BlueSq.com GUKPT Grand Final - Day 1a

[JungleCat03]

Just to hark back a moment to the earlier dispute concerning Haircut Of The Day.

Davood Mehrmand's hair clearly has the edge. His hair is so well cultivated that it has grown an intelligence and life force of its own.

Tired of merely sitting atop Davood's head, it wants to break out and start off its own fledgling poker career. It plans to carve out a bankroll by playing small freerolls, perhaps supplementing its income by working as a wig or a stand in double for David Hasselhoff's chest hair for a while.





Then one day, after making a success as a poker player, it wants to have a small family of its very own and settle down.

So many plans, so little time!

First though it has to escape Davood, and it's proven harder than you'd think. Here it is making a break for freedom, unsuccessfully this time...

Fly Davood's hair, Fly!



 

[nirvana]

top updates cat & co

[danafish]

The Continuing Saga of James the Akenhead

A story for children young and old.


When I wandered over, Akenhead was right back up to almost 60k after all of that stuff that Jen said, plus I saw him rake in a nice pot when he turned over A-T on the river of an ace-high board and Panicos Ellinas just mucked.

So, on around 60k, he found himself in a hand. I believe that Long Zhang had raised from the cutoff and Akenhead had called from the button, when David Lloyd pushed all in from the small blind for another 18k or so. Zhang passed but Akenhead counted out the call, and they were on their backs.

Lloyd:
Akenhead:
Zhang: "Oh no, I was ahead!"

Board:

Thus we lose Mr David Lloyd, and James Akenhead has just pipped his neighbour Long Zhang to take the chip lead.

[danafish]

Last level of the night is underway. Pray for us.

[NoflopsHomer]

top updates snoops

fyp

[Djinn]

In the closing moments of Level Eight, Steve Jelinek busts in one of the biggest ...

Having earlier in the level doubled through with AA vs QQ aip, he had a pretty healthy 45k or so when he got involved with an early position raising Tony Cascarino.  It all went in preflop, Jelinek holding A-K off and Cascarino's making a set by the river for good measure.  The fact that Jelinek was eliminated says something about Cascarino's stack - he's got to be the last minute chip leader thanks to that boost of chips. 

[StuartHopkin]

Great updates guys

[DrPauly]

Dude, that's freaky.

Some of you may be aware of The Tao of Poker blog, written by Dr Pauly. His blog and other journalist work has made him famous but what some of you might not realise is he has a twin brother, albeit a slightly more inflated version of him.

Here they are in all their glory.

Pauly.

Click to see full-size image.

Inflated Pauly.

[Dry em]

orite?

[JungleCat03]

In the closing moments of Level Eight, Steve Jelinek busts in one of the biggest ...

Having earlier in the level doubled through with AA vs QQ aip, he had a pretty healthy 45k or so when he got involved with an early position raising Tony Cascarino.  It all went in preflop, Jelinek holding A-K off and Cascarino's making a set by the river for good measure.  The fact that Jelinek was eliminated says something about Cascarino's stack - he's got to be the last minute chip leader thanks to that boost of chips. 

Yes Tony Cascarino is vying for the lead with James Akenhead, who has around 90kish.

Cascarino may just have him by a whisker though with 93,000 at the break following level 8.


Moorman I hear you say Ms Winehouse?

Well, he currently has 50,000 though he's not 100% happy with his lot.

"I should have a lot more but I lost a race...standard" he tells me. "You can tell it's live because I lose races!"

Other counts:-

Dan Carter - 42k
Stu Rutter - 30k.

Stu has been amazed at how hard his table has been, packed with quality players.

"It's been so tough! Just as the small bit of value of the table gets busted, along come Surinder Sunar and Richard Gryko and Ben Vinson. Neverends!"

[danafish]

Iwan Jones is OUT, the victim of the legend that is Mclovin.

He openshoved from the small blind for 12,675 and his was well ahead when Mclovin called with , but oh, the cruelty.

Board:

And Gary is Mclovin' that, because he makes a straight and Jones bangs the table in frustration before wandering off.

[danafish]

The Clarkatroid had better charge up his rocket boosters because he's on just 11,675 and apparently open-shoving almost every other hand. No callers yet, but it's bound to happen if he carries on like that.

[Djinn]

Praz Bansi Busts - after four limpers on his big blind, critically-stacked Praz made the move, all in preflop.  The first limper, utg Kim Wittendorf, reraised all in over the top and flipped vs. Bansi's .  flop, then a flushy , but the river sent him to the rail in 32nd place (of Day 1a, which means not much, actually). 

[pokerfan]

Zhang by the way is the most popular surname in the world. FACT i think

[danafish]

No sooner than Mclovin had knocked out Iwan Jones, he lost all those chips back and more at the hands of sometime chip leader James Akenhead.

I just caught the very end of the hand, but it was enough to see Mclovin bet out 5.5k with the board reading . Akenhead made it 12k and Mclovin appeared to make some brief mental calculations before calling -- and mucking when Akenhead turned over for his one millionth set today (approximate set count only).