Bluesq.com GUKPT Brighton FINAL DAY: Interactive

[danafish]

Seat 5: Jim Reid

Officially Irish (although he's hiding that accent pretty well), Jim Reid is one of those players who is truly due a big win, and if his talent for the game and the respect he garners from his peers is anything to go by, then that scoop should be just around the corner.

Having said that, however, Jim has frequented many a final table, his strongest performance being in the 2005 Irish EPT where he took home just under 50 thousand Euros for his 6th place finish. Prior to that, Jim became the Grand Prix Champion in 2004, earning £40k for his troubles.

Touted by Richard Prew as a very talented and aggressive player, father-of-five Jim lives in Bedford where he runs a transport business.

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[danafish]

Seat 6: Nik Persaud

You can't ignore Nik Persaud, whose think-out-loud style of tournament play has both tilted the sensitive amongst his opponents, and revealed him to have a card-sense thought-process which, while not always working, is undoubtedly fairly sophisticated. Cashing in last year's WSOP and coming 10th in the £1,000 GUKPT Bolton tournament, expect him to show up at a good deal more of these well-structured events.

An extrovert personality without crossing the line into outright annoying, Nik is a genuinely enthusiastic player who will happily discuss concepts of double-flop Pot Limit Omaha while playing 'Red or Black' for more money than is in the pot.

Likely to: Recover fast after throwing toys out of pram; be heard shouting one-word exhortations like, Gamble! or Coinflip! or, Lucky! while playing online cash with his whole bankroll.
Unlikely to: Leave Gutshot for more than a fortnight; not have time to talk to you about poker. Has amusing glasses.

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[danafish]

Seat 7: Julian Thew

A Nottingham native, Julian has had a phenomenal year by any standards. Winner of the Plymouth leg of the GUKPT in 2007, he added an EPT title to his list of achievements later in the year on Baden. Known of course as "Yo-Yo", his performance in this event has so far been uncharacteristically un-yoyo-ish - he doubled up early, and remained one of the larger stacks pretty much all the way through. Leading to his alternative nickname, "Goldenbollox". Whichever way he does it, Julian has now added another juicy cash to his record, which will no doubt please his very excellent sponsors at William Hill.

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[taximan007]

And we're off!

First hand, Jim Reid raises to 30k from UTG+1. Roberts Cowen reraises an enticing 20k to 50k....ACTION FIRST HAND!

Everyone else passes...

Jim Reid calls the extra 20k.

The players see a flop of .

Jim checks and Roberts now moves in for his last 70 or 80k...

Jim instantly calls him with an unbeleivable 4-4 for quads! First hand!

Roberts looks understnadably dejected as he shows Q-Q and a 3 on the turn leaves him drawing dead, meaning .......

Roberts Cowen is OUT, elminated in 9th Place for £5,600

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[taximan007]

Nice Bios Dana, Thank you.

[danafish]

Seat 8: Robert Cowen

I'm afraid we didn' t really get much of a chance to speak to young Robert Cowen before he busted, but from what we understand he is a local player, with a unique and aggressive style at the table. His aggression is tempered by caution occasionally, however, via the medium of a piece of paper urging him to STOP AND THINK. WP, Robert.

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[danafish]

Seat 9: Marcus Bebb-Jones

Marcus Bebb-Jones is apparently 44 years old and "looking for sponsorship..." A familiar face on the circuit, he has been playing poker for 2 1/2 years, live poker for 18 months, and although he says he's read 30 books about the game, the best education he's had is playing live with good players. He still works selling gas and electricity ("Cheapest in the country!"), but made more money last year playing poker than he did working, so perhaps we'll see him turn pro one of these days...

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[JungleCat03]

Nik Persaud picked up a few chips off Jim Reid when he value bet his J-5 after bluffing a but hitting a J on the river, his 40k was paid off by Jim.


Julian just raised to 30k and found a caller in Joe Grech...

The flop came down . Joe checked and Julian bet 40k. Joe called...

The turn was the . Joe checked and Julian checked.

The river was the . Joe checked and Julian also tapped the table.

Joe showed which was good for the pot, whilst Julian showed ..."It doesn't matter when you hit as long as you hit" remarked Joe wisely!

[JungleCat03]

I was just in the loo, so missed a big pot but Dana managed to jot down most of the key information.

Karim Louis and the exotically named Italian, Fabio Esposito saw a flop, following a little preflop action.

The may have looked slightly harmless but both players were willing to commit their chips, unsuprisingly when you saw their hands which were for Fabio, who must have been sick to his stomach when he saw the cold-deck that had ensued as Karim turned over 3-3!

a and on the river sealed Fabio's fate, meaning...

Fabio Esposito is OUT, eliminated in 8th place, winning £8,400

(No need to be too upset, that buys you a lot of waterbeds and hair spray Fabio...) Good game...

We continue 7 handed...

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[danafish]

By the way, I had a quick word with unlucky ninth-placer Robert Cowen just now. "Do you mind if I take a photo?" I said. "Sure," he replied, "Would you like one of me crying?" He doesn't look too upset though; he said he Quadded (a real word) someone else earlier in the tournament with pocket Fours, so it was a kind of divine justice in ways.

Also, he's not, as we thought, a local, but is actually a student from Swansea who got into Hold 'Em through, unusually, playing live seven card stud for fun. He bought straight into this event "to see what would happen," and is now planning to play the rest of the tour as they are such good value. GG, Robert.

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[Chipleader]

Seat 8: Robert Cowen

I'm afraid we didn' t really get much of a chance to speak to young Robert Cowen before he busted, but from what we understand he is a local player, with a unique and aggressive style at the table. His aggression is tempered by caution occasionally, however, via the medium of a piece of paper urging him to STOP AND THINK. WP, Robert.

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Being a local myself i heard many ppl say this but didnt recognise him or even his name! sat with him in the dealers choice cash game last night and got talking to him and found out he isnt a local. he is from stratford-upon-avon but currently studying psychology in Swansea... hope this helps

[Royal Flush]

one time for Nik!!

[JungleCat03]

At 6k/12k with a running 1k ante there is 25k in the pot preflop, which is a nice chunk to take down and the aggressive players will no doubt be keen to get their sticky little mitts on some of these chips.

Julian leads the way raising to 36k from the sb on Marcus' big blind. Marcus quickly passes and Julian casually throws his cards into the muck...Probably aces...


Next hand Marcus limps from the small blind, only to find Michael Bolger applying the requisite limpers tax, raising an additional 40k. Marcus wants no part of this aand throws his cards away...

[NoflopsHomer]

Any chance of some chip counts?

[Royal Flush]

Seat 8: Robert Cowen

I'm afraid we didn' t really get much of a chance to speak to young Robert Cowen before he busted, but from what we understand he is a local player, with a unique and aggressive style at the table. His aggression is tempered by caution occasionally, however, via the medium of a piece of paper urging him to STOP AND THINK. WP, Robert.

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There is a diffrence to being local and actually living in the cardroom! When are you moving into your car by the way?

Being a local myself i heard many ppl say this but didnt recognise him or even his name! sat with him in the dealers choice cash game last night and got talking to him and found out he isnt a local. he is from stratford-upon-avon but currently studying psychology in Swansea... hope this helps