Broadway Festival of Poker: Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

I'm a bit er... camera shy at the moment because the flash is more startling than the elephant man in an overcoat, but I grabbed a few piccies during the break. Will also try to snap one of Neil when they return.

In the meantime, I was lucky enough to hear a few half-time stories, one from the ever-consistent Marcus Bebb-Jones who is bouncing up and down like a spring on a trampoline. He first neared the felt when his set of queens was bust on the river by a K-T which made a... ahem, Broadway straight before trebling back up to 8k with 7-5 versus two sets of A-J on a tasty A-5-5 Flop.

On a sidenote, I can confirm that the double-barrelled surname is not the result of a loss of power when marrying his current wife. He's the man of the house, much like Chili who has informed me that she's not giving up her familiy name if she is to get married. Glenn Demetriou... hehe.

Personally, I'm the same, I wear the trousers in my relationship and I have Dana's permission to say so.

[realshady]

hi snoops and crew. great updates. can u plze tell mad turk the final is 2moro.

[snoopy1239]

Balancing her time more efficiently between playing and updating, Jen 'Mrs Merton' Mason is out there in the battlefield still, albeit slightly bamboozled after being knocked down to the 7k mark by Neil Blatchey.

Bit of an odd one really, and one in which Jen confesses that she could have played better. It was Neil who got the ball rolling, raising to 300 pre-flop, Jen calling with A-K. An A-J-4 flop, and Neil bet out 500, Jen again disguising her hand with a sneaky, but ultimately risky smooth call.

The turn was a Queen, and yet again, Neil fired a bullet, this time 800. Guess what... Jen called.

The river came a 5 of spades, making a possible runner runner flush on the board. I don't need to tell you what Neil did, I think you're detecting the pattern here. 1,600 on this occasion, but low and behold, out comes Jen with a raise to 3,600, confident that she's ahead. Even if she isn't, she felt Neil could fold with the flush on board as she had the Ace of spades.

However, things soon went sour for Jen when Neil announced that he'd finally hit his hand, chucking in a call and showing . Eek!

[snoopy1239]

hi snoops and crew. great updates. can u plze tell mad turk the final is 2moro.

Hi Ash. Which final do you mean, and how come you're not here?

[snoopy1239]

THE FOX REPORT:

Number of pints = 4
Status = highly tipsy and laughing manically
Raising frequency = very regular

[Karabiner]

How come they started at the 50/100 level, and how comes nobody else mentioned this

[snoopy1239]

How come they started at the 50/100 level, and how comes nobody else mentioned this

Sorry, Level 1 was 25/50. We're just starting 100/200.

[TightEnd]

How come they started at the 50/100 level, and how comes nobody else mentioned this

we were waiting for the good Lord Red-Dog to turn up, crusading for the land of Structures

[Chili]

Ok lads the official stance on the structure is EVERY level is included apart from the 75 / 150 level.  So level 3 is now at 100/200 and we shall even have the debatable 500 / 1000. I thank you, snoops next on an exit, since we have to share a computer we shall try our best not to smack each other by the end of the night.  Status - calm.

[Ironside]

snoops can we get some pics of your co updater

[snoopy1239]

The only thing dazzling about dazzling Con Cronin from Smethwick today will be the dazzle of the sun in his eyes as he exits the casino, the veteran exiting at the hands of fellow midlander and "I'm on a good run. Wooooo! Wooooo!" Dave Colclough.

I didn't catch the hand, so I had to rely on the sometimes shaky versions of the rest of the table. With Essy Jahanpour claiming Dave had and Burnly John throwing into the hat, it wasn't until Julian confirmed it was that we finally got some genuine answers. Thinking Mr Thewy was the way forward, I asked what the flop was... ugh, big mistake, the subsequent dialogue exchange between the three feeling more like a group of OAP's trying to remember what film they watched in the nursing home. After a lengthy wait, it was concluded that Con had T-9 and made a straight against Dave's turned flush on a 6-7-x-8 board, all the money going in on the river.

[realshady]

2nites tourney mate. he likes 2 win them in 2hours dont 4get he is the maddest turk in town. his cip count plze. going london 4 ept want to b fresh thats the reason mate. will pop down ltr 2 buy u drink. keep it going

[action man]

i had the displeasure of sharing a table with con the other day, he was acting like a complete pretentious arse. Hope he busts in a icy cooler with quads being runner-runnered by a str8 flush

[snoopy1239]

Updater/poker player extra-ordinaire Jen Mason has just been boshed (new word there!) out of today's comp, raising it up pre-flop with A-T and being called in three places. The flop doesn't appear to be a bad one for Jen, , and she understandably bets out 1k. However, Seat 9 on the button seems to like it even more, and makes it 3k to play, more than enough to get the other players to fold... but not Jen, who after mulling it over for a while and, in her own words, concluding that he "wouldn't have Aces or Kings after smooth calling pre-flop" pushes all-in for her remaining 6k.

Unfortunately for the Hampsteadonian, her opponent was indeed being cute with Kings, and, after a few seconds dwell, did indeed make the call. Jen turned a flush draw, but to no avail as the river came a rag.

"I thought there were many hands he could be making that play with," said a dejected Mason, "the only one I was worried about was Jacks."

[Chili]

Before some more photo's news of another exit at the hands of Rob Sherwood (Rob s) against C Constantinou.  Unfortunately missed the preflop action but lets say the chips were all in before we all saw a board of

        

Rob held   
Constantiou held   

Constantinou out and Rob catapoults to about 35k