Grosvenor Southampton £1000 LIVE UPDATE

[tikay]

Well, there may be a logical explanation, let's wait to hear the reasoning. But on the face of it, it souinds a terrible decision.

[Djinn]

What time does play start on Day Two - I need to let the 425 peeps know?

Any idea why has the clock been changed, mid-comp?

2:30 pm start tomorrow - as far as I know at the moment - that's what it says...but Mike says 3pm.  I'd show up at 2:30 just to be on the safe side.

The clock was 45 min right from the start today - sorry if the lag meant it looked like an "all-change" sort of scenario.

****************************Break************************

Martin Green loses a 3k or so pot with after they got past the 2 3 2 9 turn and the fell on the river - giving Nick Jenkins the eventual winner with his

There's a limpathon on Mike Magee's table (6 players) and then a lot of checking until the middle held .  It checked to Mike who bet 1,000.  Only one caller brave enough to match the bet, and gets told "I'm playing the board."  So was he; they split the others' money after that scariest of collections of cards had lost the timid...

The Camel wins a nice pot in a battle of the blinds with R. Backstrom:
Flop:    Backstrom bet out 700.  Call.
Turn:    Backstrom bet 1,400.  Camel calls again.
River:    This time Backstrom gives up, showing , while Camel's takes the pot.

[tikay]

Howdy ho peeps, snoppety snop snop here.

Latest news:

-- We're down to 4 tables
-- Jim Reid lost a small pot with A-9 to Lyle Metcalfe's A-K on an ace high board. The third diamond on the turn slowing both players down.
-- They've changed the clock from the advertised 1 hour, to just 45 minutes.
-- James Dempsey is out after seeing his set of fives outdrawn by a king queen flush draw on 5-7-A flop. Not sure how Tony Adderly got all his chips in with a king high, but he did... who am I to critisise though.
-- Flushy was on Table 4, seat 7. 4-7, eek! An oman? Let him down today though. mmm, the power of 4-7.

That was what confused us - it says "clock changed".

Ah well, all's well then.

[Djinn]

Whislt they're on the 10 minute break and releasing some bodily fluids, here's some more pre-break news for you.

-- Flushy took a piccy of me with the trophy, which unfortunately you'll have to wait to see. But believe you me, it's a real gem, and it's gonna make the ladies goes go wild!!! Form an orderly queue please.
-- noflops has been dealt Aces, Kings, Queens, and Tens. In his own words, 'I've had some big hands, but not made too much with them, so I wouldn't say I'd been hit in the face with the deck.' A gentle tickle then?
-- noflops made a few bucks on the following hand. His preflop raise with pocket fives found one caller. flopsy bet the A-K-T flop, Mateyboy called. Both checked the Jack turn, which also brought 3 clubs. Mateyboy then decided to value bet 500 (into a 750 pot) with A-J and a 5 river. Fopolsy called with his set, but was that too big a river bet? Should he have just checked?
-- the clock moves up to 60 mins at the 200/400 level.
-- Flushy is tempted to hit the rendez-vous in Brighton after his early exit, although he is considering telling every1 that he withdrew his entry and took the money instead. hmm

[Colchester Kev]

Is Flushy still in ??

[Djinn]

Hokay - here are the post-break nearly full nearly totally accurate Chip Counts:

Table 1

A. Hayles     12,000
M. Morjaria    15,000
?                  5,550
Martin Green  12,000
Nick Jenkins   13,600
R. Miller           8,500
Colin Knapp   7,800
Walid Khalil    10,700
A. Miles          7,000

Table 3

S. Harris        13,500
Jim Reid        14,500
Paul Traynor   6,200
L 'Doc' Smith  8,700
Ian Jolly         6,200
Lyle Metcalfe  12,000
W. Daoud      6,500
Stuart Nash   20,900

Table 4

Adrian Royle     12,700
Rick Glading       9,800
Mike Magee      12,900
Tony Adderley  15,200
Dennis O'Mahoney  14,500
Neil Fox             5,350
Iain Abrahams     12,000

Table 5

Keith 'Camel' Hawkins 10,200
Mark Lawrence        8,100
F. Jahr                   12,500
Chris 'Homer' Hall     11,400
Ian Cox                   6,900
?                           10,800
Antony Hughes        21,000
R. Backstrom            6,200

Snoopy has taken quite a few nice snaps of the players, card room and one-of-a-kind trophy item...but I'm just teasing you - you'll have to wait for those...

[Dewi_cool]

I hope that ? wins this , and that ? comes second, I think Flushy is out Kev, not sure though

[Queen of Hearts]

When you see him - Please give Stu Nash my best wishes

Thank you

[Djinn]

There really isn't a lot of action at the moment. All very slow paced. Unfortunately, the most exciting part of today's comp has been Flushy's untimely exit. Bah.

Anyhow, here're 3 hands in which we at least saw some chips move somewhere.

(1) Board = . Adrian Royle bets 2k into a 5k pot. Rick Glading calls. River is the rather unmenacing . Royle repeats his previous move by shoving in another 2k. Glading, without the dwell he gave previously, briskly calls. Both players show A-K off. Choppy chop chop.

(2) Flop = . Martin Green checks, Mateyboy bets 200, Green calls. Turn = . Exactly the same occurs. Mateyboy bets 1k on river. Green folds.

(3) After some preflop action, a rather chunky pot of around several k is created. F Jahr sticks in 4k, but Antony Hughes folds.

Hopefully more, and rather more exciting, action to follow.

Oh yeah, and before I forget, noflopshomer thought the 'random in seat 1' was a Mateyboy. Er, nope, that's the one and only Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins. 'Aaaaaaaaaah, that's the Camel??' replies flopsy.

It wouldn't happen to tikay...

[Djinn]

I know someone asked about the Prize Breakdown - well, here it is:

1  £14,400
2   £7,200
3   £3,600
4   £2,900
5   £2,500
6   £1,800
7   £1,400
8   £1,100
9   £1,100

[tikay]

I gotta get a nap guys, will tune in later.

Any idea who won - murdered more like - the Blue Square SuperBlinds huge field MTT this afternoon?

[Colchester Kev]

I gotta get a nap guys, will tune in later.

Any idea who won - murdered more like - the Blue Square SuperBlinds huge field MTT this afternoon?

Was it Sammy Farha ??

[booder]

Is Flushy still in ??

im sure i heard ginger say that

[Djinn]

-- Still no big hands to report, and, with just 4 tables it's unlikely we're going to miss anything too shocking.

-- I notice that 'Noflopshomer' is logged on even though he's seated beyond me. Assuming that it's his folks keeping a keen eye on their young offspring playing in his first (I think) Main Event, I asked him if he had any messages for those two loved ones who brought him into the world, caring for his every need as grew up in this sometimes intimidating society. He said, 'No'... and quite emphatically too. Hello Mr and Mrs Hall from snoopy though. :-)

-- Blinds have just gone up to 200-400, which, according to the paper leaflet I have in front of me, means that the clock is now on 60 minutes.

-- Due to only having one lappie at hand, Jen and I are posting under the same alias. I could say it's me each time, but that could become very arduous indeed. Therefore, you're going to have to adopt some guesswork if need be. It's not too hard though, Jen's are the intelligently written posts brimming with wit and intelligence. Mine are the other ones...

[Djinn]

Aha!  Action!  And all-ins!  And I was there!

Martin Green is OUT -

M. Morjaria raised on the button, by 1,000 (blinds are now 200/400).  The small blind passed leaving only Martin left in the big blind - he quickly re-raised another 3,000.  Morjaria was all-in in a flash, leaving Martin with a tough call.  After a long think, the re-steal probably looked possible, and Martin's weren't too shabby, so he put his remaining 7,000 in the middle.  Unfortunately for him, Morjaria had a real hand - , and although a 9 and J fell on the flop, there was no more help of any sort and Mr. Green was walking out.

Elsewhere Noflops is up to 13,000 after a bet out with AK on a Q J 5 flop after he'd received one caller preflop for his 1k raise.  Little by little adds up just like lots by lots.  Did that make sense?  Who knows - but Chris looks confident.