BlueSq.com GUKPT Bolton: Day 1B - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Michael La Vell is out. He ran nines into queens and makes the long trek back to the Street.


Charles Denton is also an early post-dinner casualty. He pushed on a flop but was looked up by David LaRonde's . The turn and river provided no help.


I recall a shout out earlier for the Irish contingent of Nicky Power and Rob Taylor. Well, both are sharing a table at the moment, and you'll be pleased to know that Rob Taylor has added to his short-stack by eliminating even shorter-stacker Howard Plant. I didn't see the preflop action, but Howard was all in with A-K versus sixes and failed to hit, his "Good call that" comment on departure perhaps tinged with a smidgen of sarcasm.

The very next hand, Nicky Power reraised Richard Buck's early position raise of 800 to 2,500, which was enough to take it down uncontested. Richard showed deuces.

[NoflopsHomer]

Sunny Chattha has had a frustrating day.

In a four-way limped pot with Mick McCool, Nik Persaud and Richard Liotta. Sunny led out from the big blind on a flop after Mick had checked. Liotta called, Persaud folded and McCool came along also.

On the turn, McCool again checked, but this time Chattha was cautious also, and Liotta bet 1,800. McCool folded and Chattha thought for absolutely ages, before folding to the bet that represented about a 1/3 of his stack at that point.

A few hands later though, he picked back up some chips, moving in on a board to get back up over 7k. But this was to prove a false dawn.

Liotta raised once more and Sunny defended from his big blind with . The flop came , Sunny checked, Liotta bet about the size of the pot and Sunny moved in, only to be snap called by Liotta's . The left the HitSquadder drawing dead so the was little consolation.

"Perhaps it was a fishy call preflop but he always seemed to be at it," was his resigned conclusion.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts at the end of level 4 thanks to BlueSq.

1   1   Sunny Chattha   2000
1   2   Kevin Steward   5175
1   3   J Omara   8925
1   4   Richard Liotta   14825
1   5   Dennis Clough   27500
1   6   Andreas Olympios   11175
1   7   N Persaud   7100
1   8   Philippa Flanders   8725
1   9   Michael Mccool   8500
2   1   Martino Libertini   5900
2   2   Charles Denton   4425
2   3   David Laronde   19300
2   4   Stefan Raffay   15175
2   5   Andrew Taylor   9400
2   6   Ian Mcdonald   13625
2   7   Ryan Fronda   17550
2   8   Ash Hussain   7425
2   9   Mark Dalimore   5375
3   1   Keith Littlewood   16500
3   2   Michael Butterfield   11200
3   3   Howard Plant   5700
3   4   Justin Devonport   14450
3   5   Rob Taylor   7000
3   6   Michael Moore   8300
3   7   Anthony Phillips   7050
3   8   Richard Buck   9000
3   9   Nicky Power   9350
4   1   Charles Chattha   16425
4   2   Billy Ngo   12350
4   3   Stephen Walmsley   7075
4   4   Surinder Sunar   29450
4   5   Lee Atherton   7550
4   6   Martyn Wilson   10575
4   8   Maurits Van der poel   11925
4   9   Lawrence Gosney   25475
5   1   Waseem Shahid   11000
5   2   Andreas Mihail   13700
5   3   Alan Vinnicombe   11225
5   4   Bill White   17825
5   5   Jorn Martinsen   29775
5   6   Michael Humphries   27850
5   7   Michael La vell   1750
5   8   Robert Garfield   8825
5   9   Greg Howard   16675
6   1   J Byrne   3275
6   2   Tim Moreland   12350
6   3   Alan Mower   13925
6   4   Sid Harris   12100
6   5   Greg Hunt   20375
6   6   Chris Moores   10050
6   7   Kevin Oleary   24925
6   8   Tim Flanders   21075
6   9   James Browning   6000
7   1   Kenny Burke   15000
7   2   Tony Cascarino   39100
7   3   Neil Channing   13225
7   4   Ian Nelson   9850
7   5   Steven Clear   31325
7   6   Glenn Ashworth   9250
7   7   Priyan De mel   2425
7   8   Mohammed Shoahebe   21050
8   1   Gareth Jones   15225
8   2   James Reid   16225
8   3   Richard Herbert   10400
8   4   Roberto Romanello   30425
8   5   Alan Armitage   10700
8   6   Jerome Bradpiece   6225
8   7   Andy Miles   8900
8   8   Steve Higton   19200
8   9   Adam Osborne   12300

1   1   Sunny Chattha   2000
1   2   Kevin Steward   5175
1   3   J Omara   8925
1   4   Richard Liotta   14825
1   5   Dennis Clough   27500
1   6   Andreas Olympios   11175
1   7   N Persaud   7100
1   8   Philippa Flanders   8725
1   9   Michael Mccool   8500
2   1   Martino Libertini   5900
2   2   Charles Denton   4425
2   3   David Laronde   19300
2   4   Stefan Raffay   15175
2   5   Andrew Taylor   9400
2   6   Ian McDonald   13625
2   7   Ryan Fronda   17550
2   8   Ash Hussain   7425
2   9   Mark Dalimore   5375
3   1   Keith Littlewood   16500
3   2   Michael Butterfield   11200
3   3   Howard Plant   5700
3   4   Justin Devonport   14450
3   5   Rob Taylor   7000
3   6   Michael Moore   8300
3   7   Anthony Phillips   7050
3   8   Richard Buck   9000
3   9   Nicky Power   9350
4   1   Charles Chattha   16425
4   2   Billy Ngo   12350
4   3   Stephen Walmsley   7075
4   4   Surinder Sunar   29450
4   5   Lee Atherton   7550
4   6   Martyn Wilson   10575
4   8   Maurits Van der poel   11925
4   9   Lawrence Gosney   25475
5   1   Waseem Shahid   11000
5   2   Andreas Mihail   13700
5   3   Alan Vinnicombe   11225
5   4   Bill White   17825
5   5   Jorn Martinsen   29775
5   6   Michael Humphries   27850
5   7   Michael La vell   1750
5   8   Robert Garfield   8825
5   9   Greg Howard   16675
6   1   J Byrne   3275
6   2   Tim Moreland   12350
6   3   Alan Mower   13925
6   4   Sid Harris   12100
6   5   Greg Hunt   20375
6   6   Chris Moores   10050
6   7   Kevin Oleary   24925
6   8   Tim Flanders   21075
6   9   James Browning   6000
7   1   Kenny Burke   15000
7   2   Tony Cascarino   39100
7   3   Neil Channing   13225
7   4   Ian Nelson   9850
7   5   Steven Clear   31325
7   6   Glenn Ashworth   9250
7   7   Priyan De Mel   2425
7   8   Mohammed Shoahebe   21050
8   1   Gareth Jones   15225
8   2   James Reid   16225
8   3   Richard Herbert   10400
8   4   Roberto Romanello   30425
8   5   Alan Armitage   10700
8   6   Jerome Bradpiece   6225
8   7   Andy Miles   8900
8   8   Steve Higton   19200
8   9   Adam Osborne   12300

[snoopy1239]

Another all in on Table Taylor, this time in the form of Tony Phillips. He found himself in need of divine intervention with against the of Richard Buck. The flop didn't offer any hope, and neither did the turn. On the river, Richard exclaimed, "Fucking hell," but was quickly informed by Tony that he'd rivered a bigger straight. "Oh, sorry, I do apologise," said a relieved Richard.






Ian Nelson and Martino Libertini are also missing in action.


Nicky Power sadly no longer has the power, as he's just been eliminated by Richard Buck. It was a classic coin flip in the end, Nicky's failing to hit against on a . As a firm bang on the table signified Richard's joy, Nicky quietly rose from his seat, grabbed his coat and exited the cardroom. I think you can tell from his expression what he thought of the hand.




Jim Reid has departed, as has Alan Armitage. The latter pushed under the gun with sixes, but was looked up by the K-9 of this shifty figure in the big blind. King on the board and that was all she wrote for Big Al, who had been Small Al for the majority of the tournament.

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[NoflopsHomer]

Minor disaster for Greg Howard, who has just lost half his stack with against another player's A-K, with a fatal bullet hitting the board.

Justin Devonport is clearly enthralled by today's proceedings.



Nik Persaud has doubled up with against , all-in after the flop of a board.

Kenny Burke has doubled up in a pretty amazing 20k pot against Jim Reid after the latter set him on the turn of a board with against Burke's only for the ugly to rob Reid of a monster pot. He's back under 10k once more.

[NoflopsHomer]

Mick McBag/Cool has doubled up twice in quick succession, both times against Alan Vinnicombe, first with 8-4 against Vinnicombe's A-5 after the board came 7-6-5-9-2, then against a couple of hands later with against Vinnicombe's after he caught an ace on the flop, whilst short stack J Omara was also knocked out in this hand too holding a priced in .

Rob Garfield is also OUT, as is Nik Persaud who lost a coinflip with to Andreas Olympios' .

[snoopy1239]

The most exciting pot of the day so far just took place, and involved Lawrence Gosney and Surinder Sunar, and led to the demise of Marty Wilson. When I joined the action, there was several thousand (maybe more) in the pot and Marty was all in for about a 1,000 with the board reading .

Surinder, stoic and meticulous as usual, made a deep reach and pushed out a column of around 15 to 20,000, just about enough to put Lawrence all in if he decided to commit to the hand. Clearly faced with a decision of enormous perplexity (wow, no squiggly red line under that!), Lawrence starting riffling through his chips while simultaneously staring a hole through Surinder that would have made Superman jealous. Surinder, meanwhile, kept cucumber cool under pressure, as motionless as always with his chin held up by his two paws. As Lawrence glared at his foe, he shook his head and mumbled, "I don't think you'd bet that much with the full house" under his breath.

With the clock ticking, Lawrence counted out his stack, before taking one final look at his opponent and silently sliding his chips across the line. As Surinder tabled , Lawrence was a relieved man, his looking to avoid a paired board by the river. Thankfully for the bracelet winner, the on the river was as blank as it gets, leaving Lawrence to collect an estimated 45,000 pot. Whilst Surinder recounted his depleted stack, Marty, whose failed to find the split pot he was in need of, wished the table good luck and quietly slipped away.

A good call from Lawrence for his tournament life, in my esteemed, yet uneducated opinion.








End of level 6 chip counts:

Alan Vinnicombe   15675
Kevin Steward   14100
Richard Liotta   10425
Surinder Sunar   31200
Andreas Olympios   13925
Lee Atherton   7925
Philippa Flanders   4450
Michael Mccool   14075
Alan Mower   13250
Michael Humphries   29025
David Laronde   29100
Stefan Raffay   18575
Andrew Taylor   9850
Ian Mcdonald   10850
Ryan Fronda   21775
Jorn Martinsen   42800
Keith Littlewood   12225
Carl Hoefkens   16500
Bill White   22725
Lawrence Gosney   49475
Rob Taylor   6550
Michael Moore   20175
Richard Buck   7025
Ash Hussain   14600
J Byrne   23875
Tim Moreland   7825
Sid Harris   3600
Greg Hunt   32650
Chris Moores   12875
Kevin Oleary   26775
Tim Flanders   20600
Charles Chattha   16450
Kenny Burke   23125
Tony Cascarino   41900
Andreas Mihail   24375
Neil Channing   12200
Dennis Clough   29575
Steven Clear   39750
Justin Devonport   6525
Stephen Walmsley   4575
Mohammed Shoahebe   42725
Gareth Jones   25025
Waseem Shahid   13950
Richard Herbert   7000
Roberto Romanello   43450
Jerome Bradpiece   6875
Andy Miles   6850
Steve Higton   22875
Adam Osborne   14350

[NoflopsHomer]

Players are now on a short break.


Also hitting the deck is Rob Taylor. In an all Irish clash, Bill White took no mercy on his fellow countryman, raising it up preflop from the cut-off with , before calling Rob's push from the small blind with . Bill shook his head dismissively when Rob paired up on the flop, but by the turn and river, justice was served and Rob was gone.




At first I assumed Sid Harris had met his match, but no, he'd simply moved table. Tim Flanders did inform me that he near tripled his stack before he'd left, A-J versus K-K keeping the EPT finalist alive. Sid is still short though, with around 13,000 in chips.

[NoflopsHomer]

Lawrence Gosney has been a one-man wrecking ball since tea, but Ash Hussain has just stopped him in his tracks. The board was reading and Ash was facing a 4,000 bet on the river which at that point represented most of stack. Ash made the call, and in a refreshing change to the almost regularly occurence of a bluffer instantly mucking their cards, Lawrence flipped his Ah up straght away perhaps also to indicate that he does raise with decent hands on occasions. Ash turned over , not much, but enough to keep him going in this tournament.

Pippa Flanders has do-diddly-doubled up with against , no four on the board, but an equally welcome for an increased in her forlorn stack.

Chaz Chattha continues to now represent the HitSquad solo here in Bolton, a quick check/raise from 1,500 to 3,800 on a board elicited a prompt fold from Kevin O'Leary.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jerome Bradpiece, who looks like a sleepy grizzly bear, has just eliminated Chris Moores with against .

Meanwhile, big hand for Kevin O'Leary betting 1,600 on a flop, J Byrne check/raised to 5,000 and O'Leary instantly moved all-in putting the emphasis back on Byrne. He agonised for ages before eventually folding, but it's hard to see O'Leary having a made hand here given the speed of which he moved in, as surely he would've have thought about the best way to get the most chips in if he wasn't drawing.



Justin Devonport (centre) has doubled up with big slick against the knaves of Steven Clear, meanwhile Neil Channing has just been knocked out and will have to trade in his Lollipop of Grinding for the bitter Boiled Sweets of Defeat.



Chip-stacking, the Chorizo sausage way.

[snoopy1239]

There's been plenty of action of late, most confrontations leading to an exit. The first player to depart is Richard Herbert. All I know is that he had K-T versus David LaRonde's 5-3 on a queen high board, five on the flop. Judging by David's post-hand comments ("I was trying to steal the blinds, and got caught"), I imagine he raised it up preflop, Richard shoved from the big blind and David made an obligatory call.

On the neighbouring table, however, Sid Harris continues his climb, this time come over the top of Carl Hoefkens' 3,000 bet on a board. It was only several thousand more to call, but Carl deemed he was buried and released the hand. As a result, Sid is now hovering around the 20,000 mark.

Neil Channing looks completely different without his glasses.  Like Superman only different.

It's funny you should mention Neil Channing (funny peculiar rather than funny haha), as he has also been eliminated from today's event. After limping from early position for 600, Mohammed Shoahebe called from the button, Kenny Burke made up the small blind, and Tony Cascarino checked his option on the big.

Flop =

The action checked round to Moahmmed who led out for 2,000. Kenny and Tony both folded, and Neil called.

Turn =

Again Neil checked, and again Mohammed bet, this time for 5,000. But instead of calling, Neil counted up his chips and announced all in, pushing the 5,000 plus an extra 6,150 more across the line.

As Mohammed considered his options, Neil quickly realised he was ahead. But in the end, the two hearts enticed Mohammed in, as he made the call with . Neil showed .

Although the final card was red, it was a diamond rather than a heart. Sadly for Neil, it was also an ace. A quick look down at the felt, and finally it sank in. Neil tapped the table in acceptance before shaking the hand of Mohammed and making his exit.

Another favourite gone.


Andy Miles has doubled up. versus on an board.


I believe updated chip counts will be arriving at the end of level eight, but for now, get ya teeth into these:

Mohammed Shoahebe -- 63,000
Lawrence Gosney -- 79,000
The Artsit Formerly Know as HWCBN -- 9,000
Dennis Clough -- 63,000
David LaRonde -- 33,000
Pippa Flanders -- 23,000
Jerome Bradpiece -- 23,000
Bill White -- 26,000
Kenny Burke -- 32,000
Tony Cascarino -- 39,000
Sid Harris -- 17,000
Alan Vinnicombe -- 15,000


As we near the final level, Tim Flanders has doubled through courtesy of pace setter Lawrence Gosney. With Tim looming over the table, he looked braced to leave, but his A-Q versus 3-3 managed to river a queen on an otherwise raggy board to keep him alive.

[NoflopsHomer]

Also gone is Mick McBag, he moved in for 10,825 over the top of Surindar Sunar's UTG raise with . Sadly for the McBag fans, Surindar duly counted out the chips and dropped them into the middle revealing Kings which duly held on the board.

Snoopy then arrived wondering how Mick had gone out, I told him how it had gone down and the non-plussed Brummie beagle said, "Oh he should have folded because Surindar had kings, you see you don't want put your money in with worst hand..."

Oh Snoopy, the king of hindsight...

[NoflopsHomer]

10 minute break, then 20 more minutes of action then it'll be time to bag 'em and tag 'em.

[snoopy1239]

As the action was rather lack-lustre, I thought it might be interesting if I reported a hand from each of the remaining four tables, whether it was a big pot or a small one. It was a mixed bag in the end:

(1) Without hesitation, Roberto Romanello moves all in under the gun for a total of 9,000. Just two seats along, Ash Hussain peeks down at his cards, and makes the call in equally quick time. The action then passes around to Andrew Taylor who sniggers to himself, places his head in his hands, and folds a hand that I imagine was A-Q, T-T or something of similar, but likely inferior strength.

On their backs, and Roberto is in trouble, his in need of assistance against the of Ash. The delivers, but also gives Ash four cards to a Broadway straight. "No jack no king," demands the Welshman as a hits the turn. Breaths are held for the river, but it's another blank, the pairing the board and giving Roberto the pot. Ash, meanwhile, is visibly frustrated/gutted, and will now have to try and work his 20,000 stack back up to what it once was.

(2) No such drama on the neihbouring table. Sid Harris raises it up to 2,600 from utg+1, and everyone folds.

(3) The same applies with the next hand. With the action folding around to Lawrence Gosney, the bracelet winner makes it 2,500 to play from the cut off and watches as everyone folds. Although the speed of Lawrence's fold and the facial expressions of the other players suggested that this was a regular occurrence, Lord Gosney did indeed have the goods as he kindly reveals an .

(4) Finally, on the last hand before the ten minute break, Jerome Bradpiece raises to 2,100 from early to mid position, Bill White makes the call one seat along, and big stacker Mohammed Shoahebe passes on the big blind.

On the flop, Jerome leads out for 3,100 and Bill quickly calls. A on the turn causes both players to pause, but ultimately both players check. Come the river, Jerome once again pauses briefly before checking, but Bill is less hospitable, betting out 6,500. Clearly tortured by his decision, Jerome mulls over his options momentarily before making what appears to be a reluctant call. In the end, he was right to be reluctant, as Bill shows for the turned trips whilst Jerome simply mucks.

In the aftermath, Jon Omara, possibly not realising Jerome had just lost a pot, asked how much he had. "Eleven thousand," sighed last year's Walsall GUKPT winner, "but I just gave away 6,000 I didn't have to."

[NoflopsHomer]

Jerome Bradpiece went out just before the end, from the button into Justin Devonport's , the board proving particularly cruel:

Sid Harris doubled through Surindar Sunar with Kings against Nines, but I'll leave the fun final hand to Snoopy...

See you tomorrow at 2pm and the return of Womblecam!!!