Grosvenor Midlands Masters FINAL DAY: Interactive

[danafish]

And here is that payout again:

1st -  £23,210
2nd - £14,190
3rd -   £8,260
4th -   £6,000
5th -   £4,000
6th -   £3,030
7th -   £2,260
8th -   £1,940
9th -   £1,610

Mmm, money. 

[JungleCat03]

What a strong line up there is for the final, which was not massively suprising, given the strength in depth throughout the field.

As Micky Wernick said "It's not about the money, it's about pride now boys!" and the muted murmurs of assent from his tablemates suggested they generally seemed to agree with him...

A fast start has been had by Paul Jackson.  It seemed Marc Goodwin had raised UTG, and Paul shoved over the top for his 55k or so, CALLED by Marc...

It was hard to make out the hands from my position but I think it was something like JJ or QQ for Marc and A-K for Paul.

The flop of K-T-T-9-6 was good for Paul anyway, so he doubled up to over 110k whilst Marc, the chip leader at the start of the final, strains to hold back a grimace as he sees a big chunk bitten out of his stack. "Typical" he says glumly...



There is 13 minutes left of the 2k 4k level before 3k 6k kicks in. The average stack is 114,700...

[Dewi_cool]

Good luck to all the welsh lads & the blondites, that should cover just about everyone

[JungleCat03]

On Micky Wernick's big blind, Dave Colclough limped, as did Action Jack. Marc Goodwin completed from the small blind and Micky checked, taking us four ways to the flop with 16k in the pot.

The flop came , checked round to Paul Jackson, who said "I really ought to bet here" and appeared to tap the table. The dealer moved to deal the turn but Paul said "woooah, I haven't bet yet!" "You checked the table!" countered Colclough "If you try and bet I want a ruling...", "OK I check then" said Paul laughing...

The turn was the .

Marc checked, now Micky fired out 20k from the blinds. Dave folded, as did Paul...

Marc now stared at his chips and at Micky with a serious look on his face. "I'm allin"

Micky folded quickly showing A-5...

"You saved me there Dave!" said Paul Jackson. "I wasn't getting a bet past Marc ..."

[danafish]

Here is the Private Room, with seating laid on for the spectators. Oh, there aren't any.




Oh no, hang on, there's one - it's unfortunate bubbler Clive Padden.




Now there's Junglecat watching too.

[littlemissC]

I will not bok I will not bok

[JungleCat03]

Micky Wernick was just allin!

Down to a mere 22k, he pushed from early position, all passed to Koumi in the big blind and with the blinds at 3k 6k, Joseph Koumi said "I'll give you a spin" and called with the suited . Micky showed As-Qd.

The flop was good for Micky coming Ah-Qc-Js-9s-Ac to give him a spiffing full house and simultaneously double him up to a slightly more respectable 46k or so...You can never write off that man...

[danafish]

Some uber-rough chip counts:

Rob Reece -- 65k
Marc Goodwin -- 165k
Mickey Wernick -- 40k
Rana Gurnam -- 85k
Steve Jelinek -- 120k
Martyn Cavanagh -- 140k
Dave Colclough -- 55k
Paul Jackson -- 80k
Chicken Joe Koumi (that's what it says on his hat) -- 110k

Please remember I basically guessed these by squinting, plus they were playing while I was counting them. I should probably just have divided them into big, middling and short. Never mind.

[Singheee]

Could u tell me if there any cash games going on?

[JungleCat03]

In between hands, to help liven things up, Dave Colclough and Marc Goodwin have been playing a game. It invovles Marc Goodwin launching maltesers from one side of the table to the other, trying to land them in Dave Colclough's mouth.

A moment ago he threw one at Dave, who had his mouth wide open. The malteser was launched with some force but whistled by Dave's head like a bullet. "one more go, one more go" pleaded Marc, and Dave reluctantly agreed. The next malteser was launched like an exocet and struck Dave firmly on the forehead with a loud POP sound. As Dave reeled back clutching his temple, Marc giggled away..."Ok, I admit I did that one on purpose!!"


Away from the confectionary capers, an interesting hand has been played out. Martyn Cavanagh raised to 16k from early position and found the fairly quiet Rob Reece reraising another 40k...

...Amazingly Harpit "Rana" now dwelled for some time, debating whether to play! Marc commented, "we need one of those countdown clocks" and began using his arm as a 30 second timer.

Eventually Harpit folded and Martyn also folded. Martyn claimed A-K which Harpit claimed also. Rob told them he had a big pair. At this point, Actionjack claimed T-T and Marc claimed he folded Queens, although I think they may have been jesting at all the claims of big hands from the players yet no shows...

[T8MML]

Message for Marc, Paul and Mickey - English only while the hands are in play please - ty

[danafish]

On an  flop, one of Steve Jelinek and Martyn Cavanagh bets 12k, and the other calls.

They both check the turn. The river is the , and Jelinek checks again, but Martyn bets a big old 35k. After considerable dwellage, Steve calls. "House," announces Martyn, and turns over . A disappointed Jelinek shows the  .

[danafish]

Could u tell me if there any cash games going on?

There is a table with people playing poker at it in the card room, but it might be the final of the £250... Have to say it's very, very quiet down here, given that it's a Friday night...

[danafish]

I'm afraid I wasn't quick enough to snap the Malteser bouncing off of Dave Colclough's head, so please accept this photo of him blowing his nose instead.

Click to see full-size image.

[Singheee]

Could u tell me if there any cash games going on?

There is a table with people playing poker at it in the card room, but it might be the final of the £250... Have to say it's very, very quiet down here, given that it's a Friday night...

Thanks. And i was one of the guests who registered to save the kittens lol