{"id":36366,"date":"2014-05-01T23:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T22:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=36366"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:30:56","slug":"wpt-national-uk-newcastle-main-event-day-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-uk-newcastle-main-event-day-1a.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National UK Newcastle Main Event &#8211; Day 1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WPTNUK Newcastle &#8211; End of Day 1a Chip-counts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WPT_8732 by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/13897488277\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WPT_8732\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7342\/13897488277_cf87139d93_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Khadir Khoshawy \u00a0(pictured above, chip leader) \u00a0 \u00a0163,600<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alan Tinlin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 133,400<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hills\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 104,600<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Trett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 103,500<\/p>\n<p>James Charlton 92,300<\/p>\n<p>Luke Slisz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87,000<\/p>\n<p>Richard Knowles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 81,500<\/p>\n<p>William Gravell\u00a0 79,300<\/p>\n<p>Peter Agnew\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 76,400<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin Weeks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75,200<\/p>\n<p>Scott Hughes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68,900<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Sharpe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68,300<\/p>\n<p>Paul Castledene\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 67,700<\/p>\n<p>Akshay Berappa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65,100<\/p>\n<p>Gerard Conway\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59,800<\/p>\n<p>Paul Simm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57,000<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Jobling\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54,200<\/p>\n<p>Basyr Nagshband\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53,100<\/p>\n<p>Eldon Orr\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 51,500<\/p>\n<p>Iain Maberly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49,500<\/p>\n<p>Alistair Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45,000<\/p>\n<p>Gary Copeland\u00a0 44,600<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Beck\u00a0\u00a0 41,900<\/p>\n<p>Clay Dalton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41,700<\/p>\n<p>Ross Mannion\u00a0\u00a0 41,200<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Walton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40,500<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Watson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39,600<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Walker\u00a0 38,300<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Finn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37,800<\/p>\n<p>Ian Bland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36,800<\/p>\n<p>Adam Swain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35,700<\/p>\n<p>David Morris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34,100<\/p>\n<p>David Anthony Hudson 33,200<\/p>\n<p>John Littlewood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30,900<\/p>\n<p>Robert Ewing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30,400<\/p>\n<p>Gwok Fung Shek\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29,800<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Dungey\u00a0 28,100<\/p>\n<p>Steven Graham\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27,800<\/p>\n<p>Paul Allen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26,800<\/p>\n<p>Michael Hill\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26,400<\/p>\n<p>Glen Whitehead\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25,800<\/p>\n<p>Jun Lau 24,300<\/p>\n<p>Sam James\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23,700<\/p>\n<p>Syed Zaidi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23,100<\/p>\n<p>Erol Taylan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21,900<\/p>\n<p>Gladys Jarvis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20,900<\/p>\n<p>Craig Mcdowell 19,300<\/p>\n<p>Robert Patrick\u00a0\u00a0 19,100<\/p>\n<p>David Knight\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17,600<\/p>\n<p>Gary Langley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17,500<\/p>\n<p>Abigail Louthan 16,600<\/p>\n<p>Luke Mcintyre\u00a0\u00a0 16,400<\/p>\n<p>Bobbie Brummitt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16,000<\/p>\n<p>Raymond Irving\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15,700<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Littlewood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14,300<\/p>\n<p>Wlodzimierz Cymbalko\u00a0 14,100<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Martin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13,700<\/p>\n<p>Hamza Nasir\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13,400<\/p>\n<p>Martin Wilson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8,800<\/p>\n<p>Younes Sayad Sarvari\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7,700<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be back with live coverage of Day 1b&#8217;s flight from 2pm today at the Aspers Casino here in Newcastle, so see you then!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Castledene Gets Another<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WPT_8812 by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/14085285844\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WPT_8812\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7434\/14085285844_b0197cf783_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Castledene has just eliminated a player to leave his stack looking healthy with just a few minutes to go until the end of this Day 1a. \u00a0He held <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on a flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and was up against his opponent&#8217;s <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. \u00a0Pretty cruel &#8211; Paul had more bl0ckers than the NFL Draft, and held when the turn and river came <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> respectively. \u00a0Castledene is stacking up around 72,000 right now!<\/p>\n<p>We will have a full run-down of the chip-counts up on here as soon as possible, but please bear with us &#8211; there are a lot of stacks for the dealers to count, with 68 players left as we move towards the final few flops.<\/p>\n<p>Solinas Angelo is one of several players to have travelled all the way from Canada to play after qualifying online via partypoker. With a strong \u00a0overseas presence, will we see our first non-European winner this #WPTNUK season?<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;He Got Them Back!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ian Simpson (Day 1A) by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/14080924361\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ian Simpson (Day 1A)\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7362\/14080924361_d4debf5716_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ian Simpson got the better of Mike Hill in a big pot earlier. \u00a0With his 7-8 all-in pre-flop against Mike&#8217;s pocket kings, Simpson spiking a straight on the river to double to 38,000 and leave Mike on fresh air. \u00a0Well, fast-forward several hours and the wily veteran \u00a0has won it all back from the 2013 IPO champion. Having only ten big blinds, Simpson found Ace-King and got it all into the middle, called by Mike&#8217;s pocket queens, which held.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson leaves us to return for both of tomorrow&#8217;s flights (Day 1b starting at 2.00pm, with Day 1c at 8.00pm), while Mike hill now has 32,000 &#8211; roughly ten times what he did not that long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Boss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blinds 500\/1,000\/100 ante &#8211; Average Stack 33,670 &#8211; 79 Players Remaining <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Is Smarting\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WPT_8763 by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/13898098747\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WPT_8763\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7419\/13898098747_0efb1e83d8_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gillian Martin (pictured, above) is one of our longest-lasting ladies here on Day 1a of the WPT National Event in Newcastle. \u00a0She has just won an all-in, managing to get her opponent to fold what may (or may not) have been a big hand. \u00a0But in a way, she lost from the hand. \u00a0Here&#8217;s how.<\/p>\n<p>With over 5,400 in the pot, Gillian&#8217;s opponent led out 3,700 on a flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> &#8211; a decent enough bet, four times the big blind and more at the time, and Gillian fairly quickly shoved over the top for 16,300 total. \u00a0Her opponent (with 20k behind) made the fold, and Gillian showed him (and then of course, the whole table) <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. \u00a0Top two pair with a backdoor possibility and a very nice hand. \u00a0But why did she show? \u00a0In doing so, she gave away information, free of charge to a player who may well consider his bet-size and subsequent fishing expedition for the hand that Gillian held, as successful.<\/p>\n<p>We returned to the table an orbit later to see Gillian, with vocal chagrin, bemoaning how she&#8217;s had to fold two sets recently. \u00a0There is protecting information and there is giving it away. \u00a0How much would YOU tell your enemies?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blinds 400\/800\/100 &#8211; Average Stack 28,300 &#8211; \u00a094 Players Remaining <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ian Simpson (Day 1A) by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/14080923021\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ian Simpson (Day 1A)\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7344\/14080923021_d54fb5ce14_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players of all levels are playing at WPT National Event Newcastle here at the stunning Aspers casino. \u00a0With 94 of them still in with a chance of making Day 2 with a stack, people from all walks of life are still in there fighting. \u00a0Ian Simpson (pictured) only has 18,500 with just over twenty bigs to his name, but others are faring slightly better.<\/p>\n<p>James Charlton plans on investing in &#8216;all three bullets&#8217; as he looks to buy in for every flight in this WPTNUK Accumulator format. He&#8217;s flying along on 80,000 and looks in a determined mood to add to that chip mountain. \u00a0Bobby Brummitt has 28,700 and is scrapping for survival, having bubbled the last event in London. \u00a0And Hamza Nasir just pulled off an excellent semi-bluff on the flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> having raised to 1600 pre-flop and got two callers. \u00a0His shove for around 15,800 more after those three cards got two remorseful folds, and he showed <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for just the up &#8216;n&#8217; down straight draw.<\/p>\n<p>Gets it through&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blinds 300\/600\/75 &#8211; Average Stack 27,000 &#8211; 99 Players Remaining<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Agnew Battling Khoshawy On Table Of Chips <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WPT_8732 by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/13897488277\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WPT_8732\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7342\/13897488277_cf87139d93_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khadir Khoshawy (pictured above) may be leading the way, holding over 90,000k, but he&#8217;s not the only person at his table with plenty of chips. \u00a0Peter Agnew qualified for his seat for just pennies online at partypoker, and he&#8217;s built an impressive stack of 61,000. \u00a0Can he spin a micro buy-in up to a massive part of the \u00a350,000+ Prize-pool?<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Mike&#8217;s Hill Standing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mike Hill (Day 1A) by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/14084103345\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mike Hill (Day 1A)\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5506\/14084103345_1662585ae6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">He may have been knocked down by Ian Simpson earlier, but Mike Hill is refusing to exit this WPT National Event quietly, ninja-stack at his table and not laying down anytime soon. \u00a0He&#8217;s not the only one, with plenty of players near the ten big mark, caught between saving their stack for a while longer or making a move. \u00a0Don&#8217;t forget, we only have 8 levels in each flight, and with this being an accumulator format, each player has the chance to take THREE stacks through to Day 2&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Break Time Brings Brilliance <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Scotty T (Day 1A) by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/13897505989\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scotty T (Day 1A)\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2903\/13897505989_a74f547fc6_z.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We may have lost Scotty T from Geordie Shore (pictured, above) but plenty of other big names are all still in the WPT National Event Day 1a. With Khadir Khoshawy leading the field with a monster stack of 86,100, here are how a few other well-known names and faces are doing:<\/p>\n<p>Ian Simpson 38,700<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Hall 32,200<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Brummitt 22,100<\/p>\n<p>Mike hill 3,425<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 5 &#8211; 110\/133 Players remaining &#8211; Average Chips 24,181 &#8211; Blinds now 200\/400\/ante 75<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brady Buys It\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WPT_8755 by partypoker, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/partypoker\/14084587044\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WPT_8755\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5194\/14084587044_7b43fa22bf_z.jpg\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">James Brady has left us in Level 4 of the WPT National Event in Newcastle. \u00a0He called it off for his tournament life with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on a board which ran J-7-4-J-8 and his opponent had <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> to knock him out. \u00a0He&#8217;ll be back for two more flights tomorrow though, and for now is loving the cash action here at Aspers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stuart Hall may have 40,000 chips at the break, and we congratulated him on a great first few rounds. \u00a0The champion boxer needs no repair-work doing to his chances, and told us how he feels as we offered him the spit-bucket (not really).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m loving it, absolutely flying. \u00a0I just raised to 2.8k and some guy bet 400 on the flop, I raised to 5k and he soon let it go!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that Stuart&#8217;s style is very much as aggressive as his tigerish attitude in the ring. \u00a0But if he keeps landing his punches, who&#8217;s to say he can&#8217;t go on and win this \u00a350,000 guaranteed WPT National event?<\/p>\n<p>Not us, he looks as fit as a butcher&#8217;s dog&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;line-height: 1.5em\">Scotty T Bits the Dust<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36373\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-36373 alignright\" alt=\"photo Stu Hall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall-229x150.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Shares in hair wax just went up &#8211; Geordie Shore legend Scotty T has busted Day 1a of the WPT National Event here in glorious Newcastle! \u00a0Yes, it&#8217;s the news we feared but local bar-staff prayed for, after Scotty (pictured, right) was low in chips virtually from the off. \u00a0Unable to get going at the felt, the charismatic young player &#8211; in a poker and life sense &#8211; got it all-in with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on a two-heart flop and was unable to hit \u00a0the heart&#8230;not a problem he usually has on a Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we&#8217;ve seen Ian Simpson attempted to dent Mike Hill&#8217;s stack after the two gents got it all-in pre-flop. \u00a0Ian raised to 2,000, Mike popped it to 5,300 and Ian shoved over the top for 19,000. \u00a0A quick call from Mike wasn&#8217;t the news Ian was after, as the former IPO champ flipped over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> with a rueful smile. \u00a0Mike turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and the two of them breathed deeply before the dealer fanned a flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> &#8211; just about as wet a flop as Ian could have wished for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a sweat!&#8221; he exclaimed, leaning forward, willing the cards he needed to jump up into the dealer&#8217;s dexterous hand.<\/p>\n<p>The turn card was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> but the river was a sensational <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> to give Ian the straight and double his stack to 38,000. \u00a0He&#8217;s right near the top of the chip-counts now, marginally ahead of boxer Stuart Hall, going strong on 34k.<\/p>\n<h3>News(castle) In Brief<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had 133 entries here at WPT National in Newcastle, at the beautiful Aspers At The Gate casino. \u00a0So with some top names here, let&#8217;s bring you a round-up from around the tables as we enter Level 3.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Hill and former IPO Champion Ian Simpson are sharing the felt here on Day 1a, with Simpson certainly the more vocal. \u00a0Both men have edged a profit from their starting positions, with Mike using his button to push Ian (two seats to his left) off a pot pre-flop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would have three-bet, you call, we see a flop, it gets messy.&#8221; says Ian.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Mike flips over one card of his two, the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> . <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">&#8220;You made the right decision.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Bobbie Brummitt may not be a name familiar to you as a champion, but the mentally astute amongst you may recall him bubbling our third WPTNUK leg in Aspers, Stratford. \u00a0The crestfallen Brummitt had his spirits immediately lifted upon his exit by London Poker Manager John Scanlon, who awarded him a free WPTNUK entry package worth $1,000!<\/p>\n<p>Bobby is therefore up here in Newcastle going for the title with two bullets in his armoury for this accumulator format \u00a350,000 Gtd tournament.<\/p>\n<h3>Stuart Hall On His Toes<\/h3>\n<p>Of our two celebrity players, Stuart Hall has definitely been the quieter. \u00a0Focused on the cards, the other players and his own performance, the British World Champion has displayed all his boxing toughness at the table&#8230;but mentally rather than physically!<\/p>\n<p>Having taken his time getting to know the other players he&#8217;s sharing the felt with, he&#8217;s started picking up chips, and we all recognise that early winning feeling in poker:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/stuskithechamp\/status\/461957781822898176<\/p>\n<h3>Scotty T On Tilt?<\/h3>\n<p>Scotty T from Geordie Shore has started a little poorly at his table, losing around 30% of his stack after getting involved in some early skirmishes. \u00a0We&#8217;re guessing that Scotty isn&#8217;t as familiar with live poker as most, and a few times, his lack of positional skill has seen him bullied off pots. \u00a0the latest occured on his &#8216;big blind&#8217; when an aggressive player raised to 325 pre-flop with blinds at 50\/100 and Scotty was one of three callers to a bumper pot this early on in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> slowed action from the rest of the table considerably, with a c-bet from the original raiser enough to take a few more chips from the club-crazy Scotty&#8230; as well as everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he doesn&#8217;t seem too downhearted about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottGShore\/status\/461946909566201856<\/p>\n<h3>A Shore Thing&#8230; For Stuart Hall?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36373\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36373\" alt=\"photo Stu Hall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-Stu-Hall-229x150.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Two of our players who know all about winning in life are Scotty T from Geordie Shore and Stuart Hall, and here they are, speaking about how much they&#8217;re looking forward to taking part in tonight&#8217;s Flight 1a of the WPT National Event here in Newcastle!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their interview with Paul Seaton, do please bear in mind (WARNING!) that there is a tiny bit of bad language from one of our interviewees who was a little bit excited!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/partypoker\/scotty-t-stuart-hall-at-wptnuk<\/p>\n<h3>At The Gate<\/h3>\n<p>With \u00a350,000 in the Prize-Pool, it&#8217;s no surprise that some big names are out in Newcastle tonight, as Aspers At The Gate plays host to the fourth stop on the WPT National UK tour.<\/p>\n<p>As well as current IBF Bantamweight World Champion\u00a0Stuart Hall in the casino, we&#8217;ll be joined by Scotty T from the hit MTV show<a title=\"Geordie Shore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.co.uk\/geordie-shore\" target=\"_blank\"> Geordie Shore\u00a0<\/a>. \u00a0So will the lads have the night of their lives&#8230;or be headed for an early bath?<\/p>\n<p>We shall see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36369\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36369\" alt=\"Logo medium size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size-140x60.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Logo-medium-size-348x150.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keep up to date with the all new partypoker!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favorite social media outlets. You can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/partypoker\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypokerUK\">Like us on Facebook.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WPTNUK Newcastle &#8211; End of Day 1a Chip-counts: Khadir Khoshawy \u00a0(pictured above, chip leader) \u00a0 \u00a0163,600 Alan Tinlin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 133,400 Andrew Hills\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 104,600 Daniel Trett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 103,500 James Charlton 92,300 Luke Slisz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87,000 Richard Knowles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 81,500 William Gravell\u00a0 79,300 Peter Agnew\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 76,400 Kelvin Weeks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75,200 Scott Hughes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68,900 Kieran Sharpe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68,300 Paul Castledene\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 67,700 Akshay Berappa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65,100<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-uk-newcastle-main-event-day-1a.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":36369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[326,325,200,74,324],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36366"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36400,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36366\/revisions\/36400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36366"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=36366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}