Manchester GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance

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Kyriacos Dionysiou (Greek! Also Jack!) raises to 2400 preflop, and Steve Fox immediately re-raises all in for another 3600. After some considerable consideration of his cards, Kyriacos passes his AJ. Steve claims he had AA, and "he should be calling me with that. Mind you, if he calls he'll probably hit, that's my luck..." PMA, Steve...

[NoflopsHomer]

Cuong Trinh has doubled up, moving in with K-J on a J-9-5 board against pocket Sevens. He's on about 16k now.

Ash Hussain is OUT A-8 against pocket Fives. Board: K-Q-8-5-A

Paul Parker just knocked out the player to his left holding against .

Flop:



Flushy, "Jack or Eight, make it interesting!!"

Turn:



River:

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On a flop of  , Mazhar Nawab bets 2575, and Gary Chatterton goes all in for about 15k. There is much dwelling from Nawab. "You want to go all in? You sure?" he says. Gary, who is sitting back in his chair with his shades on, nods. "If I pass will you show?" "No," says Gary. He passes anyway - JJ. "Good pass," says Gary, and true to his word does not show his cards.

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds 300/600/75

[NoflopsHomer]

George 'WellChief' MacDonald is up to 67k. In a hand he described as 'a gift', another player check-raised all-in on a K-7-5 board (re-raised preflop), it was about 18k to call with 39k already in the pot. George made the call and found himself up against....8-9. No gutshot 6 and he's now most likely chip leader.

Now, where are those supportive Scots?

[NoflopsHomer]

Mick Fletcher is on 22k, lost half his stack with Kings against Fives and with Nines against Kings. Expect to him to all the chips or none of them by the end of play.

[danafish]

60 left in now.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chris Bruce is going well, he's up to 47k.

Meanwhile Terry Nelson and Steve Higton get all-in preflop

All in preflop:

Terry:

Steve:

Terry slammed his cards down triumphantly, shouting "Come on!" which made me think he was tempting fate a little...

Board:



And having hit a two-outer in the first level, Nelson now goes out to a two-outer himself.

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Here are some more borderline non-hands -

Board  - R Lee moves in; Mazhar Nawab folds. Boring.

Greg Amoils raises from the button; B Dong (who admittedly has a very fine name) moves in; Amoils folds and Dong (ahh ha ha ha) shows his AJ. Boring.

Greek Jack raises from the cutoff to 2600. B Dong (Ahhhhhhh ha ha haha!) reraises to 6600; Greek Jack folds. Boring.

Oh wait! An all-in with a caller! Steve Fox moves in preflop with  and Son Hoang calls with  . Board comes  and



wait for it...




 ! Thus doubling him up to maybe 12.5k.

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Jules Harwith is OUT

AK v 99, 9 on the board and no kings or aces at all.

[NoflopsHomer]

Nick Hicks has half-way between doubled and trebled up. Half-Quintupled?

One player limped. Kerry Taylor pushed for about 6k. Chris Bruce called. Nick Hicks pushed behind for another 6k and Chris called that too after the limper evitably got out of the way.

Kerry:



Chris:



Nick:



Board:

.

Nick has about 30k now.

Flushy is on 20,150.

[danafish]

They're on a break now; one level left to be played tonight.

Barry Update -

Barry Carter is on 2600. Barry Neville meanwhile said that he had slipped down to 2600 at one point after losing with AK four times in a row, but is back up to 52k now after finding KK.

[NoflopsHomer]

John McNair -- 86.5k

Flushy has knocked out Paul Parker with K-Q against J-T but just had his 4.5k bet on a board check/raised to 20k by Richard Ashby and, though clearly frustrated, folded.

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Ian Roberts calls the BB utg, only for Greg Hunt to move in for for 16050 more. Roberts eventually calls...

Greg Hunt - 

Ian Roberts - 

Board - 

And Greg Hunt is OUT.

[danafish]

There are 51 players remaining, with half an hour to go.