South East regional finals 2009
13.11pm
We have started on time with 65 players - the four who were
stuck in traffic are on their way and they have an hour to get
here.
13.40pm
We have lost our first player - Bill Barber from JT's in Banbury
- he raised pre-flop with AQ and was called - flop came down Q 10 3
- he went all in and was called by the other player who had Pocket
10's - Unlucky Bill - Booby Prize goes to you :-)
13.58pm
Brian Walker is our 2nd player out - he also had AQ and was
called with a player who had A10 - unfortunately - the player with
A 10 caught a straight and Brian was out !
14.15pm
Terry Fisher from The Watermans Arms is out - he was holding
Pocket 10's and the Flop was KQ7 - then 2 more Kings came out and
he was all-in against another player who was holding AQ - Sorry
Mate !
14.19pm
Geoff Pulford from The George in Ashford is also out - he had A7
suited and was four-flushing on the Flop - he went all-in and was
called by someone holding 2 pairs - unfortunately his 5th club
didn't appear and he's heading for the bar.
14.20pm
Ed McConnell is also out - he was holding AK against Pocket 8's
- in his own words: "the dirty 8's held up!" - Unlucky mate.
14.33pm
Bill Dalgliesh from The Royal Oak is out just before the break -
He was holding J clubs with a four-flush on the table including the
AK - so only the Qc would beat him - unfortunately - he was pipped
as the other guy had the Qc !
14.38pm
Dharmesh Patel from The Devonshire Arms is out 1 minute before
the break - he was holding Q6 suited and he tried to bluff someone
who had Trip Kings - say no more !
It is now the break and we have 60 players left.
15.06pm
Very soon after the break - we lose another player - John
Mickeljohn from the Chequers - he was getting short=stacked and
went all in holding Pocket 3's - unfortunately - someone else was
holding Pocket 8's and he lost :-(
15.11pm
Duncan Hockney from The Unwind in Norwich is out holding Pocket
Queens - he was beaten by someone (who will remain nameless)
holding A6 =
Also out is our first lady - Dawn Durbridge from JT's in Banbury
- she was short-stacked and went all-in with two spades and two
spades on the table - Unfortunately she was called by someone
holding Ace 2 which hit -
57 players left
15.17pm
Roger Wood from The Porchester (last SE Regional Winner) is out
- he was short-stacked and went all-in with QJ and ran into Pocket
Aces - Unlucky !
15.20pm
Pete Spackman is out now - he had Pocket Kings and was called by
Pocket 9's - unfortunately - the other player hit another 9 and
Pete was out.
15.28pm
Vaughan Ellis from The Porchester is also out - he was really
short-stacked and he was in mid-position with QJ off and went
all-in - he was called by someone holding K4 suited and that was
that basically :-(
15.31pm
Peter Smith from The Watermans Arms is out - he was holding
Pocket Jacks and after two limpers he went all-in - one of them
called with Pocket Kings - he's just telling me that the previous
hand - he had Pocket Queens and was called by someone holding
Pocket 10's - needless to say - the Pocket 10's hit trips so Peter
- after having a healthy chip-stack - is now heading for the side
game...
15.34pm
Tricia Gable from The Watermans is also out - she raised with
Pocket Queens - she was re-raised so she called - Flop came down 10
high and she went all in to be called by someone holding Pocket
Kings - not alot you can do about that...
15.37pm
Kevin 'Chalkie' WHite has just been taken out by one of his
fellow pub mates - he was holding Pocket Kings and went all in - he
was called by Anthony Butcher who was holding AQ clubs - Flop came
down - 225 including two clubs and the Turn was ok but another Ace
fell on the River and Chalkie also has his name down for a side
game...
We are now down to 53 players on 6 tables....
15.39pm
David Jarvis from The Maid's Head is out - he was holding Pocket
10's and he ran into someone holding Pocket Aceds - he is now
heading to the bar to drown his sorrows ....
15.44pm
Three players who seem to have a significant amount of chips
are:
Piers HG from the Guildford Tup holding about 19,000
Dan Swanborough frrom The Dusthole with about 16,000
Gary Mills from The Watermans with about 12,000
Tom McVey from THe Three Crowns is out - he was holding KJ - the
Flop came down with Q 10 so he was open-ended - he went all in and
was called by someone holding Pocket 10's - he didn't
improve....
15.45pm
Oliver Wood from The George in Ashford is out - he was holding J
10 against A6 but he had been crippled by a previous hand so went
all in and didn't improve.
50 players left
15.47pm
Aleem Hajr from The Constitution is out - he was extremely
short-stacked and went all - in with A6 - the Big Blind called with
a Queen and found another Queen on the River....
16.00pm
Michael Stratton from The George is out - he was short-stacked
and went all-in with AQ and ran into someone holding AK - to rub it
in - a King and a Jack fell on the Flop giving him a chance to hit
a straight - but the 10 never came :-(
16.01pm
Ralph Turnbull from The Yorkshire Grey is out - he was
short-stacked and went all in with K7 but unfortunately two more
players also held Kings and Ralph's kicker was no good....
16.05pm
Ginny Walters from The WIlton Arms is out - she was holding AK
and ran into someone holding Pocket Aces - Nuff said - cold deck
:-(
16.08pm
Marcus Locke from The Maids Head is out - he flopped top pair
and went all-in but unfortunately another player flopped 2 pairs
-
Lee Fenn from The Maids Head went out on the same hand - he was
short-stacked and went all-in with A2 and missed everything....
16.11pm
Adie Smith from The Dusthole is out - He had AK and his opponent
had KQ - the Flop had a King in it so he was all-in but
unfortunately - another Queen fell on the RIver...
16.15pm
Ben Watts from The Constitution went out just before the break -
he was holding AK in the Small Blind and the player Under the Gun
called - everyone else folded - Ben shoved all-in with "a fair old
stack" - the player in the Big Blind called with Pocket Jacks - the
player utg folded and the Jacks held up...
37 players go to the break
16.28pm
Gareth Adams from the Guildford Tup is out first hand after the
break - he was short-stacked and shoved - he doesn't really want to
talk about it....
We are now down to 4 tables
16.30pm
Stan Livingstone from The Wilton is out - he had been card dead
for ages and he shoved with QJ but was called with someone holding
AJ -
16.32pm
Len Stokes from the Yorkshire Grey is out - he was all in with
Pocket Kings and was called by someone holding Pocket Queens and
someone else holding AK - the Flop came down A 10 9 - another Ace
on the Turn and a 5 on the River...
16.35pm
Jimmy Buckley from the Royal Oak is out - he was short-stacked
and went in with Pocket 5's - he was called by someone holding a
Jack and when a Jack fell on the Flop - Jimmy headed for the
door...
16.41pm
With 32 players left - the chip leaders are:
Lee Burt with about 16K
Piers HG with about 19K
Chris Harvey with about 20K and
Andy Watson with 21K
Russ Sanderson just went all in with AK and was called by
someone holding A9 - the flop came down 10 10 2 - the Turn was a 5
and the RIver was another 2 - split pot...
16.46pm
WOW - big hand - SImon Sharples from the Yorkshire Grey went
all-in with KQ, he was called by John Brennan from the Constitution
(who only had 400 chips), John was holding 10 8 - and they were
both called by Tony Knowles from The Engineers Pub who was holding
Pocket Aces -
The Flop came down: K Q J giving SImon two pairs and John an
open-ended straight - The Turn was a 2 and the River was another 2
giving Tony a better 2-pairs - !! Simon and John were both out
!
16.52pm
WOW - Another big hand - John Zaccariello from The Dusthole was
holding Pocket Jacks and was all-in - he was called by Simon
Franklin from The Engineers holding AJ and Cathy Gilmore from The
Chequers holding Pocket Aces - The Flop came down Q 9 10 giving
both Simon and John an open-ended straight but the Turn was a Queen
and the RIver was a 4 so John and SImon were both out.
Andy Hutchins from The Devonshire Arms is also out - he was
holding A3 and went all in - he found someone holding A5 - the
person holding A5 hit two pairs....
Ooer - the blinds are now up to 600-1200 with a running ante of
100 - some players have never played with Ante's before so a bit of
general confusion ensues......
16.54pm
WOW - YET another big hand - John Zaccariello from The Dusthole
was holding Pocket Jacks and was all-in - he was called by Simon
Franklin from The Engineers holding AJ and Cathy Gilmore from The
Chequers holding Pocket Aces - The Flop came down Q 9 10 giving
both Simon and John an open-ended straight but the Turn was a Queen
and the RIver was a 4 so John and SImon were both out.
Andy Hutchins from The Devonshire Arms is also out - he was
holding A3 and went all in - he found someone holding A5 - the
person holding A5 hit two pairs....
Ooer - the blinds are now up to 600-1200 with a running ante of
100 - some players have never played with Ante's before so a bit of
general confusion ensues......
Mark Downey from The Constitution is out - in his own words - "I
went all-in against the Big Blind with not alot and was caught with
my fingers in the pot - the worst thing - he was called by the Big
Blind who didn't look at his cards and then had the nerve to turn
over AQ !!"
Russ Sanderson from JT's is out - he went all in with KQs and
was called by someone holding AQ - he didn't hit and he's out.
16.58pm
Ron Diaper (a newbie) is out - he called all-in with Pocket 8's
- his opponent had A10 and hit a 10 on the Flop ! He had a good day
and he is very happy with his 26th place !!
17.05pm
Anthony Butcher from JT's in Banbury is also out - he shoved
all-in with K5 and was called with someone holding QQ - he didn't
hit so that was it !
Claire Sturgeon from The Engineers Arms is also out - she went
all-in with A6 and was called by someone holding a King - there
were 2 kings on the Flop and that was that really....
Sandra Bulleyment from The Porchester Social Club is out too -
she was holding Q5 and shoved all-in as she was vewry short-stacked
- she was called by someone holding Pocket 9's and she was out -
she says that it's her first time and she is very VERY happy to get
this far and I'm sure she'll go further next time !!
17.12pm
Cressida Calder from The Constitution Arms is also out - she had
A4 and her opponent had AJ - she went all in and was called - that
was that too ! In her own words - "Unfortuantely neither a 4 or any
type of straight came out and that was that!"
Almost down to 2 tables...
17.15pm
Suzy Toope from The Yorkshire Grey is out in 20th - She went
all-in with AK and was called by someone holding AJ and a Jack fell
on the River :-(
17.17pm
Sue Watson from The Porchester is out in 19th - she was in the
Big Blind with Pocket Kings and someone raised - she called and the
other person had Pocket Aces - Cold Deck or what???
17.27pm
Joe Miles from The Constitution is out in 18th place - he went
all-in with AQ and was called by two players - One of them hit a
pair of 5's and beat me - quote from Joe :-(
17.33pm
Keith Middleton from The Engineers Arms is out in 17th - he went
all-in with A10 and was called by someone holding AK - the flop
came down with a 10 but also a King and that was that !
17.37pm
Frank Walters from The WIlton in Salisbury is out 16th place
finisher - he was in the Big Blind and bluffed all-in with 64 - he
was called by someone holding A10 - alhtough he hit a 6 - the other
guy hit a flush - !
17.45pm
Tony Knowles from The Engineers went all in on the last hand
before the break - he had QJ suited - he was called by someone
holding Pocket Kings - he finished in 15th place.
On the other table - this happened - Stirling HIllier was all-in
with QQ, he was called by James Burns holding the other QQ, Cathy
Gilmore folded her AK and Gary Mills folded his JJ! The Flop was 8
A 8 (grown from Cathy) - the turn was a 2 and the RIver was another
Ace (Bigger groan from Cathy) - Stirling and James took their
stacks back and split the blinds !
At the break there are now 14 players left !!
18.03pm
Piers HG from the Guildford Tup is out in 14th place - he went
all-in with AK and was called by someone holding A6 - unfortunately
- the Flop came down as 2 6 6 and he was a goner !!
18.09pm
Neil Cross from The Constitution is out in 13th place - he's got
nothing to say about the hand except that he had a pair of 3's and
he was dominated ... he's off to hit the roulette table !
18.16pm
Oh my word... Dan Swanborough from The Dusthole went all-in and
was called by someone holding KJ !! THe Flop came down 5 7 8 - the
Turn was a 10 - and guess what... the River was a 9.... oh my :-(
12th place
18.19pm
Anthony Smith from The Watermans Arms went all-in and was called
by someone holding KJ - the Flop came down A K J - so he was behind
- then the Turn was a 9 putting him in front holding a better
2-pair but the RIver was another King - Huge groan went up and he
fell backwards knocking a stool over - luckily the pint on it was
empty ! Unlucky Anthony finishing in 11th place....
18.29pm
Paul Palmer is out in 10th place with AK - he went all-in and
was called by someone holding Pocket 10's - nothing helped him on
the board -
Although we are having a final table of 9 players - one of them
will leave with nothing !
18.37pm
Chip counts for the final table are:
Gary Mills - 18,000
Lee Burt - 72,100
Paul Cullen - 19,400
Cathy Gilmore - 13,200
Darren McVey - 57,600
James Burns - 25,200
Stirling HIllier - 25,200
Andy Watson - 33,600
Chris Harvey - 23,800
Good luck all !!
18.49pm
Stirlng Hillier is our unfortunate Bubble Player - the player in
front of him went all-in and he called with QQ - first card to hit
the table was an Ace and he is gone in 9th place - unlucky !!
The final 8 players have all got seats in the National !
18.53pm
Gary Mills is out in 8th place - he went all in with QQ and was
called by someone holding AK - almost the same as the hand before -
an Ace fell on the Flop and Gary is out - he is still happy though
as he is the Online Champion and he's off clutching his trophy!
19.01pm
Chris Harvey from The Porchester Social is out in 7th place -
Cathy went all in with 55, Chris called with A5 and someone else
called with AK - Cathy won the pot when the board came down 97476
but Chris lost with the smaller kicker ...
19.04pm
Cathy Gilmore from The Chequers is out in 6th place - she went
all in with Pocket 9's and was called by someone holding AJ - The
board came down 5 A Q; the Turn was a 10 and the River was a King -
so bad luck Cathy but I'll see you in Manchester !
19.12pm
Paul Cullen from The WIlton is our 5th place finisher - he was
in the Big Blind holding J8 when the Small Blind went all in - he
thought he was being bullied but the Small Blind showed AK !! - An
ace hit the table and Paul was out - !
19.33pm
James Burns from the Watermans is next to go in 4th place - he
was jolly unlucky ! The player in front of him raised and he called
with AK - the other player showed A4 - The Flop came down 6 9 2 -
the Turn was a 9 but the River was a 4 - what a shocker !
20.10pm
Andy Watson from The Porchester is our 3rd place finisher - he
was crippled by an earlier hand when his A10 was beaten by K2 - but
finally he pushed all-in with 64 and was called by someone holding
AK - the board didn't help but he was happy to leave with £100
!
20.12pm
It is now Heads up between Lee Burt and Darren McVey - good luck
boys !
20.25pm
It's all over - Darren gradually chipped away at Lee and finally
Lee went all in with K2 - Darren called with AJ -
THe board came down 6 8 9 - then a 10 then the Queen
Darren is the winner ! WELL DONE and also a BIG thank you to the
Grosvenor Brighton - to Vicky the Manageress and to Rob for running
the tournament brilliantly !
See you in Manchester !!
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