Day 1 UK (Newcastle) Live Updates 28 Nov 15

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Latest players to hit the rail are:

Craig McDowell
Anthony Weldon
Craig Rose
Colin Wilson
Darren Knaggs
Paul Lamonby
Alan Carr
Shane Barnes
Bede Porter

Players are currently sat with blind levels at 150/300 with a running ante of 50 for the next 25 minutes or so.

They will have a dinner break at 20:45 for 45 minutes.

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And a series of exits this last level:

John Michael McConville
Tom Clark
Andrzej Ciesielski
Michael Slee
Ray Chung
Robert Mercer
Anthony Johnstone
Dic Chong
Robbie Nixon
Andrew Evans
Christopher Thorp
Antony Elliot
Andrew Hetherington
Shahin Ameli
Anthony Long
Dean Lamonby


We have blinds at 200/400 with a running ante of 50 and there will be some chip counts coming SOON

[IrishTom]

A snap shot of large/small stacks:

David Amos   75k
Steven Liu   62k
Graham Foster   60k
Gareth Stanford-Iddon   55k
Steven Fung   50k
Ryan Kilbey   46k
Norman Hall   45k
Andrew Simm   45k
Scot Turner   38k
Edward Cook   32k
Gary Copeland   24k
Kevin Simpson   23k
John Young   23k
David Hutchinson   21k
Alan Bowman   20k
Stephen Dunbar   19k
Stephen Hetherington   17k
Ian Hayton   14k
Margaret Holt   13k
Gareth Watson   12k
Anthony Fairfax   12k
Ryan Pearson   11k
Gladys Jarvis   11k
Elizabeth Costa   11k
John Burke   10k
Shane Cook   9k

[Luthee13]

Players are about to go on their 45 minute dinner break.

Last few exits before then are:

Colin Anderson
Christopher Parkinson
Terence Oakley
Connie Jackson
Ian Bland
David O"Neill
Marc Hutchinson
David Harris
Daniel Patterson
Gerald McInally
Mary Yates

[Luthee13]

So, back after the dinner break (which was complimented with a compulsory trip outside while the fire alarm was investigated...fortunately it only took ten minutes to sort it all out and we were back to play with only a short delay) with blinds now at 300/600, running ante 100. We have 65 players remaining and an average stack of just over 34k.

Exits since we came back:

Ian Scott
Craig Simpson
Craig Johnson
Andrew Cheshire
Michael Scothorn
Kev O"Hanlon
Charles Stewart
Erik Ingram
Liam Coultard
John Burke
Norman Daglish

[IrishTom]

Chip counts from after the dinner break:

105000   David Amos
80200   Alan Kirton
80100   Norman Hall
72000   Steven Liu
64000   Andrew Hayton
62000   Nicholas Madsen
56200   Graham Foster
54300   Stephen Hetherington
54000   Richard Carr
52600   Gary Roberts
51600   Nathan Watson
51000   Ian Hayton
49000   Ryan Kilbey
49000   Andrew Simm
48000   Steven Fung
47000   Kevin Simpson
45300   Mark Robinson
45000   Gladys Jarvis
43000   Robert Martin
42100   Gareth Stanford-Iddon
40000   Neil Pickering
36000   Anthony Ashman
35700   Edward Cook
34400   Trevor Johnson
33500   Isabella Boyle
33000   Garry Mcparlin
29600   Andrew Dodson
29000   Alan Bowman
28800   Michael French
27200   Norman Daglish
26500   Craig Hindson
26300   Scot Turner
25500   Malcolm Price
25300   David Hutchinson
25000   Brian Frew
24600   Gareth Watson
23200   Paul Cammiss
23000   Malcolm Hedley
23000   Paul Stock
22800   Andrew Hall
22400   Daniel Patterson
22400   Iain Ayre
21800   Christopher Hogg
21400   Gary Langley
21000   Jon Camsell
20500   Mark Lassman
19900   Ian Dawson
19200   James Cardwell
19000   Catherine Johnstone
18400   Shirley Cole
17800   Bradley Rutland
17300   David Stones
16300   Gary Copeland
15600   Elizabeth Costa
15300   Margaret Holt
14800   Roddy Ian Farmer
13700   Kevin Thomas Ohanlon
13400   Stephen Dunbar
13000   Hazel Birchnall
12600   Anthony Fairfax
12100   Nicholas Ramsey
12000   Dorothy Littlewood
10900   John Littlewood
10000   John Young
10000   Thomas Singleton
10000   Charles Stewart
9400   Liam Coultard
8200   John Nixon
7600   James Ellis
7500   John Burke
7000   Shane Cook

[IrishTom]

An update on chip stacks:

101000   Gareth Stanford-Iddon
88000   Alan Kirton
86000   David Amos
82000   Andrew Hayton
77000   Kevin Simpson
70000   Nicholas Madsen
66000   Steven Liu
62000   Gary Copeland
61000   Mark Robinson
61000   Richard Carr
61000   Nathan Watson
60000   Ryan Kilbey
59000   Andrew Simm
56200   Graham Foster
55000   Craig Hindson
54300   Stephen Hetherington
52600   Gary Roberts
51000   Ian Hayton
45000   Norman Hall
45000   Gladys Jarvis
43000   Robert Martin
42000   Michael French
41000   John Nixon
40000   Neil Pickering
38000   Margaret Holt
37000   David Stones
37000   Steven Fung
36000   Anthony Ashman
34000   Andrew Hall
33500   Isabella Boyle
33000   Garry Mcparlin
32000   Andrew Dodson
30000   Scot Turner
29000   Alan Bowman
27200   Norman Daglish
25500   Malcolm Price
25000   Brian Frew
24600   Gareth Watson
23200   Paul Cammiss
23000   Malcolm Hedley
22400   Daniel Patterson
22400   Iain Ayre
21800   Christopher Hogg
21400   Gary Langley
21000   Jon Camsell
19900   Ian Dawson
19000   Catherine Johnstone
18400   Shirley Cole
15600   Elizabeth Costa
14800   Roddy Ian Farmer
13700   Kevin Thomas Ohanlon
13000   Hazel Birchnall
12600   Anthony Fairfax
12100   Nicholas Ramsey
12000   Dorothy Littlewood
10900   John Littlewood
10000   John Young
10000   Charles Stewart
9400   Liam Coultard
7600   James Ellis
7500   John Burke

[Luthee13]

Latest list of players busted:

James Cardwell
Ryan Pearson
Edward Cook
Stephen Dunbar
Bradley Rutland
Shane Cook
Trevor Johnson
Thomas Singleton
Paul Stock
Mark Lassman
David Hutchinson


We are approaching the end of this Level and, in a few minutes, we will be in Level 10 with blinds at 500/1000 with a 100 running ante.

50 players remain with an average chip stack of 42.5k.

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Play will continue through Level 10 and then there will be a 15 minute break. During this we will try and get chip counts.
Play will continue for a further two levels and then we will finish for the day (approximately 01:35).

Some more players exiting:

Michael French
John Littlewood
Izzy Boyle
Richard Carr
Gary Roberts
Gareth Watson
Steven Liu
James Ellis
Robert Martin

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Latest exits as we approach the last level of the day:

Neil Pickering
Garry McParlin
Brian Frew
Iain Ayre
Alan Bowman
Elizabeth Costa
Anthony Fairfax
Roddy Farmer
Kathryn Johnstone
Nathan Watson

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Exits from this final level of tonight"s poker:

Hazel Birchnall
Stephen Hetherington
Malcolm Price
Paul Cammiss
Nicholas Ramsey
Margaret Holt
Shirley Cole
John Young
Dorothy Littlewood

We have 20 minutes left at this blind level and, after that, players remaining will bag up their chips for the night. There will be a new table/seat draw ready for tomorrow and this, along with chip counts for remaining players, will be posted on the forum before the start of tomorrow"s play - 12pm.

[Luthee13]

Play is in the process of stopping and then the number of final hands will be determined and played out before the close of Day 1 here in Newcastle.

As it stands, 27 players will be joining us tomorrow to play it out until we have a Champion.

[Luthee13]

Last four hands declared, let"s see how much damage can be done...

[Luthee13]

Standard end of day and we return with 27 players remaining.

Remaining players will take their seats again at 12pm.

Don"t forget, there is the PLO tournament starting at 1pm and the Crazy Pineapple tournament starting at 5pm.

Sleep time

[IrishTom]

End of Day 1 chip counts:

214,500   Anthony Ashman
193,000   Alan Kirtlan
182,900   Andrew (Paul) Simm
150,600   Kevin Simpson
136,500   Mark Robinson
106,700   Andrew Hayton
102,800   Gary Copeland
99,300   Ryan Kilbey
93,000   Craig Hindson
92,800   Dave Stoves
80,800   Andrew Hall
79,900   Jonny Nixon
71,200   Steven Fung
70,100   Ian Dawson
59,100   Graham Foster
58,400   David Amos
55,200   Norman Hall
54,200   Nick Madsen
52,300   Malcolm Hedley
51,800   Gareth Stanford
39,000   Andrew Dodson
37,500   John Camsell
36,300   Ian Hayton
35,500   Scot Turner
35,500   Gary Langley
21,600   Chris Thorp
18,200   Gladys Jarvis