Hey Tikay - just tried to get into the casino and they've refused me entry for some reason related to last night's antics. Which is ridiculous as I didn't do anything to warrant that, any chance of you guys pulling some strings? Q keen to get on the rail lots of good players left in the mix
Thank you Tikay, good luck on roses table. Also gl to George. Must be rigged as you and Mark are on the same table. But that just means 2 bounties to go for.
That table has now broken, but not before a 3 way all in pre between seat 3 (J-J), me (Q-Q) and......Sam (A-K).
The board ran out 6 high, so that propelled me to 90,000 or more.
Team Sky Poker are falling thick and fast as Sky Sam is the next to be eliminated. All in pre flop with pocket 5' only to be called by @MattBates with K4 - as ever, Mr Bates hits his K and picks up a lovely new iPad from the bounty prize.
Mr Tyrrell storms off and shortly drives back to Leeds in a huff.
Play has slowed down as we are down to 3 tables and 2 off the money. @Tikay10 is exploiting the bubble by shoving his modest 100k stack left right and centre. He is yet to get a caller though. Mr Channing is also proving he still knows how to play poker as he looks set to cash in yet another SPT.
24 remaining as Neil Channing makes an exit – short stacked (6 BB) Neil shoves with ace rag and gets a blind caller with 9 3 off, unfortunately, for Neil the board turns a 9 to seal his fate.
I've just departed the scene of the crime, so will try & pick up the Live Update as it nears the sharp end.
20 players left & I was struggling with 9 Bigs & jammed K-Q from the button, & Tim Chung, playing very deep, made the correct call with J-10 & got there. Most enjoyable afternoon, & £250 for my troubles.
As of now, 18 players remain, but Matt Bates just busted in somewhat eccentric style, there was a 3 way all-in, two players both had A-Q & Matt had A-J, so he had a scintilla of hope, but, remarkably, running Queens did him.
@glencoelad is in Seat 1, The excellent Tim Chung in Seat 2, @cracked (with his back to us, hat, seat 6), Vinny ( @CxE1 ) seat 7, local player Melissa Chloe (seat 8), & Craig, who has been running extraordinarily hot, in Seat 9.
Here's the other table, I'll go get some names soon, the only one I recognize at first glance is @GSmith13 in seat 1 or 2, the serious looking dude.
Stood behind the dealer is Sky Kirsty, camera at the ready, the gent in the plum (?) shirt is @pompeynic and the blonde lady (stnding) in the white top is Mrs @glencoelad . A blurry Ambo can be seen beating a hasty retreat far right, en route to Ladbrokes one assumes.
I am not in the same room as the Tournament, and am trying to get in there o watch some hands & take some photos for you, but I am by the payout desk & I've just seen Vinny @CxE1 getting paid out.
Seems he was short-stacked, 130,000 or so, & jammed Q-9, but failed to improve with the callers A-K.
Right, lets see if I can get in the room & see what's what.
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Bounty prize - Apple iWatch.
Mr Tyrrell storms off and shortly drives back to Leeds in a huff.
Bounty prize – Amazon Echo Spot.
I've just departed the scene of the crime, so will try & pick up the Live Update as it nears the sharp end.
20 players left & I was struggling with 9 Bigs & jammed K-Q from the button, & Tim Chung, playing very deep, made the correct call with J-10 & got there. Most enjoyable afternoon, & £250 for my troubles.
As of now, 18 players remain, but Matt Bates just busted in somewhat eccentric style, there was a 3 way all-in, two players both had A-Q & Matt had A-J, so he had a scintilla of hope, but, remarkably, running Queens did him.
Here's the scene a few minutes ago.
@glencoelad is in Seat 1, The excellent Tim Chung in Seat 2, @cracked (with his back to us, hat, seat 6), Vinny ( @CxE1 ) seat 7, local player Melissa Chloe (seat 8), & Craig, who has been running extraordinarily hot, in Seat 9.
Stood behind the dealer is Sky Kirsty, camera at the ready, the gent in the plum (?) shirt is @pompeynic and the blonde lady (stnding) in the white top is Mrs @glencoelad . A blurry Ambo can be seen beating a hasty retreat far right, en route to Ladbrokes one assumes.
MAN OVERBOARD
@glencoelad shoves with the A-Q, & Tim Chung, who is good enough not to need help from the cards, accommodates him with the Aces.No way off that for our George.
He'll be making his way back to Edinburgh in the morning, where he's a regular at Gala Maybury, one of the best looking Casinos in the UK.
I am not in the same room as the Tournament, and am trying to get in there o watch some hands & take some photos for you, but I am by the payout desk & I've just seen Vinny @CxE1 getting paid out.
Seems he was short-stacked, 130,000 or so, & jammed Q-9, but failed to improve with the callers A-K.
Right, lets see if I can get in the room & see what's what.
Never saw him exit, but it appears @GSmith13 has departed, too.
Sky Kirsty, who has a proper camera & knows how to drive it, is gonna take a few photos which I'll upload as soon as I get them.
Amazingly, we are down to 12.
Once it reaches the Final, we'll get everyone's names & see if we can update all the way home from there.
10 left now, so final Table bubble.
Once we make the Final, there will be a 30 minute break to get all the chip counts, names & photos, then we'll get started.
I can tell you that the first player to hit the magic million appears to be Craig, & he looks to have bested that number by some distance.
There's a few short stacks on view, too, so the Final won't be long.
I've just noticed that Marc McCluskey is still in. decent player, Mark, been on the scene for ever.
FINAL
Photos & chip counts are being taken, seat re-draw sorted, then we'll be off & running.