There are two players at or near the chip lead. Frustratingly i walked along half way through the key hands that got them there
Shaun Johnston knocked out Ivor Frost with 10-9 v 7-7 on 10-9-5-2
Piecing it together with my ears open, Johnston was waxing lyrical to anyone who would listen (and anyone who wouldn't) about how he was "only stealing pre-flop" and "he must have put me on ace-king to move in then" (i assume on flop or turn)
Simon Hggins meanwhile is sat in a seat 9 having pushed his last 44,000 into a monster pot on the river of a
Td 9h 4h Kh 3d
He catches my eye. I catch his. He looks away. I try to get a read.
Meanwhile his opponent in seat 1, the other side of the dealer is Robert Alexander.
Alexander covers Higgins
I wait as Alexander decides whether to call
Several minutes later i am still waiting
The clip clap of chips being riffled around the table interrupts the air of tension
Higgins looks impassive
Eventually Aexander calls
Higgins flips 3s 4s, from the cut off
Which was not what i had put him on
As Alexander mucks, presumably neither did he.
Johnston and Higgins are on over 200,000 just approaching the final break of today with 3 levels left to play
Hi, I've made a very last minute decision to play UKPC - will it be possible to buy-in directly via Sky or will I have to do it at the casino? Posted by percival09
at the casino please
doors open 11.30am
if you are coming on saturday especially, best to be early
Hi, I've made a very last minute decision to play UKPC - will it be possible to buy-in directly via Sky or will I have to do it at the casino? Posted by percival09
Hi percival,
Can you leave that one with me until tomorrow morning? I may be able to arrange a DBI on Sky Poker, but can't confirm it until tomorrow morning. I think it'll be do-ble.
If not, yes, it can be done via DTD at the Cash Desk upon arrival, so we have a backstop in place, just in case.
In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : at the casino please doors open 11.30am if you are coming on saturday especially, best to be early Posted by SPT
Apologies to "cross" your Post Rich, but it may be sortable.
Meanwhile, recent arrivals here, presumably playing tomorrow, include Pokey (Chris), Andrew1947 (Andrew, surprisingly), & a man I've not seen in ages, CTBN, aka Colin the Hippo. I have a bit of banter with CTBN, but all joking aside, I love him to bits, a real man, who takes life's beats in his stride. So I was saddened to hear he has been really quite unwell, emergency operations & all sorts, & over 8 months "on the club" from work. He seems to be recovered now, which is a relief, & he looks very well indeed for a man of 72. Posted by Tikay10
Thanks for the kind words old man,but I think you have our ages mixed up im 22 your 72. thanks old man
Neil Channing was knocked out on the last hand of the day Kings into Aces when playing 80,000
Ryan Spittles was flying at one point but had a tough couple of last levels
He described a key hand near the end as follows
"Very next hand a player limps. A regular player. We call 55 BB. Limper folds
Flop AQ5 rainbow. I check he bets 12.5k. I decide to call as no real draws and reckon he can barrel on so many turn cards.
Turn 7x check check
River Kx I lead 18k which is a similar size to the last river lead I did. He tank raises to 48k.
I don't think I can ever fold here given the last hand plus I can be value betting so many weakish hands here. He's just seen me bet fold 2 pair and tbh on this board and action I rarely have more than a 1 pair hand. I call and obv JT."
There are a hundred players in at the start of today
reg is open to 4.40pm
re-entry into the next day only, tomorrow plays as a freezeout
22 1 Zhong W ang 22 2 Noel Broadbent 22 3 Leon Narinsakchai 22 4 Denis Ford 22 5 Martyn Frey 22 6 David Lloyd 22 7 Jack Cooper 22 8 Ross Loggie
23 1 Wai Leung 23 2 Toby Robinson 23 3 Ian Gellatly 23 4 Eleanor Gudger 23 5 Thomas Somerville 23 6 Ian Simpson 23 7 Tomasz Caba 23 8 Trevor Reardon
25 1 Brijesh Das 25 2 Hamish Morjaria 25 3 Philip Hepburn 25 4 Chris Williams 25 5 Sean Hart 25 6 Allan Peers 25 7 John Baldini 25 8 Antoine Saout
26 1 Lee Nayler 26 2 Angelo Milioto 26 3 Gary Fisher 26 4 Stephen Freeman 26 5 John Sadler 26 6 Peter Wigglesworth 26 7 Florian Duta 26 8 Paolo Turatti
27 1 Jon Briggs 27 2 Padraig O Neill 27 3 Karol Radomski 27 4 Alan Taddei 27 5 Andy Wool 27 6 Thomas High 27 7 Robert Jones 27 8 Martin Hogarty
31 1 Sean Randall 31 2 Kevin Brown 31 3 Sophie Rigali 31 4 Daniel Gatward 31 5 Paul Williams 31 6 Leo Mcclean 31 7 Shuaida Cheng
32 1 Bruce Atkinson 32 2 Ben Winsor 32 3 Carl Taylor 32 4 Anonymous 32 5 Andrey Veselov 32 6 Anonymous 32 7 Jack Allen
33 1 Paul Mason 33 2 Colin Dea 33 3 Matt Wootton 33 4 Louis Scriven 33 5 Dara Okearney 33 6 Neil Channing 33 7 Grzegorz Gosk
34 1 Joe Laming 34 2 Steven Watts 34 3 Paul Romain 34 4 Aqeel Butt 34 5 James Parker 34 6 Paul Haycock 34 7 Lukasz Jankowski
35 1 Ali Zihni 35 2 Liam Hooks 35 3 Carlo Hassan 35 4 Tim Wright 35 5 Ross Vendyback 35 6 Paul Hardy 35 7 Zhongming Liao
36 1 Albert Sapiano 36 2 Daniel Parsonage 36 3 Mark Armstrong 36 4 Colin Hawker 36 5 Robert Davies 36 6 James Jeffrey 36 7 Ionut Flavius Voinea 36 8 Timothy Chung
37 1 John Gale 37 2 David Burghardt 37 3 Paul Chesser 37 4 Anthony Haughey 37 5 Andrew Hills 37 6 David Mundle 37 7 Jamie O'connor 37 8 Anonymous
38 1 Richard Breach 38 2 Gary Burnley 38 3 Stephen Ayres 38 4 Greg Harrison 38 5 Keith Christie 38 6 Michael Brown 38 7 Thomas Middleton
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Shaun Johnston knocked out Ivor Frost with 10-9 v 7-7 on 10-9-5-2
Piecing it together with my ears open, Johnston was waxing lyrical to anyone who would listen (and anyone who wouldn't) about how he was "only stealing pre-flop" and "he must have put me on ace-king to move in then" (i assume on flop or turn)
Simon Hggins meanwhile is sat in a seat 9 having pushed his last 44,000 into a monster pot on the river of a
Td 9h 4h Kh 3d
He catches my eye. I catch his. He looks away. I try to get a read.
Meanwhile his opponent in seat 1, the other side of the dealer is Robert Alexander.
Alexander covers Higgins
I wait as Alexander decides whether to call
Several minutes later i am still waiting
The clip clap of chips being riffled around the table interrupts the air of tension
Higgins looks impassive
Eventually Aexander calls
Higgins flips 3s 4s, from the cut off
Which was not what i had put him on
As Alexander mucks, presumably neither did he.
Johnston and Higgins are on over 200,000 just approaching the final break of today with 3 levels left to play
doors open 11.30am
if you are coming on saturday especially, best to be early
Can you leave that one with me until tomorrow morning? I may be able to arrange a DBI on Sky Poker, but can't confirm it until tomorrow morning. I think it'll be do-ble.
If not, yes, it can be done via DTD at the Cash Desk upon arrival, so we have a backstop in place, just in case.
Be good to see you down here.
I'll send you a PM right now, with the details of how it will be handled.
PM sent.
^^^^
All sorted & confirmed by PM.
chip counts follow
Here we go, 35 survived into Sunday's Day 2, & the chip counts look like this;
thanks old man
Live 20 seats GTD at 8pm £100+1 rl
a couple of tidbits from late last night
Neil Channing was knocked out on the last hand of the day Kings into Aces when playing 80,000
Ryan Spittles was flying at one point but had a tough couple of last levels
He described a key hand near the end as follows
"Very next hand a player limps. A regular player. We call 55 BB. Limper folds
Flop AQ5 rainbow. I check he bets 12.5k. I decide to call as no real draws and reckon he can barrel on so many turn cards.
Turn 7x check check
River Kx I lead 18k which is a similar size to the last river lead I did. He tank raises to 48k.
I don't think I can ever fold here given the last hand plus I can be value betting so many weakish hands here. He's just seen me bet fold 2 pair and tbh on this board and action I rarely have more than a 1 pair hand. I call and obv JT."
it's a harsh game sometimes
reg is open to 4.40pm
re-entry into the next day only, tomorrow plays as a freezeout
22 1 Zhong W ang
22 2 Noel Broadbent
22 3 Leon Narinsakchai
22 4 Denis Ford
22 5 Martyn Frey
22 6 David Lloyd
22 7 Jack Cooper
22 8 Ross Loggie
23 1 Wai Leung
23 2 Toby Robinson
23 3 Ian Gellatly
23 4 Eleanor Gudger
23 5 Thomas Somerville
23 6 Ian Simpson
23 7 Tomasz Caba
23 8 Trevor Reardon
25 1 Brijesh Das
25 2 Hamish Morjaria
25 3 Philip Hepburn
25 4 Chris Williams
25 5 Sean Hart
25 6 Allan Peers
25 7 John Baldini
25 8 Antoine Saout
26 1 Lee Nayler
26 2 Angelo Milioto
26 3 Gary Fisher
26 4 Stephen Freeman
26 5 John Sadler
26 6 Peter Wigglesworth
26 7 Florian Duta
26 8 Paolo Turatti
27 1 Jon Briggs
27 2 Padraig O Neill
27 3 Karol Radomski
27 4 Alan Taddei
27 5 Andy Wool
27 6 Thomas High
27 7 Robert Jones
27 8 Martin Hogarty
31 1 Sean Randall
31 2 Kevin Brown
31 3 Sophie Rigali
31 4 Daniel Gatward
31 5 Paul Williams
31 6 Leo Mcclean
31 7 Shuaida Cheng
32 1 Bruce Atkinson
32 2 Ben Winsor
32 3 Carl Taylor
32 4 Anonymous
32 5 Andrey Veselov
32 6 Anonymous
32 7 Jack Allen
33 1 Paul Mason
33 2 Colin Dea
33 3 Matt Wootton
33 4 Louis Scriven
33 5 Dara Okearney
33 6 Neil Channing
33 7 Grzegorz Gosk
34 1 Joe Laming
34 2 Steven Watts
34 3 Paul Romain
34 4 Aqeel Butt
34 5 James Parker
34 6 Paul Haycock
34 7 Lukasz Jankowski
35 1 Ali Zihni
35 2 Liam Hooks
35 3 Carlo Hassan
35 4 Tim Wright
35 5 Ross Vendyback
35 6 Paul Hardy
35 7 Zhongming Liao
36 1 Albert Sapiano
36 2 Daniel Parsonage
36 3 Mark Armstrong
36 4 Colin Hawker
36 5 Robert Davies
36 6 James Jeffrey
36 7 Ionut Flavius Voinea
36 8 Timothy Chung
37 1 John Gale
37 2 David Burghardt
37 3 Paul Chesser
37 4 Anthony Haughey
37 5 Andrew Hills
37 6 David Mundle
37 7 Jamie O'connor
37 8 Anonymous
38 1 Richard Breach
38 2 Gary Burnley
38 3 Stephen Ayres
38 4 Greg Harrison
38 5 Keith Christie
38 6 Michael Brown
38 7 Thomas Middleton
if you have played on sky you've played against this man, probably....
who?
37 1 John Gale
37 2 David Burghardt
37 3 Paul Chesser
37 4 Anthony Haughey
37 5 Andrew Hills
37 6 David Mundle
37 8 Anonymous
37 9 Andrew Hulme
100-200 blinds
hand 1 button seat 5
Anon limps UTG, Burghardt makes it 700, Mndle calls in the small blind, Anon calls
Ad 4s 2h checked through
7h Mundle 1,000, Anon the only caller
3s Mundle 1,000, Anon call
Mundle shows Aspades 8d
hand 2 button seat 6
Gale opens to 525
Hills calls
Anon in the big blind calls
Aspades 8h 9d
checked to Hills who bets 1200
both call
3d checked through
8s checked through
Hills shows Ac Jd which is good
hand 3 button seat 7
Burghardt opens to 700
Anon calls
Hulme in the big blind calls
Qd 4h Jc checked through
Ks Hulme 1500, Anon calls
2d
Anon 1500
Hulme 5200
call
Hulme Kh Qc on showdown to win
Hand 4 button seat 8
Chesser to 550
Haughey 3 bet to 1600
call
Kd 4h 2c
check
Haughey 1200
Chesser c raise to 3000
pass
Chesser shows Kh
hand 5 button seat 9
Chesser and Haughey limp
Hills 1000
O'Cnnor 3,500 playing 50,000
pass pass pass
hand 6 button seat 1
Anon to 1,000 a fold
Hand 7 button seat 2
Anon to 800
Gale and Burghardt call
Kh 3d 2s
Anon 900
Brghardt calls
6d
Anon check
Burghardt 3,000
Anon folds showing Qh Qs
hand 8 button seat 3
Mundle 800
Gale call
Burghardt 2,200
both pass
hand 9 button seat 4
Chesser limps
Mundle in the big blind makes it 1700
Chesser sets Mundle in
who calls, what can they possibly have to get 300x bb in each in level 4
Mundle A-Ko
Chesser 6-6
Q-K-8-J-8 to double undle up
Chesser bangs his remaining stack down in frustration.
Small ball please sir, small ball