Cardiff GUKPT: Day 1A - Interactive

[Djinn]

The players are now on a short break so they can powder their noses.

Pictured:  Dana powdering her nose

[danafish]

The players are now on a short break so they can powder their noses.

Pictured:  Dana powdering her nose

That lady wouldn't make it as a masseuse...

[Djinn]

The players are now on a short break so they can powder their noses.

Pictured:  Dana powdering her nose

That lady wouldn't make it as a masseuse...

That lady barely makes it as a lady

[Dingdell]

Are there any male masseurs for the ladies?

[RichD]

Just playing with Roberto at the APAT and all his table talk, you could tell he was a class above everyone else. Hope he wins this whole thing!

[Djinn]

Yes, Roberto has extended his ridiculous chip lead to over 120k.  It's hard to tell from his New York skyline of chips, but it's definitely in that region (120k, not North America).  Accumulating nonstop through the day, he shows no sign of slowing down in this, the last level of play.  I will definitely be making him one of my Day Two picks. 

His tablemates hotdog (11,350), Mike Tse (18,000) and even Barney Boatman (26,500) are finding him "a pain in the arse."

[RichD]

Has he been going

"All in"

"All in"

"All in"

Pre-flop?

[Djinn]

Blinds are ending tonight at 400/800 ante 75.  There are currently 54 players, and we'll probably be under 50 by the end of this hour.

And, unprecedentedly, a severe voice just came over the intercom saying that "the bar is closed, you have half an hour to finish alcoholic drinks.  Then get out."  (OK, they didn't say 'Get out.'  And then 5 minutes later, the voice came back saying, "Due to popular demand, the bar will stay open until 4am."  Paul Parker's recent arrival may have something to do with it.

[Djinn]

We've just received the full counts from the last break (c.20 mins out of date, but give a good idea of how far the leaders are leading the pack...)

Romanello, Roberto -- 112875
Forsman, Robert   -- 84975
Zach, Simon -- 59725
Trinh, Lam -- 51900
Mackay, Richard   -- 47800
Parker, David -- 47375
Duval, Jeff -- 46475
Bruce, Chris -- 44300
Wong, Ken -- 43075
James, Dewi -- 42175
Feldman, Andrew   -- 38425
Rich, Angela -- 37525
Tyler, Joshua -- 36175
Owen, Jack -- 35975
Claire, Mark -- 34950
Davies, Alan -- 33100
Schwartz, Lukas   --29575
Oneil, Mike -- 28900
Boatman, Barny   -- 28875
Kerrigan, Jim -- 28425
Mahrenholz, Karl -- 25875
Thomas, Ben -- 25750
Henson, Alan -- 25325
Dean, Alan -- 25200
Citrone, Carlo   -- 24600
Muthy, Kayshan   -- 24450
Aris, Dr -- 23550
Oflaherty, Andy   -- 23125
Garfield, Robert -- 22200
Choi, Wai -- 22100
Wilcox, Richard   -- 21050
Jonas, Des -- 21025
Gurnham, Rana -- 19850
Bodha, R -- 18625
Price, Robert -- 18225
Elscombe, Aaron   -- 18200
Bancroft, Jonathan -- 17975
Persaud, Nik -- 17800
Chen, T   -- 16025
Gergiou, Andrew   -- 14875
Bala, Peter -- 14750
Welshe, James -- 13725
Bedson, Jim -- 13725
Fieldhouse, Ian   -- 13100
Judah, Melvyn -- 11950
Mohammed, Baruktal -- 11575
Andreou, Efstathios -- 11250
Nash, Stuart -- 11150
Taylor, Bill -- 11150
Hussain, Ashad   -- 10950
Arnold, Michael   -- 10850
Cordy, Steve -- 10650
Nelson, Terrence -- 10550
Ngo, Huo -- 10000
Tommaso, Andrea   -- 8425
Howard, Gregory   -- 8025
Biltcliffe, Robert -- 7650
Reeve, Martyn -- 7375
Valentine, Phil   -- 5725

[snoopy1239]

Good luck, Dewi. 

[danafish]

Back to Table Barney -

Mateyboy (sorry, couldn't see the all-important ID card) raises 1500 to 2300 preflop; Barney is the sole caller.

Flop -  ; check, check.

Turn -  ; MB bets 3100, Barney calls.

River -  ; check, check.

Mateyboy shows  , Barney shows  and looks pretty pleased with himself. As the dealer is pushing the chip mountain across to Mateyboy, Barney protests, "Oi, what are you doing?" Dealer - "uh, he's got a pair of threes". Barney looks a bit confused. It must be getting towards his bedtime...

[gasman]

Ok this is the hand Praz had early doors when hes passed a fullhouse, see what you guys think...

Praz limps in for 50 chips with   some guy on button makes it 150 mateyboy in BB calls praz calls

Flop      Praz leads for 300 Preflop raiser calls, mateyboy passes

Turn Praz bets 400 button makes it 1k praz calls

River    Praz bets 3k guy dwells and makes it 6k....Praz tells him he thinks he has kings full, asks him loads of questions trying to get a read off him and eventually folds   face up....

Button shows his hand and has Kings Full of tens

So hes not just the station we all thought he was....comments???

[danafish]

Here's someone else who's feeling the strain. I think his name is Andrew Feldman. I saw him apparently napping just as I was heading back up to the press room, so I got the camera and headed straight back down, and yes! He was still asleep! No-one at his table seems to have noticed.

[snoopy1239]

Ok this is the hand Praz had early doors when hes passed a fullhouse, see what you guys think...

Praz limps in for 50 chips with  some guy on button makes it 150 mateyboy in BB calls praz calls

Flop      Praz leads for 300 Preflop raiser calls, mateyboy passes

Turn Praz bets 400 button makes it 1k praz calls

River    Praz bets 3k guy dwells and makes it 6k....Praz tells him he thinks he has kings full, asks him loads of questions trying to get a read off him and eventually folds    face up....

Button shows his hand and has Kings Full of tens

So hes not just the station we all thought he was....comments???

Tough fold, but I can see how you could lay it down. Only real he could make that raise with is A-K, but event then he might just call and raise the Flop prior.

Class fold still.

[danafish]

Ash Hussain is OUT - not sure what happened exactly as I only caught the tail end of it, but somehow he got involved with  against pocket tens and failed to improve.