£2,600 Main Event Day 1 | 2007 NPL United Kingdom Open

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

08-17-2007 17:25 UTC

Dale Force Winds

Whilst Jennifer Tilly shouts for her second chance in the distance, Matt Dale wears a broad smile, his chip stack rising to the dizzy heights (for Matt, anyhow) of 10,325. He was reluctant to share the exact details, simply saying "I put a big bluff on that chap," and pointing to a dejected, but still smiling Richard Wheatley.

Matt Dale seems to be dealing with that hang over rather well - perhaps he should enjoy drunken escapades before every big comp he plays...

Tags: Jennifer Tilly Matt Dale Richard Wheatley

08-17-2007 17:24 UTC

Flushy and the Kid

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Dan Carter, whose successes online and, recently, live (he finished runner-up in the World Heads Up Championship in Barcelona this year) belie his tender years, hasn't been off to the best of starts in this tournament. "I managed to run the second nuts into the nuts," he explained, pointing to the 2k remaining in his first stack. "That's a good trick in hold'em," pipes up his neighbour James 'Flushy' Dempsey, before launching into his own anecdote about deciding not to call off a chunk of change with bottom pair on the river. Expect plenty of nonsense talk interspersed with outbreaks of raising due to the draw making these two neighbours.

Tags: Dan Carter James Dempsey

08-17-2007 17:17 UTC

Playing the Board

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Matt Dale and Gary Jones get involved with a {5-Spades}

flop, but by the river there were five spades on board and Matt faced a bet of 1,000 from his out of position opponent. The briefest of thinks for Matt before calling, and saying, "I play the board," showing his {5-Diamonds}

- and Gary showed his {A-Diamonds}

for the chop. "Lucky, lucky," admonishes Dave Colclough, another player who looks like his chair might have been electrified, he's out of it so often.

Tags: Gary Jones Matt Dale

08-17-2007 17:08 UTC

Pretty In Pink

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Similarly active during these early stages is Peter Gould. He's just moved in for around 2.8k, forcing neighbour Izak Young to fold his vulnerable pocket fours.

However, the decisive moment occurred the hand previous, Peter raising under the gun with {A-Clubs}

but running into Izak's {K-Clubs}

in the big blind. The {5-Hearts}

was of no use, leaving 'pretty in pink' Peter with a bisected stack.

Tags: Izak Young Peter Gould

08-17-2007 17:02 UTC

Can You Feel His Power?

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The ever-charismatic Tony G is displaying his wrath early doors with a double through courtesy of Darren Woods.

With the board reading {5-Clubs}

, all the chips flew in on the river, Tony G catching his opponent with his paws firmly trapped in the cookie jar, his {9-Diamonds}

way ahead of Darren's {7-Clubs}

.

"I just can't put you on a hand," stated Tony G before making the call.

He was right, Darren had everything but the kitchen sink on the flop, but had missed the lot and could only raise his hand and request his second batch of chips.

Tags: Darren Woods Tony G

08-17-2007 16:53 UTC

Fashionably Late

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Despite nearly an hour and a half extra to saunter in to Cannon Street, Roland de Wolfe has sauntered in only just now, when they've Shuffled Up and Dealt. The behoodied globetrotter is currently not seated at any table, looking over the shoulders of Table Three (which features Dave Colclough, Woody Deck and Dan Carter) but is actually positioned across the room next to Darren Woods and Alexander Roumeliotis.

There's plenty of time to settle in, and veteran Roland's well aware of it - this tournament is in Double Chance format (5k in chips to start, a further 5k on demand) with hour-long levels.

The table draws are as follows:

Table 1
Sunny Osman
Roy Brindley
Maria Demetriou
Tony G
Mel Judah
Darren Woods
Roland de Wolfe
Alexander Roumeliotis

Table2
Brian Prescott
Matt Dale
Jeff Buffenbarger
Richard Wheatley
Izak Young
Peter Gould
Gary Jones
Patrik Selin

Table 3
Dan Carter
James Dempsey
Josh Gould
Dave Colclough
Algimanto Hermenegildas
Woody Deck
Lee Watts
James Hart

Table 4 (not in seat order, as it was formed as last-minute entries bumped the total runners to 32)
Mike Conway
Jason Ho
Aryvdas Kondratas
Jennifer Tilly
Tony Poulengeris
Aaron Spence
Dieter Dijkstra
Huseyin Yilmaz

08-17-2007 16:44 UTC

Minor Hit For Movie Star

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The red carpet has been dusted off today as American film actress, and Mrs. Unabomber, Jennifer Tilly has found her way to the Loose Cannon Club in London. She hasn't played too many hands thus far, but was involved in a minor encounter with two other players on a {3-Diamonds}