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**** MacMonster UKIPT Final Day ****
good luck Ian. take it down
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ian goes into the final day. absolutely fantastic. this is a thread in support of a great guy doing superbly well. good luck monster.
1,625 runners, total chips 24m, 8 players remain.
ian starts the final day in second place with 3.8m chips
Well Done + GL - run good!
To make the final table from a huge field including many of the UK's top pros is an incredible performance, can't think of anybody more deserving. Best of luck!
Run-good vibes SENT!
Followed all weekend but sadly can't today, but all the best - Take It Daaahn!
What time does the final table start play?
2pm Sir, & all the details will be on the "main" thread very shortly.
GOOOOO IAN GL FELLA
Win This baby !!!!!
Dave
Just got a Squaddie Polo On ME &
HitPup, to bring You RunGood
Ian!!!!
You Make Us Proud Comrade!!!
Was welling up last night
Dave
However at Nottingham this weekend something a little different has happened. I reported it elsewhere, but I will reprise it here
Throughout the tournament Ian has used his Valentines Day gift to his late wife as a card protector. Around his neck on a chain he has worn his wife's wedding ring.
I was watching the latter stages of yesterday, the field had just gone to 9 players and we needed to lose one more player to hit today's final.
I sat, weary, to the side of the final table.
The cards were dealt, Ian was on the button in seat one for the first hand. Before he looked at his cards he reached inside his Hit Squad Polo shirt, pulled the chain out and kissed the wedding ring.
Man, I can do cynical with the best of them, but I was in bits!
Periodically through the 90 minutes or so I'd catch him looking up to the ceiling. He saw me watch him do it, and smiled gently across at me. None of the players he is competing against know the back story to Ian's achievement of course, but he knew I knew.
I don't know Ian too well, but for a low stakes player from a recreational background, this is some achievement
As Ian said to me though "Whatever happens, I'm happy"
Probably a motto many in the poker world could learn from.