DTD £300 October Deepstack £100,000 GTD Day 1

[Marky147]

Great results all round, congrats!

[theprawnidentity]

UL Adam, congrats to Jim.

[blueace]

Well done bookiebasher, the write up said it all, took a few beats early on on the table then came back with a vengeance... Very well played....

[cambridgealex]

Yes Jim!!!! Well done mate, been due a big score, happy for you!

And Adam too, great result, very ul not to close it out but still a great score.

WP Lee too and Tighty of course, tremendous stuff.

[TightEnd]

Just a quick recap, as at 4am I was running on fumes

Adam steamrollered much of the final, knocked out several players and the K9 5 bet shove was a hand to remember

Lee Williamson negotiated his way through the minefield of early final table play superbly, playing a short-stack well

When Skalie was second in a few key spots and his stack dwindled and then he was knocked out, and after Adam knocked Barnett out with the K9 v AQ, suddenly Lee found himself laddered to 5 left, directly oop to Adam and Moult and on the toughest spot on the table

At that point of the 10.8m in play Adam had 7, Jim 2 and the other three 2 between them

The two other short-stacks were laddering so fiercely that they have been nominated for Wickes employee of the month

I thought it was to Lee's credit that he went with his AQ when shoved on by Jim Moult with 5 left. Of course he had run into QQ but result aside it reflected well that he was at that point playing to get a bigger stack.  

Anyway, Lee went out 5th, the two shorties followed soon after and Adam begin HU 8m to 2m up

Immediately there was a clash in styles

Adam would raise his button and Jim would shove. Regularly. Presumably looking for the double up or going home

Adam thus had to switch strategy and we had limped pots on Adam's button, and play down the streets

When they both found a hand pre, Jim doubled up JJ v 66 and then appeared to get the better of things, possibly running ok, possibly playing more aggressively

Over the course of the next 90 minutes he took the chip lead and eventually, after a huge battle the 99 v AQ hand that won it

It was a shame it wasn't streamed, as I got the sense it was a high quality Heads Up match. Adam in particular put Jim in some real spots, making very marginal decisions in many hands on turns and rivers

Anyway, well done both. Was interesting to watch

[ripple11]

Some great blonde results......vwp guys 

[sonour]

Hills and Ladbrokes refund if second offer has reverted to Channel 4 races only.

[sonour]

Sorry wrong thread !!

[bookiebasher]

Superb updates. Well done to all finalists. Pleased for Jim. Well done

Yes agreed, so happy for Jim. He always used to bash me up at Gala.

I wish....

Thanks for all the messages , much appreciated.

Ran good as you have to and heads up was quite tactical after I got my double up to get near even in chips.

Was surprised Adam kept limping his button but at least it meant we played a lot of "proper" poker down the
streets which I really enjoy rather than seeing who's got the biggest gonads pre-flop.

As usual with heads up , two big hands eventually clashed and I was lucky to win the flip.

Well played Adam and it was a really nice atmosphere on the final table , it couldent be any other with
the likes of Skalie , Shola , Greek Jack and Lee.

Thanks to DTD for their hospitality and Richard for the updates.

Tony , the money is in a far safer place this time where no one will touch it , you have met the wife
haven't you

And can we get Mitch barred please , he's fast becoming Smashedagain's protege

[Redbull]

Awesome result for blondes and respect to Tighty!

[Junior Senior]

Only just seen this. Well done the carpenter and the bookie. Great result chaps.