Cardiff GUKPT: Day 2 - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Matthew Rattos-salles doubles up off Carlo Citrone with Q-J vs. Q-5 on a Queen high Flop.

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Liverpudlian Gary Shaw is OUT.

"Tell them I was ahead though," requested Shaw. "I won't tell you the hands, but I was ahead.

He soon cracked though, as expected, and went on to say, "I had 9-3 on a J-9-rag Flop. Betting on the flop and then the chip went in on the rag turn. He called with Q-T, but he had a flush draw as well with four hearts on board. I'm not sure I was favourite, but I was definitely ahead."

He didn't tell me what came on the River, but something tells me that it wasn't a blank - so either an Eight, Ten, Queen, King or any heart. So that's 19 outs I think. Gulp.

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Ben Thomas is OUT. Didn't catch his hand, but I did spot Steve Craig stacking his chips with a pair of eights.

[Djinn]

wish dave smith good luck 4 me please,tell him his 2nd fav mrs.smith is railing him.
or bocking him,lol.

fran

My good lord, he's just hit the luck jackpot right now, and how:

He and Alessio Isaia saw a flop of (judging from positions I reason Dave must have raised preflop and been called, or perhaps called a re-raise from Alessio).  In any case it was carnage on the flop - Dave Smith made a move, getting it all in (his stack started at over 50,000) with . 
Alessio called, as one does with for the, er, stone-cold nuts.

Turn: 
River: 

And did he get his runner-runner house quietly?  Not in the very least.  The full stand-up, double fist pump, "YEAH!!! BABY YEAHH" for long enough for every head in the room to turn his way as he scooped the six-figure pot. 

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A quick scurry through the cardroom and it looks like these are your chip leaders:

Simon Zach -- 185k
Steve Craig -- 156k
Vicky Coren -- 149k
Roy Brindley -- 149k
Roberto Romanello -- 124k

[Djinn]

Meanwhile, I've been on Shortwatch -

Dave Colclough describes his stack's descent as a "smooth path" downwards - hopefully he'll find an escalator at the bottom to get him up from his 26,700.
Alan Henson     21,000
Burnley John    26,600

[Djinn]

You might be wondering how Roy Brindley got so many chips...well, a lot of them are Richard Redmond's... I saw a crowd gathering on their table and a hefty pot was already in the centre (120k+) while Richard was thinking about calling the final, all-in raise from Roy (only about 20k more). 
The flop:   Richard was clearly not liking the fact that his flop check-raise had been met with confidence, but he felt he had to call with .
Roy showed: 
"I think you're in pretty good shape there, Roy," said a tablemate, encouragingly.  The turn and river were the and the whole juicy pot made its way one seat left.

Looks like five tables will make it to the dinner break in half an hour's time.

[snoopy1239]

How about this for a close shave?

Hoss Parhizkar =

Alywn Powell =

Flop =

Turn =

River =

Double up for Hoss

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Des Jonas has just been eliminated. A-K vs. Jelinek's A-J. 7-T-4-J-6 board.

Mukesh Morjaria is also OUT.

[Djinn]

Some rough chip counts, as they head into the dinner break:

Robert Forsman      43k   (Bad Beat's Scandie maverick hasn't had such a great Day Two, but still in there and presumably dangerousish)
Andrew Feldman     100k
Robert Bright          40k
Chris Bruce             110k
Carlo Citrone            54k
Pete Haslam            58k
Michael Greco          50k
Anthony Romanello   33k
Roberto Romanello   170k
Ben Vinson              95k
Steve Jelinek           131k  ("I've been up to 140, down to 40, back to 130.  I'm trying to dispel my 'steady player' image.  They call me the new Ali Mallu. (pause)  No they don't."

[Djinn]

The last hands I saw involved a short-stacked Anthony Romanello pushing all-in over Ben Vinson's preflop raise (Ben passed), and Antony Mackay winning a 15k pot from Vicky (in the blinds) by betting 15k on a flop.  No fireworks, just regular poker, still happening even though the blinds are about to be raised to 1,500/3,000 ante 200.

[Djinn]

Chip Counts from Dinner break (No longer accurate as the first ten minutes' play have seen absolute carnage - will try to correct):

Craig, Steve   199000
Bowker, Elliot   190400
Zach, Simon   173600
Jelinek, Steve   150500
Romanello, Roberto   148200
Brindley, Roy   146200
Smith, Dave   143500
Feldman, Andrew   142600
O'Flaherty, Andy   118200
Vinson, Ben   107600
Coren, Vicky   104700
Bruce, Chris   104400
Mackay, Anthony   81600
Rattos-salles, Matthew   81400
Gould, Peter   73200
Martin, James   71900
Willis, Nigel   71000
Menzies, Stuart   68000
Muthy, Kayshan   64500
Seymour, Ronald   62100
Fiore, Stefano   60400
Haslam, Peter   58600
Citrone, Carlo   55800          no, OUT: his final hand A-8 vs. 99, but I don't think that's where the damage was done
Nelson, Ian   55600
Davies, Alan   54500
Slavin, Stephen   53200
Law, Royce   51800
Greco, Michael   51000
Forsman, Robert   50500
Goodall, Nick   42500
Bright, Robert   39200
Simmonds, Richard   36400
Powell, Alwyn   35300
Andy Miles    34300
Parhizkar, Hoss   30800
Choi, Wai   28600
Owen, Jack   25500       OUT his A-K of clubs vs. Robert Forsman's J-Q of diamonds - Queen came after preflop all-in
Romanello, Anthony   23200    DOUBLED THROUGH to c.45k
Duffy, Brendan   21800
Isaia, Alessio   21800
Bodha, R   15900

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Alan Davies has doubled up. He waited for a hand for ages, and it eventually came in the form of Ace King off, which was re-raised all-in by Alwyn Power's A-Q. Alan Davies called, albeit after a surprising dwell (Simon and I said A-J, Eights, etc), but it worked out for him, no Queen hitting the J-9-J-7-6 board.

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Andy Miles is OUT.

"Gone," announce Miles still smiling.

"What happened," I asked.

"Made a move with 8-3 and ran into Aces. Oops."

Meanwhile, I also spotted Frenchamn (I think), Alessio Isaia, hovering around the house games, although not playing - perhaps just considering.

[Djinn]

Four tables left and they're still falling left, right and centre - Kayshan Muthy snaps off a 45k stack preflop push (holding ) with his Aces - don't think that call was too strenuous...

Meanwhile Nick Wright told me about a very interesting hand involving Pete Haslam and Roy the Boy, in which a much tougher call was made on the river.  The board was and Roy had bet 20k into a 27k pot.  Pete, says Nick, eventually made the call with , snapping off a bust draw bluff from Roy holding with Ace high.

[Djinn]

Chris Bruce has been knocked back to the awkward just-over-ten-big-blinds stack size after an interesting blind vs. blind situation on his last table.  With the blinds at 2k/4k he called the button's raise to 10k in the big blind with 8-9.  The flop came A-J-T, he checked, button checked.  The turn brought the 7 he was waiting for, and when his 12k bet was raised all-in for 30k, he called and found the button had only flopped the nut straight, and the Seven had just brought him the double through he wanted (and it must have seemed like such a friendly card, too...).

[Djinn]

Having looked like he may dwindle out of the tournament somehow, extrovert Swede Robert Forsman is back in it.  Attracted to the table by his shouting, "Hold...Hold! HOLD!" I saw his stack all in the middle (all 80k+ of it) and his hand, , in the process of holding against Andrew Feldman's .  At the river, he clapped his hands and shouted, prompting someone on the table to murmur, "Did it hold?" 

Although I didn't see any reaction from Feldman, I assume it was him who lost the pot, as he used to have 160k, and now he doesn't have anything like that.

[snoopy1239]

A fellow media man informs me that Wai Choi is OUT, moving in with Pocket Threes on a K-K-5 Flop, but running into the Pocket Nines of Steve Craig.

And with Ken Wong also on the sidelines, we're down to 30 with 27 getting paid.