Bluesquare.com Grosvenor Grand Prix: Day 1a Interactive

[snoopy1239]

"Snoops," beckons Ed Arees rising from his seat agitatedly. "I have to get something off my chest."

"I had a pair of Kings," he continued, relieved to have someone to share his pain with, "and got it all in against Seat 4 (Toni Dicesare) only for an Ace to hit the Turn. I would have been coasting then on over 30k."

"You're still there though, aren't you?" I vainly consoled.

"Yeah," replied the Welshman. "I guess so, down to 8k."

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Unfortunately for one blonde viewer at least, Alex Kong won't be climbing the Grand Prix sky-scraper any more, his chips sailing over to uber-aggressor Alan McLean in rather bitter circumstances. All-in on a King high Flop, Kong could only watch in horror as Alan revealed Kings to his Aces, the Turn and River providing no miracle.

"It's a set up," claims a chagrined Kong. "That's the first time I've had them."

[snoopy1239]

Andy O'Flaherty is also OUT. I gave a gentle tug on the Ash Hussain grapevine to be told of an accident with K-9, Andy's button raise (which virtually committed him) being re-raised by K-K, the hand all over by the turn.

Could have been worse though, could have had K-2.

[snoopy1239]

Crikey O'Reilly, they're dropping like intoxicated dominoes here today, the latest to feel the force of a boot in the rear being silent assassin and local boy Marucie Nicholson (pictured below). He was forced into the docks when Lord Lawrence Gosney started bumping and grinding with what you could refer to as a genuine Lawrence hand.

A Flop of and they both went bananas, Lawrence's reputation as a player in desperate need of a strait-jacket clearly preceding him as Maurice unhesitantly involved himself in a raising war with .

With Maurice making the final hand-to-chips movement, Lawrence made an easy call with.... ahem.... , which naturally held up come the clinical Turn and River.

To his credit, Maurice took defeat like a gentleman and exited with a welcome good luck message. Meanwhile, Lawrence was left to tower up his chips like the Manhattan at the start of Frasier and bask in the glory of his new found 50k-ish stack.

[snoopy1239]

Another one down as Matt Tyler meets his match, if only in the vocal stakes, in a boozed up (is there any other kind?) Stuart Fox. I didn't catch the action, but, funnily enough, Foxy did, although he retold it with a pint of lager in his hand...

"I had A-Q on a Q high Flop and he pushed all-in. He had K-6 of hearts, didn't have anything. No, hold on, he hit a 6."

[danafish]

Also OUT is Burnley Johnette Ms Lisa Scotney, all in with A-K on a Jack high flop, her opponent Paul Rayner holding what probably felt like a heartbreaking K-J (I believe there was a bunch of raising before the flop). She walked off without a word, I'm not sure she even stayed to see the turn and river. Not that they made any difference.

[RED-DOG]

I'm sorry to say that we are down one moustache.

Never fear, I will be unfurling the old cookie duster tomorrow.

[danafish]

Matthew Haden, who showed up today with a small band of emo be-haircutted supporters who since seem to have gone home, shoved for his very tiny 1675 stack and Des Jonas calls him because somebody has to. "Oh," says Des as Matthew flips his  . "I haven't got anything," and turns over . The board looks pretty threatening if you're not paying attention like me, so I wrote down that he was out and then had to cross that out again. He has in fact doubled up to almost 4k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Another one down as Matt Tyler meets his match, if only in the vocal stakes, in a boozed up (is there any other kind?) Stuart Fox. I didn't catch the action, but, funnily enough, Foxy did, although he retold it with a pint of lager in his hand...

"I had A-Q on a Q high Flop and he pushed all-in. He had K-6 of hearts, didn't have anything. No, hold on, he hit a 6."

[njbh86]

Hows the mighty Swiss doing then, has he turned over any chumps?

I'm just back from a meeting of the Exeter University Liberal Democrats Society, so naturally I could use some cheering up.

[danafish]

An accident that never happened -

Mick Jones moves all in on a flop, and Olebode Ayegun mulls before folding. Mick says, "Do you have A-T? You were ahead if you do," and shows K-T. Olebode shows Q-T. It must feel nice to be right. Mulling photos below.

Incidentally, Rumit seems to have actually had an accident that really happened, in real life - he's somehow down to 6k or so.

[snoopy1239]

I'm not sure why Osman Mustanoglu is gesticulating a hand-to-ear motion that footballers sometimes do to the opposing fans when they score a goal, but either way, here is his current chip count and those of his table neighbours:

Osman Mustanoglu -- 10,225
Ash Hussain -- 27,000
Alan McLean -- 27,775
Marcus Bebb-Jones -- 5,650
Rumit Somaiya -- 4,225

Click to see full-size image.

[danafish]

Here is a Final Six Tables Of The Day Diorama for your viewing pleasure. It's at least as good as the Grand Canyon Diorama at Disneyland. Same total lack of vertigo. Fewer taxidermied items. You know.

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Can anyone else detect an uncanny resemblance between Mick Jones and former Ireland international footballer Paul McGrath, suspiciously drinking tea in this picture?...

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Khayam Ezzat has bitten the dust recently, his succumbing at the hands of which spiked a second bullet on an board.

Forget Driton Haxhiaj, is this the face of the new Mr Scrabble?