HEADS-UP CHAMPIONSHIPS - FRIDAY 7PM

I am really looking forward to Friday's Heads-up Tournament.

If 24 or more register to take part, there will be three elimination rounds, where only ONE player progresses to the next round from each match. During the elimination rounds (Round One, Round Two and the Quarter Finals) a single match will determine who progresses.

In the semi finals, the two winners will go through to the finals to play a 'best of 3' match to decide upon first and second place and the two runners-up from the semis will play a 'best of 3' match to decide 3rd and 4th place!

As we potentially have 16 matches in round one, we will be kicking off at 7PM SHARP! So be there as soon as possible as we are taking a MAXIMUM of 32 players.

The Buy-in is £75 + £5

In each round, starting stacks will be 10,000 chips.

There will be four, 20 minute blind levels.

50/100
100/200
250/500
500/1000

Upon registration, you will draw your seat and if less than 32 players register, up to 8 players could receive a bye for round one, but EVERY player will face an opponent in round 2 and in the quarter finals.

Most players will need to get past 3 opponents to hit the money... easy, right?

We shall see!

See you at CLUB 72 on Friday from 6:20PM for registration!

Sunday's Freezeout is £75 + £5 with cards in the air at 5PM SHARP!

As always, cash games will be running as soon as enough players are ready.

jT

LEAGUE UPDATES...

Continuing his phenomenal run, Kev Hodkinson won his third Freezeout in a row on Sunday!

The Sunday Tournament League now looks like this:

Kev Hodkinson - 30 Points

Charles Butler - 12 Points

Beast - 12 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 9 Points

Kevin Kelly - 9 Points

Rock - 8 Points

Eddie Stuart - 8 Points

Dave Nuth - 8 Points

The league runs until the end of June and the top three receive a payout from the club. 

If the winner of the July - December league is different from the Jan - June league, they will play a heads-up match to determine the 2009 Club 72 Champion!

FHP WINTER SERIES

Ante Virus - 17 Points

Soxy - 16 Points

Phil Evans - 15 Points

Anthony Greig - 13 Points

Gary Whipp - 12 Points

Craig Le Gallais - 12 Points

Ady Bougourd - 9 Points

Glyn Ruthers - 9 Points

There are still two heats to come to get points on the board for the £1000 final table on 27 March.

First place guarantees a place at the final table.

FHP ONLINE LEAGUE

CatThrash - 19 Points

SmallyBoyYepYep - 10 Points

The1Cardinal - 10 Points

Rowlesie - 9 Points

Grouville - 9 Point

Soxy - 9 Points

dbspurs - 8 Points

With three heats to go and 15 points still up for grabs, CatThrash can still be caught by players snapping at his heels, and it is still possible for someone to enter the leaderboard and climb into the top three.

THE MAIN MAN...

Kev Hodkinson won his second CLUB 72 FREEZEOUT in a row, putting him at the top of the leaderboard.

The top ten finishers on Sunday were as follows:

1st - Kevin Hodkinson

2nd - Charles Butler

3rd - Eddie Stuart

4th - Glyn Ruthers

5th - Rock

6th - Paul Dingle

7th - Andrew McKnight

8th - Craig Le Boutillier

9th - Danny Paxton

10th - Ben Holt

Two weeks into the 6 month league and the leaderboard is looking like this:

Kevin Hodkinson - 20 Points

Charles Butler - 10 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 8 Points

Rock - 8 Points

Eddie Stuart - 8 Points

Not only has Kev won two in a row, he also eliminated me from both tournaments!

Last week his Ace, Queen dominated my Ace, Rag and this week my King, Queen failed to find a pair, whilst his pocket 5s (or 4s, can't remember) found 4 cards to hit a straight on the turn!

Maybe I will win a hand against Kev next week?

The tourney held no joy for me but the cash game didn't let me down. Pocket Aces held twice, once against the Dragon when he hit top pair on the flop and then against SmallyBoy when we both hit the Clubs Flush but I was holding two black Aces.

In the last hand of the night, we saw the sickest call the club is ever likely to see. Gary builds a big pot with Rock all-in blind and Kev along for the ride. On the flop, Kev makes a big move with what turns out to be 5, 3 on a King, 7, rag board... so 5 high! And Gary calls with... 6, 3!!! An Ace comes on the Turn, and it turns out that Rock is sitting on Ace, 10 and wins the main pot, but the river is a blank for the 5 and 6 high and Gary takes down about £400 from the side pot...

Kev will be having nightmares about that hand for a while...

See you Sunday for the DOUBLE CHANCE FREEZEOUT!

BREAKING NEWS FOR FHP!

I am delighted to confirm that FHP has officially merged with the CLUB 72 CARDROOM.

The rest of the WINTER SERIES will take place at CLUB 72 and NOT the Tipsy Toad Townhouse.

For those of you who haven't been to CLUB 72 yet, you are in for a treat. State of the art tables, 52" Widescreen up on the wall for the FHP Tournament Software, waitress service, excellent menu and all in a permanent cardroom that is only ever a cardroom!

Come and check it out.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we are running a £50 + £5 Freezeout at 5pm. Registration is from 4:30pm and at the first break, we are laying on another FREE BUFFET.

See you at the tables...

jT

PS Congrats to Phil Da Silva for winning last night's £20 RB Tournament!

£20 RE-BUY TOURNAMENT @ CLUB 72

FRIDAY 13 - 7:30PM

£20 + £2 Buy-in with £20 Re-buys in the first hour.

Optional Addon at the first break

2000 starting chips, re-buys available if your stack is 2000 or below.

100% of prizepool paid out on the night as this is not part of the FHP WINTER SERIES.

Registration is from 7pm

FREE MEAL for all cash game players off the CLUB 72 CARDROOM MENU

FHP ONLINE - HEAT 8

22 players logged-on last night for the FHP $20 Re-Buy tournament at Uncover Poker.

Things haven't changed much at the top of the leaderboard, but the following took down the points:

1st - Slowman180
2nd - Dbspurs
3rd - AlanJsy
4th - AnteHerojT
5th - Grouville

CatThrash is still at the top of the league, with SmalleyBoyYepYep hot on his heels.

There are still 4 Heats to go, which means the £1000+ first place prize is still anybody's.

When the FHP LEAGUE finishes at the end of March, we will be running Soxy's brainchild, which is an intriguing TEAM LEAGUE... Watch this space...

jT

PS - I'm not angry that Slowman's Ace, 8 off beat my pocket 9s - I'm just gutted that he got four cards to make his 8-high straight to do so! I hate poker...

CLUB 72

35 players turned out for the inaugural CLUB 72 FREEZEOUT, contesting a £2600 pot!

The first 10 players to put points on the leaderboard are as follows:

Kevin Hodkinson - 10 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 8 Points

Beast - 7 Points

Dave Belo - 6 Points

Nick Atkins - 5 Points

Dave Elliott - 4 Points

Alex Harrison - 3 Points

Rock - 2 Points

Charles Butler - 1 Point

Well done, lads... obviously I am disappointed that the Squid Bellend, Rock, managed to donk any points, but you can't beat lucky, blind stupidity!

THE LEAGUE

CLUB 72 will be holding a FREEZEOUT every Sunday (This Sunday is a £50 + £5 Freezeout) and in addition to the prizepools, players are playing to get points on the leaderboard. We will be paying out EVERY SIX MONTHS to the top three on the leaderboard. Prizes will depend on the action over each six month period.

BRING IT ON!

ACTION THIS WEEK - >

WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8PM - FHP ONLINE @ UNCOVER POKER

FRIDAY NIGHT 7:30PM - CASH GAME AT CLUB 72

SUNDAY EVENING 5PM - £50 + £5 FREEZEOUT AND CASH GAMES WHEN A TABLE IS FREE

See you at the tables...

LEAGUE UPDATES

FHP ONLINE

Top five finishers at HEAT SEVEN:

1st - Grouville

2nd - Beatablock

3rd - DizzzyRascal

4th - CatThrash

5th - Rocky

Hmmm, this means CatThrash has extended his lead. The leaderboard with 5 HEATS still to go:

CatThrash - 14 Points

SmallyBoyYepYep - 10 Points

Rowlesie - 9 Points

Grouville - 8 Points

Beastnog - 7 Points

DizzzyRascal - 7 Points

The1Cardinal - 7 Points

FHP WINTER SERIES

Lord Whipp's aggressive and unpredictable play paid off last night... and pocket Aces on the final table put him in a good spot to take down HEAT TWO. Ady Bougourd was always a threat in the heads-up but the Whippet took it down in the end when his Ace, 5 hit a three outer to crack Ady's Big Slick (Ace, King).

1st - Gary Whipp

2nd - Ady Bougourd

3rd - AnteVirusjT

4th - Richard Hansford

5th - Craig Le Gallais

6th - Phil Evans

7th - Lawrence Hansford

8th - John Pendergast

9th - Lenny

10th - Barney Travis

My 3rd place finish puts me at the top of the leaderboard after two HEATS and should guarantee me a place at the final table in March.

Don't forget that in this league, the top ten players on the leaderboard at the end of the series play down for the £1000 and their starting stacks depend upon their points at the end of the series... i.e. we multiply each player's points by 1000 to dictate their starting stacks.

This is how the leaderboard is looking after TWO HEATS:

AnteVirus - 12 Points

Tony G (Anthony Greig) - 10 Points

Gary Whipp - 10 Points

Ady Bougourd - 9 Points

Soxy - 9 Points

Peter Baines - 8 Points

John Pendergast - 8 Points

Helen Prentice - 7 Points

Richard Hansford - 7 Points

I got lucky a few times to hit the top three but of course, was also pumped in a few hands. Ghost called a pre-flop raise and a call, with King, 7 to spike trip 7s on the flop, beating my pocket 9s. I was tilting for a while and pushed with a weak Ace, and was duly doubled-up by the big stack who called with King, 8 suited.

I was short-stacked again with 20 players left in the game and picked-up Ace, 9 suited in mid-position. The chip leader bet, was flat-called, so I shoved the lot in. The chipleader raised to try and isolate me but misunderstanding the raise, the original flat-caller was all-in. My Ace, 9 was up against King, 9 and a weak Queen! I hit a 9 and took the main pot and the chip leader also shed most of his chips to the guy who called by mistake with the King, 9... Oops!

I then got REALLY lucky on the final table when I shoved with pocket 8s, running into Richard's pocket Kings. I rivered another 8 and was looking healthy again.

In the final three, I was short-stacked by some way and Gary and Ady pretty much put me all-in every hand. Ady started putting me all-in blind every hand and I was obliged to finally call with Ace, 9 (again!) Ady flips over King, 10 suited. I was happy to flop an Ace, not so happy to see a 10 on the turn, and gutted to see another 10 on the river!

Evenly stacked, Ady and Gary went back and forth a few times, before Gary is looking dominated with Ace, 5 against Ady's Ace, King... A five on the flop takes down HEAT TWO for Lord Whipp.

FHP FREEZEOUT AT CLUB 72 (£75 + £5)

Tomorrow is the launch of the FHP FREEZEOUTS at the amazing new card room at CLUB 72. 

Registration is at 4:30pm with cards in the air at 5pm SHARP!

Free buffet for all players, waitress service at the tables, neck, shoulders and back massage at the tables (£1 per minute) and a solid tournament structure (30 min blinds, 10,000 starting chips) and of course, the FHP tournament software running on the BIG SCREEN.

Not to be missed by any serious, local poker players.

AnteVirusjT

FHP ONLINE LEAGUE - HEAT SIX

We're now half-way through the online league and the race for the £1000+ prize is getting competitive. Heat Six has made the leaderboard VERY interesting with Cat Thrash only 3 points ahead of his nearest rival.

Unfortunately, I was traveling back from my Vic session in London, so missed Heat Six but I got home just in time to watch the final table.

This is how Heat Six finished:

1st - SmallyBoyYepYep (two in a row!)

2nd - Rowlesie

3rd - BearsBest1

4th - Teddmouve

5th - Alanjsy

I saw the bubble hand just before we got down to the final table and Rowlesie looked like he was in trouble all-in with pocket Queens against DizzzyRascal's pocket Cowboys. A Queen on the river eliminated one player, crippled the Rascal and put Rowlesie on over 30,000 chips!

With six heats left and a possible 30 points for someone, it is still anybody's game but this is how the leaderboard is looking:

Cat Thrash - 12 Points

Smallyboyyepyep - 10 Points

Rowlesie - 9 Points

Beastnog - 7 Points

The1Cardinal - 7 Points

KLF147 - 6 Points

Teddmouve - 6 Points

P2PBSH - 5 Points

DizzzyRascal - 4 Points

ConorTate - 4 Points

Budgie33 - 4 Points

HEAT SEVEN is this Wednesday at the usual time (8pm).

Don't forget that HEAT TWO of the FHP WINTER SERIES is this Friday at the TOWNHOUSE. Registration is from 6:30pm and cards are in the air at 7pm SHARP!

See you at the tables...

jT