Brighton GUKPT: Day 2 - At A Glance

[Djinn]

Right - full counts from latest break!

Table Barny tied for Chip Lead:

Neil Carr        195k
Steve Jelinek  185k
Richard Ashby  172k
Mad Marty      150k
Dave Smith     170k
Barny Boatman  350k
Roberto Romanello  178k
Terrence Burke   115k

Table Flushy tied for Chip Lead

John Exley        120k
Koroush Nikkhahe  184k
Craig Owen      160k
James Dempsey  345k
Nik Persaud        104k
Mohammed Shafiq  200k
Maz Nawab         161k
Raj Modha          111k
Albert Sapiano    121k

[Djinn]

Sick exit for Richard Ashby, who can say nothing more than this one-word condemnation of the occasional cruelty of poker... Richard Ashby raised to 30k preflop (blinds are now a chunky 5k/10k), Mad Marty re-raised 100k from the blind, and Richard's chips were over the line as fast as he could push them without their falling over...

Marty wasn't thrilled with this, but he said, "I can't fold..." and the chips went in.  He showed .
Richard Ashby showed and promptly walked away from the table eating noodles as the board cards were dealt.

Marty, on the other hand, stayed glued to his seat.
Flop: -"Ace!" shouts Marty
  "Ace!" shouts Marty
  "Ace!" shouts Marty
Turn:     "Ace!" shouts Marty.....



River: 

"Good luck all," says Richard.

[NoflopsHomer]

Nik Persaud is OUT in 16th place, made his move with 9-8, but ran into Shaf's A-Q.

Raj Modha doubles through Marty Wilson with against , all-in on the flop I'm guessing.

Board:

[Djinn]

Quickly following in the last 20 minutes of play tonight is Koroush Nikkhahe, who finishes in 15th place (for £2,400, slight jump from £2,100)... can't say any more than preflop vs. - Albert Sapiano's overcards both hit and he was just covered.  Consolidation of two medium stacks into one very large one now for the Day One chip leader.

[NoflopsHomer]

400k at least

Chips flying in on the turn of a board with Mad Marty holding the but he was miles behind and drawing dead to Neil Carr's . Took about 5 minutes just to count out the chips.

Elsewhere, Flushy raises to 35k, John Exley pushes for 64.7k more, Flushy dwells for ages before passing. John offers to show, and flips the .

[NoflopsHomer]

Play has ended for the day, here are the chip counts:

John Exley -- 108,100
C Owen -- 142,200
James Dempsey -- 271,900
Mohammed Shafiq -- 275,900
Maz Nawab -- 112,700
A Sapiano -- 488,900
Roberto Romanello -- 143,700
Neil Carr -- 454,800
Steve Jelinek -- 165,000
Raj Modha -- 209,400
Marty Wilson -- 185,700
Dave Smith -- 177,300
Barny Boatman -- 259,200
Terrence Burke -- 69,400

[NoflopsHomer]

Play will restart at 2pm tomorrow. Jen and I are off to find the late night chippy.

Guess we'll need a fork.