JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 WelcomeGood evening everyone and welcome to the 235 Casino for Day 1A of the Unibet UK Tour Manchester, the start of the final Unibet event of the calendar year.Play is about to start in this £40,000 guaranteed event and everyone will be hoping to make a deep run and take a share of that nice prizepool. Unibet Poker ambassadors Ian Simpson, Dara O'Kearney, Espen Jorstad, Rauno Tahvonen and yesterday's birthday boy David Lappin are all taking their seats tonight, as is Unibet e-sport ambassador Fredrik Bergmann. @Darkangel7 is among the Unibet community players also playing tonight. Levels are 40 minutes long here and blinds are starting at 25/50, with the starting stack 25,000.As always don't hesitate to get involved here on the community website by liking and commenting on these posts about how you would've played certain hands for example, or if you want an update on a particular player, please do let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 CORRECTION - @Darkangel7 is here in Manchester but isn't playing until tomorrow. Other news - Unibet community regular @FeelsBadMan Adrian Nica is in the field, and Unibet e-sport ambassador Craig 'onscreen' Shannon is about to take his seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Lappin folds the DjangosUnibet poker ambassador David Lappin would have been hoping for a better start here in Manchester after having to fold K:Spades: Kx post flop in the first level.After the LJ made a 6x raise to 300 and the CO called, Lappin 3-bet his pocket kings from the button to 1200, and the LJ responded with a 4-bet to 3700, to which Lappin called, in position.The flop comes A:Spades: T:Spades: 6x. LJ c-bets for 2600, and Lappin calls, as his K:Spades: provides a decent blocker at this point to go along with his pair of kings. The turn came 8x and the LJ then barrelled for 7800, to which David reluctantly folded.So David has taken a slight hit early on here in Manchester, but it's nothing that can't be repaired as we are only just entering the second level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Uhlen loses battle of the blindsEspen 'Uhlen' Jorstad has just lost a significant pot blind on blind, after it was limped to him in the BB at 50/100, to which he made it 350 and the SB called.The flop came: T♦️ 8♦️ 8♥️ Playing in flow, the SB checked to Espen who c-bet for 225, and the BB called.Turn: K♦️Espen then bet again after another check from the SB, this time 700. However, the SB didn't call, he raised to 2100, to which Espen called.The river came a 3♥️ and the SB continued his aggresion from the turn with a 4000 bet on the river. Espen thought about it and eventually called, only for the SB to show his 8♠️ 6♠️ for flopped trips. Espen quickly mucked. What do you think of this hand? What sorts of hands do you put Espen on when he calls the river? Comment on the thread with your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Floor to table eight!Craziness ensued on table eight moments ago after a ruling was made by a floor official which meant a player had his stack in the middle utg for around 80bbs!Neil Maher was playing with his stack and not paying attention to the play in the hand when his stack was seen to be over the line - which certainly made it look like a shove. After two other players folded, Anthony Barnes in MP raised to 300, as by this point Neil had brought his stack back behind the line and continued to play with it.Confusion arose between the players and eventually the floor was called. After a brief explanation from the dealer and the players at the table agreeing the what had happened by Neil utg was a genuine mistake and that he didnt mean to put 80bbs in utg, the floor official had to rule it as an all-in as the players chips were over the line when he had cards in front of him. Even though the players at the table were simpathetic of Neil's mistake, they also agreed this was what should happen.So Neil's chips are ruled to be in the middle, and Anthony Barnes quickly reshoved, to which the rest of the table folded.So, on their backs was called...and what do they have? The same hand! A♥️ 6♥️ vs A♠️ 6♠️. The board ran blank and both players were happy to chop pot, as were the rest of the table. A nice end to an otherwise crazy five minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Iany on his second bulletUnibet poker ambassador Ian Simpson has busted and re-entered here in Manchester after a bluff gone wrong.Catching up with him after his re-entry and table move, it's apparent he made a bluff attempt with, in his words, "all the blockers" but still got called.Unlucky Ian, hopefully your second bullet can go a little bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathrimC Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 @JoshBarkerPoker wrote: it's apparent he made a bluff attempt with, in his words, "all the blockers" but still got called.Sure he had 🤣He has all the best blockers. Such great blockers. There's no problem, he can guanantee you that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 First breakWe have just reached the first break here in Manchester, and so here are some chip counts from notable names:Espen 'Uhlen' Jorstad - 41,000Barry Mills - 33,500Adrian @FeelsBadMan Nica - 32,000Craig 'onscreen' Shannon (2) - 29,500Dara O'Kearney - 21,000Ian Simpson (2) - 20,500Fredrik Bergmann - 17,500Rauno Tahvonen - 13,000David Lappin - 7,500Blinds will be 100/200 when we return to the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Whitehouse looking for another final tableAndrew Whitehouse or @MetalWolf as he's known in the Unibet community is also playing here tonight at the 235 casino Manchester. With the blinds at 100/200 he has just under starting stack at 24,000, which is 120bbs. He will be hoping he can run deep like he did at the Unibet UK Tour in Nottingham, in which he final tabled and finished in 8th place for a nice cash of £1,000. He is one of a few community players that will be playing over both Day 1A and Day 1B here in Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyMcFly Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 @JoshBarkerPoker wrote: Iany on his second bulletIs it true that all tourney bloggers have a hotkey for that exact sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalWolf Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 @JoshBarkerPoker Won’t be playing day 1b I’m afraid as I have the missus with me. Would not be good to neglect her for two days straight 🤣Having said that, she is with @Darkangel7 so in good hands 😀i will be around until Monday though to support our community final tablers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Lets hope you can make Day 2 tonight on your first bullet then @MetalWolf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Bergie takes down a nice potUnibet e-sport ambassador and e-sports Battle Royale Bucharest winner Fredrik Bergmann has chipped up nicely as we approach the mid-way stage of Day 1A here in Manchester. After a CO raise to 800, Fredrik flatted the SB with J♣️ Tx. The BB then 3-bet to 2200, to which the CO and Fredrik in the SB both called.The flop came T♣️ 4♣️ 3♣️ and Fredrik checked to the pre flop aggressor in the BB who c-bet for 7,000. The CO folded and Bergie then shoved all in, and the BB snap folded. So after a slow start to the day, Fredrik now has around 31,000 in chips which is just below the tournament average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny2192 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 @ArtyMcFly wrote:@JoshBarkerPoker wrote:Iany on his second bulletIs it true that all tourney bloggers have a hotkey for that exact sentence?The floor looks like this round Ians seat after any UK tour. You can exchange UO tickets again all is unicorns and rainbows in Unibet land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Chip count updateWe have just reached the second break here in Manchester, and our chip leader is Anthony Barnes, one of the players involved in the crazy A6 vs A6 hand earlier tonight.Unibet e-sport ambassador Fabien Fey entered the tournament in the level just gone and has around 27,000.Here is a list of notable chip counts (a 2 indicates 2nd bullet):Anthony Barnes - 150,000Andrew Whitehouse (@MetalWolf) - 47,000David Lappin (2) - 45,000Adrian Nica (@NMPfan) - 37,000Ian Simpson (2) - 37,000Espen Jorstad - 36,000Dara O'Kearney - 28,000Fredrik 'Bergie' Bergmann - 27,000 Fabien 'Kioshim' Fey - 27,000 Craig 'onscreen' Shannon (2) - 19,000Rauno Tahvonen - 10,000The players will return to play shortly, when the blinds will be 300/600, with a running ante of 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshBarkerPoker Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Round upLate registration has ended here on Day 1A with 113 players on the entrants list and 77 still remaining. That concludes the blog coverage for today, chip counts were in the post before this one if you would like to see how the ambassadors and other notable names are doing.I will be back tomorrow with updates on who made it to Day 2 and how many chips they had, as well as continuing the blog for Day 1B's play.Hope you've enjoyed the short but sweet updates and I'll see you all tomorrow for Day 1B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalWolf Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Unfortunately I didn’t make it. I decided to take a weird line on a hand and then when I dug myself into it gamble for a big stack. It didn’t pay off but hey - it’s all good. Good luck those still left I’ll cya around on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyheaven Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I made day 2 (Nick Case) with 165k. Long day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangel7 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 nice one Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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