Midlands Meltdown Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Yes go on the wernick, he is the best short stack player ive come across in my opinion.

He's not a short stack anymore.

Alan Mclean limps UTG. Micky makes it 30k from mid position. Blinds pass, Alan moves all-in, Micky beats him in the pot.

Alan:



Micky:



Board:



Micky doubles his stack, he's on about 228k now. And we still have 7 left. It's going to be a late one...

[NoflopsHomer]

Dana again.

Ben Callinan calls from the button, Ash makes up the blind and Alan Mclean checks.

Flop comes    and it checks around to Callinan, who moves in. The others both fold.

Next hand, Mickey makes it 25k and Callinan calls.

Flop -  - and Mickey checks. Ben puts in 20k and Mickey folds, showing AQ. Ben shows AK.

Beyond that, not much has been happening interesting-hand-wise. However, things should hopefully speed up a bit now, as I believe A Deal Has Been Done. Looks like it's going to be 10k each and the remaining 22k extra for the winner.

Meanwhile, Red Dog's not having much fun in the £100 freezeout. He's tired, but refuses to have coffee unless he gets some chips first, otherwise he says there's no point and he'd rather sleep. Tough one, that. I told him to have half a coffee.

[NoflopsHomer]

Alan Mclean limps for 10k. Andy Johnson makes it 50k total in the small blind. Micky Wernick moves in for 170k more. Alan and Andy pass. Micky shows .

[NoflopsHomer]

Dana again. We have lost one!

On a flop of  Ben Callinan checks and Alan Mclean bets 25k; Ben calls.

Turn -  - Ben checks and Mclean bets 40k; this time Ben announces all in.

Ben Callinan - 

Alan Mclean - 

River -   

Which means that Ben Callinan finishes in 7th place, officially winning £3,430 but I think probably actually winning £10,000. Nice.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jim Moult makes it 45k in the small blind. Andy Johnson raises 86k more, enough to put Jim all in.

Jim gets his cup of tea out and begins to drink and think. He drinks (and thinks) for a while, to the point where he finishes his cup of tea. He announces, "I'm going to gamble, I call."

Jim:



Andy:



Board:



Jim doubles up, Andy now short.

[NoflopsHomer]

Another one down! Andy Johnson did indeed get himself in some trouble.

He raised preflop, and Jim Moult reraised all in. Looks like he sort of gave up, because he called with  against Jim Moult's  .

Board - 

Andy Johnson finishes in 6th place officially winning £4,410 but actually in reality winning £10,000 post-deal.

[NoflopsHomer]

Micky Wernick lost some chips check/raising a 20k bet by Brian Welby on a board to 80k. Brian insta-pushed and Micky insta-mucked his hand. Brian showed

Shortly afterwards Micky pushed with but found Ash Hussain pushing behind him on the button with

Board:




Meaning Micky Wernick is OUT in 5th place winning £10,000

[danafish]

Ash in the small blind calls and Alan Mclean raises 20k; Ash calls.

Flop - and they both check.

Turn - - check, check.

River - - check check.

Mclean shows  and Ash mucks. "You got me."

Play is still very cagey. What they need is to do another deal to liven things up a bit.

Our final four are on a break now. CHris will be back with some counts shortly. Meanwhile in the £100 event, Red Dog has made back a few chips, but the blinds have gone up too and he's still looking exhausted. He assures me that he's ordered drinks, but this could mean anything.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts thanks to Jim the dealer:

Brian Welby -- 128k
Ash Hussain -- 500k
Alan Mclean -- 588k
Jim Moult -- 245k

10 minute break. Blinds 6k/12k when we return.

[NoflopsHomer]

The reason Ash is up to 500k, is the last hand before the break.

Brian raised to 30k in the small blind. Ash called.

They both checked the flop

Brian check/called the turn for 25k before betting out 50k on the dangerous river.

Ash eventually made the call and Brian showed , and Ash's was good.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jim 'Bookiebasher' Moult is OUT in 4th place winning £10,000

Jim:



Alan:



Board:




3 left.

[danafish]

Alan Mclean calls from the button. Brian Welby on the small blind announces all in. Ash folds, and Mclean calls without a moment's hesitation. As you do.

Alan Mclean - 

Brian Welby - 

Board - 

Which means that Brian Welby is OUT in 3rd place officially winning £11,270 but I guess he's only getting £10,000 of that.

[danafish]

A deal has been done - the remaining £22k after everyone's had their £10k is being split £9k to Ash Hussain and £13.6k to Alan Mclean, who had roughly a 2:1 chiplead over Ash last I checked. The pointy glass trophy has been put on the table now, and the comedy giant cheque is waiting by the coffee machine.

[danafish]

On a  flop, Ash checks and Alan bets 40k; Ash calls.

Turn -  and again Ash checks. Alan bets 80k, and, after some hesitation, Ash calls.

River -  - they both check, and Alan shows  - Ash mucks.

[NoflopsHomer]

And after that chunkyish pot. Alan Mclean has really blitzed into top gear, anytime Ash has bet, Alan has either shown him a better hand or re-raised him off the pot. The end is near, Ash is down to his last few chips...