DTD Mini Festival: Final Day - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Jim Reid is next to taste dust, reraising Marc Goodwin's initial raise of 4,000 all-in from the next seat along. Mr Cool quickly called with queens, whilst Jim could only muster an inferior ace jack.

The 9-9-Q-7-5 board was rather emphatic.

More departures than Euston Station at the moment!

Here's Marc's reaction when Jim offered him a congratulatory handshake.

[snoopy1239]

For once, an all-in encounter leads to a double up rather than an exit. Like the quickfire of a machine gun, a rapid sequence events led to a showdown with Steve Jelinek raising to 4,000, Daniel Rudd making it circa 10,000, Steve announcing all-in and Daniel calling.

On their backs...

Rudd =

Jelinek =

"King right off the bat," observes the compere without compare, Simon Trumper...

Flop =

Turn =

River =

"Go on the Jelly," exclaimed Tony Phillips from the rail.

[snoopy1239]

And here's the jubilant victor stacking up his newly acquired chips... very slowly, so everyone knows it was a big pot.

Daniel Rudd -- 45,000
Steve Jelinek -- 100,000

[Claw75]

please wish Neil 'jakally' Giblin good luck from me!!!

[danafish]

Mr Andy Greekfish Andreou has been getting rather raise-happy. He raised from the button and everyone folded. Then he raised from the cutoff. "I know it looks bad 'cause I keep doing it so this time I'm going to show you my hand when you fold. If you fold." Everyone folds, and Mr Greekfish duly waves at the table.

[danafish]

A double up for the untypable Mr Shahnawaz Randera (henceforth to be known in speech as Mr Ctrl V). He found himself in a spot of bother, all in with against HWCBN's , but here comes the miracle flop:



Mr Randera now on around 65k.

[danafish]

Messrs Paul Lammas and Neil Giblin, seated next to each other, cradling around 15k and 13k respectively, seem to be taking it more or less in turns to shove their sad little stacks into the middle. Lammas did it twice with no callers. When Giblin tried it on next hand, Mr Greekfish considered it carefully from the big blind before announcing, "I think you're got a pair of sixes. I'm gonna fold." Giblin showed him 7-8 offsuit and giggled.

[snoopy1239]

Near table...

Seat 1: Jeff Rogers -- 27,000
Seat 2: Daniel Rudd -- 44,000
Seat 3: Richard Berridge -- 43,000
Seat 4: James Bishop -- 18,000
Seat 5: Shahnawaz Randera -- 75,000
Seat 6: HWCBN -- 44,000
Seat 7: Richard Stanley -- 49,000
Seat 8: Steve Jelinek -- 129,000

[snoopy1239]

Far table...

Seat 1: Jon Omara -- 92,000
Seat 2: Paul Lammas -- 30,000
Seat 3: Neil Giblin -- 20,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 87,000
Seat 5: Marc Goodwin -- 85,000
Seat 6: Andrew Andreou -- 28,000

[snoopy1239]

If you are on the ball, you'll have noticed that the far table is looking rather sparse in terms of players. One reason for this is the recent exit of blondeite Richard 'Forrester' Sherwood. Although he eventually fell at the hands of Neil Giblin when his failed to outgun on an ensuing board, the majority of his chips sailed into the welcoming hands of Paul Lammas.

With , Richard will have been relived to be coin flipping once Paul revealed , but after the dealer popped out a menacing , it was clear he would need to display the bullet dodging capabilities of Phil Hellmuth to survive. However, a clinical quickly dashed any hopes, followed by an academic river, to leave Richard with what Colchester Kev would refer to as a "bowel of rice".

[snoopy1239]

The player can't be named, but I can certainly give you the hand. All in with against the of James Bishop, HWCBN was in desperate need of finding one of three eights, of which duly arrived on the turn of a board to serve up a most welcome of double ups. To say Bishop didn't look happy would be like saying Frank Spencer was a tad clumsy.

Our bulldog/nettle/wasp victim...



The triumphant paws of HWCBN...

[danafish]

And indeed the unlucky Mr Bishop has got unlucky again - this time leaving him OUT at the hands of Mr Steve "Chip Leader" Jelinek. All in preflop, Bishop's was looking most confident against Jelinek's , but oh, disaster:



James was a gentleman and offered a handshake rather than the Bishop's Finger that is my feeble attempt at punning after only a single cup of coffee; nevertheless, he is OUT.

Bishop's finger just out of shot:

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[danafish]

An enormous hand between Mr Richard Berridge (not as orange in real life as he appears below) and Mr Richard Stanley (for some reason I forgot to take a photo of him at all). With around 30k in the pot preflop, Berridge moved in for 28k on the flop, leaving Stanley, who only just covered him, with a decision. "If you fold, I'll show you the bluff," said Berridge, and Stanley mulled over what this meant for a few moments before folding A-K up. Berridge showed an un-bluffy pair of pocket jacks.

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[danafish]

Mr Daniel Rudd is OUT, so once again all those of you who picked him to win were alas entirely wrong. I only caught the end of the hand, which involved Rudd all in with and Marc Goodwin with , the board . I understand that Rudd had raised utg though, and Goodwin had called in the big blind...

[snoopy1239]

Current chip leaders:

Steve Jelinek -- 155,000
Marc Goodwin -- 145,000