BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Some chippy counts that you might be interested in:

Julian Thew -- 16,875
Jen Mason -- 29,750
Nicolas Levi -- 9,875
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 33,125
Graham Wheldon -- 48,850
Colin Kennedy -- 7,050

Marius Arnesen is OUT, James Keys the assassin. Ac-Ah vs. Kc-J, Jh-2d-2c-9h-Tc board.

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As Joe Grech raises from early position to 1,600 (blinds 300/600), Adam Vinson quickly makes it 7k to play. The action returns to Grech who asks how much Adam is playing (the reply was 12k) before opting to flat call. After Joe checks the 8-J-3 rainbow Flop, Adam swiftly pushes his remaining stack across the line. "How much is it?" inquires Joe searching for a more accurate account. "Vinson lied!" I think to myself as the dealer counts out 12,350. Upon hearing the answer, Joe takes a deep inhale, sizes up his opponent briefly and counts out 12,350. Realising that he would be down to just the bare minimum (grays and oranges only), Joe gives it one last mull, including a semi feign of a call to gauge a reaction, before making a very brave call with Pocket Tens. Vinson shows A-K, and prays for aid, but it doesn't come, the dealer popping out a harmless 4 of hearts and 4 of spades on the Turn and River respectively. "Well done," says Vinson as he exits.

[JungleCat03]

End of Level 6 chip counts courtesy of those marvellous mongooses at bluesquare...

D Anderson   59000
Brian Johnson   56525
Jeremy Longley   54050
F Meoni   53475
Louis Schwartz   50100
Graham Wheldon   46500
Darren Pearce   44175
Richie Allen   43825
Willie Tann   43450
Terry Simpson   39300
James Sudworth   36925
Jeff Buffenbarger   34225
Torstein Iversen   33950
John Eames   33825
Niall Charlton   32425
Mike Fisher   32275
Charalambous Xanthos   31750
Joel Ettedgi   31600
Talal Shakerchi   31450
Peter Maier   31250
James King   29725
David Ulliott   28025
Jenifer Mason   28000
Lee Squire   27275
Julien Leonard   27000
Steve Townsend   26750
Andy Greekfish   25900
John Gardner   25250
G Wilson   24925
John Falconer   24875
Anthony Quinn   24475
Inil Abraham   24450
Knut Russtad   24100
John Conroy   23050
Matteo   22400
Thomas Dunwoodie   21425
Julian Thew   21050
Josh Gould   21025
Edward Cahill   20350
John Gale   20175
Helge Stjernvang   19925
Kai Paulsen   19900
Karim Vegas   19050
Joseph Grech   19025
Peter Charalambous   19000
Wilson Chan   18925
Tim Flanders   18625
Alec Foster   18575
Mark Segal   18525
Adam Vinson   18200
Kerry Taylor   18050
Leo Kam   17825
James Kazal   17350
Ian Cox   17075
Andy Slater   17000
Stuart Prior   17000
Joshua Tyler   16800
Paul Farr   16225
Piers Whyman   15725
James Keys   15050
Howard Smith   15050
Zack Chesses   14775
Vegard Nygaard   14750
Ashley Gorman   14675
Barney Boatman   14425
Ian Woodley   14200
Paul Mendes   14200
Justin Kean   14125
J Wray   14100
Gino Desiena   12975
Paul Murrell   12750
Kevin Chandler   12725
Nicolas Levy   11525
Panny Christodolou   11475
Marcus Bebb-Jones   11450
Michael Arnold   11375
Nick Holbrook   11325
Lee Clarke   11050
Arkady Kielman   11000
Zaheer Zeb   10600
Stephen Holden   10100
Kevin Oleary   9750
Nick Gibson   9475
Marc Goodwin   9250
Jim Dunsford   9100
Nathan Lee   9025
Colin Kennedy   8800
Neil Mcculloch   8650
Dave Gregory   8625
M Patel   8100
Rory Campbell   7800
Marius Arnesen   7200
Jonathan Gotts   7025
S Wan   6775
Andy Achillea   6600
Bran Lenton   6000
Daniel Samson   4400
Mark Russell   4300
Fowzi Baroukh   4150

[danafish]

Helge Stjernvang limps and Jen raises from the button; Stjernvang (I just love the sound of that name - Stjernvannnggggg) calls.

They both check the flop, and then Stjernvng bets out 2100 on the turn. Jen folds. Looks irked.

[danafish]

By the way, not sure if Snoops caught it and posted it up (I am now no longer reading any of his posts, as a matter of principle), but Marcus Bebb-Jones, himself on 10k which is beginning to look a little scant, filled me in on the hand where Jeremy Longley got most of his chips. Apparently Longley had re-raised S Wan, and they had thrown all their chips in as the culmination of a raising war on the Qx flop. S Wan was holding pocket Sixes for a set, Longley was holding, er, . Club on the river, obviously.

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Whoever said poker was easy? Kevin Chandler endures a double bypass as his all-in with Nines versus Ritchie Allen's A-K sees an Ace hit the 8-A-3-7 board before a third nine gives Chandler a second lifeline. Richie, meanwhile, drops to 30-35k.

[danafish]

Howard Smith is OUT, moving in preflop with and finding a caller in F Meoni holding .

Board - and Howard couldn't duck out of this one. He's headed for the bar.

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James Keys, heavily supported by a now departed Dominic Kay, has just doubled up. I didn't see the action, but I did witness the following situation:

(1) Lots of chips in the middle
(2) A rainbow 8-Q-3-J-7 board
(3) T-9 in front of James Keys
(4) An elated James Keys scooping in loads of chips
(5) A devastated Louis Schwartz weeping into his now paltry stack

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A handful of your current chip daddies:

(1) Jeremy Longley -- 76.5k
(2) F Meoni -- 67k
(3) Brian Johnson -- 61.5k
(4) Willie Tann -- 59k
(5) Anthony Quinn -- 47k

[snoopy1239]

"Great call," shouts an onlooker. "You're amazing," compliments 'The Rockstar' John Conroy.

With the board reading , I arrive just in time to see Thomas Dunwoodie call a mammoth all-in River bluff from Terry Simpson, the latter mucking (although a Seven did flip over) and allowing the Geodie to proudly reveal his .

[danafish]

And to add to that list of Chip Daddies, we have one monstrous Chip Mummy. Not sure what happened preflop, but the chips went in on the flop, with that classic Aces versus 5-2 offsuit all-in combo.

Actually it was a coinflip, the flop read and said Aces - were in the hands of Jen Mason; her opponent, known only as Matteo on the player list, had the 5-2.

Turn -
River -

And Jen is not looking quite as jubilant as she should but her inner monologue is probably going something along the lines of, "Go me, I'm so awesome, I've got I reckon 44k now and wouldn't it just be fantastic if for once I could give Dana something back on her 1% investment."

Matteo is virtually out, with barely a k to his name...

[danafish]

Meanwhile Aces were not so standy-uppy for unfortunate D Anderson. He got them in against the pocket Kings of Steve Townsend, only for another King to come on the turn. He takes it well, considering, with handshaking and similar niceties. Will not attempt to guess at his inner monologue, it's probably not blonde-compliant.

[danafish]

Also newly doubled up is Mr Kevin O'Leary, all in pre with against Andy Greekfish's .

Board an unbelievable (imagine accompanying oohs and ahhhhs) .

Says Mr Greekfish, "You sick ****er!" And who can blame him. Much giggling.

[danafish]

A notable OUTage who was making noise in the bar is Nik Persaud.

[JungleCat03]

ok,

some Jen's updates ?

some Devilfish's and Nicolas Levi's too ?

Not sure about Devilfish or Nicholas, I'll be back with those counts in a bit, but Jen herself has pulled well into the reckoning with a handsome stack that is around the 54k mark I believe.

I was sure that the cumulative avalanche of chips gravitating with almost inevitable accuracy toward Jen's stack would result in her delivering me a soundbite that was full of poise, confidence and verve.

This was her grandiloquent statement.

"Biscuits, like bring me biscuits man. I need biscuits, seriously, like just give me some biscuits. Please!!!"

There we have it. Jen employing all the literary, imaginative skills at her disposal to ask for some bloody digestives. The cat is happy to turn waiter though, if it increases Jen's chances.

"Ok Jen, they're on their way."

Other assorted counts from the midst of the arena.

Kevin O'Leary 37k
Bambos 33k
Marc Goodwin 16k, although he seemed more interesting in Pietersen smashing a kiwi spinner for 6, the nearby TV showing footage of the current England New Zealand game. Marc!
Anthony Quinn 49k
Nick Gibson 8.5k
Ian Cox 11.5k
Richie Allen 27k

There are moments left before the end of level 9, where there will be a short hiatus where the players can rest their weary limbs (and stuff their faces with biscuits)

[snoopy1239]

Some quick chippy chip counts:

Dan Samson -- 29.7k
Leo Kam -- 23.8k
John Eames -- 34.7k
Ian Cox -- 14.4k
Stephen Holden -- 14.2k
Brian Johnson -- 61.7k
Ritchie Allen -- 31.3k
Joe Grech -- 58.3k
Marcus Bebb-Jones -- 8.2k
Charalambos Xanthos -- 49k
Graham Wheldon -- 40.9k
Julian Thew -- 38.8k
John Conroy -- 27k
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 55.2k
Dave Gregory -- 12.8k
Barny Boatman -- 24.7k
Marc Goodwin -- 18.4k
Dave Ulliott -- 50k
Paul Mendes -- 29.5k
Kerry Taylor -- 10.2k

[snoopy1239]

The Rise and Fall of Bambos

After eliminating Andrew Andreou with A-T versus A-J on a 9-T-3-A-2 board, Bambos' near 50k stack then went hurtling towards the now chip leader Brian Johnson. I didn't personally catch the hand in question, but according to my source, it was a Big Slick versus Queens affair with all the chips flying in on a Jack high Flop. As a result, a stunned Bambos is on his way home (well, the cash game) whilst Brian Johnson jumps into the lead with well over 100k in chips.

[danafish]

Those requested updates and current chip counts -

Devilfish has around 50k, although it looks like more because they're largely in low-denomination chips. Young girlfriend is nowhere to be seen, although he keeps nipping off somewhere so she may be in the bar or similar.

Nicolas Levi, I'm afraid, is nowhere to be seen, presumed for the moment busted.

Terry Simpson - around 35k.


Official chip counts just in, from the end of level 8:

Brian Johnson   110875
F Meoni   98575
Talal Shakerchi   98500
Willie Tann   78350
James Sudworth   68075
Joseph Grech   63850
James Keys   57350
Jenifer Mason   55550
Anthony Quinn   51325
Jeremy Longley   49725
Thomas Dunwoodie   49200
Peter Maier   47650
David Ulliott   47550
Niall Charlton   46800
Steve Townsend   46700
Inil Abraham   43425
Richie Allen   41600
Julian Thew   40650
Jeff Buffenbarger   40200
Graham Wheldon   39200
Mike Fisher   36200
John Eames   35200
Kai Paulsen   31575
Ian Cox   31300
Paul Farr   31225
Paul Mendes   30500
Daniel Samson   29950
John Conroy   29900
Terry Simpson   29775
Julien Leonard   29025
Edward Cahill   28025
Darren Pearce   27850
John Falconer   27000
S Wan   26950
John Gardner   26100
Helge Stjernvang   26000
G Wilson   25050
Karim Vegas   25000
Barney Boatman   21875
Marc Goodwin   20200
Nick Gibson   19775
Leo Kam   18300
D Anderson   16750
Mark Segal   16575
Lee Squire   16475
Wilson Chan   15850
Ashley Gorman   15275
James Kazal   14950
James King   14550
Piers Whyman   14475
Joshua Tyler   13800
John Gale   12300
Stephen Holden   12100
Kerry Taylor   10925
Dave Gregory   10675
Kevin Oleary   10050
J Wray   8225
Knut Russtad   7900
Arkady Kielman   5700
Colin Kennedy   5175
Joel Ettedgi   4875
Tim Flanders   2125 - oh no, he's actually OUT

[danafish]

Kevin O'Leary has dropped a few since those counts as well - he's down to 7k or so and not long for this tournament, barring double-ups and things, which can obviously happen. Lord it's late. More press sandwiches!