Morning.
I suppose yesterday was dominated by the news that Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care. Like him or not, Boris is a strong & fit man who exercises regularly & has the best possible day to day healthcare available to him. It's really strange & quite disturbing the wide variety of people that this virus seems to affect. His illness seems to have had a sobering effect on people across the UK, we are all now realising how awful this virus is.
For balance, yesterday's good news - perhaps - was that virus deaths in the UK showed a sharp drop for the 2nd day running. Variance, or have we passed the peak?
OK, on to the poker.
The UKOPS Main & Mini, as well as the 7pm opener, once again produced spectacular numbers, but away from those, numbers calmed down a little across the board. That's a good thing imo, as if we are all going to be locked up at home for another few months, we need to make our money last.
Overall, UKOPS guarantees last night amounted to £41,000, with Prize Pools coming in 50% higher at £61,680.
UKOPS
UKOPS 20 £4,000 Bounty Hunter £7,320
UKOPS 21 £20,000 Bounty Hunter £27,500
UKOPS 22 £5,000 Mini Bounty Hunter £11,280
UKOPS 23 £4,000 Bounty Hunter £5,660
UKOPS 24 £5,000 Turbo Bounty Hunter £5,800
UKOPS 25 £3,000 Hyper Bounty Hunter £4,100
NON-UKOPS
£3,000 Bounty Hunter £4,150
£1,000 Bounty Hunter £1,440
£3,000 Sheriff Bounty Hunter £3,650
£1,500 Quickdraw £2,050
£1,500 Midnight Express B/Hunter £2,660
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UKOPS 20 £4,000 Bounty Hunter (£7,320)
4 or 5 cashes in March but no headline wins, but last night it all came good for bluecall07. He was not done yet though, as we shall see.
In the Big Boys UKOPS Challenge, Team Moan It In were in a £1,700 hole when play began last night but the score by destinycod paid off around £400 of that. All they need to do now is win a big one.
4th was Jacquelyn, with CCKeenan 6th.
@bluecall07 1038000 1 £873.65 + £165.45 Head Prizes 7
@dannygeeze 0 2 £508.62 + £108.14 Head Prizes 3
@destinycod 0 3 £307.94 + £119.29 Head Prizes 7
@Jacquelyn 0 4 £246.35 + £95.19 Head Prizes 6
@stotty5 0 5 £207.60 + £92.15 Head Prizes 5
@CCKeenan 0 6 £169.19 + £140.82 Head Prizes 13
UKOPS 21 £20,000 Bounty Hunter (£27,500)
Would you believe it?
Yesterday it was hello darkness my old friend, now Team Moan It In have turned it round in spectacular fashion. A £400+ cash by destinycod & now £4,650 for miniman88 changes everything, & the bookies slashed Team M-I-I to 1/6 favourites to win the challenge.
2nd was ozzieowen, 3rd was Sky Poker veteran lyonsbob06, & I imagine miniman took some satisfaction from beating a player with the alias "hatearsena".
An odd double for CCKeenan who finished 6th in both this & the opener. Not sure if that's lucky or unlucky.
@miniman88 2750000 1 £3643.75 + £1004.25 Head Prizes 8
@ozzieowen 0 2 £2172.50 + £1130.84 Head Prizes 13
@lyonsbob06 0 3 £1306.25 + £505.54 Head Prizes 7
@bellamyf 0 4 £1031.25 + £152.35 Head Prizes 3
@hatearsena 0 5 £873.12 + £555.16 Head Prizes 8
@CCKeenan 0 6 £728.75 + £284.19 Head Prizes 5
UKOPS 22 £5,000 Mini Bounty Hunter (£11,280)
795 entries for this and Fender took the bumper prize.
newdaddy took delivery of £885 in 2nd, with Team SunRun, ousted as leaders of the Teams Challenge, collecting over £500 thanks to TEDSON.
@FeNdeR36 3384000 1 £1325.40 + £280.53 Head Prizes 16
@newdaddy 0 2 £707.82 + £178.20 Head Prizes 17
@Tedson 0 3 £423 + £82.90 Head Prizes 11
@AgentAA88 0 4 £344.04 + £92.87 Head Prizes 8
@gez_bear 0 5 £282 + £27.90 Head Prizes 4
@LukeyK 0 6 £225.60 + £93.16 Head Prizes 10
UKOPS 23 £4,000 Bounty Hunter (£5,660)
The last time RANGERSCHA appeared in these threads was in April 2018 when he ran 4th in a Mega Mini. Anyone remember them? £11 buy-in & a £20,000 guarantee, & the last one got almost 1,300 entries.@RANGERSCHA 849000 1 £749.95 + £312.42 Head Prizes 13
@kellerman 0 2 £447.14 + £85.90 Head Prizes 8
@Lalalola 0 3 £268.85 + £70.31 Head Prizes 6
@damhawk07 0 4 £212.25 + £161.62 Head Prizes 11
@Kidpoke450 0 5 £179.71 + £32.17 Head Prizes 3
@Nalayogi27 0 6 £149.99 + £89.85 Head Prizes 6
UKOPS 24 £5,000 Turbo Bounty Hunter (£5,800)
Cleis - I SO hope his real forename is John - won Midnight Express 3 times in just over a month last Autumn & popped up to take this one down last night.
Runner-up Rigster51 won Midnight Express last Thursday, whilst EVIL_BERT ran 3rd after a 4th & 5th in successive nights in late March.
The Alvez heater shows no signs of abating, another FT here.
@Cleis 580000 1 £810.55 + £438.73 Head Prizes 6
@Rigster51 0 2 £494.45 + £369.13 Head Prizes 13
@EVIL_BERT 0 3 £304.50 + £140.93 Head Prizes 5
@wi03 0 4 £245.05 + £206.24 Head Prizes 7
@MrTucker 0 5 £208.80 + £261.34 Head Prizes 11
@Alvez11 0 6 £179.80 + £43.36 Head Prizes 2
UKOPS 25 £3,000 Hyper Bounty Hunter (£4,100)
darius booked the win, with Lalalola - a Kinks fan maybe? - 2nd. I only learned today that Lola, famously sung by the Kinks, was about a love affair between a "cis man" (a what?) & a trans women. Who'd have thought? I just thought it was a nice ditty, but it seems it's a bit deeper than that.Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Great to see two season ticket holders in the Daily Forum Comp both cashed, Shelley7 in 3rd with the lactose intolerant MAXALLY in 5th. A brownie point goes to anyone who can figure out that lactose intolerant comment.
@darius1993 615000 1 £558.62 + £280.61 Head Prizes 13
@Lalalola 0 2 £335.18 + £46.98 Head Prizes 4
@Shelley7 0 3 £205 + £40.57 Head Prizes 3
@CU180 0 4 £160.93 + £105.31 Head Prizes 10
@MAXALLY 0 5 £137.35 + £11.25 Head Prizes 1
@Gunn777 0 6 £115.62 + £33.52 Head Prizes 3
£3,000 Bounty Hunter @ 7pm (£4,150)
Away from UKOPS now & Melty must love this one, he was 3rd the night before then 1st last night. Then again I suppose he loves all MTT's, as he seems to print in them. Sharky says that Melty is the most profitable Sky Poker MTT-er in 2020. No surprise there then.
Quite an across-the-card 7pm double for bluecall07, 3rd in this & winner of the 7pm UKOPS.
@chicknMelt 415000 1 £622.50 + £357.90 Head Prizes 6
@humberfish 0 2 £415 + £125.67 Head Prizes 3
@bluecall07 0 3 £249 + £108.98 Head Prizes 4
@Melrose9 0 4 £207.50 + £117.20 Head Prizes 5
@chevron2 0 5 £166 + £118.36 Head Prizes 5
@Plumbob 0 6 £134.88 + £89.07 Head Prizes 4
£1,000 Bounty Hunter (£1,440)
Emmagoblin turned up last night for the first time in 3 months & promptly took this down. Welcome back.
Good old splashies was 2nd.
@Emmagolpin 216000 1 £208.80 + £133.33 Head Prizes 6
@splashies 0 2 £136.80 + £30 Head Prizes 4
@whitters95 0 3 £84.60 + £79.69 Head Prizes 7
@SHYBOY51 0 4 £68.40 + £9.38 Head Prizes 1
@Woody800 0 5 £55.80 + £12.19 Head Prizes 1
@GFKIJKLL 0 6 £46.80 + £49.45 Head Prizes 4
£3,000 Sheriff Bounty Hunter (£3,650)
humberfish was 2nd in the £3,000 BH @ 7pm, then 2nd again here, with Ry-Ry, as Anna Fowler liked to call him, in 6th.
@dakky 365000 1 £547.50 + £424.56 Head Prizes 7
@humberfish 0 2 £365 0
@RegalTang 0 3 £219 + £79.69 Head Prizes 4
@Tmitch20 0 4 £182.50 + £434.79 Head Prizes 16
@ChIpSiSbK 0 5 £146 + £93.75 Head Prizes 5
@scotty77 0 6 £118.62 + £18.75 Head Prizes 1
£1,500 Quickdraw (£2,050)
Winner Gambelo is beter known for his UKOPS CV, in the Xmas version he had 6 cashes & 3 FT's. He'll make a UKOPS Final this time round too, mark my words.
Decent night for damhawk07, adding 2nd here to his 4th in UKOPS 23.
@Gambelo 205000 1 £379.25 + £264.52 Head Prizes 7
@damhawk07 0 2 £225.50 + £137.33 Head Prizes 4
@GetThere 0 3 £153.75 + £18.75 Head Prizes 1
@heddoh18 0 4 £112.75 + £193.07 Head Prizes 8
@gaming123 0 5 £82 + £55.07 Head Prizes 2
@snoxx11 0 6 £71.75 0
£1,500 Midnight Express B/Hunter (£2,660)
@Dylan16750 399000 1 £365.75 + £164.69 Head Prizes 6
@boezalt07 0 2 £220.78 + £81.72 Head Prizes 8
@sjl1973 0 3 £135.66 + £56.83 Head Prizes 5
@wi03 0 4 £107.73 + £16.88 Head Prizes 2
@freaky01 0 5 £91.77 + £81.69 Head Prizes 5
@TEXANT 0 6 £77.14 + £69.01 Head Prizes 5
UKOPS Rewards Freeroll (1,920 entries)
1,920 entries? Jeez. Is that a record for the Rewards Freeroll? Looks like moving it to 6.30pm worked well.
@-Stuey- 3840000 1 £50 + UKOPS 46 £20,000 High Roller B/Hunter
@Scoop2507 0 2 £30 + UKOPS 60 £50,000 MAIN EVENT
@DK0105 0 3 £20 + UKOPS 60 £50,000 MAIN EVENT
@LiamRynn 0 4 £15 + UKOPS 60 £50,000 MAIN
@rabdeniro
Seems I've led something of a sheltered life.
I was wondering if there will be a mini UKOPS following on from the current one?
I know the players on lower bankrolls maybe thinking about this. If not, how about lowering a couple of the mini tournaments back to a £5.50 buy in? I know the guarantees are big, but they would still be covered and it would help those not quite so “ flush” to feel part of the current UKOPS festival. Just trying to be all inclusive during these difficult times.
Hope you are well and looking after yourself.
Nick
Some valid points there, though the existing UKOPS buy-ins can't be changed at this stage, they are cast in stone really.
Mini-UKOPS? No announcement either way has been made yet.
Great to have you back here mate.
Would be a great story if he could cash in that.