BlueSq.com GUKPT Bolton: Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

and we're back for day 2 of the GUKPT in Bolton. The seat draw is below and it's a cracker...Check out table 5!

1   1   Victor Kaye   47500
1   2   Andreas Olympios   16425
1   3   Tony Cascarino   45775
1   4   Roberto Romanello   36725
1   5   Kenny Burke   32200
1   6   Bill White   24225
1   7   Waseem Shahid   16075
1   8   Ali Mallu   76925
2   1   Dfyed Price   51075
2   2   Gareth Jones   17700
2   3   Justin Devonport   36625
2   4   Dominic Rossookh   88750
2   5   Rob Sherwood   40975
2   6   Stefan Raffay   35400
2   7   Andrew Taylor   11800
2   8   Sunny Chattha   29000
3   1   Surinder Sunar   36900
3   2   Greg Hunt   35775
3   3   Andy Miles   6175
3   4   Kevin Oleary   23025
3   5   Anthony Shields   16825
3   6   Alan Mower   19100
3   7   Ash Hussain   22625
3   8   Jorn Martinsen   37325
4   1   Sid Harris           23475
4   2   Joan Lawler   25525
4   3   Steve Craig           30025
4   4   Paul Gourlay   24575
4   5   Dennis Clough   58800
4   6   Tim Flanders   17500
4   7   Julian Thew   59975
4   8   Richard Swerling   39825
5   1   Alan Vinnicombe   11650
5   2   Steve Walmsley   24300
5   3   Mohammed Shoahebe   70450
5   4   Sam Trickett   82425
5   5   Andy Greekfish   65575
5   6   Lawrence Gosney 100700
5   7   Terence Owens   52975
5   8   James Morgan   64100
6   1   Tim Moreland   9750
6   2   Kevin Steward   17000
6   3   Philippa Flanders   27575
6   4   Miroslaw Klys   19025
6   5   Michael Humphries 31450
6   6   Steve Higton   42900
6   7   David Laronde   45950

[NoflopsHomer]

Play has just restarted, and the lucky blighters will be getting a full level of 500/1000/75 instead of just 40 minutes.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ok it's getting veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry interesting here. Lawrence Gosney lost a load of chips early on, maybe 30k or so but two hands just may have completely shaped this event in a certain way.

Firstly, James Morgan raises from mid position and is called by Mohammed Shoahebe and Sam Trickett in the blinds, the flop comes out .

Mohammed bets 6k, Sam calls and James raises to 16k. Mohammed passes and Sam asks James how much more he has.

"Around 36k," is the scouser's reply.

"And how much did you start with today?" Sam continues.

"About 55k."

Satisfied that he has enough info, Sam pushes his whole stack into the middle and immediately, James looked pained. He says, "I'm going to need a moment here please," but he says it in a way that we know the fold is coming. And it does. It put Sam Trickett over 100k.

[NoflopsHomer]

The second of these hands belongs to Lawrence Gosney, who the previous hand limped UTG with 3-2o and hit trip twos against Sam Trickett's K-Q. In this hand, Sam limps the button, Andy Greekfish calls from the small blind and Lawrence checks.



Greekfish bets out, Lawrence calls and Trickett folds.



Greekfish now fires out 5,800 and Lawrence raises 14,800. Greekfish begins the talk,

"I'm going broke here lads I think. Sam, what should I do?.....I raise, I'm all in."

Lawrence quietly says, "Call."

Greekfish:

Gosney:

The river is a perfect blank card for the bracelet winner and now Gosney has retaken the chip lead with over 110k.

Gosney or Trickett, who will win the battle of the heavyweights?

[snoopy1239]

This is the exact moment Paul Gourlay pushed all in (perfect moment to stick a flash in his eyes mi thinks). With the board reading , Paul came over the top of Steve Craig's 7,000 bet for several thousand more. The pause from Craig seemed to comfort the Rocket Man who broke the silence: "It's going to be a fast exit for one of us." Eventually, Craig made the fold, showing the in the process, and was met by a from Paul. "See, I told you I hit it hard."

[NoflopsHomer]

Julian Thew is OUT, what a difference a level makes, from 60k to gone. On the turn of a , Thewy saw his 4k bet check/raised to 12k which he duly called, before calling a further 25k on the river only for Dennis Clough to show him for the nuts. Thewy flashing A-K as it sailed into the muck.



Soon after, having been moved tables, he went in for his last 13k or so with only to run into Dyfed Price's . I guess for just a moment, he became a mere mortal like the rest of us...

[NoflopsHomer]

Alli Mallu would be a welcome addition to a Gosney/Trickett battle for me, but he's just lost a decent pot to Tony Cascarino, who called a 14k river bet on a board, Mallu quickly mucking, leaving the former football collecting all three points and elevating him up the league standings as he showed the victorious Q-T.

Trickett/Gosney, two men enter, one man leaves. Welcome to Thunderdome.





Chaz Chattha is out, he thought he was covered but he had a few chips left but sadly couldn't manage a Bill Edler style comeback.

[NoflopsHomer]

Womble is OUT. A J-8-x flop, Womble holding Queens against Terrence Owen's T-9 and the rivered set our hero didn't want to see.

A nation mourns.

But Womble will return!!!


As I make my way back to the pressroom, I am lured back by a chunky pot involving Justin Devonport and Stefan Raffay. I'm not sure what Devonport made it preflop, but it appeared as though he put out a standard raise from the button, was re-popped to 11,000 by Stefan on the big blind, before pushing all in for what was a total of 47,950. After contemplating his options for a minute or two, Stefan took a deep breath and announced call, before nervously tabling . Justin breathed a sigh of relief and revealed . However hard Stefan glared at the felt, no ten arrived on an board and Justin was left to rake in a very meaty pot indeed. "I didn't want to see A-K," he said in the aftermath.


After a slow start, we're seeing more action now than a Die Hard boxset. Everywhere I look there's an all-in. One player who has been in and out more than the hokey-cokey is Sid Harris. After seeing him come over the top of Dennis Clough from the button (Clough folded), Sid found himself all in (or thereabouts) just a few hands later. With Sid raising it up preflop, Steve Craig made the call from the blind and both players saw a rainbow A-K-x flop. Steve checked, Sid pushed, and Steve called all in, leaving Sid with just 1,500 behind. On their backs, and Steve was well in front, his A-Q in good shape against Sid's K-J. With no help for Sid on the turn or river, he's left with a bowel of rice whilst Steve is now "dangerous" as Rocket Man Paul Gourlay so aptly put it.

[NoflopsHomer]

Anthony Shields has doubled through Surindar Sunar with vs . A flop that was however followed by and but no queen came along on the turn and the river.

I've spent the last five minutes trying to convince the WPT magazine reporter that Kevin O'Leary has 5 different giraffees rather than one that changes colour.



Before this encounter, Anthony Shields also doubled up through John Martinson. With Anthony pushing for around 11,000 from earlyish position, John Martinson counted out his stack and made the call. The action then folded around to Greg Hunt on the big blind who sighed before saying, "How many you got back?" Without too much hesitation, John confidently answered, "about 37,000". "Surely if you had a big hand, you would have pushed, put it all in," mused a puzzled Greg. "You might think that, yeah," replied John. "If I reraise, I think you pass," continued Greg. This time John didn't reply.

After sighing once more, Greg flipped over the and made the fold, allowing John to show , and Anthony . The flop had Anthony rising from his seat and heading towards the door, but the quickly lured him back, whilst the river confirmed his survival. "Argh!" exclaimed a frustrated John, realsing that his foe had hit one of just two outs.

"I would have called if you'd pushed," said John to Greg.

[NoflopsHomer]

Thunderdome update:

Trickett button raises to 4k, Gosney raises to 14k from the small blind. Terry Owens flats this and Trickett folds



Gosney quickly check/folds to a 16k bet from Owens.

Proof that Kevin O'Leary has multiple giraffees and not one that changes colours. "Mine's not changing colour" complains Surindar Sunar.

[NoflopsHomer]

In an unraised pot, Roberto Romanello checks from the big blind, Dyfed Price bets and Stefan Raffay calls. Romanello now moves all-in for about 28k and tells Price, "Fold, you can't call... You may have the best hand, but I have the best draw... You can't call... I'm ahead... Fold... You're going to fold. You can't call with him behind you... Have you folded yet?... Come on..."



After about five minutes of this non-stop. Roberto calls a clock, and eventually Price folds with a second to go. Roberto goes to pick up his chips but the dealer points out Raffay is still in the hand.

"Oh, I'm not worried about him, he's folding, so can I take these chips? Come on, you can't call here. I know you're folding for sure."

Raffay makes the call with for his tournament life and Roberto shows for the flopped set. The on turn knocks Raffay out of the tournament and the tabletalk of the Welsh-Italian Prohibition Chicago Thirties Gangster has won him another pot.

[snoopy1239]

On what I believe was the very first hand back after the break, Victor Kaye found himself all in preflop against Roberto Romanello with versus . Although he was dominated, the board saved Victor and kept him alive, leaving Roberto to muse, "Happens, it's poker." Roberto now has around 55,000.




After going into the break in third place, Tony Cascarino has now leapt up to around 120,000, and thus second in chips, after eliminating a short-stacked Waseem Shahid. When I joined the action, the cards were on their backs with Tony's just pipping Waseem's . In what was a bizarre flurry of table taps, the board came (Tony taps) (Tony taps) (Tony taps), (Waseem taps) (Waseem taps). What exactly each tap of the table represented, I'm not sure, but either way, the dramatic board teased Waseem, but ultimately favoured Tony, and the former is out.

[NoflopsHomer]

Surinder Sunar has doubled through Alli Mallu with vs

A decisive board going the former WPT winner's way.

Paul Gourlay is OUT, his cracked by Sid Harris' on a board.


End of level 10 chip counts:

Dfyed Price   68900
Gareth Jones   19100
Justin Devonport   95100
Dominic Rossookh   91300
Rob Sherwood   32600
Victor Kaye   26800
Roberto Romanello   70000
Bill White   13200
Surinder Sunar   32700
Greg Hunt   42300
Steve Higton   40100
Kevin Oleary   46900
Anthony Shields   19700
Alan Mower   17700
Ali Mallu   116800
Kevin Steward   25200
Sid Harris   30600
Tony Cascarino   104000
Steve Craig   38400
Paul Gourlay   29800
Dennis Clough   98500
Tim Flanders   28700
Waseem Shahid   8700
Richard Swerling   28700
Philippa Flanders   20500
Andreas Olympios   17300
Mohammed Shoahebe   85000
Sam Trickett   95900
David Laronde   95200
Lawrence Gosney   140000
Terence Owens   87900
James Morgan   58600
Tim Moreland   15000


Rob Sherwood sprung over to share a tale of woe. He's now down to 15,000 after calling a short-stack push of ten big blinds. "I had jacks in the blind, he had queens, and that was that. Same thing happened in Luton."

Meanwhile, Anthony Shields is heading in the opposing direction. He pushed 8,000 from the button with and was looked up by Ali Mallu's in the small blind. The was enough to keep Anthony alive.



Finally, Tony Cascarino stack continues to blossom. He check called 9,500 and 18,000 on the flop and turn of a board before checking down the river. Dennis Clough showed , but Tony took down the pot with .

[NoflopsHomer]

Double up for Tim Moreland's shortstack with kings against Roberto Romanello's A-Q. Similarly, Kevin Steward doubles with nines against Alli Mallu's A-K, as does Pippa Flanders against Lawrence Gosney in exactly the same circumstances.

The Alli Mallu one is most interesting, because the next hand, Sam Trickett raises to 4,300 only for Mallu next to him, to move all-in for 100k! A few stifled giggles from the rail but Sam folds and Mallu scoops.

Meanwhile Chaz Chattha and Ian Cox are tipping Tony Cascarino to be a dark horse in this event. "He's really improved over the last couple of months, the guy can really play."

[NoflopsHomer]

Lawrence Gosney's stack has dwindled but he's doubled up with a typical Gosneyite hand. He called a raise from Dennis Clough and they saw a flop where all the money went in.

Clough:

Gosney: Erm...

Gosney's hand held and he's way back over 100k once more.

Meanwhile Alli Mallu shows why he's the most infuriating player to play against.

Sam Trickett limp/calls a Mallu small blind raise.

Both checks the flop. On the turn, Mallu checks against and Trickett bets 10.5k. Mallu lets down the sledgehammer and moves all-in. I've never seem Sam looks so pained, he thinks about it for a good few minutes and eventually has the clock called him, folding a second before his hand is declared dead. Mallu proves why he's such a pain to play against...

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