13 May 2010
And that is all she wrote/Good night and good luck
The metaphorical bell has rung and a fat lady I hired from Casting Central is huming a light few bars of a hundred bottles of beer on the wall. All that's left to tell you is who hasn't survived to see Day 2.
No sex in the champagne room/Last level of the day
Rob Yong despite having quite a few chips has already got his mind on playing even more poker after todays event by opening up the VIP Room for a high stakes cash game £5/£10 Minimum £1000 sit down (blinds 300 - 600 ante 75.
Penultimate level of Day 1b
Nearly half of the people who came to play today have now gone home or more likely to the bar and the one's who are left are using the last couple of hours to grab as many chips as they can (blinds 200 - 400, Ante 50).
Over 100 players bite the dust at the Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham
As the blinds go up and the antes appear the desperate and the reckless are dissappearing fast (150 - 300, 25 ante).
Marc Goodwin from Hero to Zero
Marc Goodwin found the true meaning of a cold deck when he got into a hand with Rich Hinds (blinds 150 - 300)
Marc Goodwin beats hefty odds to stay in tournament
Involved in a huge five way pot Goodwin defied the odds to win with the worst hand (blinds 100 - 200).
Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham Beats Record for Most Players at a £500 event
They beat their previous best effort in the UKIPT Manchester (518) and the Norweigan Championships which was previously held in DTD.
Players currently on break
JPK is low on chips after losing half his stack to Kevin O'Connell and Rob Yong owner of DTD hits 30K in the first two levels.
Bad luck for Paul Kavanagh spells early showers
The player hit a spurt of bad luck when he got involved in a hand with current unknown Jitesh Thagkker.
376 Players confirmed so far!
There’s a buzz around the card room today that was missing in the earlier stages of yesterday’s event (25 – 50 blinds.