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Plus great photography, obv.
I wandered across to The Boy Nutter's Table to tell him the sad tale of SaJeR's demise with Aces v A-2.
As I was stood there, the dealer dealt out a flop of 2-2-6.
I said to Ben "look, that was almost EXACTLY the flop, & the Villain had A-2, incred".
The hand played out, & in this case the winner - & a big pot it was, too - was InsWinHere.
And his hand?
A-2.
I nearly died of embarrassment, I had been blabbing away about an almost exact replica of that hand.
Meanwhile, InsWinHere has been a busy boy it seems, & must be close to double his starting stack.
A-2 indeed, what are these kids like?
A2 es las tuercas que te digoHe was fine last time I saw him, I'll get his latest chip count shortly.
1st break
2 levels complete, so first break, which is 15 minutes.
They then play 2 more levels., followed by a 1 hour Dinner Break.
3 of the Restaurants here have been reserved exclusively for the players to have their dinner. All free, of course, as it "all inclusive".
Very nice.
A few chip counts at the first break; (25,000 starting)
NickD499 = 27,000
Junior 10 = 26,000
Dog Bloke = 27,000
FeelGroggy = 15,000
LyonsBob = 32,000
121285 = 26,000
The Boy Nutter = 38,000
dameflop = 30,000
InsWinHere = 37,000
Late arrival
Vinny has just taken his seat. He's distinctly unwell, so fingers crossed for him.
BIG HAND ALERT
There's a bit of context to this one.
GlencoeLad (George) got called a ****ing *****" during the break by a table companion who George had got the better of on several occasions. Lovely.
The guy was well tilted, & more importantly, George knew this.
So, George & Mr Mardy clash, with George betting every street.
The board (perhaps not this exact order, but no matter) ran out 2-3-4-J-4, with 3 hearts.
George bets the river, about 2,500 I think, & now Mr Mardy leans back in his chair, looks at George, & then picks up his entire stack & literally throws it in the middle, all higgly-piggly, & announces I'M ALL IN.
Bear in mind this is a paired, flushing board.
George asks for a count.
The dealer slowly scoops up all the chips, cuts the stacks, & says "6,800 total".
George casually throws in a single chip, "CALL".
Mr Mardy stands up & SLAMS down A-5 for the wheel.
Oops.
George turns over....
6-5
.....for the bigger straight.
Don't you just love it when that happens?
I asked George after if he felt comfy, what with the flush & paired board.
"Oh aye, he was just tilted, & I knew I had him".
GlencoeLad = 45,000
dameflop = 30,000
Level 3 Complete
Blinds now go 100-200-25.
Will go get some chip counts shortly.
Chip Counts halfway through Level 3
gonedoggin = 28,000
CxE1 = 33,000
DontTellMum = 32,000
NickD499 = 43,000
Junior10 = 30,000
Dog Bloke = 18,000
FeelGroggy = 13,000
LyonsBob = 25,000
SHANXTA = 25,000 (from 35,000 earlier)
Nutter5932 = 27,000
dameflop = 30,000
GlencoeLad = 35,000
Like2BiteU = 16,000
InsWinHere = 35,000
Blue on Blue
A nasty one, Sky Poker v Sky Poker.
NickD499 goes to war with 24caliber who has the Q-J, & the Q high flop was exactly what 24Caliber thought he wanted.
Unforch - for him, Nick had the Aces.
So we lose 24Caliber, but at least the chips stay with Sky Poker.
1 hour Dinner break
Play restarts in 3 minutes, @ 20.35 local.
6 more levels will be played today, with a 15 minute break every 2 levels, so stumps will be drawn at around 01.50 local.
The field will have thinned out considerably by then, so that will make it easier to follow our survivors.
We discovered another of our crew during lunch break, no idea how the twain never met before, so we can now add LiveSnail to the Update list.
Life still exciting?
The fella has a full head of hair.
Oh, wait;
Selected Chip Counts, midway through Level 5;
CxE1 = 17,000
LyonsBob = 35,000
Groggs = 24,000 (doubled up in ugly style v LyonsBob)
SHANXTA = 36,000
GlencoeLad = 38,000
Dog Bloke = 12,000
Like2BiteU = 18,000
Nicer man with thinning hair = 30,000
The Boy Nutter = 23,000
gonedoggin = 55,000 (one wonders what he got up to in the dinner break)
InsWinHere = 35,000
dameflop = 30,000
He looks so young - I mean he can't be shaving yet, can he? - that I almost feel like I should give him a cuddle & tell him a bedtime story.
Level 5 draws to a close, & now the game gets serious, with Blinds going 200-400-75.