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2011 North of Scotland Report

2011 North of Scotland Poker Championship

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Report by

Yvonne "Babe" O'Brien Tournament Reporter

Assisted by

Chelsea McGhee

Assistant to the reporter

Bob Grant

Assistant to the assistant reporter

Poor Charlie

Junior assistant to the assistant of the reporters assistant

Unfortunately Susan and Tam couldn’t make this years

North of Scotland.

To highlight the good job Susan usually does.

It took 4 people to replace her.

It's High Noon and everyone is getting a little nervous/anxious

then The Guvnor makes the announcement we are ready to start

Up fro grabs is

The McBookie Cup

& The Title

2011 North of Schotland Poker Champion

Ralph "The Guvnor" Mercer

Tournament Director

Pictured below

are some of Ralph's tournament Staff

Robert Smail Bar Manager at The Chieftain Hotel

Pictured with Ralph is

Alan "Michael" Mair

Alan was responsible for making sure everyone

was feed and watered in the tournament hall.

Alan proud to model his new poker hall, staff uniform.

Susie "The Wrecker" Donaldson

Yvonne "Babe" O'Brien

James "Lucky Jim" MacGillivray

Colin "The Chipmonkie" Tucker

Game on let the begin

There was 66 entries

with 5 laddies

Andrew Mackenzie raised with AQ

Darren "The Favourite" Campbell Elgin

called with A9

..Flop..A97..

Andrew all in, The Favourite calls and wins.

Andrew MacKenzie Wick

first player to walk.

Then more action was to follow when

Chelsea went allin with poket kings

Barry drummond called with AJ

Ace on the board and Chelsea is the 1st lady out.

Ryan Imlach raised

Andy "the bomb" Re-raised

Ryan declared all-in out of turn before 2 people had acted,

tournament director was called and a warning given.

Andy called & had pkt 10s ryan showed pkt ks.

flop..A 9 10...no king on turn or river The Bomb won.

Time went on then Poor Charlie went all-in with QJ of spades

2 callers Yvonne "Babe" O'Brien calls with pkt 6s

John Farquhar called with k-10 John's king hit.

And Poor Charlie is history.

Charles "Poor Charlie" Cumming

The 2010 North of Scotland Champion is out.

Ryan Sutherland all-in with AJ

Jonny "all-in" Cliffe calls with pkt 6s and 6s hold.

Bruce "The Batman" Hopkins went all-in

after an Alan Stewart raised with pkt J's

batman wins.

Jonny all-in raised 3k, Raymond Munro called.

out comes the flop Jonny checked,

Raymond bet 4k Jonny shoved 17.5k

Raymond calls and wins.

Donald "Danwan" Nicolson fell to Kevin Cliffton's trip 8's

Bob Urquhart next to go as

The Batmans queens held up against bob's AJ.

Ronnie Hoque A8 suited to Alan McIntyre KQ.

Preflop raised by Ronnie called by Alan.

Flop 10 9 A,J on the turn, Alan pushed all-in river 6

Ronnie out to straight.

Neil Stoddart A6 went all in to raymonds kk.

kk held up.

James "Lucky Jim" MacGillivray down to bill watt.

Lucky had pkt 5s pushed and bill had pkt 9s hit trip 9's on flop.

Roddy Milne out to Scott Calam. Roddy's KQ suited fell to scott's pkt7s.

Alan "dutchman" Holland pushes all-in with JJ

Thorsten "Mr T" Schulz goes all-in with A9.

JJ hold Mr T leaves tournament.

The next level sees a lot of shortstacks pushing,

getting called & the shortstacks doubling up.

David "pickles" Nicolson next to drop to Julie Grice.

Pickles pushes with Q10.

Julie calls with KQ hit the king on the flop and the Q on the turn.

Richard "Dozy" Birkett raised, Michael Heath not realising

the pot had been raiseed called.

flop came J23. Michael checked and Dozy pushed with AQ.

Michael pot committed called with A8

AQ held up meaning Michael finnishes in 28th postion.

Dangouras dave Stewart finishes 27th after his AQ

which the Q came out on the flop lost out to

Michael Spring's 88 which flushed on the river.

Next to leave tournament Vita " McVities" Filip

in 26th position to Andrew Macleod.

Down to 25 players & hand for hand play.

Kevin Cliffton pushes all-in with 78 suited,bill called with A9 suited.

Board comes out 6 9 Q 2 4 means Kevin Cliffton

bubbles the final day & finishes in 25th position.

Play Closes For The Day

Day 2

Not long before the action starts

2010 North of Scotland runner-up

Bruce "AKA Batman" Hopkins

is the first to go

Bruce Hopkins AKA Batman

first out on day 2

out in 24th place

Batman takes the walk of shame.

Scott Calm Fort William

out in 23rd place

Harry Rae Gairloch

out in 22nd place

Martin MacKendrick Inverness

out in 21st place

Tony Dalton leave to Robbie Cumming. Tony pkt 10s Robbie AK.

An Ace on the flop sees Tony off

Tony Dalton Lossiemouth

out in 20th place

Bob "Snapper" Grant Inverness

out in 19th place

Colin "The Chipmonkey" Tucker The bookies favourite &

2009 North of Scotland Champion

all-in with AK called by Graham "Tuna" Wright K 10.

Graham stings Colin with a 10 on the river

knocking theout.

Colin "The Chipmonkie" Tucker

Moy by Inverness

The 2009 North of Scotland Champion

out in 18th place.

When asked for a comment

The Monkie

said it wouldn’t be so bad

if I didn’t have to live in that cage.

It’s 6 weeks till they let me out again

for the next tournament

HPT 2 The National Hotel Dingwall

Yvonne "Babe" O'Brien raised

Colin MacKenzie shoved all-in with pkt 2's

Babe calls with AK. A on river knocking

Colin " Macloon" MacKenzie Fort William

out in 17th place.

Down to 2 tables.

Andrew K6 raises, Richard "Dozy" Birkett re-raises all-in with A2.

Andrew calls, flop 6 2 9 Q

Andrew koncks out Dozy finnishing in 16th place.

Alan "The Duchman" Holland raises with KJ suited

Gareth "The Banker" Hockin goes all-in with AK

Alan calls and hits a straight,

Sitting to Ralph's right

Gareth "The Banker" Hockin Alness

out in 15th place

Micheal Spring all-in pkt 88 julie all-in out of turn with k 10.

Andrew MacLeod called & wins putting Julie in 14th position.

Michael picks up the side pot

Pictured left to right

Michael Spring Lossiemouth

Andrew MacLeod Balblair, Dingwall

Richard "Dozy" Birkett Kirkhill

Paul Adams Fort William

and Julie Grice Alness

out in14th place

Gary Wilson Inverness

out in 13th place

James Mitchell Lossiemouth

out in 12th place

Susie "The Wrecker" Donaldson went all-in with JQ suited

Robbie calls with pkt 10s and wins Susie out in 11th position.

Susie took the beat better than expected.

The

didn't have to be called, this time.

But she was off after Euan Sutherland

again to see what he had to say

about his AK post flop call

on a 10 high board at HPT event 1 Wick.

More than never forget

Susie "The Wrecker" Donaldson Tain

never forgets

out in 11th place

Ian raises with AQ Yvonne "Babe" having Ian covered

goes all-in with AK Ian spikes a Q on the flop and wins.

Babe is crippled very soon Babe goes all-in with A6 suited

Alan McIntyre calls with pkt 9s and wins

Babe leaves tournament 10th.

Well done Yvonne. longest lasting again

following her 4th place finish at

HPT 1 Wick

Alan McIntyre called Ian Munro's 79000 push on the flop

with 9 3 off Ian A 10 all in on the on a 8 9 8 flop

Q on the turn and a 9 river seals Ian's fate and he finishes 9th.

Raffle Time

1st case of cider Alan McIntyre Elgin

2nd..bottle of whiskey Andrew Mackenzie Wick

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3rd Pack socks Scott Gaire Inverness

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4th car care kit Ryan Sutherland Wick

5th mystery prize John Farqhar Wick

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6th mystery Jade Thurso

7th.bottle of Sourz John Farqhar Wick

8th beauty voucher Caroline Smart Evanton

9th Mystrey Prize Darren "The Favourite" Campbell Elgin

Life looks lonely at the top for "The Favourite"

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10th Taylor made nails cila Thurso

11th mystery prize Graeme Wright Elgin

12th £15 voucher Bruce Hopkins aka batman.

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13th voucher Vix from Thurso

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14th voucher Robert "Wildefish" Wilde Alness

15th Meal voucher Caroline Smart, Evanton

16th haggis voucher Andrew Mackenzie Wick

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17th mystery Gary Wilson Inverness

No picture available

18th vouche Kris Mackenzie Oban

19th fishing voucher caroline ?

Caroline is going for a clean sweep

20th mystery prize Tony Dalton

Final table

Seat 1.

Alan "The Dutchman" Holland Inverness

Seat2.

Robbie Cumming Inverness

Seat 3.

Raymond Munro Inverness

Seat 4.

Alan McIntyre Elgin

Seat 5.

Bill Watt Evanton

Seat 6.

Michael Spring Lossiemouth

Seat 7.

Andrew MacLeod Balblair by Dingwall

Seat 8.

Graeme "Tuna" Wright Elgin

Final Table Dealer

James "Lucky Jim" MacGillivray

(Why do they call him Lucky?)

The action came Bill Watt went all-in 44

& Andrew MacLeod called with AQ

Andrew hits and out goes Bill in 8th

Alan “The Dutchman” Holland raises,

Michael Spring re=raises all in.

The Dutchman calls.

Cards on their backs, Dutch shows pkt. 10’s

and Michael shows pkt. 8’s.

Flop comes 7 6 8 Michael hits the front with a set of 8’s

leaving Dutch looking for a 9 to make a straight

or a 10 for a higher set.

Unfortunately no help on the turn with a 7

Michael now has a Full House 8’s full of 7’s

now only a 2 outer 10 can help The Dutchman.

River 4 is no good, and Alan Holland is out in 7th place.

Alan McIntyre raised Greme Wright called

then Robbie Cumming re-raised all-in

Alan folds Graham calls and showes AA

Robbie's pkt 10's don't look good

Graeme's pkt A's hold up.

Robbie Cumming out in 6th place

Andrew MacLeod raises 50,000 & Raymond Munro pushes all-in with A5

Andrew catches flush and Raymond out in 5th place

Well done Raymond that’s 2 final tables in 2 events.

Raymond also made the final table at 2011 HPT 1 Wick.

Michael Spring all-in Alan Mcintyre calls

Alan wins Michael out in 4th place

Alan McIntyre small blind Andrew MacLeod big blind and Graeme called blind,

Alan raised all-in & Andy makes the call.

Graeme folded, Alan with A6 off suit Andy pkt. 8s

Flop comes Qs 3h Jd Turn Jh

giving Alan several more outs. A Q, J or Ace will do it

unfortunately no parashute for Alan.

The 10d on the river sees Alan out in 3rd place

Heads-up

Andrew MacLeod

Balblair by Dingwall

Graeme "Tuna" Wright

Elgin

All the chips seem to be going one way, Andy’s way.

His stack is steadily growing.

Hand after hand Andy is taking small pot after pot.

Then action Graeme raises, Andy calls

flop comes, 10h 8s Qd. Graeme puts in a bet Andy calls.

Turn comes Jc another small bet and call.

River comes 5d Graeme bets Andy raises all in,

Graeme calls with two pair of Q’s over 5's

Andy shows 9h 6h he had made the straight on the turn.

Andy MacLeod is our ne North of Scotland Champion

Leaving “Tuna” gutted as runner up.

He had pondered over what he should have

engraved on the cup. Hard luck, may be next year Graeme