Bolton Extravaganza - Interactive Live Update, Day One

[snoopy1239]

play will recommence in 5 mins

[snoopy1239]

Paul Campbell -- 23,000
Mark Raymer -- 23,800
Ian Roberts -- 21,300
Bernard Litman -- 38,500
Jehan Zaib -- OUT (6-6 vs K-K)
Olabode Ayegun -- 9,400
Michael Fletcher -- 36,400
Dave Colclough -- 25,000
Paul 'Pab' Foltyn -- 13,200
Glenn Ashworth -- 17,600

[Djinn]

Stuart Rutter in Shock Threes Out-ing News Now -

After a raise, we think from Hamsterboy and a call from a rather perpetual caller, Stuart on the big blind decided now was the time to pick up 3,000 with a steal-y type all-in re-raise (7,500 more).  He held .  After a while, the original raiser to 1,500 passed, and Stuart was ready to pick up the pot, but no - the guy called, for a good proportion of his stack, with !  A five on the river, and a shocked Rutter comes to tell us what happened...

[CelticGeezeer]

Go Dave GO Pab

[Djinn]

The announcement has been made - they're playing this level, then one more, and that's your lot for tonight.  The remaining players (whom I reckoned would be two tables, while Jon speculated they'd make the final) will come back tomorrow afternoon.

[snoopy1239]

McCool pushes Greek Jack, who had raised to 2.6 preflop, off A-Q with an all-in. He said he was going to show out of respect, but then didn't, and when questioned about it claimed, "Aah, it's all part of the game".

Anyhow, the chips on that table are now...

Ash Hussain -- 12,800
Greek Jack -- 15,900
Andy Douglas -- 6,100
Sammy Cheung -- 16,300
Paul King -- 20,600
Michael McCool -- 28,800
Jon Exley -- 10,500
Gary David -- hands in the way
R Mulla -- 3,700
Paul Hatton -- 12,400

[snoopy1239]

Table tikay:

Mateyboy -- 25,200
Steve Read -- 10,900
Texas Hewston -- 32,000
Brian Medley -- 6,400
Phil Peters -- 8,400
hamsterboy -- 19,600
Iwan Jones -- 16,400
tikay -- 49,500
Marc Goodwin -- 41,300

[danafish]

Woo tikay

[snoopy1239]

John Huckly eliminates Read with a set of sevens vs A-Q

Steve Read pushed for 7k on a 7-K-x flop after raising it up preflop.

[snoopy1239]

Iqbal Patel -- 45,200
Mateyboy -- 6,900
Richard Herbert -- 21,900
David Gent -- 10,500
Mateyboy -- 13,600
vodkaredbull -- 16,100
Womble -- 14,400
Richard Lee - hands in the way
N Peters -- 11,700

[snoopy1239]

David Gent regrets messing around with superglue whilst at the table.

[snoopy1239]

Greek Jack is OUT

He moved his shortstack all-in only to be part of a three way pot with Mulla and King.

It was checked all the way down with Mulla taking the pot with J-Ts on a 7-T-7-3-Q board

[snoopy1239]

The blinds are now 400/800
4 tables left

[snoopy1239]

Mystic Pab just said he sensed some action coming up, and, just as he said the 'p' bit of 'up', we had action on two adjacent tables.

First up was John Hewston reraising Phil Peters all-in for a pretty chunky pot. The board read , Peters foled.

And then el blondie was in the thick of the action. Roberts bet 1.1k on a flop, Fletcher and Dave smooth called. Then Dave bet out 3k (small blind) on the flop, this time it was Roberts who called. Dave checked the River and Roberts bet out 6k. Dave called and Roberts revealed a missed straight draw , leaving el blondie to take down the pot with

[Djinn]

Having left my camera's memory card stuck in my laptop while happily snapping the last four tables, I've only just now managed to get the pics off the damn thing and up here for your viewing entertainment.  I hope they're entertaining

Firstly, an overview of the final four tables: