Bluesq.com GUKPT Luton: Day 1b - Interactive

[DaveShoelace]

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[brucie]

Well done Paul Smallwood and good luck with the rest of tonight. Hope your still in 2nd place or better.

[snoopy1239]

John Kabbaj, Stuart Nash, Simon Hennessey and Dave Courtney have all been spotted at the cash tables, looking rather glum and braced to blow off some post-tournament steam. I think they may be out.

[snoopy1239]

Poker is a fun game. For a minor investment, especially if you have qualified via satellite, you can increase your buy-in 100 fold and go home with a sumptuous six figure sum. What's more, you get to lock horns with some of the game's most talented players in Dave Colclough, Julian Thew and Paul Foltyn, not to mention meet the legend that is TV's own Tony 'tikay' Kendall. All the while, you're enjoying a form of escapism, avoiding the grind of the 9-5 and soaking up all the entertainment that this exciting game can bring. With adrenalin pumping through your body at the mere though of hitting the nuts and acquiring a mountainous stack, it's no wonder that people are drawn to this game in their droves.

Considering all that, it makes you wonder...
































What's the matter with this guy?!  ;m3boy;

And then it suddenly kicks in, the realisation that life isn't so bad after all.

[snoopy1239]

Mark Forrester chip count please when possible

Mark Forrester is in search of a double up with just 5,500. You've got be innit to win it though, and he's still er... innit, innit.

[snoopy1239]

Ryan Fronda is on tilt according to new opposition Paul Bracken.

"I'm only playing A-Q now," claims Ryan.

Paul Bracken -- 18,900
Rayan Fronda -- 15,400

[mickyp]

Like eck said can you wish stephen 'the mole ' boyd all the the best from me too please.

[snoopy1239]

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FYP please.

[snoopy1239]

Darren Shallis was propping up the rail, beer in hand of course. Sadly, he departed a while ago. After taking an early hit against A-K, he managed to build back up to 14,000 before raising it up with kings, finding two callers, and running into a flopped set of threes. Cooler than a mother-in-law's kiss.

[snoopy1239]

Dana Immanuel is now on 27,000. No big hands as such, just the utilisation of her Tightend-esque image. One hand I saw her raise it up from the button and be called from the big blind. On a raggy seven high flop, the small blind checked and Dana bet out 2,000. Mateyboy insta-passed A-K face-up, no hesitation, as if to say, "She's a girl, ace high can't possibly be winning."

[snoopy1239]

There are a number of players lingering around the 50k mark, but it would appear as though Huseyin Yilmaz is your current chip leader with 67,000.

Huseyin Yilmaz (pictured) -- 67,000
Ken Wong -- 60,500
Mike Ellis -- 60,150
Dave Smith -- 58,500
Billy Ngo -- 46,225
Adam Lawler -- 43,300

[snoopy1239]

Accidental shot of the day:

[jcnev]

Any update on Jeff Buffenbarger?

[snoopy1239]

G Stafford just found himself all in and fighting for his tournament life against Sunny Chattha. Stafford will have been relatively content with his , but maybe experiencing a mixture of relief and frustration as the Hit Squadder tabled the same hand, . Meeting everyone's secret desires, the board was a dramatic one, a flop and turn dealing both players a flush draw and sending the rest of the table into a frenzy of oohs and aahs. But, as always seems to be the case in these situations, the anti-climaxal river missed both players and the pot was duly chopped up. Nevertheless, Stafford remains low and will be looking for further opportunities to push in the upcoming rounds.

[JungleCat03]

Sunny Chattha and Stu Rutter were both hovering around the 14k mark when this hand broke out between them.

Sunny raised to 1,725 from early position and Stu Rutter called from the small blind.

The flop fell .

Check from Stu and check from Sunny.

TURN:

Stu reached into his stack and pulled out 2,500 which he then proceeded to bet.

Sunny thought about it before picking up the requisite five 500 chips to call...which he did.

RIVER:

Stu now bet out 4.5k which was enough to send Sunny flying into the tank for quite some time. After several minutes of contemplation, someone called the clock just to make sure Sunny wasn't in a coma but he eventually called, only to be shown 8-8 by Stu for a set which was clearly good as Sunny mucked his cards.

He was left very short with 4.5k left whilst Stu is back up to over 20k and starting to look in good shape for the first time this tournament.