PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham £1m Guaranteed: The Final

[action man]

in the senior camp, gogogogo

[FUN4FRASER]

in the senior camp, gogogogo

James Cummings still 6-1 ? if so max bet = ?

[action man]

pulled the book, getting no interest whatsoever

[Marky147]

Get there Mr Senior!!!

[FUN4FRASER]

pulled the book, getting no interest whatsoever

Get it re activated then   

[BangBang]

Good luck to Mr Senior.

For spoilt sods like myself it helps to have a reminder from time to time what many have been through in their lives. I can only look on in admiration at those who cope with extreme sadness and loss and maintain a positive and warm outlook.

I repeat, good luck that man.

+1

Good luck Ian Senior

Geo

+2.. Also Rooting for Nick Woodward who dealt at the Empire for years and is an extremely nice guy..

I predict bearing in mind that there are no deals, a 5 hour + final table even with these blinds.. Anyone want to take the under for 100 Press ups....?

[TightEnd]

There are deals, potentially

It is a PokerStars Event, not a DTD event with a no deals policy

[BangBang]

My bet is based on there being no deals before the final two.. So 5 hours + even if there is a deal between first and second place...

[cambridgealex]

Just to confirm, the sweepstake is based on FINISHING positions, not £earnt. If X does a deal when 3 handed for the lions share but they play on and he finishes third, he's THIRD, not FIRST.

[technolog]

Would be fantastic if Ian Senior could do it. Best of luck fella!

[jack2off]

Poker is not really a game where many players take much account of human/ real life emotion at the table. We worry about outdraws and bad beats. We curse in chatboxes, well some do.

However at Nottingham this weekend something a little different has happened.

Throughout the tournament Ian Senior, who lost his wife a short time ago, has used his Valentines Day gift to his late wife as a card protector. Around his neck on a chain he has worn his wife's wedding ring.

I was watching the latter stages of yesterday, the field had just gone to 9 players and we needed to lose one more player to hit today's final.

I sat, weary, to the side of the final table.

The cards were dealt, Ian was on the button in seat one for the first hand. Before he looked at his cards he reached inside his Hit Squad Polo shirt, pulled the chain out and kissed the wedding ring.

Man, I can do cynical with the best of them, but I was in bits!

Periodically through the 90 minutes or so I'd catch him looking up to the ceiling. He saw me watch him do it, and smiled gently across at me. None of the players he is competing against know the back story to Ian's achievement of course, but he knew I knew.

I don't know Ian too well, but for a low stakes player from a recreational background (he and his wife were regular attenders at the Sky Poker Tour and forum live games), this is some achievement

As Ian said to me though "Whatever happens, I'm happy"

Probably a motto many in the poker world could learn from.

Good luck that man!! nice story!

[Knottikay]

On behalf of all TKP, best of luck to Hitsquadder Ian today. A lovely story for a lovely man!!

[TightEnd]

Ready for the players

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[George2Loose]

Tighty is there much interest in the 100 6 max?? Tempted to travel up but only if it looks like getting decent number of runners

[Yorklass74]

Very very best of luck Ian.   Be absolutely fantastic so see you win but you have done a grand job so far