Bolton Poker 6 - Latest News

[b4matt]

Thanks for the support guys, sadly i'm home and in bed with my laptop after finishing 7th!

Played ok'ish but got short enough to have to push in an open spot (sb) unfortunately bb had q's... sigh J7 no good!

Brilliant comp though, vvv good structure and very well ran, thanks to the BS boys (jonathon and jamie) and Bolton staff and gl to the remaining players.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

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[Jamier-Host]

Well I was going to report that Matt was out but he has shown how slow I am today by beating me to it himself!

Well played Matt.

We also now have the 6th place finisher confirmed - GUKPT Brighton winner Dave Smith.

He lost practically all his chips in a massive pot against Danielle when her AK prevailed over his AJ.

A couple of hands later Lee Atherton finished him off with A9 v K6.

[The_nun]

XXXXX to Matt..

[Jamier-Host]

And just a couple of hands later Lee makes a great pass when confronted with an all in reraise from Ramazalini.

After doing the whole stand up, sit down procedure along with asking if his opponent wants a call and if he'll show if he passes the AQ finally gets chucked away face up.

He would have been in a lot of trouble against AK had he gone for it.....

Well played that man.

[Jamier-Host]

XXXXX to Matt..

Your posts are officially hindering the updates.  That avatar is rather addictive....

[KarmaDope]

XXXXX to Matt..

Your posts are officially hindering the updates.  That avatar is rather addictive....

LOL, I can see why!

Any ideas what the chip counts are?

[KarmaDope]

Another update from Bolton:

Down to 4, Carol Cotterill finishing 5th. Chips are pretty much even apart from one short stack who is on approximately 50k whilst the other 3 are on about 140-150k each.

[Jamier-Host]

A marathon heads up encounter - 2 hours 45 mins long, but anyway, it's over now and we have a winner...

Congratulations to Lee Atherton who is the 2007 Poker 6 Champion, winning £17,840 plus an additional £4,000 from Blue Square.

A full report of the event will be posted on the Poker 6 website tomorrow.

[Robert HM]

XXXXX to Matt..

Your posts are officially hindering the updates.  That avatar is rather addictive....

With an avatar like that I didnt notice the updates 

[AndrewT]

Any idea why this was only half full?

There were over 90 last year, and the capacity was increased from 108 to 144 in anticipation of more players. We heard nothing but good things about last year's event, about how it was something different from the usual festivals and yet attendence was down.

[Jamier-Host]

I think a combination of factors:

• Clash with WSOP must account for a good 20 players capable of pulling up a £1,000 buy in
• Clash with Gala event in Bournemouth which kept a few more players down south
• Online rebuy problems - Playtech issue with rebuys at zero chips only limits online packages (being fixed v.soon!)
• GUKPT - The tour has been heavily marketed and extremely successful causing the Poker 6 to be somewhat overshadowed
• Flushie not making the trip - according to a poll, lifting the easy cash off James is more attractive even than Blue Square adding to the prize pool

So there you have it.  Despite the slightly lower than anticipated turnout though the event was extremely well received once again, and those who did make the trip got a great structure and tremendous added value - not to mention a Blue Square stress ball.



I'd be 95% confident of us running the event again next year and will be expecting a queue!

[b4matt]

ul m8 wp

Cheers pal

XXXXX to Matt..

Thanks you x x x

I think a combination of factors:

• Clash with WSOP must account for a good 20 players capable of pulling up a £1,000 buy in
• Clash with Gala event in Bournemouth which kept a few more players down south
• Online rebuy problems - Playtech issue with rebuys at zero chips only limits online packages (being fixed v.soon!)
• GUKPT - The tour has been heavily marketed and extremely successful causing the Poker 6 to be somewhat overshadowed
• Flushie not making the trip - according to a poll, lifting the easy cash off James is more attractive even than Blue Square adding to the prize pool

So there you have it.  Despite the slightly lower than anticipated turnout though the event was extremely well received once again, and those who did make the trip got a great structure and tremendous added value - not to mention a Blue Square stress ball.



I'd be 95% confident of us running the event again next year and will be expecting a queue!

Great result, he played V well and deserves this. Nice fella too.

[tikay]

I think a combination of factors:

• Clash with WSOP must account for a good 20 players capable of pulling up a £1,000 buy in
• Clash with Gala event in Bournemouth which kept a few more players down south
• Online rebuy problems - Playtech issue with rebuys at zero chips only limits online packages (being fixed v.soon!)
• GUKPT - The tour has been heavily marketed and extremely successful causing the Poker 6 to be somewhat overshadowed
• Flushie not making the trip - according to a poll, lifting the easy cash off James is more attractive even than Blue Square adding to the prize pool

So there you have it.  Despite the slightly lower than anticipated turnout though the event was extremely well received once again, and those who did make the trip got a great structure and tremendous added value - not to mention a Blue Square stress ball.



I'd be 95% confident of us running the event again next year and will be expecting a queue!

Agree with most of that, & I hope it continues, especially as they add money.

Clashing with Fathers Day was another negative, but the main problem I think is that there are so many high buy-in Events these days, & a goodly portion of the players on the circuit are hurting financially. Supply & Demand will have it's wicked way, as always.

[AndrewT]

Clashing with Fathers Day was another negative, but the main problem I think is that there are so many high buy-in Events these days, & a goodly portion of the players on the circuit are hurting financially. Supply & Demand will have it's wicked way, as always.

Not like the old days when they would have the fish to themselves - now the internet hotshots turn up and take all their monies, leaving slim pickings for the old guard.