Bluesq.com GUKPT Newcastle: Day 1A - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

of the day....

Pete Linton raises to 1,050 from early position. Mickey Wernick calls from the small blind.



Mickey checks, Pete bets 1,375. Mickey raises to 6,375. Pete calls after a think.



Mickey checks again, Pete bets 8,500. Mickey passes. Pete shows .



And on the next table Sam Trickett is involved in a big pot as well, moving in on a board, his opponent folds, he shows . The two Notts boys are probably just behind Joey Lovelady in terms of the chip lead.

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And in another instance of people whose names begin with J doing not so well, John Conroy has hit the rail. Joey Lovelady is merely an anomaly, clearly.

Anyway, John found himself all in against local boy Barry Smith on the turn of a 5-Q-3-5-J board.

John - Pocket Kings
Barry - Pocket Queens

Down to three tables now.

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Full chip counts, end of level 6, courtesy of John Raab and his Bluesquaries:

1     Table     Seat     ID     Player     End of Level 6
2    1    2    102    Ian Farrell    13025
3    1    3    301    Peter Linton    50150
4    1    4    304    Matthew Buckland    21600
5    1    5    106    Ganesh Rao    42500
6    1    6    107    David Smith    20600
7    1    7    706    Mickey Wernick    22625
8    1    8    601    Anthony Chapman    19375
9    1    9    508    David Maudlin    10250
10    2    1    307    Gary Wilson    13550
11    2    2    203    Jason De Freitas    13125
12    2    3    302    Gareth Teatum    13750
13    2    4    701    Mark Lowe    6575
14    2    5    207    Sam Trickett    39650
15    2    6    208    Ben Reynolds    10650
16    2    7    209    Matt Myford    16800
17    2    8    210    Lynne Beaumont    22025
18    4    1    401    Joey Lovelady    31550
19    4    3    403    Barry Smith    23825
20    4    4    404    Alan Vinnicombe    28250
21    4    5    608    Keith Hawkins    20450
22    4    6    607    Mark Dalimre    50875
23    4    8    609    Steven King    15100
24    4    10    703    John Conroy    20250
25    5    2    502    Kerry Taylor    17625
26    5    3    503    Hamid Rowshanaei    13075
27    5    4    605    Jonathan Lundy    8400
28    5    6    505    Michael Ellis    19075
29    5    7    309    Julien Twigg    10175
30    5    8    507    David Lloyd    9750
31    5    9    705    Richard Stanley    28550
32    5    10    707    Mark Suddes    23250

And indeed our chip leaders are currently still Pete Linton and Mark Dalimre (apparently not a typo - anyone know how to pronounce that?), with Ganesh Rao trailing just a little behind.

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Hamid Rowshanaei raises to 2k pre. Big blind Richard Stanley says, "You're a nice guy, I'll have a look." He looks at his cards. "You know, with this hand I can crack you. I call."

Flop - - and Richard bets 1.5k. Hamid promptly raises to 5k. Richard has clearly not cracked Hamid's hand. He folds.

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Our remaining three tables:







And chip leader with circa 60k, L33t Pinton.

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Mark Lowe is OUT. His short stack push with J-T ran into Lynne Beaumont's Queens.

[NoflopsHomer]

More chips for Pete.

Pete raises to 1,575 from early position, Joey Lovelady calls from the button, the small blind calls and Alan Vinnicombe calls from the big blind.



Check to Pete who bets 2,250. Everyone apart from Vinnicombe folds.



Check check.



Now Alan Vinnicombe bets out 5k and Pete quickly calls. Alan can only show 9-8, whilst Pete A-8 was ahead on the flop even before he caught top pair on the turn.

Two hands later Alan moved in over the top of Barry Smith's raise with Ace King, Smith called with Tens. King came on the turn to ease Vinnicombe's furrowed brow. He's back above 25k now.

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Gareth Teatum limps one off utg. Lynne Beaumont makes up the small blind, and Mickey Wernick checks the bb. Thus they see a flop:

- Mickey bets 1k and Gareth calls. Lynne gets out of the way.

The turn is a King and Mickey bets 1.5k. Gareth folds, and the Leg-End (it's on the official player list so I can say that) takes the pot, flashing.






A King. Flashing a King.

 

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Relative shortstacker Jason De Freitas makes it 1.8k utg, only for Ben Reynolds to move in for 14k, easily covering De Freitas.

Jason grins a bit. He dwells a bit. He checks his hole cards a bit. Then he folds. A shortstacker he remains.

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Alan Vinnicombe makes it 2k from fairly early position. Pete Linton calls, as does Ganesh Rao on the button.

Flop - - and Vinnicombe checks. Pete bets 3375. Ganesh passes. Alan passes.

Says Pete, "See, I got it!" He doesn't show his cards. "Er, you have?" says someone. "Yes, I got his big blind!" says Pete, nodding towards Joey Lovelady. He shows pocket Fives. "I had 7-4," says a dejected Lovelady.

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Ben Reynolds is OUT after running Tens into Keith Hawkins' Aces.

The Pete Linton/Joey Lovelady/Alan Vinnicombe sparring continues.

Joey raises to 2,150, Alan calls from the button, Pete calls from the big blind.



Checked around.



Pete bets 4,650. Joey passes and Alan calls.



Pete checks, and Alan checks showing , but Pete was holding for the other flush draw and managed to make a pair on the river which is good enough to win. Joey Lovelady meanwhile is giggling at all of this.

[NoflopsHomer]

We're down to 20 and finished slightly early tonight after Joey Lovelady raises to 2,150. Matey re-raises to 7,650 and then Steven King decided to move in for around 19k on top. Joey passed, but Steven was in trouble as he wasn't instantly called by Aces and could only show A-6 himself. The board came as Joey Lovelady winced at seeing the four having passed Fours himself.

Soon after Mark Sudes was all-in with Kings on a J-T-8 board against Pete Linton, the latter holding Q-9. Naturally.

And after this abrupt finish all that remains for me to say is that we'll be back tomorrow from 2pm...