Day 1a is over, and the 247 players have been cut down to 97. Average is now just under 65k, and we have 3 of 7 Sky Poker players all set to return for day 2 on Friday. Final chip counts below; Alvez11 - 64k GGGGCCCC - 164k StayOrGo - 20k Posted by Sky_JP
Great job GGGGCCCC and Alvez, I'm going to need some luck off of my 20K.
In Response to Re: The Road To Punta Cana : Have to say, Don, Sky Poker have done the players proud, what with Punta Cana & Viva Las Vegas, think about 56 packages have been won this year. This place is amazingly good, & for Viva Las Vegas, the players stayed at the luxurious Venetian. Posted by Tikay10
Cheers for the reports back JP....good to read over a morning coffee. You could have done with some help over there to ease your workload. Make sure you have a few beers to unwind each day. Anything anyone needs over there which costs....stick it on Tikay's room.
Good Luck all playing today....and congrats those who made it through y/day.
Can I just say it MBN to be Stayorgo right now. Playing poker in the Caribbean while still being the 'best'* player on Sky Poker. Brilliant Graham, GL for day two.
* according to Aussie09's best player and daily review thread
THURSDAY
BEST 100 players 11,703 players in 579 tournaments in rolling month
Busted last night, feeling a little down going back to room. My young daughter wakes up as i enter room. I give her my bad news. She jumps out of bed with a huge grin and gives me a bear hug "now we can spend all our time together". The best getting knocked out EVER.
As for JP and Tikay...This hotel has everything except for Specsavers. It's been great meeting everyone
Good luck to all the guys and gals, may the poker gods smile on you.
Busted last night, feeling a little down going back to room. My young daughter wakes up as i enter room. I give her my bad news. She jumps out of bed with a huge grin and gives me a bear hug "now we can spend all our time together". The best getting knocked out EVER. As for JP and Tikay...This hotel has everything except for Specsavers. It's been great meeting everyone Good luck to all the guys and gals, may the poker gods smile on you. Vinny Posted by CxE1
Omg that is so sweet. Every cloud has a silver lining. Hope you and your daughter make the most of it and enjoy every single minute that your there, also hope your making lots of memories and photo's while you are over there. Good luck to everyone who is still in and who is still yet to play.
Busted last night, feeling a little down going back to room. My young daughter wakes up as i enter room. I give her my bad news. She jumps out of bed with a huge grin and gives me a bear hug "now we can spend all our time together". The best getting knocked out EVER. As for JP and Tikay...This hotel has everything except for Specsavers. It's been great meeting everyone Good luck to all the guys and gals, may the poker gods smile on you. Vinny Posted by CxE1
Good luck to everyone playing their day one today, will pop down and see how its going at some point! Sucks to bust but like the above it means more time to spend with gf on a holiday we'd never be able to have otherwise.
Cheers sky and great job jp/tikay with all the updates.
BobbyBoy & BigBob are both here already, waiting to get started. Not seen the others today yet. Probably in a bar with JP somewhere.
Also playing today as an "adopted" Team Member is Natterley Bromley. I do diss Natterley a bit, but the more astute amongst you will know that means I love her to bits, & she has been very kind to Gill & I personally in many ways.
Sir Gary is here too, but he is NOT playing the Punta Cana Classic, the package he won was for another Event which starts tomorrow.
So there we go, 9+1, gives us our Tenacious Ten.
Needless to say, the beast was stunned. Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail, And the beast was done. He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?" And we said, "Nay. We are but men." Rock! Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah, Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh
Busted last night, feeling a little down going back to room. My young daughter wakes up as i enter room. I give her my bad news. She jumps out of bed with a huge grin and gives me a bear hug "now we can spend all our time together". The best getting knocked out EVER. As for JP and Tikay...This hotel has everything except for Specsavers. It's been great meeting everyone Good luck to all the guys and gals, may the poker gods smile on you. Vinny Posted by CxE1
It's been great meeting you Vinny!
If you get a minute, pop down to the tournament area, and I'll update you on our plans for the rest of our time here!
With 15 minutes to "Shuffle Up & Deal" we are still missing one player, so a search party has been organised.
We need to know BEFORE play starts if he is here or not.
If he does not show by 3pm, we'll be in dire straits, but Private Investigations continue.
It's a mystery to me, the game commences For the usual fee, plus expenses Confidential information, it's a diary This is my investigation, it's not a public inquiry
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Good luck to the Bromley's and all tomorrow.
Cheers,
Graham
BEST 100 players
11,703 players in 579 tournaments in rolling month
Best player is StayOrGo
Good afternoon to you all from a blisteringly hot day here in Hispaniola.
It's 1.40pm here, & play will begin at 3pm Local for Day 1b.
No sign of JP, though various reports place him in an assortment of bars, accompanied by sundry Swimsuit USA 2015 contestants.
We had 7 players yesterday - we spotted them all eventually - & 3 of them survived through to Day 2, which will be tomorrow (Friday).
That leaves 9 players to take their chance today, so a run down of the runners & riders will follow momentarily.
These are the nifty nine are scheduled to play today.......
devil_tear - we have not actually seen him yet, but I'm sure he'll be here.
munchkin00
bigbob57 - Bob is a plopper, plays lots of £2, £ & £5 PLO8 DYM's. Very broad Scots accent.
bobbyboy33 - qualified via a Freeroll. Awesome. Has his own wholesale greengrocery business.
Perizoma
Bromley04 - you know all about Adam. He kindly loaned me some clothes whilst I awaited my luggage.
PokerKinga
IH8PALACE
esox
BobbyBoy & BigBob are both here already, waiting to get started. Not seen the others today yet. Probably in a bar with JP somewhere.
Also playing today as an "adopted" Team Member is Natterley Bromley. I do diss Natterley a bit, but the more astute amongst you will know that means I love her to bits, & she has been very kind to Gill & I personally in many ways.
Sir Gary is here too, but he is NOT playing the Punta Cana Classic, the package he won was for another Event which starts tomorrow.
So there we go, 9+1, gives us our Tenacious Ten.
Needless to say, the beast was stunned.
Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail,
And the beast was done.
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"
And we said, "Nay. We are but men."
Rock!
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah,
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh
And now for something completely different.
Whilst we await start of play, here's a question for you.
Is this story true or false?
And if it were you, would you have reported it, or kept schtum?
http://dondivamag.com/colombian-farmer-finds-600000000-of-pablo-escoabars-money-buried/
With 15 minutes to "Shuffle Up & Deal" we are still missing one player, so a search party has been organised.
We need to know BEFORE play starts if he is here or not.
If he does not show by 3pm, we'll be in dire straits, but Private Investigations continue.
It's a mystery to me, the game commences
For the usual fee, plus expenses
Confidential information, it's a diary
This is my investigation, it's not a public inquiry