Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 2 - Interactive

[kvnstv]

If Carlos Walker wins it will be a great story, c'mon The Jackal take it down!

Why's he called the Jackal? Do tell...

Just from the book, where not very imaginative to be honest.

[taximan007]

i honestly think there is only one winner atm and tha man is mr Stuart Fox he really is a different gravey.

snoops pass hime my well wishes and tell him not to blow up and save the beers for after lol.

He has not blown up, in fact he has added a great deal more chips to his towers.  Stuart raised to 30k with  and Maz Nowab pulled the big move on him and moved all in with  .  Stuart dwelled for a long while and nearly nearly passed, we all thought if Maz had more chips then Stuart would have passed but who are we to step into Stuarts mind?  So he makes the call and a Queen seals the deal to send Maz Nowab OUT.

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[snoopy1239]

American Mark Freidman has an odd style. Whenever he plays a hand, he suddenly adopts this cocoon like position as others make their decisions. When the Flop comes out, he glances up, makes his move, then returns his hands to his head. Maybe he needs some sunglasses or he's got a constant headache or something, but either way, it's very bizarre.

The last hand I witnessed him adopt this unusual posture was against Keith Hawkins, the Camel raising it up to 20k after Friedman had limped. It was checky, checky on a board with Keith's bet on the River with being instacalled by Friedman's .

[NoflopsHomer]

Dave Colclough lost an absolute monster pot after Sami Yusuf button raised and Dave set him in, eventually Sami called for his whole stack:

Dave:



Sami:



Board:



Dave is down to around 40k, Sami Yusuf over 250k.



Sami Yusuf continued to accumulate chips in a hand soon after against Stuart Fox after the latter made up the small blind and then bet 8k and 20k on the flop and turn of a before both checked the river and Yusuf's was good.

Carlos Walker has got a double through moving all-in with against Ian Frazer's Q-J. Carlos flopped a flush and that was that. (Thanks to Dena who wrote this all down for me, sign her up as an updater?)

Paul Moss has knocked out Andy Fordham-lookalike Richard Wheatley.




Finally here's the remaining 3 tables, the TV crews need access for the bubble players, so we're on the outside...For now...

[trustno1]

Vicky Coren is OUT. , she got boiled by Kabbaj who had Aces in the big blind.

I guess she'll head for the commentary box then.

[taximan007]

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[snoopy1239]

They're at it like the clappers down there at the moment, Rumit Somaiya the next player to feel the wrath of a the dreaded coinflip. His opponent almost folded pre-flop, in fact, as Rumit pushed over the top with Pocket Sevens. It wasn't that much more to Mike Ellis, maybe just double what he'd already raised, but he eventually made the call with , relieved to see he was in a 50-50 confrontation.

The Flop came a relatively safe , but the Turn was rather clinical, a giving Rumit just one miracle out which failed to emerge on the River.

[Chili]

Jim Moult just went all in for about 73,000 with AQ and came up with another hand from the card machine Vinson, this time a lowly KK.  But an Ace first card out has boosted Jim's stack to about 170,000.

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Then very shortly afterwards, Vinson knocked out Ian Frazer.  Frazer being a bit low made the move with Q9 and was called by the AK of Vinson.  No improvement for Frazer and he is OUT in 20th.

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Giving Ben Vinson a break from the action, Simon Zach knocked out Ali Zihni with AQ v 88 on a board of K 7 10 6 J.

[Chili]

Down to 2 tables now, the players are just having 5 mins for "stuff."

[Chili]

Info coming in thick and fast now, we are not actually allowed in between the tables so we have to scrabble with other bloggers for the exact information.  Anyhow, we know that Dave Colclough doubled through Sami Mahmoud with 88 against AJ and is now on about 100k.

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On the other table, David Barnes is on the critical list with only about 40,000 so he goes all in after a raise of 26k from Vinson.  Vinson calls the extra 11,800, and on their backs:

Barnes AK
Vinson K10

Board   Q J 4 Q 3

Barnes upto 80,000.

[NoflopsHomer]

Our remaining tables:





I had a brief conversation with Jim Moult (Bookiebasher), who is finding it difficult with big stacks Ben Vinson and Simon Zach to his left, making it tough to purloin the blinds. He managed one double up through Ben much earlier (previously reported as being through Mark Friedman, sorry). He raised and Ben called with , the flop being and all the money going in before Jim spiked another six on the turn.

[NoflopsHomer]

Sami Mahmoud is OUT in 18th place after his Eights were no good against Dave Colclough's Aces. We're now on the prize-bubble in that 17th gets nothing but 16th gets an entry into next years' Grand Final.

[taximan007]

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[snoopy1239]

Who says poker isn't a sport and that these warriors aren't athletes? Madness I tell you, madness!

[NoflopsHomer]

"Not yet...."