APAT Newcastle 'Lite' Update

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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   for middle pair, with the   on the board.

Johnston shows  

Turn is a blank for Costa who is preparing to stand.

River  

Costa survives while Johnston smiles through gritted teeth.



Elizabeth Costa



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  

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   .



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  

Rutherford bets 850, called.



check, check



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.



Troy Rutherford

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Nicholas Ramsey raises 500 on a board of...



Natalie Styth calls.



Ramsey checks to his opponent, who is fairly short.

Styth bets 1200 to take the pot.



Natalie Styth

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I catch Ramsey involved in a big pot a couple of hands later.

On a board of

Ramsey checks

Hoodied Adam Farley raises to 1900

Seat 3 on the button gets out of the way.

Ramsey calls.

Turn  

Check, Check

River  

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   for the full house

Farley shrugs, gets up showing     for the rivered two pair.

Ramsey pulls in a mountain of chips and is a likely chipleader.



Nicholas Ramsey



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.