Live Update - Newcastle 28-29 May 15

[Luthee13]

Chip counts are in and tomorrow"s seat draw has been done.

Seat draw, with chip counts, in seat order:

Forename	Surname	Table	Seat	Chip Count
Robert	Mercer	1	1	22300
James	Edwards	1	2	38400
Steven	Bradbury	1	3	19300
Tom	Clark	1	4	63700
Paul	Herbertson	1	5	36500
Ian	Hayton	1	6	41400
BIll	Sheppard	1	7	16300
Brian	Harland	1	8	16700
Craig	Simpson	1	9	36600

Alan Billy	Carr	2	1	21300
David	Amos	2	2	13700
Andrew	James	2	3	15100
John	Murray	2	4	35000
Kevin	Simpson	2	5	57900
James	Lowrey	2	6	22600
Stuart	Costa	2	7	9200
Alan	Kirton	2	8	44800
Sidney	Button	2	9	46900

Joseph	Odonnell	3	1	70400
Ali	Ahmed	3	2	70000
Derek	Watson	3	3	61300
Keith	Forster	3	4	36200
Craig	Dawson	3	5	76300
Iain	Ayre	3	6	51900
Michael	Dickson	3	7	35200
Troy	Rutherford	3	8	111100
David	Evans	3	9	48400

In alphabetical order:

Forename	Surname	Table	Seat	Chip Count
Ali	Ahmed	3	2	70000
David	Amos	2	2	13700
Iain	Ayre	3	6	51900
Steven	Bradbury	1	3	19300
Sidney	Button	2	9	46900
Alan Billy	Carr	2	1	21300
Tom	Clark	1	4	63700
Stuart	Costa	2	7	9200
Craig	Dawson	3	5	76300
Michael	Dickson	3	7	35200
James	Edwards	1	2	38400
David	Evans	3	9	48400
Keith	Forster	3	4	36200
Brian	Harland	1	8	16700
Ian	Hayton	1	6	41400
Paul	Herbertson	1	5	36500
Andrew	James	2	3	15100
Alan	Kirton	2	8	44800
James	Lowrey	2	6	22600
Robert	Mercer	1	1	22300
John	Murray	2	4	35000
Joseph	Odonnell	3	1	70400
Troy	Rutherford	3	8	111100
BIll	Sheppard	1	7	16300
Craig	Simpson	1	9	36600
Kevin	Simpson	2	5	57900
Derek	Watson	3	3	61300

And in chip count order:

Forename	Surname	Table	Seat	Chip Count
Troy	Rutherford	3	8	111100
Craig	Dawson	3	5	76300
Joseph	Odonnell	3	1	70400
Ali	Ahmed	3	2	70000
Tom	Clark	1	4	63700
Derek	Watson	3	3	61300
Kevin	Simpson	2	5	57900
Iain	Ayre	3	6	51900
David	Evans	3	9	48400
Sidney	Button	2	9	46900
Alan	Kirton	2	8	44800
Ian	Hayton	1	6	41400
James	Edwards	1	2	38400
Craig	Simpson	1	9	36600
Paul	Herbertson	1	5	36500
Keith	Forster	3	4	36200
Michael	Dickson	3	7	35200
John	Murray	2	4	35000
James	Lowrey	2	6	22600
Robert	Mercer	1	1	22300
Alan Billy	Carr	2	1	21300
Steven	Bradbury	1	3	19300
Brian	Harland	1	8	16700
BIll	Sheppard	1	7	16300
Andrew	James	2	3	15100
David	Amos	2	2	13700
Stuart	Costa	2	7	9200

[IrishTom]

Welcome back for Day 2, where we have our 27 players seated and shuffle up and deal called.  The prizes awarded today will be:

1st - English Amateur Poker Champion, National Championship Gold Medal, APAT Vegas 2017 package & £1,805
2nd - National Championship Silver Medal & £1,280
3rd - National Championship Bronze Medal & £780
4th - £550
5th - £400
6th - £310
7th - £230
8th - £200
9th £170

With the Top 18 players earning points for the Player Of The Year.

[Luthee13]

And we"re back.

The remaining 27 players kicked off just over 15 minutes ago. They returned with around ten minutes left of level 9, blinds at 400/800 with a running ante of 100, average stack 43,300.

Bill Sheppard, sat on around 14k, gets into a raising war pre flop with Craig Simpson resulting in Bill moving all in and Craig snap calling.

With Bill at risk, the players flip their cards - Craig has and Bill has

The board runs out and Bill is sent to the rail in 27th place muttering "no patience!" under his breath.



26 left with top 9 getting paid.

[Luthee13]

It"s a funny game...

Brian Harland and Craig Simpson get to it and Brian ends up all in for 14k

Craig has
Bri has and is at risk and needing to improve.

flop is not much help.

on the turn and Bri stands up from his chair...

on the river and Bri starts shaking hands as he prepares to depart...Craig begins to rake in the chips...

A small voice from the other side of the table just says "it"s a chop"

The dealer isolates the and both players" / and Bri sits back down and Craig reluctantly gives back the chips! Chop it up!

[IrishTom]

On table 3 Keith Foster ships all in on a Board and is called by Michael Dickson, Keith flipping over and Michael totally dominated showing .

Turn of seals it, with River and Michael is reduced to a short stack.

Next hand it is folded around to Michael in the cut off and he folds.

[Luthee13]

Michael Dickson and Joseph O"Donnell are the next two to have it out.

Michael shipped for 3.4k following a beat in a previous hand, he has
Joseph shows

and Joseph, ahead all the way, makes a flush on the river to further improve and send Michael to the rail in 26th.

[IrishTom]

Table 1 we see Brian Harland involved in another hand, this time all in pre flop holding , against Steve Bradbury with (all in) and James Edwards (chips behind) showing .

Flop runs out , Turn gives Brian many more outs but River sends him to the rail in 25th place, with Steve Bradbury getting a triple up to circa 50k, with blinds 500/1000(100).

[Luthee13]

While this was happening, I was stood at Table 3 -

The board has run out and there is over 40k in the middle already.

Craig Dawson, first to act, moves all in for 56.9k
Troy Rutherford goes deep into the think tank...he sits for around 5 minutes, playing with chips, talking to himself, trying to work it out - the pot is now over 90k.

Eventually, he looks at his cards and says "I"ll wait for a better time" and folds.

Craig, hoping to ease him a little, shows the for the full house and Troy says he had aces.

Craig now on over 90k.

[IrishTom]

It gets busy on Table 2.

Stu Costa is all in pre-flop holding again John Murray with and John dodges the outs on a Board and doubles up and knocks out Stu in 24th spot - David Amos telling John "I would have won that with my K"... John asking "was there a K on the Board, I was only looking for a 3".



David Amos ships it all in next hand and gets it through, showing 10 6 off.

David again ships it all in (12.4k) pre-flop, this time getting called by Alan Carr who is set immediately to David"s right.  David flips and Alan and hits nothing on a Board and David doubles up.

Next hand Alan is all in pre-flop for 10.6k holding and is called by Alan Kirton with ... Board and Alan doubles up.

[Luthee13]

Pokerpops gets the double up from Alan Carr - Pops holding pocket 10"s and Alan


Feeling rather crippled after this hand, Alan moves all in pre flop with his and is called by Alan Kirton holding

no chop and Alan Carr is sent to the rail in 23rd.

[Luthee13]

We join the table with cards on their backs -

for Robert Mercer, he is the player at risk.

for Andrew James



Robert is out in 22nd place.

[IrishTom]

On Table 1 Craig Simpson gets a Double Up when his holds up against the of Paul Herbertson, leaving Paul with 26k behind.

Over on Table 3 it goes to the River with Board and David Evens is all in holding for the low end of the Full House, only for Ali Ahmed to show for Quads and we lose David in 21st spot.

[Luthee13]

Tom Clark getting involved and winds up heads up against an all in Paul Herbertson

Paul has and his tournament life is on the line.

Tom has



Tom manages to hold the lead and knocks Paul out in 20th place and he adds around 21k to his stack taking him up to around 75k.

Paul Herbertson


Joe O"Donnell slips out under the radar in 19th, and we"re down to the final 2 tables.

[IrishTom]

Del Watson, a prizewinning entry from Live Pub Poker League, ships it all in for 19.9k and is immediately called by John Murray (plenty of chips behind)...

Del shows

John



Del doubles up to circa 40k

[Luthee13]

Steve Bradbury and Craig Dawson are heads up in a hand.

The board so far is

Steve bets 5.1k and Craig asks how much he has behind - around 20k. Craig calls.

The turn card gets a check from both players and Steve checks the river blind.

Craig sees the and moves all in - he has Steve covered easily.

Steve groans...he did not want that.

He reluctantly makes the call and his groan is justified as Craig shows for the flush. Steve shows the for the straight and is out in 18th place.