Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Live Updates => Topic started by: Des on March 01, 2014, 14:36:36 PM
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We"re getting a practically zero wifi signal here, so the lite update is going to be liter than a lite thing. I can"t even get into my email to publish the player list, so pictures and videos are an absolute no no.
Just finishing level 1 of event #1, 64 players currently in - with no exits.
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Initial runner list at starting time - which had 59 of our 66 runners.
1 - 1 - Paul Allen
1 - 2 - Andrew Hetherington
1 - 3 - Keith Foster
1 - 4 - Ben Paul Sowerby
1 - 5 - Lewis Bennett
1 - 6 - David Robert Cook
1 - 7 - Lee Hickson
1 - 8 - Simon Pham
2 - 1 - Steven Garrett
2 - 2 - Elizabeth Costa
2 - 3 - Paul Henderson
2 - 4 - Anthony Johnston
2 - 5 - Craig Simpson
2 - 6 - Catherine Johnston
2 - 7 - Wayne Smailes
2 - 8 - Vamshi Polu
3 - 1 - Louis Joseph Kneeshaw
3 - 2 - Jennifer Drici
3 - 3 - Paul Lyons
3 - 4 - Nicholas Ramsey
3 - 5 - Adam Farley
3 - 6 - Natalie Jane Styth
3 - 7 - Adam Trodden
3 - 8 - Vikram Vankayalapati
4 - 1 - Stephen Frost
4 - 2 - Stephen Beresford
4 - 3 - Scott Hocking
4 - 4 - Gary Langley
4 - 5 - Lewis William Mcmanus
4 - 6 - Robert Brown
4 - 7 - Hazel Birchnall
5 - 1 - Marc Mclean
5 - 2 - Stephen Hetherington
5 - 3 - John Nixon
5 - 4 - Ruth Dawson
5 - 5 - Lee Gray
5 - 6 - Dorothy Littlewood
5 - 7 - Andrew Hopper
6 - 1 - Glenn Day
6 - 2 - Anthony Long
6 - 3 - John Young
6 - 4 - David Grayson
6 - 5 - Daniel Lewthwaite
6 - 6 - Jamie Edgell
6 - 7 - Antony Elliott
7 - 1 - Connie Jackson
7 - 2 - David Woodward
7 - 3 - Troy Rutherford
7 - 4 - John Littlewood
7 - 5 - Graham Foster
7 - 6 - Shane Barnes
7 - 7 - Stuart Costa
8 - 1 - Peter Cook
8 - 2 - Martin Foreman
8 - 3 - Kevin Simpson
8 - 4 - Michael Quigley
8 - 5 - David Mclean
8 - 6 - Ian Dawson
8 - 7 - Steven Fung
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With 4 minutes left in level 3, we"ve already lost five players.
Graham Foster took the first scalps, his Aces taking two players out. His opponent holding pocket tens might feel a little aggrieved, but seat eight was doing some serious fishing in the hand with Jack Five off.
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One of the dealers has volunteered his Samsung S3 to tether a signal for the update. Fair play.
Nice bunch of dealers here and cardroom manager John Cormack (suited in pic) seems extremely capable and accomodating.
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Elizabeth Costa is reraised all in on the flop by Catherine Johnston and makes the call for her tournament life.
Costa shows ad1 8c for middle pair, with the 8h on the board.
Johnston shows 9c 9d
Turn is a blank for Costa who is preparing to stand.
River 8d
Costa survives while Johnston smiles through gritted teeth.
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Elizabeth Costa
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Catherine Johnston
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Regular APATer Jamie Edgill exits in 62nd. Didn"t get any hand details, just a shrug from Jamie as he walked towards the rail...
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Graham Foster must be near the head of the field, and he"s certainly getting busy on table 7.
On a board of 6c 8d 8h 5s 3d
Foster raises 2,600 against Michael Quigley.
There"s a good atmosphere at the table with plenty of banter.
Quigley studied Foster for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Foster immediately mucked, as Quigley turned over 4c 4d.
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Michael Quigley
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Foster gets busy again a hand later, this time calling an initial raise from Troy Rutherford.
On a board of Kc 7h Js
Rutherford bets 850, called.
3s
check, check
Ks
Rutherford pushes out 1,100 which is enough to see Foster release his hand.
"Ups and Downs" Foster says....although the recent trend is more down than up.
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Troy Rutherford
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Nicholas Ramsey raises 500 on a board of...
9d 4c Kd Js
Natalie Styth calls.
5c
Ramsey checks to his opponent, who is fairly short.
Styth bets 1200 to take the pot.
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Natalie Styth
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I catch Ramsey involved in a big pot a couple of hands later.
On a board of 6c 8d 8s
Ramsey checks
Hoodied Adam Farley raises to 1900
Seat 3 on the button gets out of the way.
Ramsey calls.
Turn 5d
Check, Check
River Ah
Farley raises 3300
Ramsey ponders...and ponders...and pushes all in.
Farley isn"t happy but ultimately he"s not a believer....and he makes the call.
Ramsey shows Ac 8c for the full house
Farley shrugs, gets up showing Ad 6s for the rivered two pair.
Ramsey pulls in a mountain of chips and is a likely chipleader.
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Nicholas Ramsey
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Adam Farley
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Players are now on a short break.
47 remain.
Average stack is 14468.
Blinds will be at 300 / 600 when we return.
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We are going to pay 9 places.
Prize pool is £3400
1 - £1070 + APAT Gold Medal
2 - £765 + APAT Silver Medal
3 - £455 + APAT Bronze Medal
4 - £305
5 - £235
6 - £200
7 - £170
8 - £135
9 - £65
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We lost Peter Cook before the break.
Peter won an LPPL national championship at the Festival of Pub Poker a couple of years back.
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We"ve hit level 8 with 29 players left in event #1 with blinds at 500 / 1000 / 150. The average stack is 23448.
We"ll organise a detailed chip count with two tables left. My local knowledge doesn"t stretch to knowing too many of these players. :)
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Still in, although short in chips, is LPPL North East area organiser John Nixon.
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Wifi is pretty poor at the moment, so I"ve spent the last half an hour watching the Liverpool match.
We have 18 left in event #1 at 800 / 1600 / 250. Average stack is 38000.
28 remain in event #2 with 15m left in level 5.
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John Nixon doubles up to just over 80k with trip Jacks against Graham Foster. Nixon was called all in pre flop. Pocket Jacks versus Ace Seven.
11 remain.
Blinds at 1500 / 3000 / 400.
Average stack 62k.
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Foster goes in 11th. His Jack Five failing to improve against his opponent"s Ace Six, all in pre.
We are now hand for hand.
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10 left in event #1.
Level 13. Blinds at 2000 / 4000 / 500. 62k average stack.
15 left in event #2.
Level 9. Blinds 500 / 1000 / 150. 20k average stack.
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Elizabeth Costa is our bubble in event #1.
Getting short, she pushed with Kc 5s and couldn"t improve against John Nixon"s As 6h.
Players are on a short break while I get the chipcounts.
14 remain in event #2.
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Is John Nixon related to Julie Nixon Des?
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Is John Nixon related to Julie Nixon Des?
Yep - her husband.
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Final table in event #1 (Saturday main event)
1 - Ben Sowerby - 38k
2 - Paul Allen - 33k
3 - David Cook - 186k
4 - John Nixon - 109k
5 - Simon Pham - 34k
6 - Gerard Gannon - 29k
7 - Troy Rutherford - 33k
8 - Shane Barnes - 24k
9 - Mark Robinson - 193k
Blinds 2000 / 4000 / 500.
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On a board of 10c 2h Kd
Shortstack Shane Barnes pushes his chips in and is called by David Cook and Gerrard Gannon.
Barnes shows ad1 5h
Cook Ah Ks
Gannon 9c 9d
Turn 4d and Barnes calls for any 3.
River 3c
Giving Barnes a triple up to his delight.
Cook shakes his head while Gannon is our first exit on the FT.
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Gerrard Gannon, 9th.
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Thought it was online then LOL
with that river
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Ben Sowerby is all in for around 50k and is called by David Cook.
Cook shows 6c 6d
Sowerby Ac Kh
Flop Qh 6s Qh to give Cook trips
Turn and River brick and we lose Ben Sowerby in 8th.
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As I detailed the last hand, we lost Shane Barnes in 7th. No hand details I"m afraid. It"s all pretty fast and furious at the moment. I love Newcastle. ;D
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I think somebody mentioned a party, because when I turned back to the table, there"s a three way all in.
John Nixon 9h 9s
Simon Pham Ac 10d
Troy Rutherford 6h 6s
The board runs out 8c Jh 2d 8d 7c
And we lose Simon in 6th and Troy in 5th.
The pace is frentic!
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Pham in "shock horror" 6th place finish
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Rutherford in "pulls own hair out shocker" 5th place finish.
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John Nixon... Good lad, met him in IPO Dublin... TID John...
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We"ve just lost Paul Allen in 4th.
The Omagh man was the shortstack at the table and he got it in with 6s 9c
Chipleader Mark Robinson called with Kd 2c
King high was enough to take Allen"s chips.
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Paul Allen, 4th
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David Cook is the big stack and he"s pushing plenty.
Raising John Nixon"s big blind, he found Nixon pushing all in behind him.
Cook thought for a minute and called.
Cards on their backs.
Cook Kc 9c
Nixon 6s 6h
The board ran out Kd 4c 2h Js 3d
...so we lose LPPL stalwart John Nixon in the bronze medal position.
John has had a shortstack all day so it was some effort to make the medals.
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John Nixon, Bronze
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So David Cook will start heads up with a big chiplead over Mark Robinson.
We are in level 15 with blinds at 4000 / 8000 / 800.
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David Cook
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Mark Robinson
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Good Effort John Nixon
now rooting for Dave Cook another old LPPL player
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Mark has had the better of heads up so far, winning a number of small pots.
David has become more passive but he still holds a big chip lead of 3 or 4 to 1.
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Mark finds a massive double up, the chips going in with him holding Ace Ten against David"s Ace Five. Cook couldn"t improve and Robinson"s stack is now up to 280k of the 680k in play.
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Dave and Mark are on a short break while we colour up.
Here is the final table at start.
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There"s a nice display cabinet directly behind our final table, housing a prestigious glass trophy. On close inspection it bears one name - Mark Robinson. He won it for taking down the 2010 league here at Aspers. He won it again in 2011. He"s an unassuming sort of guy. Very comfortable and tidy with his chips.
Dave Cook has his work cut out here.
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Cook makes a small raise and Robinson pushes all in over the top.
Cook thinks..."Call".
On their backs...
Cook shows Js Kh
Robinson Ac Qh
A queen on the board seals the hand for Robinson, who now holds about 600k of the 680k chips in play.
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Credit to Cook, he"s fighting back by playing and winning some small ball pots. Still a huge task.
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Robinson tries to apply some pressure and finds himself called all in by Cook, who leads and holds with Jh 8d.
He has over 150k now.
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On a board of 8d 2h 9c, the chips go in.
Cook is holding 8h 10c for middle pair.
Robinson has 10s Jc for the up and down.
Turn is a brick.
The River is the 7h, filling Mark Robinson"s straight and giving him the win in today"s APAT Newcastle main event.
Dave Cook gave a great account of himself, and he was playing with a trapped nerve in his back and he visibly looked uncomfortable as play went on.
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Mark Robinson, Gold
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Dave Cook, Silver
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John Nixon, Mark Robinson, Dave Cook
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Event #2, the £25 side event finished prior to today"s main event - so I"m waiting for the result from the casino and will publish, probably in the morning now.
Event #3, the £55 NLHE starts tomorrow at midday. Event #4, £25 PLO starts at 4pm.
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Well done Johnny Nixon - another super result.
Your dealers look very smart, Des, though I think the ones in Tallin and Prague still have the edge.
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Thanks for the updates Des, shame there are no regulars to shout for, but hopefully APAT are making new friends :)
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Afternoon all, we"ve kicked off in event #3 with 14 players in so far. Whoever suggested a midday start for this event doesn"t fully appreciate the glory that is a Saturday night in Newcastle! There are people still going home at midday on a Sunday, never mind getting up and coming out.
On a plus the lovely Phil Tompkinson and his much better half Lillian are in the house, looking a bit battered after having had the sort of Saturday night I mention above. Legend has it they arrived back at their hotel at 6am this morning and ordered breakfast.
We are on a 2 hour late registration so are assuming the numbers will climb, but if not - I"ll be on the town myself tonight! :D
Phil didn"t know about the two hour late registration and his face was priceless as the penny dropped!
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The top five in event #2, the £25 NLHE, were as follows:-
1 - Ashuthosh Naik - £420
2 - Adam Pynn - £245
3 - Ian Keltie - £145
4 - DAvid Symes - £95
5 - Gary Cooper - £45
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To answer Mike"s question, this really reminds me of the series of regional events that APAT ran in season two. If you recall, APAT events used to run in 19 casinos across the UK where some like Manchester had great numbers and others like Thanet, were starting with 9 or 10 players.
That"s what we have here - an entirely local affair where APAT benefit from being featured in the cardroom schedule for several weeks in the lead up. Ultimately players will take part if it suits them to do so, but we"ve certainly made lots of friends on this trip. It"s also worth noting that Aspers appears to be out of favour currently with a couple of the local communities like the Newcastle poker forum, where there are a lot of APAT members. I hope that gets straightened out as this is a great cardroom and the management as I"ve found them seem to be very sound.
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Quick update 22 players in so far, 1 man down already from my table. Action something like Utg+1 raises to 300 at 50/100 2 callers bb raises to 3.5k utg+1 all in for 5k fold, fold, big blind calls. big blind has AK utg+1 has AQ board runs out and no improvement to either.. AQ out
In other news I feel like death :(
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Another player down...holding Ac 10d
on a board of A s 8d Qh the chips go in
his opponent is holding ad1 Qs which comfortably holds.
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31 was the final number of entrants in event #3. We have 24 left. Due to the relative quietness here and on the forum I will update once we hit the final table. I might have taken advantage of the fact that our IT maestro is here to work on some other APAT projects also. ;)
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Phil Tompkinson has just exited, his pocket fives found opponents with pocket Jacks and Ace King.
A King on the turn was met with glee....but a Jack on the river took Phil and Mr Ace King out.
We lost John Nixon a short while ago.
14 remain.
Blinds at 200 / 400 / 50.
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We are just setting up the final table of event #3. Chipcounts to follow.
We are in level 8 with blinds at 400 / 800 / 75.
There are 16 players left in the PLO.
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Our finalists are:-
1 - David Ridout - 18k
2 - Johnny Bowers - 73k
3 - Ash Naik - 23k
4 - Jamie rowe - 13k
5 - Troy Rutherford - 13k
6 - Gary Miller - 39k
7 - Lewis Bennett - 39k
8 - Andrew Hayton - 62k
9 - Craig McDowell - 30k
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We lose Johnny Bowers in 9th.
He committed his Js 6c on a board of Kc Jh 5h
His opponent called with Ks Js and Bowers failed to improve.
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We"ve just lost Craig McDowell in 8th.
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We"ve also lost David Ridout in 7th and Lewis Bennett in 6th.
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Lewis Bennett, 6th
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David Ridout, 7th
7 minutes left in level 12 with blinds at 1000 / 2000 / 200.
7 remain in the PLO.
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Troy Rutherford goes in fifth, as he did in event #1 yesterday.
Facing a small raise from Ash Naik, Rutherford pushed all in over the top.
Naik could hardly believe his luck and made the call.
Rutherford 7h 7s
Naik Ac ad1
The board didn"t improve things and we lose Troy in fifth.
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Troy Rutherford, fifth
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....and we lose Jamie Rowe in 4th.
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The counts for the remaining players are roughly:-
Ash Naik - 190k
Andrew Hayton - 70k
Gary Miller - 50k
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We lose Gary Miller in third, his Ac 5c beaten by the Ah 4s of Andrew Hayton, with the 4d on the flop.
We are now heads up.
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Gary Miller, Bronze.
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Is it me or does TROY look a lot like LEIGH
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...and we have a winner.
The chips went in and the players turned over:-
Ash Naik Kc Qc
Andrew Hayton 5d 5h
The board ran out Jc 5s 8d
Turn 2c
River 5c
So Quads for Andrew Hayton, who takes Gold and event #3.
Ash Naik takes Silver, making a great weekend for him in addition to his win in event #2 last night.
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Andrew Hayton, Gold
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Ash Naik, Silver
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Event #4 the PLO has just finished with the cash going to the following four players:-
1 - Lee Dillon
2 - Ben Taylor
3 - Celia Liu
4 - Dean Robinson
That result concludes our Newcastle festival. I"d like to thank John Cormach and his team at Aspers Newcastle for the excellent job they did over the weekend. Everyone was very welcoming and while it was an unusual APAT weekend, it was as friendly as any I"ve attended.
Until the Festival of Pub Poker later in the month, this is bon voyage!
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cheers DES !!!
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The regionals way back when were great, that was the first time I had played poker in a casino, and was great experience for a beginner. We had big fields in Manchester and I was sorry to see them go, but nowadays with lots of affordable and good structure tournaments around I don"t think they would work as well as they did then. I was at the G in Blackpool last night, where for £45, we got 20K stack and thirty minute blinds for the first two hours and then 25 mins, and a Sunday Roast at the break !! :)
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Until the Festival of Pub Poker later in the month, this is bon voyage!
Ooh...are you coming?
I"ll get me tin hat ready.
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Is it me or does TROY look a lot like LEIGH
Looks like a mix of Leigh and Alan Mower IMO ..