Blackpool £1000 Main Event Live Update FINAL DAY - At A Glance

[Djinn]

I'm here in Grosvenor Blackpool as the final four tables get ready to determine which of the 38 remaining players will win this near sellout event... Starting in a minute and a half, apparently.

[Djinn]

Your Final Four Tables, then:

Table 1  (it's too early, my brain can't think of any names for them yet)

K. Khola                   21,000
Alan Mclean              49,600
JP Kelly                   115,900
Sunny Chattha           91,600
K. Burke                    19,800
D. Mayall                    19,400
N. Risdale                   18,100
Joe Grech                  34,200
Graham Clarkson         76,600
Mickey Wernick           34,500

Table 3

Jon Kalmar                79,300
Simon Nowab            28,100
I. Kahn                     16,800
Peter Smyth              18,100
Stuart Rutter             48,000
M. Nawab                  56,200
Ryan Fronda               33,800
Mark Greenwood        23,800

Table 8  (I know, it doesn't make sense)

Niamh Peters              86,700
D. Birtles                    46,100
Simon Zach                19,200
Chaz Chattha              98,200
A. Chambi                  12,500
Iain Girdwood             25,900
Paul Gardener             33,300
David Buttle               35,500
Alan Davies                 22,500

Table 2

K. Kirtlan                     27,600
Matt Tyler                  79,600
Sid Harris                  117,400
K. Hartree                 55,800
Z. Aslam                    29,300
N. Rutter                   16,600
K. Littlewood             52,000
Keith Hawkins            13,900
A. McNair                   20,100
Ash Hussain                50,100

[Djinn]

So much early action I don't know where to start -

How about Sid Harris knocks out two players in one hand (one of them being Ash Hussain) and is now massive chip leader with over 200k...

Or JP gets 40k from Alan Mclean with trip Kings (Jack kicker) against Alan's trip Kings (10 kicker)?

That's just for starters - I have to run around identifying players for about 15 minutes before they're so mingled my life gets difficult...

[Djinn]

Ultra short stack Iqbal Patel moved in and was called by Mark Greenwood on the button with - a spiked two means whatever Iqbal had lost and he's another goner, like The Camel, K. Kirtlan and I. Kahn.  And D. Mayall.

[Djinn]

Alan Mclean, after losing that hefty early pot to JP, gets the rest in with his on an 8 9 10 flop - but Joe Grech's beat him in the hand, and thus knocked him out.

[Djinn]

please could u post the payout structure?

thanks

Voila!

1  £48,900
2  £32,800
3  £19,700
4  £14,800
5  £10,700
6   £8,200
7   £6,600
8   £4,900
9   £3,300
10-11  £2,100
12-14  £1,800
15-17  £1,500

[Djinn]

Stuart Rutter is OUT -

He made a move in earlyish position, all in with the - his neighbour Mazhar Nawab gave him a spin with his - even though a straightening appeared on the flop, Stuart didn't improve, and he's out as they consolidate to three tables...

[Djinn]

Chip Counts:

Table Pope

Niamh Peters     160,000
JP Kelly             150,000  (could be more; he's a truly awkward stacker)
Sunny Chattha     70,000
Chaz Chattha      115,000
N. Risdale            31,000
Joe Grech           65,000  ("Twenty-one to go, and then there's Joe!"  I think he's a few crackers short of a barrel)
Graham Clarkson  110,000
Mickey Wernick     20,000

Table Double Simon

Iain Kirdwood       18,000
Simon Nowab       80,000
Simon Zach          40,000
Peter Smyth         26,500
Mazhar Nawab      92,000
Ryan Fronda         32,000
Andrew Chambi    27,000
Mark Greenwood   27,700

Table Skalie

David Birtles         52,000
Matt Tyler           80,000
Sid Harris            215,000
Kate Hartree        56,000
Jon Kalmar           58,000
Neil Rutter           12,000
Keith Littlewood    92,000
A. Menair              20,700
Paul Gardener       44,700

[Djinn]

Sunny Chattha doubles up off JP with against JP's - a four on the river for some overkill, and brother (and neighbour to his left) Chaz goes, "Ship it!" 

Jon Raab wanted some dreadful pun in here about Sunny Delight but I refused to countenance such a thing.

[Djinn]

Mickey Wernick doubles up, moving in over neighbour Graham Clarkson's raise with a stack short enough for his to call.  Mickey held , and no danger cards were forthcoming, so he's back up to 23k.

[Djinn]

Skalie eliminates Paul Gardener in a rather large pot on a table surrounded by large gentlemen over whose heads I failed to see and who seemed impervious to nudging.  Skalie raised to 6,500 and was called by Paul's 10 8 suited

Flop:  10 7 4  Skalie had 5 4, and decided to call when his opponent pushed in for around 23k more - and backed into a runner-runner flush which drops the total number of players to 20.

And Jon was just telling me how he'd not played a hand for longer than, er, he's ever not played a hand.  Might have just snapped, perhaps.

[Djinn]

D. Birtles is eliminated - finding and moving in over the top of Sid Harris who'd raised with ... a couple of Jacks came out, but no threat to the Kings and another 40k makes its way across the table.

[Djinn]

***********************Break and chip race***********************

I assume the whole chip counting thing will be made easier in ten minutes' time, so that's when I'll do it.

Blinds are going up to 1,500/3,000 when they return.

[Djinn]

Table Merge Bubble Deal News Now -

That's it - down to 18 players and they've counteracted the bubble effect (no MC Hammer, drat) - so hand for hand is cancelled and they're playing once again.  Chip counts in a sec.

[Djinn]

So - quick estimates of the final tables:

Table BlueSquare

Kathrine Hartree   70,000
Niamh Peters       165,000
JP Kelly               120,000
Sunny Chattha     110,000
Mazhar Nawab       70,000
Simon Nowab        78,000
Mark Greenwood    23,500
Graham Clarkson    100,000
Mickey Wernick       31,000

Table Smyth is with a 'y'

Peter Smyth         46,000
Matt Tyler            57,000
Sid Harris            280,000
Joe Grech           58,000
Jon Kalmar          160,000
Chaz Chattha        90,000
Simon Zach          60,000
Keith Littlewood   100,500
Ryan Fronda          49,000