Before the shuffle up and deal the Seat Raffle was drawn .
The ticket picked by Chelsea McGhee
was won by Kevin "Kevo" MacDonald
Kevin pictured above wins a seat to an HPT of his choice.
SESSION 1 Blinds 100/200
Steady play early did not produce any great action.
On table one we had a good 9000 pot won
by Birthday Boy Craig Jackson against Chelsea.
Craig showed A 10 for a pair of A's Chelsea did not show.
After the first half hour play was still quiet
and we were still waiting on the MEGA POT !!!!!!
Soon after Craig Jackson won a big pot against Carlos
hitting 2 pair 10's and 4's Carlos did not show
Next on the same table we had the
best hand of the tournament so early on.
Andrew MacKenzie went up against Carlos.
Andrew showed K 10 after the flop and Carlos shows 7 7 .
The flop was reading 7 K 10 giving Andrew 2 pair
and looking every inch the winner of this pot.
The turn fell 9 Andrew still in there.
Then came the river which was a 7 WOW.
Ggiving Carlos quad 7's very nice hand there Carlos.
At 55 mins left of this session
Hero to Zero
2010 Grand Final Winner
Graham Clifton takes the walk of shame.
1st player to leave the tournament,
put out by Ryan Sutherland.
Graham showed K J suited
and Ryan had A Q hitting 2 pair.
Unlucky Graham.
Hopefully the £10 Spec Saver voucher
Graham won in the raffle will help for his next tournament.
There was an unlucky hand for Craig with 30 mins left
when his Q Q failed to hold up with Norman Matheson
hitting an A to give him top pair.
End Of Session One
62 players seated
Just on the break Ashley Shek went to John Farquhar
Ashley's 2 pair 6's and 9's
coulodn't stand up to John's pocket A's
SESSION TWO
Really bad hit for Craig early on in this session
who's pocket A's didn't hold up against
Carlos showing J 9 and hitting 2 pair.
Next player out was Scotty Calem against Scott Millar.
Both players all-in with A K each
But Scott Millar hit the flush on the river
Another unlucky player.
Lucky Jim was next out to Paul Wark.
Pictured ablve James "Lucky Jim" MacGillivray
Why do they call him "Lucky"?
All I ever hear is people saying Unlucky Lucky Jim.
Craig then left the competition against Dangerous Dave
with both players having an A Dave beat Craig with his 10 kicker
and a pair of J's on the flop.
25 mins to go in this session.
Next one out was Dutchman to Poor Charlie.
Alan "The Dutchman" Holland Pictured above right.
Seated to Alan's left is Steve "Pepe" O'Hara.
One more player out and we will be down to 7 tables
.
Andrew Mackenzie was the next to fall to
Susan F 
who hit an A on the river against
Andrew's pocket 8's.
Sorry mate!!!!!!!
Now down to 7 tables.
Jonny Cliffe was next to go to
Sean(Special K) Kennedy.
on Sean's right is Fraser "Haggis & Tatties" Lewis
Then Thomas Stoddart left the tourney to Willie Gunn.
Thomas did not hit his flush draw and Willie won with a pair of K's
SESSION 3
Blinds are now 400/800
Yvonne (BABE) O'brien was next to walk 
to Dangerous Dave Stewart
Pictured above Dave "Dangerous Dave" Stewart
the 2010 HPT overall league winner
who's A K stood up against Babe's A 7.
A couple of hands along Liam Kennedy
left the tourny to
Amrul "Ronnie" Hoque
Pictured ubove right to left
Amril "Ronnie" Hoque
Ryan Sutherland
Robbie Cumming
Colin "McLoon" Mackenzie.
Next out was Neil Stoddart
Kevin Clifford was next out up against Chunk (Andrew MacInnes).
Pictured Above
Andrew "Chunk" macInnes
on his way to success
Next big pot went to Dozy against Willie Gunn
The flop went 2 A 6 turn was 6 and river was J
with Dozy showing A 9 against Willie's J 10 suited.
Steve Wilson was the next to fall to Colin MacKenzie.
At the end of this session
we are having an hours break and we have 48 players left.
SESSION 4
BLINDS 500/1000 6 TABLES - 48 PLAYERS
First action after the break went to Kerry Donaldosn (Susie's daughter)
who won a big pot against Ronnie Hoque.
Kerry went all-in with A K and Ronnie called with A J
with the board playing 3 6 A 9 8 Kerry's kicker K stood up
(like mother like daughter) hehe!!!!!!
Ritchie Ironside was the next to fall to John Farquhar.
Hammy went out at this stage to Scott Millar, who had pocket J's.
Hammy had the flush draw but unfortunatly he did not hit.
Then Stewart Atkinson went with K 10 but was beaten by Q's for a big pot.
LEVEL 5
BLINDS NOW AT 1,000/2,000 and Down to 5 tables.
Bear left the tournament at this stage to Robert Cumming,
Then Susie went out to Carlos.
Good for Kerry staying in longer than Mum !!!!!!!!!
On table 4 Sean and Chipmonkie were heads up
After the turn Sean bet 20,000.
Colin called only for Sean to have an A high straight.
In one hand Poor Charlie went all in for 18,500 but there was no callers.
Shortly after Charlie went all - in with A J
and Sean Kennedy called him this time with 8 8
the cards fall Q K 2 2 River J giving Charlie 2 pair
and a nice double up.
10 mins to go in this session and we are down to 4 tables,
1 table to go till the overnight break.
Level 6
BLINDS NOW 1,500/3,000
30 players left .........6 to go till the final day
Fraser "tatties" Lewis bet 8,000 with A Q
and Alan Stewart raises all-in at this Fraser folded
Alan showed A K Good fold as it turned out.
Two players then went out in quick succession ,
Chelsea Macghee and Ali Magillivray.
That's them pictured above
in training for 2011 HPT 3 Inverness
Charlie raised to 11,000 and Colin went all-in for 69,500.
Charlie folds A K while Colin showed A K Diamonds.
40 mins of level 6 left and we are down to 27 players
with 3 to go before the overnight break.
Tom 'the dude' Reid was next to bow out to Paul Adams.
Susan bets all-in with pocket 10's and no takers.
Then soon after Susan went all-in again this time with pocket A's
and they were all shaking and never called.BAH!!!!!!!!!!
Charlie bet 11,000 pre-flop and Carlos raised all-in and Charlie called.
Flop fell 10 Q 10 with the turn 5 and river 9
As Charlie showed pocket 6's and Carlos had A K ,
Carlos was out of the tournament as Charlies 6's held up.
This brought us down to the last 24 players.
Day 2
24 players
20 mins left with the blindsat 1,500/3,000
First off Fraser Lewis bets all-in with 3 3
Robert Cumming called with A A
with the cards playing Q 8 4 9 10 it meant that
Fraser left the game in 24th place.
Next to go was Euan Sutherland who fell to Chunk.
Susan F went all-in for 34,000 with a pair of 10's
and got a call off Robert Cumming with A K ,
flop came down 6 10 9 turn was 10 and river another 9
giving Susan a fine double up with a full house.
At another table Charlie raised to 12,000 pre-flop,
Kerry called and Alan Stewart went all- in.
Charlie folded and Kerry called.
Alan showed A A and Kerry turned over A 10.
The cards then played 6-8-6-Q-6
giving Alan a full house.
Kerry finished the tournament in 22nd place.
Dave then pushed all-in pre-flop with a pair of 9's
and got a call from Raymond Taylor with J's.
As the cards played 8-A-10-4-K Raymonds J's held
and Dangerous Dave went out in 21st place.
BLINDS NOW 3,000/6,000
Charlie raises to 30,000,
Susan folds Alan Stewart goes all-in with A K
and Charlie calls.
He also had A K with the
cards coming as 6-8-6-A-5 it was a split pot.
Chunk bets all-in with A 10
Raymond Taylor calls with Q Q
Chunk takes a hefty pot by hitting an A on the river.
Richard Birkett Dozy then went all-in
but there was no takers.
Next out in 20th place was Raymond Taylor
who fell to John Farquhar.
Robert Cumming bet and Calum MacAulay
called flop was K-8-4 turn 7 and river 9
then Robert bet all-in and Calum then folded.
Next Charlie raises the blinds to 25,000
Susan F went all-in for 45,000 with 8 8
Charlie called with K K and they held up.
Susan left the tournament in 19th place
as the last lady too.
Next out was Hec the Wreck fraser in 18th place.
Chipmonkie raised to 18,000 Tam went all-in for 80,500
Colin said he reckoned Tam had a bigger pair than him
so he folded and Tam showed A K.
On another table Mark raised to 12,000 after a flop of J Q 3,
Then Paul re-raised to 24,000
Mark called a 5 came on the turn
Paul bet 25,000. Mark folded
and we will never know what Paul had.
Charlie then turned it on betting 30,000
then Colin went all-in with 93,000
Charlie calls turning over 10-10.
Colin showed 9-9.
Cards went 5-10-J-A-5.
Charlie wins with a full house
Colin goes out in 17th place.
We are now down to two tables with 16 players
20 mins left of 3,000/6,000.
First action was Sean Kennedy
all-in 40,000 with a pair of 3's
Tam calls with A Q and the cards went Q-5-8-A-8
giving Tam 2 pair and Sean finishing in 16th place.
John F goes all-in with A K and Charlie calls with J J
flop was 5-A-A turn was 5 and river was 2
giving John a nice double up with a full house.
Now the action is heating up a bit as Richard Dozy
goes all-in for 36,500 with 10 J and Charlie calls with A K
the cards fell 6-5-7-7-A giving Charlie 2 pair.
Dozy leaves the tournament in 15th place.
John Colquhoune went all-in with 77,000 but there was no takers.
Next Session BLINDS ARE 4,000/8,000
14 players remain
3 players in the pot at one table and the flop goes 5-10-3
Raymond checked, Charlie checked and Tam bet for 30,000.
The other two players folded giving Tam a nice pot.
Robert Cumming picked up a nice double up against Paul Adam.
Robert had K 7,but hit a K along with 9-9 while Paul had Q 10 .
A few hands then followed with little or no action
till Tam then raised the bet to 40,000
and Alan Stewart called all-in, with A 10
Tam showed K K. Although the K's held up as a pair
Tam hit a K high flush, putting Alan out in 14th place.
Robert Cumming doubles up again against Paul Adams.
Robert had A K while paul had A J .
Next hand after the blinds Tam raises to 30,000
then Charlie re-raised to 180,000 making Tam fold.
Celio Ferreira then called all-in with Q Q
Calum calls with J's Celio's Q's held up for a nice double-up.
The next hand was a really bad beat for Mark Urquhart
who called all-in with A Q ,called by Celio with 10 10
and Paul with K K.
the flop was Q-3-8 with the turn10 and the river Q
giving Celio a well healthy pot with a full house
10's full Q's. Unlucky Mark finishes in 13th place.
Pre-flop Tam raised to 30,000.
With no takers Tam showed a pair of A's.
Next came a double whammy for Robert Cumming.
Ryan Sutherland went all-in with Q J
followed by an all-in from Calum with 10 10
and a call from Robert with A A
as the cards went 9-3-4-5-J Roberts Aces held
Ryan left the tournament in 12th place and Calum left in 11th.
17 minutes left of 4,000/8,000 blinds with 10 players left.
Willie Gunn went all-in with K 10
and got a call from Paul with A 9 with cards playing Q-3-2-J-Q
Paul doubled up and Willie Gunn leaves the game in 10th place.
It is now hand to hand till we lose one more player
and we will be down to the final table.
Slow steady play for a few hands
as no-one wants to be the bubble.
John Colquhoun doubled up against Robert
hitting a pair of A's against Roberts J J
After the blinds Raymond Munron went all-in for 38,500 with K 10
Chunk called with 9 10 the flop was 9-7-J
the turn was 10 and the river K
giving Raymond a double up with 2 pair K's and 10's
Now on level 9 withblinds at 5,000/10,000.
After a flop of 6-8-10 Tam raises to 85,000 and Raymond folded .
And a few more games like that we an all-in from Robert Cumming
with a call from Celio who won the pot with 2 pair J's over 10's.
Robert finishes in 9th place.
We now have a break for the raffle before we start the final table.
THE RAFFLE.
Family Photo and Frame from Art Gallery Tain .............Paul Wark
Bowl of Fruit.............................................................Susan and Tam
Bottle of Wine........................................................Robert Cumming
£10.00 voucher Corner Shop Invergordon...........Eilidh-Dingwall
Shirt.........................................................................Kerry Donaldson
Kerry "Junior Wrecker" Pictured with
Mum The Real Wrecker Susie
Paperweight.............................................................Lyndsey Bergin
£10 voucher Tandoori Dingwall...........................Kerry Donaldson
Haggis Voucher...........wait for it...................Tatties(Fraser Lewis)
Voucher for Hairdresser in Invergordon......Aonghas "The Bear"
Voucher for Nails......................................Susie Donaldson(dealer)
Susie and The Bear congratulate each other
This picture sparks rumor thet the freindship between
The Bear & Trace The Ace is over.
And he has found a new friend in Susie.
He says it's his new chat-up line
works every time.
Bottle Vodka................................................................John Farquhar
Bottle Wine................................Kerry Donaldson(donated back in)
Bottle Wine...................................................Dingwall phone number
£20 voucher for Opticians ........................................Graham Clifton
£10 voucher...................................................................Kevin Clifton
£10 voucher for Sharon's Invergordon.................Elaine Stoddart
Gift Bag from Mona's Dingwall........Catherine Spar Shop Dingwall
Manicure in Josies......................Fances Dingwall phone number.
HPT 2 NATIONAL HOTEL, DINGWALL 4TH & 5TH JUNE 2011
Final Table
SEAT 1......PAUL ADAMS...............................90,500
SEAT 2.....POOR CHARLIE..........................391,500
SEAT 3....TAM FINDLAY..............................175,000
SEAT 4.....CHUNK........................................284,000
SEAT 5......CELIO FERRIER.........................170,500
SEAT 6......JOHN FARQUHAR.....................400,000
SEAT 7......JOHN COLQUHOUN....................42,000
SEAT 8......RAYMOND MUNRO.....................44,000
THE DEALER.........AONGHAS "The Bear" MACIVER
The final table kicks off with 50 mins of 5,000/10,000 blinds
Pre flop John C all-in and Celio calls and hits 2 pair A's and J's
and John finishes in 8th place.
Next hand Chunk bet 30,000 and Raymond called with all-in
Chunk calls Raymond shows A 8 while Chunk shows J Q
flop is Q-K-3-turn 8-river 7 Chunks pair of Q's
eliminates Raymond in 7th place.
After blinds a flop comes down 3-K-8
Paul bets only for Charlie to fold.
Next hand was similar with Celio raising to 20,000
Tam calls flop comes down K-K-10. Celio bets 30,000 and Tam folds.
After the early exit of the first two players,
play was slowing down a bit with not much happening.
Next played hand was Chunk raised his small blind to 30,000
Celio called. Flop comes 7-8-7.
Chunk bets 35,000 and Celio folds. Nice wee pot Chunk.
John F then raised his big blind by 32,500 but got no takers.
Next big action went after the blinds Tam raised to 40,000 ,
Chunk re-raised and Tam went all-in and showed A Q
Chunk showed 8 8
flop was 7-Q-J with an 8 on the turn and K on the river
giving Chunk three of a kind 8's and Tam finishing in 6th place.
A couple of all- ins followed with no takers.
Pre-flop Paul goes all-in for 60,500 with K 9 C
Chunk calls with A 10. flop is J 5 Q
turn J river 2 giving Chunk a pair of J's with A kicker,
Paul finishes in 5th place.
Pre-flop Chunk raises to 35,000 and gets a call from John F
flop comes Q 4 A and Chunk bets 50,000 and John F folds.
Chunk shows an A.
Next hand saw Celio raise to 30,000 and Chunk calls
flop is 10-8-Q and both players check turn shows 5 and again both check
river is 3 and Chunk checks. Celio then makes a bet of 20,000
Chunk calls Celio shows A J and Chunk mucked.
Next hand Charlie bet 45,000 and Chunk re-raises all-in.
Charlie folds and Chunk shows A K
The next 2 or 3 hands went much the same way with raises but no calls.
We are now on a 20 min break.
Next Session Blinds are 6,000/12,000
Its as you were for a couple of hands with raises and no takers.
Then we had a showdown between Chunk and Charlie.
After the flop of 9-2-10 both players checked
then the turn came 6 Charlie bet 12,000
Chunk called the river came down 3 and Charlie bet 37,000
Chunk called.
Charlie shows 8 3 while Chunk showed 6 3 giving him 2 pr.
3 players played in the next hand ,Chunk,Celio and John F.
Everyone checked to the turn and when it came down John F bet 24,000
Chunk and Celio folded. John F did not show
.
Chunk raises to 45,000 pre-flop and John F calls Flop come A K 10
John F bets 45,000 and Chunk folds.
Again John F doesn't show.
The next hand saw John F and Chunk against each other as John raised to 42,000,
Chunk called.
Flop reads A 3 6 Chunk checks and John bets 80,000
Chunk calls turn is a 10 Chunk bets 400,000 and John goes all-in.
Chunk shows 6 6 while John shows A J.
Chunk claims a massive pot of 818,000 with 3 of a kind 6's.
John Farquhar finishes in 4th place.
We are now down to 3 players to decide on the colour of the medal.
After the flop in the next hand Chunk made a bet and Charlie folded
the flop was 4 4 K and Chunk shows 4 K.
He is missing nothing just now!!!!!!!
4 hands of no takers in a row and then Celio raises the blinds to 32,000,
Chunk calls flop is A 5 6 Chunk checks and Celio goes all-in Chunk folds.
Celio shows A J.
Charlie and Chunk then fight out a smallish pot with cards going J-4-A-J-Q
with Chunk claiming it with 2 pair J's & 4's.
Next hand after the flop of 3 8 8 Chunk bet 30,000,
Celio and Charlie both folded and Chunk showed a 3.
Pre flop Celio raised to 32,000,Charlie called, and Chunk folded
flop drops A Q J Celio bets 30,000 and Charlie folds.
The next hand involved all three players.
After the flop,5-J-7 Charlie calls Celio's 40,500 bet as does Chunk
Turn comes 8 Charlie call all-in for 76,000, Chunk folds and Celio calls.
Charlie turns over 4 6 to give him a straight while Celio turns A 7
Charlie wins a sizeable pot with a straight 8 high.
Another 2 or 3 hands with Chunk raising but getting no takers .
Then Celio goes all-in ,Charlie folds and Chunk calls.
Celio turns up 8 8 and Chunk shows A K.
The flop goes 4 A Q turn 7 and river 5.
Chunk hits top pair and Celio finishes in 3rd place.
Celio gets a bronze medal. CONGRATULATIONS CELIO.
HPT 2 DINGWALL HEADS UP BETWEEN
CHARLIE "POOR CHARLIE" CUMMING DINGWALL
AND
ANDREW "CHUNK" MACINNES FORT WILLIAM
First hand of heads up Charlie all-in, Chunk folds .
Charlie shows 2 5 diamonds after
seeing a flop of 8 hearts & 3 4 diamonds
Blinds in then comes the flop K 4 3 Chunk bets 27,000
Charlie calls turn is 7 Chunk checks,and Charlie bets 27,000
with no call from Chunk Charlie takes a nice pot.
Next hand , after the blinds went in the flop went 4 2 3
Charlie bets for 12,000 Chunk calls the turn is 9
and Charlie bets 12,000 Chunk re-raises to all-in. Charlie folds
Chunk doesnt show.
Now we have a raise after the flop of 27,000 from Charlie
only for Chunk to fold.
The next 2 hands went much the same with one raising
the bet and the other folding
so action was slow for a while.
The blinds then went up to 7,500/15,000.
Charlie raised Chunks big blind to 36,000 pre flop
Then Chunk went all-in as did Charlie.
Chunks Shows was 8 8
Charlies hand was K Q hearts
The flop came 2-7-J turn was 10 and river was 4
Chunks pocket pair of 8's held up
"Chunk's" Winning hand.
2011 HPT 2 DINGWALL 2011 CHAMPION.
Andrew receives his gold medal from "Babe"
Poor Charlie Silver
Celio Ferreira Bronze
The Medal Winners
Left to right
Charles "Poor Charlie" Cumming Dingwall
Andrew "Chunk" MacInnes Fort William
Celio Ferreiro Alness
Thank you to SEAN and all his staff at THE NATIONAL HOTEL
for all their hospitality. It was much appreciated.
Some other tournament Pic's.
Adrian "AJG Parcels" Gray
Main Tournament Sponsor
Yvonne not happy when the editor made this reference
And not happy with this description either
Some people are never happy
You decide
From the look on Steve's face
I think Susie is playing footsy under the table with him?
It's good night from us
and good night him
Andrew "Chunk" MacInnes Fort William
2011 HPT 2 Dingwall Champion
That's it folks we are all off to
The Chieftain Hotel Inverness
For 2011 HPT 3
6th & 7th August
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