Luton Christmas Cracker: Day 1 - Interactive

[danafish]

Mike Moore is on 29k, one of two relative big stacks on his table.

[danafish]

Craig Owen has doubled up with Aces v Jacks.

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[b4matt]

I think they're singing the Bisto song at the moment, although I'd have to double-check that.

Correct. It's a special request for Tracy Dell.

Ahhhh!

[snoopy1239]

Although Daniel Rudd was down to 7k, he is now back up to the dizzy nosebleed inducing heights of 24k. He dropped down to 10k after his T-9s (which was raised from the button and called in two positions) hit a T-9-7 Flop but was beaten by A-Q which hit top pair after making what Daniel believed was a somewhat suspect call to his bet on the Flop.

But fear not, because out plucky hero's column was soon sprouting chips again as he flopped a straight with T-9 on a Q-J-8 Flop. Initial raiser Dave Courtney continue bet (or is it betted?) the Flop, Daniel smooth-called and another player pushed all-in. Funnily enough, after Courtney had stepped out the way, Daniel decided to call, finding that he was in pretty good shape against his opponent's A-Q which failed to escape the Mariner grasp.

[danafish]

did you know that when Ryan Fronda stands up, you can see his  nipples through his tight white shirt? He's on 20,325 by the way.

Stop looking at Ryan Fronda's nipples! I'm banning you!

They were looking at me!

On a similar and actually sort of gross theme if you think about it too hard, Mick McCool just called me over. Said he: "You know that special moment in a tournament when everything comes together and suddenly that's it, a player gets their nickname for all time. Well, it's just happened. I give you: Ryan "The Goat" Fronda. Because Ali Mallu and I are milking him like a goat."

May your imaginations run wild. Wild.

[snoopy1239]

Jim Reid has been spotted in the cash game, which means he's either multi-tasking or is out. I'm leaning towards the latter.

[snoopy1239]

Ryan Fronda and his all mighty nipples are flying high now, the former GUKPT finalist having knocked out Martin Lawton with versus , board.

Pow Pow! 

[snoopy1239]

If anyone knows anymore about Yilfer Shevket, then please do share, because he's bonkers and I want to double-check that he's not from Mars or Jupiter.

He's still insisting that his name is James Bond, even though I know very well that it is the less espionargy Yilfer.

To make matters even more surreal, he keeps asking me to take his photo, yet when I took this last snap, he decided to glance over a the cash game at the last second.

If Santa ever went bad and slightly off the rails, this is what I imagine he'd look like...

[snoopy1239]

It doesn't end there though, because the Shevkets have been breeding, which leads me to introduce to you Yilfer's half brother Mr Hassan Kasikci, who was equally insistent of having us take his picture for your pleasure.

He didn't take too kindly when I asked who was the elder of the two brothers.

[snoopy1239]

According to David Lloyd, this Omaha cash game is mad, so mad in fact that it has a degree in madness from Mad University in Madsville. Actually, if you look at the picture, you'll be able to notice a few things. Whilst David rises from the seat as a result of the madness, Paul Alterman is telling a passer by about how mad the game is and the chap in the middle isn't playing Chinese Whipsers, but saying to his neighbour, "Can you believe we are playing in this mad cash game, isn't it mad?" Even Jim Reid is scratching his head, overwhelmed by the madness of it all.

Just mad.

[snoopy1239]

It's a party atmosphere in here now! The band are playing 1000 miles by the Proclaimers... even that yodalling bit near the end. 

[celtic]

its 500 miles. An absolute classic............................http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qQfqSWe8eVE

[danafish]

It's a party atmosphere in here now! The band are playing 1000 miles by the Proclaimers... even that yodalling bit near the end. 

Noooo, they've got to the Christmas songs! They're singing Slade and a bunch of drunk girls in small clothes are shouting along. 

[celtic]

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

Any pics of them?

[danafish]

Terry Mason, whose name is amusing to apparently no-one but me, is OUT. Q-8 on a Queen-high flop was no good against Rob Garfield's A-Q and he's gone, apparently putting his trousers on to leave, like he wasn't wearing any under the table all that time. Is that what people usually do at these events?