Bluesquare.com Grosvenor Grand Prix: Day 1b Interactive

[snoopy1239]

JP Kelly has been eliminated from the comp. According to former sponsor Jonathan Raab, "He was involved in a 5-way pot and found his 7 high was no good."

My spider sense inform me that he was very low at the time.

[snoopy1239]

Michael Arnold -- 8,850
Danny Rudd -- 15,675
Chao Li -- 10,100
Dave Clark -- 17,200
Jeff Burke -- 14,325
Dave Penly -- 3,900
Mick Fletcher -- 27,400
Stuart Rutter -- 12,000
Tom McCready -- 7,525
Martin Green -- 25,425
Chris Bruce -- 18,000
Rick Trigg -- 10,500
Kevin O'Leary -- 11,900
Andrew Bradshaw -- 16,500
Roberto Romanello -- 9,000
Paul Parker -- 20,500
Michael Greco -- 16,850
Jonothon Butters -- 18,825
Andy Johnson -- 27,175
Dave Clark Jnr -- 4,425
Steve Jelinek -- 3,950
Gordon McArthur -- 5,600
Willie Tann -- 13,000
Nick Gibson -- 18,825
Dean Mitchell -- 5,100
Dave Knight -- 12,275
Yucel Eminoglu -- 23,500
Van Maden -- 14,550
Ash Pervais -- 6,700
Ben Callinan -- 7,500
Dan Owston -- 7,325
Dave Welch -- 8,500
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 11,275

[snoopy1239]

OUT:

T Owens
N Shellard
Lam Trinh
Frode Gjesdal

[danafish]

Kevin O'Leary has won a giant hand, knocking out one Mr Matey Boy. I believe pocket Aces were involved, with Mr Boy holding Q-T, with a Queen, a Ten and an Ace somewhere on the board. Kevin now has over 30k. Here he is, competing with Rick Trigg for Most Unusual Hairdo Of The Day. Not that I can talk. Someone called me over to ask if I was just taking pictures of Mr O'Leary for colour comparison purposes with my own 'do. Huff.

Rick Trigg, incidentally, is still hovering around the slightly-above-his-starting-stack region, although I swear every time I walk past him he's nicking someone's blinds.

[danafish]

By the way, for whoever was asking after the £100 comp last night, I've been asking around and no-one seems to know. Cardroom manager Zak looks like he's going to have an aneurism, so I don't really want to hassle him overly right now. He says he'll try to find out later. Aneurisms notwithstanding.

[danafish]

Nick Risdale, below, has lost a chunky pot to the gent also below, calling his shortstack all-in with  . Mr Shortstack was holding .

Board - 8-2-T-5-A

"Pfft," says Mr Shortstack when the Ace comes down, and is already trying to leave when someone points out to him that he's hit a set. Oops. Nick Risdale doesn't look very happy about any of this. He's on about 13.5k now.

[snoopy1239]

Dan Owston is down to the felt. He was mumbling something about Jacks under the gun and a 9-3-3 Flop, but that's about as far as I got because our conversation resulted in him missing the next hand.

[danafish]

Talking of side events, there is a stupidly crazy-large cash game going on, 6-card Omaha I believe or something similarly odd, that is attracting a bit of an audience owing to the fact that no flop has been seen without thousands on the table. I understand that Richard Ashby is cleaning up.

[snoopy1239]

Steve Jelinek, who has been struggling for most of the day, is still er... struggling, but more frustratingly so than usual because in the last several hand he's found Aces twice, Kings and Nines yet still only risen to 4.5k. The Aces and Kings would have been the most painful, as they came in quick succession and only earned him the two blinds. Still, one of those could have been his exit hand so perhaps it's a blessing in disguise for the Monte Carlo finalist.

[booder]

Talking of side events, there is a stupidly crazy-large cash game going on, 6-card Omaha I believe or something similarly odd, that is attracting a bit of an audience owing to the fact that no flop has been seen without thousands on the table. I understand that Richard Ashby is cleaning up.

Flushy has been spotted speeding up the motorway in the direction of Walsall

[Junior Senior]

Michael Arnold embodying the spirit of thrills and excitement here in Walsall today.

picture & post of the week!

[snoopy1239]

Double up for Andrea Buzzigoli, an Italian currently residing in England, as his A-J versus K-J on a Jack high flop is enough to see him rise to 10k.

[snoopy1239]

In what was a smaller pot than it looked, Charles Denton has been eliminated from the comp leaving last year's finalist Anthony Adderley to scoop up a 20k pot.

A Flop was sprawled across the board, and Denton had moved all-in for 1.7k. He was called in two places though, one of whom was Adderley.

On the Turn, it all went loosey goosey as Adderley and Mateyboy pushed all their chips across the line.

On their backs:

Adderley =

Denton =

Mateyboy =

The River was the and Adderley's straight took the pot.

"You're not going to put that hand up are you?" inquired Anthony.

"Well, it wouldn't be a very good update if we didn't report hands," I replied.

[technolog]

Any change in Gordon MacArthur's stack? And if it's downwards you can jolly well go and stand in the corner for 10 minutes! 

[danafish]

Steve Jelinek has doubled up with Jacks v Aces. On the turn of an board, Steve's forehead hits the felt, and he only peeks up when he hears his tablemates' "ooh, that'll cost you" plumber-like gasps at the on the river.

I'm still a little hazy on who everyone at these events is, so I ask him his name. "Steve Jelinek," he says, "That's J-E-L-I-N-E-K. Also known as Fish - F-I-S-H."