Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Ian Frazer doubled through Dave Colclough with A-K vs K-K spiking the vital Ace on the flop. He took this all in his stride in a gentlemanly manner...well there was a bit of loud shouting, hand-clapping and swearing. Suffice to say he's never going to win quietest player of the year.

And then a few hands later...

Ian Frazer doubled through Dave Colclough with A-K vs K-K spiking the vital Ace on the flop. He took this all in his stride in a gentlemanly manner...well there was a bit of loud shouting, hand-clapping and swearing. Suffice to say he's never going to win quietest player of the year.

[NoflopsHomer]

Just before the break, Michael Muldoon doubled through Van Hoang with A-J vs A-T.

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William Martin rises from his chair in anticipation, his all-in having being called in double quick time by a rather more laid back Keith Hawkins. As Keith showed , Martin was understandably relieved to learn that his was braced for a coinflip. Barely able to look at the felt, Martin will have been going bananas inside as the Flop brought a welcome , although he remained tense, quietly chanting "No Nine, no Nine" as the Turn and Rive brought a harmless and .

A gentle punch of the air later and Martin was back in his seat. The Camel meanwhile didn't look best pleased and probably has the hump.

[NoflopsHomer]

Big pot between Roberto Romanello and Stuart Fox

Roberto raises to 9,000 from the hijack, Stuart makes it 33,000 from the cut-off and Roberto calls.

Flop:



Check check,

Turn:



Check check.

River:



Robert checks and Foxy moves all-in. Roberto, "That's a horrendous bet..." and then shaking his head passes.

Foxy shows .

Could you call on the river with A-K or even A-Q?

[NoflopsHomer]

1   1   101   Roberto Romanello   89500
1   2   508   Stuart Fox   126300
1   3   103   William Martin   34400
1   4   403   Chris Moore   29200
1   5   707   James Moult   63000
1   6   502   Martin Bader   54800
1   7   406   Richard Herbert   49800
1   8   108   Ben Vinson   165100
1   9   109   Keith Hawkins   38100
2   1   201   John Dwyer   52700
2   2   202   Sami Yusef   49400
2   3   203   Dan Samson   37800
2   4   605   Michael Greco   33900
2   5   205   Steve Gibbons   52200
2   7   606   Ross Boatman   84000
2   8   208   Ken Wong   77200
2   9   402   Nathan Lee   65800
3   1   301   Mark Friedman   227800
3   2   705   Olegas Kovaleskis   37800
3   3   303   Sami Mahmoud   12500
3   4   304   Neil Channing   35200
3   5   305   Lewiss Stevens   51800
3   6   308   Rumit Somiyaya   49300
3   7   307   Paul Smallwood   37600
3   8   503   Richard Wheatley   97700
3   9   505   Paul Moss   89600
7   1   701   Ali Zihni   32400
7   2   702   Patrik Selin   14300
7   3   703   Ketu Nathwani   50100
7   4   704   Surinder Sunar   26600
7   5   603   Owen Lock   62800
7   6   706   Simon Zach   138200
7   7   509   Mazhar Nawab   103400
7   8   708   Dave Barnes   46200
7   9   407   Carlos Walker   47900
8   1   506   Ali Sarkeshik   22900
8   2   802   Van Hoang   53300
8   3   803   Dave Colclough   46600
8   4   408   Ian Frazer   163200
8   5   805   Michael Muldoon   95600
8   6   806   John Kabbaj   69500
8   7   404   Horace Harvey   30900
8   8   609   Liam Flood   106200
8   9   309   Dan Carter   16500

[Chili]

On table Channing, extreme low stack Sami Mahmoud moved in with only 6,300.  Channing just made the call from the cut off which resulted in Paul Smallwood moving all in from the big blind.  It was a push of about 33,500 which Channing called rather quickly.  So 3 players on their backs and we see these beauties:

Channing   
Sami   
Smallwood   

The board came out   

to triple up the shortie Sami Mahmoud and Smallwood had Channing JUST covered to take his chips and knock him OUT with Ace high!!!!

[snoopy1239]

Ali Zihni has finally left shortstackville and moved to er... middlestackville after two crucial hands. After doubling up off Simon Zach with a simple Ace Queen versus Jacks confrontation (Queen on the Flop), he then got jiggy with Owen Lock on a board. I believe Ali smooth called a 3k bet from Owen on the Flop, but come the Turn, it went check from Owen, 6k from Ali, 17k from Owen and all-in from Ali. As Chili would say, Owen took a trip to think tank town and gave his seemingly edgy opponent the full staredown. After Dave Barnes had called the clock impatiently, Owen eventually decided to begrudgingly fling his cards in the muck.

[Chili]

Ross Boatman knocked out duf duffer Michael Greco with his AQ walking all over Greco's Q4 preflop.

Roberto Romanello knocked out Martin Bader.

[NoflopsHomer]

Dan Carter gets moved next to Jim Moult with about 26k left and jokingly says, "the only reason I'm still in is probably because I've not been dealt Aces, Kings, Queens or Jacks!" I turn around and watch Maz Nawab add at least another 35k to his stack busting Horace Harvey with Aces against Queens.

I turn back around and it's Dan's big blind and he's all in with Aces! Against Jim Moult's Kings. But Jim spikes his King to win a 75k pot and Dan is out.

Speaking of Aces, Ben Vinson just knocked out Richard Herbert with them against Nines. The latter leaving the building muttering under his breath.

[snoopy1239]

Ali Sarkeshik is OUT. "I've only looked at one card," claims Ali as his pre-flop raise is re-raised by Ross Boatman's Pocket Tens. Assuming it was the Ace of spades, the other card was the Nine of Spades which Ali revealed after making the obligatory call. However, it wasn't to be as the board came a non-Ace finding to give the thespian trip Tens.

[Chili]

Simon Zach is sat in front of someone else's stack, ok just kidding he currently on around 260k




Another massive hand for Ben Vinson, in another - limp with Aces encounter - this time his victim was Michael Muldoon.  So Ben limps for 4k, Muldoon makes it 13k more.  Ben told him he was only limp raising and he stayed true to form and made it 28k to go.  Muldoon actually was not on the table when Ben made this play previously with Aces, he moves all in with  .  Another ace on the board sealed it for Ben and sent Muldoon OUT. He has so many chips now he may need someone to stack them for them:

[snoopy1239]

Ben seems to be having a tough time of it, tell him to hang in there and hopefully he'll pick up some hands soon

It would appear as though Ben has taken your advice with a pinch of salt (whatever the hell that means), as he's just doubled up shortstacker Owen Lock. Lock pushed from early position, only to be called one seat down by Vinson. On their backs time, and Lock was in good shape with Jacks v A-J and looking good for survival on the Flop. Although the Turn produced split pot possibilities, they failed to emerge on the harmless River.

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He may be a top tip for this event, but the Mouth of the West Roberto Romanello has taken a hit courtesy of Sami Mahmoud, raising from under-the-gun and being forced to call the extra few k with Mahmoud going all-in behind him.

Mahmoud =

Romanello =

Board =

Romanello down to about 65k, although it's difficult to tell because he stacks his chips in unpredictable amounts. "It's a stroke he likes to pull, so he can make his stack seem smaller when he announces all-in," claims railer and fellow Welshman Martyn Cavanagh.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jim Moult doubles up after raising with A-6 and Ben Vinson setting him in with . Jim hit trip sixes on the 6-4-3-6-8 board.

[Chili]

We have only just got down to 3 tables now courtesy of Liam Flood's 55 being busted by Carlos Walker's AK.  Liam moved in for 36,900 and Carlos had big slick in the small blind.  The board came out

 

to send Liam Flood OUT.

[NoflopsHomer]

We're now on a break til around 6.30pm.

[Chili]

Mark Friedman looks to be carrying on in the same vein as he was at the start of play yesterday.  Knocking out more players, this time a very short Mark Bointon.  Friedman raised in early poss with  and his neighbour with only 13k pushed with  .

Friedman actually made broadway straight and added to his already big stack.  I was chatting to this Canadian at the end of play last night and he revealed that he is only over in the UK for his sisters birthday which is tomorrow.  So of course I asked what his sister will say if he made the final tomorrow instead of her party, but of course she will be alright, "with a percentage naturally" says Friedman.  He will have to buy another suitcase to take the dosh back to Canada on Monday if he wins the near £200K but I guess that would not be a worry to him....

I am have to hold my hands up for this MESS UP.  I stated here that Friedman was a Canadian on holiday visiting his sisiter - errrrrrrrrrrrrm  FRIEDMAN is an AMERICAN living in England and I confused him with a completely separate guy that was on his table last night.  Ooops, Im not all crap though because Friedman thought the said guy was American NOT Canadian.  We did locate the Canadian and he is currently playing a cash game 3 tables away from the comp!!!!! He can make the party after all...