DTD Deepstack £500 - Day 1: Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

Wick Twigg has suffered an early setback, paying off a few thousand on a board with only to be shown .



Meanwhile, LeKnave is doing a lot better, he raised from the cut-off to 150 with John 'Reggie' Perrin calling from the big blind. The latter check/called a 200 bet on the flop before check/raising from 450 to 1,000 on the turn and continuing with a 2,500 bet on the river. Dave, eventually made the call, Perrin mucked and Dave took the pot with .

[Djinn]

A hand from the early levels (no one has been eliminated yet - a first for a whole level at DTD according to Simon Trumper):

Raised by LeKnave (pictured top), unsurprisingly, he received four callers, unsurprisingly.
Flop:   It checks round to Thomas Townley who bets out 150.  Jeanne David raises to 350.  Townley calls, everyone else loses interest.
Turn:    Thomas bets out 300.  Instaflatcall.
River:    Thomas bets out 300.  Instapass.

If we were in any doubt as to the identity of the winner of that hand, he's helpfully had his name tattooed on his inner forearm:

[WarBwastard]

Who remembers humbugs?

[derby]

any cash games kicking off, ty please?

[tikay]

You took a cab from Scandinavia to Nottingham?!?

gl snoopy!

Yes.  I was holidaying in Sweden discovering the joys of dog sledding in the ancient forests of Vålådalen nature reserve, when I received an urgent text from Homer saying that he'd booked me into the Holiday Inn, Nottingham and I'd better show up, or else.  I bid farewell to Donner, Blitzen, Prancer, Dancer er... Hellmuth, and the other one, gave them a parting treat and took my helicopter straight away to the Helipad in the Morley Hayes Hotel, Derbyshire. 

What of it?

Welcome back Jen.

How on earth do you know about Morley Hayes, & it's Heliipad? It's a Golf Course & Hotel, in Derbyshire, but how would YOU know trhat?

[NoflopsHomer]

And the first casualty in John Shaw, getting it in with K-K on a 2-2-J-6-Q board with most of the money in on the river against the jacks of his opponent. LeKnave has just been moved to this table sitting between Red Dog, Woodsey and Fran.

[danafish]

Please wish the best of luck to Mr Adam Goulding. I raise a toast!

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[NoflopsHomer]

any cash games kicking off, ty please?

Not yet, perhaps in a few hours.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chili just arrived here, probably late due to all the traffic.

But with traffic, I'm told, "There is a lot of luck involved."

[NoflopsHomer]

Please wish the best of luck to Mr Adam Goulding. I raise a toast!

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I re-raise you two pieces.

[kinboshi]

Great updates Jen and Snoops!  Will see you later on and get you a beverage.

[NoflopsHomer]

Big change of fortunes for Wick at the expense of Chili. He raised to 200 and Maria re-raised to 600 with Richard Redmond and Rick calling. The flop came out A-J-x, Maria betting out with Rick raising and Richard folding. Maria made the call before calling a bet of 5,200 on the Queen turn. Both checked the 2 river, only for Rick to show a rivered set of deuces which had triumphed over Maria's A-K.

[Djinn]

Waved over to table McCloskey (it has to be called that as he was the one who alerted me to this monster hand), I saw Des Jonas had moved all-in on a flop of .  Apparently it had all gone nuts preflop, with a threeway pot of over 10k building between Des, Matt Tyler and Alan Vinnicombe.  Four raises had gone in preflop, and there were clearly some big hands out there.  The Queen-high two spade board was clearly giving Alan a decision when I arrived, and Des' 9,475 remaining chips were already across the line, and Des was already well into the speech play, which went back and forth pretty much as follows:

Vinnicombe:  "I do a deal with you:  if you've got an overpair, I pass."
Jonas:  "I haven't got an overpair."
"I think you'd have done that bet whether you had a good hand or a bad hand."  (Des had shoved first to act, and Matt had passed already).
"You're going to pass anyway.  Give me the chips, dealer."

There then followed some surreal banter about going on holiday, or something.  I lost track for a few seconds.  Then:

Vinnicombe:  "Will you show me if I pass?"
Jonas:  "I'll show you f*** all!"
"I've only got top pair."   Suddenly something snaps and he shoves his stack over the line (outchipping his opponent, though).  He indeed shows
Des shows the
(Matt passed Kings...)

Turn and river:  so an early double through for Des Jonas of the Bewildering Chat.

[tikay]

Chili just arrived here, probably late due to all the traffic.
But with traffic, I'm told, "There is a lot of luck involved."

Nope - she was delayed by working in the Chippy today.

Judging by her hand against Wick, I bet she wishes she had arrived a bit later......

[Horneris]

Big change of fortunes for Wick at the expense of Chili. He raised to 200 and Maria re-raised to 600 with Richard Redmond and Rick calling. The flop came out A-J-x, Maria betting out with Rick raising and Richard folding. Maria made the call before calling a bet of 5,200 on the Queen turn. Both checked the 2 river, only for Rick to show a rivered set of deuces which had triumphed over Maria's A-K.

mbsfn to be Rick Trigg