GUKPT LEG 6 WALSALL BLOG

Prizepool – 14/07/2013 – 19:20

GukPT Walsall Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 172

1st – £24,910 – David Tighe
2nd – £17,420 – Charlie Denton
3rd – £10,970 – Tim Slater
4th – £6,660 – Charles Ihle
5th – £5,160 – Mr G
6th – £4,090 – Gerard Haggarty
7th – £3,220 – Mark Hester
8th – £2,370 – Julian Thew
9th – £1,610 – Craig Blyth
9th – £1,610 – Graham Pound
11th – £1,290 – Stuart Langford
12th – £1,290 – Chris Howden
13th – £1,080 – Justin Devonport
14th – £1,080 – Ivan Scott
15th – £1,080 – Guy Taylor
16th – £1,080 – Shaun Griffin
17th – £1,080 – Paul Dunne

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Walsall Round Up – 14/07/2013 – 18:30

We started the day with only eight players for the first time in GukPT History as we lost two players yesterday during hand for hand play.

The final table started with a bang, with us losing Julian Thew less than a round in, his QQ being beat by the AA of Charlie Denton, all in on the turn. Julian couldn’t keep his 100% winning record up as he finished in 8th place for £2,370.

 

The next player to be eliminated was the youngest player on the table Mark (Not Martin) Hester. He got it in with A-6 which could beat the Q-J of David Tighe who turned top pair after flopping a gut shot. Mark would leave disappointed with his 7th place finish for £3,220.

In 7th place we would lose Gerard Haggarhy, the irishman would run his 20 bigs stack into the A-K of Mr G, unfortunately Gerard was drawing thin with A-2. Which couldn’t get there, he would leave the final with a smile on his face and a cheque for £4,090.

Mr G would be the next player to leave the final in a pot worth half the chips in play. He got his 750,000 stack in the middle on a board of 10–4–6–9 with Aces and ran into the pocket 9s of Tim Slater who now held a huge chip lead. Mr G was one of the best characters I’ve seen playing the game and left with £5,160.

In fourth position we would lose Charles Ihle, who had grinded a short stack for the whole final table. He got it in with the nut flush draw and ran into the top two pair of Charlie Denton. Charlie was now chipped up as Charles headed for the cash desk to collect his £6,660.

The players would then be three handed for a good hour. Where big pots were played and the chips were going round and round. David Tighe then seemed to take control of the final table and would increase his stack over 2million.

Tim Slater who had been chip leader since mid way through yesterday would leave in third place, his A-5 being unable to beat the 9-9 of David even after turning a straight as the board paired on the river. Tim would leave with £10,970.

Heads Up would last much longer than anticipated as Charlie Denton fought back, shoving into David who just wanted to play small ball. After doubling up once with Jc-7c vs the 8-8 of David. He would get it again with A-4 which would be unable to beat the 7-7 of David.

Charlie Denton would finish runner up and cash out for £17,420.

David Tighe would be crowned as our GukPT Walsall Main Event Champion winning £24,910 a  grand final seat and the beautiful trophy.

Until next time be lucky.

We Have A Winner!! – 14/07/2013 – 18:05

As quick as a flash, Charlie Denton opens David Tighe re-raises, Charlie moves all in and David makes the call. The two hands are tabled, if Charlie wins this hand the players will be level in chips….

Charlie… A-4

David…. 7-7

The board runs out 10–5–10–8–2.

With that we lose Charlie Denton in second place, he takes home £17,420 his biggest pay day to date.

GukPT Main Event Walsall Champion 2013 is David Tighe winning £24,910.

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Denton Doubles Up – 14/07/2013 – 17:55

David raises, Charlie moves all in for about the tenth time and this time David calls….

Charlie tables Jc–7c and will need help vs the 8-8 of David.

The flop comes 10–9–6. Charlie picks up a gut shot, giving him two more outs.

The turn card is an eight. David turns a set but Charlie turns the straight. If the board pairs we will have a champion, if not Charlie doubles up.

The river card is a Jack.

Charlie Denton doubles up to 700,000.

David is still comfortable chip leader with 2.6million.

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Blinds Up – 14/07/2013 – 17:52

Blinds up as we begin level 23. They are now 12.000/24,000 with no running ante.

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Biggest Pot So Far – 14/07/2013 – 17:50

The biggest pot of heads up play so far…

David limps, Charlie makes it 50k and David calls.

The flop comes 8h–6d–Ad.

Charlie leads out for 65,000 and David makes the call.

The turn card comes 9d.

Charlie checks this time to David who bets 90,000, Which Charlie quickly calls.

The river card is the two of hearts.

Both players check.

Charlie tables 3-7 for seven high which is no good as David takes the pot with J-8 for third pair.

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Small Pots – 14/07/2013 – 17:40

There have been not big pots to speak of just yet. Still small ball poker. Heads up is being played in good spirits though with both players having a laugh and joke, even though they are playing for big money.

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Charlie On Top – 14/07/2013 – 17:30

Charlie is getting the better of things in the early exchanges. Three bet shoving a few times and each time adding 40,000 to his stack. He has chipped up to 650,000.

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Heads Up! – 14/07/2013 – 17:20

We are now heads up between Charlie Denton and David Tighe. David having 2.8 million to Charlies 500,000.

Before they started Charlie said to David “I know you’re scared, but we can chop it now” Then they both burst out laughing.

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Tim Slater – 3rd – 14/07/2013 – 17:10

Tim Slater makes it 55,000 to play from the small blind, David goes to three bet from the big blind, just as he does Tim announces all in and David snap calls.

Tim tables A-5 and will need help vs the 9-9 of David.

The flop comes 9–7–6. David flops top set but Tim picks up a gut shot. He shouts for an eight ball…..

The turn card is an eight!!!! As he hits his straight.

The river card is a 7, pairing the board and giving David the full house and the pot.

Tim Slater is eliminated in third place for £10,970.

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Level 22 – 14/07/2013 – 17

The players are back seated and ready to play. Blinds are 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante.

3 players remaining.

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Chip Counts – 14/07/2013 – 16:55

Seat Two – Tim Slater – 650,000

Seat Six – David Tighe – 2,100,000

Seat Seven – Charlie Denton – 430,000

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Break Time – 14/07/2013 – 16:45

Break time for the three remaining players as they take 15 minutes.

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Prepare Yourselves – 14/07/2013 – 16:43

Prepare yourselves as this could be a long one, although there have been lots of big pots while we have been three handed. There’s still lots of chips in play. It could easily go another 3/4 hours. It does however make a massive difference that the blinds are now only 45 minutes long.

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Tighe Takes Chip Lead!! – 14/07/2013 – 16:33

Tim Slater makes it 34,000 to play from the small blind and David Tighe calls in the big blind.

The flop comes Js–6d–6s. Tim fires at David betting 100,000, which is called.

The turn card comes the Ace of diamonds. Tim fires a second bullet, this time 200,000 which David again calls.

The river card is the two of spades.

Tim empties the clip betting 400,000!! David thinks for a minute or so before moving all in!!

Tim lets it go and with that he loses the chip lead. Tim is down to 800,000, while David is up to 1.8million.

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Misclick Gets Through – 14/07/2013 – 16:20

David Tighe makes it 35,000 from the button, Tim Slater then three bets it the big blind, making it 152,000 a huge three bet.

Tim says to David that he meant to make it 102,000 but got mixed up with the new 500,000 chips.

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Blinds Up – 14/07/2013 – 16:15

The blinds up as they are now 8000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.

3 players remaining.

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Tighe Takes a Big One – 14/07/2013 – 16:10

David Tighe and Tim Slater see a flop as it comes 8–J–4.

David leads out for 116,000, Tim raises to 250,000, David instantly announces all in!!

Tim folds as David takes the pot with the all in.

David Tighe is now fighting about and up to 875,000.

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Three Bet is Good For Denton – 14/07/2013 – 16:05

Tim makes it 31,000 to play from the button, Charlie Denton three bets to 72,000. Tim folds.

Charlie takes another pot and shows pocket nines.

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Denton At It – 14/07/2013 – 16

Charlie Denton opens the action and is called by David Tighe in the big blind.

The flop comes 3–2–Q.

David checks to Charlie who bets 40,000, David raises to 93,000.

Charlie then re-raises to 278,000…

David goes into the tank for a good three minutes before folding.

Charlie shows 10-9 for a complete bluff!!

David is left with 450,000 while Charlie is up to 850,000.

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Tim Takes Another – 14/07/2013 – 15:55

Tim opens to 31,000, David Tighe re-raises to 87,000, Tim moves all in, David thinks for a minute or two before folding and Tim takes another pot.

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Tim Slater Over 2million – 14/07/2013 – 15:45

Tim Slater makes it 31,000 to play, Charlie Denton three bets in the big blind to 86,000, Tim makes the call.

The flop comes 4–Q–2.

Charlie leads out for 100,000, Tim quickly raises to 220,000, Charlie makes the call.

The tiurn card comes a 6.

Charlie opts to check this time, Tim bets 370,000, Charlie folds and Tim takes the pot increasing his chip lead and moving up to 2million.

He tables A-Q for top top.

We continue with three players.

 

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Prizepool Payout – 14/07/2013 – 15:32

GukPT Walsall Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 172

1st – £24,910
2nd – £17,420
3rd – £10,970
4th – £6,660 – Charles Ihle
5th – £5,160 – Mr G
6th – £4,090 – Gerard Haggarty
7th – £3,220 – Mark Hester
8th – £2,370 – Julian Thew
9th – £1,610 – Craig Blyth
9th – £1,610 – Graham Pound
11th – £1,290 – Stuart Langford
12th – £1,290 – Chris Howden
13th – £1,080 – Justin Devonport
14th – £1,080 – Ivan Scott
15th – £1,080 – Guy Taylor
16th – £1,080 – Shaun Griffin
17th – £1,080 – Paul Dunne

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Charles Ihle – 14/07/2013 – 15:25

Charlie Denton opens in the small blind and Charles Ihle defends in the big blind.

The flop comes As–Ks–4s. Charles Ihle moves all in for 200,000 and is called by Charlie Denton.

Ihle tables Qs–6c for the nut flush draw against the Ah–Kh of Denton for top two.

The turn card comes the Queen of clubs, giving Charles two more outs.

The river card is the ten of clubs.

Charlie Denton takes the pot with top two pair moving up to a million chips!!

Charles Ihle leaves us in 4th place for £6,660.

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Level 20 – 14/07/2013 – 15:15

The players are back as we begin level 20.

Blinds are now 6,000/12,000 with a 100 ante.

4 players remaining.

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Chip Counts – 14/07/2013 – 15:10

Final Table

Seat One – Charles Ihle – 230,000

Seat Two – Tim Slater – 1,777,000

Seat Six – David Tighe – 720,000

Seat Seven – Charlie Denton – 750,000

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Break Time – 14/07/2013 – 15

The players are taking a quick 5 minute break while they colour up some chips.

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Charles Ihle Doubles – 14/07/2013 – 14:58

Blind on blind Charles Ihle and Tim Slater get it all in!!

Tim is ahead with A-6 vs the K-J of Charles.

The flop comes 3–7–2.

The turn card is a Queen.

Tim asks for his Ace high to holddddd….

It doesn’t as the river comes a KING!!

Charles Ihle doubles to 230,000. Tim still has absolute chunks!!

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HUGE POT!! – 14/07/2013 – 14:55

Tim Slater makes it 22,000 to play, Mr G three bets to 57,000, Tim flat calls and the two chips leaders go to the flop.

The flop comes 4–6–10 both players check to see the turn card.

The turn comes a nine.

Tim bets 65,000, Mr G moves all in for 750,000!!!! Tim snap calls to create a pot for over half the chips in play!!!!

Mr G tables Aces but is behind to the 9-9 of Tim who tables second set.

The river card is a Jack.

Tim Slater takes the pot and now has over half the chips in play after winning the huge pot!!!

Mr G leaves us in 5th place for £5,150. The table will definitely be duller without him.

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Gerard Harraghy – 6th – 14/07/2013 – 14:40

Charles Ihle makes it 22,000 to play, Mr G calls, Gerard Harraghy moves all in from the big blind!!

Charles gets out of the way. Mr G asks for a count and it’s 230,000 to call, which he makes.

Gerard is in bad shape tabling Ah–2h against the Ac–Kc of Mr G.

The board runs out 7–9–Q–3–Q.

A-K high takes the pot for Mr G who now has 750,000.

Gerard Harraghy leaves us in 6th place for £4,090.

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Mark Hester – 7th – 14/07/2013 – 14:25

David Tighe makes it 20,000 to play from first position, Charles Ihle calls from the hijack. Action then comes to Mark Hester who moves all in for his 120,000 stack (12 bigs). The player in the small blind Mr G has a huge decision on his hands, thinking for a good 2 minutes before making the fold.

David looks over at Charles asking him how much he has, which is about 230,000. David announces all in!! Charles folds and the two players go heads up.

Mark is ahead tabling Ah–6h against the Qd–Jd of David.

The flop comes 8–9–7, giving David four more outs as he picks up a gut shot.

The turn card is a JACK giving David top pair.

The river card is an eight.

DAvid takes the pot with two pair.

Mark is obviously not pleased and leaves the table as quick as possible. He finishes in 7th place for £3,220.

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Julian Thew – 8th – 14/07/2013 – 14:20

David Tighe makes it 20,000 to play, Charlie Denton three bets to 50,000 from the cutoff, Julian Thew flat calls on the button, action comes back to David who folds.

The flop comes J–7–3.

Charlie makes a quick continuation bet of 75,000, which is called by Julian.

The turn card is a 5.

Charlie quickly checks, Julian announces 100,000, Charlie instant moves all in!!

Julian only has 115,000 behind and decides to make the call.

Charlie tables pocket Aces leaving the three time champ drawing to just two outs as Julian tables pocket Queens.

The river card is a 7.

Charlie Denton takes the pot 700,000 pot, with two pair Aces and sevens!!

With that we lose Julian Thew in 8th place for £2,370.

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First All In – 14/07/2013 – 14:10

Mark Hester opens on the button, making it 22,000 to play, Mr G moves all in from the small blind, a huge shove!! Mark goes into the tank for a minute or two before folding.

Mr G shows pocket threes which is good enough to take the pot. That’s the first all in of the day and it gets through.

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Shuffle Up & Deal! – 14/07/2013 – 14

The card are in the air and the final table is now underway.

Blinds are 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante.

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Players Called In – 14/07/2013 – 13:55

The 8 finalists have just been called in to take their seats and unbag their chips, we should be underway bang on time at 2pm.

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Final Table Positions – 14/07/2013 – 13:45

Final Table

Seat One – Charles Ihle – 190,000

Seat Two – Tim Slater – 987,500

Seat Three – Mark Hester – 176,500

Seat Four – Mr G – – 527,000

Seat Five – Gerard Harraghy – 287,500

Seat Six – David Tighe – 543,500

Seat Seven – Charlie Denton – 365,500

Seat Eight – Julian Thew – 364,000

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The Final Table – 14/07/2013 – 13:30

Welcome back to the G Casino in Walsall for the final table of the GukPT Main Event. We have 8 hopefuls coming back after battling through a field of 172 players. It should be a fantastic final table with a mixture of old and younger players, recreational and professionals. There’s just less than £25,000 up top for the winner, as well as a grand final seat and a beautiful trophy.

Play will start at 2pm and the players are already mulling around.

Again the whole final table will be live streamed HERE.

 

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End of Day 2 – 13/07/2013 – 23:45

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 23:35

Tim Slater 987500
David Tighe 543500
Mr G 527000
Charlie Denton 365500
Julian Thew 364000
Gerard Haggarty 287500
Charles Ihle 190000
Mark Hester 176500

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Day 2 Is Over – 13/07/2013 – 23:30

Well after nine levels and ten minutes of play we have managed to reach a final table, albeit one player short than usual finals but we don’t mind. Another action packed day here at the GukPT Main Event. This time we lost 12 players in the first level then it was relatively steady through the day with the chip lead changing hands on many occasions. The man who has completely smashed it though and finished on top was Tim Slater. After he bust Ellie Biessek with the nut straight against her top two he didn’t look back. He won two hands off Ivan Scott, which propelled him to the top of the chip counts. It should be a great final tomorrow with some real characters and who could forgot Mr Julian Thew who has made three finals and won them ALL, could this be number four?

We will find out tomorrow. Join us here and on the live stream again for a 2pm start.

Thank You and goodnight.

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Down to 8!! – 13/07/2013 – 22:57

An all in and a call on both tables!!!!

Graham Pound opens from the button, Tim Slater moves all in from the big blind and Graham makes the calling putting his 120,000 over the line.

Tim has the best of it tabling pocket Jacks against the 6-6 of Graham.

The board runs out 7–9–K–A–4. With that we lose Graham pound in 10th place.

 

On the other table Craig Blyth is at risk with 7-7 vs the Ah-Kh of David Tighe.

The flop comes Qh–8d–5h, David picks up the nut flush draw.

The turn card is 6d.

The river card the seven of HEARTS!!

That means we lose Craig Blyth in 9th place.

The money from 10th and 9th is added together and then split between the two players as they both come joint 9th. They receive £1,610 each.

We are now done for the day. Full Chip counts to follow.

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Julian Finds The Aces – 13/07/2013 – 22:52

Tim Slater makes it 24,000 to play, Julian Thew moves all in for 170,000, the action comes back to Tim who makes the call.

The card are tabled and Julian has the pre flop nuts tabling ACES against the A-Q of Tim.

The board runs lout J–5–4–3–K.

Aces hold up and Julian takes the pot, doubling to 350,000.

Overtime – 13/07/2013 – 22:45

We are now into overtime as we begin the tenth level of today. Blinds are now 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante. 10 players remaining.

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Hand for Hand! – 13/07/2013 – 22:40

We are now hand for hand as we are on the final table bubble. Which means we will be playing down to a final tonight.

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Stuart Langford – 11th – 13/07/2013 – 22:33

Mr G limps, David Tighe limps, Stuart Langford then moves all in for 138,000…

Mr G then says “I’m sorry” and makes the call… David passes…

Stuart is ahead as he tables A-Q, Mr G tables Jc–9c… WOW!

The flop comes J–9–A, Mr G flops two pair to take the lead.

The turn card comes an 8.

The river card a 6.

The two pair hold as Mr G takes the pot, he now has 500,000!!

Stuart Langford heads out in 11th place for £1,290.

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Prizepool Payout – 13/07/2013 – 22:22

GukPT Walsall Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 172

1st – £24,910
2nd – £17,420
3rd – £10,970
4th – £6,660
5th – £5,160
6th – £4,090
7th – £3,220
8th – £2,370
9th – £1,720

10th – £1,500
11th – £1,290
12th – £1,290 – Chris Howden
13th – £1,080 – Justin Devonport
14th – £1,080 – Ivan Scott
15th – £1,080 – Guy Taylor
16th – £1,080 – Shaun Griffin
17th – £1,080 – Paul Dunne

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Chris Howden – 12th – 13/07/2013 – 22:12

Stuart Langford moves all in, Chris Howden also moves all in for his stack of 80,000, putting himself at risk.

Stuart tables 9h-8h against the Ac–Jc of Chris.

The flop comes 9c–8c–9s, Stuart flops a full house!!

The turn comes 7s, The river is the deuce of clubs.

Chris Howden rivers the flush but it’s no good as he heads out in 12th place for £1,290.

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Justin Devonport – 13th – 13/07/2013 – 22:05

Tim Slater opens and Justin Devonport defends in the big blind.

The flop comes 9–8–6.

Justin checks to Tim who bets 22,000, Justin then shoves for 194,000, a huge shove!! Tim takes a few minutes and then makes the call.

Justin tables K-10 for a gut shot straight draw, he will need to improve as Tim shows pocket Jacks.

The turn card is an Ace.

The river card a 6.

A clap of the hands from Tim as he busts another player. He now has 970,000!!

Justin leaves us in 13th place for £1,080.

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All Is Quiet – 13/07/2013 – 21:55

All is quiet at the two tables at the moment. This is the last level of tonight,we will finish after it finishes, unless we get down to 10 players, because you cannot stop play when you are hand for hand. With 45 minutes remaining only time will tell.

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 21:42

Tim Slater 770000
Charlie Denton 390000
Mr G 327000
Julian Thew 310000
Gerard Haggarty 240000
David Tighe 240000
Charles Ihle 182000
Stuart Langford 180000
Justin Devonport 170000
Craig Blyth 150000
Chris Howden 125000
Mark Hester 110000
Graham Pound 90000

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Level Eighteen – 13/07/2013 – 21:35

Players are back seated as we begin the last level of today. Blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.

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Break Time – 13/07/2013 – 21:25

Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.

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Ivan Scott – 14th – 13/07/2013 – 21:16

The action is still thick and fast here as the flop comes A–4–5, again Tim Slater and Ivan Scott are involved and they get it all in!!

Ivan…A-K

Tim…4-4

The turn card comes a ten, which leaves Ivan drawing dead.

The river card is a nine.

Ivan Scott is eliminated from the tournament in 14th position for £1,080.

Tim Slater is now huge chip leader with around 700,000!!!

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Guy Taylor – 15th – 13/07/2013 – 21:10

It’s action packed now!! Guy Taylor three bet shoves over an open from Charlie Denton and Charlie makes the call.

Guy… 8-8

Charlie.. K-K

The board runs out J–7–10–10–Q.

Kings hold for Charlie who is now up to 350,000.

We lose Guy Taylor who started the day as chip leader in 15th place for £1,080.

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Shaun Griffin – 16th – 13/07/2013 – 21

Shaun Griffin who has been grinding for the last few hours moves all in for his last 18,000 and is called in two sports.

The two players then check down the board as it comes 5–10–7–6–9.

On the river Charlies Ihle bets 10,000, Stuart Langford folds.

Charles tables A-8 for a straight which is good to take the pot as Shaun only has A-K for ace high.

Shaun Griffin finishes in 16th place for £1,080.

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Biggest Pot Of The Tournament – 13/07/2013 – 20:58

On a flop of A–5–6. Action goes raise, re-raise, all in, call to create a HUGE 520k pot!!

Both players turn over only one pair, A-Q for Tim Slater, which is ahead of the A-J of Ivan Scott.

The turn card is a King.

The river card a 7.

Tim takes the huge pot and tells the dealer to “Pass him the Mahoney!!” He is now massive chip leader. Ivan starts laughing, but it still left with around 175,000.

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Pass Me The Mahoney!! – 13/07/2013 – 20:53

Ivan Scott must be a bit of a legend round this area, but it’s the first time I’ve reported on him, and I will never forget him. Everytime Ivan wins a big pot, which has happened alot today he says to the dealer “Pass Me The Mahoney” It has started catching on as a few other players are also copying his catchphrase. All in good spirits.

Huge Three Way All In – 13/07/2013 – 20:43

Chris Howden opens the action making it 12,000 to play from under the gun, Charles Ihle then moves all in for 42,500. A third player then enters the pot as Gerard Haggarty makes the call. The action omes all the way back round to Chris who then moves all in, it’s 80,000 more for Gerard to call, he hates it but he calls.

A massive three way all in!!

Gerard.. J-J
Chris…Q-Q
Charles… ACES!!

The board runs out 2–A–7–9–7.

Charles takes the main pot trebling to 120,000!!

Chris makes a profit on the hand and now has 160,000.

Gerad is still left with 230,000.

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Paul Dunne – 17th – 13/07/2013 – 20:34

Paul Dunne moves all in from late position for his last 10 bigs, Ivan Scott also moves all in from the button. The blinds get out of their way as they go heads up.

Paul tables A-Q and is in bad shape vs the A-K of Ivan.

The board runs down K–7–J–2–6.

Paul Dunne is the first player to be eliminated in the money. Taking home £1,080.

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Level Seventeen – 13/07/2013 – 20:27

The blinds increase as we begin level seventeen. They are now 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante.

17 players remaining.

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The Bubble Bursts! – 13/07/2013 – 20:22

As Svein has been eliminated from the field they need to break table five after the hand in progress so they can play hand for hand on the bubble….

The hand in progress turns out to be a big one as Ivan Scott and Stuart Fox get it all on a flop of Q–4–6, Stuart being the short stack with 75,000.

Ivan tables Q-9 and is infront of Stuarts Q-8.

The turn comes a 10.

The river a Jack.

The 9 plays and Ivan takes the pot.

With that hand Stuart Fox is eliminated on the bubble. All the players are now in the mahoney!!

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Svein Eliminated! – 13/07/2013 – 20:16

Julian Thew opens and is called by Svein Eidsaeter in the blinds.

The flop comes Ad–9h–10d, Svein moves all in for around 60,000 and Julian makes  the call.

Svein is ahead tabling Ah–3h but will need to dodge alot of outs as Julian shows Qd–Jd for straight and flush draws, he also has a Royal draw.

The turn card is an eight giving Julian a straight.

The river is a Queen.

Julian takes the pot and now has 275,000.

Svein Eidsaeter is eliminated from the tournament in 19th place.

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Sherwood Eliminated – 13/07/2013 – 20:10

Svein Eidsaeter opens from the button, Justin DEvonport three bets in the big blind, Andy Sherwood then moves all in on the big blind for his 45,000 stack, Svein folds and Justin quickly calls.

Andy.. 6-6
Justin… ACES!

The board runs out 7–7–2–7–2.

Justin takes the pot and now has 330,000.

Andy Sherwood heads out in 20th place.

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Lost The Lady – 13/07/2013 – 20:05

We have lost our final lady in the tournament as Shahla Javadi heads out in 21st place.

Bott Busts – 13/07/2013 – 19:58

On a flop of 10s–9s–6s with four players involved. Julian Thew is first to act, he checks, James Bott then moves all in for his last 45,000.

Mark Hester & Justin Devonport fold their hands and Julian makes the call.

James tables Qh–Js, for a flush draw and an open ended straight draw, Julian tables 9d–9h for middle set.

The turn card is the six of clubs, giving Julian the full house, meaning James is drawing dead.

The river is a meaningless three.

Julian is now at his peak for the day with around 190,000.

 

James Bott has been grinding all day and unfortunately leaves us in 22nd place.

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Sherwood Survives – 13/07/2013 – 19:44

Svein Eidsaeter opens the action making it 9,000 to play, Andy  Sherwood then moves all in from the button for 40,000. Svein makes the call and the cards are tabled….

Svein…J-J

Andy.. K-J

The flop comes 7–A–8.

The turn card is a nine, giving Andy chop outs.

The river card is a TEN!!!

Both players hit a straight on the river and split the pot.

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Two Exits – 13/07/2013 – 19:30

We lose Eirimas Livonas on one table, his pocket deuces no good against the K-Q of Martin Hester who is now up to 200,000.

Then on table five, Craig Blyth makes it 10,500 to play, Matthew Wilson then moves all in, Craig goes into the tank for a while and then makes the call.

Craig…10-10

Matthew.. A-Q

The board runs out 3–6–7–8–5.

Tens hold as Craig takes the pot, he now has 200,000. Matthew is eliminated.

22 players remaining.

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 19:25

Stuart Langford 320000
Justin Devonport 290000
Gerard Harraghy 245000
Tim Slater 238000
Ivan Scott 230000
David Tighe 183000
Stuart Fox 173000
Charlie Denton 161000
Shahla Javadi 160000
Craig Blyth 149000
Svein Eidsaeter 140000
Mr G 130000
Julian Thew 118000
Charlies Ihle 112000
Mark Hester 106000
Graham Pound 99000
Eirimas Livonas 98000
Shaun Griffin 90000
Guy Taylor 85000
Paul Dunne 80000
Matthew Wilson 76000
Andrew Sherwood 59300
James Bott 58000
Chris Howden 46000

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Level Sixteen – 13/07/2013 – 19:17

The players are back, cards are in the air and we are underway. Blinds are now 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante.

24 players remaining.

Break Time – 13/07/2013 – 19:04

Break time for the remaining 24 players as they take 15 minutes.

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Devonport Double Doubles – 13/07/2013 – 18:55

Just 20 minutes ago I reported Justin Devonport had 60,000. He is now up there with the chip leaders with nearly 300,000!! He doubled up in a hand that I missed, but when I arrived at his table he was all in again on a flop of J–10–8 holding pocket Queens for an over pair against the K-J of Eirimas Livonas.

The turn and river are both aces as Justins hand holds up.

Eirimas is left with around 100,000, which is still over 30 big blinds.

We still continue with 24 players and will be doing on a break in 7 minutes.

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Beard Busts – 13/07/2013 – 18:45

After being here less than two levels, Paul Beard has been eliminated from the main event, he got his last 25,000 in the middle with pocket fours against the sevens of David Tighe.

The board ran out J–5–Q–7–6.

Very unlucky for Paul (below) who would of started the day with 57,000 but instead was left with just 15,000 when he got here.

David Tighe on the other hand now has 190,000.

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 18:35

A few chip counts from around the table. We will be getting a full chip count at the break in 30 minutes.

Ivan Scott – 200,000
Charlie Denton – 130,000
Justin Devonport – 60,000
Julian Thew – 120,000
David Tighe – 160,000
Graham Pound – 100,000

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Prizepool Payout – 13/07/2013 – 18:25

GukPT Walsall Main Event 
£500 NLHE 
Entries: 172
1st – £24,910
2nd – £17,420
3rd – £10,970
4th – £6,660
5th – £5,160
6th – £4,090
7th – £3,220
8th – £2,370
9th – £1,720

10th – £1,500
11th – £1,290
12th – £1,290
13th – £1,080
14th – £1,080
15th – £1,080
16th – £1,080
17th – £1,080

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All is Quiet – 13/07/2013 – 18:15

All is quiet in the first 10 minutes of this level. We haven’t seen much action or even one all in and a call. There are however a few short stacks out there. The shortest stack in the room belong to Paul Beard who was blinding away for four hours, while he was parked on the M6. He has 30,000 which is ten bigs.

Level Fifteen – 13/07/2013 – 18:05

The blinds increase as we begin level fifteen.

They are now 1,500/3,000 with a 400 ante.

We have 25 players remaining.

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Two More Exits – 13/07/2013 – 17:55

Short stacks Tina Bandyle & Fraser Beach have both been eliminated from table four, which is now our feature table, as we are down to 25 players.

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Ellie Eliminated – 13/07/2013 – 17:45

I hear the cry of all in and a call and see Ellie Biessek on her feet. She is the player all in, in what is a HUGE pot, probably around 200,000.

The board reads A–Q–10–6, Tim Slater is the player who has called her and has her covered.

Tim tables K-J for the nut straight, but Ellie still has outs tabling A-Q for top two.

The river is a 10.

With that we lose Ellie Biessek from the field.

Tim Slater is now up to 300,000 and is the new chip leader.

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Exits – 13/07/2013 – 17:40

Well while we have had doubles up on a few tables, there has been exits on the others. We have lost Roby Joganah, Adam Phelan & Nathan Henry from the field.

With their eliminations we are down to 27 players, so three tables.

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Double For Dunne – 13/07/2013 – 17:35

Action is folded round to short stack Paul Dunne on the button, he moves all in for around 30,000. Svein Eidsaeter makes the call in the big blind.

Paul is in great shape for a double up tabling A-Q vs the As-8s of Svein.

The flop comes 3–Q–6 with two spades. Top pair for Paul and the nut flush draw for Svein.

The turn is a red two.

The river the Ace of clubs.

Top pair holds for Paul as he gets a much needed double to 65,000.

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Just The Nuts For Julian – 13/07/2013 – 17:25

I get to the table as the board reads J–3–4–J–J. There is around 50,000 in the middle with two players involved in the hand, they are Julian Thew and Eirimas Livonas. Julian is all in for around 45,000, Eirimas is deep in the tank but eventually slide the call over the line.

Julian tables J-8 for QUADS!! He doubles up to around 150,000 while Eirimas drops to 160,000 but still has over the 122,000 average.

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They’ve Finally Made It – 13/07/2013 – 17:17

After spending nearly five hours parked on the M6, Paul Beard and Craig Blyth have made it here to Walsall. That’s a horrendous bad beat for anyone, to miss the first four levels with something that you cannot control. They are now both here though but work needs to be done, especially Paul as he is down to just 15,000. Craig has a little bit of breathing room with 60,000 but it is still nearly half the average.

Good luck to them both, they deserve a little bit of run good.

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 17:12

Eirimas Livonas 269000
Ivan Scott 255000
Stuart Langford 240000
Svein Eidsaeter 220000
Tim Slater 210000
Shahla Javadi 189000
Charlie Denton 185000
Stuart Fox 163000
Mr G 155000
Ellie Biessek 150000
Matthew Wilson 140000
Gerard Harraghy 138000
Guy Taylor 110000
David Tighe 110000
Julian Thew 90000
Graham Pound 90000
Charles Ihle 85000
Andrew Sherwood 82000
Nathan Henry 73000
Roby Joganah 68200
Chris Howden 65000
Craig Blyth 60000
Justin Devonport 53300
Tina Bandyle 51000
Adam Phelan 43000
James Bott 36000
Paul Dunne 35000
Shaun Griffin 30000
Mark Hester 29300
Paul Beard 15000
Fraser Beach 13300

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Level Fourteen – 13/07/2013 – 17:05

The players have been watered and fed. They are now back at the tables as we begin level fourteen.

Blinds are now 1200/2400 with a 300 ante.

32 players remaining.

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Dinner Break – 13/07/2013 – 16:18

Dinner break now for the players as they take 45 minutes.

Full chip count to follow.

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Three More Eliminations – 13/07/2013 – 16:15

Three players who won’t be making the dinner break are Danny Toffel, Dominic Rossookh & Paul Foy. I’m really sad to see Danny bust as his facebook and twitter updates have been keeping me entertained all day, this one especially.

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Denton Stacking Chips! – 13/07/2013 – 16:07

Charlie Denton makes it 6,000 to play from the button, Dean Gilbert moves all in from the big blind for around 30,000, Charlie thinks for a minute or two and says “I’m going to gamble with you” as he makes the call.

Charlie tables A-5 which is ahead of the K-J of Dean.

The board runs out 10–2–2–4–Q.

Ace high takes the pot as Charlie Denton is up to 175,000.

Den Gilbert is eliminated just before dinner break.

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Jackson Eliminated – 13/07/2013 – 15:58

Ben Jackson who has been grinding a short stack and hasn’t really got anything going finds K-8 of hearts with his 8 big blinds and moves all in. Unfortunately for him he runs into the pocket Aces of Julian Thew.

The board runs out 8–3–3–10–10.

Julian takes the pot with two pair and now has 90,000.

Ben Jackson is eliminated as we are down to 35 players.

 

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Final Four Tables – 13/07/2013 – 15:50

We lose Dahe Liu & Madhavan Kasthuri from the field. With their eliminations we are now down to the final four tables.

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Slater Up to 200k! – 13/07/2013 – 15:42

Tim Slater raises on the button and Priyanand Hallan defends in the big blind.

The flop comes 3–4–8, the two players get their stacks in, Priyanand only having around 17,000.

Tim is ahead with K-K for an over pair against the 5–6 of Priyanand for an open ended straight draw.

The turn card comes a Jack.

The river card a 10.

Priyanand heads for the exit door while Tim is now one of the chip leaders with 200,000!!

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Tina Flips Good – 13/07/2013 – 15:35

Tina Bandyle & Fraser Beach, who have both been regulars this season on the GukPT get it all in pre flop with Tina at risk. She has the best of it tabling 9-9 against the A-J of Fraser.

The first card is a nine and by the turn Fraser is drawing dead!!

She gets her double up and now has 45,000, still half the average, but still over 20 bigs. Fraser is still in good shape with 75,000.

 

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All is Quiet- 13/07/2013 – 15:30

All is quiet on the tournament floor during this level so far. I have just stood inbetween the five players in play for the first 10 minutes of this level and seen no hands of interest. This is the business end of the tournament now as we are 22 players off the money.

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Level 13 – 13/07/2013 – 15:20

The blinds are up as they increase to 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante.

39 players remaining.

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Down to 40 – 13/07/2013 – 15:13

Down to 40 players now as we lose Karl Jones & Glenn Ashworth.

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Thewy Building a Stack – 13/07/2013 – 15

Ian Gwynne moves all in for 16,000 over Julian Thews open and Julian makes the call putting Ian at risk.

Julian tables A-Q which has the Q-9 of Ian crushed!!

The board runs out 5–6–2–6–3.

Ian (below) completely misses the board and heads out.

 

Three time GukPT Main Event champ Julian Thew is now over average and has 85,000.

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Liu Gets Hearts! – 13/07/2013 – 14:50

Dahe Liu moves all in for for 21,000 and is called by one of the chip leaders Mr G.

It’s a classic coinflip as Dahe tables 9-9 vs the A-J of Mr G.

The flop comes J–6–2, Dahe stands up, but then realises that he has a flush draw as the flop is all hearts.

The turn card is the ten of hearts giving him the flush and the pot.

The river is a meaningless Ace as Mr G makes two pair.

Dahe Liu (below) survives the coinflip and doubles up to 44,000.

Mr G still has a healthy stack of 120,000.

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Down To Five Tables – 13/07/2013 – 14:45

We are now down to five tables as we lose

Hamish Mojaria
Karl Hammerager
David Wilkes
Yiannis Liperis
Mark Burns

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Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 14:35

Svein Eidsaeter 160000
Mr G 153500
Shahla Javadi 152000
Stuart Fox 150000
Guy Taylor 140000
Charlie Denton 138000
Stuart Langford 135000
Tim Slater 125000
Gerard Harraghy 123000
Matthew Wilson 122000
Eirimas Livonas 117600
Ellie Biessek 110000
Graham Pound 98000
Fraser Beach 94000
Craig Blyth 90500
Tina Bandyle 90000
Glenn Ashworth 87000
Adam Phelan 80000
Karl Jones 75000
Roby Joganah 74500
Andrew Sherwood 74000
Julian Thew 73000
Darren Sutton 72400
Ivan Scott 65500
Priyanand Hallan 65000
Paul Dunne 64000
Dominic Rossookh 60100
Danny Toffel 60000
Weikang Wang 50000
Mark Hester 48000
Ben Jackson 46700
Justin Devonport 44500
Ian Gwynee 44000
Paul Beard 40000
Yiannis Liperis 40000
Madhavan Kasthuri 35600
Dean Gilbert 35000
Nathan Henry 32500
James Bott 28000
Mark Burns 26300
Hamish Mojaria 26300
Vance Martin 26100
Chris Howden 26000
Dahe Liu 24000
Charles Ihle 20000
David Wilkes 17700
Shaun Griffin 17000
Paul Foy 15000

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Three Exits – 13/07/2013 – 14:27

Three more players are eliminated from the field as we drop under 50 players.

Those players are Steve Redfearne, James Keys & Tom Brady.

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Level 12 – 13/07/2013 – 14:17

The players are back seated in the cardroom, cards are in the air and we are underway.

Blinds are 800/1600 with a 200 ante.

51 players remaining.

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Break Time – 13/07/2013 – 14:02

Players are now on their first 15 minute break. We have 51 players remaining.

Chip Counts to follow.

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Live Stream – 13/07/2013 – 14

Make sure you are watching the live stream and keeping up with all the action from our two feature tables. The main feature table includes three out of the top four stacks starting today, Guy Taylor, Ellie Biessek and Tim Slater. The other table has three time GukPT Champ Julian on it.

You can watch the live stream here…

 

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Prizepool Payouts – 13/07/2013 – 13:55

GukPT Walsall Main Event 
£500 NLHE 
Entries: 172
1st – £24,910
2nd – £17,420
3rd – £10,970
4th – £6,660
5th – £5,160
6th – £4,090
7th – £3,220
8th – £2,370
9th – £1,720

10th – £1,500
11th – £1,290
12th – £1,290
13th – £1,080
14th – £1,080
15th – £1,080
16th – £1,080
17th – £1,080

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More Bust Outs – 13/07/2013 – 13:45

More exits from the main event as we lose Martin Hogarty & Paul McTaggart (below).

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Keys Caught At It – 13/07/2013 – 13:30

James Keys opens the action making it 2500 to play, Mr G defends in the big blind.

The flop comes 7–2–3.

Mr G checks to James who fires out a bet of 2700, G then quickly throws in 5,000, but is told it must be 5,400, James calls the bet.

The turn card pairs the board coming another two.

Mr G quickly leads out, betting 12,000, James cuts out a raise and makes it 26,700, as quick as a flash G moves all in but before he can put his chips over the line James’ cards are already in the muck.

James Keys is now down to 25,000 while Mr G is up to nearly 100,000.

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More Exits – 13/07/2013 – 13:20

More exits from the field as we are down to 55 players..

Trevor Reardon
Ali Ahmadyar
Stephen Pratt
Andrew Whitehouse
Sonia Hazeldine
Stephen Dyke

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Not A Good Start For Toffel – 13/07/2013 – 13:10

I’m not quite sure who he is referring to on his table but Danny Toffel hasn’t has a good start and is now down to less than 10 big blinds.

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Level Ten – 13/07/2-13 – 13:02

The blinds increase as we begin the second level of today. They are now 600/1200 with a 150 ante.

57 players remaining in the field.

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Redfearn Doubles – 13/07/2013 – 12:40

Steve Redfearn gets his 18,000 stack all in pre flop and is called by Mark Hester.

Steve absolutely hates it as he tables A-Q vs the A-K of Mark.

The flop comes 5–3–7, changing nothing.

The turn card is the Queen of spades, Steve takes the lead, but Mark picks up the flush draw as he is holding the ace of spades.

The river isn’t a spade or a king and with that Steve doubles up to just 37,000.

Mark is still comfortable with around 40,000 and takes it rather well still smiling about the hand.

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Early Exits – 13/07/2013 – 12:33

Exits in the first 30 minutes here on day 2…

Phil Powell
Ali Ahmadyar
James Dempster
Jeff Kimber
Ashley Haddon
Min Ji

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Aces No Good For Ashley – 13/07/2013 – 12:20

Ashley Haddon who started the day with 24,000 gets his chips all in on a K–8–9 flop and is called by Fraser Beach.

Ashley tables Aces for an over pair but will need to improve against the 9-8 for Fraser who has flopped bottom two pair.

The turn card comes a four.

The river card is a Jack.

Ashley Haddon is eliminated from the tournament while Fraser increases his stack to around 85,000.

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One Hand in One Player Down – 13/07/2013 – 12:10

After just one hand we have lost our player, that player being Min Ji who started the day as the second shortest stack, Jeff Kimber being the shortest stack. As is the same during any Day 2, we expect absolute carnage in the first level as the short stacks try to get some chips back.

 

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Seating Positions – 13/07/2013 – 12:06

Table Three

Seat One – Ellie Biessek
Seat Two – Weikang Wang
Seat Three – Guy Taylor
Seat Four – Karl Jones
Seat Five – Tim Slater
Seat Six – Karl Hammerager
Seat Seven – Paul Beard
SEat Eight – Adam Phelan
Seat Nine – Charlies Ihle

Table Four

Seat One – Andrew Sherwood
Seat Two – Trevor Reardon
Seat Three – Steve Redfearn
Seat Four – Julian Thew
Seat Five – James Bott
Seat Six – Mark Hester
Seat Seven – Fraser Beach
SEat Eight – Ian Gwynne
Seat Nine – Ashley Haddon

Table Five

Seat One – Glenn Ashworth
Seat Two – Dahe Liu
Seat Three – Phil Powell
Seat Four – Mr G
Seat Five – Craig Blyth
Seat Six – Ali Ahmadyar
Seat Seven – Nathan Henry
SEat Eight – Charlie Denton

Table Six

Seat One – Stephen Pratt
Seat Two – Justin Devonport
Seat Three – Paul McTaggart
Seat Four – James Dempster
Seat Five – Tom Brady
Seat Six – Vance Martin
Seat Seven – Madhavan Kasthuri
SEat Eight – Mark Burns

Table Seven

Seat One – Graham Pound
Seat Two – Paul Foy
Seat Three – Dean Gilbert
Seat Four – Yiannis Liperis
Seat Five – Andrew Swhitehouse
Seat Six – Stuart Langford
Seat Seven – Gerard Harraghy
SEat Eight – Paul Dunne

Table Eight

Seat One – Shaun Griffin
Seat Two – Stuart Fox
Seat Three – David Wilkes
Seat Four – Dominic Rossookh
Seat Five – Ben Jackson
Seat Six – Shahla Javadi
Seat Seven – Darren Sutton
SEat Eight – David Tighe

Table Nine

Seat One – Min Ji
Seat Two – James Keys
Seat Three – Danny Toffel
Seat Four – Eirimas Livonas
Seat Five – Tina Bandyle
Seat Six – Martin Hogarty
Seat Seven – Priyanand Hallan
SEat Eight – Matthew Wilson

Table Ten

Seat One – Svein Eidsaeter
Seat Two – Jeff Kimber
Seat Three – Roby Joganah
Seat Four – Chris Howden
Seat Five – Hamish Mojaria
Seat Six – Ivan Scott
Seat Seven – Sonia Hazeldine
SEat Eight – Stephen Dyke

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Shuffle Up & Deal! – 13/07/2013 – 12:01

The cards are in the air and we are now underway. Blinds are 500/1000 with a 100 ante.

66 players remaining.

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Players Called In – 13/07/2013 – 11:55

The players have just been called in to take their seats and unbag their chips. We should be starting bang on time in 5 minutes.

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Day 2 Chip Counts – 13/07/2013 – 11:45

Guy Taylor (above) 124875
Ellie Biessek 124500
Eirimas Livonas 121450
Tim Slater 109850
Shahla Javadi 108025
Gerard Harraghy 107150
Craig Blyth 105850
Stuart Langford 98500
Paul Dunne 97700
David Tighe 95800
Svein Eidsaeter 94950
Mr G 85925
Yiannis Liperis 83675
Fraser Beach 78300
Stuart Fox 77700
Charles Ihle 76725
Ivan Scott 75000
James Keys 68000
Vance Martin 65350
Mark Hester 58475
Adam Phelan 57900
Paul Beard 57200
Matthew Wilson 56500
Glenn Ashworth 54225
Hamish Morjaria 53500
Dominic Rossookh 53300
Andy Sherwood 51675
Dahe Lie 50350
Julian Thew 49675
Tina Bandyle 49475
Madhavan Kasthuri 49375
Sonia Hazeldine 48675
Nathan Henry 47800
Priyanand Hallan 47700
Ian Gwynne 47500
Justin Devonport 46150
Dean Gilbert 44725
Danny Toffel 43950
Ben Jackson 40300
James Bott 36625
Wei Kang Wang 36200
Graham Pound 33500
David Wilkes 31775
Karl Hammerager 30800
Darren Sutton 29950
Karl Jones 29450
Chris Howden 29075
Trevor Reardon 28625
Paul Foy 28525
Andy Whitehouse 27175
Ali Ahmadyar 26475
Ashley Hadden 26350
Tom Brady 25825
Steve Redfearn 23350
Phil Powell 22550
Stephen Dyke 20675
Roby Joganah 18175
Paul McTaggart 18050
James Dempster 17325
Stephen Pratt 16950
Mark Burns 16550
Shaun Griffin 16150
Charlie Denton 16100
Martin Hogarty 15550
Min Ji 14600
Jeff Kimber 8575

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Welcome To Day 2 – 12/07/2013 – 11:30

Good afternoon and welcome back to the G casino in Walsall for Day 2 of the £500 main event. We have 66 players coming back today and are due to kick off at noon. Guy Taylor leads the field with a stack of 124,875, just ahead of Ellie Biessek who has 124,500, third in chips is Didsbury leg winner Eirimas Livonas with 121,450. We have a whole host of players left in the field, some locals and some regular players so it should be a fantastic days poker.

We will be playing 9 levels today or until we get down to a final table. 17 players will be taking home some kind of money, doubling your buy in for a min cash.

We have a live stream that will begin at 11:45am and you can view it here.

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End of Day 1b – 12/07/2013 – 23:15

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Chip Counts – 12/07/2013 – 23

 

Guy Taylor 124875
Ellie Biessek 124500
Eirimas Livonas 121450
Craig Blyth 105850
Paul Dunne 97700
Svein Eidsaeter 94950
Mr G 85925
Yiannis Liperis 83675
Fraser Beach 78300
Charles Ihle 76725
Ivan Scott 75000
James Keys 68000
Vance Martin 65350
Mark Hester 58475
Glenn Ashworth 54225
Hamish Morjaria 53500
Andy Sherwood 51675
Dahe Lie 50350
Tina Bandyle 49475
Sonia Hazeldine 48675
Priyanand Hallan 47700
Ian Gwynne 47500
Danny Toffel 43950
James Bott 36625
Wei Kang Wang 36200
David Wilkes 31775
Karl Hammerager 30800
Darren Sutton 29950
Karl Jones 29450
Chris Howden 29075
Trevor Reardon 28625
Andy Whitehouse 27175
Ali Ahmadyar 26475
Tom Brady 25825
Stephen Dyke 20675
Roby Joganah 18175
Paul McTaggart 18050
Stephen Pratt 16950
Shaun Griffin 16150
Charlie Denton 16100
Min Ji 14600
Jeff Kimber 8575

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Day 1b is Over – 12/07/2013 – 22:40

Well that’s it, the players have bagged and tagged and day 1b is in the books. A massive turnout here today as we had 108 entries, add that to the 64 yesterday that makes 172 in total creating a prizepool of £86,000!! It has been an up and down day with us eventually ending the day with around 42 players, they will be back tomorrow to join the 24 from yesterday to try and make the final day. There’s a lot of big stacks coming through from today, but we think Ellie Biessek is still with chip leader with around 125,000.

We will be back tomorrow for a 12pm start, so join us then as the whole day will be live stream.

Chip Counts to follow.

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Last 6 Hands – 12/07/2013 – 22:28

The clock has been paused with 10 minutes left to play. A six has been chosen from the three cards. That means six more hands and we are done for the day.

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Double Ups – 12/07/2013 – 22:15

It seems some of the short stacks are not prepared to come back tomorrow without a stack and why should they, there’s still 20 minutes left on the clock, so more than enough time to double up.

Karl Jones has just got it all in with A-10 of diamonds vs the K-Q Andrzej Kozikowski of  who was also short stacked.

The flop came K–2–3 with two diamonds, giving Andrzej the lead, but Karl picked up the flush draw.

The turn card was a 4 giving Karl even more outs with a straight draw.

He got there on the river as it comes an Ace. He gets his double up and now has 25,000.

Also doubling up on a different table was James Bott whose K-J outflipped the pocket nines of John Burberry who was eliminated a few hands later.

We expect some more gamble in the last 20 minutes

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Shiels Feels the Pain – 12/07/13 – 22:06

 

Not running to the table quick enough we just see Rich Sheils departing the room, as Eirimas Livonav fist pumps the turn.. On arriving to the table he has just turned the nut straight with 5-6, on a board of K-4-7-3.

Richard has A-K tabled and in front on the flop when the money went in. Eirimas is stacking around 120k.

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Last Level of Today – 12/07/2013 – 22:05

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Steady Trickle of Exits – 12/07/13 – 21:53

Three more to scratch off the list..

                                  Dom Mahoney (2nd in Portsmouth)

Rook Cook

Lynne Hancock

50 left in with around 45 mins to play.

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Toffel a Trifle Lucky -12/07/13 – 21:40

John Crawford was ahead on the flop of A-6-4(all clubs) as he flops a set of Aces. His 11k stack is in the middle when he calls Danny’s shove on that board.

Danny reveals J(c)Q(s), so as it stood, John needed to fade a club. What no one was expecting was an offsuit King, then an offsuit 10 to give Danny the broadway nuts.

It took a while to register as John then realized that was that. Danny is now up to 30k

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Level 9 – 12/07/2013 – 21:35

The players are back as we begin the last level of today. The blinds are 400/800 with a 100 ante.

54 players remaining.

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Break Time – 12/07/2013 – 21:20

Players are now on a 15 minute break, before we start the last level of today.

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Prizepool Announced – 12/07/2013 – 21:10

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3 More Down – 12/07/13 – 21:05

 

10 minutes to go until the end of the level, we lose another 3 from the comp, leaving 55 still in the mix on day 1b.

Mudassar Hussain
Mark Kristjansen
Sylvia Hewitt

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A Key Pot – 12/07/13 – 20:58

Richard Pearson’s run has come to an abrupt end! After seeing him as he leaves the card room, I ask what happened, as all I saw was that he was all in for 375!!

After losing that hand and departs the comp, he said 2 hands previous he lost with Queens against James Keys’ Aces.. “I called every street” said Richie and obv didn’t put him on Aces!

Off to the side event, goes the king of side events!

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Campbell Eliminated – 12/07/2013 – 20:55

On a flop of 7–4–10 with around 9,000 in the middle Yiannis Liperis bets 4600, Mike Campbell thinks for a minute or so before moving all in for his 18,000 stack. Yiannis quickly calls and the cards are tabled…

Yiannis.. K-K

Mike…..6-6

The turn card comes a three giving Mike four more outs with a gut shot straight draw.

The river card is an 8.

King hold up for Yiannis who is now up to 50,000, Mike heads out!

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Prizepool Payout – 12/07/2013 – 20:49

GukPT Walsall Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 172
1st – £24,910
2nd – £17,420
3rd – £10,970
4th – £6,660
5th – £5,160
6th – £4,090
7th – £3,220
8th – £2,370
9th – £1,720

10th – £1,500
11th – £1,290
12th – £1,290
13th – £1,080
14th – £1,080
15th – £1,080
16th – £1,080
17th – £1,080

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Three More Exits – 12/07/2013 – 20:40

Daniel Price, Stuart White & Martyn Hancock have all gone from the field as we are now down to 58 players.

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What’s Up Top… – 12/07/2013 – 20:30

Well registration has now closed, after having 108 entries today, that’s 172 in total!! A fantastic turnout!!

That means first place prize will be just under £25,000!!!

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Level 8 – 12/07/2013 – 20:20

The blinds increase as we start level 8. They are now 300/600 with a 75 ante. We have 60 players remaining.

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3 More Down – 12/07/13 – 20:15

 

3 more down as we near the end of level 7. 61 left in, with the average standing at 35,500. Busto are :-

Bal Mistry
Kev Parkes
Rob Finch

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Level 7 Update – 12/07/2013 – 20:15

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Lloyd is Dunne – 12/07/2013 – 20:10

I hear the cry of all in and a call, I turn my back to see two players who made the final table of the last leg involved in the hand. They are David Lloyd & Paul Dunne.

David is all in for his last 9,000 and Dunne has called. The flop reads J–9–7.

David tables K-J for top pair but is drawing very thin as Paul tables 10-8 for the nut straight!!

The turn and river don’t improve Davids hand and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Paul Dunne looks good for another deep run as he is now up to around 90k.

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Ihle Win That one – 12/07/13 – 20

Charles Ihle has just taken 2 out, but had to dodge some bullets in doing so. With a flop 3(s)- J(h)- 2(h) the money flies in the middle after Steven Smith flopped the nut flush draw, holding A-6(h). Martyn Holmes tabled J-3 for top two.

Charles tables pocket 2’s for bottom set!!

The turn is a 4(c) and the river the 6(s) giving the set of 2’s a huge pot of 70k and eliminating two in the process.

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Early Bust Outs – 12/07/2013 –  19:46

Two early bust outs from the field here in level 7 as we lose Ryan Fear & Paul Newman from the tournament.

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Top Chip Stacks – 12/07/2013 – 19:35

Ellie Biessek 85000
Craig Blyth 83000
Fraser Beach 80000
Mark Hester 79000
Richard Shiels 72000
Chris Howden 65000
Svein Eidsaeter 63000
Glenn Ashworth 61000
Charles Ihle 59000
Scott Reid 58000
Paul Dunne 57000
James Keys 54000
Eirimas Livonas 48000
Vance Martin 46000

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Last Man In. – 12/07/13 – 19:23

 

Richard Pearson was at the races on the last hand of the level. 8’s against John Burberry’s A-Q. A queen on the turn was enough to end the dream of a miracle comeback. But Richie then realized you can buy in during the break and is now sat on table 3.

He was the last re-entry of the tourney, with what looks like £86,000 in the prize pool.

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Level 7 – 12/07/2013 – 19:17

Players are now back in the cardroom as we begin level 7. The blinds are 200/400 with a running ante of 50.

We have 70 players remaining from the 107 total entries today.

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Craaaaazzzzy! – 12/07/13 – 19

As we hit the break and 15 minutes to catch our breath we lose in the final 10 mins of the level the following :-

Liam Barnard
Adam Topping
Michael Nabbs
Malcolm Coleman
Lewis Brown

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Topping Rivered! – 12/07/2013 – 18:59

I get to the table as the board reads Jd–10h–3d, three players are involved in the hand.

The player on the button bets 1600 which is called by James Williams, Adam Topping who is the third and final player involved then moves all in for 6250.

James pipes up and says “Jesus, I didn’t even see you were in the hand, I thought he opened (pointing to the player on the button)”. Adam starts laughing and replies with “No I opened”.

The player on the button makes a fold and James makes the call.

Both players then table King high. Adam shows K-Q for an open ended straight draw, which is ahead of the Kd-6d for a flush draw tabled by James.

The turn card is the seven of clubs.

The river card the nine of diamonds.

Adam makes a straight on the river but it’s no good as James hits a flush.

Adam who is a new memeber of the blue blood team is eliminated from the tournament while James is up to 32,000.

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Eliminations during Level 6 – 12/07/13 – 18:52

Ali Mallu
DAve Cooney
Ludo Geilich
Tom Davidson
Andrea Buzzigoli
Paul McTaggart
James Bott

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More Chip Counts – 12/07/2013 – 18:50

Jeff Kimber – 12,000
Charlie Denton – 18,000
Danny Toffel – 17,000
Ryan Fear – 11,000
Dom Mahoney – 11,000
Mark Hester – 60,000

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Doubles Again! – 12/07/13 – 18:42

Richard Pearson then gets it all in again, this time with A-10 against Tom Brady’s pocket 7’s. An Ace on the turn gives the pot to Richie as he doubles to 11k. If he does it again he will be near average stack!

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Did Pearson Want the Double? – 12/07/13 – 18:36

Richard Pearson, who has 3 side event wins on the tour this year, is all-in for his final 3000 after a bad day at the office. Chris Howden makes the call with pocket 3’s, Richie P has 9-10..

The board comes 4-6-J-J-4 which counterfeits the 3’s.
Would Richie have preffered the exit, as he can still re-enter for another 30 mins?

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Chip Counts – 12/07/2013 – 18:32

Trevor Reardon – 25,000
Mark McCluskey – 17,000
Glenn Ashworth – 47,000
James Keys – 42,000
Eirimas Livonas – 40,000
Sylvia Hewitt (above) – 38,000

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Last Level of Re-Entries – 12/07/13 – 18:20

With 104 players playing day 1b 86 + 18 re-entries, a nice prize pool is building. As it stands at the moment there is a whopping £84,000 in there. We still have 45 minutes to re-enter too, and buy in, if anyone walks through the door.

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Ludo Busts! – 12/07/2013 – 18:10

At the end of the last level we lost Ludovic Geilich who has come down from Scotland today to play this event. He got it in with A-K and unfortunately for him ran into the ACES of Vance Martin who is now up to 55,000.

I’m guessing Ludo will be re-entering as this is the last level he can do so.

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Level 6 – 12/07/2013 – 18

The blinds increase as we begin level 6. They are now 150/300 with a 25 ante.

78 players remaining so far today.

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Where’s Ellie? – 12/07/13 – 17:55

Where ever there is a GukPT, there is Ellie Biessek. They go together like bread and jam, cheese and onion, Cannon and Ball. So where is the news today of her today, I hear you cry. Well……

She managed to turn Quads early in the day against Ali Mallu. Played A-8 and obv the board comes A-A-8. Now during level 5 has just taken out Danny Toffel and Ian Gwynne in the same hand.

Something for everyone on a K-10-8 flop. Ian with the nut flush draw, Danny with A-K and Ellie flopping a set of 8’s. The set of 8’s hold and Ellie is up to near chip leader on 80k. Promise we won’t be leaving any more news of the lovely Ellie, who has cashed 3 times on the tour this year on the news room floor.

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Cardroom Pan – 12/07/2013 – 17:52

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Steady Away! – 12/07/13 – 17:40

 

Only the name of Hamish Morjoria has been handed to us int he last 15 mins or so. Whatever was in the dinner has made the players rather lethargic. Ali Mallu on his 2nd bullet is up and down as you would expect. Up to 50, down to 20, now has around to 25k mark and bang on average.

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Separated at Birth! – 12/07/13 – 17:24

I’m sure you will agree that it is always good to see celebrities mucking in. Dealing for us today is Omid Djalili, the Iranian comedian. Or is it our very own Adrian??

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Top Chip Stacks – 12/07/2013 – 17:15

Craig Blyth 66000
Richard Kellett 52000
David Wlikes 45000
Mark Hester 44000
Scott Reid 44000
James Keys 44000
Glenn Ashworth 42000
Priyanand Hallan 40000
Richard Shiels 40000
Glenn Ashworth 40000
Charles Ihle 40000
Paul Dunne 38800
Thomas Brady 37000
Svein Eidsaeter 35000
Vance Martin 33000
Andrezej Kozikowski 31100
Makka Hussain 30200
Michael Campbell 29000
Liam Barnard 29000
Tina Bandyle 29000

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Level 5 Begins – 12/07/13 – 17

 

Watered and fed, the players are now back in their seats and ready for action.

Blinds are 100-200 with a running 25 ante…. Off we Go!

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Dinner Break  – 12/07/2013 – 16:18

The level comes to a close and with that we are now on a 45 minute dinner break.

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Exits as Dinner Approaches – 12/07/13 – 16:13

Eliminated as the end of level 4 approaches :-

Jamie Rutherford
Dan Hardy
Yiannis Liperis
Fraser Beach

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Brighton Is Next – 12/07/2013 – 16:10

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Cairns Eliminated – 12/07/2013 – 16:05

On a flop of 9–8–4, Alistair Cairns gets his last 5k in the middle vs Danny Toffel. Alistair tables A-8 for second pair and will need to find an Ace as Danny shows 9-8 for top two. The turn and river are both bricks and Alistair heads out of the tournament. Danny takes the pot, but still has under starting stack with 16,000.

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Dunne Not Finished! – 12/07/13 – 15:55

Dan Hardy who has just returned from playing the WSOP, has just been eliminated by Paul Dunne(Below,Who has re-entered) and instantly moved to 40k

Paul flopped a set of Queens he tells me, as I walk over as Dan stands up. He also said he had A-K when he snap mucked the first bullet.

 

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Carpenter Eliminated. – 12/07/2013 – 15:45

I get to the table as the board reads J–9–9–K–3, I didn’t the action, but it’s a big pot. On the end Vance Martin moves all in for around 13,000, Ben Carpenter thinks for all about 30 second before making the call putting himself at risk, Vance tables pocket Kings for a full house!! Ben is obviously frustrated as he tables Q-9 for flopped trips, his cards go into the muck as he heads out. Vance on the other hand is now up to 40,000.

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Last 4 Exits – 12/07/13 – 15:33

 

The last 4 names we have been given and are no longer left in the comp are :-

Paul Dunne
Steve Holden
Jiri Sladskovsky
Tim Timotheou

Blinds are 100-200 with 40 minutes to go until to dinner break.

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Snap Muck!!! – 12/07/13 – 15:22

You don’t very often see anyone snap fold when they are all in. Paul Dunne has just done that and has been eliminated from day 1b.

Mike Campbell calls Paul’s All-in on a three heart flop. Mike turn over the flopped flush and Paul snap folds! Into the muck they go as we lose another. All the table are still trying to work out what he had! Mike on the other hand goes over starting stack once again.

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Level Four – 12/07/2013 – 15:18

The blinds increase as we begin level four. They are now 100/200. We have 90 entries so far today, with 80 of them remaining.

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First Break Update – 12/07/2013 – 15:16

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More Chip Counts – 12/07/2013 – 15:08

More chip counts…

Alli Mallu – 19,000
Chris Howden – 18,000
Tim Timethou – 15,000
Eirimas Livonas – 15,000
Ryan Fear 11,000
Ellie Biessek – 38,000
Robert Finch – 29,000

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Chip Counts – 12/07/2013 – 14:58

Chip Counts from around the tables…

Martin Holmes – 27,000
Dan Hardy – 21,000
Rich Kellett – 40,000
James Williams – 30,000
Glenn Ashworth – 22,000
Paul McTaggart – 27,000
Jeff Kimber – 20,000
Mike Campbell – 16,000

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3 Way All-in! 12/07/13 – 14.52

I get to the table and see a flop of K(s)- Q(-s)- 7(c)..

Steve Holden’s chips are all in the middle and so too Craig Blyth’s.. Craig has Steve covered as he has around 8k. In the tank in the mean time, is Blue Blood’s Tim Timotheou.

He eventually makes it a 3 way all in. Steve flips 7-9(both spades), Craig is in good shape with pocket Kings for top set, Tim flips 10-J(clubs) for an up and down and back door flush draw.

The drama stopped right there as the 4(h) and the 2(c) means we lose Steve, Tim Tim drops 18k and Craig moves up to 52k

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Three Exits – 12/07/2013 – 14:30

I have just been handed three cards by Dena, that means we have lost three players from the field, they are Gary Moore, John Burberry (below) & David Lloyd. Burberry and Lloyd both made final tables in Reading in Leg 5, but they will need to re-enter to equal that feat.

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Level Three – 12/07/2013 – 14:20

Players are back from their break as we begin level three. Blinds are 75/150. We have 84 entries so far today..

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Break Time – 12/07/2013 – 14:03

Break time for the players as they take their first 15 minute break.

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All is Quiet – 12/07/2013 – 13:55

Well it has all gone quiet on the cardroom floor after the madness in the first few levels. There is five minutes before the players go on their first 15 minute break.

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Is it a record? – 12/07/13 – 13:42

We have been wondering if Mindaugas Bacevicius’ second bust out before the end of level 2 is a GukPT record?

Having had a bullet on day 1a, he then bust out first on day 1b, then Richard Kellet stacks him!. Not around to see the demise of Mindaugas but only 90 minutes in and two bullets today has to be close to a record.

I’m guessing Walsall isn’t on his favourite places to play! Kellet up to 35k during level 2.

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Alternates Coming in – 12/07/2013 – 13:34

Alternates are coming in thick and fast as we are now up to 80 entries so far for today. Some of the alternates coming through the door include, Richard Kellett, Ryan Fear and leaderboard winner from last year Martin Holmes.

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Reard-on Fire! – 12/07/13 – 13:23

Mark McCluskey had already lost around 8000 to Trevor Reardon before they clash again.

Walking to the table is see Trev has tabled K-Q on a K-K-J-5-3 board, Mark’s cards were already in the muck and he was standing up and walking away! Trevor has just short of 40k and is up there with the early chip leaders.

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Mallu Busts! – 12/07/2013 – 13:15

I hear the cry of “All in & a call….” I turn round to see Alli Mallu all in for his last 6,000 on a board of J–6–7–9 with K-8 for an open ended straight draw. His opponent has called with K-J and Alli is drawing thin. The river card is a 3 and we lose Alli Mallu from the field. I’m pretty sure he will re-enter but he leaves the cardroom now and is off to chill.

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Start Of Day 1b – 12/07/2013 – 13:05

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New Blinds – 12/07/13 – 13:02

Blinds up as we lose just one player during the first level. The numbers are looking good, with 71 sitting and starting level 2. 50-100 is the new level.

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Lost One!! – 12/07/13 – 12:50

As we normally see, no matter what the starting stack, we always seem to lose on in the first level with the blinds so low. This time we lose Mindaugas Bacevicius! Raise, 3 bet, call pre and the guys see a 10-10-10 flop. Tim Timotheou leads out and gets called, turn is a 5.

Tim bets just enough to put Mindaugas all-in, he snaps with Jacks! I’m not to sure if he thought Tim was barreling with A high but he wasn’t in front to much. Tim flips Aces and wins when no Jack appears on the river.

Early chip leader is Tim with 37k

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Seating Positions – 12/07/2013 – 12:38

Table Three

Seat One – Gary Moore
Seat Two – Michael Nabbs
Seat Three – John Burberry
Seat Four – Svein Eidsaeter
Seat Five – Jamie Rutherford
Seat Six – Paul Newman
Seat Seven – Robert Finch

Table Four

Seat One – Craig Blyth
Seat Two – Mindaugas Bacevicius
Seat Three – Chris Howden
Seat Four – Tom Brady
Seat Five – Mohammed Ghollamrezapour
Seat Six – Vance Martin
Seat Seven – Tim Timotheou

Table Five

Seat One – Rob Clark
Seat Two – Richard Sheils
Seat Three – Karl Hammerager
Seat Four – Stephen Pratt
Seat Five – Lewis Brown
Seat Six – David Cooney
Seat Seven – Eirimas Livonas

Table Six

Seat One – Ivan Scott
Seat Two – Jiri Sladkovsky
Seat Three – Charlie Denton
Seat Four – Jeff Kimber
Seat Five – Thomas Davidson
Seat Six – Daniel Price
Seat Seven – Weikang Wang

Table Seven

Seat One – Sylvia Hewitt
Seat Two – Paul Dunne
Seat Three – Glenn Ashworth
Seat Four – Andrew Whitehouse
Seat Five – David Lloyd
Seat Six – James Williams
Seat Seven – Michael Campbell

Table Eight

Seat One – Liam Barnard
Seat Two – Amrat Patel
Seat Three – Mark Hester
Seat Four – Stuart White
Seat Five – Mark Kristjansen
Seat Six – Min Ji
Seat Seven – Paul McTaggart

Table Nine

Seat One – Dan Hardy
Seat Two – Fraser Beach
Seat Three – Karl Jones
Seat Four – Guy Taylor
Seat Five – Lynne Hancock
Seat Six – Charles Ihle
Seat Seven – Steven Smith

Table Ten

Seat One – Adam Topping
Seat Two – Alli Mallu
Seat Three – Ellie Biessek
Seat Four – Ian Gwynne
Seat Five – Andrzej Kozikowski
Seat Six – Martyn Hancock
Seat Seven – David Wilkes

Table Eleven

Seat One – John Crawford
Seat Two – Balwant Mistriy
Seat Three – Shaun Griffin
Seat Four – Tina Bandyle
Seat Five – Darren Sutton
Seat Six – Sonia Hazeldine
Seat Seven – Mark McCluskey

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Day 1a Beaten! – 12/07/2013 – 12:20

We are 20 minutes into play here on Day 1b and we have already beaten the 64 players that entered yesterday. We now have 66 players in the mix for today with 6 levels of late reg we will easily get over 100.

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Cards In The Air – 12/07/2013 – 12

The cards are in the air and we are underway. The blinds are 25/50. We have started the day with 60 players.

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Players Called In – 12/07/2013 – 11:55

The players have just been called in to take there seats, we should be underway bang on noon.

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Welcome to Day 1b – 12/07/2013 – 11:45

We are back again for groundhog day which is Day 1b. Today should be a massive day where we could get double the amount of entries that we had yesterday. Tim Slater leads the way from day 1a with 109,000, will anyone be able to surpass that? Only time will tell, we will kick off at noon and already have 53 entries.

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End of Day 1a – 11/07/2013 – 23:25

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End of Day 1a Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 23:10

Tim Slater 109850
Shahla Javadi 108025
Gerard Harraghy 107150
Stuart Langford 98500
David Tighe 95800
Stuart Fox 77700
Adam Phelan 57900
Paul Beard 57200
Matthew Wilson 56500
Dominic Rossookh 53300
Julian Thew 49675
Madhavan Kasthuri 49375
Nathan Henry 47800
Justin Devonport 46150
Dean Gilbert 44725
Ben Jackson 40300
Graham Pound 33500
Paul Foy 28525
Ashley Hadden 26350
Steve Redfearn 23350
Phil Powell 22550
James Dempster 17325
Mark Burns 16550
Martin Hogarty 15550

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Day 1a Is Done! – 11/07/2013 – 22:55

Well that’s it for Day 1a here in Walsall after 9 levels of play. Today we started the tournament with 32 players, but we have doubled that as we finished with 64 entries in total. Around 28 of those players will be coming out to battle it out for Day 2. Today has been a fantastic day with chip spraying back and fourth and no one player really dominating the field. We will be back tomorrow from 11:45am for Day 1b, which will start at 12pm. I hope you join us then, full chip counts will be up as soon as possible.

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Last Six Hands – 11/07/2013 – 22:35

The clock has been paused with 10 minutes left to play.

Graham Pound draws a six. We will now play six more hands before we finish for the day.

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Warburton Busts In Huge Flip – 11/07/2013 – 22:24

Shahla Javadi makes it 1900 to play, Steve Warburton then starts to think about his options, while doing so he is having a good chat with Stuart Fox about their huge pot that happened a few levels back. Philip Powell who is directly to Steves left doesn’t realise he is still in the hand because he is talking (which has been going on no longer than 30 seconds), he makes the call for the 1,900 out of turn. Steve points out that the action is still on him and the two players are then involved in a heated argument.

Steves point is that he is more than capable and should be allowed to chat while he is still thinking about his decision. Philip thinks Steve shouldn’t be talking while still in the hand and says “He should either shut up or fold”.

The floor is called and it’s ruled that although it is not against the rules it’s bad etiquette for Steve to be chatting to a player while the action is on him.

Warburton then announces all in, Philip gets out of the way, but his 1900 stays in the pot. Shahla has a real decision on her hands when the action comes back to her, she eventually makes the call to create a 60,000 flip.

Shahla…A-K

Steve…..4-4

The board runs out 9–6–K–9–5.

Steve is eliminated from the tournament and obviously not happy about the whole situation as he goes to talk to the TD.

Shahla now has a huge stack of around 80,000!

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2nd Time Unlucky – 11/07/13 – 22:07

Kevin O’Driscoll was all-in twice in quick succession. The first time his Q-9 is up against Kings! The board runs out 2-3-5-4-A!! Chop Chop..

The second time, he jams with A-8, he then gets called by Michael Kossov AND Julian Thew(2nd Bullet). They both flip over 10’s. No Ace on the flop as the 2 guys split the chips as we lose one.

Down to 29 half way thought he final level.

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Recent Eliminations – 11/07/2013 – 22:07

Players who have just recently been eliminated from the tournament as we are down to 30 players…

Peter Wigglesworth
Gary Phillips
Ryan Omahony
Matthew Sear
Barry Lane

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It’s all About Timing – 11/07/2013 – 21:56

The action is folded round to Steve Redfearn on the button who moves all in for his last 11,000 chips, he just has to get through the blinds. He can’t do that as Adam Phelan makes the call from the big blind.

Adam…KINGS!!

Steve…..J-10

The flop comes J–10–4, two pair for Steve as he takes the lead.

The turn card comes a 6.

The river card a 3.

Steve takes the pot with two pair doubling to 23,000.

Adam still has around 50,000.

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Top 5 Chip Stacks – 11/07/13 – 21:48

Tim Slater (below) going into the final level of the day is the current chip leader with 110k.

Other notable stacks are :-

Gerard Harraghy 95k
Shahla Javadi 80k
Stuart Langford 78k
James Dempster 60k

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Level 9 – 11/07/2013 – 21:38

The players are back in the room and the cards are in the air. Level 9, which is the last level of play today is now underway.

Blinds are 400/800 with a 100 ante, 33 players remaining.

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Break Time – 11/07/2013 – 21:23

The players are now on a break as they take their last one of the day.

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Jones loses Another – 11/07/13 – 21:19

We get to the table when Ben Jones call a 3 bet pre from Nathan Henry.

The flop is 8-3-8, Nathan puts in a 4100 bet, which Ben Tank calls. A king on the turn and Nathan barrels for 7000. Ben only thinks for a moment before passing his cards. He is down to 18k and needs help with the average at 34,000.

Nathan has just more than average on 35k.

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Gift for Fox – 11/07/2013 – 21:14

Steve Warburton opens the action making it 1200 to play, he is called in one sport before Stuart Fox three bets to 3,075, action comes back to Steve who studies Fox before four betting to 6,000. The limper looks like he might get involve but opts to leave the two aggressive players at it. Stuart spends little time before putting 14,000 into the middle, Steve instantly moves all in and Stuart calls to create a HUGE 75,000 pot!!

Steve has been caught at it as he tables J-9 and will need help vs the pocket ladies of Stuart.

The board runs out 3–Q–7–J–3.

Stuart Fox hits a set of queens and with that he doubles up to 75,000. Steve Warburton is left with 30,000.

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Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 21:02

David Tighe – 30,000
Matthew Wilson – 45,000
Mark Burns – 23,000
Martin Hogarty – 40,000
Shahla Javadi – 65,000

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Jones Loses Momentum – 11/07/13 – 20:52

Ben Jones was up to 70k and cruising along nicely, until he loses a 45k pot against Gerard Harraghy. Only seeing the action when they both check the river, Jones flips A-J for top pair, Gerard flip A-Q.

The Queen plays and Harraghy stacks around 90k. Ben still above the 33k average with 40k.

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Lost Another – 11/07/2013 – 20:48

We lose another short stack from the field as Andreas Olympios leaves the cardroom, he never really got anything going all day and last I seen he had a stack of just 5000, less than 10 big blinds. I am sure he will be back tomorrow for another go, as will a lot of the people who bust during the last two levels of play

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Early Pacesetter Exits – 11/07/13 – 20:36

Barry Lane, who set the early pace is the latest casualty of day 1a. Up to the heady heights of 42000 in the early stages of the day, bites the dust, to leave us with 35 players.

 

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Level 8 – 11/07/2013 – 20:30

The blinds increase as we begin level eight. They are now 300/600 with a 75 ante. We have 35 players remaining with two levels left to play tonight.

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Double Ups – 11/07/2013 – 20:25

Justin Devonport makes it 1500 to play after two limpers, Ben Jackson then moves all in from the button for 5500, Justin makes the call after the limpers get out of the way.

Justin tables A-8 which is ahead against the K-Q of Ben.

The board runs out Q–10–Q–A–6. Ben makes trip Queens to take the pot, doubling to 12,500.

 

Then on the table opposite Julian Thew puts Mike Hill all in on a flop of 9–6–4, Mike calls off his last 8,000 and the cards are tabled..

Mike is miles ahead with 10-9 for top pair against the 2-2 of Julian.

The turn card is a five. The river card a 4.

Mike doubles up to 19,000, while Julian is left with 20,000. Both players still short of the 32,000 average.

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Folding The Second Nuts – 11/07/2013 – 20:12

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4 Tables Out – 11/07/13 – 20:03

Down to 4 tables during level 7 as we lose in quick succession :-

Nick Tate
Danny Toffel
Jeremy Brown
Yani Yanev
Anthony Tripper
Craig Dawson

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Toffel in a Hurry – 11/07/13 – 19:53

Danny Toffel (Below), who spent 5 hours on the motorways getting to Walsall, made it here during level 6.

He said it was time to spin!. He drops all the way down to 4k from the 20k starting stack and is all-in blind, after first making sure he can enter the Omaha comp that has started in the adjacent room. He then flips over Queens and doubles up through Stu Langford.

The very next hand he is all in blind again, this time with 7-2.. He does however have live cards against the A-K of James Dempster. No help this time for Toffel as he scurries away to join the Side Event!

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Langford Takes Chip Lead – 11/07/2013 – 19:50

I get to the table on the turn where the board reads A–10–5–4, there is around 12,000 in the middle.

Stuart Langford bets 9,050, Michael Ramsay then moves all in for around 28,000, action comes back to Stuart who makes a sigh call..

Michael tables A-Q for top pair which Stuart is delighted to see as he shows A-10 for top two.

The river card is a six.

Michael Ramsay is eliminated from the tournament while Stuart is up to 80,000 and is the new chip leader!

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40 Players Left – 11/07/13 – 19:40

 

Steady start to level 7 as we go to 5 tables and lose just a single player in the first 15 mins. Satnam Sandhu pushing his last 6000 chips in the middle with top pair, unfortunately ran into a set!

Lost One!

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Big Stacks From The Break – 11/07/2013 – 19:38

Tim Slater 70000
Adam Phelan 59000
James Dempster 68000
Stuart Langford 48000
Justin Devonport 51000
Pete Wigglesworth 58000
Ben Jones 60000

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Ian Bryan Talks About The Goliath – 11/07/2013 – 19:29

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Level 7 – 11/07/2013 – 19:22

Players are back seated as we begin the seventh level of today. They are now 200/400 with a 50 ante.

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Break Time – 11/07/2013 – 19:08

Break time for the remaining 43 players as they take 15 minutes.

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Perry Takes a Pounding! – 11/07/2013 – 18:58

 

Not knowing how Matthew Perry had dwindled to just 4k wasn’t an issue as we see his last few chips in the middle of the table. He flips 5-6 for live cards, which is probably as good as he could have expected.

One of the Blue Blood Poker Group, Graham Pound shows A-K. Perry had a gut shot on the river, but missed and away he went. Graham moves up to around the 30k mark.

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Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 18:45

Some Chip counts from around the tables

Anthony Trippier – 22,000
Ben Jackson – 20,000
Tim Slater – 62,000
Ben Jones – 70,000
Yani Yanev – 22,000
Gary Phillips 16,000

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Didn’t make it Thew! – 11/07/13 – 18:33

Three time GukPT main Event winner, Julian Thew(Below) has just been eliminated. We missed the hand, but a swift exit from the former champ.

Whether he makes a reappearance tomorrow for day 1b only time will tell. Also departing this level are, Ashley Hadden and Paul Wilson.

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Top 3 in Chips. – 11/07/13 – 18:19

 

Wandering around the room looking for “Stacks” there are three of note..

James Dempster (Below) Current chips leader on 72k, with Justin Devonport close behind with 65k . Then comes Adam Phelan on 52k.

These three have had an excellent start to proceedings, with the blinds currently at 150-300(25)

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Level 6 – 11/07/2013 – 18:05

Blinds up in the main event as we begin level 6. They are now 150/300 with a 25 ante. We have had 62 entries so far, of which 45 remain.

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Blue Blood Team Talk – 11/07/2013 – 17:55

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Exits – 11/07/2013 – 17:40

I’ve just been handed four tickets of players who have been eliminated, they are…

James Ashton
Ryan Omahony
Jeremy Brown
Robert Finch

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No Repeat for Holden! – 11/07/13 – 17:27

 

Steve Holden who finished as runner up last year here at Walsall, has just been eliminated in unfortunate fashion.

Not having seen his stack dwindle to around the 8k mark, I arrive at the table to see all his chips in the middle and Tim Slater raking in the pot. The flop was a wet 9-10-J.. As I peered over the shoulder of Adam Phelen I see Slater with Q-K and the flopped nuts. Unfortunately for Steve he flops the wrong end with 7-8.

Steve Heads out and only a re-entry at some stage will give him a chance to repeat last years heroics. Tim(Below) moves up nicely to 47k.

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Ian Bryan – 25/25 Series – 11/07/2013 – 17:25

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Dinner Break Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 17:20

James Dempster 57000
Justin Devonport 52000
Ben Jones 51000
Barry Lane 46000
Adam Phelan 44350
Gerard Harraghy 40200
Peter Wigglesworth 37000
Kevin Odriscoll 37000
Michael Ramsay 37000
Tim Slater 33000
Andreas Olympios 32800
Martin Hoggarty 31600
Steve Warburton 31000
Mike Hill 30000
Yani Yanev 30000
Ben Jackson 29500
Phil Powell 28800
Steve Champion 26000
Madhavan Kasthuri 24700
David Tighe 24500
Craig Dawson 24075
Michael Kossov 23500
Matthew Perry 23400
Matthew Wilson 23000
Anthony Trippier 22700
Dean Gilbert 22300
Paul Bread 21225
Dominic Rossookh 20525
Graham Pound 20500
Shahla Javadi 19000
Nathan Henry 19000
Ashley Haddon 18000
Nick Tate 17875
Julian Thew 17100
Matthew Sear 16375
Paul Foy 15000
Mark Burns 15000
Paul Wilson 11900
Steve Redfearn 10250
Ryan Omahony 10000
Gary Phillips 10000
Steve Holden 7500
Adam Wilkinson 6150
Michael Corrigan 4800
James Ashton 4675

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Level Five – 11/07/2013 – 17:07

The players have been watered and fed, they are now back in the cardroom as we begin level five.

Blinds are 100/200 with a 25 ante.

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Break Time – 11/07/2013 – 16:15

Players are now on their 45 minute dinner break, chip count to follow.

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More Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 16:05

Mike Hill – 24,000
Paul Wilson – 15,000
Michael Ramsey – 35,000
Jeremy Brown – 7,000
Nick Tate – 15,000
Adam Phelan – 40,000
Dominic Rossookh – 17,000

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Lost Two More – 11/07/2013 – 15:55

Two more players have gone from the field as we lose Wai Kwan Lai & Michael Arnold. That’s us down to 48 players from 56 entries.

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Social Networking – 11/07/2013 – 15:45

Remember to like our GukPT Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GUKPT and follow our twitter page @GUKPT_Updates for updates and pictures from todays events and to find out when satellites are running for other events.

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Chip Counts – 11/07/2013 – 15:35

Ben Jackson – 34,000
Justin Devonport – 39,000
Steve Holden – 20,000
Julian Thew – 16,000
Andreas Olympios – 27,000
Tim Slater – 27,000
Pete Wigglesworth – 29,000
Jen Bones – 34,000
Graham Pound – 20,000

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Cardroom Pan – 11/07/2013 – 15:25

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Ladies No Good! – 11/07/13 – 15:25

 

Nathan Henry check raised an Ace high flop, but got caught by Ben Jones, who was holding A-10 on an Ace high flop! Nathan tried to rep a big hand, as he had raised pre with Queens.

Only sitting with around 7k, it wasn’t too big a bet for Ben to call.

Nathan taps the table and instantly asks if he can re-enter? Yes of course, was the reply. Ben moves his stack up to 35k, with the blinds at 100-200.

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Level Four – 11/07/2013 – 15:20

The blinds increase as we begin the fourth level of the day. They are now 100-200. We have 49 players remaining from the 54 entries.

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Another Man Down – 11/07/2013 – 15:08

I have just been handed the ticket of number 405. That number corresponds to the name Colin White on my sheet, meaning Colin has unfortunately been eliminated from the tournament as we lose another player. That’s 5 players so far we have lost in nearly three hours of play.

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Errr Bizarre to Say the Least! – 11/07/13 – 14:55

Justin Devonport has just taken two out in the most bizarre fashion!

He raises (UTG) to 325 (75-150). Stu Langford shoves blind for his final 2000. Mohammed Ghollamrezapour then says “I’m all In”… Justin snaps! Mohammed then says “I was only joking!! To which Justin replied “Well I’m not ” and flips Cowboys. Mohammed after consultation, then turns over Q-9 (off) ..

No help for the short stack Stuart as he leaves us, and no help either for the guy that obviously just tried isolating the All-in player, and obviously failed!!

Justin moves up to 37,000..

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Mike ‘Da Bookie’ Hill – 11/07/2013 – 14:47

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Top Chip Stacks – 11/07/13 – 14:35

With only David Wilkes being eliminated, it is hard to find a runaway leader or even a big stack, as players are finding their feet during the first few levels. However one player has managed to double his stack and is the current chip leader.

Barry Lane….42,000 (Above) Is Chip Leader at the moment.

Kevin O ‘ Driscoll….33,000

Martin Hogarty…. 32,000
Ben Jackson… 30,000
Craig Dawson 27,500

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Level Three – 11/07/2013 – 14:21

Players are back seated at the tables as we begin level three. Blinds are now 75/150.

We lost one player on the last hand before the break, that player being David Wilkes. So we are down to 50 players from the 52 entries so far today.

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15 mins to Wet the Whistle!

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Only The One! – 11/07/13 – 13:55

We normally see more than just the one lady playing a GukPT event, but coming up to the end of level 2 there is just the one. Local player Shahia Javadi being the one.

By the end of the late reg period, it may have changed, but as yet Shahia is the only lady in the field. Steady away too, with starting stack of 20k coming up to the first break.

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First Elimination – 11/07/2013 – 13:48

I go for a wander in the cardroom to see if there are any small pots that I can report on and manage to see the first elimination of today and it’s a strange one…

Harish Sahnan limps in early position, action then comes to Martin Hogarty who makes it 350 to play, he is called in two spots before Harish three bets to 2,000, Martin doesn’t need much time to think as he puts in a huge four bet to 6,350. The two callers get out of the way and Harish calls to see the flop.

The flop comes Qs–5c–6c.

Harish quickly checks to Martin who flicks in 6,000, of his 13,000 stack, Harish has 8,000 left and looks like he has a decision on his hands. He then asks for the floor to ask “I’ve won another seat, if I bust now can I use my other seat to re-enter?” He is told that he can do this. After hearing that he moves all in for his 8,000 chips (still 80 big blinds) Martin calls for not much more and the two hands are tabled.

Martin tables pocket Kings for an over pair and will need to dodge three aces as Harish tables A-K.

The turn card is a 3. The river card a Queen.

A strange hand but Martin isn’t complaining as he now has around 35,000. Harish has been eliminated and has re-entered.

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Bizzle Enters! – 11/07/13 – 13:30

Ben “Jenbizzle” Jones has made a claim towards his 2nd GukPT success by entering during level 2. All is quiet in the room, as the 6 Max Champ from Bolton Last year sits down on table 2..

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The Only Three Time Champ! – 11/07/2013 – 13:20

Julian Thew is in the field today on table four seat seven. Julian has a very impressive poker resume  which includes him being the only three time GukPT Main Event winner. He has wins in Plymouth in 2007 for £59,500, Brighton in 2008 for £89,950 & Coventry in 2011 for £42,740. He has a 100% record on final tables in the main event, three finals, three wins, easy hame! He has only one other cash in the main event over the years that being a 18th place finish in Newcastle in 2007 for £1,400. So players must beware, if Thewy manages to final table this weekend, he is more than likely going to win it!

Level 2 – 11/07/2013 – 13:07

Well after an uneventful first level the 49 players have all survived as we go into the second level.

Blinds are now 50-100.

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Mike Hill enters the Building – 11/07/13 – 13

So, steady away so far in level 1.

Mike Hill then walks through the door as a late entry. “Nice to see you Mike” I say as we shake hands.

“You wouldn’t normally see me in Walsall” he says, “But the things you do after a bottle of Pinot Grigio”!! Referring to the fact that he won a seat online while downing said bottle!!
Good luck to “Da Bookie” as he sits down with 5 mins of level 1 left.

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Start of Day 1a – 11/07/2013 – 12:50

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Seating Positions – 11/07/2013 – 12:40

Table One

Seat One – David Wilkes
Seat Two – Richard Shiels
Seat Three – Pete Wigglesworth
Seat Four – Barry Lane
Seat Five – Graham Pound
Seat Six – James Ashton
Seat Seven – Nathan Henry

Table Two

Seat One – Anthony Trippier
Seat Two – Gerard Harraghy
Seat Three – Phil Powell
Seat Four – Paul Bread
Seat Five – Harish Sahnan
Seat Six – Matthew Sear

Table Three

Seat One – Tim Slater
Seat Two – Michael Corrigan
Seat Three – Adam Phelan
Seat Four – Steven Champion
Seat Five – Colin White
Seat Six – Andreas Olympios
Seat Seven – Julian Thew

Table Four

Seat One – Ryan Omahony
Seat Two – Craig Dawson
Seat Three – Stuart Langford
Seat Four – Steve Redfearn
Seat Five – Mohammed Ghollamrezapour
Seat Six – David Tighe
Seat Seven – Justin Devonport

Table Five

Seat One – Gary Phillips
Seat Two – Kevin Odriscoll
Seat Three – Wai Kwan Lai
Seat Four – Michael Kossov
Seat Five – Paul Foy
Seat Six – Mark Burns
Seat Seven – Robert Finch

Table Six

Seat One – Paul Wilson
Seat Two – Michael Ramsay
Seat Three – Jeremy Brown
Seat Four – Ashley Haddon
Seat Five – Matthew Wilson
Seat Six – James Dempster
Seat Seven – Yani Yanev

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All is Quiet – 11/07/2013 – 12:27

As you would expect during the first 25 minutes of play all is quiet on the tournament floor. No big pots being contested between the players. We have slightly increased the numbers and now have 41 players in the mix. A full player list will be up with you as soon as we get it.

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Shuffle Up & Deal!! – 11/07/2013 – 12:02

Play is now underway here in Walsall. Blinds starting at 25-50 on a 1 hour clock with each player receiving a starting stack of 20,000. A few late buy ins means we start the day with 35 players.

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Players Called In – 11/07/2013 – 11:55

The players have just been called in to take their seats, we are due to start bang on the dot at noon. At the moment we have 32 players registered, but with 6 levels of late registration players will be coming through the doors constantly today to take their seats.

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Welcome to Walsall – 11/07/2013 – 11:45

Good afternoon and welcome to the G casino in Walsall for another leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2013. This is leg 6 on the tour which is another £500 main event with a £50,000 guaranteed prizepool!! With the £500 events becoming more and more popular as we go on will this one be able to break the 165 players that turned up for the last leg in Reading.

Today will be Day 1a, with Day 1b tomorrow, the players combining for Day 2 on Saturday and the final table will be played on Sunday, where we will crown a winner. Daniel Haglund (below) took down the Walsall leg last year taking home £45,100 after beating Steve Holden heads up. Who is going to take it down this year??

 

The side events have been buzzing this week and we expect the same from the main event.

Today there will be a video & editorial blog with the live stream starting on Saturday.

I’m looking forward to a great days poker for the next four days, I hope you are prepared for the same.

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