Brighton GUKPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[Djinn]

Chunky Stack Watch:

Lucy Rokach, up to nearly 40k
Kevin O'Leary (the one who performed the double takedown of Rudders and, as it turs out, Richard Redmond in that set vs. top pair vs. two pair hand earlier): 37k+
Dave Smith   84,000  Chip leader by a good margin and already over all but the top two of yesterday's finishers.

[NoflopsHomer]

, Jen

Hoped you spotted Lucy Rokach using the half-wilson here: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=23764.msg483555#msg483555

Speak of Lucy, EPT Grand Finalist Steve Jelinek is having a tough time getting going due to Lucy's well chipped up stack three to his left. But on the plus side, he has finished that book he's always bringing to tournaments.

[NoflopsHomer]

Damon D'Cruz as the Speak No Evil Brass Monkey.

Guess whose stack this is. A well-respected UK pro, who scares people with his constant raising, and he's going well so far here. Who is he?

[Djinn]

Chris Bruce  20,000 or thereabouts, and neighbours Trevor Reardon (21,400) and Willie Tann (31,500):

[littlemissC]

replacing baz for my usuall pick mr.smith.(im so fickle)

dave is hoestly one of the nicest men you could meet,not a bad word to say about anyone.hope he makes the final again the hat deserves its time to shine.

eveyone likes to wear the hat,lol

[Djinn]

Blind vs. Blind War News Now -

Small blind Chandra Khajuria and big blind Andrius Tapinas - small blind Chandra raised 600, Andrius re-raised, raise again (now there's over 14k in the middle) and then Andrius Tapinas got the final raise in by moving in for around another 12-13k.  The decision on the Helsinki-favouring genial player, he eventually passed giving his opponent what amounted to a flop-free double up.

Thanks to Jeff Kimber (pictured third, leaning out of shot, next to Dave Smith) for filling in the detail - I just saw the all-in and hovered until Khajuria gave it up.  Jeff says wistfully, "That pot's more than my chip stack in any Grosvenor Tour event so far."

[Djinn]

I won't suggest a guess-the-stack for this one - the Hand Rankings propping it up might be a clue.  Yes, it's Mr. Cool Marc Goodwin, who, after a slow start has climbed to a respectable 25,000.

[wsopin07]

, Jen

Hoped you spotted Lucy Rokach using the half-wilson here: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=23764.msg483555#msg483555

Speak of Lucy, EPT Grand Finalist Steve Jelinek is having a tough time getting going due to Lucy's well chipped up stack three to his left. But on the plus side, he has finished that book he's always bringing to tournaments.

I actually lost to it on stars the other day, I had  , 4 way limped pot, flop came  , the reset was history

[NoflopsHomer]

Julian is OUT.

He pushed from the button and both blinds called.

Flop:



Now a sidepot emerges as the small blind check-calls the big blind 2k bet and Julian isn't looking thrilled.

Turn:



The small blind now pushes, and Julian is looking even more worried, but the big blind passes. The Small Blind flips and suddenly Julian's on for a triple up until the...

River:

[pokermuppet]

can we have a chip count for dave johnson and damon d'cruz plse

[Numpty Dumpty]

come on rutttttterrrrrrrr

scarf or no scarf, gotta support him.

 

[NoflopsHomer]

can we have a chip count for dave johnson and damon d'cruz plse

We're on a short break now, chip counts coming in about 15 minutes or so.

[Djinn]

Just before the break Lucy Rokach (big blind) and Steve Jelinek saw a flop of with a couple of others.  Short stack Steve bet 500 on the flop, only Lucy called.
Turn:  Lucy checked, Steve bet 800; call.
River:   Lucy checked, Steve bet 1,250 (leaving himself just 3k behind) and she called once more.
Steve, chagrined, showed for a risky shortstack triple bluff, Lucy's took the pot.

But then he doubled up off her a few hands after the break, so back to around 7k for the Monte Carlo finalist.

[gasman]

Any updates on Daniel Jolowicz??

[Djinn]

Chip Count Lucky Dip from the Break (to whet the appetite for the long list just coming):

Yilfer Shevket    9,325
Alan McBride      16,000
Mark Briggs        9,800
Iwan Jones       27,000
Dave Smith       94,000
Joshua Tyler      27,350
Steven Hill         16,300
Daniel Jolowicz    35,000
Taner Hasan       32,000
Willie Tann          35,000
Lucy Rokach        41,000
Stuart Rutter       16,425
Jac Arama            5,875