Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1B - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Play for Day 1B of the Blue Square GUKPT Grand Final commences at 1.30pm.


To see the end of day chip counts from yesterday's batch of degenerates, please click the following link:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/14057

[NoflopsHomer]

Julian Thew and Mark Herron are both OUT.

Julian had already been knocked down to just 3,500 by Mark Friedman, previously. All three got their money in on the turn of an 8-5-A-4-x board with Julian holding A-K, Herron holding 8-8 and Friedman with nut-making 7-6. Maria has gone off to see if she can find more details on a pretty shocking early exit.

[NoflopsHomer]

Julian Thew and Mark Herron are both OUT.

Julian had already been knocked down to just 3,500 by Mark Friedman, previously. All three got their money in on the turn of an 8-5-A-4-x board with Julian holding A-K, Herron holding 8-8 and Friedman with nut-making 7-6. Maria has gone off to see if she can find more details on a pretty shocking early exit.

Here's the table just as they were starting, Friedman is in the white with his back to us whilst Herron is in Seat 8 in between Dan Owston and Ian Cox.

Just to confirm this, Julian had bet the flop and Mark Herron had set him but this meant Friedman was able to come into the pot as well and catch his straight on the turn which was where the rest of the money went in.

[NoflopsHomer]

Is the luckbox STILL in ??   

Joe Koumi flopped top set. KP had Ten high. You don't need to guess what happened next...


Ok it wasn't that bad, the board read and Joe had , with KP holding and all the chips went in, the turn was the meaning luckbox Gareth had to avoid another heart to scoop a huge pot, which he duly did when the river was the knocking Joe out.

He ruuuuuuuuuuuunsssssssssss goooooooooooooooooooooooood.

[NoflopsHomer]

London Winner, Blackpool Finalist and generally Canadian, Leo Kam is OUT. His last 6k going in with Queens but going out to Martyn Cavanagh's Kings.

Albert Sapiano is missing hitting the backdoor draws on the turn that he calls for on the flop and is down to only around 4k.



Nik Persaud is cursing his luck having defended from the blinds with , flopping a straight on a board against Hurol Bekir and getting his whole stack in against the drawtastic , only for him to add two pair along with his straight, resulting in a 4-6-3-5-2 board and a chop chop.



King Poker just paid off 2k on the river to Ben Vinson on a board.

[Chili]

At last we have a full player list and seat draw for your buttons to see:

101   Mark Bointon
102   Julian Thew
103   Ronald Seymour
104   Mark Friedman
105   Sonny Ridgewell
106   Shane Eastland
107   Ian Cox
108   Mark Herron
109   Dan Owston
201   Lee Atherton
202   Scott O'Reilly
203   Willie Tann
204   Martin Bader
205   Rumit Somaiya
206   Davijay Sadarangani
207   Jerome Bradpiece
208   Paul Moss
209   Kim Callow
301   Michael Greco
302   Allan Rudge
303   Johan Persson
304   Steve Mitchell
305   Paul Murrell
306   Kevin O'Leary
307   Paul Smallwood
308   Richard Ashby
309   Steve Gibbons
401   Sid Harris
402   David Clark
403   Warren Wooldridge
404   Liam Flood
405   Jean-Luc Belin
406   Leo Kam
407   Guy Steel
408   Owen Lock
409   Martyn Cavanagh
501   Marty Wilson
502   Joe Koumi
503   Richard Gryko
504   Gregory Garrett
505   Paul Webster
506   Michael Ellis
507   Gareth Ower
508   Ben Vinson
509   Van Hoang
601   Marc Inizan
602   Stephen Holden
603   Patrick McCloskey
604   Hoss Parhizkar
605   Sami Mahmoud
606   Ben Roberts
607   Luke Trotman
608   Antony Eden
609   Josh Tyler
701   Lewiss Stevens
702   Karl Mahrenholz
703   Matt Novak
704   Albert Sapiano
705   Phil Curtis
706   V Madan
707   Paul Bracken
708   Kevin Jenkins
709   Dave Barnes
801   Thomas Dunwoodie
802   Mohammed Shirazi
803   S Nikkhah
804   Muntaser Hamadi
805   Ewan Hardie
806   Merulnas Survila
807   John Dwyer
808   Olegas Kovaleskis
809   Dave Callaghan
901   Brian Johnson
902   M Bale
903   Mark Gray
904   T Lukashaugen
905   Abhishek Khaitan
906   Ali Sarkeshik
907   Mark Hayward
908   Jeff Kimber
909   Andrew Feldman
1001   Aaron Barry
1002   Raj Modha
1003   Edward Cahill
1004   Hurol Bekir
1005   Praz Bansi
1006   Ashley Hayles
1008   Keith Hawkins
1009   Nik Persaud
1101   Ian Grier
1102   Norman Gold
1103   Norman Rad
1104   Steve Jelinek
1105   Michael Artemis
1106   Simon Zach
1107   Chris Bruce
1108   Ross Boatman
1109   Jason Defreitas
1201   Michael McCool
1202   Jason Medley
1203   John Fletcher
1204   Richard Wheatley
1205   Michael Muldoon
1206   Andrea Gough
1207   Martin Green
1208   Peter Hedlund

[snoopy1239]

Mark Bointon   9925
Ronald Seymour   8775
Mark Friedman   51450
Sonny Ridgewell   12325
Shane Eastland   14500
Ian Cox   14300
Jerome Bradpiece   14025
Dan Owston   20025
Scott O'Reilly   18575
Willie Tann   18425
Martin Bader   19325
Rumit Somaiya   8725
Davijay Sadarangani   12925
Jerome Bradpiece   15150
Paul Moss   20375
Kim Callow   5975
Michael Greco   16900
Allan Rudge   21025
Johan Persson   9250
Steve Mitchell   13450
Paul Murrell   9325
Kevin O'Leary   22525
Paul Smallwood   15850
Richard Ashby   12200
Steve Gibbons   15425
Sid Harris   18400
David Clark   14250
Warren Wooldridge   6500
Liam Flood   16025
Jean-Luc Belin   23925
Guy Steel   14025
Owen Lock   17825
Martyn Cavanagh   24025
Marty Wilson   7750
Richard Gryko   34225
Gregory Garrett   14825
Paul Webster   2600
Michael Ellis   15175
Gareth Ower   32625
Ben Vinson   6925
Van Hoang   21875
Marc Inizan   18550
Stephen Holden   19050
Patrick McCloskey   12325
Hoss Parhizkar   17375
Sami Mahmoud   14900
Ben Roberts   12425
Luke Trotman   15525
Antony Eden   10625
Josh Tyler   14225
Lewiss Stevens   21325
Karl Mahrenholz   18150
Matt Novak   18150
Albert Sapiano   7900
Phil Curtis   11575
V Madan   12000
Paul Bracken   14925
Kevin Jenkins   16825
Dave Barnes   12150
Thomas Dunwoodie   22450
Mohammed Shirazi   6550
S Nikkhah   14375
Muntaser Hamadi   28575
Merulnas Survila   5400
John Dwyer   15250
Olegas Kovaleskis   18650
Dave Callaghan   23750
Brian Johnson   18975
M Bale   10800
Mark Gray   9575
T Lukashaugen   11225
Abhishek Khaitan   16250
Ali Sarkeshik   24075
Mark Hayward   15200
Jeff Kimber   14125
Andrew Feldman   14075
Raj Modha   21625
Edward Cahill   8175
Hurol Bekir   13000
Praz Bansi   17000
Ashley Hayles   26975
Ian Grier   13225
Keith Hawkins   17825
Nik Persaud   14425
Norman Gold   18725
Norman Rad   11500
Steve Jelinek   11550
Michael Artemis   7850
Simon Zach   16100
Chris Bruce   14025
Ross Boatman   22125
Jason Defreitas   15950
Michael McCool   10950
Jason Medley   26875
John Fletcher   10200
Richard Wheatley   9975
Michael Muldoon   28275
Andrea Gough   11475
Martin Green   14150
Peter Hedlund   5100

[NoflopsHomer]

Jason DeFreitas bets 800 on a board, Steve Jelinek c/raises to 2,100. DeFreitas makes it 11,000 and it's all too much for Jelinek who mucks showing the .



A few hands earlier however Jelinek took a fare amount of Chris Bruce's chips. Bruce limped UTG with Aces as did Jelinek and a few others, the flop came 7-3-2. One guy bet 500, Bruce called, as did Jelinek, the turn was a King. First player checked, Bruce bet 1200, Jelinek made it 2,500 and Bruce was the only caller, but both checked the river which brought a possible flush. Jelinek showed a set of Threes.

An outbreak of Tobey Maguire-itis on Table 1, as many of the players don't really look like they want a photo taken. One of these, Ronald Seymour, in seat 3, is now OUT. His nickname is 'Shaft' but I think he looks more like Frost from the classic film 'From Dusk Till Dawn'.





"Come on, Sex Machine!"

Finally, here's Andrew Feldman folding to Brian Johnson's 1.5k bet on a board.

[snoopy1239]

Paul Bracken is down to just 4k after tangling with (1) Anna Kournikova and (2) Phil Curtis, the latter possibly being the less desirable tangles of the two. It was a relatively straight forward hand in the end, the Blackpool GUKPT winner calling opponent Curtis' all-in on the Turn of a board. Bracken had , but found himself in all sorts of trouble to Curtis' . An academic hit the River leaving Curtis to rake in a timely double up.

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Michael Bale is down to shrapnel, and by now, quite possibly out. He was virtually all-in against neighbour Mark Gray with Tens v Kings on a 6-9-9 Flop. The Ace Turn and Three River made no difference giving Gray the pot.

[snoopy1239]

Predicted to be half way up the motorway now after being knocked down to the felt, Michael Bale is now back up to the dizzy, nose-bleeding heights of 7k after a Jacks v Tens encounter versus Jeff Kimber. A non-Ten board leaves Jeff with a face like a smacked bottom, but a stack of around 15k, so no need to panic.

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One table down, Raj Modha has taken a big hit courtesy of neighbour Edward Cahill whose Pocket Kings had Raj's Queens dominated. "I feel better now," admits Edward. Raj didn't seem too eager to congratulate him though and is now to 7k.

[Chili]

Dan Owston just doubled up through Shane Eastland, he was hold  on a board like

 

Dan bet 1,200, Shane made it 3k, Dan made it 6k and Shane went all in for a further 7k.    This put Dan in the tank, but did call to an immediate "good call" from Eastland.  Shane turned over  ..

Owston's 9's stood and he doubled up to 24,000.

[NoflopsHomer]

Hit Squad update:

Praz made a raise with  and was just called by Ian Grier.  The flop is an unmenacing

    Grier check raised an 800 bet by Praz to the tune of 2k, Praz called.

Turn    Which resulted in an allin push for 8k from Grier.  Praz with 18k still left behind does make a great pass, presserving his stack and is rewarded with Grier showing him  for the turned set.  I don't know how many times Praz has ran into sets or over sets and still remains in the tournaments lately.  He is more likely to go out with 8 2 though.

On the Karlos M front, he is doing fine on 13,000.

Gotta love the old eye slugs. You probably can't tell from a static picture, but I bet the Mahrenholz eyebrows were twitching like a one legged ferret.

Funnilly, I saw an Alberto Sapiano limp UTG, followed by two more, then Karlos (I think that should catch on) made it 600 from the small blind, obviously as a pot builder which was duly called by all other players putting 3k into the pot. The K-J-T-T-2 was checked all the way down and Albert's was good. (No snickering at the back - it was soooted).

Not sure if this got to Karlos, but he looked to be gurning non-stop for the next five minutes.

[NoflopsHomer]

Earlier today Rumit Somaiya was trying to convince Davijay Sadarangani (a big name if ever I saw it) that the tickets people were getting, (that Jon Raab uses to do the chip counts), were actually part of a tombola raffle to win a big prize. Apparently he was totally convinced.

He left 'the ticket' behind though when he was busted sadly, Rumit raised, Davijay called in the small blind and Jerome Bradpiece called in the big with 6-4o. The flop came 7-5-3 rainbow, Rumit moved in, Davijay made it 4k and Jerome called, and then called Davijay's all-in on the brick turn. Davijay's Aces had been slowplayed at the wrong time and Jerome won a healthy side pot. But Rumit survived when the river brought a third heart to add to the two in his hand for the 10k main pot.

As you can see, Warren Wooldridge is now in the chair.



Richard Ashby has doubled through Kevin O'Leary.

Ian Cox lost a small chunk flat-calling all the way with Q-J on a Q-Q-7-4-3 board against the big blind who had flopped the house with Q-7.
 
Sid Harris bets out 2,500 on a board, but Liam Flood (I believe he's "Liam Flood" on blonde) made it 7k to elicit a quick fold from the diet book author.

[NoflopsHomer]

We're now on a 30 minute dinner break.

[Chili]

Scott O'Reilly raised under the gun and his neighbour Willie Tann appeared to like his hand enough to put in a reraise of 2,000.  O'Reilly prefered his and went all in for around 9,000.  Willie in his characterstic, shoulders hunched, alseep look dwelled a while so O'Reilly took the chance to convince Willie he had Aces by reminding that he had raised UTG.

By accident I just happened to glance upon Willie's cards as he showed himself the Jacks again before passing...He is class Mr Tann.

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Stephen Holden is OUT.

A-7 v A-Q

Luke Trotman the assassin.