GUKPT Coventry
August 31, 2009
Well after an impromptu “Summer Series” was arranged at the eleventh hour for a new GUKPT event to be held at the new G casino at the Ricoh stadium, the aftermath was IMO a poor turnout.
It is clear that this venue will feature heavily on the GUKP Tour in the coming seasons, as the venue itself is probably the best in the country, however poor advertising and a rush to host a GUKPT event did them no favours. When you add into the equation that Blackpool had nearly 200 runners for their £100 comp, PSOP was being played down south and DTD was hosting the WCOAP which had 317 for the main event, then it was pretty certain that the field would be hurt for this.
This particular Series was a relatively low buy-in affair by G standards, and the turnout was low in all three events (the £200 NLHE 2 dayer, the £150 1 dayer, and the £300 main event).
The main event was won by 33 yr old Frenchman Thomas Besnier, but the star of the show for me was a regular on poker forums Mark “Realdeal” Deacon, who was playing in his first GUKPT main event. 84 players turned out for the £330 game (The event was capped at 150 runners).
Many congratulations from all at ukpokerinfo!!!
If you wish to view the event please click here, courtesy of Psychodave and Nutz.tv
Bank Holidays at DTD
August 31, 2009
Well not DTD as such, every Bank Holiday on Lenton Industrial Park ( home of UK’s Poker Mecca Dusk Till Dawn) there is action. Not just poker action either, the club next door ISIS has a kind of tradition, Bank Holiday Rythmn and Blues night. This is a known trouble spot on Bank Holidays, so much so that they don’t open their own car park and taxi’s refuse to pick anyone up from there, leaving huge crowds outside stranded and drunk at kicking out time. Nottingham City Council should IMO address this situation as soon as possible. Maybe this weekend will make them look at this hotspot a bit more seriously as two people lay seriously injured in hospital after being stabbed. The stabbings happened at 3.50am Monday morning, the same time as the majority of people are leaving Dusk till Dawn.
Please don’t get me wrong, there was no overspill into DTD’s car park and all patrons of DTD were safe, but it is daunting to know you are leaving a club with a sizable amount in your pocket, and there are a large amount of groups hanging around not too far away. Actually exiting the car park is the biggest risk as nightclubbers block the road, whilst they are having their minor skirmishes or friendly chats, although the police presence was huge.
BBC report here
Local report here
The APAT championships had been held at DTD all weekend, and the event was a resounding success. I just hope that those players who had never been before think it is the norm! It definitely is not!
PKR Announce Third Live Event, PKR Live III
August 31, 2009
Everyone’s favourite 3-D poker site PKR.Com have announced the details of the third incarnation of there popular live event, PKR Live. The venue will be the Loose Cannons club in London and the festival will run for three days from November 20-22 and is expected to see the prize pool exceed the $180,000 mark with 1st place money for the main event expected to be in the region of $40,000.
The weekend will kick off on the Friday evening with an exclusive party and Saturday sees the start of the two day main event which is a NLHE deep stack with a $1,000 direct buy-in. The festival closes on Sunday with a $200 NLHE bounty event which is expected to see $5,000 paid to first place and PKR are adding value by putting bounties on team PKR members.
Qualifiers are running on the online site now and start from as little as $5.25, the event is expected to sell out, if you do miss out though there will be sit and go’s and cash games running all weekend so you can still get involved!
Event Schedule:
Friday 20 November
Exclusive qualifier Welcome Party – location TBA
Saturday 21 November
$1,000 Main Event (2 day event)
1st prize: Estimated $40,000
Sunday 22 November
$200 Bounty Event
1st prize: Expected to exceed $5,000
PKR Live 3 Home Page here
Loose Cannons Website here
Kimpossible takes the Grosvenor 7-2-7
August 30, 2009
Kim Jagger took the honours last night as the Grosvenor Casino in Stoke-On-Trent hosted their popular 7-2-7 event for a second time.
A field of just 32 runners turned out for the event , largely due to the fact that it is bank holiday weekend , coupled with the fact that the apat event was being held over at DTD, and Coventry were holding the last of the summer series events.
Never the less a cracking night of poker was had by everyone who attended.
Some players had even travelled up the M5-M6 from Bristol to play the event, others came from Northampton , and even a few locals turned up.
With £300 added by the Casino we eventually had a pot of over £1200, and such was the structure , it ensured that everyone who hit the final table of 9 would be paid .
TD for the night was Karl Elliot who ran the cardroom brilliantly and made sure that everything went without a hitch.
The complimentary buffet was excellent ,and a credit to the staff.
We got underway at 7pm and it wasnt long before we had chips flying into the pot as we saw A-A vs K-K, Gary Strang on the the recieving end of that one, we saw straights Vs flushes , and the best one in the early stages was Mick Jagger holding a bigger full house than Richard Boot.
Fast and furious was the pace , theses kind of structures are usually a marathon rather than a sprint, but the Harvey brothers Chris and Matt didnt read the script and were firing on all cylinders early on taking down some big pots , although losing a few too.
We had played for almost 8 hrs before we finally reached the final table , which seated the remaining 9 players. First casualty was the ever solid Sue Pellington who ran her pocket 10s into James Hardwick who called with K-J spades . The flop saw 2 spades come down and a further spade on the river gave the hand to Hardwick and Sue a place on the rail. Next we saw Craig Bickertons exit and after having nursed his short stack from early doors amazed everyone by even being on the final table, a cracking display of how to nurse your chips.
James Hardwick departed in 7th closely followed by Bristols Mark Marchantin 6th . Rob ( Smokey ) Bailey in 5th.
The final 4 were husband and wife Mick and Kim Jagger , ( Deadly ) Daz Sutton, and the guy who had been chip leader for almost 3 hrs Richie Salt.
A really good fight for the top prizes saw Mick Jagger running his pocket 10s into Richie`s Qs and we lose Mick in 4th , Deadly ran his favourite hand of A-J into Richie`s pocket 8s, and the 8 s held up.
And finally we were heads up,
Kim Jagger was pulling the chips back to an even stack with Salt, and i am sure Richie was trying more strokes than the Oxford boat crew, but after 15 minutes of pushing and pulling they decided to chop the prize money that was left, a steady £350 each and as Kim had a few more chips than Richie , she was declared he eventual winner.
So our congratulations go out once again to Kim and Richie on a fantastic display of poker.
A personal thank you from me to:- little Chris who gave me a hand in the early stages of the comp cheers mate, to Karl the TD for all his support throughout the night, Kelly the valet and Mr Mike for the endless beverages,
And to Justin and Tony for allowing us in there to do our live feed, a great night guys, thank you.
Peskie
Transcript from Stoke Grosvenor 7-2-7
August 30, 2009
The following is a transcript of the 7-2-7 poker game at the Stoke Grosvenor casino on the 29th of August 2009.
A great big thank you to Sean Peskie Perry for his excellent work in covering the game single-handedly, giving an update all through the night. Many, many thanks from all at UKPI, Sean.
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finally i would like to wish DAVE JOHNSON all the best i his quest to top the GUKPT National league, he is front at the moment
[04:37] ukpokerinfo: a really good night of poker for everybody
[04:37] ukpokerinfo: a major thank you to all the staff in the casino, Karl the TD for all his help, kelly the valet for keeping me in tea and coffee, chris for all his help in the early stages
[04:35] ukpokerinfo: a cracking night of poker, just a shame there were not more people here to enjoy it
[04:34] ukpokerinfo: after 15 minutes of pushing the blinds back and fore the 2 remaining players decided tosplit the remaining £700 £350 each
[04:32] ukpokerinfo: finally we have a result
[04:20] ukpokerinfo: WHO IS GONNA TAKE IT DOWN
[04:19] ukpokerinfo: ************ HEADS UP ************
[04:19] ukpokerinfo: salty 8-8 daz A-J the 8s held up and we lose a very good player in daz
[04:18] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton called rich salts all in
[04:18] ukpokerinfo: wow 2 left
[04:16] ukpokerinfo: everyone knows the prize money goes up massively now
[04:15] ukpokerinfo: nothing to report . slow game at the moment
[04:12] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton tried making a move but rich salt wasnt being bullied and back raised with 2-6
[04:11] ukpokerinfo: really tight now
[04:11] ukpokerinfo: slower and slower
[04:04] ukpokerinfo: £870 still to play for
[04:04] ukpokerinfo: rich salt has been chip leader for over 2 hours !!!
[04:02] ukpokerinfo: mick takes £110
[04:01] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton kim jagger rich salt
[04:01] ukpokerinfo: 3 left
[04:00] ukpokerinfo: mick jagger gone with pocket 10s and rich salt had QQ
[04:00] ukpokerinfo: 3 now mate
[04:00] calcock: who is left
[03:47] ukpokerinfo: kim on just over 100k and getting stronger
[03:47] ukpokerinfo: kim jagger doubles through off chip leader rich salt with a 10 high flop kim had 10-Q, rich 10-9
[03:41] ukpokerinfo: takes 12k off mick jagger
[03:41] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton just had a full house in the small blind
[03:40] ukpokerinfo: 4 LEFT AND ITS CAT AND MOUSE
[03:33] ukpokerinfo: smokey out in 5th place 7-7 wasnt enough to overcome rich salt who had J-J
[03:27] ukpokerinfo: kim jagger doubles up to 60k all in with A-9 vs daz sutton with A-Qthe board came 3-6-9 2 -8 and kim stays in
[03:18] ukpokerinfo: really slow now folks, no-one wants to make a move at the moment
[03:14] ukpokerinfo: mark marchant has gone out his k-10 wasnt enough to overcome mick jaggers 9-9
[03:11] ukpokerinfo: DIK9, let me know how many are left at the end of play please, we have 2 players here from Bristol with a vested interest
[03:07] ukpokerinfo: so we have 6 left, one of which is MarkMarchant who will be in the final at DTD on sunday after finishing in the top 25 yesterday
[03:06] ukpokerinfo: kims K-Q james pushed with 10-6 hearts , 2 hearts on the flop 1 of which was the Q had kim sweating , but a blank on the turn and river sends james home with £ 50 in his pocket
[03:04] ukpokerinfo: james hardwick out after being turned over by kim jagger
[03:00] ukpokerinfo: twice
[03:00] ukpokerinfo: smokey has pushed wice in the last 3 hands with no caller
[02:56] ukpokerinfo: rich salt has 168k almost half the chips in play
[02:52] dik9: 157 today 157 yesterday
[02:51] ukpokerinfo: how many started the event today?
[02:50] dik9: 26 left of day 1b, finishes at 3.15
[02:48] ukpokerinfo: how many runners rich and how long left
[02:46] ukpokerinfo: unlucky bunny
[02:46] dik9: Bunny just gone out in 27th
[02:45] ukpokerinfo: chip count to follow
[02:44] ukpokerinfo: smokey all in with K-K called by mark marchant on the BB with 10-5, the Ks hold up and smokey still in
[02:43] ukpokerinfo: 7 left
[02:43] ukpokerinfo: any news on bunny rich
[02:41] ukpokerinfo: numbers are low all over mate
[02:40] ukpokerinfo: craig bickerton gone to rich salt
[02:40] dik9: Only 83 in Coventry for main event
[02:39] ukpokerinfo: 54 last month but it is bank holiday weekend
[02:38] ukpokerinfo: 32 mate
[02:38] dik9: Howdy!! Top prize £470?? how many runners?
[02:29] ukpokerinfo: sue pellington out with a push with 10-10 james hardwick calls the 17k bet with k-J spades 2 spades on the flop and a spade on the river gives james the hand and sue a place on the rail
[02:27] ukpokerinfo: james hardwick raises 7k called by daz sutton in the BB a flop of A-A6 has them both checking , a Q o the turn and they both check. a 4 on the river sees james bet 12k and daz pushes james folds and daz shows A-Q for the boat
[02:18] ukpokerinfo: the winner gets a £470 pay day
[02:18] ukpokerinfo: 9th £40 , 8th £40, 7th £50 , 6th £60, 5th £90,4th £110, 3rd £150 2nd £250,
[02:16] ukpokerinfo: all the finalists will be paid
[02:13] ukpokerinfo: back and forward at the moment in the cardroom so please be patient
[02:12] ukpokerinfo: ok we are off
[02:03] ukpokerinfo: SMOKEY , that is rob SMOKEY bailey is still in only the good lord himself knows how , but he is still here
[02:02] ukpokerinfo: and the table is just being set for the final another 5 min break before we kick in
[02:02] ukpokerinfo: AFTER A BRAVE FIGHT WE LOSE LORRAINE IN 10TH
[02:01] ukpokerinfo: ********* FINAL TABLE **********
[02:00] ukpokerinfo: flop A-K3 turn Q river Jgives mark the straight and lorraine needing oxygen
[01:59] ukpokerinfo: 2 all ins on table 2 lorraine shows A-A mark marchant 10-10
[01:55] ukpokerinfo: 9 will slug it out , but who will be the bubble? just 3 ladies and 7 men left in
[01:55] ukpokerinfo: final table bubble
[01:54] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey pushes with A-9 called by mick jagger with QQ the Qs hold up and we lose chris
[01:53] ukpokerinfo: make that 10
[01:53] ukpokerinfo: borad comes 10-8-4 2 A
[01:52] ukpokerinfo: shaun pushes all in called by kim jagger kim has 7-7 shaun 5-5
[01:52] ukpokerinfo: 11 left as shaun hicks departs
[01:49] ukpokerinfo: 12 left
[01:48] ukpokerinfo: blimey there is some tasty ladies in here
[01:47] ukpokerinfo: break over and just 13 players left
[01:47] ukpokerinfo: back in the thick of it
[01:44] ukpokerinfo: back in 1 minute when break finishes
[01:33] ukpokerinfo: 13 left
[01:33] ukpokerinfo: pav gone in the last hand before the break
[01:33] ukpokerinfo: break
[01:19] ukpokerinfo: pav stole the blinds twice in a row after having A-J on the button, then A-K suited in the cut off
[01:18] ukpokerinfo: table 2 has daz sutton on 42k
[01:18] ukpokerinfo: on table 3 rich salt hiding behind a huge 80k
[01:14] ukpokerinfo: mick jagger loses 14 k to james hardwick
[01:13] ukpokerinfo: bicko a bit shy
[01:13] ukpokerinfo: daz doing ok at the mo
[01:13] ukpokerinfo: lol brasso
[01:12] ukpokerinfo: salty still chip leader after taking 15 k off shaun hicks
[01:12] thebrasso: daz and bicko for the chop ftw…
[01:11] ukpokerinfo: matt harvey out after flopping 2 pair on an A-Q-10 flop daz sutton turns over K-J for the straight
[01:05] ukpokerinfo: slower than a constipated jockey
[01:04] ukpokerinfo: all the totty looks sloshed
[01:03] ukpokerinfo: 14 left and slower than ever
[01:02] ukpokerinfo: 2 of the laads from bristol still in
[01:02] ukpokerinfo: rich salt
[01:02] ukpokerinfo: bick still here
[01:02] ukpokerinfo: mick and kim still in mate
[01:01] thebrass: good work sean….any ukpiers still in?
[00:57] ukpokerinfo: just got unlucky
[00:57] ukpokerinfo: you played a good game rage as usual
[00:56] ukpokerinfo: im going for another run round back in a mo
[00:56] rage: no complaints from me tonight. Playing well for the first couple of hours
[00:56] ukpokerinfo: thats everyone left
[00:56] ukpokerinfo: mick jagger 40k
[00:55] ukpokerinfo: mark marchant 15k
[00:55] ukpokerinfo: matt harvey 20k
[00:55] ukpokerinfo: james hardwick 18k
[00:54] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton 32k
[00:54] ukpokerinfo: no probs rage
[00:54] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey 35k
[00:54] ukpokerinfo: lorraine 15k
[00:54] rage: cheers for the updates chris and sean
[00:53] ukpokerinfo: t4
[00:53] ukpokerinfo: shaun hicks 29k ( bristol lad )
[00:53] ukpokerinfo: kim jagger 22k
[00:52] ukpokerinfo: pav 17k
[00:52] ukpokerinfo: bob smoke12k
[00:52] ukpokerinfo: bicko 19k
[00:52] ukpokerinfo: sue pellington 17k
[00:52] ukpokerinfo: T3 rich salt 55k
[00:51] ukpokerinfo: some chip counts for you
[00:46] ukpokerinfo: things really slowing down as we edge ever closer to the final table
[00:45] ukpokerinfo: 14 left as we lose one of the lads from bristol
[00:42] ukpokerinfo: 50 LEFT AT DTD in day 2
[00:41] ukpokerinfo: Bunny raises mid position with QQ buton calls and big blind stands up and goes walkabout, when he comes back the dealer has mucked his cards and the BB goes mad as he had A-A
[00:40] ukpokerinfo: Drama at DTD
[00:37] ukpokerinfo: matt and james both with an ace on an ace high flop, matty paired his 10 kicker on the river
[00:36] ukpokerinfo: tracy plummer out
[00:36] ukpokerinfo: 15 left
[00:34] ukpokerinfo: matt harvey and james hardwick at it again
[00:34] smiler:
[00:34] ukpokerinfo: FATTY WAS OUT AGES AGO SMILER
[00:33] smiler: ows fatty doin
[00:27] ukpokerinfo: 16 LEFT
[00:23] ukpokerinfo: MICK JAGGER HITS A 9 HIGH FLUSH AND TAKES HIS STACK TO 35K
[00:23] ukpokerinfo: matt shows Q-5 james shows Q-k
[00:22] ukpokerinfo: a flop of Q-Q 6 had matt and james hardwick pushing
[00:21] ukpokerinfo: matt harvey loses amonster
[00:21] ukpokerinfo: dave johnson gone
[00:18] ukpokerinfo: LOADS OF TOTTY
[00:17] ukpokerinfo: £1,260 confirmed into the prize pool
[00:16] ukpokerinfo: we lose rich and now have 17 left
[00:15] ukpokerinfo: the Wheels really fell off for poor rich boot who after 2 hands in a row going in infront was massively outdrawn
[00:13] ukpokerinfo: boot all in again with K-K a flop of 6-6 A was called by james Hardwick who had 5-6
[00:12] ukpokerinfo: a Q on the flop sealed the hand for sutton who trebles up and sends dekka to bed
[00:11] ukpokerinfo: dekka Q-3 hearts
[00:11] ukpokerinfo: rich boot A-K off
[00:11] ukpokerinfo: daz sutton A-Q spades
[00:10] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey 9-9
[00:10] ukpokerinfo: OH my wallet 4 way all in on table 2
[00:07] ukpokerinfo: dtd apat event is down to 60 players bunny still in with 2 hrs of the day left
[00:06] ukpokerinfo: but bunny still doing o
[00:05] ukpokerinfo: rob ho out in the apat event
[00:04] ukpokerinfo: kim jagger on 18k
[00:04] ukpokerinfo: rich salt on 60k
[00:03] ukpokerinfo: sorry turn 3 river 3
[00:02] ukpokerinfo: sue pellinton was all in with A-K called by 2-2 from dave johnson JJJ-22 and we split the pot
[23:58] ukpokerinfo: 19 runners left
[23:57] ukpokerinfo: rob bailey doubles up off steve capel with A-K vs A-Q
[23:53] ukpokerinfo: Matt harvey says his donkey brother is a lucky git
[23:49] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey all in with 6-6 called by dekka with A-A 6 on he turn and harvey doubles up
[23:41] ukpokerinfo: 20 left 2 tables
[23:38] ukpokerinfo: Fat joe gone when he ran his QQ into dekka hargreaves A-A
[23:34] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey triples up with an 8 high flush
[23:33] ukpokerinfo: rich on 20k now
[23:33] ukpokerinfo: ritchie boot all in with 10-10, hiys trips
[23:28] ukpokerinfo: kim jagger on 44k
[23:26] ukpokerinfo: ok break over bavk to it
[22:28] ukpokerinfo: richie salt 41,400
[22:27] ukpokerinfo: matt harvey 41,900
[22:26] ukpokerinfo: meal break
[22:20] ukpokerinfo: 20 players left
[22:19] ukpokerinfo: taken out by matt harvey , matt had 10- j on a jack high flop mark with 44
[22:18] ukpokerinfo: mark jones out
[22:18] ukpokerinfo: remaining
[22:17] ukpokerinfo: 21 payers reaining
[22:16] ukpokerinfo: casino fillin up
[22:09] ukpokerinfo: Ritchie is the new chip leader with 43k
[22:09] ukpokerinfo: 22 left
[22:08] ukpokerinfo: Ritchie salt again the conquerer when rich had A-K vs Rages A-J
[22:07] ukpokerinfo: Rage is out
[22:05] ukpokerinfo: Mick ran his A-K into richie salts KK on a K high board
[22:04] ukpokerinfo: mick attwood even
[22:04] ukpokerinfo: mck attwod is out on table 3
[22:03] ukpokerinfo: low stacks are :- t3 Rage 6k, t2 Bicko 4k, t4 sue pellington 6k
[22:00] ukpokerinfo: OLD Dekka Hargreaves has just asked for a pilow as its past his bedtime bless him
[21:57] ukpokerinfo: lorraines A-Q good enough to take roger out who had A-9
[21:56] ukpokerinfo: lorraine bogue was rogers bogie player as she knocked him out
[21:56] ukpokerinfo: 24 left in
[21:55] ukpokerinfo: roger chadwick out
[21:51] ukpokerinfo: Smiler aint smiling anymore after seeing his paired ace beaten by 2 pair on the turn to james harwick
[21:48] ukpokerinfo: table 4 Fat Joe 27k, kim Jagger 38k
[21:48] ukpokerinfo: table table 3 pav 27k,mick attwood 15k
[21:46] ukpokerinfo: table 2 matt harvey 33k, mark marchant ( bristol ) 23,800 mick jagger 16,800
[21:45] ukpokerinfo: chip counts
[21:41] ukpokerinfo: Fat Joe on 24k
[21:39] ukpokerinfo: so now there are 26 left
[21:38] ukpokerinfo: table 3 sees Dave Glaze out as he pushes all in on a flop of A-Q -3 1 of the Bristol lads calls with A-5 Dave has Q-2
[21:36] ukpokerinfo: back in a mo
[21:36] ukpokerinfo: im off to the cardroom
[21:35] ukpokerinfo: Dave Johnson back in the game after taking a 5500 pot with his 88 which stands up
[21:34] ukpokerinfo: Ace
[21:34] ukpokerinfo: mikhail QQ fat joe had A-j CLUBS joe hits the ac and takes Mikhail out
[21:33] ukpokerinfo: Mikhail the 1 time leader is out
[21:32] ukpokerinfo: Dave Jonson stack demolished after running his JJ into pavs QQ
[21:28] ukpokerinfo: down to 3 tables
[21:28] ukpokerinfo: 30 left table 1 broken
[21:26] ukpokerinfo: Biddulph down to 200 chips
[21:26] ukpokerinfo: Chris Harey doubles up to 20k after floping a flush to Alan Biddulphs 2 pair
[21:20] ukpokerinfo: 2 pair stands up and we lose Ernie
[21:19] ukpokerinfo: chris lowe out as he flops an open ended straight draw to alan biddulphs 2 pair
[21:13] ukpokerinfo: so we just over 2 hrs into the tournamen and just players down
[21:11] ukpokerinfo: the free Buffet is at 10.30pm curry chips and rice woohoo my tummy awaits
[21:11] ukpokerinfo: Mark jones picked up a nice pot with A-A vs Roger Chadwicks 7-7
[21:03] ukpokerinfo: back from the break and we are off again
[21:02] ukpokerinfo: i think he is guaranteed a £3000 gukpt seat with only 1 day to go
[21:01] ukpokerinfo: Dave is the current leader in the Grosvenor national league
[21:01] ukpokerinfo: Dave Johnson has just arrived
[20:53] ukpokerinfo: quick look around the cardroom has matt harvey in the lead with 32k
[20:43] ukpokerinfo: BREAK
[20:42] ukpokerinfo: Ks stand up and we lose john clay
[20:42] ukpokerinfo: clay all in again with 3-3 runs into matt harvey with k-k
[20:41] ukpokerinfo: Clay has his 2nd lot of 6k
[20:41] ukpokerinfo: John clay allin k-q beaten by trip 4s
[20:39] ukpokerinfo: ritchie bot just gone all in with 9-9 called by mick attwood with Q-Q , QQstands up
[20:32] ukpokerinfo: modestas even
[20:32] ukpokerinfo: mad modstas has just taken over dealing o table 4
[20:31] ukpokerinfo: just 7 minutes left uni the break and registraion closes
[20:30] ukpokerinfo: mikhail has 22k
[20:30] ukpokerinfo: dave has 20k approx
[20:30] ukpokerinfo: tight for the lead betwen Dave Glaze and Mikhail
[20:27] ukpokerinfo: gaz strang was crippled by kim jagger when she flopped trip jacks has just left the building
[20:25] ukpokerinfo: 1st man out
[20:24] ukpokerinfo: alan bidulph doubles up again flopping a straight
[20:23] ukpokerinfo: mak jones in the action again after flopping a full house he milks 3k off john clay
[20:22] ukpokerinfo: tracy plummer doesnt know which is louder , mick jagger or his jacket!
[20:19] ukpokerinfo: flop 7-5-5 turn 5 river,,,,,,,,,8 and steve survives
[20:19] ukpokerinfo: stevehas 8-8
[20:18] ukpokerinfo: pav calls stevewith A-A
[20:18] ukpokerinfo: t3 steve capel allin
[20:17] ukpokerinfo: alan bidulph just doubled up
[20:16] ukpokerinfo: chris harvey says “some sh**”
[20:14] ukpokerinfo: hmmm, admin been locked out for a few mins for forgetting what the caps lock key was for 
[20:11] ukpokerinfo:
[20:11] ukpokerinfo:
[20:10] ukpokerinfo: Kim jagger all in on a flop of 10-j-Q rainbow, gaz calls and shows
[20:10] ukpokerinfo: Matt harvey taking most of Mark jones chips matt had 7-7 mark a-k and missed
[20:08] ukpokerinfo: only 9 seats left and half an hr to reg
[20:07] ukpokerinfo: Dekka giving me some stick
[20:07] ukpokerinfo: Rage looks bored
[20:06] ukpokerinfo: some serious faces in the cardroom, Bristol boys seem to be enjoying it
[20:05] ukpokerinfo: john clay just stood up,i thoght e was out, turns out he has just gone to the little boys room
[20:04] ukpokerinfo: infact the whole casino is like a big family
[20:04] ukpokerinfo: this is a cracking cardroom with a really friendly atmosphere
[20:03] ukpokerinfo: TD Karl is looking busy as the action contines
[20:02] ukpokerinfo: T3 dave glaze all in on a 6-2-7- flop everyone folds and dave shows 2-7 off lol
[20:00] ukpokerinfo: 8 minutes left of level 2
[20:00] ukpokerinfo: over £1200 in the pot
[19:59] ukpokerinfo: steadily increasing flow of players now up to 31
[19:58] ukpokerinfo: Mikhail Kierejewski has approx 18k and is chip leader
[19:55] ukpokerinfo: Bristol boys have jst arrived
[19:55] ukpokerinfo: and sexy sally dealing table 2 clearly bossing the table
[19:54] ukpokerinfo: Craig dealer table 1 seems to be enjoying the fun
[19:53] ukpokerinfo: foxy fifi looking as lovely as ever
[19:53] ukpokerinfo: Table 3 Steve Capel dong ok
[19:52] ukpokerinfo: John clay sitting quiet at the moment
[19:51] ukpokerinfo: Dekka Hargreaves in the mix also
[19:51] ukpokerinfo: Alan Biddulph has joned the poker comp
[19:51] ukpokerinfo: Chris harvey has a few chips back after his j-10 allin , j on the flop
[19:49] ukpokerinfo: Little chris giving me hand tonight in the card room
[19:49] ukpokerinfo: Mad Mark jones all in again and takes a pot of 3400 didnt show his cards but said he had A-
[19:46] ukpokerinfo: rich was on the blag as pav sat with a full house
[19:46] ukpokerinfo: Pav has taken 4k off richie salt on table 3
[19:44] ukpokerinfo: 28 in the comp at the moment
[19:44] ukpokerinfo: thick and fast at he moment
[19:37] ukpokerinfo: KIM has just lost 1/2 her sack running k-k into mikhails AA
[19:36] ukpokerinfo: after running 2 pair in to deadlys straight
[19:35] ukpokerinfo: Mark on his 2nd lot of 6k a we speak
[19:35] ukpokerinfo: Mad mark jones just been all in and lost his 1st 6k to daz sutton daz has 17800
[19:33] ukpokerinfo: 5 mins left of level 1
[19:33] ukpokerinfo: Dave did well in a comp a few weeks ago taking over 3k i prize money
[19:32] ukpokerinfo: They dont call him Psycho for nothing
[19:31] ukpokerinfo: and booking in
[19:31] ukpokerinfo: Dave Glaze just arrived
[19:30] ukpokerinfo: Chris ( ernie ) lowe doing ok along with kim jagger
[19:30] ukpokerinfo: Tabe 4 chris harvey has a face like thunder, after loosing another 1k (oops)
[19:27] ukpokerinfo: Ritchie had 5s over 9s
[19:26] ukpokerinfo: mick jagger just taken some of richie boots chips with a full hse 9s over 5s
[19:25] ukpokerinfo: still seats available
[19:25] ukpokerinfo: LATE ENTRY roger bloody chadwick
[19:23] ukpokerinfo: Bunny and Rob Ho are doing ok at DTD at the moment
[19:21] ukpokerinfo: Chris harvey lost a 3rd of his stack already
[19:21] ukpokerinfo: John clay has just been all in with QC QH
[19:20] ukpokerinfo: Rob ( smokey) bailey is still in woohoo
[19:18] ukpokerinfo: Mikhail just in the reg booth
[19:18] ukpokerinfo: Sue is doing really well in the national league
[19:18] ukpokerinfo: Sue Pellinton in the hse
[19:17] ukpokerinfo: 23 runners and climbing so over a grnd in the pot
[19:17] ukpokerinfo: Todd dealing table 4 is giggling his head off
[19:13] ukpokerinfo: Polish PAV is in the house
[19:12] ukpokerinfo: Richie salt ( the italian stallion) avin the banter on table 3
[19:12] ukpokerinfo: Chris harvey makes a move for his shades , he must be massive
[19:11] ukpokerinfo: Mick Jagger has finally taken his seat
[19:11] ukpokerinfo: last month
[19:10] ukpokerinfo: he was out 1 st hand
[19:09] ukpokerinfo: fat jo has lasted longer than last time
[19:09] ukpokerinfo: ok we are off shuffle up and deal
[19:04] ukpokerinfo: some of the lads from Bristol are in the house
[19:00] ukpokerinfo: Rage says he looks forward to taking your chips
[18:59] ukpokerinfo: 19 so far
[18:59] jamesw: right, im getting dressed and washed if the rage is there…
[18:57] ukpokerinfo: The Rage is in the house
WCOOP Kicks Off This Week
August 30, 2009
Thursday the 3rd of September will be clearly marked in every online poker players diaries, why is this? Maybe it’s to ensure that the day is properly celebrated as the very day in 1967 that Swedish motorists stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side by the poker community?
Or maybe poker players want to ensure the day is suitably celebrated for the fact that in 1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 miles an hour. He reached 304.331 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Or maybe they just want to make sure they get some of the $40,000,000 in guaranteed prize money that will be awarded over the coming seventeen days of non stop poker action on the world’s largest poker site, PokerStars.Com during the ‘World Championships of Online Poker 2009!’
Thursday’s opening tournament is a $215 NLHE six max with a mouth watering guaranteed prize pool of $1,250,000 and the online poker festival will close on September the 20th with start of the $5,200 two day main event that PokerStars.Com will guarantee to the tune of mind boggling $10,000,000.
Satellites start from as little as $1 or 100FPP and are running round the clock for each of the 45 upcoming WCOOP events so players of any bankroll can take a shot at life changing money from the comfort of there own living room.
$1,000,000 Circus give-away
August 29, 2009
Yes thats correct a cool Million dollars up for grabs at Circus Poker online.
In September the Circus online team will be running a freeroll worth over $500 per seat and they are to Guarantee 2 seats, 1 will go to the winner of the tournament, the other will a bounty prize on the player with the name Waldorf1 .
A fantastic opportunity to get involved in a freeroll and be a part of that Million dollar prize pool
Date.. Friday September 11th 2009
Time .. 8pm
chips.. 1500
$ 2 re-buy for the 1st hour,blinds go up every 10 mins with the option of an add on for $2 at the end of the 1st hour where you get 2000 extra chips for the $2.
The monthly million itself will be on Sunday September 13th starting at 7pm the buy in will be $500 +$35 reg fee, 10,000 starting stack , and the blinds will increase every 20 minutes.
So just go to circuspoker.co.uk and sign up to their internet site the password will be given out soon, so good luck and we will keep you posted .
Gala Grinds Axe
August 29, 2009
Not 2 years ago, Gala, in a bid to save money axed all it’s Assistant Managers including 3 of my friends as a cost cutting exercise. Once more it seems that, that particular role in a casino or bingo club is jinxed.
On Wednesday, all staff were having meetings up and down the country and it was clear that something wasn’t right, 5 clubs had already closed down this year and rumours were rife. The day after the meetings Memos went up in every Gala
As you are aware, the industry has, over the past two years, faced an unprecedented level of decline due to the impact of the smoking ban and punitive legislative change. As a result the company has reviewed every aspect of its business and a key part of this is the way in which our clubs are structured to meet the challenge
Assistant and Deputy Managers, Team Leaders and Departmental Heads all on the “High Risk” of losing jobs, once again and then they will restructure. I understand there is a recession, and that new Government taxes and the smoking ban are affecting business, but why are the axing the most loyal staff? Shouldn’t it be last in, first out?
Gala were the first to fasttrack managers in the gaming industry, mostly all from the bingo operations to manage casinos ……. we said then it was a mistake …….nowts changed.
So another few of my ex workmates hit the dole queue
The Mirror and PokerStars Team Up For Freeroll League
August 29, 2009
This week has seen the start of a new venture between the Mirror news paper and the worlds largest online poker room, PokerStars.Com. PokerStars will host a weekly free to enter league which will run on the worlds largest poker site every Tuesday and Friday nights starting at 8pm.
The weekly freerolls will offer players the chance to pick up not only weekly free cash, but also the top twenty players in the premier league at the end of the season will get the chance to play for a trip for two to South Africa!
The weekly tournaments aren’t the only poker events the news paper has lined up, a host of top players will be involved in various events over the coming months and they will also be running various fun tournaments and providing videos to help players improve there game.
Full details can be found here.
Bad Credit?
August 28, 2009
Want to play Pokerstars, but not able to use a debit or credit card? No problem now!!
Ukash announced yesterday that it will now be used as a method of uploading online payments on the Stars Network. Ukash isn’t just used for players with bad credit, it can be used to protect anonymity for one.The main advantage however is that it is a lot more secure, as now you don’t have to input all your financial details online.
There are other methods used for players with bad credit, the most popular at the moment are prepaid debit cards, i.e. Mastercard Gold plus, Tuxedo etc. But here is a tip. These cards charge you to deposit and withdraw, but if you have an O2 mobile account (contract or pay as you go) registered in your name you have another option. Last week O2 announced all their customers are entitled to use their prepay service (which is Visa btw), the big advantage of this, is that it doesn’t charge you to deposit or withdraw. Even better than that, if you deposit £50 in consecutive months, O2 will deposit another £5 into your account!
Circus Casino new start time for the £100 freeze-out
August 28, 2009
The very popular £100 texas holdem poker monthly freeze-out at the Circus Casino in Stoke On Trent has announced a brand new start time.
It has been decided to bring the event forward by 2 hrs to the new time of 4pm.
This will allow a further 2 hrs of play to the event that sees people from all over the country flocking to the venue for their monthly show case.
The management are keen to announce that the £1500 is still being added to the prize fund that usually attracts between 150 and 220 runners every month.
There was talk that the casino would move the event to the second sunday of the month, as it conflicts with other events around the country , i can however confirm that this will NOT be taking place and things will remain as they are for the forseeable future.
There is a whisper that in the new year they will be changing the buy in and the added prize money too. It has been suggested that the buy in will change to £150 , and the added prize money will increase to £2000, as soon as they confirm this with us , we will let you know.
GUKPT Summer Series Closer at Coventry G
August 28, 2009
The GUKPT Summer series will draw to a close this weekend with the final main event being played at the Coventry G casino starting tomorrow (Saturday 29/08/2009). Grosvenor have been adding to the main event prize pools of all the Summer series a seat to the £100,000 GUKPT Champion of Champions tournament and GUKPT ranking points will be awarded in all tournaments.
The festival started yesterday with a £200 freezeout and concludes on Sunday with a £100 NL hold’em Bounty freezeout.
The Festival Schedule
27/08/2009 – £200 NL Hold em Freezeout – 2 day event
28/08/2009 – £150 NL Hold em Freeezeout – 1 day event
29/08/2009 – £300 NL Hold em Main Event – 4pm start – 2 day event
30/08/2009 – £100 NL Hold em Bounty Freezeout 1 day event
The Coventry G Casino Website can be found here.
And the casino address is;
G Casino Coventry
Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way
Foleshill, Coventry
CV6 6GE
Telephone: 024 7668 4747
Durrr Challenge Kick-start’s With an Antonius Fight Back
August 27, 2009
After nearly two months of waiting and an overwhelming feeling of disappointment at the complete absence of progress in the much vaunted Durrr challenge, the last four days has seen a flurry of activity between the two players on Full Tilt poker.
The last two sessions have seen Antonius fight back with the last match totalling 1,241 hand and seeing Patrik taking $415,311.50 from Dwan in a few hours and giving himself an overall challenge lead of $76,104.00.
It will be scant consolation but Dwan did win the biggest pot of the session, Antonius and Dwan managed to get five bets in pre-flop, Dwan holding 9S,7S,5h,3h and Antonius Ah,Ac,Kh,2d. the flop came Qc,9h,2c and the remaining money found its way in the middle, Dwan spiked a 3 on the turn and the board bricked out on the river and Dwan wins a $229,000 win a raggy two pair!
Keep an eye out today as the two where discussing playing another session today.
Current Challenge Totals
Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan: -($81,112.50)
Patrik Antonius: $76,104.00
Session Length: 1241 Hands
Total Hands Played: 22,683
I keep up to date with all the latest news from the Durrr challenge at the Durrr Challenge blog located here.
Exercising a Bit of Pot Control
August 27, 2009
Pot control is a bit of a weakness of mine, having started poker life as a limit cash game player and a later on focusing primarily on no limit tournament play its something I have only recently needed to understand better as I have gravitated towards no limit cash games as my main poker fix.
Pot control is primarily the concern of cash games players but the requirement will occasionally crop up in deep stacked tournaments. Situations that require a greater degree of pot control tend to be limited to scenarios where both players are at least 50BB deep.
I have on occasion got a little confused as to why I’m trying to control the pot, it is after all a difficult line to walk between exercising pot control and protecting a hand properly. So to reiterate we want to exercise pot control when we have a marginal hand that we want to get to showdown cheaply.
I’m going to present two situations to define the difference between exercising pot control and protecting your hand,
Six max cash game, we make a standard raise pre-flop in position and are facing two solid opponents, all players 50BB+ deep, flop is Q,J,3 rainbow and you hold J,10 and its checked to you, this is a prefect time to exercise pot control. Our hand meets our requirement of being weak but with showdown value, plus our hand could improve on the turn with the addition of straight potential. The key thing is if we bet and get raised we are going to have to fold what might be the best hand.
Six max cash game, we make the standard raise pre-flop in position and face two opponents on a flop of J,8,7, two spades, all players 50BB+ deep and you hold AJ of diamonds and it is checked to you. Our hand in this spot is strong enough that it warrants a bet but is also somewhat vulnerable; betting about 2/3 pot better defines our opponent’s hands better and still leaves us room to fold if a big scare card turns.
Pot control is still a weakness of mine, but taking the time to define what action is required in each situation is helping me to improve this aspect of my game.
Late Night Poker
August 27, 2009
Anyone remember the original series one? I will give you a clue Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott won it, runner up was Pete “The Bandit” Evans and third was Dave “The Ambassador” Welch. It was the first televised series of poker and re-launched the popularity of poker in the UK. In fact, I would go as far to say that it changed the face of live poker in the UK it was THAT influencial! In those days there was little banter, and most anguish was a muttering about the dealer as the loser walked away from the table ……. oh have times changed.
The latest series is now being filmed in Cardiff, with new sponsors FullTilt. This post is a bit of spoiler, so if you want to know who won heat 1 and 2 read no further.
Heat 1 was on Monday and the winner was Tony G, so he makes it to the final on Friday, the reason why I have stated this is for 2 reasons. 1) he will be at the final, and 2) he commentated on what will be the most talked about heat in LNP History.
Heat 2 featured, Ram Vaswani, Marc Goodwin, Dave Colclough, Sammy George and bitter rivals Andrew Feldman and Luke Schwartz aka Full_Flush1 (If any of you don’t know the history between these players, then what planet are you from?) Each player putting their $10k where their mouth was.
Just a snippet of rivalry
Schwartz made his mark on the show, shocking HTV Wales staff as he ripped into Feldman, verbally attacking him in front of the camera. This particular show ended up with the 2 rivals heads up with Schwartz having a 6-1 chip lead, and eventually ripping Feldman a new anus. It is a must see and you can see it all from September 8th on Channel 4. I just hope this doesn’t change the face of poker once again, as it is already fast becoming a gobshites hobby.
Just to see Tony G handle the arrogant Schwartz makes this my most anticipated televised final.
Party Poker Progresses
August 26, 2009
It is clear that the UEIGA may be relaxed very soon, and this can clearly be seen by the increased activity of the advertising of PartyPoker, which used to be the main player in online gaming. Recently they have applied for the acquisition of the World Poker Tour, and this is expected to be completed in the next 3 months. The next big event that PartyPoker will be running takes place between 11th – 15th October.
The fifth Partypoker.com World Open will take place at the prestigious Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair. They have tripled the starting stacks for the $10,000 entry televised event. Each of the heats will start 8 handed, with the final being a seven man affair.
48 players will do battle across the baize with names already confirmed such as;
Mike Sexton
Daniel Negreanu
Johnny Chan
Tom Dwan
Luke Schwartz
James Akenhead
Jennifer Tilly
Phil Laak
Neil Channing
Liam Flood
Andy Black
Roberto Romanello
Steve Sung
JC Tran
Ian Frazer
and many more including the defending title holder Marty Smyth.
This will be held in association with Matchroom Sports and as such Jesse May will be commentating on all the action that will be screened on Channel 5 in November
Poker Heroes – Johnny Moss
August 26, 2009
Johnny Moss (born in Marshall, Texas on May 14th 1907 – Died December 16th 1995) grew up in Odessa, and learned his trade there as a young boy. He was introduced to the game by a school riddled with cheats and was taught how to cheat there (In a bizarre twist this is the state that Benny Binion was head of the Firm). He used this information wisely and at the age of 17 he was hired by a local Saloon to make sure the game was straight. After doing this for 2 years, he used his time watching the game to learn the strategy of poker, then decided to embark on his long career as a rounder, travelling the country looking for a game.
There are many myths and Legends surrounding the life and times of Moss. Three of the most famous stories include the time when he shot a cheat from behind a wall, who was using a peephole to spy on cards. Asked in an interview many years later if he had ever killed a man, he responded ” Well I shot a man, but don’t know whether he lived or died”.
There was also the time, when Moss was backed by some gangsters to play high stakes golf (to the tune of $250k) On the 16th Hole he was 2 shots behind, the gangsters were contemplating killing Moss’s opponent rather than paying him. Miraculously Moss birdied the last 2 holes and pulled it back. At this stage Moss’s opponent turned to him and said “You sir are the luckiest man alive” to which Johnny replied, “No sir, you are”.
The most famous story, strangely is the most vague. There is no doubt that Moss played a long winded Heads -up cash game with Nick “The Greek” Dandalos, which lasted over 3 months. What there is doubt over however, is the year it took place and the amount of money they played for. Some reports say 1949 – 1951 others have the prize money from $2million to $4million. The game was set up apparently by Benny Binion and he apparently bankrolled Johnny Moss, this was the first game that had any public interest as crowds gathered outside the entrance of the Horseshoe Casino to watch them play. After a number of months of daily play, Dandolos supposedly uttered the words after running out of funds “Mr. Moss, I have to let you go.”
Moss was also there at the beginnings of the WSOP in 1970 he was voted the best player in the world, by the other 6 players However his WSOP history looks like this:
1970 World Series of Poker Championship n/a
1971 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship $30,000
1971 Limit Ace to 5 Draw $10,000
1974 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship $160,000
1975 $1,000 Seven Card Stud $44,000
1976 $500 Seven Card Stud $13,000
1979 $5,000 Seven Card Stud $48,000
1981 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo $33,500
1988 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw $116,400
The Grand Ole Man of poker was the first charter member of Poker’s Hall of Fame in 1979 and is indeed worthy of being a Poker Legend.
DTD Live English Poker Open Satellites Announced
August 26, 2009
Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) the luxurious card room located in Nottingham and undoubtedly the best place to play poker in the UK, has announced a series of live satellites to the much anticipated English Poker Open (EPO) sponsored by RaketheRake.Com which the club will be hosting from the 15th of September.
The EPO is a $5,000 buy-in which is attracting some of the biggest names in poker to play for the guaranteed million dollar prize pool. Already confirmed to attend are Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth so this really is a chance to play with some of the legends of the game.
DTD are hosting the only live satellites for the EPO over the weekend of the 12/13th of September with a £50 and £100 Rebuy events running on Saturday and Sunday respectively,
Satellite Details
DTD EPO Satellite Weekend Details
Saturday 12th September 4pm (doors open at 3pm)
£50 + £10 REBUY
2000 chips
Sunday 13th September 4pm (doors open at 3pm)
£100 + £20 REBUY
2000 chips
Full EPO Details
EPO Events Timetable and Structures
Monday 14th September 2009 – Welcome Party 7.00pm
All the main event players are invited to the launch party of The English Poker Open which will take place in The Royal Suite of the Crowne Plaza Nottingham.
Tuesday 15th September 2009 – Dusk Till Dawn doors open from 11.00am
Main Event Day 1: 2.00pm – 1.00am
$5000 + $300
Break every 2 levels, split dinner break between 5.15pm – 7.15pm.
10,000 chips with a 1 hour clock
Wednesday 16th September – Doors open 12pm
Main Event Day 2: 2.00pm – Final 9
Event 2: 2.30pm
£500 + £60 No Limit Freezeout
10,000 Chips, 45 minute clock
Dinner Breaks 4pm – 4.45pm and 5pm – 6.30pm
Thursday 17th September – Doors open 12pm
Main Event Final Table: 3.00pm
Event 2 Day 2: 2pm
Event 3: 2.30pm (1 Day Event)
£250 + £30 No Limit Freezeout
6000 Chips, 30 minute clock
Dinner Break 4.30pm – 5.15pm
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Night
August 25, 2009
A charity poker event is now confirmed in aid of the Staffordshire Air Ambulance.
The event is to be held in the Grosvenor Casino in Stoke On Trent and is confirmed as the 19th of September 2009. The total cost for the evening will be £28.00
£20 freeze-out ( no limit hold em)
8000 chips starting stack
30 minute blind structure.
Start time 5pm
Charity raffle with lots of great prizes to be won
A registration charge of £5 will be collected along with the £20 entry fee, and the Grosvenor casino is very kindly donating all of the registration fees to the charity.
A £3 charge for a hot buffet that will be served at 7.00pm, making the total for the evening a very reasonable £28 total.
Raffle tickets will be on sale through-out the evening at a cost of £1 per strip.
A fantastic night of poker is on the cards for this event ,with a very worthy cause benefiting from the proceeds.
The Casino is situated on the Octagon Retail Park, off Etruria Road , Hanley , Stoke On Trent.
Midlands Air Ambulance
Registered Charity Number: 1001064
Poker Heroes – “Amarillo Slim” Preston
August 25, 2009
Thomas Austin Preston junior was born on new years eve 1928, in Amarillo, Texas. He has undoubtedly influenced poker of the Modern Times, and is one of the most famous names associated with poker since the WSOP began. This is mainly due to his WSOP win of the main event in 1972, and his many TV appearances in films and chat shows. He was also very well known for his preposterous prop bets.
Slim’s childhood and lifelong friend was Benny Binion, and Slim spent his rounders years alongside Doyle Brunson and Sailor Roberts travelling from game to game, until the three of them landed in Vegas.
In 1980 he hosted the Second Annual Poker Classic and it was then renamed to Amarillo Slims Super Bowl of Poker and ran as the 2nd most prestigious poker tournament in the world until 1991.
Amarillo Slim also holds four WSOP bracelets
World Series of Poker bracelets
Year Entry Tournament Prize (US$)
1972 $10,000 NL Hold’em World Championship $60,000
1974 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em $11,100
1985 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $85,000
1990 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $142,000
I was going to write quite a lot about Amarillo Slim, as he was one of my idols for a long while, however in 2003 he was indicted on 3 charges of indecency on a 12 year old member of his family. He made a plea bargain and pled no contest on reduced charges of assault and recieved a $4k fine and a 2 years suspended sentence.
A film has been a long time coming about his life history called “Amarillo Slim” strangely enough and was due out this year, if you can’t wait to hear about how he got his Emerald Buttons, Ostrich shoes, snake skin hat etc and would like to hear about his tales on the road ……… read his autobiography.
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