BlueSq.com GUKPT Blackpool: Day 1B

[snoopy1239]

A quick trundle through the cardroom, and plenty of familiar sights and sounds quickly come to light. The first thing I hear are the endless witterings of 'Mad' Marty Wilson as he regales the table with various tales, many of which I can only assume are fabricated. A few tables down is Stuart Rutter, as eager as usual to bend my ear, as is Pete Singleton, who asked, "Would I be invited if Jen was getting married?" when informed that Jen was escaping to a wedding this weekend. "Of course you would," I replied. "You'd be the groom." And finally, Mr Mallu, looking rather menacing as I passed, which is often a sign of a recent beat and that a storm is abrewing.

There sure are a large batch of unfamiliar faces, but some circuit regulars too. 'Zippy' Zahar Aslam is doing well with 32,000, as is Pippa Flanders with 50,000. The current chip daddy, however, appears to be a youthful John Heath with 74,000, whilst Jason Shellum is perhaps his closest contender with 52,000.

[NoflopsHomer]

Stu has about 34k, he isn't too worried about his table at the moment, and it isn't going to be breaking just yet...

Thanks for the update.

Keeping the brain warm is clearly a good strategy, then.

He has just lost 7k when the hijack raised to 1,500 (300/600/25) playing a 7.2k stack and Stu set him from the big blind with T-T. The hijack called with A-9 and spiked. He's just suffered another beat...His table just broke after a spate of exits have left us with 100 players left.

Marty Wilson has knocked out a couple of players, including a short-stacked Iwan Jones, as well as one of the Scouse gang which left his friends scratching their heads as their man produced Q-J on the 8-Q-5-2-7 board only for the truly Mad Marty to turn over for the rivered straight.

Adam Wilkinson has been knocked out by Pippa Flanders, Wilkinson came back an hour ago with only 2k and managed to build it up before getting in with against Mrs Flanders .

, a truly teasing board that ended in tragedy.

"I passed " said a rueful Neil Blatchley.

[snoopy1239]

It doesn't take long for me to adjust from the calm of a sleepy 4 hour journey to the frantic pace of a GUKPT, and within moments of entering the battlefield, I stumble upon a fierce battle that left one dead, and the other raising his sword aloft in triumph. The man to hit the deck was Nabid Salim. All in with  , Salim locked horns with Adam Vinson's , which ultimately held up on a queen high board.


Meanwhile, on a neighbouring table, Martino Libertini (who sounds like an Italian footballer of the 'mama mia!' ilk) and David Durbler (who sounds like a porn star of the Dirk Diggler ilk) were clashing on a board. After Durbler had smooth-called Libertini's turn bet of 2,700, Libertini checked the river, and Durbler tanked. Although he only had 6,000 behind (which perhaps made his flat-call on the turn appear somewhat suspicious), Durbler huffed and puffed and leaned back in his seat, before announcing "two thousand eight hundred" and chucking the chips nonchalantly onto the felt. Libertini insta-mucked, and Durbler showed . I think he was ahead.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip Counts at the end of level 6 from BlueSquare. Apologies if it's a bit out of date.

Table   Seat   Player   End of Level 6
8   2   Andy Warnes   48900
16   5   Nabil Salim   44850
12   3   Pippa Flanders   42625
6   8   Javed Abrahams   42525
1   3   Shane Mcgrory   39720
12   10   Neil Blatchly   38050
13   4   Waseem Shahid   38025
12   4   Kuljinder Sidhu   37300
1   10   Jon Heath   37150
1   7   Jason Shellum   36900
7   6   Zahir Aslam   36750
9   10   Jake Cody   34925
5   1   Stuart Long   34425
11   1   Suzanne Pyefinch   32850
1   1   Nick Romanello   32575
11   4   Stuart Rutter   32100
3   9   Alan Vinson   29875
8   1   Chris Quirijnen   29225
2   10   Eric Mcintyre   27600
3   10   Guy Johnson   26850
16   2   James Akenhead   26575
7   7   Damian Glavin   26150
5   9   Ali Mallu   25200
11   10   Ian Whalley   24950
12   2   Ken Clark   24675
12   6   Eddie Lundon   24575
16   10   Alex Mcelhatton   24200
6   2   Alan Dean   23650
6   10   Mick McCloskey   23200
4   5   Gareth Jones   23125
5   4   Martino Libertini   22950
8   3   Paul Lammas   22900
11   7   N Greenhalgh   22850
13   10   Lorna Lancaster   22800
16   6   Wayne Strutt   22100
5   2   Kevin Mcnally   22050
4   1   Alan Armitage   21550
4   10   Nicholas Holbrook   21375
16   1   Paul Bracken   21100
13   8   Neil Sillick   20050
4   6   Alan Trueick   19950
7   2   Harry Zammit   19650
3   2   Leiv Johannessn   19650
8   5   Dan Hook   19525
6   1   Stephen Slavin   18950
5   3   Tim Magnus   18550
7   8   Ben Scott   18250
9   3   Chris Sokrati   18125
1   5   John Marles   17800
5   10   Sami Yusuf   17050
3   6   Petter Jidne   16575
11   6   Jason Trey   16500
9   8   Herbert Kasbauer   16050
16   9   Nathan Lee   15900
13   6   Stephen Morris   15775
7   9   Fionn Macnamara   15650
11   8   Matthew Buckland   14800
4   9   Stephen Basri   14050
1   9   Chris Masterson   13900
2   1   Tim Hughes   13725
2   7   Tim Flanders   13425
11   5   Mark Bointon   13325
2   6   Michael Denton   13200
13   5   Matt Perrins   13175
16   7   Steve Boyd   13050
5   8   David Durber   12950
8   6   Martin Wilson   12875
13   1   Richard Buck   12825
2   5   Waldemar Essig   12500
9   7   Damian Evans   12375
6   3   Arshad Hussain   12350
3   7   Dan Ainsworth   12275
8   8   John Collins   12200
7   3   John Conroy   12200
7   10   Ky Hutchinson   12075
6   5   Gary Knights   11525
9   4   Paul Garnham   11175
2   3   Peter Wigglesworth   10975
11   3   Pete Singleton   10950
6   9   Mike Lucas   10750
16   3   Steve Read   10700
4   7   Glenn Ashworth   10475
6   4   Sidney Harris   10100
3   1   Gary Fisher   10075
8   7   Terrence Nelson   9725
7   5   James Mitchell   9550
5   7   Costas Kkola   9350
4   4   Linton Holling   8600
4   8   Jammie Hallam   8600
3   3   Przemyslaw Rusin   8350
2   4   Martyn Frey   7900
5   6   Adam Vinson   7850
6   7   Robert Brogan   7825
2   8   Neil Saunders   7825
6   6   S Price   7725
7   4   Chris Elliott   7700
11   9   Greg Hunt   7625
3   8   Andrew Chambi   7325
7   1   Robin Maharaj   7275
9   5   Alex Conroy   7100
2   9   John Fletcher   7075
4   3   Richard Ellis   6850
8   10   Iwan Jones   6800
1   6   Craig Bickerton   6775
13   3   Simon Wickenden   6750
3   4   James Browning   6725
5   5   Leon Campbell   6700
9   9   Mike Hill   6550
13   2   Mark Redshaw   6225
16   8   David Young   5650
4   2   Gary Shaw   5600
12   8   Mick Fletcher   5400
12   1   Peder Hersleb   5350
11   2   Rob Cowen   4850
9   2   Garyx Chatterton   4850
9   6   Paul Moss   4675
12   7   Brian Martin   4650
8   9   Bjorn Sanne   4475
12   5   Paul Parker   4425
1   1   Rob Taylor   4350
8   4   Zubair Nazir   3700
12   9   Adam Wilkinson   2025
13   7   Alex Regler   1500

[danafish]

Kitten update please.

[NoflopsHomer]

Poor old Soxy, he's drawn the one seat beneath an invisbile beam meaning he has to permanently be hunched beneath it.



How to make the chip lead according to Jon Heath

[X] Have Queens six times
[X] Five of those times flop a set or turn a set.
[X] Get all-in preflop one of those times against aces and hit runner runner Quads



Incidentally he also has a £50 bet on himself at 200-1 against Neil Channing...

[snoopy1239]

Before I'd had time to meet and greet, 'The Rockstar' John Conroy was making his way to the door, his swan song coming with against James Akenhead's . A board was of no use to Floydy, allowing Akenhead to scoop up the pot and amass a now 40,000 plus stack. As he collected his chips, you could sense the fear in the eyes of his opponents, as they know how dangerous the Hit Squadder can be when he's flourishing.

[NoflopsHomer]

Kitten update please.

[snoopy1239]

Chris Sokrati (currently munching on a cheese and tomatoe sarnie like there's no tomorrow) -- 14,000
Paul Garnham (looking grumpier than Victor Meldrew on a rainy Sunday) -- 7,500
Neil Blatchley (it's wierd seeing him the flesh, rather than in a magazine) -- 18,500
Paul Parker (tinkering with a raise, but ultimately opting for a fold) -- 11,000
Javed Abrahams (seemingly frustrated) -- 43,500
Pete Singleton ("Still in the shit") -- 5,000
Greg Hunt (recently pushing on a 6-6-2 flop to pick up the pot) -- 8,500

[NoflopsHomer]

Glenn Ashworth looks a bit fed up, a couple of hours ago he said he'd been grinding for five hours without a hand. It's now been eight hours, "I've had one hand," he admitted, "I pushed in blind and it turned out I had kings..."

[snoopy1239]

A clap and a "come on" signify victory for one jubilant Liverpudlian, bubbly Gary Jones with pocket kings, , with a spot of dead money thanks to Richard Buck who relinquished his . Thomas Holbrook was the recipient of the cowboy's gunshots, his failing to hit on a board. He's still in though, although touching felt with just 825, whilst Jones jumps up to 35,000.

[snoopy1239]

Shane McGrory, simply titled Shane McG on his shirt, is now done and dusted. His demise occurred in a bizarre hand that saw more raised eyebrows than a Rock montage. With the board reading , John Marles led out for 6,700 and McGrory tanked. In fact, he spent so long in the tank that I almost became the first blogger to call the clock, but after much fingering of his column, he made the call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. A turn led to an all-in from both players, McGrory making the final call with . His straight wasn't safe though as his opponent revealed for the nut fush draw, and by the river, John was Marles ahead and McG was McOut.

[danafish]

...he spent so long in the tank that I almost became the first blogger to call the clock, but after much fingering of his column, he made the call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind

?

[Colchester Kev]

...he spent so long in the tank that I almost became the first blogger to call the clock, but after much fingering of his column, he made the call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind

?

Its a man thing

[NoflopsHomer]

Glenn Ashworth is out. A-K vs Q-Q. Queens win again, I make that QQ 10 - AK 0 for the last two days from the flip matchups I've seen.