Bluesquare.com Blackpool GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Matthew Stevens is OUT in a real...



moment.

He had Aces against Simon Rimmer's Aces... and got 4-flushed.

Julian Gardner is another amongst the chip leaders, he just knocked EPT London finalist Paul Mendes with vs on a board.

[Chili]

The players are on a 15 min break at the minute and I like to take that chance to catch the players streaming out of the card room all simultaniously whinging and crying out their worst stories of the last 2 hours.

Jack's in fact was pretty unlucky.  He was sitting quite nicely on about 45,000 when he found K's.  There was a raise ahead of him already, so he repopped it.  Sadly Simon Rimmer was looking down at AA at the time and pushed for about 12,000 total.  The original raiser passed (JACKS) and Greek Jack didn't particulary like how the action went but said "how come you even know and you still call?"

So call he did and Jack down to circa 30,000.  Still a good stack though and more than playable for Jack.

[Chili]

Sam Trickett has a little less to smile about as just before the break he took a bit of a hit from Sunny Chattha.  In a pot that should have had Sunny out and Sam on 45,000 instead leaves the Retford lad on 17,000 instead.

On a flop of

 

Sam holding    for the nut straight leads out with a bet, Sunny reraised and Sam went all in.  Sunny showed  for the two pair which Sunny joyfully rivered a 10 for the house and a lifeline in this tournament.

[NoflopsHomer]

C K Le has just been involved in a all-in preflop battle with the against David McCrone's

Board:



Le up to about 12k, McCrone now short.

Chris Bruce has also doubled up, checking his Jacks on a J-T-7-4-K board twice to get Nicholas Risdale to pay him off, which he duly did with a turned set of Fours.

[Chili]

Chip counts at the start of Level 5

1   1   101    Stephen Wilsdon   19350
1   2   1805    Terrance Nelson   18775
1   4   104    N Mclellan   23725
1   5   105    Katherine Hartree   22050
1   6   106    David Maudlin   2650
1   7   107    Andrew Boulton   6350
1   8   108    Hanif Kazi   11550
1   9   503    Mathew John   6625
1   10   1807    A Viravi   10350
2   1   201    Iqbal Khan   4175
2   2   202    Jonothon Butters   7800
2   3   203    Rajesh Modha   16850
2   5   1705    Eileen Patterson   5375
2   6   206    Andrew Harrison   9000
2   7   207    David Paisey   6525
2   8   208    Charalambos Xanthos   15675
2   9   209    Ian Newton   12600
2   10   1205    Chris Moores   11525
3   1   1501    Daniel Hook   5100
3   2   302    John Fletcher   10350
3   3   303    Mark Forrester   15900
3   4   1607    Howard Plant   20650
3   5   1504    K y Cheung   18050
3   6   305    Luke Trottman   17325
3   7   1806    Maurice McCarthy   17300
3   8   308    Darren Robertson   7075
3   9   205    Mickey Wernick   15375
3   10   310    Robert Sherwood   23325
4   1   401    Dave Mayall   14525
4   2   402    Sebastian Saffari   6825
4   4   404    John Bousfield   4500
4   5   405    Wai Yuen   6400
4   6   1208    Matt Myford   11850
4   7   407    Adam Clark   16925
4   8   1701    Steve Craig   9100
4   9   409    Paul Gardner   14950
4   10   1608    Keith Littlewood   16875
5   1   501    Des Jonas   12300
5   2   1602    Lee Biddulph   14559
5   3   1703    Kyriacos Dionysiou   31300
5   4   1804    John Falconer   13250
5   5   505    Pete Linton   7925
5   6   1507   Simon Rimmer   22975
5   7   1409    Martino Libertini   13100
5   8   1705    Eileen Patterson   12100
6   1   601    Dave Colclough   16450
6   2   602    Peter Singleton   10750
6   4   604    Dennis Troake   5550
6   5   605    I Yusuf   10600
6   6   1306    Roy Holliday   20750
6   7   607    Stuart Guthrie   8225
6   8   608    Iwan Jones   15800
6   9   609    Glen Williams   5925
6   10   1304    Richard Whitmore   14450
7   1   701    Adam Stoneham   8300
7   2   702    David Mccrone   14700
7   3   703    Steven Bayliff   32100
7   4   704    C.k Le   7300
7   5   705    Ryan Fronda   13750
7   6   11303   #N/A   10400
7   7   1801    Paul Gourlay   4175
7   9   709    David Mitchell   13400
7   10   710    Robert Garfield   10600
8   2   1305    Maurice Nicholson   11500
8   3   1603    Ray Wyre   6200
8   4   1508    Paul Parker   12725
8   5   805    Brian Clarke   7450
8   6   806    John Sayers   21475
8   7   807    Steve Gibbons   12200
8   8   808    David Gross   23525
8   9   1601    Stephen Waldon   8700
8   10   810    Duncan Jeffires   8875
9   1   901    Joan Lawley   31425
9   2   1809    Chris Bruce   13775
9   3   1901    Julian Gardner   39925
9   4   904    Allan Mclean   5075
9   6   906    Joseph Grech   9725
9   7   1707    Eddie Swaffield jnr   19225
9   8   806    John Sayers   3950
9   9   909    Chris Murphy   14200
9   10   603    Michael Denton   9000
10   1   1606    John King   23775
10   2   1002    Reyaaz Mulla   6850
10   3   1003    Sunny Chattha   19100
10   4   1201    Gary Wilson   11100
10   5   1005    Alan Barnacle   10725
10   6   1509    Julian Twigg   19275
10   7   1007    Gareth Jones   9350
10   8   801    Robert Bright   18875
10   9   1009    Ken Garden   8900
10   10   1010    Sam Trickett   17950
11   1   1510    Harprit Singh   7875
11   2   1709    Mark Survila   12500
11   3   1103    Ray Harman   22150
11   4   1104    Martyn Cavanagh   29175
11   5   1105    Thomas Craven   6800
11   6   1001    Matthew Mcelhinney   29250
11   7   1108    M Bebbjones   19075
11   8   1109    Richard Gilby   7775
11   9   1110    Mick Mccloskey   6775
14   1   1704    Kuljinder Sidhu   15850
14   2   1402    Robert Gillon   8925
14   3   1403    Neil Jones   15950
14   5   1808    Paul Murphy   32050
14   6   1406    Trevor Reardon   15300
14   7   1206    Zafar Aslam   42525
14   8   1408    Gary Dee   8300
14   9   1409    Martino Libertini   12700
14   10   1503    Paul john Wilson   3500

[NoflopsHomer]

On a board, Mickey Wernick raises Maurice McCarthy's 1,050 bet to 4,000. The Worm's rock solid reputation serves him well and he gets a fold from the opponent.

Pete Linton gets a cheeky double up with against Des Jonas' , the board coming .

Matt Myford has been crippled by Keith Littlewood, his Kings coming unstuck by Ace Ten which hit one on the flop and another on the turn.

Paul Gourlay is OUT and 'off for the long drive home' after his A-T was no good in a limped pot, the board was A-7-6 with two suits, and Paul pushed but was called by 6-5 which had a pair and a flush draw. The latter missed the flush but hit his 2nd pair and the Geordie/Leeds lad is off back home.

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds are now 150/300/25

95 left, with 15,800 average.

[NoflopsHomer]

Evening all and snoops.

Strummer and Jeff out already?!?!

I'm giving this one a miss, too hard a place to get to from here and I need a little rest.

Rgs

Manuel.

PS - Snoops careful not to leave your laptop alone

Sorry, I got the wrong Jeff who was knocked out, it was Jeff Burke, Jeff Duvall was still in last time I checked. Apologies.

One player who has gone is Pete Linton, K-2 against A-Q.

Le, has built on his double up and is around 24k now.

Simon Rimmer and Burnley John were just involved in a...



10k in the pot, Rimmer bet 10k on the turn of a board and after much sighing and a general body language that says, "I know I'm behind but I really don't want to fold..." Burnley did though, and mucked his .

This pot came hot on the heels of Greek Jack betting a seemingly weak bet of 1,500 into a 5k pot on a which Martino Libertini bumped up to a slightly suspicious 4,500. Greek Jack passed, claiming he had two pair and Martino showed .

Harpit Singh just doubled through Julian Twigg. A standard coinflip. A-Q vs T-T complete with a Barry Greenstein special. (Ace on the River).

[NoflopsHomer]

chippy count for Iwan please chillipep or snoops.thanks

He just doubled up with on a K-8-x-A-x board vs A-Q getting it all by the river. I think he has around 10k, though I'll check after the 15 minute break we've just gone on.

[Chili]

We have lost Blue Square qualifyer Wai Yeun who was all in with  against Paul Gardner's  , no help for Yeun in fact Paul made a straight with his J's.

John Bousfield put in his last 2,700 with  called by the  of Paul Gardner.  This time Gardner's hand did not stand and Bousfield made a straight with his Queen putting him upto 5,700.

The very next hand Bousfield raises from UTG to 1,300, Matt Myford next to him who was dented earlier with Kings against A10, pushed all in for another 4,000.  Bousfield made the call, on their backs:

Myford 
Bousfield   

First card out was a Queen and that's all she wrote for Bad Beat's Matt Myford.

[Chili]

Full chip counts as of the start of Level 7 (15 mins ago).

1   1   101    Stephen Wilsdon   17050
1   2   1805    Terrance Nelson   15400
1   3   1003    Sunny Chattha   15775
1   4   104    N Mclellan   39825
1   5   105    Katherine Hartree   25400
1   6   106    David Maudlin   2950
1   7   1110    Mick Mccloskey   8575
1   8   108    Hanif Kazi   14925
1   9   503    Mathew John   6550
1   10   1807    A Viravi   12125
2   1   201    Iqbal Khan   16525
2   2   202    Jonothon Butters   7050
2   3   203    Rajesh Modha   19000
2   4   1206    Zafar Aslam   44100
2   5   1108    M Bebbjones   22800
2   6   206    Andrew Harrison   3125
2   7   1709    Mark Survila   11650
2   8   208    Charalambos Xanthos   19750
2   9   209    Ian Newton   9025
2   10   1205    Chris Moores   14000
3   1   1007    Gareth Jones   5700
3   2   302    John Fletcher   26525
3   3   303    Mark Forrester   14500
3   4   1607    Howard Plant   30225
3   5   401    Dave Mayall   27375
3   6   305    Luke Trottman   21775
3   7   1806    Maurice McCarthy   12700
3   8   1104    Martyn Cavanagh   15100
3   9   205    Mickey Wernick   19425
3   10   310    Robert Sherwood   36350
4   1   801    Robert Bright   44800
4   2   402    Sebastian Saffari   8525
4   3   1503    Paul john Wilson   5075
4   4   404    John Bousfield   10225
4   5   1804    John Falconer   10025
4   7   407    Adam Clark   22150
4   8   1001    Matthew Mcelhinney   27500
4   9   409    Paul Gardner   23600
5   1   501    Des Jonas   9250
5   2   1602    Lee Biddulph   26825
5   3   1703    Kyriacos Dionysiou   14500
5   5   1005    Alan Barnacle   12825
5   6   1507   Simon Rimmer   29800
5   7   1409    Martino Libertini   21700
5   8   1704    Kuljinder Sidhu   12525
5   9   509    Dean Balmforth   25875
5   10   510    B Vinson   27725
6   1   601    Dave Colclough   16150
6   2   602    Peter Singleton   10800
6   3   1010    Sam Trickett   10825
6   4   1510    Harprit Singh   6450
6   5   605    I Yusuf   31250
6   6   1306    Roy Holliday   23300
6   7   607    Stuart Guthrie   9375
6   8   608    Iwan Jones   19175
6   9   1509    Julian Twigg   10100
6   10   1304    Richard Whitmore   22600
7   1   701    Adam Stoneham   5850
7   2   702    David Mccrone   7050
7   3   703    Steven Bayliff   22625
7   4   704    C.k Le   33300
7   5   705    Ryan Fronda   16975
7   6   1303    Andrew Bradshaw   8800
7   7   1002    Reyaaz Mulla   6800
7   8   1808    Paul Murphy   40925
7   9   710    Robert Garfield   8325
8   1   1406    Trevor Reardon   12700
8   2   1305    Maurice Nicholson   8075
8   3   1603    Ray Wyre   17350
8   4   1508    Paul Parker   22700
8   5   805    Brian Clarke   7150
8   6   1201    Gary Wilson   12200
8   7   807    Steve Gibbons   14550
8   8   808    David Gross   17100
8   9   1109    Richard Gilby   4725
8   10   810    Duncan Jeffires   1150
9   1   901    Joan Lawley   27350
9   2   1809    Chris Bruce   11475
9   3   1901    Julian Gardner   32750
9   4   904    Allan Mclean   26275
9   5   1402    Robert Gillon   18025
9   6   906    Joseph Grech   18700
9   7   1103    Ray Harman   24300
9   8   1403    Neil Jones   20325
9   9   806    John Sayers   28950
9   10   1606    John King   21200

86 players left

[NoflopsHomer]

Iwan Jones has increased his stack to roughly 30k now, having just knocked out Harpit Singh with Jacks vs A-8 on an 8-7-6 board.

Andrew Bradshaw has knocked out David McCrone with Kings against Eights while the rather loud Stephen Bayliff has busted Reyaaz Mulla with Ace King against Ace Queen.

Also I saw Alan Mcclean limp re-raise to take down a pot, which got me thinking, that surely this has become a slightly overrated move that everyone is wary of these days. That is unless, you're prepared to also limp UTG with many other hands that you're going to fold to a raise, or limp re-raise with non-premium hands when super deep. Surely your hand becomes better disguised with a standard raise? Any opinions on this?

[NoflopsHomer]

Double finalist Jonothon Butters is OUT. A-J v Bambos' K-Q on a K-T-4-x-T. Money in on the flop.

[Chili]

I think we are coming into the "home or double up" time and we have lost Chris Bruce.  With 11.5k  he pushed with  in mid position and was called by the  of Iwan Jones.  The nines stood up and no more finals for Chris Bruce this time, he will have to do it in the Grand Final instead.

Sam Trickett is also OUT another low stack and pushed with  but ran into pockets Jacks.

Martyn Cavanagh says "Hi" to Sofa-king and is doing good on 36,000

There are currently 60 players left and we heading towards the last hour of the evening and Level 9.

[NoflopsHomer]

How are the twins doing?

Pete Singleton is OUT. He 3-bet all-in on a 9x Xd board with against I Yusuf who had Jacks.

Dave has roughly 15k, he lost a 36k pot to Iwan Jones on an A-3-7 board, Iwan had been holding A-7 when Dave made a move with 5-4 and missed. To quote the blonde one, "Oops."

Joe Grech is OUT. Rob Sherwood made a call against his push and found his surprisingly ahead of Joe's which was the way it stayed.

Raj Modha has doubled through Marcus Bebb-Jones.

Raj had raised preflop and then bet 1,500 on a board. Marcus c/raised to 4,500 and Raj flat-called with around 8k behind.

Marcus set him in the on the with and Raj quickly called with . No Ten on the river and the Laddies Million Winner doubles through the Grosvenor Grand Prix Winner.

Chris Bruce is OUT, A-4 vs 9-9.