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Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones

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  • edited February 2016


    Here we go, 35 survived into Sunday's Day 2, & the chip counts look like this;

    Simon Higgins339466000
    Nicolas Le Floch329366000
    Edmund Yeung345328500
    Eric Shum344309500
    Lee Rawson335296500
    Keith Bowtell328274500
    Andreas Olympios324254500
    Neil Strike359231000
    Stephen Foster349227500
    Graham Carter338227000
    Nadeem Hussain239217000
    Jose Antonio Simon Jimenez356214500
    Chris Latta341204500
    Chin Chai Koh333193500
    John Conroy237185000
    Craig Watson331170000
    Shaun Johnston238167500
    Trevor Pearson323158000
    Cornel Miu358135500
    Jeff Sharpe326132500
    Daniel Myers231128000
    James Mitchell354127000
    Anonymous235123500
    Artan Dedusha352120000
    John Perkins357108000
    Baljit Singh23493500
    Daniel Merrilees34792300
    Michal Czeszel34387500
    Richard Trigg34685500
    Richard Edmondson32584500
    Robert Taylor33682500
    Ryan Spittles32772300
    Steve Mallott32154500
    Wolfgang Distler35140000
    Alastair May33438500
  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    Meanwhile, recent arrivals here, presumably playing tomorrow, include Pokey (Chris), Andrew1947 (Andrew, surprisingly), & a man I've not seen in ages, CTBN, aka Colin the Hippo. I have a bit of banter with CTBN, but all joking aside, I love him to bits, a real man, who takes life's beats in his stride. So I was saddened to hear he has been really quite unwell, emergency operations & all sorts, & over 8 months "on the club" from work.   He seems to be recovered now, which is a relief, & he looks very well indeed for a man of 72.    
    Posted by Tikay10
    Thanks for the kind words old man,but I think you have our ages mixed up im 22 your 72.
    thanks old man
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    last chance to quaify for the UKPC Main today (and play day 1c tomorrow)

    Live 20 seats GTD at 8pm £100+1 rl



  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    before play resumes today, 1b at midday

    a couple of tidbits from late last night

    Neil Channing was knocked out on the last hand of the day Kings into Aces when playing 80,000

    Ryan Spittles was flying at one point but had a tough couple of last levels

    He described a key hand near the end as follows

    "Very next hand a player limps. A regular player. We call 55 BB. Limper folds

    Flop AQ5 rainbow. I check he bets 12.5k. I decide to call as no real draws and reckon he can barrel on so many turn cards.

    Turn 7x check check

    River Kx I lead 18k which is a similar size to the last river lead I did. He tank raises to 48k.

    I don't think I can ever fold here given the last hand plus I can be value betting so many weakish hands here. He's just seen me bet fold 2 pair and tbh on this board and action I rarely have more than a 1 pair hand. I call and obv JT."

    it's a harsh game sometimes

  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    There are a hundred players in at the start of today

    reg is open to 4.40pm

    re-entry into the next day only, tomorrow plays as a freezeout

    22     1     Zhong W ang
    22     2     Noel Broadbent
    22     3     Leon Narinsakchai
    22     4     Denis Ford
    22     5     Martyn Frey
    22     6     David Lloyd
    22     7     Jack Cooper
    22     8     Ross Loggie

    23     1     Wai Leung
    23     2     Toby Robinson
    23     3     Ian Gellatly
    23     4     Eleanor Gudger
    23     5     Thomas Somerville
    23     6     Ian Simpson
    23     7     Tomasz Caba
    23     8     Trevor Reardon

    25     1     Brijesh Das
    25     2     Hamish Morjaria
    25     3     Philip Hepburn
    25     4     Chris Williams
    25     5     Sean Hart
    25     6     Allan Peers
    25     7     John Baldini
    25     8     Antoine Saout

    26     1     Lee Nayler
    26     2     Angelo Milioto
    26     3     Gary Fisher
    26     4     Stephen Freeman
    26     5     John Sadler
    26     6     Peter Wigglesworth
    26     7     Florian Duta
    26     8     Paolo Turatti

    27     1     Jon Briggs
    27     2     Padraig O Neill
    27     3     Karol Radomski
    27     4     Alan Taddei
    27     5     Andy Wool
    27     6     Thomas High
    27     7     Robert Jones
    27     8     Martin Hogarty

    31     1     Sean Randall
    31     2     Kevin Brown
    31     3     Sophie Rigali
    31     4     Daniel Gatward
    31     5     Paul Williams
    31     6     Leo Mcclean
    31     7     Shuaida Cheng

    32     1     Bruce Atkinson
    32     2     Ben Winsor
    32     3     Carl Taylor
    32     4     Anonymous
    32     5     Andrey Veselov
    32     6     Anonymous
    32     7     Jack Allen

    33     1     Paul Mason
    33     2     Colin Dea
    33     3     Matt Wootton
    33     4     Louis Scriven
    33     5     Dara Okearney
    33     6     Neil Channing
    33     7     Grzegorz Gosk

    34     1     Joe Laming
    34     2     Steven Watts
    34     3     Paul Romain
    34     4     Aqeel Butt
    34     5     James Parker
    34     6     Paul Haycock
    34     7     Lukasz Jankowski

    35     1     Ali Zihni
    35     2     Liam Hooks
    35     3     Carlo Hassan
    35     4     Tim Wright
    35     5     Ross Vendyback
    35     6     Paul Hardy
    35     7     Zhongming Liao

    36     1     Albert Sapiano
    36     2     Daniel Parsonage
    36     3     Mark Armstrong
    36     4     Colin Hawker
    36     5     Robert Davies
    36     6     James Jeffrey
    36     7     Ionut Flavius Voinea
    36     8     Timothy Chung

    37     1     John Gale
    37     2     David Burghardt
    37     3     Paul Chesser
    37     4     Anthony Haughey
    37     5     Andrew Hills
    37     6     David Mundle
    37     7     Jamie O'connor
    37     8     Anonymous

    38     1     Richard Breach
    38     2     Gary Burnley
    38     3     Stephen Ayres
    38     4     Greg Harrison
    38     5     Keith Christie
    38     6     Michael Brown
    38     7     Thomas Middleton
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    who can name the double WSOP bracelet winner?



  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    who can name this player and his connection with the X factor?



  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    who can name this player and his connection with the X factor?
    Posted by SPT

    Isn't that Steve Watts who manages whatshername who won it?

    Oh and the other pic's John Gale.

    See ... some of us are reading these updates!  Keep 'em coming.
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    "i am not allowed out of the house these days"

    if you have played on sky you've played against this man, probably....

    who?



  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    Gale force

    37     1     John Gale
    37     2     David Burghardt
    37     3     Paul Chesser
    37     4     Anthony Haughey
    37     5     Andrew Hills
    37     6     David Mundle
    37     8     Anonymous
    37     9     Andrew Hulme

    100-200 blinds

    hand 1 button seat 5

    Anon limps UTG, Burghardt makes it 700, Mndle calls in the small blind, Anon calls

    Ad 4s 2h checked through

    7h Mundle 1,000, Anon the only caller

    3s Mundle 1,000, Anon call

    Mundle shows Aspades 8d


    hand 2 button seat 6

    Gale opens to 525

    Hills calls

    Anon in the big blind calls

     Aspades 8h 9d

    checked to Hills who bets 1200

    both call

    3d checked through

    8s checked through

    Hills shows  Ac Jd which is good


    hand 3 button seat 7

    Burghardt opens to 700

    Anon calls

    Hulme in the big blind calls

    Qd 4h Jc checked through

    Ks Hulme 1500, Anon calls

    2d

    Anon 1500

    Hulme 5200

    call

    Hulme Kh Qc on showdown to win


    Hand 4 button seat 8

    Chesser to 550

    Haughey 3 bet to 1600

    call

    Kd 4h 2c

    check
    Haughey 1200

    Chesser c raise to 3000

    pass

    Chesser shows  Kh


    hand 5 button seat 9

    Chesser and Haughey limp

    Hills 1000

    O'Cnnor 3,500 playing 50,000

    pass pass pass


    hand 6 button seat 1

    Anon to 1,000 a fold


    Hand 7 button seat 2

    Anon to 800

    Gale and Burghardt call

    Kh 3d 2s

    Anon 900

    Brghardt calls

    6d

    Anon check

    Burghardt 3,000

    Anon folds showing  Qh Qs


    hand 8 button seat 3

    Mundle 800

    Gale call

    Burghardt 2,200

    both pass


    hand 9 button seat 4

    Chesser limps

    Mundle in the big blind makes it 1700

    Chesser sets Mundle in

    who calls, what can they possibly have to get 300x bb in each in level 4

    Mundle A-Ko

    Chesser 6-6

    Q-K-8-J-8 to double undle up

    Chesser bangs his remaining stack down in frustration.

    Small ball please sir, small ball
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : Isn't that Steve Watts who manages whatshername who won it? Oh and the other pic's John Gale. See ... some of us are reading these updates!  Keep 'em coming.
    Posted by TwoAnchors
    correct and correct, steve watts the former pro footballer who discovered louisa johnson

    and the excellent john gale
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    "i am not allowed out of the house these days" if you have played on sky you've played against this man, probably.... who?
    Posted by SPT
    LjamesL, aka James Williams

    remember him?
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    we are up to 200 runners today, added to 121 yesterday so 321 and registration open for another 80 minutes

    tomorrow should be full with 500 runners plus, but might have to be an absolutely bumper day to hit the guarantee

    we will see


    anybody coming to play and excited yet?
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    name the player

    and which major live event did he win?

    oh, and he qualified on sky...



  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    out today
    189 Faisal Shabbir
    190 Carl Taylor
    191 Brijesh Das
    192 Krishna Nagaraju
    193 Colin Gillon
    194 Albert Sapiano
    195 Paul Hardy
    196 Tom Kugelstadt
    197 Shuaida Cheng
    198 Noel Broadbent
    199 Bruce Atkinson
    200 Ian Gellatly
    201 Stephen Ayres
    202 Mark Dobson
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    we are coming to the second brea of the day with 185 of 212 left

    walked the room and found the following 100k stacks, with average 54,000 at 200-400

    Eleanor Gudger 150,000
    Middy 120,000
    Ben Winsor 120,000
    Michael White 120,000
    Tomasz Caba 110,000
    Robert Wite 100,000
    James Parker 100,000
    Lawrence Bayley 100,000
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    sam grafton in giant polka dots



  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    last year's winner Fraser Bellamy and Alex Goulder



  • edited February 2016
    Any idea of Neil and Dara's chipstacks?  They were sat next to each other at the start of the day.
  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    Any idea of Neil and Dara's chipstacks?  They were sat next to each other at the start of the day.
    Posted by TwoAnchors
    Hi Bud,

    Neil has 40,000.

    Which "Dara" are you referring to?
  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    name the player and which major live event did he win? oh, and he qualified on sky...
    Posted by SPT

    True gent, Ian Simpson, and he won the Irish Open :=)

    Are the Bristol boys, Andrew and Pokey playing today. If so, how are they doing? Also would be interested to see how Gary Burnley's getting on.

    Cheers,

    Graham
  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : Hi Bud, Neil has 40,000. Which "Dara" are you referring to?
    Posted by Tikay10

    Thanks Tikay.  O'Kearney.  I think Neil had position on him on table 33.
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    We have another big stack

    Igban Kotan got Kings in against the Aces of Sean Hart, aipf

    Spiked a King on the river to knock Hart out and go to 120,000

    --

    We finished the registration period today with 217 runners, 338 total

    Day1c tomorrow at midday for value hunters!
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : True gent, Ian Simpson, and he won the Irish Open :=) Are the Bristol boys, Andrew and Pokey playing today. If so, how are they doing? Also would be interested to see how Gary Burnley's getting on. Cheers, Graham
    Posted by StayOrGo
    I met Mr Burnley in the break, started well, had a far tougher second session was on 35,000 at the break and eyeing playing tonight's satellite to win entry for tomorrow if necessary
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : Thanks Tikay.  O'Kearney.  I think Neil had position on him on table 33.
    Posted by TwoAnchors
    Dara O'K is still there with 55,000 just below average. still sat next to Neil with 40,000, maybe a bit less
  • edited February 2016
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones:
    In Response to Re: Blog: Sky Poker £1m GTD UKPC Main Event Day Ones : Dara O'K is still there with 55,000 just below average. still sat next to Neil with 40,000, maybe a bit less
    Posted by SPT

    Thanks again Tikay, great work.  Neil just tweeted me to say he'd not played a hand in ages but had just flopped a set so maybe he's got a few more now. Hope they both go deep. 
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    Lee Naylor (I think this is the Wolves and celtic footballer, in fact almost sure it is) Raised UTG+1 and Florian Duta called in the big blind

    the flop came 9-7-6

    it went bananas

    Duta check raised and Naylor shoved, call

    Duta 8-5 for the straight and four to the flush in spades

    Naylor two red sixes but behind

    turn 8

    river 7 to send Naylor's stack into the stratosphere

    Just roughly it was at least a 120,000 pot
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    on the next table i think Eleanor Gudger is the chip leader with over 170,000

    either side of her though are Lawrence "everyone calls me Bertie" Bailey and Sylvia Hewitt both with 140,000

    --

    On a table across from them Brammer is big blind to Keith Johnson's button. going to return to that table shortly, both very inscrutable when you watch them and both battled for a long time in the high roller yesterday so there is some history

    --

    In a row at the far end of the room.

    seat 6 jabracada
    seat 7 middly
    seat 8 tim chung
    seat 9 steve warburton

    the foursome have been picking a suit each and side betting for £ flop textures

    in seat 1, lurking with a somewhat different style is Mad Turk

    i will be back at that table too

    --

    On another table Gryko is button into one of the Laming brothers and Steve Watts in the blinds. If i had more than one pair of eyes id go and look there too

    - and then turning round i spy Fred Wise, looking like a cross between David Gest and Daniel Radcliffe (imagine it) who looks to have entered late and already doubled his stack
  • SPTSPT
    edited February 2016
    pick a couple of tables and i will spend 5 minutes at each

    22    1    Zhong W
    22    2    Stephen Woodhead
    22    3    Leon Narinsakchai
    22    5    Martyn Frey
    22    6    David Lloyd
    22    7    Jack Cooper
    22    8    Ross Loggie
    22    9    Grant Wheelhouse

    23    1    Anonymous
    23    2    Ammar Barakat
    23    3    Lawrence Bayley
    23    4    Eleanor Gudger
    23    5    Sylvia Hewitt
    23    6    Ian Simpson
    23    7    Tomasz Caba
    23    8    Trevor Reardon
    23    9    Jack Pustula

    25    1    Mahamed Muse
    25    2    Hamish Morjaria
    25    3    Russell Betts
    25    4    Chris Williams
    25    5    Fred Wise
    25    6    Allan Peers
    25    7    John Baldini
    25    8    Antoine Saout
    25    9    Stacy Coore

    26    1    Lee Nayler
    26    2    Angelo Milioto
    26    3    Gary Fisher
    26    4    Stephen Freeman
    26    5    John Sadler
    26    6    Peter Wigglesworth
    26    8    Paolo Turatti
    26    9    Balint Pusztai

    27    1    Jon Briggs
    27    2    Padraig O Neill
    27    3    Karol Radomski
    27    4    Alan Taddei
    27    5    Andy Wool
    27    6    Thomas High
    27    7    Robert Jones
    27    8    Martin Hogarty
    27    9    Matthew Lewis

    31    1    Sean Randall
    31    2    Kevin Brown
    31    3    Sophie Rigali
    31    4    Daniel Gatward
    31    5    Paul Williams
    31    6    Leo Mcclean
    31    7    Adam Daniel
    31    8    Sam Grafton
    31    9    Oliver Telford

    32    1    Paul Jackson
    32    2    Ben Winsor
    32    3    Jack O'neill
    32    4    Anonymous
    32    5    Jamie Roberts
    32    6    Anonymous
    32    7    Jack Allen
    32    8    Mark James
    32    9    Brett Angell

    33    1    Paul Mason
    33    2    Colin Dea
    33    3    Matt Wootton
    33    4    Louis Scriven
    33    5    Dara Okearney
    33    6    Neil Channing
    33    7    Grzegorz Gosk
    33    8    Mateusz Dziewonski
    33    9    Emran Hussain

    34    1    Joe Laming
    34    2    Steven Watts
    34    3    Paul Romain
    34    4    Aqeel Butt
    34    5    James Parker
    34    6    Paul Haycock
    34    7    Lukasz Jankowski
    34    8    Richard Gryko
    34    9    Chris Gordon

    35    1    Ali Zihni
    35    2    Liam Hooks
    35    3    Carlo Hassan
    35    4    Jamie O'connor
    35    5    Ross Vendyback
    35    6    Darrell Goh
    35    7    Zhongming Liao
    35    8    Jonathan Gray

    36    1    Christopher Brammer
    36    3    Mark Armstrong
    36    5    Robert Davies
    36    6    James Jeffrey
    36    7    Ionut Flavius Voinea
    36    8    Keith Johnson
    36    9    Stephen Nash

    37    1    John Gale
    37    2    David Burghardt
    37    3    Paul Chesser
    37    4    Anthony Haughey
    37    5    Andrew Hills
    37    6    David Mundle
    37    7    Gang W
    37    8    Anonymous
    37    9    Andrew Hulme

    38    1    Yucel Eminoglu
    38    2    Gary Burnley
    38    3    Anonymous
    38    4    Greg Harrison
    38    5    Keith Christie
    38    6    Tom Hall
    38    7    Thomas Middleton
    38    8    Timothy Chung
    38    9    Steven Warburton

    42    1    Toby Joyce
    42    2    David Tighe
    42    3    Igor Kotan
    42    5    Stuart Mccormack
    42    6    Philip Pattenden-oxenham
    42    7    James Williams
    42    8    Osman Mustanoglu
    42    9    Paul King

    43    1    Marcin Grzybowski
    43    2    Stephen Bantick
    43    3    Maciej Kondraszuk
    43    4    Waikiat Lee
    43    5    Yiannis Liperis
    43    6    Ian Gascoigne
    43    7    Aleksandrs Golubevs
    43    9    Steve Ford

    44    1    Jeffrey Duvall
    44    2    James Clarke
    44    3    John Bonadies
    44    5    Kyriacos Dionysiou
    44    6    Mike Hill
    44    7    Alex Jones
    44    8    Barry Carter
    44    9    Mian Wei

    45    1    Paul Dando
    45    2    Akaash Bhatia
    45    3    Luke Barradell
    45    4    Malcolm Mckinlay
    45    5    Danny Toffel
    45    6    Andrey Veselov
    45    7    Kevin Allen
    45    8    Michael Pitt

    46    1    Robert Sherwood
    46    2    Anthony Gardner
    46    4    Stephen Jakes
    46    5    Jonathan W ong
    46    6    Philip Hepburn
    46    7    Colin Hawker
    46    8    Ben Jackson
    46    9    Suketu Patel

    47    1    Aaron Easom
    47    2    Robert White
    47    3    Kelly Saxby
    47    4    Fergal Nealon
    47    5    Jamie Clossick
    47    6    Kevin Monroe
    47    7    Nick Hicks
    47    8    Alex Goulder
    47    9    Asif Raja

    48    1    Jiushuang W ang
    48    2    Alexander Paul
    48    3    Chi Zhang
    48    4    Anonymous
    48    5    Pavol Beca
    48    6    Tim Wright
    48    7    Malcolm Chapman
    48    8    Paul Zimbler
    48    9    Fraser Bellamy

    56    1    Ben Farrell
    56    2    Sonny Huang
    56    3    Kuljinder Sidhu
    56    4    Stuart Bell
    56    5    Phillip Mighall
    56    6    Weland Holroyd
    56    8    Matthew Davenport
    56    9    Matthew Spurring
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