Cardiff GUKPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Blackpool regular (I think), Gareth 'The Nugget' Jones, is OUT.

Flop =

9k pot

Saeed Saghtchi had his best poker face on following a 6,425 all-in, which must have worked as Gareth offered his hand and said good luck before pushing in his remaining 5 (approx) thousand chips.

Saeed showed Queens, to which Gareth replied, "Nice hand", subsequently revealing his troubled Nines.

No help and Gareth was out, although he was a gentleman in defeat.

[D.MILES]

can you tell andy miles his brother says good luck please

[snoopy1239]

A quick glance at the room and the collection of a few aprrox chip counts informs me that the following players are up there with the chip leaders:

Lalit Khajuria -- 29,5k
And Miles -- 28.5k
Sid Harris -- 26.5k
Craig Metcalfe (I hope) -- 22.5k
Brendan Duffy -- 22.5k
Roy Brindley -- 21k

[snoopy1239]

can you tell andy miles his brother says good luck please

Shall I tell him you said good luck too?

[snoopy1239]

3 minutes to the 75 minute break, which is my cue to nip to the front of the buffet queue.

Back soon!

[Djinn]

Triple up for Paul M3Boy Garnham... (this isn't as exciting as it sounds as he only started with 1,875) - tip off from James Atkin who shares their table:

Early position limp from D. Sami, later postion Paul moves in, then another slightly less short stack called.  Totally committed, when Sami revealed his hand's true strength with the good old limp-re-raise, it was too late for either stack to get away.  On their backs:
Sami: 
M3Boy: 
Other One: 

Flop:  ("Oh no," says Sami)
Turn: 
River: 

So Paul can breathe again, while the Aces take the side pot. 

[Djinn]

Table Brindley had a confrontation between Royce Law and Vicky Coren just now - threeway to the flop of .  Royce comes out betting for 1,000, and Vicky raises to 3k.  Roy the Boy has a little dwell himself before passing and then it's back to the bettor.  He thinks for a decent while before moving in, a further 4,425 back to Vicky.  She had only 8,500 left at this time, and a call is over half her stack.  Eventually she decides to let it go - I wonder, a genuine decision, or hand in the cookie jar moment?

[Djinn]

A couple more counts:

Michael Greco      15,000
Shaf                    4,600  (still totally unrepentant about his TV table verbal onslaught at the last one; caught neighbour Greco wincing)
Richard Redmond   13,800
Neil Channing        12,150
Womble                8,350
Mick McCool          20,400
Liam Flood             7,125
Donna Morris          9,100
Roland De Wolfe    22,500
James Atkin           17,800

And now is the time for the buffet, after what Snoopy describes as the "free-for-all" may have subsided.

[ariston]

planes arrived so will be home by about 11.30ish and will check updates then- tell womble to pull his finger out in the meantime.

[snoopy1239]

As I write, Mr Raab is diligently typing in the chip counts (which all the dealers are asked to note during the break) and will hopefully email them through shortly.

[sofa----king]

snoops,when you see jon rab ask him if his flags are still there lol.,.,.,tell him ive ordered 2 today £190 each lol.,.,

and give him this for an idea.,.,when playing yesterday everyone was getting confussed with the spare id card that you were given to follow you round for chip updating .,.,great idea but i seen a few people think that players still had cards infront of them .,.when really they had passed.,.,.,
my idea this.,.,.card markers liker the blue square ones but on the one side have your i-d number.,.,and to keep the puntters to keep them on the table at all times offer a free draw for something at the end of the year or something.,.,.like wsop seat.,.,loljust a thought.,.,makes it easier for you guys

[snoopy1239]

Several minutes before we hit the felt again. In the meantime, I've been busy scurrying away in the cardroom scouring for stories, one of which comes from DTD's Dave Colclough, who somehow turned a usually sturdy rock into a loosey gooesey er... goose.

When requesting a scoop, Dave responded, "Shall I tell you about how I got up to 23k?" I nodded. "I raised it up with and Ryan Fronda called with . Flop came , I checked, he bet and I called. Turn was , I checked, he bet 2k and I moved all-in for around 8.5k. Ryan folded, which was a good job for him, because he only had three outs."

Dave continued, "He commented, 'you've got Ace King' when he passed his T-2 and also added, 'I played to take you off the pot'."

Hmm, that didn't quite work out.

[snoopy1239]

snoops,when you see jon rab ask him if his flags are still there lol.,.,.,tell him ive ordered 2 today £190 each lol.,.,

and give him this for an idea.,.,when playing yesterday everyone was getting confussed with the spare id card that you were given to follow you round for chip updating .,.,great idea but i seen a few people think that players still had cards infront of them .,.when really they had passed.,.,.,
my idea this.,.,.card markers liker the blue square ones but on the one side have your i-d number.,.,and to keep the puntters to keep them on the table at all times offer a free draw for something at the end of the year or something.,.,.like wsop seat.,.,loljust a thought.,.,makes it easier for you guys

Thanks sofa, I'll pass that one when I get the chance. He's running around like a headless chicken at the mo though.

[snoopy1239]

Another story comes from Darshan 'Magic' Sami, who says he had his busted Aces.

"I limped under the gun for 200, one fella moved all-in for 3.5k and then another pushed behind him."

"Did you call?" I asked jokingly.

"Cause I called," replied an unaware Sami. "One had A-K of diamonds, the other A-9 of spade. Flop came three diamonds, and I'm down to 8k now because of that. What's amazing is that the guy with A-9 was the second player to move in!"

[snoopy1239]

Also came across the pairing of Dave Penley and JP Kelly hanging around the bar. JP's here to booze and leer at the ladies, but Dave's playing, doing okay with 13.5k. Not too much in the way of hands (just a pair of queens), but he's winning the prop bet with Roland. Apparently they agreed to pick a card (Dave - 8, Roland - 2) and play £20 a point everytime one hits the flop. If two hit the flop, they get 3 points and if three hit the flop they get 5 points. Sound fun? Well, not to Roland who tore up the scoresheet when he went 6-0 down and announced that he wasn't playing anymore. He didn't cry though.