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Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread

Sky_SamTSky_SamT
edited July 2015 in Poker Chat
Hi All,

I thought I would start a fresh thread for our qualifiers who are playing in the main event. We have 5 players here in total vying for the title of world champion. 

Daren Moreton who played day 1B and will be back for his day 2 with 40,075 chips.

Our other 4 go today:

Brett Gritton
Matt Bates
Nico Lategano
Martin Brinkmann

Updates will be posted regularly throughout the day and night.
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  • jordz16jordz16
    edited July 2015
    Best of luck to all, will follow with interest
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited July 2015

    That's it, play has commenced.
     
    We have filmed the "shuffle up & deal" thing, we filmed in Pavilion, Brasilia, & Amazon, & the Poker Kitchen (yes, players are even playing in the kitchen). 

    Now we have to film the Day 41 (yesterday) Update & Neil's Daily Poker Diary, then that's it, we'll be following & updating our 4 players all day.

    Ryan Spittles won a seat in a satellite yesterday, so we'll try & follow him, too.   

    If there are any other names you'd like us to follow, don't be shy, just ask, but if you could give us a table number, it would help.
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Please excuse my photography skills. Here you can just about make out Jack Effel setting the scene before 2014 world champion Martin Jacobson got us up and running for day 1C.

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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Matt Bates sat in Brasilia at table 26

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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Moving over to the Pavillion room and Brett Gritton is sat in the white section at table 118

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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Over in the yellow section of the Pavillion room at table 322 we have Nico.

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  • rainman397rainman397
    edited July 2015
    Good luck Mr Bates.
    All the best.
    Rainman397.
    P.S If you cash Mr Bates i would cnsider it an immense honour if you could find the time to participate in the £2.20 @2.20 deepstack.
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    And last but by no means least we have Martin at table 315. 

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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    I have learnt 2 things in the last 10 minutes. Tikay and I are going to do a lot of walking today and secondly I could do with a better camera.
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Spare a thought for the poor guys on table 55. When they sat down to kick off their day in the main event they found both Elky and Daniel Negreanu looking back at them. Good luck guys.
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    Matt Bates sat in Brasilia at table 26
    Posted by Sky_SamT
    Matt's grown a beard?  This will entertain me for hours.





    Aiming for:




    But actually getting:





    And will finish as:


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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    A couple of star studded tables for our guys:

    Matt Bates is sat at the same table as online crusher Calvin Anderson. Matt has lost a few thousand in an early pot where his 2 pair was trumped by a flopped set.

    Martin is being kept company by 2013 champion Ryan Reiss. It obviously has not fazed him as he has raced to 40k within the first hour.

    To set the scene the WSOP main event has just about the best structure of any tournament (as you may expect) Players start with 300 big blinds and a 2 hour clock!
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  • FCHDFCHD
    edited July 2015
    Nicola Lagetano just got a mention on the WSOP updates thread
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    I was wandering around the Tan section of the Amazon room checking on the progress of Mr Spittles when an elderly gentleman stood from his seat of table 358 and asked me if the guy next to him was famous.

    I looked down and nodded.

    Yes sir that's Phil Ivey.
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  • alex1229alex1229
    edited July 2015
    Bar MattBates. What are these guys user names?
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  • FCHDFCHD
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    Bar MattBates. What are these guys user names?
    Posted by alex1229

    That's for them and them only to disclose.
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  • GELDYGELDY
    edited July 2015
    gl all
    TID matt 

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  • alex1229alex1229
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread : That's for them and them only to disclose.
    Posted by FCHD
    Really? Its just their sky poker alias, if i really wanted to find out i could sharkscope the tournament and find out, it;s out in the open. Nothing really that sacred...
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  • Any2SuitedAny2Suited
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread : Matt's grown a beard?  This will entertain me for hours. Aiming for: But actually getting: And will finish as:
    Posted by TommyD
    Good luck all out there living the dream.(Tommy where is the last picture from/of? looks familiar but don't watch any soaps! is he from soaps or an actor? that i may have seen on tv somewhere?)

    Matt Bates looks bigger in the photo than expected from all the rumours on here!;} or has he got a cushion?
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  • BrrrrrrrBrrrrrrr
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread : Really? Its just their sky poker alias, if i really wanted to find out i could sharkscope the tournament and find out, it;s out in the open. Nothing really that sacred...
    Posted by alex1229

    I'm sure they will all end up being revealed in time but I think someone else asked the same thing with the qualifiers for the $1,111 tournament and there was some legal reason for the official no-disclosure.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread : Really? Its just their sky poker alias, if i really wanted to find out i could sharkscope the tournament and find out, it;s out in the open. Nothing really that sacred...
    Posted by alex1229
    Those are the rules Alex, & we don't make the rules.

    If they want to make their Sky Poker alias known, then that's cool, but unless they do, we can't reveal it.

    A little detective work along the lines you suggested is fine, but can I ask you not to do the reveal please?

    Thanks.  
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  • Darkangel7Darkangel7
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    I was wandering around the Tan section of the Amazon room checking on the progress of Mr Spittles when an elderly gentleman stood from his seat of table 358 and asked me if the guy next to him was famous. I looked down and nodded. Yes sir that's Phil Ivey.
    Posted by Sky_SamT
    Sam that would be me.............only know a few of them now. In a way that's good, as he's got no preconcieved ideas of who he's playing so shouldn't be scared. Good luck guys over there. Routing for you to bring home the bracelets and some nice cashes.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited July 2015


    We filmed the WSOP Daily Update - it was a NIGHTMARE, we filmed in 4 different areas & had to do the whole thing with an escort, who was timing us on a stop watch. We are allowed 5 minutes filming, & not a second more. Not easy once Mr Ambo starts waffling. 

    We filmed in Brasilia, Amazon, Pavilion & The Kitchen. Yup, the kitchen. And we did the lot inside 5 minutes. Incred scenes.  

    Then Neil filmed his Daily Diary (the Daily Moan won't be filmed today) & now I've been despatched to get some interviews lined up for the breaks - Danny Negreanu & Sam Trickett. I can lay good money Sam will turn up late, then I just have to find him amongst 4,000 players in five different areas. Easy game.     

    Then I just need to find our players & see how they are doing.

    Easy game this.       
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread : Good luck all out there living the dream.(Tommy where is the last picture from/of? looks familiar but don't watch any soaps! is he from soaps or an actor? that i may have seen on tv somewhere?) Matt Bates looks bigger in the photo than expected from all the rumours on here!;} or has he got a cushion?
    Posted by Any2Suited
    The last picture is of course the icon of my youth, Geoff from Byker Grove, the old CBBC show in the 80s/90s where Ant first laid eyes on Dec.

    WAYAY MAN!
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited July 2015


    BOOM.

    The Danny Negreanu interview is booked for the second break.

    Now for the difficult part - finding Tricky Sam.      
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Brett Gritton made an under the gun min raise to 200 and found 3 customers.

    The flop came J 10 4 and Brett continued to the tune of 500. 2 came along and we went to the turn which was a K. No flush draws out and Brett fires once more (1000). One call and a Q hits the river.

    Brett tanks and checks before the villian fires out 2500. After a couple of minutes Brett makes it 6000 and the villian lets it go.

    What did Brett have???
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    Brett Gritton made an under the gun min raise to 200 and found 3 customers. The flop came J 10 4 and Brett continued to the tune of 500. 2 came along and we went to the turn which was a K. No flush draws out and Brett fires once more (1000). One call and a Q hits the river. Brett tanks and checks before the villian fires out 2500. After a couple of minutes Brett makes it 6000 and the villian lets it go. What did Brett have???
    Posted by Sky_SamT
    Gonna make a blind guess that he turned 88 into a bluff to get stuff like KQ to fold.  If he actually has Ax well done for totally meta-er-ing me with the post.
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  • TommyDTommyD
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    BOOM. The Danny Negreanu interview is booked for the second break. Now for the difficult part - finding Tricky Sam.  
    Posted by Tikay10
    Congrats, that is a good get as he'll probably be a busy man today.

    Can't wait to watch the video to see how much you are staring at 'his' hair.
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT
    edited July 2015
    Matt Bates has taken another hit to his stack. Unfortunately for him he keeps running top pair top kicker into flopped sets. Inicidentally he is sat at the same table as Neil Channing was at yesterday. Perhaps we should hope it rains in Brasilia again.

    Matt has 12k but it could have been a lot worse.
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  • karllukekarlluke
    edited July 2015
    In Response to Re: Sky Poker Qualifiers Main Event thread:
    Brett Gritton made an under the gun min raise to 200 and found 3 customers. The flop came J 10 4 and Brett continued to the tune of 500. 2 came along and we went to the turn which was a K. No flush draws out and Brett fires once more (1000). One call and a Q hits the river. Brett tanks and checks before the villian fires out 2500. After a couple of minutes Brett makes it 6000 and the villian lets it go. What did Brett have???
    Posted by Sky_SamT
    pocket aces
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