Manchester GUKPT: Day 1A - Interactive

[vinni]

is there a chip count available?

[danafish]

Danafish and Floppy, looking forward to this update avec norkage 

  No norkage as yet - Dina is here but when I saw her she was wandering off on a break. Not to worry, I'm sure the massage girls will show up eventually... 

In the meantime, here are some close-ups of what is an entire wall made up of glass panels decorated with a variety of hellish screaming harpie faces. Inexplicable.

[danafish]

is there a chip count available?

Not just yet, but Jon Raab assures us that we will be getting full chip counts every 2 levels.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jeff Rogers is OUT, his pocket Aces were no match for 4-5.

The full scoop now from our ace reporter in the field, Jeff Kimber. "Jeff [Rogers] made it 150 to play from UTG and got 5 callers. Flop came A-2-T and he bet 150 and again got 5 callers including Mad Turk, the turn was a 3 and he bet again and Mad Turk called. The river was a blank and he bet 1500, Mad Turk made it 3000, Jeff made it 4500 and Mad Turk moved in and Jeff called."

Mad Turk added, "He swore at me a little..."

[danafish]

Simon Zach is down to about 4200 somehow, and wandered off to tell someone about it on his mobile just after I took the picture.

Actually he seems incredibly popular today, he can barely sit down before someone else calls him and he's off again. I caught him between phone calls though - he said the hand that took half his stack off him he was holding  , and called a preflop raise of 675, as did Mateyboy. The flop came 9 - 5 - 3, two hearts, giving him a double belly buster draw. Simon checked, Mateyboy bet 500, and both Simon and the original raiser called. Turn came  , check round. The river came another 2, and Simon bet 2100; Mateyboy folded but Original Raiser called with his pocket kings. Simon says he was pretty sure Mr Raiser had an overpair but thought he could push him off. "I thought he was gonna pass, the twat," is how he put it.

[AndrewT]

They obviously have some sort of Mickey Wernick worshipping cult up in Manchester.

One where they imagine what he would look like if he smiled.

[danafish]

Also saw Barry Neville - at first I thought he was playing tomorrow and had just come down for the electric atmosphere and free soft drinks, but it turns out he is in fact playing today, and is doing rather well on 18k. He says his table is full of good fish, one of whom called his flopped straight all the way down and another of whom similarly paid off his king high flush. He is in a particularly good mood because he got in for $10. The lurking around the rail was part of his strategy for the tournament, which he intends to play in the manner of a marathon rather than the sprint which he said he played in Cardiff.

He also says a big  to Shannon, if you're watching...

[vinni]

Win big barry neville from your wife anne, other daughter rachel your grandaughter demi,

[NoflopsHomer]

Mick McCool grabbed my attention and then my pad and proceeded to write the following down the following which recounts the demise (from the tournament) of Lawrence Gosney.

"Lawrence raises to 300 from 2nd position with , Paul Wilson calls with 5-5 and Mick Fletcher calls with 6-8.

Flop: 6-6-5

Lawrence bets 200, Paul Wilson calls 200, Mick raises to 600, Lawrence re-raises to 3700, Paul Wilson moves in for 11,000. Mick mucks after much muttering, Lawrence calls for remaining 2300.

Turn 8.

Mick muttered some more after that.

River J."

And here's a picture of Mick's incredibly tidy writing. 

Flushy (shown here looking a bit glum), "I laid down a overpair to the board, I'm as shocked as anyone."

He raised Q-Q, bet 1200 into a 1600 pot against two players on a J-9-6 board, checked the 3 turn against 1 caller and passed on the T river to his opponent who bet 2500.

He also said that the welshman to his left, who we think is Jack Owen, is hitting everything. Indeed, just as I spoke to Flushy the former bet 2k on a 8-Q-7-K-7 board with Q-Q and was paid off by K-T of another player.

Everyone's favourite dealer.

Mel Judah and Andrew Feldman.

Marc Convey, Mike Lacey (I told him I need a photo to prove to everyone he's still in.) and Nick Hicks.

DTD's Richard Ashby hiding under his cap.

[vinni]

is there a chip count available yet?

[NoflopsHomer]

is there a chip count available yet?

For some inexplicable reason, no-one can access the hotmail accounts. We'll put it up as soon as we get them along with the full list of players.

[danafish]

Breakfast achieved! The bar finally sold me a giant slice of pizza, and I'm much much happier now.

Players are currently on a break. Barry Carter joined me in my pizza nook - he's been so demoralised by the first couple of levels that he left his table for a cigarette before the break actually started. Apparently a combination of failure to hit any flops, a bunch of people on his table calling with silly J-8 / T-7 kinds of hands, and by his own admission not playing terribly well means his stack has taken a bit of a knock. 6000 chips is certainly not irrecoverable-from though, and he is currently regrouping on a sofa in the bar.

[danafish]

Mark Convey is on 8000 after flat-calling a raise with KK and the raiser bet out on an ace-high flop. Apparently Mark heard Mr Raiser say afterwards that he had a really big draw. Which is sad. 

[Dewi_cool]

Can you please wish Jack(the rack)Owen who is also a blondite the best of luck or 'Pob Lwc' as he is welsh speaking

[NoflopsHomer]

Can you please wish Jack(the rack)Owen who is also a blondite the best of luck or 'Pob Lwc' as he is welsh speaking

Is this him?