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

[NoflopsHomer]

Here are the chip counts of the remaining twenty players from Day 1A:

Peter Linton   93300
Mark Dalimre   77025
Sam Trickett   58375
Joey Lovelady   51125
Hamid Rowshanaei   42825
Ganesh Rao   37400
Michael Ellis   33475
Barry Smith   28325
Mickey Wernick   27050
Lynne Beaumont   27000
Richard Stanley   26800
Keith Hawkins   25950
David Smith   24700
Kerry Taylor   20850
Alan Vinnicombe   17800
Gareth Teatum   14900
Ian Farrell   13100
Matthew Buckland   12850
Gary Wilson   10350
Jason De Freitas   8825

So Pete is the big chip leader, the problem looked from where I was standing that people were too willing to try and play back at him (and also Sam Trickett and Joey Lovelady) from the blinds by just flat-calling and then playing OOP which is the worst thing you can do. More aggressive positional play and trapping with big hands is perhaps what's needed.

Anyway, we should be in line for a bigger turnout today. Play starts at 2pm. Let us know who you're supporting!

[NoflopsHomer]

We've lost two already.

First, A Caygill got it all-in with on a board against Priyan De Mel's , the ultimate blank the on the river.

Then on the table next to it, G Purewell (although maybe it's actually Garinder Purewal, I'm not sure) raised preflop with Aces, got 3 callers and then bet 400 on the 9-5-4 flop, the first player raised to 1,100 and Cheryl Routledge flat-called, any him with the Aces made it 4,500, the flop raiser passed and Chery set him in with a set of Fives which held up. Thanks to Sunny Chattha for that one.

Last month's winner in Manchester, Marc Goodwin.

[danafish]

Indeed it is veritable carnage out there - numbers are up to 123 already, with 120 left. Yikes.

I managed of course not to see any of those exits, but I saw a lot of people not in the slightest bit afraid to throw their chips around at this early stage.

For example, on Table Taylor, I saw the eponymous Rob bet 500 on a board, only for Paul Donaghey to make it 1500. Marc Goodwin comes along for the ride too, and Rob Taylor calls. The river is the and I believe it is checked down.

Paul Donaghey -
Rob Taylor - for a nice pot, and probably not happy that everyone checked it after him on the river
Marc Goodwin - mucks

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Also not wasting time in getting involved is James Akenhead, betting out 550 on a flop, flat-called by one Steve Craig.

They bothe check the turn, and then James tries another 550 on the river. Steve makes it 1300, and James dwells long and hard before making the call. Sadly for him though it's the wrong call - Mr Craig turns over and James just mucks.

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Mr Leo Kam, incidentally my Hoodie Of The Day in the same awesome number he wore to the Irish Open, is not taking any crap from anyone. He bets out on a flop, only for one M Mccaritiy to raise him a hefty 3k. To which Leo calmly announces all in before going back to his cup of tea. Mr Mccaritiy now dwells up long enough for me to have a conversation with Rumit at the other end of the table. It goes like this:

"Hello Dana."
"Hello Rumit." (Noticing miniature Rubik's Cube) "Is that a new cube?"
"What, this? No, I've had it for ages."
"But I thought you lost it."
"Oh. Yes. I did. This is a new cube."
"So it is an new cube."
Maz Nawab - "Give it here a second."
Rumit - "No."
Me - "You don't mess with another man's cube, man."

Mr Mccaritiy passes and Leo Kam takes the chunky pot.

[NoflopsHomer]

Alli Mallu - Triple Chair Stacker.



George Geary and his biggest fan.



The Praying Mantis style of Jon Raab.

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul Moss has knocked out M McCaritiy, Moss moving in on the river with Aces, being called but his opponent mucking. So we'll never know...

Simon Zach dwells up against a 2.5k bet on a board, I think from Dave Clark Jr, but decides against it.

Some girl-on-girl action now with Chery Routledge betting 500 on the river of a board, Michaela Johnson calling and they both show Jacks.

Incidentally, it was Garinder Purewal who went out earlier as I've spotted him on the rail.

Maz Nawab is OUT, didn't see the exit but most of the damage was done earlier when Maz was all-in on a with only to be called by Zak Aslam's . You can see his reaction here (and also dealer Appu using 'the force' to move the chips):



Karl Mahrenholz (looks like he lost his lips in a prop bet again) and birthday boy Tim Blake

[NoflopsHomer]

Henning Granstad and Praz Bansi have been sparring a little, Henning doing better with around 13k to Praz' 7k but they just got into a notable pot when Henning raised from the hijack with to 175 and Praz made it 600 from the button. Henning called.



Henning checks, Praz bets 1,100. Henning now raises to 5,000. Cue a long think from Praz, and then a statement, "I don't want to play with just 4,000..." He goes for it with Queens. Henning misses all his outs when it comes an offsuit King and Four. As a result Henning is down to 6k and Prazi bounces up to 14k.

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Surprising Exits Of The Hour

Mr Dan Owston is gone, running his pocket Queens into Ken Wong's pocket Sevens, flop obviously coming down K-4-7. Most surprising thing about his exit being that he had only 675 chips remaining when he found the Queens. Not sure how that happened, but either way he's OUT.

Also gone is Level 2 Rumit, most unfortunately. Leo Kam raised his big blind, and finding Rumit decided it was worth defending. The flop came 8-T-4 with two clubs, so Rumit check-raised. Leo called. When the third club came in on the turn, Rumit went all in. Leo took a long time making his decision, but eventually called with pocket Queens, one of them the . Another club on the river. Ouch.

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Astonishing Hand Of The Hour

Mr Sunny Chattha.

As I arrived at the table, there is around 7k in the pot, and the board read . Both Sunny and Paul Hambleton checks.

River - - Sunny bets out, and Paul calls. Paul's flush has come in. Sunny turns over, um, for the full house. He's on around 15k now.

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PLAYER LIST OF THE DAY

Thanks Mr Raab et al.

1     Table     Seat     ID     Player     Start
2    1    1    101    Niall O'Gribin    10000
3    1    2    102    Tahir Akram    10000
4    1    3    103    Trevor Lawson    10000
5    1    4    104    Javed Akhtar    10000
6    1    5    105    Dewi James    10000
7    1    6    106    Liam Flood    10000
8    1    7    107    Robert Garfield    10000
9    1    8    108    Peter Thursby Smithson    10000
10    1    9    109    Martino Libertini    10000
11    1    10    110    David Allan    10000
12    2    1    201    Tony Bedford    10000
13    2    2    202    Praz Bansi    10000
14    2    3    203    Antoni Romanello    10000
15    2    4    204    John Stamatelopoulos    10000
16    2    5    205    Gordon Macarthur    10000
17    2    6    206    Alexandra Jackson    10000
18    2    7    207    John Maddison    10000
19    2    8    208    Paul Gourlay    10000
20    2    9    209    Peter Singleton    10000
21    2    10    210    Henning Granstad    10000
22    3    1    301    Dan Owston    10000
23    3    2    302    Shelley Rubenstein    10000
24    3    3    303    Steve Jelinek    10000
25    3    4    304    James Keys    10000
26    3    5    305    Ken Wong    10000
27    3    6    306    Jim Mcbride    10000
28    3    7    307    Gary Clucas    10000
29    3    8    308    Kevin Oleary    10000
30    3    9    309    Richard Berridge    10000
31    3    10    310    Charlie Denton    10000
32    4    1    401    Daniel Messinger    10000
33    4    2    402    Leo Kam    10000
34    4    3    403    Zak Aslam    10000
35    4    4    404    Maurice McCarthy    10000
36    4    5    405    Mick Mccloskey    10000
37    4    6    406    Paul Moss    10000
38    4    7    407    Rumit Somaiya    10000
39    4    9    409    Mazhar Nawab    10000
40    4    10    410    Robert Price    10000
41    5    1    501    Paul Donaghey    10000
42    5    2    502    Jason Shellum    10000
43    5    3    503    Zach Ford    10000
44    5    4    504    Thau Lui    10000
45    5    5    505    Graeme Ladd    10000
46    5    6    506    Marc Goodwin    10000
47    5    7    507    Paul Lamas    10000
48    5    8    508    Robert Taylor    10000
49    5    9    509    G Singh    10000
50    5    10    510    Jon Danielson    10000
51    6    1    601    Brian Martin    10000
52    6    2    602    Maria Demetriou    10000
53    6    3    603    Simon Zacharias    10000
54    6    4    604    Andy Bacon    10000
55    6    5    605    Charles Ihle    10000
56    6    6    606    Michael Williams    10000
57    6    7    607    David Clark jnr    10000
58    6    8    608    Alan Goodrum    10000
59    6    9    609    Andrew Booth    10000
60    6    10    610    John Eames    10000
61    7    1    701    David Seear    10000
62    7    2    702    Jeraint Hazan    10000
63    7    3    703    Craig Metcalfe    10000
64    7    4    704    James Morgan    10000
65    7    5    705    Jon Huckle    10000
66    7    6    706    Christopher Jones    10000
67    7    7    707    Karl Mahrenholz    10000
68    7    8    708    Tim Blake    10000
69    7    9    709    Paul Johnstone    10000
70    7    10    710    Dave Barnes    10000
71    8    1    801    Paul Hambleton    10000
72    8    2    802    Cheryl Routledge    10000
73    8    3    803    Michaela Johnson    10000
74    8    4    804    Sami Yusuf    10000
75    8    5    805    Sunny Chattha    10000
76    8    6    806    Laurence Houghton    10000
77    8    7    807    Dave Collins    10000
78    8    8    808    Chris Bruce    10000
79    8    9    809    Ali Mallu    10000
80    8    10    810    Gurinder Purewal    10000
81    9    1    901    David La ronde    10000
82    9    2    902    Mohammed Shafiq    10000
83    9    3    903    Michael Fletcher    10000
84    9    4    904    Michael Hill    10000
85    9    5    905    Priyam Demel    10000
86    9    6    906    Angus Dunnington    10000
87    9    7    907    George Geary    10000
88    9    8    908    Anthony Caygill    10000
89    9    9    909    Robin Maharaj    10000
90    9    10    910    Adam Clark    10000
91    10    1    1001    Christoffer Stahle    10000
92    10    2    1002    Robert Boon    10000
93    10    3    1003    Shaun Williams    10000
94    10    4    1004    Ian Fraser    10000
95    10    5    1005    Andrew Jackson    10000
96    10    7    1007    Stephen Walmsley    10000
97    10    8    1008    Chao Li    10000
98    10    9    1009    Ken Corkery    10000
99    10    10    1010    A Sidhu    10000
100    11    1    1101    Steven Bayliff    10000
101    11    2    1102    Robert Sherwood    10000
102    11    3    1103    Steve Boyd    10000
103    11    4    1104    Tony Horne    10000
104    11    5    1105    Dara O kearny    10000
105    11    6    1106    Dave Colclough    10000
106    11    7    1107    Guy Johnson    10000
107    11    8    1108    Jonathon Butters    10000
108    11    9    1109    Bernard Litman    10000
109    11    10    1110    Malcolm McKinlay    10000
110    12    1    1201    James Akenhead    10000
111    12    2    1202    Alan Armitage    10000
112    12    3    1203    Darren Clayton    10000
113    12    4    1204    Robert Clague    10000
114    12    5    1205    David Knight    10000
115    12    6    1206    Ian Tweedy    10000
116    12    7    1207    Nik Styliano    10000
117    12    8    1208    Stacey Easter    10000
118    12    9    1209    Steve Craig    10000
119    12    10    1210    Kevin Moore    10000
120    13    1    1301    Jon Kalmar    10000
121    13    2    1302    Fraser MacIntyre    10000
122    13    3    1303    M Spelman    10000
123    13    4    1304    Roberto Romanello    10000
124    13    5    1305    J Doude    10000

[NoflopsHomer]

Maria is OUT. She held Nines on a T-9-2 board but ran into Tens.

Also out is Shelley Rubenstein who managed to fold bottom set to Steve Jelinek's middle set earlier but then ran a set of fours into a set of Jacks on a J-2-4-K board.

Charlie Denton is OUT after running Kings into Gary Clucas' Aces.

[danafish]

Indeed if Roberto was ever in any trouble, he's not now - on an above-average 14k last I saw. Looks like our chip leader currently are Leo Kam and the below lady, Ms Cheryl Routledge, both on around 25k. Apparently Cheryl got in on a freeroll.

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Also doing well is Skalie Jon Kalmar, who's just knocked out one Laurence Houghton - all in on a K-3-9 flop, Mr Houghton must have been hysterically amused when he turned over his pocket Threes only for Skalie to turn over pocket Nines. Mr Houghton now probably vomiting in toilets.

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[NoflopsHomer]

Praz has added to his stack with the exit of Darren Clayton.

Praz raised to 450 UTG, Gorden 'GiMac' McArthur made it 1,350 and then Clayton pushed for around 3,500. Tony Bedford passed Jacks in the big blind. Praz moved in and GiMac folded his Queens after a minutes thought.

Praz:

Darren:



"He saved you," said Praz, "Otherwise I flat-call you and we get it all-in on the flop."