Bluesquare.com Grosvenor Grand Prix: Day 1a Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Someone yet to get jiggy with it is Greg Hill, who still has his starting stack. For those who don't know Greg, he has been pretty vacant of late with regards to the poker scene, but was once a bit of a terror down these parts when he came 2nd in one of the big Walsall events behind El Blondie a few years back. An old guard from my Gala Notts days (if someone of his still tender age can be defined of 'old guard') it's good to see Greg back on the poker scene and showing us what he can do at the felt. We'll try to grab a snap of him as soon as possible.... hopefully when the wifi connection is up and running.

Meanwhile, table neighbour Ed Arees was good enough to rise from his seat and offer his congratulatory hand for my cash in London last week. That was much appreciated and just showed how nice a chap he actually is. "I was rooting for you," he kindly said. I take back all my sheep penetrating references I may have slipped into previous updates.

[njbh86]

You won't be able to miss Swiss - big (ie. portly ) lad, never shuts up.  Ever.  Slight Welsh accent? 

Ha, ha.  Never mind, I'm sure he'll be donked out before you can find him anyway

[snoopy1239]

Already getting very jiggy, though, is Mr Matt Tyler, accusing tablemate Mick Jones of giving him a rubdown after Chunky Mick may or may not have laid down the best hand. "My range is huge," said Matt. Next hand, Matt becomes involved with Pires Whyman on a  board, Pires betting all the way and Matt calling him all the way. Someone at the table says to Matt on the turn that he's gone very quiet. "I know," says Matt, "I'm trying to work out if it's a tell." He calls anyway, and then again on the river. "I've played this so badly," says Matt, and mucks when Pires shows . I guess he's about even.

[snoopy1239]

You won't be able to miss Swiss - big (ie. portly ) lad, never shuts up.  Ever.  Slight Welsh accent? 

Ha, ha.  Never mind, I'm sure he'll be donked out before you can find him anyway

Yes, he's been spotted and the description matches. You may predict much movement of the mouth, but as such, there has been little motion among his stack. However, we did manage to grab a quick photo of him and as soon as the Internet connection picks up, we'll get that piccy uploaded for you.

[snoopy1239]

Two fierce competitors seated next door to one another are Simon Zach and 'Silent Assassin' Maurice Nicholson. As I passed, Maurice was deep reaching on what I believe was a 3-T-K-5-K board with K-3. Zach's K-8 was thus in bad shape.

[action man]

hi gang!  My friend and I may be popping down for the £100 freezout tonight!

a) is it still on?

b) will it be better to turn up as alternates or have someone buy us in? im semi-deep in the stars $10rb so i may be a bit late in arriving.

cheers for help.

[snoopy1239]

It may be early doors here at the Grosvenor Casino in Walsall, but several of our not so plucky soldiers are returning to the barracks already. One of those fallen men was a victim of Paul Dobson's table. When I joined the action, the flop read and the bets in front of the players were as such:

Seat 1: Mo Muse -- around 10k all-in
Seat 2: Marcus Bebb-Jones -- 2,000
Seat 3: Majid Damavandy (would need to confirm the identity of this player) -- 8.1k

I can't say if Mo was check-raising all-in or had bet out on the flop, but either way, he was all-in and quickly called by Seat 3. As Luton player Mo revealed an unsurprising overpair ( ), Damavandy flipped an equally unrevealing set of Fours ( ).

A harmless Turn and River and Muse was a gonna. As they say in Luton part, Mo Muse is good news... except for today.

[snoopy1239]

Another sad face is that of Matt Catwright, last years runner upper tangling with the man that pipped him to the post, Zippy Aslam. As Matt bet out on a board, Zippy dropped the hammer on the er... Hammer with an all-in, one which I believe was too cheap for Matt to ignore. Anyhow, Matt did indeed call and was forced to show his semi-bluff of which, of course, was in need of some Poker God-esque assistance against the white jacketed Zippy and his formidable .

A non-straightening on the River left the Hammer with just shrapnel for chips and a face like a wet Sunday afternoon.

[ZIPPY GT2]

go on zippy, get in

[rudders]

updates on doig rudling, ed arees and all the taffies please......

[snoopy1239]

Simon Zach is OUT - didn't quite catch what happened, but I saw a 4-K-K-9-3 board and a flashed pair of Nines and I'm guessing the Nines probably didn't belong to Simon. Anyway, he's gone.

[snoopy1239]

Just to prove he is present, here's an old, but still youthful looking face of 'Junior' Greg Hill.

[snoopy1239]

Local boy Satnam Sandu is down to just a few thousand in chips after making an ill-timed, although that is merely aided by the gift of hindsight, bluff against Paul Rayner.

The board read , with Rayner check-calling a 3k River bet from Sandhu.

As Satnam mucked, he was forced to reveal his , but what he was truly miffed about was the that Rayner revealed upon victory.

If we could step inside the head of Sandu like an over zealous numbskull, then we'd surely have heard the oh so familiar line of "How could he call with that?"

But call he did, and as a result, Satnam is down to the felt leaving Rayner to reorganise his newly acquired dirty stack.

[snoopy1239]

Well, I promised Henry Griffiths for our fan watching from home, so here he is, in all his Swiss Tonyness glory... although I fail to see the resemblence.

Does he sell cars?

[snoopy1239]

Dave Smith, who seems to run like gold in anything Blue Square related, has now near doubled up off a rather dejected Ghassan El Hoss. With the board reading , Dave smooth called a 1.5k bet from the button before betting a rather more substantial figure on the River. El Hoss made the call, but was dismayed to see his up against a sneakily played .

"You let me in on the flop, you see," claimed Dave as he stacked his pile of chips. "A bet and I would have been gone."