BLACKPOOL MAIN EVENT - DAY TWO LIVE UPDATE

[tikay]

It's ebbing & flowing here - now Mick Fletcher bounces back & doubles up at John Law's expense. Mick had A-T, John had K-J, & two tens hit the board.

That's turned it right round! I fancy John Law will get seriously lairy now. This could end in tears, too....

[tikay]

And John Law is OUT!

He pushes with A-9, Mick Fletcher calls with J-J, & that's John Law busted out in 3rd place, having transferred every one of his chips to Mick in two consecutive hands.

[RedFox]

Ironside still there or has he headed back to far far north.

If still there - has he given a prediction?

[tikay]

So, to make it a bit fairer, Mick Fletcher promptly doubles up Alistair Findley. Mick had A-8, Alistair A-3, but a sneaky 3 hit the board, or else it would have been all over.

[tikay]

This is bizarre! The two guys have apparently agreed "NO DEALS" & decided to play to the death. Great.

So hard to understand how they managed to get ALL the chips in pre-flop with A-8 & A-3. The blinds? Yeah, a massive 5k-10k....! And there are 1.4 mill chips in play.......

So the very next hand all the chips go in pre-flop AGAIN. Alistair has 7-8, Mick has J-T, & a redundant 10 falls on the flop.

So our winner is.......

MICK FLETCHER

[tikay]

Hard to fathom this. After John Law's exit, Mick & Alistair played a grand total of 3 hands Heads-Up - and they BOTH went all-in pre-flop!

[tikay]

Maybe there was business? Well, rumours have now surfaced that Mick & Alistair swapped 10%, but at what stage of the comp? It hardly accounts for the way the last 3 hands were played.....

Very strange......

[ifm]

From you descriptions it's pretty obvious they split it, just own up fellas.

[andy p]

Excellent coverage thx very much tikay

[TheBigO]

great job TK, any news on oxford yet?

[robyong]

thanks for for doing all the updates Tikay, congrats to all who got in the money. After careful consideraton I have decided to donate my 50 blue square bubble prize to you! A good well organised tournmament, friendy casino staff, but again, it would have been better if we could have maybe started earlier on saturday so that we could have had more flop play in the latter stages of the tournament. See u Monday. Rob

[tikay]

Sorry, the only news I have on Oxford is that Dave Colclough, who played in it, is back at home in Birmingham.

[NEVES]

 Thanks Tikay for yet another great report

            neves

[No Leaks]

An early night for you tikay.  I guess the manic play on the final table was down to the free champagne before the final table (must remember not to partake if the same thing happens when I'm in a final).  And if only I hadn't have bokked The Camel - he would have won tonight without breaking sweat.  Sorry, Keith.

[tikay]

Thank you for that donation Rob! Well I did donate my chips to you in what I have decided was the worst play of the week, when I refused to put my QQ down, & you refused to put your AA down....

A better structure would have given more flop play? You jest. There were 1.4 million chips in play, & the blinds at the end were capped at 5k-10k. And ALL the chips went in pre-flop on the only 3 hands of heads up play...... In case you suspect a typo, blinds WERE 5k- 10k.

But I do agree with you about the Blackpool Grosvenor team. I really am gonna miss them. The Valets - especially the doo-lally one - are simply wonderful. So are the girls on Reception - BIG smiles & "how are you's?" every time we come in. I am bowled over by the customer care up here.