Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Van Hoang   103125
Richard Wheatley   101850
Ben Vinson   75850
Simon Zach   67950
Keith Hawkins   62275
Matt Novak   60225
Lewiss Stevens   56025
Paul Webster   53550
Jean-Luc Belin   49500
Brian Johnson   47750
Owen Lock   45400
Martin Bader   45300
Dave Barnes   42025
Rumit Somaiya   38375
Jason Defreitas   38050
Liam Flood   36650
Mark Friedman   36375
Michael Greco   35125
Michael Muldoon   34525
Ross Boatman   34100
Gareth Ower   33550
Richard Ashby   33325
Olegas Kovaleskis   32450
Allan Rudge   30625
Michael Ellis   29850
Dan Owston   28700
Ashley Hayles   27375
Norman Gold   27325
Ali Sarkeshik   26950
Mark Bointon   26375
Steve Mitchell   26350
Ben Roberts   23875
Thomas Dunwoodie   22975
John Dwyer   20800
Paul Murrell   20125
Patrick McCloskey   18325
Norman Rad   16625
Kevin Jenkins   16400
Paul Moss   15825
Edward Cahill   15350
Steve Gibbons   15025
Karl Mahrenholz   10600
Sami Mahmoud   5175

[Chili]

Grantham & Ladrokes Steve Mitchell has struggled all day to get over his starting stack.  Having Aces & Kings busted ealier in the day, anyway he plodded on and recently reached the heady heights of 26,000.  I believe in deciding to go for it in the last half hour instead of sitting still he clashed with Ashely Hayles. 

Steve limped on the button and Hayles just checked the BB.  They saw a flop of

 

Ashley bet 2/3rds of the pot and Steve pushed all in, just bad timing as Hayles was going nowhere with his J10 and Steve only had K10.  No help for Steve Mithcell and he was out in 41st place.

Hayles

[taximan007]

It may be cool and fresh up here in the press room, but down in the cardroom I'm sweating like a monkey's bum on a treadmill.

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Quote of the day.

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Caught up with all the updates now (8am here), Usual standard, great stuff.

Any news on Jason "Meds" Medley? he is not on the latest chip count so I assume he is out (seemed to be going well).

[Chili]

I like this photo of Keith "Camel" Hawkins so I shall post it:




I reckon this could be Karl in 30 years time:

[Chili]

Any news on Jason "Meds" Medley? he is not on the latest chip count so I assume he is out (seemed to be going well).

Yeah he is definately out, not sure how I'm afraid.  He did say he was really gutted because he was playing well and thoroughly enjoying himself.

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul 'Muzza' Murrell is OUT, A-J no good against Ashley Hayles' Queens.

Play is almost at an end, Maria and Smoopy are just getting the last few hands...

[debee_muzza]

Oh dear!...always a next time!

[KarmaDope]

Any news on Jason "Meds" Medley? he is not on the latest chip count so I assume he is out (seemed to be going well).

Yeah he is definately out, not sure how I'm afraid.  He did say he was really gutted because he was playing well and thoroughly enjoying himself.

Meds ran 8-8 into A-10 and then 7-7 into Q-Q.

[taximan007]

Any news on Jason "Meds" Medley? he is not on the latest chip count so I assume he is out (seemed to be going well).

Yeah he is definately out, not sure how I'm afraid.  He did say he was really gutted because he was playing well and thoroughly enjoying himself.

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[snoopy1239]

After a long, gruelling day, I think the grinder of the day award has to go this man, the infamous Paul Moss, aka Fatmarra.

With about 5 minutes left on the clock, Paul had crica 23k in chips and looked like he was going nowhere soon (if that is possible).

[snoopy1239]

Oh, what the hell, I can't let this less complimentary picture of Fatmarra just gather dust in my photo folder now can I?

Wake up, Paul!

[Chili]

Last hand of the night and time for shortie Thomas Dunwoodie  for a make or break moment.  He shoved with K8 but ran into running hot Hayles's Aces.  Dunwoodie lost the nowhere near race and went out.

It looked like - although this might need confirming - that Van Huang was tonights chip leader with 130,00.  So that means a glorious seat in next years £3k Grand Final thanks to Blue Sqaure.

[snoopy1239]

Ross Boatman enjoyed a late rush, first re-raising all-in after Ali Sarkeshik had bet out on a King high Flop, before raising pre-flop and continue betting a -Qs-3d Flop. Mark Freidman was the man who folded, allowing Boatman to reveal a 6.

[snoopy1239]

Ali Sarkeshik was blessed with a double up in the dying seconds. He managed to find (1) Aces and (2) cheeky Welshman Dan owston nicking the blinds at just the right time.

It wasn't a big all-in raise, but enough nonetheless, but Dan fancied a gamble and called with K-7 in the hope that he had two live cards.

... he didn't like what a saw.

A King on the Flop gave Dan a glimmer of hope, but it wasn't to be and Ali earned himself a timely last minute double through.

[snoopy1239]

Here is a final photo of the cardroom as the clock was ticking down. Enjoy the visual treat and we'll see you tomorrow at 1.30pm.