Luton Christmas Cracker: Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

"What a fold," says the nippletastic Ryan Fronda.

"Who by?" I ask.

"Me," he replies.

"What happened?" I request enthralled.

"I raised it up with 8-5 under the gun?"

"Under the gun?" I said, convinced I'd made a mishear.

"Yep, and that guy [Yilfer Shevket] called. The flop came , I bet out and he went all-in. I managed to find a fold, and he had A-5."

"Did he show?"

"Yep,"... 

"So how did you fold?"

"Well, it took me a while."

"But you must have had a reason."

"I got a read on him. I worked it out. Raising under the gun, he'd expect me to call with a hand."

[danafish]

tell them to hang on pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee im 30 miles away..... be there soon.

Any pics of them?

The band or the drunk girls in small clothes? The band has finished for the night but I don't think the girls are going anywhere, there's not much else open in Luton this time of night and anyway they're not going to get far on those heels. They'll still be here when you arrive, in one state or another...

Sorry, no photos, I'm sort of afraid of them.

[celtic]

maybe terry is pulling them up after his sound rogering by rob?

The bloke in the picture with terry is dreadful. I dont mind telling you. Absolutely dreadful.

Come on Daniel & Rob

[danafish]

The bloke in the picture with terry is dreadful. I dont mind telling you. Absolutely dreadful.

Doesn't he look at peace though?

[celtic]

tell them to hang on pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee im 30 miles away..... be there soon.

Any pics of them?

The band or the drunk girls in small clothes? The band has finished for the night but I don't think the girls are going anywhere, there's not much else open in Luton this time of night and anywhere they're not going to get far on those heels. They'll still be here when you arrive, in one state or another...

Sorry, no photos, I'm sort of afraid of them.

I'm staying here then, besides my girlfriend will kill me if she finds out im driving there to see scantily clad individuals in heels consuming alcohol.

[celtic]

The bloke in the picture with terry is dreadful. I dont mind telling you. Absolutely dreadful.

Doesn't he look like he needs a hair piece though?

 

[danafish]

Dave Shearer and Mike Moore check down a raggy board. Mike turns over Q-9. Dave makes a noise like "WAAAAaaAAAAaAAAaHHh! and turns over Q-T to take it. Much hilarity.

[celtic]

Any news on Daniel Rudd?

[snoopy1239]

Golly gosh, where's the camera when you need it? When there's no hand, there it is, dangling around my neck like a Tom Jones' medallion, but now I see a three way all-in (yes, THREE WAY!), it's nowhere to be seen. The action that warranted a snap involved early pace setter Jeff Rogers, Irish Open casher Danny D'Borin and the lesser known (well, a new face to me anyhow) Darren Smith.

With all the chips flying in at the speed of light on a Flop, it was on their backs time, with Darren the shortest stack, and Jeff the biggest.

Jeff Rogers =

Danny D'Borin =

Darren Smith =

An ineffective Turn and River gave the main pot to Smith, and the chunky side pot to D'Borin, but, miraculously, no one was eliminated.

The resulting chip counts are as such:

Danny D'Borin -- 32,250
Darren Smith -- 21,875
Jeff Rogers -- 14,100

"I wasn't sure what I was going to do," added Smith, "whether I was going to be the flop or what. Luckily, they did all the work for me."

It sure is easy this game.

[snoopy1239]

Any news on Daniel Rudd?

Yes, coming up in just a moment. And it's big, exciting news. Are you braced?

[celtic]

strapped in and ready 2 go snoops...................

[danafish]

Allan Shields seems to have somehow slipped down to about 6.5k. Doesn't seem too miffed though. Similarly Rookie seems to be on around 7k currently.

[snoopy1239]

As I snuck out of the cardroom toilets (why I was snucking, I'm not sure), I was graced with the presence of a major hand taking place on the nearest table. With the distant sound of the mega powerful hand driers (seriously, they nearly blew my pants off) still whirring away in the background, Driton Haxhiaj was in full re-raising mode, sticking it to Allan Shields' initial 3.5k bet on a board with an extra 5k to play.

Expecting the action to fold back round to Shields, it suddenly stopped at Daniel Rudd who unexpectedly fell into a pit of pensiveness. With eyes darting back and forth, and even Rookie blowing out his cheeks to me as if to say "blimey, son, what a pot", Rudders meekly slid his single columned stack across the line for an extra 13,325 more.

With Shields quickly stepping out of the way like Superman dodging a speeding bullet, Haxhiaj dipped into the mindfield of his brain and, as Chili would say, took a trip to think tank town. After the odd twitch of an eyebrow, Scrabble Man eventually made the call and turned over . However, although I'm sure he had his man on the flush draw, he could only weep in dismay as Rudd proudly revealed for a set of ducks, leaving Scrabble Man requiring a bingo and a miracle 2 outer.

Turn =

River =

... and it looks like Mr Rudd is your new chip leader with... er.... lots.

[celtic]

 

[snoopy1239]

Prize Structure:

1st = £12,870
2nd = £7,350
3rd = £5,510
4th = £4,410
5th = £3,310
6th = £2,200
7th = £1,100

Seems like a nice flat structure to me, and it's good to see them paying just the top 7 instead of the top 10.