Welsh Amateur Poker Championship - G Casino, Cardiff - Live Updates

[MarkTheShark]

As usual, news, updates, scandal and photos will be brought to you live from the G Casino, Cardiff where the Cash Tour Leg 2 (Friday evening), Welsh Amateur Poker Championship (Saturday/Sunday) and Pot Limit Omaha Championship Leg 2 (Sunday) will all be played - and, eventually, won!

Myself and Matt "No Ribs" Dale will be your Hosts for the weekend and intrepid reporters for the action - I understand that a certain well known APAT member is having a "Stag Doo" on the Friday night - there may well be pics and stories from that to look forward to also - as well as seeing who will be sweating pure alcohol on Saturday!!

Here are your list of 102 APAT members who will be partaking in the Main Event - these will be joined by 8 players who have won their seats via the G Casino Cardiff directly - making 110 runners that will be starting on Saturday afternoon at 14:30.

So lets have some predictions on :

Winners
Final Tablists
First Out
Most Hanging after the Stag Do
Persons name i get wrong the most
The one who knocks Matt's ribcage the most
Number of times this happens before tears materialise

[MarkTheShark]

WELSH AMATEUR POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

PLAYER LIST

Lucy   Amos   Bought In
Derrick   Andrews   Bought In
Francis   Bailie   Bought In
Richard   Baker   Bought In
James   Barber   Bought In
Lesley   Copley   Bought In
Liam   Crawford   Bought In
Dan   Dennehey   Bought In
Dawn   Dineen   Bought In
Michael   Dobbs   Bought In
Andrew   Duncan   Bought In
Debjani   Duncan   Bought In
Suzanne   Hayward   Bought In
David   Howard   Bought In
Gareth   Johns   Bought In
Michael   Johns   Bought In
Anthony   Johnson   Bought In
Andrew   Jones   Bought In
Jason   Kemp   Bought In
Glenn   Laming   Bought In
Dale   Macchiarelli   Bought In
stephen   Manning   Bought In
Darren   Moore   Bought In
John   Murray   Bought In
Stuart   Oliver   Bought In
Andrew   Overton   Bought In
Gary   Palmer   Bought In
Mark   Porter   Bought In
Martyn   Prime   Bought In
Steve   Redfern   Bought In
Matthew   Roberts   Bought In
Sharon   Roberts   Bought In
John-Paul   Round   Bought In
Darren   Shallis   Bought In
Adam   Sharples   Bought In
Chen   Tam   Bought In
Ben   Tamplin   Bought In
Tony   Trippier   Bought In
Daniel   Williams   Bought In
Tod   Wood   Bought In
Rod   Buckman   Bought In
Judi   Edwards   Bought In
Scott   Berridge   Seat Reserved
Karl   Bursford   Seat Reserved
Hugh   cairnie   Seat Reserved
Scott   Cartwright   Seat Reserved
Oliver   Clark   Seat Reserved
MICHAEL   CUCCINIELLO   Seat Reserved
Paul   Davis   Seat Reserved
Matthew   Dent   Seat Reserved
Nick   Fisk   Seat Reserved
Martin   Foreman   Seat Reserved
Michael   Gale   Seat Reserved
Michelle   Gascoine   Seat Reserved
patrick   godfrey   Seat Reserved
Kelvin   Gray   Seat Reserved
STUART   GREENAN   Seat Reserved
robert   hallworth   Seat Reserved
philip   harding   Seat Reserved
Dylan   herbert   Seat Reserved
Christopher   Hibberd   Seat Reserved
Evan   Humphries   Seat Reserved
Paul   Jefferies   Seat Reserved
Gavin   Jones   Seat Reserved
Warren   Jones   Seat Reserved
nigel   king   Seat Reserved
Matt   Kirkby   Seat Reserved
Nigel   Lee   Seat Reserved
ashley   matthews   Seat Reserved
Ken   Mcbride   Seat Reserved
Asa   McGrath   Seat Reserved
Vikrum   Mehta   Seat Reserved
Stuart    Milne   Seat Reserved
GARY   MOTSON   Seat Reserved
Kevin   O"Driscoll   Seat Reserved
Clint   Oldridge   Seat Reserved
david   owston   Seat Reserved
John    Patten   Seat Reserved
susan   pearson   Seat Reserved
Roy   Powell   Seat Reserved
Sean   Priest   Seat Reserved
Gavin   Priestley   Seat Reserved
Josephine   Rees   Seat Reserved
Philip   Rees   Seat Reserved
richard   rudling-smith   Seat Reserved
Dean   Saunders   Seat Reserved
martin    scott   Seat Reserved
Adam   Smith   Seat Reserved
Gerard   Smyth   Seat Reserved
dwayne   stacey   Seat Reserved
Martin   Stephens   Seat Reserved
Tom   Steuart-Feilding   Seat Reserved
IAN   THOMPSON   Seat Reserved
PHIL   TOMPKINSON   Seat Reserved
Ben   Turnstill   Seat Reserved
Paul   Turnstill   Seat Reserved
mark   twohigg   Seat Reserved
Darren   Underhill   Seat Reserved
Christopher   Webber   Seat Reserved
Garry   Wildin   Seat Reserved
Craig   Williams   Seat Reserved
Colin    Wilson   Seat Reserved


All players who have reserved are seat are reminded that they MUST have physically bought into the event by start of play (ie 14:30) to take it. Any unused seat reservation once play is underway is lost and can/will be uptaken by names on the Alternates List.

[Des]

[Fatcatstu]

I am open to beer related bribes any time after the Team Internationals have finished in Nottingham just for the record...

[KarmaDope]

Winners: ME - Asa McGrath, Omaha - Paul Davis, Cash - Dave Howard

Final Tablists: Too many to name, surely? So I"ve gone for two from each apart from the guys I have chosen to win. ME - Matthew Bird & Darren Shallis. Omaha - JP Round and John Murray. Cash - Stuart Oliver and Dann Williams.

First Out: Phil TC, ldo.

Most Hanging after the Stag Do: Phil TC, ldo.

Persons name i get wrong the most: Dale Macchiarelli

The one who knocks Matt's ribcage the most: Laxie, ldo.

Number of times this happens before tears materialise: Once, this is Matt we"re talking about!!

[KarmaDope]

I am open to beer related bribes any time after the Team Internationals have finished in Nottingham just for the record...

Doesnt matter - impossible to get the full house. Not a chance in hell.

I mean, really, come on, Des at the bar?!

[Curlarge]

Just for fun, we could use these as alternatives:-

Holdyfoldy going to bed
curlarge eating a salad
Ger refusing a pint
Boingblitz wearing a Birmingham City shirt
Jack awake after 11pm
The buxom cockney wench not cuddling anyone
Carl losing a hand
Stu Ward with his trousers on
Paulie running
Des at the bar
Leigh at the bar
Matt at the bar
Mark at the bar

[fandango]

Just for fun, we could use these as alternatives:-

Holdyfoldy going to bed
curlarge eating a salad
Ger refusing a pint
Boingblitz wearing a Birmingham City shirt
Jack awake after 11pm
The buxom cockney wench not cuddling anyone
Carl losing a hand
Stu Ward with his trousers on
Paulie running
Des at the bar
Leigh at the bar
Matt at the bar
Mark at the bar

We are not coming   sigh but good luck to all those playing..

[s4ooter]

ME - Dwayne Stacey. Omaha - Dave Howard. Cash - Chris Webber (Tony and i to feature somewhere too)

First Out: Stu Ward

Most Hanging after the Stag Do: Stu Ward

Persons name i get wrong the most: Dwayne Stacey (if Wembley is anything to go by!)

The one who knocks Matt's ribcage the most: MarktheShark

Number of times this happens before tears materialise: Less than once!

[Fatcatstu]

ME - Dwayne Stacey. Omaha - Dave Howard. Cash - Chris Webber (Tony and i to feature somewhere too)

First Out: Stu Ward

Most Hanging after the Stag Do: Stu Ward

Persons name i get wrong the most: Dwayne Stacey (if Wembley is anything to go by!)

The one who knocks Matt's ribcage the most: MarktheShark

Number of times this happens before tears materialise: Less than once!

You can still be dropped from the england team you know Frodo....

But either way you lose as im not there this weekend

[Laxie]

"Honey, maybe we should have a bit of a lie in tomorrow morning so we"re not hanging for the stag dooo tomorrow night?"

"I thought of that, but I want to get in a run before we go. Besides, what could possibly go wrong?"

There is NO chance Jack will be awake after 11pm.  He"s just gone for a 2 mile walk with the boys before they head to the kennels.  When he gets back with them, he"s intending to head off on a morning run of 5k or so...and it"s only gone 8am! I fear tonight will consist of many men"s room inspections to hunt down the napping Jack.  lol

Edit - Scratch the run.  He"s come to his senses.  Instead, we"re heading to Cardiff earlier than originally planned.  Suggestions of lunch and a couple of pints before the rest turn up.  So we"ll still be looking for him in loos later.  

[MarkTheShark]

Whew...sorry for first update tardiness guys n gals...usual IT issues and then having to relocate myself....but we are underway here in Coventry - 18 runners for the Cash Tour - seems to be about 300 APAT out in Cardiff city for Phil"s Stag Do....even the Caped Crusader himself has made an appearance it seems!

You"ll have to see the pics to believe me...

Anyway, 1 player down already - local player Jayne Harris not reloading when her top pair/flush draw wasnt good enough to see off Tony Johnsons flopped 2 pair....so down to 17....Table 2, which includes Adam Sharples, Dann Williams, Chris Webber and John Murray certainly seems the most raucous and "active"...the poor dealermin getting a rough old time...as David Howard commented, Table 1 certainly the "least lecherous"...in a distinctly lecherous voice, to the blonde haired female dealer....read into that what you will...it could be a long night!

Hand action to follow, 40 mins into Phase 1

[MarkTheShark]

Just into the second hour - a couple of big hands :

After Dwayne Stacey had raised to £2 and got a caller, Tony Johnson re raised to £12, which Dwayne called.

Flop comes J93 - Tony leads out for £18...Dwayne goes all in for arond £70- Tony folds.

Then, local player George Adams raises to £10, Stuart Oliver calls - flop is 4A6 - George fires 12 - Stuart calls - turn is another 6 - George fires 30 - Stuart thinks and calls....river is a Queen....George slides in £55...Stuart tanks but eventually makes the call....George nods as Stuart flashes AJ to take the pot

[MarkTheShark]

Glenn Laming down in 17th place

[MarkTheShark]

George Adams fights back....on a board of 2T2A6 he goes all in for his final £55 - there has been plenty of action with Dave Howard that means the pot is already nearly £100...Dave doesnt have enough to cover George but makes the call....George flips 62 which is more than enough, and Dave has to reload for his final £100