Bluesquare.com Grosvenor Grand Prix: Day 2 Interactive

[peterpan333]

thx alot for that list...fantastic job ur doing...keep it up guys.. : ).. also gl to karl..even tho he did bust me out having got very lucky... (swings and roundabouts) ; )

[danafish]

Almost out is Jeff Burke - I walked into the cardroom to see him all in against Rob Sherwood holding T-K to Rob's A-K, and an Ace on the board for good measure. He had his jacket on and was walking off, but was called back to collect his 6k change. All in blind from the small blind next hand, big blind Michael Arnold called.

Arnold -

Burke - ("Oh, I'm ahead!")

Board -

Jeff now has 19k. Other counts from the table are 57k for Richard Simmonds and 157k for Rob Sherwood.

[NoflopsHomer]

Comeback kid of the day has to be Marcus Bebb-Jones, he started today as the second shortest stack with just 7,900 but somehow has managed to grind his way into the bigger money.

Karl Mahrenholz treble hand news, (he seems to be in every pot), first he doubles up through Gareth Westcott, raising with Jacks and then leading out on an A-A-J board. Wescott set him in with nines, but the old runner runner quads failed to materialise. Then, a few hands later, he doubled up Richard Simmons, they seen a flop and get it all-in, Karl holding Eights but this time it's Simmons with Fives for the flopped full house. Next hand, Michael Arnold pushes all-in and Karl pushes behind him, Karl's holding against Arnold's on a board. Phew! And exhale.


For anyone who want's to know what Karl's expression is when he wants to pretend he doesn't have a big hand, here it is...

[danafish]

The rollercoaster that is Karl Mahrenholz's tournament life is over, courtesy of this gent, Paul Vicary. Vicary raises preflop with , as you do, and Karl shoves with  .

Board -

[danafish]

Climber of the moment is Mr Jeff Burke, back up to 50k from his 6k a moment ago.

By the way with Karl Mahrenholz's exit they're down to 2 tables and have had a redraw. Home time soon!

[danafish]

Jeff Burke has now actually doubled up to 105k. Impressive short stack management, that. Chris has the details.

Players are now on a short break. I wish I hadn't broken the coffee machine.

[peterpan333]

A possible chip count for vince and bambos...thx

[gasman]

ul Karl

great updates team

[NoflopsHomer]

Break time.

Jeff Burke just doubled up before the break with against Mohammed Ghani's , rivering a flush. Ghani went out soon after with K-9 against Antony Kennedy's A-5.

Chip Counts (Thanks to Danny, who got me a complete list of players and then counted the stacks. True awesomeness)

Table 1:

Rob Sherwood -- 135k
Richard Simmonds -- 161k
Javed Iqbal -- 130.5k
Jeff Burke -- 97k
Jim Moult -- 39k
Paul Vicary -- 115k
Antony Kennedy -- 109k
Gareth Westcott -- 73.5k

Ashfag Ahmed -- 270k
Marcus Bebb-Jones -- 133k
Mike Lott -- 55.5k
Paul Rodgers -- 162k
Roberto Romanello -- 138k
Ved Madan -- 124k
Gary Chatterton -- 138.5k
Bambos -- 133.5k
Amrat Patel -- 127k

Play is about to restart with 4k/8k blinds. Average stack is 127k. 17 players left.

18th to 14th -- £2,000
10th to 13th -- £3,000

[danafish]

Jim Moult is OUT. Gareth Westcott raised, Jim Moult re-raised and Paul Vicary moved in. Only Moult called.

Jim Moult -

Paul Vicary -

Board -   which was a little cruel as for a moment everyone thought Mr Moult had won with with his straight. Ouch.

[NoflopsHomer]

Bambos is OUT. He had raised on the button to 25k with A-Q, only for Ashfag Ahmed to repop for the full pop. Bambos passed face up, and Ashfag showed his in triumph. This probably tilted Bambos a little as he soon got his remaining 100k in preflop with against P Rodger's .

Board:

[danafish]

Jeff Burke is a kind of comeback god.

Gary Chatterton raises utg to 33k. Jeff, directly to his left, raises the pot - another 68k, almost all in. "So you got nothing then," says Gary. Replies Jeff, "Bollocks, yeah." There is some considerable tankage and eyeing up of each other, although I should add that it seems pretty good-natured. Eventually, Gary says, "I fancy a gamble," and the necessary mini-raising is accomplished that puts Jeff all in.

Jeff Burke -

Gary Chatterton -

Flop - and Jeff makes a noise like he's been kicked in the stomach

Turn - wait for it -

And the irrelevant river leaves Gary Chatterton with 13.5k, and Jeff Burke deserving some kind of weird comeback medal or something.

[NoflopsHomer]

Gary Chatterton couldn't manage a recovery and is now out.

Also gone is Roberto Romanello, he raised A-K up, as you do, Marcus Beeb-Jones called with . And they saw a King-high, two spade flop, predictably they managed to both get most of their chips in, and Marcus hit the on the turn, with the river no consolation for a shell-shocked Roberto.

[NoflopsHomer]

Rob Sherwood is OUT.

Antony Kennedy raised from the cut-off, Sherwood re-raised from the big blind and Kennedy called. The flop was K-8-8. Sherwood moved all-in and was instantly called by Kennedy's craftly played pocket Kings. Sherwood's A-T meanwhile was drawing to running Aces only, which, as you probably guessed, didn't hit.

And off the back of that, we've lost Gareth Wescott, all-in with A-9 against Jeff Burke's Queens, a third Lady on the flop for good measure.

We're now playing hand for hand before we finish for the night after the next exit.

So. Stop!

Bubbletime...

[danafish]

And final table bubble play has been understandably cagey, with a lot of button-raisey blind steals, and the occasional button-raisey-one-of-the-blinds-re-raisey moment, mainly at the expense of Ashfag Ahmed, who doesn't seem to be able to find an Ace or a pair without someone having a bigger one.

Had a near-miss moment just now though. Richard Simmonds makes up the blind, and BB Javed "Chief" Iqbal raises it up. Simmonds calls.

Flop - - Simmonds bets the pot, 56k. Chief asks for a count. Jeff Burke starts to sing, "And it's getting better..." There is now some considerable time to wait while Chief stacks and re-stacks his chips. He stands up. A crows has formed. He looks like he's going to make a speech. Jeff Burke has got up from his seat too and is now whispering to me, "He's going to fold. I predict it." But he doesn't.

Simmonds -

Chief -

Turn and river -

And Richard Simmonds has doubled up.