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« on: October 29, 2006, 06:33:10 PM »

The £500 Main Event is underway in Southampton, a town both big enough to be signposted a long way off from the motorway, and small enough that I could find the Casino with no directions and only half an hour of wandering.

A bigger turnout than I was expecting has turned out, leaving 68 players up for taking tomorrow off work should they make the final day. 

Included amongst them:

Tikay  (Tikay)
Chili  (Maria Demetriou)
TightEnd (Richard Prew)
Joe Grech
James Dempsey  (Flushy)
Michael Greco

This thread will get 'lite' updates whenever my Vodafone card looks like it can handle it.

A trend in caving to the players' will has continued - the structure underwent a pleasing last-minute change from a 45 minute clock and 7k in chips, to a full hour clock and 10k.  I think Tikay might enjoy taking credit for that, but it's no problem to them here, what with a nicely manageable field and all.
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« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2006, 07:20:50 PM »

And here are the players who've made it down here and are showing a delightfully carefree attitude towards Mondays:

Adderley, Tony
Austin, Paul
Baker, Scott
Batstone, Fergus
Bovis, Steve
Bowers, Trevor
Bravery, Bruce
Brown, David
Chaggar, Satpal
Chandarana, Harish
Cole, Daniel
Cox, Ian
Curtis, Darren
Davies, Allan
De Almeida, Carlos
Dean, A.
Demetriou, Maria
Dempsey, James
Dorrington, P.
Egerton, Chris
Falla, Tim
Fronda, Ryan
Fuller, Richard
Gammage, S.
Giles, C.
Greco, Michael
Grech, Joseph
Greenwood, D.
Harnett, Mike
Harris, Adrian
Hayles, Ashley
Herron, Mark
Horbury, D.
Hutton, Matthew
Kendall, Tony
Knapp, Colin
Knowles, Darren
Lee, Gavin
Martin, A.
Martin, Lee
Mascarenhas, Dimitri
McCombie, Marshall
Mercado, Grant
Miles, Andrew
Mohangee, Khalick
Mohangee, Sid
Mole, Michael
Morjaria, Mukesh
Nguyen, Vu
O'Mahoney, Dennis
Obrian, Frederick
Palestar, T.
Parhizkar, Hoss
Penly, David
Pottiwal, Balbir
Pottiwal, Gurtheerith
Preu, R.
Prew, Richard
Reynolds, John
Rogers, Joe
Roome, Darryl
Russell, Doreen
Sandpearl, David
Stacey, Calvin
Tillbrook, M.
Wilson, Barry
Winters, Greg
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2006, 08:53:50 PM »

Maria has had a shaky start, playing, as she recounts it, "lots of mediocre hands, KQ, KJ, QJ, A9, and either missing or hitting and losing..."  One top pair into a set of Sevens later, and she's down to 4,100 out of the full 10k.  "I haven't smoked for three weeks," she says, "And I've never wanted one more than at this moment."  I might go out and get her some patches.

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A break is coming up in about 15 minutes, at which point the Second Chance is awarded, ready or not, and that seems like a sensible time to go and count chips.  I can say that James Dempsey already has 11,000 without his extra 5k, and looks pretty happy with himself.  Jane said that he showed something even resembling discipline, when his AA saw a 4 5 7 flop, and knew to get out of the way of the 57 and 36 against him.
Most of the extra chips came when his slightly odd call of the 400 raised in late position from the small blind with came good - the flop was three clubs and all three (or was it four?) players checked.  The turn brought a , James checked and called the 1,500 bet at him, and then checked-called the 2,050 bet on the river too.  He beat Matey's , remarking, "That was quite cool." 

Also receiving respect for his 'overpair' on a 2 2 6 flop, he got two opponents to pass, one his Six, and the other Pocket Eights.  He did have Two Diamonds three diamonds, but how were they to know that? 

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SO - Chip Counts, all of them, at the first break (you may not receive these until the second break, because of our terrible non-connection here, but at least know that they were accurate, once  Smiley     )

Andrew Miles           9,100
Calvin Stacey          15,850
Ashley Hayles          12,700
Dennis O'Mahoney   15,500
James Dempsey       15,500
Dimitri Mascarenhas  15,325
Joe Grech               11,700
Bruce Bravery          10,300
M. Tillbrook             18,000

Doreen Russell            OUT
Marshall Mccombie    13,700
Maria Demetriou        3,825
Carlos De Almeida      3,875
C. Giles                    5,950
D. Greenwood          7,350
R. Preu                   16,500
?                           9,050
Darren Curtis           21,000
Allan Davies             19,700

David Brown           11,225
Tim Falla                  7,500
Tony Adderley        16,025
Mike Harnett           10,800
Richard Prew           8,925
Tikay                      6,600
Darren Knowles       4,400
Vu Nguyen             4,600
D. Horbury              13,075

Satpal Chaggar        10,650
Gavin Lee                8,825
John Reynolds         14,825
Mark Herron            16,000
Ryan Fronda             8,000
Grant Mercado         2,600
Ian Cox                  3,400
Barry Wilson            11,100
Hoss Parhizkar          4,700
Fergus Batstone       22,000

Balbir Pottiwal          5,600
Trevor Bowers        13,075
A. Martin                10,300
Mukesh Morjaria       9,150
Michael Mole           6,450
Daniel Cole             19,000
Chris Egerton          12,825
Michael Greco          13,500
Paul Austin              4,900

Steve Bovis            25,000
Matthew Hutton      3,700
Frederick Obrien       3,450
Khalick Mohangee     5,500
Harish Chandarana    7,000
David Penly             11,000
Lee Martin              15,000
David Sandpearl        7,900
Joe Rogers              9,500

Colin Knapp            9,075
Darryl Roome          5,900
T. Palester             3,700
Scott Baker            14,500
A. Dean                 11,300
Tony Brown           4,100
Gurtheerith Pottiwal  15,050
Adrian Harris             7,800
Sid Mohangee          17,000


I'm going to level with you - I don't really know that many of these guys.  I must therefore apologise for any name-spelling problems, my rock-solid excuse being that this is what they looked like on the printed list from the casino, which also, for the record, had Tikay down as Tony Kendel.
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2006, 10:12:37 PM »

Blinds are currently 150/300
Players left:  46
Average chips:  14,800
No. of times disconnected:  20
Probability of breaking some item of my equipment before the end of these two days:  1 in 5
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2006, 11:22:29 PM »

Selected chip counts, as the players head for the Mystery Buffet (I have taken the precaution of eating
a nice cheese baguette, just on the off chance that said buffet may not be all that I've dreamed of) -

Michael Greco   14,000
Vy Nguyen       10,000
Tim Falla        5,000
Tikay            8,600   (He says, "Another misunderstanding arose," while TightEnd says "It was more like self-mutilation."
Tony Adderley   25,000  (The one continually clashing with Tikay)
Richard Prew    21,500
Dennis O'Mahoney  15,000
James Dempsey    56,400   (Dennis says, "I can tell you where those came from, 'cos they're mine."
Dimitri Mascarenhas  29,000
Marshall McCombie  15,700
Chili               6,000
Dave Penly         13,000
Allan Davies       56,000
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« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2006, 12:11:37 AM »

Update Post -

So much has happened in the last level, while I have been practising my temper-control talking to the Voice of Vodafone... more on that when I feel like I've done some work, reporting to you these things:

Tikay is OUT - he never got above his starting stack, really, and had one of those plays-itself hands to finish him off about 20 minutes ago.  He found and raised to 1,200 (blinds 200/400).  A little stack called all-in, and he received another call.
Flop:  .    No options there - the rest (6k or so) went in; call from JK - no improvement, and quick re-seat in the cash game, where they appear to be playing Omaha hi-lo.  Almost hoping my internet had firmly kicked the bucket so I could give that a go instead. 

Flushy still going very well, and distraught to think that "the one time I get chips, and keep them for a while, you can't get online."  Well have a congratulatory smiley, then...

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Big hand on Table ex-Tikay - they got , and dealt at the same time as (smaller chipped) .
So - the predictable preflop raise-fest occurs, but lets the Queens know by the time it gets back to him that he really shouldn't call.  That
leaves the Aces, Kings and A3off to see what happens.  A big shout loud enough to get my attention despite listening to Tom Waits in an effort
to control my rapidly deteriorating temper got me to the table in time to find out that the Kings had four-flushed in diamonds, getting rid of the Aces, while good old A3 of course took the main pot.

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« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2006, 12:34:35 AM »

More news:

Chili is OUT - sounded like a bit of a frustrating evening for her, after a tough start and then playing low stacked with the chip leader on her table.

Blinds:  300/600
Players remaining:  35

Dennis O'Mahoney   12,000
Steve Bovis             38,000
Mukesh Morjaria        4,500
Dave Penly              27,000
Mike Harnett           14,800
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« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2006, 02:15:34 AM »

Blinds just going up to 600/1,200 in a couple of minutes....

24 players remaining.

Bad news for the multitude of Flushy Fans out there -

Chip stack has dwindled to under 15k after he limped in the small blind with .  Check from the big blind.

Flop:     Of course, opponent Matey had ... 

Player quote, "Start the car."
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« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2006, 02:20:57 AM »

That guy who comes on the loudspeaker at Grosvenors to tell you what's up with the tournament has just told everyone in that creepily calming voice, "The blinds are now 600, 1,200."  It's the kind of voice you get told you are crazy and they're not all out to get you in.

Anyway, we're looking at one more level, tops before close of Day One.

I'd like to apologise on behalf of Vodafone Regional Operations for the sporadic nature of the updates over here - I promise there would have been much more of the same had it all been easier.  Still going to try to keep up with tomorrow - looking for a Prew 1st and Flushy 2nd (or vice versa).
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2006, 02:28:19 AM »

Flushy is OUT - Finally ran AQ into Aces... but it was the previous two hands which did the real damage.

Incidentally, I know someone was asking about Alex Martin...well, he was Big Blind Sevens Matey in that other hand.  Now sitting comfortably on around 40k.
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2006, 02:36:44 AM »

Michael Greco is pretty short stacked (under 10k) and not in the best of moods after losing this pot:
He was in the small blind, and I saw him call the button's 4k on a board of .
River:     check-check.

The button reveals the (winning) , and a bit of bitter muttering follows, including the words, "lucky," and "f***."

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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2006, 02:59:26 AM »

A few more chip counts, now that it looks like the action may be gently grinding to a halt in preparation for the pause between days (otherwise known as the poker nap):

Steve Bovis      58,000
Michael Greco    7,500
Ryan Fronda     16,000
Vu Nguyen       12,700
Richard Prew    36,000
Tony Adderley   25,000
Jeff Rogers       58,000
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2006, 04:41:11 AM »

As promised, the End of Day Counts, before I crawl across the parking lot to my hotel...

Barry Wilson     13,400
Tony Adderley  19,400
Daniel Cole       28,900
Richard Prew    23,400
Fredirick O'Brien  45,600
Darren Knolls       40,800
Vu Nguyen        27,100
Ryan Fronda      26,600

Marshall McCombie  8,100
Scott Baker           78,500
Chris Egerton         88,800
Jeff Rogers            31,800
Harish Chandarana   21,200
Alex Martin            30,300
Colin Knapp           14,200
Hoss Parhizkar       107,700
S. Gammage           70,200
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