Bluesq.com GUKPT Luton: Day 1a - Interactive

[Karabiner]

Could you please pass on my best wishes to Cupcake and ask him how he got on with the Chateauneuf-du-pape.

I'm serious  

I think blonde is going to have to supply a bok smilie in the near future (perhaps we can call it Karabiner), as John McGrane has just been eliminated from today's event at the hands of Steve Tucker. Coming over the top with , cupcake was looked up by , the latter holding up on a board.

I would have demanded a recount

[snoopy1239]

Local boy Simon Galloway is currently bobbing his head just above water with 11,200. He chirpily reported an earlier bluff where he called with 4-5, check called a K-6-3 flop, checked the ace turn and bet the king river. "He folded, and I showed," smirked Simon.

[JungleCat03]

Following on from the curry themed buffet, there's been some spicy goings on at the poker table with confrontations aplenty. Cumen have a go if you think you're hard enough!

I wonder if there is anything happening online tonight for us non GUKPT'ers?

Do we get a chip count during the breakage?

Yes, we're just about to be sent one by Sir Raab. We'll post it asap.


A quick aside, for those of you who think Tikay lets Jen off too easily. When he inquired as to how she was doing and we told him she was out, he was quick to "trundle over" (to use Snoopy vernacular) and offer his condolences.

"So how many chips have you got Jen?"

Tikay was being a bit cheeky as he doesn't have many himself despite his constant claims to be twice the average stack.

Here he is as Jen cheekily pretends to Tikay they're serving free Bovril at the bar.



Ha ha. Gotcha!

[snoopy1239]

Another new recruit of the cash table is Joe Grech, who I believe ran well in the Empire festival last week.

[Dewi_cool]

Could you please pass on my best wishes to Cupcake and ask him how he got on with the Chateauneuf-du-pape.

I'm serious  

I think blonde is going to have to supply a bok smilie in the near future (perhaps we can call it Karabiner), as John McGrane has just been eliminated from today's event at the hands of Steve Tucker. Coming over the top with , cupcake was looked up by , the latter holding up on a board.

check the pack part 2

[JungleCat03]

As promised here are the current chip leaders. Perennial GUKPT superstar Nik Persuad going great guns atm, and some other familiar faces near the top of the tree.

7   2   702   La Ronde, David   67750
6   1   1407   Cavanagh, Martyn   50500
15   7   1507   Persaud, Nikhil   49925
8   4   804   Dempsey, James   43350
16   9   1609   Flanders, Tim   33825
6   4   604   Gibson, Nick   29850
15   8   1508   Macit, Ergun   29775
8   9   1904   Moorman, Chris   29225
9   3   1910   Litman, Bernard   28350
6   10   610   Piper, Michael   27850
18   7   103   Ringe, Tony   27100
7   3   1404   Jones, Iwan   26850
9   6   906   Mihail, Andreas   26525
13   2   1302   Furse, Richard   25400
9   4   2007   Eminoglu, Yucel   24125
8   5   805   Davis, Alan   23800
11   8   1108   Trickett, Sam   23650
10   2   1002   Jelinek, Steve   23575
17   5   1705   Gregory, David   23250
4   9   409   Wheldon, Graham   22000
12   10   1210   Devlin, Stephen   21450
17   10   1710   Moore, Mike   21250
9   10   910   Gale, John   20875
6   3   603   O'Shea, Jerome   20850
16   4   1604   Robinson, Martin   20600
4   6   406   Frew, Hugh   20475
11   4   1104   Farrel, Ian   18700
16   7   2003   Koschland, Johna   18275
15   2   1502   Iversen, Torstein   18100
11   7   1107   Warnes, Andy   18050
9   7   907   Seear, David   17900
7   4   301   Dalimore, Mark   17550
10   7   1007   O'Kearney, Dara   17250
13   7   1307   Jonas, Desmond   17175
12   1   1201   Vassiliou, Michae   17000
5   8   508   Colclough, Dave   16950
16   2   110   Andreou, Andy   16900
15   4   1504   Tucker, Steve   16775
11   6   1410   Green, M   16775
13   8   1308   Khajuria, Lalit   16750
4   1   401   Chapman, Anthony   16725
12   3   1203   Basri, Stephen   16550
4   10   410   Sharpe, Jeff   16500
4   8   408   Francesco, Gits   15800
11   5   1105   Vicary, Paul   15700
6   7   2001   Cawley, Russ   15375
13   1   1301   Binstock, David   15175
18   8   1808   Bethune, Neil   15100
16   3   206   Masterman, Alexa   15100
17   2   1702   Stearn, Alan   14950
8   8   2004   Clark, David   14875
15   5   202   Zahour, Mohammed   14825
18   5   1805   Shaw, Brad   14700
11   9   1909   Martin, William   14700
16   5   1605   Wernick, Mickey   14125
17   8   1708   Oreilly, Scott   14000
7   1   208   Flanders, Phillipa   13950
12   6   1408   Cox, Ian   13925
9   2   308   Mahrenholz, Karl   13775
10   8   1902   Purewal, Gurinde   13725
12   5   102   Mildon, Philip   13225
7   6   706   Bickerton, Craig   13175
4   3   403   Peschel, Julian   13050
5   9   509   Buntyn, Clevedon   12925
17   9   1709   Frazer, Ian   12525
18   9   1208   Pound, Graham   12300
18   4   1804   Kyriacou, Christo   12200
5   10   510   Fletcher, Mick   12075
10   6   1006   Wilson, Gary   11625
12   4   1905   Prew, Richard   11575
5   2   502   Gryko, Richard   11550
9   8   908   Boon, Robert   11500
15   10   1510   Vinson, Alan   11450
17   6   1402   Rogers, Jeffery   11375
18   10   209   Rogers, Graham   11250
5   5   505   Bradshaw, Andy   11250
6   6   309   Willsch, Matthia   11225
17   7   104   Amos, David   11075
6   5   207   Pain, Richard   10675
6   8   608   Stoneham, A   10425
12   2   1908   Ellinas, Panicos   10325
10   9   201   Zeeuw, Olaf   10275
15   3   303   Crowson, Paul   10200
5   6   506   Sargeant, David   9875
10   10   1010   Jackson, Paul   9800
10   3   1003   Ashby, Richard   9725
17   3   1703   Gray, Alan   9550
7   5   705   Reid, James   9550
11   10   1110   Foltyn, Paul   9325
13   10   1310   Gent, David   9150
9   5   205   Scott, Richard   9100
16   8   2002   Charalambous, Pe   9075
12   9   1209   Carter, Barry   8550
7   7   704   Stoate, Daniel   8250
10   4   1004   Wicks, Daniel   8225
11   1   305   Cooklin, Phil   7975
8   3   2008   Taylor, Anthony   7975
15   9   1509   Mcgrane, John   7925
4   7   407   Adams, Edna   7875
8   7   807   Anderson, Dave   7825
12   7   1207   Brown, Jon   7650
16   6   1606   Edgington, Daniel   7550
9   9   909   Bowden, Iain   7425
18   3   1803   Dell, Tracey   7325
15   6   2006   Kanwar, Vik   7250
17   1   306   Bellamy, Paul   7150
13   6   1306   Yusuf, Sami   6850
10   1   1001   Leckey, Paul   6825
5   1   501   O'Leary, Kevin   6825
5   3   503   Ali, Mohammed   6825
18   6   1806   Kendall, Tony   6775
6   2   105   Jarvis, Martin   6725
18   1   1801   Hammer, Raymond   6575
11   3   1103   Craig, Steve   6575
5   4   504   Davies, William   6575
17   4   1704   Mcbride, James   6425
16   1   1601   Galloway, Simon   6275
8   2   802   Pearson, Trevor   6200
10   5   1005   Mendes, Paul   6175
15   1   1501   Bloor, Kevin   5825
18   2   1802   Smyth, Connor   5450
11   2   1102   Whittingham, Howa   5450
13   9   1309   Ellis, Rob   5400
13   3   1303   Reardon, Trevor   5150
5   7   507   Lloyd, David   5150
8   10   810   Noonan, Paul   4775
6   9   609   Evans, David   4575
8   6   806   Adjemian, Gary   4250
13   5   1305   Chaudhry, Scott   4200
7   9   709   Woodley, Ian   4075
12   8   203   Nicholas, Ray   4050
9   1   901   Mulla, Reyaaz   4025
4   2   402   Waddington, Matth   3925
7   10   307   O'Shaughnessy, Justin   3800
16   10   1610   Panteli, Mario   2475
8   1   801   Slade, Nick   1375

[snoopy1239]

To tie up some of the requests:

Pab -- 14,000
geeforce -- 6,000
Alex Martin -- 20,000

I think Martins Adeniya might be out, as his seat has been replaced by Mr Mahrenholz while Ricky Vedhara's table broke a while ago.

[Dewi_cool]

If I could swear on here I would

[JungleCat03]

Paul Jackson aka Actionjack has made his last raise of the tournament.

Finding himself shortstacked he pushed on the button, only to find Pippa Flanders re-raising confidently.

Iwan Jones made a tough pass with what he later said were pocket tens and it transpired it was a good pass as Pippa showed down pocket Kings.

Paul was in a world of trouble, meekly showing down 8-2 and needing a spot of help.

An eight popped out on the flop drawing a few hushed and slightly unenthusiastic ooohs from the watching crowd as the possibility of an outdraw beckoned but it was not to be as the turn and river flowed by eightlessly and twolessly, leaving his tournament in tatters and propelling the upwardly mobile Pippa to over 20,000.

"Well played me" critiqued Iwan modestly for his pass of tens there.


Flushy has won a big pot off John Gale and is now sitting on a lofty stack of 64,225.

After raising with A-4 preflop, as you do, Flushy saw an A-J-8 flop and check called John's bet of 2,200.

The turn was an 8 and both players checked.

The river came a T and flushy bet out 3k, only to be virtually min raised to 7,500.

He called the extra 4.5k ("I can't see what he could have there?") and despite the small raise, John couldn't table a hand and mucked.

His tablemate Chris Moorman is also going rather well, as he can boast an impressive 30,000 stack at this point. About time for Moorman to run good in a live event perhaps?

Here is Chris celebrating the good shape he is currently in.

Click to see full-size image.

[snoopy1239]

It's bedlam at Table Tighty as the big man himself raises under-the-gun (yes, you heard correctly) for 1,200. Play folds round quicker than Dwayne Chambers after a visit to the chemists, leaving Tighty to scoop the blinds uncontested with his aces (he didn't show). "I folded quads," commented Barry Carter in the aftermath. I think a guy folded kings on the neighbouring table too.

But if an under the gun raise wasn't enough to get your blood pumping, Tighty was bumping and grinding again just a few rounds later when he pushed all in for 7,000 on a K-7-Q flop. Perhaps unaware of his reputation (although the light is bad in here, so maybe he mistook Tighty was Ali Mallu), Panicos Ellinas made the call with a paltry J-T, but will have been delighted to see he had overcards to the Prewster's 7-6, as well as the open ended straight draw.

Running nines, and Tighty was done, although he left in a blaze of glory knowing that he got it in with bottom pair, and was still ahead!

[snoopy1239]

Seeing that you guys are so skilled in spotting dealer talent, why not try my new quiz show...

Name that Norkage

hosted by Snoopy Forsyth. Good game, good game!

[The_nun]

Has Tighty been on the beer?

[kinboshi]

Flattering photo though. It's some consolation.

[kinboshi]

How's Lorna?

[snoopy1239]

Martin Jarvis has doubled through after being left hanging by Nick Gibson for a good minute or two. I think someone called the clock on Nick, much to the dismay of Martyn Cavanagh who believed it hadn't been long enough and thus contested the request. Back on the felt, the board read and Martin had pushed all in for circa 8,000. With Adam Stoneman waiting behind, Nick ummed and aahed before eventually calling with . After Adam had sidestepped out of the way, Martin showed and duly increased his stack two fold as the turn and river came and respectively.



And this is the face Nick mistakenly thought was weak...



Gibson back down to 25,000.