FHP ONLINE TOURNAMENTS ARE BACK!!!

WEDNESDAY @ 8PM

UNCOVER POKER

JERSEY PLAYERS ONLY

$20 Re-buy tournament

Download the UNCOVER software by clicking on the icon in the side panel >>>>>>>>

FHP ONLINE TEAM LEAGUE

Next Wednesday, we will be launching the new FHP ONLINE TEAM LEAGUE at Uncover Pkr.

The league will take place over 12 heats and will culminate in a live multi-table tournament at Club 72.

This is how it works:

Each team will be made-up of three team members. At each heat, the team members will take part in a standard online $20 re-buy tournament (the same as the recent FHP ONLINE LEAGUE) against all the individuals in the other teams. The top ten finishers at each tournament will receive league points. After each heat, points will be recorded against each individual and more importantly, will be attributed to the team.

At the end of the 12 heats, your team score will be multiplied by 1000 and in the live tournament final, this number will be each team member's starting stack.

Example after 12 heats: T

eam Name: Pkr Brats

Player one - 12 points
Player two - 20 points
Player three - 8 points

Team score - 40 points

All three players in Team Pkr Brats, will start the grand final with 40,000 chips.

Whilst the aim over the online heats is to accumulate points to give your team an advantage at the live final, the final tournament is every man (or woman) for themselves! The winner of the live final will earn a package to a European live tournament (flights, hotel and £1000+ tournament entry). But here is the team twist - whilst only the winner will take part in the European tournament, the other two team mates will receive 25% each of anything the player wins should they cash. He/she keeps 50% of tournament winnings.

We will hold back 20% from each heat prizepool to fund the grand prize, the rest of the prizepool will be paid out on the night to the top three or four finishers, depending on how many entrants we have.

This is what you need to do:

Put your team together, give yourselves a name, make sure you are all committed to playing at each heat to earn some points, and then email me with your team details so I can put you in the database. If you want to take part, but don't know three people who currently play at UC, just email me to let me know, and I will put teams together made-up of the lone wolves... in fact, that will be your team name!

If you would like to take part but have not yet registered for UC, download the software and register (see right hand panel on this blog).

If you have any questions, you know where I am or call Soxy. This is going to be awesome!!!

THIS WEEK:

Note, there is NO ONLINE TOURNAMENT TONIGHT.

FRIDAY is going to be the FHP WINTER SERIES FINAL TABLE and cash game when enough players are ready... if you are not taking part in the final but want to play cash, get there at about 8pm..

SUNDAY - The Big Quarterly £200 Freezeout from 5pm!

See you at the tables...

jT

PS - News about the 2009 FHP & CLUB 72 PKR CRUISE CHAMPIONSHIP - COMING SOON!!!

THE FHP ONLINE CHAMP IS...

CatThrash.

No surprises there then!

Congratulations CatThrash!

The top ten finishers over 12 heats (including those tied for points) were:

1. CatThrash

2. Soxy

3. SmallyBoyYepYep

4. AnteHerojT

5. The1Cardinal

6. Rowlesie

6. Grouville

7. dbspurs

8. Beastnog

8. BearsBest1

9. KLF147

9. Teddmouve

9. BEATABLOCK

10. P2PBSH

10. Slowman180

10. AlanJsy

Well done everyone!

Let's hope CatThrash, Soxy and SmallyBoy do not form a team for the upcoming FHP ONLINE TEAM LEAGUE!!!

CLUB 72 FREEZEOUT LEAGUE UPDATE

Kevin Hodkinson - 43 Points

Karl Le Fevre - 20 Points

Nick Atkins - 20 Points

Charles Butler - 19 Points

Soxy - 19 Points

Beast - 17 Points

Andrew McKnight - 17 Points

Ewan Le Marquand - 15 Points

Dave Nuth - 12 Points

Danny Paxton - 11 Points

FHP WINTER SERIES (LAST HEAT THIS FRIDAY!)

With one heat to go, the final table (including current starting chip stacks) looks like this:

1. Soxy - 23,000

2. Gary Whipp - 22,000

3. Phil Evans - 21,000

4. Justin Thorne - 17,000

5. Anthony Greig - 13,000

6. Craig Le Gallais - 12,000

And in the relegation zone, needing points to guarantee a place on the final table:

Ady Bougourd - 9 Points

Glyn Ruthers - 9 Points

Helen Prentice - 9 Points

Craig Le Boutillier - 9 Points

Anyone can win Friday's heat and a seat at the final table (10 Points for a win).

THIS WEEK'S FREEZEOUT (SUNDAY)

£100 DOUBLE CHANCE FREEZEOUT

This time, if you don't use your free re-load before the first break, you can take it as an Addon!

Lots of action and should be a big pot!

See you at the tables...

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.

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...

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

FHP ONLINE - HEAT 5

A couple of new players made an impact in last night's heat. PokerZonts built up a mountain of chips by the time he hit the final table. Budgie33 also built up a healthy stack in his first FHP tournament, Quad 4s helping him on his way!

In the very first hand of the night, my pocket 10s are up against the Beast's pocket Kings and PokerZonts Q,9 suited. I flop a set but Beastnog turns his own set of cowboys, sitting him on close to 10K within 60 seconds of the tournament starting.

I like PokerZonts, not only did he give Rocky abuse all night, he also bust him from the tournament... that practically makes us brothers!

The top five finishers were:

1st - SmalleyBoyYepYep
2Nd - Budgie33
3RD - The1Cardinal
4TH - Beastnog
5TH - PokerZonts

The Cardinal's and The Beast's consistency (both have hit the top five spots THREE times out of five games!) means they are hot on the heels of Cat Thrash but with 7 Heats to go, it is still wide open for anyone to take the top spot.

The current leaderboard looks as follows:

CatThrash - 12 Points
Beastnog - 7 Points
The1Cardinal - 7 Points
KLF147 - 6 Points
Rowlesie - 5 Points
P2PBSH - 5 Points
SmalleyBoyYepYep - 5 Points
DizzzyRascal - 4 Points
Conor Tate - 4 Points
TeddMouve - 4 Points
Budgie33 - 4 Points

Well done Roger!

It seems the Pomme lads' tournament skills are equally effective online, with at least 7 out of the top 11 coming from the Jersey Poker Club hunting grounds.

I go out early when I lock horns with another short stack who out-races my Ace, 10 suited with King, Jack off... hitting trip Fishhooks (Jacks) just to show me how to do it. Nothing hurts more than getting railed by a set of your own brand!

Don't forget it is HEAT ONE of the FHP WINTER SERIES tomorrow night (Friday) and cards fly at 7pm Sharp!

FHP ONLINE - HEAT 4

Another new player takes the top spot and Cat Thrash extends his lead further...

The final five putting points on the leaderboard were as follows:

1st - P2PBSH

2ND - KLF147

3RD - The1Cardinal

4TH - CatThrash

5TH - JerseyRock (say it ain't so, not this donk!)

After 4 heats, the leaderboard looks as follows:

CatThrash - 12 Points

KLF147 - 6 Points

Beastnog - 5 Points

Rowlesie - 5 Points

P2PBSH - 5 Points

DizzzyRascal - 4 Points

Conor Tate - 4 Points

TeddMouve - 4 Points

The1Cardinal - 4 Points

With 8 Heats still to play, it is still anybody's game. Remember, 20% of the prizepool is kept back to pay out to the top three on the leaderboard at the end of the series and 80% is up for grabs at each heat along with the league points. The FHP Online tournaments are open to any poker players in Jersey, just download the Uncover Poker software using the button to the right on this blog, and let me know your nickname so I can make sure your profile is granted access to the FHP tournaments and cash game table.

HEAT 5 is this coming Wednesday.

Also, see below for the WINTER SERIES dates at the Townhouse...

FHP ONLINE - HEAT 3

Three new players signed-up for the tournament on Wednesday and managed to take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!

Congratulations to the top five who managed to get points on the leaderboard. The final five finished as follows:

1st - Rowlesie

2nd - Teddmouve

3rd - Grouville

4th - KLF147

5th - The1Cardinal

With 9 heats to go, the top five on the leaderboard are as follows:

Cat Thrash - 10 points

Beastnog - 5 Points

Rowlesie - 5 Points

DizzzyRascal - 4 Points

Conor Tate - 4 Points

Teddmouve - 4 Points

PLENTY of time to win some heats and get to the top of the board.

At each heat, we pay out 80% of the prizepool to the winners on the night (top three if the field is less than 25 and top 5 if the field is over 25). The 20% held back at each heat will be paid out to the top three finishers of the overall leaderboard at the end of the series.

We were going to send the top finisher to a £1000 buy-in live tournament, but decided to simply pay out the cash (£1500 or so depending on the rake collected) so the winner can still play a big tournament or alternatively, go on holiday or hit the shops... it's down to the winner.

2nd and 3rd place finishers will get a token to play in an ECOOP event.

See you all online for HEAT 4 (Wednesday 8pm).

FHP ONLINE LEAGUE - HEAT TWO REPORT

Cat Thrash is looking unstoppable, as he captures two for two, and just like in Heat One, he has to defeat a pro heads-up to take down the win.

The Re-buy period is fairly grim for me, despite starting out fairly well, aided by Quad Queens early, and then pocket Queens, which scoop me a big pot when I check to the player in position who had flopped top pair (Jack) with an Ace kicker... she pushed them all-in and I insta-call.

Things get depressing, as people (myself included) insist on giving Rocky chips, the spanner.

Just before the first break, I'm just ahead of the average chip stack, so of course I shell out for the Add-on.

I make a semi-bluff half an hour into the freezeout period with four to the nut flush on the flop and get two players to fold, scooping in a nice pot.

I desperately need a double-up and I pretty much get one, when I flop a set of 4s in position and Doughel bets into me on every street... I push on the river and she/he folds.

A beautiful thing happens as we get towards the final table. The Rock flops two pair, but luckily for us, the1cardinal had flopped the nut straight... unfortunately, Rock has a handful of chips left so we have to put up with his whining for another 2 minutes... until he pushes with the premium hand, Jack, 7 off...

I'm out 12th, when I push with Ace, 8 suited and run straight into doughel's pocket Queens.

The final table showdown is a little hazy as the cash game was full and I was running hot.

SakaiSalmon is out 10th, although I didn't get to see the hand. I have a feeling over the series, this won't be the only time the Salmon makes a final table appearance.

Kpswbc is out 9th when vflkngip isolates him with Pocket Queens, and Kp can't catch an Ace.

Feigos is next when she makes a semi-bluff with Ace, 5 - unfortunately, alanjsy is sitting on Trip Jacks.

Smallyboyyepyep is next and doughel is on the points bubble when she flops a Jack, but the Cat Thrash was slow-playing Queens.

The final five goes as follows:

alanjsy - 1 Point

Vflkngip - 2 Points

Beastnog - 3 Points

DizzzyRascal - 4 Points

Cat Thrash - 5 Points

Will anyone catch the Cat Fiddler? Will the Beast's consistent top 5 finishes secure him a prize? Will Rocky stop being a big gilled, bottom feeding eggplant?

Logon to Heat Three in January to find out!!!

NO ONLINE TOURNAMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS - AS THEY FALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S EVE.

FHP Online League - HEAT ONE REPORT...

Heat One was always going to be interesting. Who would take the early lead on the leaderboard? How would the Jersey crew fare against not one, but two sharks patrolling the tables in the form of Uncover Pros, Chris 'Soxy' Sokrati and Conor Tate?

Conor is a highly respected tournament pro and in 2008 cashed in the Irish Open Main Event and Three of the WSOP Bracelet Events. He is ranked number 2 on the Northern Ireland All-time Money List and has earned nearly $1,000,000 in tournament earnings... piece of cake, then!

Generous to a fault, both Soxy and Conor pledged to donate their winnings to next week's prizepool if either of them came 1st or 2nd and also offered a bounty prize of a free buy-in to next week's tournament for the player or players that knocked them out of the tournament.

I was on fire, and went a whole 36 minutes before winning a meaningful pot! I managed to go bust twice in that time... legend.

With about 15 minutes to go before the end of the Re-buys, I make a loose call with King, 4 suited and catch trip 4s for a nice pot.

With 2 minutes to go I win a massive pot when Captainvice refuses to believe that I had a King in the hole when a Cowboy came out on the flop and calls my All-in with his pocket Jacks.

jsyvixen went on a bullying spree and dominated the table for the first hour or so... even the Beast got an arse kicking from Mrs. Soxy!

I eliminate MROTheAnteChrist when he pushes with King, 4 suited and my pocket 8s hold. Captainvice is next to go, when I isolate him with my Ace, 8 and it looks like I may be in trouble when he flips over pocket Kings! Luckily for me, I flop an Ace and send the smut captain home.

BEATABLOCK joins our table and goes on a bullying spree with his chip lead. Raise, Re-Raise, Re-Re-Raise! But the BLOCK has a bad run and his chip stack is up and down like a yo-yo. In the meantime, jsyvixen and the Beast have moved ahead in chips.

I pick-up pocket Jacks but no-one wants to play, and I have to fold 4s pre-flop against a raise and re-raise.

Just when it looks like Beast is going to finally kill off BEATABLOCK after humping him left right and centre in lots of small and medium sized pots, the BLOCK calls the Beast's all-in with pocket Queens and the ladies convert into a flush, pumping the Beast's 10s... but this is merely a flesh wound to the Beast's stack.

As if the table weren't fed-up enough of being jsyvixen's bitch for 2 hours, Soxy joins the table and we enter what I like to refer to as the 'black period' as I am raised and re-raised by Soxy and his missus for a sustained period... lovely.

I make a move with Ace, 2 suited and walk into BEATABLOCK's pocket 10s. I flop four to the flush and turn the nuts for a nice double-up.

My pocket Kings eliminate doughel with her 9s and I become the chip leader as we approach the final table. Soon after jsyvixen takes out BEATABLOCK.

The Beast doubles through jsyvixen when he turns a flush, cracking the lady's pocket Aces!

I finally get tired of Soxy's raising and make a desperation Re-raise with Ace, 5 suited. Soxy goes into the tank, wishes me good luck and calls with his ducks. An Ace comes out on the flop, making my stack healthy again.

The vixen had been grinding away, building her chip stack back up but I finally caught her when she pushed with Ace, 9 and I insta-called with Ace, King taking her out of the tournament.

At last, we have our final table and dauntingly, it's full of pros and the bloody Pomme 2008 Tournament Champ in the form of Cat Thrash.

Don't tell anyone, but in the very first hand on the final table, the player under the gun pushes and I fold pocket Jacks in the next seat with six players to act... they all fold and I punch myself in the face for folding. Shhhhhhhh.

We get some Pro on Pro violence, when Conor's own Jacks (Why did I fold mine!!!) stay ahead of Soxy's Ace, King all the way and Sealey even rivers a flush. We now have a major chip leader and NOT the person we want with chips!

Conor let's Shaken007 bluff off all of his chips and smooth calls him out of the tournament with pocket Queens.

Soxy pushes with Queen, 7 and Cat Thrash calls with Jack, 10 suited. Sox has to sweat his lead until the flop, when three clubs come straight out for the flush, and put the Cat in great shape chip-wise and of course, earns himself free entry into next week's tournament by eliminating a Pro!

wtfdonklolgg is next, when Conor flops a set against his big slick, we're now down to the 5 players who will earn points for the leaderboard.

The Beast is hurt, when Daynesy rivers a straight against his pocket 8s, and that must explain his Rocky-like (well, they are related) donk call against my shitty Ace. He hits a Jack on the flop and ends my tournament life... stupid, baldy, suckout, FIEND!!!

So I earn one point... dancer!

The Beast is out next when his pocket 5s go behind when Cat Thrash flops a Queen with Ace, Queen and converts it into a nut flush on the river. 2 points for the Beastnog.

Daynesy10 was always behind by a curly hair with his Ace, 6 against Cat Thrash's Ace, 7. They both hit their Ace on the flop, and only having to dodge a 6, the Cat Thrasher hits his 7 for two-pair just to teach the youngster a lesson.

We now have a mouthwatering heads-up showdown between Pro, Conor Tate, and professional cat fiddler, Cat Thrash...

Everyone is watching the match and for a while it goes back and forth. With a flop of 8, 9, 6 the Thrasher makes a semi-bluff with his open ended straight (holding Jack, 10). Conor thinks for a few ticks and makes an amazing call with Ace, King. The turn is a blank, but the river gives the Cat a 10 and it's all over!

Cat Thrash is our Champ!

The final points go as follows:

Cat Thrash - 5 Points

Conor Tate - 4 Points

Daynesy10 - 3 Points

Beastnog - 2 Points

AnteherojT - 1 Point

MASSIVE thanks again to Conor for his generosity, next week's tourney has $480 in the pot before anyone even registers!!!

Bring it on...