Brighton GUKPT: Day 1B - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

6 limpers in a pot and it got big and complex and became a....



Flop:



Peter Evans bets 900, Darren Ground flat-calls, Richard Redmond, raises to 3,000. Tikay moves all-in for his 2,500. Peter Evans calls, Darren Ground pushes all-in for what can only be described as a lot. Peter Evans calls, Richard Redmonds folds.

Tikay:



Peter Evans:



Darren Ground:



Turn:



River:



Tikay is OUT, Peter Evans has 1.1k and Darren Ground has close to 40k now.

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds 150/300 and we are restarting.

[Djinn]

Rudders is OUT -

With a stack of the hovering-around-average, he found himself in the big blind with , calling a raise to 800 along with a couple of others.  The flop came and he checked - the initial raiser made it 1,500 to go.  "Ace-Jack," thought Rudders, correctly.
Then another player moved in over the top.  "Flush draw," thought Rudders, incorrectly, as he moved the rest of his stack in and found he was up against not only the AJ but a flopped set of Threes which stayed good all the way.

He seemed pretty cheerful, unwilling to grind his way into day Two with a small stack, having previously said something about Pab's agreement which sounded like, "Blow me," but couldn't possibly have been anything so rude.

[Djinn]

A couple of chip counts, during the post-dinner full-count input lag (thanks to Jon Raab and team for collecting those numbers five times a day...):

Rod MacDonell - his seat is empty, with another person's seat card in it, which leads me to believe he is OUT
Maz Nawab     12,625  (Sitting next to Thewy who now has 15,000)
Steve Read     12,000
Greek Jack      14,600
Iwan Jones     11,600
JJ Hazan         13,250
Stuart Rutter   15,250  (We discovered in the break that Red Bull during tournaments is a no-no for him as, and I quote, "It makes me go crazy.  Not only will I be raising every hand, but I'll be jumping around..."  Tempted to spike him with caffeine just to watch the consequences.)

[NoflopsHomer]

Barry Neville is OUT, A-Q against A-K.

Greek Jack has knocked out Timothy Hiskett, Kings versus Aces. King on the flop.

[NoflopsHomer]

Womble is OUT. "I made a play!" Though when he talked about it, it seemed a completely rational move.

He raised preflop with , got 4 callers, bet a board, got raised, and 3-bet all-in and was looked up by a hopeful, (considering Womble's style) A-9.


Also presumed to have bitten the dust are Paul King and Peter Gould.

[Djinn]

Chip Counts from the last Break, with a couple of amendments for people being out or having doubled up by the time I got them...

Smith, David   56425
Rokach, Lucy   40,000
Tann, Willie   33400
Herbert, Ian   31275
Dean, Alan   30550
Tyler, Joshua   30400
O'Leary, Kevin  30,000
Johnstone, Mark   29650
Ground, Darren   25950
Reardon, Trevor   25700
Kanwar, Vik   23375
Greenleaf, Dale   23175
Serhan, Suad   23150
Wyre, Ray   22950
Jolowicz, Daniel  22875
Dionysiou, K   22450
Akenhead, James   22250
Carr, Neil   21975
Clutterbuck, Stuart   21650
Hasan, Taner   21125
Tapinas, Andrius   19950
Evans, Nick   19625
Woods, Darren   19550
Bond, Kevin   19500
Goodall, Nick   19350
Bruce, Chris   19000
Vasquez-Ponte, Jaine   18625
Gregory, David   18275
Aslam, Zahir   17925
Barraclough, David   17875
Creagh, Adrian   17850
Clark, David   17825
Jelinek, Steve   17775
Muthy, Kayshan   17000
Johnson, David   16975
Stokes, Craig   16850
Holden, Stephen   16725
Stovold, Ross   16675
Thew, Julian   16175
Rutter, Stuart   16050
Wilkinson, Adam   15750
Parhizkar, Hoss   15350
Hill, Steven   14975
Ioannou, Nick   14925
Le Marquand, Ewan   14850
Kimber, Jeff   14700
Patel, Kalpesh   14600
Goodwin, Marc   14600
Avery, Tina   14475
Clough, Dennis   14450
Cooper, T   14325
Jeraimt, Hazan   14200
Earnshaw, Barry   14175
Abraham, Gary   14100
Briggs, Mark   13725
Romanello, Antonio   13675
Evans, Damian   13550
Green, Phillip   13500
Acreman, Gareth   13350
Nawab, Mazhar   13300
Rudling-Smith, Richard   OUT
Monroedavies, Beu   12850
Bashford, Simon   12200
Bowden, I   12175
Brindly, Roy   12100
Shevket, Yilfer   11750
Bowles, Benjamin   11650
Arama, Jac   11550
Read, Steve   11425
Palenca, Manuel   11225
Jackson-palin, Alexandra   10200
Jones, Iwan   10175
Walmsley, Steve   9800
Kenworthy, Guy   9750
Singleton, Peter   9650
Moore, Mike   9475
Neville, Barry   9375
Mccombie, Marshall   9300
Macleod, Andy   8900
D cruz, Damon   8900
Rahman, Sheikh faizur   8825
Khajuria, Chandra   8800
Wai Yuen, Kwan   8650
Ellis, Micheal   8550
Webb, Paul   8225
Kerrigan, Leslie   7175
Aris, Dr   7150
Fletcher, Mick   7125
Louis, Karim   6900
Redmond, Richard   OUT
Zihni, Ali   6725
McBride, Alan   6700
Wooldrigde, Warren   6650
Arees, Edward   6125
Owen, Craig   5725
Beechy, Mostyn   5550
Seymor, Ronald   5500
Judges, Darren   5500
Chandra, Albert   5475
Hipwell, James    OUT
King, Paul   5300
Fitzgibbon, K   5275
Mustanoglu, Osman   5250
Yusuf, Sami   5150
Monroedavies, Beu   4925
Avery, Tina   4625
Kiss, Karoly   4575
Ullah, Ibrahim   4400
Pound, Darrren   3725
Libertini, Martino   1500

[NoflopsHomer]

The running antes have kicked in.

150/300/25

[NoflopsHomer]

James Akenhead is OUT, A-9 vs Q-9 which hit a straight.
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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.

[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 neighbouring Jeff Kimber 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."

[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:

[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.

[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

[NoflopsHomer]

Mick Fletcher, now having been moved to Willie Tann's left. (The dealer is in between to prevent an explosion that could destroy half of Brighton). Anyway Mick just knocked out a short stack with on a against .


Iwan Jones raises, another player pushes, Iwan dwells, clocked called, Iwan calls with Nines, and finds himself against Tens, he flops a Nine on an all diamond board, (neither has a diamond), the turn is a diamond, as is the river.




Elsewhere, Anthony Romanello has his cut-off raise of 1,500 re-raised to 4,200 by Marc Goodwin. He asked Mr Cool for a count, and seeing the stack, decided not to press the issue.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts, thanks to BlueSq.

Smith, David 94050
O’Leary, Kevin 52100
Dionysiou, K 50125
Rokach, Lucy 43575
Hasan, Taner 36550
Romanello, Antonio 35800
Tann, Willie 35450
Jolowicz, Daniel 35275
Tapinas, Andrius 34700
Ground, Darren 34250
Patel, Kalpesh 33350
Carr, Neil 32450
Johnstone, Mark 31850
Earnshaw, Barry 30850
Clark, David 30375
Wai Yuen, Kwan 30100
Johnson, David 29750
Dean, Alan 26500
Tyler, Joshua 26350
Nawab, Mazhar 26300
Jones, Iwan 26100
Evans, Damian 25600
Stovold, Ross 24900
Fletcher, Mick 24650
Brindly, Roy 24375
Reardon, Trevor 24125
Goodwin, Marc 23525
Goodall, Nick 23425
Bowden, I 23125
Clark, David 22975
Vasquez-Ponte, Jaine 22250
Muthy, Kayshan 22225
Greenleaf, Dale 22075
Bruce, Chris 20650
Herbert, Ian 20075
Wyre, Ray 19250
Rutter, Stuart 18525
Louis, Karim 18525
Serhan, Suad 17825
Ioannou, Nick 17375
Hill, Steven 16925
Bond, Kevin 16750
Kimber, Jeff 16625
Evans, Nick 16525
Le Marquand, Ewan 16175
Green, Phillip 15975
McBride, Alan 15475
Cooper, T 15125
Brockett, Franky 14175
Jackson-palin, Alexandra 14100
Ellis, Micheal 13625
Clutterbuck, Stuart 13175
Owen, Craig 13000
Stokes, Craig 12825
Bowles, Benjamin 12150
Fitzgibbon, K 11300
Holden, Stephen 11300
Moore, Mike 10525
Singleton, Peter 10325
D cruz, Damon 10250
Macleod, Andy 10025
Briggs, Mark 9775
Palenca, Manuel 9525
Aris, Dr 9425
Shevket, Yilfer 9325
Woods, Darren 9075
Khajuria, Chandra 7775
Yusuf, Sami 7775
Ullah, Ibrahim 7625
Avery, Tina 7600
Modha, Rajesh 7150
Arama, Jac 5850
Wooldrigde, Warren 4525
Mccombie, Marshall 3525
Zihni, Ali 3325
Jelinek, Steve 3000
Webb, Paul 2275
Beechy, Mostyn 1925