BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[Dry em]

HITSQUAD UPDATES PLS..

[JungleCat03]

Could you find Chris Rhodes please and send a picture. He's a dark horse for the final table and looks remarkably like Gus Hansen.

Think I found your man...shaved head, large earphones, bright shades with some sort of sparkly diamond looking things embedded in the sides.

Sound familiar? He's on 12.5k at the moment.

Snoopy has the camera so no photo yet, although I'm sure we can sort one out pretty soon...

EDIT: In the course of finishing this post, Snoopy has returned with a picture of Chris




Chris Moorman doubled up just before the dinner break. "I' doubled up to 9.5k..." he told me, "so you can tell I'm doing well!" An AA v TT coup doubled up Chris, and fresh back from the dinner break, Chris was to face a big decision.

There was a raise from UTG+1 to 900 from Rob Garfield, which Lam Trinh had re-raised another 3k-3.5k, leaving only about 3k back...

Chris was sat in the small blind and took a while, shaking his head and examining Lam before ultimately passing reluctantly...

Rob Garfield FLAT CALLED the raise.  The flop came A-T-7

Rob checked, Lam moved in and Rob called. Lam shook his head and showed Q-Q, probably expecting Rob to show up with some kind of Ace, but instead Rob had T-T and had checked his set on the flop.

Lam was being led to the slaughter, but a moist juicy Q on the turn resulted in an ecstatic and relieved fist pump from Lam and a sit back down again, before a meaningless 7 filled both players up on the river, but didn't change the direction the pot was travelling in.  Lam scooped the pot for a welcome double up, propelling him to 13 or 14k or so. Rob looked relatively calm and unfazed.

Moorman, incidentally, passed A-K in that coup and was no doubt happy to have avoided the carnage...


Solitary random chip count...

Steve Jelinek has 9 or 10k at the moment.

[danafish]

Chip counts at the dinner break, from the fine chipcounting Bluesquare elves:

Jan Lundberg   42150
Sam George   37675
Farid Badiemansour   33200
Jim Reid   32375
Keith Hawkins   30825
Praz Bansi   28550
J Shaw   28550
Alli Mallu   26650
Fran Egan   26625
Mark Friedman   26525
Paul Rosati   25600
Victoria Coren   25450
Ian Gerrard   24800
Davijay Sadarangani   24225
Michael Mccool   24000
Daniel Burgess   23800
Alan Stearn   23400
Steven Chandler   23100
Paul King   22500
John Wright   22150
Stewart Clutterbuck   22125
Mike Panteli   21675
Simon Wickenden   21475
Glen Altham   21375
Antony Phillips   21275
Terry Chapman   20500
Tony Kelly   20275
Tom Camp   20275
Neil Channing   20075
Keir Fitzgibbon   19825
Frank Romanello   19500
Jonathan Huckle   19275
Javed Ghazi   18850
Sunny Chattha   18350
Daniel Kerridge   17900
Andrew Teng   17850
Van Hoang   17625
Carlton Joseph   17600
Marius Hogtun   17450
Louise Fennell   17400
David Rudling   17100
Des Jones   16975
Koroush Nikkhahe   16800
Frank Pini   16750
Barry Carter   16700
Alan Armitage   16700
Stuart Nash   16700
Daren Braddick   16650
Jeraint Hazan   16550
Craig Owen   16475
Liam Flood   16050
Davood Mehrmand   16000
Teddy Sheringham   15875
Fahid Ali   15750
Robert Garfield   15550
Ian Holman   15500
Nick Goodall   15325
Anthony William Hardy   15100
W Cheung   15025
James Woodruff   15025
Trevor Reardon   14900
Christoffer Nilsen   14800
Nicos Ioannou   14625
Chris Rhodes   14575
Frank Callaghan   14425
Sebastian Saffari   14225
Dave Colclough   14225
John Rigolli   14225
Albert Kenny   14200
Nik Stylianou   14025
Paul Hambleton   13975
Sean Gregory   13775
Spencer Lawrence   13600
Jonathan Kalmar   13200
Yilfer Shevket   13050
Dave Penley   13000
M Mcelhinney   12925
Walid Salim Khalil   12900
Simon Ashdown   12775
Trevor Pearson   12725
Ghassan Elhoss   12675
Frode Gjedsal   12150
Jonathon Martin   12000
Lars Eidissen   11875
Anthony Chapman   11875
Chris Bruce   11825
Will Kassouf   11500
John Chambers   11500
Jonathon Baylis   11275
Anthony Cascarino   10900
Dan Carter   10800
Ben Roberts   10800
Mark Rayson   10500
Johnathon Reynolds   10350
Matthew Waddington   10350
Karl Mahrenholz   10300
Alan Rawling   10125
Maria Demetriou   10100
Brian Prescott   10075
P Ruddy   9925
Jenyue Chiang   9900
Paul Bracken   9775
David Clark   9700
Charles Denton   9600
John Fletcher   9600
Anu Mikkola   9375
Chris Moorman   9350
Fran Creed   9200
Steve Jelinek   8925
Suzanne Pyefinch   8900
G Husnu   8875
Carlo Citrone   8825
James Morgan   8725
Dr Aris   8425
James Ballantyne   8400
Carlo Gabriele   8350
John Burberry   8225
E Svanes   7900
Richard Fuller   7875
Ketul Nathwani   7800
Laurence Houghton   7775
David Welch   7750
Rumit Somaiya   7700
Stephen Walmsley   7575
Caroline Cunningham-brown   7400
Ramazanali Abbassi   7225
Mark Survila   7125
Liam Boland   7100
B Reynolds   7075
Richard Simmons   6950
Frank Doyle   6925
Mark Survila   6650
Sasha Rosewood   6550
Lloyd Rees   6425
Mark Tomblin   6325
Lam Trinh   6200
Simon Joseph Eastwood   6100
Hugo Martin   6100
Alan Ivinson   6050
Lawrence Windish   6050
Warren Wooldridge   5900
Alex Blackwood   5600
Fabio Esposito   5500
Antonio Romanello   5425
Rob Taylor   5325
John Hadjinicolaou   5125
Jerome Bradpiece   5000
Sal Ghozali   4675
Mark Steer   4425
Tim Blake   4400
Anooj Sareen   4225
Harprit Gurnam   3950
David J Lloyd   3875
Ian Gerrard   3750
Stuart Rutter   3350
F Javed   2975
David Maudlin   2900
Simon Taylor   2725
Peter Hansen   2000
Andrew Booth   1800
Derek Miller   625
Fuad Serhan   175

[snoopy1239]

Double-up also for an incredibly sleepy-looking, and a before-the-hand-incredibly-short-stacked Jerome Bradpiece.

A flop, 5-way, that flop being , is checked around.

Jerome bets 1k on the turn; only Stuart Nash calls.

Jerome now has only 2950 behind, and he sticks it all in on the river. Stuart calls.

Jerome shows no signs of emotion and only the barest signs of wakefulness as he flips  for the nut flush. "Yup," says Nash.

Jerome Bradpiece, dressed as a giant apple, has been yoyo-ing up and down like a spring on a bungee. His initial stack bisection was due to running Aces into a set of flopped Kings, but judging by Dana's post, he seems to be heading back in the right direction now. Oh, and he also won £100 on the roulette during the break. Happy days!

[snoopy1239]

One of the more-than-usual overseas players here today, Bastian Landehagen, is going to have to settle for the cash games. He found himself all-in against young Mark Rayson with As versus and, even though the Turn brought an extra six outs, was unable to survive the board.

Here's winner Mark alongside an alert Harpit Gurnam.

[JungleCat03]

HITSQUAD UPDATES PLS..

Dana is out in the trenches and on the case...


On a quick side-note, non poker related, I was speaking to Dan Carter, concentrating mainly on the topic of his hair, before the conversation got side-tracked as he told me he had been wearing a wig recently.

He was invited to...(his brother's?)...party, which was a fancy dress affair in which everyone had to dress up as a disney character. Dan chose to appear as Captain Hook, and apparently had some photos taken. Ever the investigative journalist, I have scoured the archives for these pictures and have come up with the following.

Here is Captain "Dan Carter" Hook...

Click to see full-size image.

[Geo the Sarge]

HITSQUAD UPDATES PLS..

Dana is out in the trenches and on the case...


On a quick side-note, non poker related, I was speaking to Dan Carter, concentrating mainly on the topic of his hair, before the conversation got side-tracked as he told me he had been wearing a wig recently.

He was invited to...(his brother's?)...party, which was a fancy dress affair in which everyone had to dress up as a disney character. Dan chose to appear as Captain Hook, and apparently had some photos taken. Ever the investigative journalist, I have scoured the archives for these pictures and have come up with the following.

Here is Captain "Dan Carter" Hook...

Click to see full-size image.

Any excuse for some norkage is fine by me JC

Who's tinkerbell?

Geo

[snoopy1239]

All-in pre-flop, Stuart Rutter seems lacking in confidence as he rises from his seat in preparation for an exit, but that's probably due to being up against two other players, rather than the strength of his hand. One of those foe's was the Salim Khalil, who bet out on the Flop to single out an encounter with the Bummie Bandit.

As Stuart learned that his was in cracking shape against Salim's , he huddled closer towards his seat and held his breath in anticipation of the remaining cards. His heart pumping fast, the Turn brought a , then a on the River to trigger Stuart into a restrained clenched fist celebration and a much needed double through.

[JungleCat03]

Any excuse for some norkage is fine by me JC

Who's tinkerbell?

Geo

I THINK that is Dan's girlfriend. I'll ask him in a moment when I reenter the cardroom, but I won't tell him you were admiring her nork....ageness.

[NoflopsHomer]

Any excuse for some norkage is fine by me JC

Who's tinkerbell?

Geo

I THINK that is Dan's girlfriend. I'll ask him in a moment when I reenter the cardroom, but I won't tell him you were admiring her nork....ageness.

It is.

[snoopy1239]

One of the chip leaders at the moment is this furry chap, the complicatedly named Davijat Sadarangani (try saying that with your mouthful). Dav (I apologise for the abbreviation) somehow managed to send three players to the rail in one hand with Fives versus Twos versus Queens versus a shortstacker's Q-T on a 2-5-x Flop. None of of his opponents were deeply stacked, but Dav has nonetheless shot up to just under 40k. His victims, however, Stephen Fuad, Antonio Romanello and Lawrence Spencer, are forced to group together in the bar and collectively drown their sorrows.

[jizzemm]

Just caught up with the updates. Excellent as ever..

Any updates on Big Al armitage would be great.. and of course keep the Nork coming snoops..

[The Sherriff]

Snoops - what time does play start tomorrow?

[DollyShoelace]

Hey Hey,

any chance of an update and possibly a pic of Mr Shoelace?

(tell him to try and crack a smile!)

Thanks!

G x

[Karabiner]

HITSQUAD UPDATES PLS..

Dana is out in the trenches and on the case...


On a quick side-note, non poker related, I was speaking to Dan Carter, concentrating mainly on the topic of his hair, before the conversation got side-tracked as he told me he had been wearing a wig recently.

He was invited to...(his brother's?)...party, which was a fancy dress affair in which everyone had to dress up as a disney character. Dan chose to appear as Captain Hook, and apparently had some photos taken. Ever the investigative journalist, I have scoured the archives for these pictures and have come up with the following.

Here is Captain "Dan Carter" Hook...

Click to see full-size image.

Any excuse for some norkage is fine by me JC

Who's tinkerbell?

Geo

I would dare to suggest that one in the hook is worth two in the hand so to speak....