Mateytime:
Neil Channing limps for 100 in mid-position. A couple of others do too. Matey on the button makes it 4300. Everyone passes.
Mateytime 2:
Karl Mahrenholtz raises a 1k bet to 2.2k on a
board from the cut-off against the big blind. Big blind calls. Turn is the
, big blind now bets 5,200. Karl folds.
Dubai bets 3,700 on a
board against two opponents, one check calls. They both check the
turn before his opponent leads out for 3,500 on the
river, Dubai calls with
and wins.
blondewatch:
George 'Wellchief' MacDonald
Simon Trumper
Roland De Wolfe
Players are now on a 20 minute break.
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After scavenging around for our British contingent, I then went on a bit of a mission to find some of the well known names here today, and even in just one quadrant I managed to stumble across Adam Schoenfeld, Ricky Nielsen, Patrik Antonius, Alan Smurfit, Tony G, Luca Pagano, Eric Mizrachi, Bill Chen, Rhett Butler, Kirk Morrison, GG Liu, Kathy Liebert and lots of other people that look like they’re American celebrities of some kind. Actually, I think they announced that Montel Williams was present – will have to check that one out, although I’m disappointed Ricky isn’t here. Go Ricky, go Ricky, go Ricky!
Before I forget, one of the aforementioned was in fact involved in a nice lucrative hand as I passed, bracelet winner Alan Smurfit, who is sharing a table with Tony ‘Feel my power!’ Guoga, was hurling 3.5k into the middle of a
board. The Irishman’s opponent seemed perplexed and commented, “that’s a big bet” before making the call. Smurfit showed A-8, Mateyboy mucked, and the ‘butter wouldn’t melt in my mouth’ veteran scooped in the pot to add to his now 29k stack.
Running similarly well is David ‘Doobs’ Barriclough, at first reluctant to share how he rose to over 30k due to his victim being sat beside him. So, after he’d completed his current hand, he stepped away from the table to retell his story: “I called a raise with Tens and then bet 2k on a
Flop when everyone checked. That chap called behind me and the Turn came the
, not a great card for me so I checked. He bet and I made a mad call, probably a tad upset about the Turn. Anyhow, the River brought another diamond, I checked, he bet 5k and I made a good call. I think he showed A-8.”
Other familiar names spotted are Marc ‘Greg Norman’ Goodwin (folding to a 500 bet on a 5-8-5 Flop when I arrived, but still running well with 28k), Steve ‘How do I keep making finals?!’ Jelinek (just below his starting stack after running into Aces with “just part of the board”) and Dublin EPT finalist George ‘I haven’t played a hand… ever’ McKeever (currently on 34k but sharing a table with the ruthless Kathy Liebert).
Most importantly, I found a little bit of norkage (poker norkage – the best combination possible!) and a dealer with the highest eyebrows I’ve seen since Fantasy Football League’s Statto.
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