooohs and aaaahs on that hand.

Other news is that whilst Greg Winters (axeman) has seemingly withdrawn from the comp, Barry Hearn, who is listed as playing this comp, is nowhere to be seen.

The worst news of all, however, is that Flushy just lost a 7k pot. On a flop of Q-T-5, Flushy bet out his top two pair and found one caller Mateyboy then check called 1.5k on the jack turn, and did the exact same on the 3 river. His hand? Q-J. Ouch, but I suppose Flushy could easily have found himself sitting on the rail.

Finally, a short hand from table 1...

Walid Khalil bets 500 into a flop. Mateyboy calls. Khaili bets the turn, Mateyboy folds.

Blinds just about to go up by the way.

[Queen of Hearts]

Stuart Nash won on Saturday afternoon at the Western.