Watch this guy! One of the local players aiming for a seat in the final and his hands on the £3,000 Team Competition prize is Terry Owens from Liverpool. As a friend of mine for several years, we had a good chat about his team, his worst bad beat and his restaurant.
* Hello Terry, you ok? I know you're an ambitious player who knows your game. Ready to challenge our 'Team 10Kings'?
Yes, Allan. We're ready. You know me, shy guy and all that - but I really fancy our team for the win and one of us to final table and possibly win it outright.
(Shy guy yeah. There you have Terry Owens. Ha-ha. No way!)
* What's the name of your team?
We have called the team The River after my restaurant opposite the casino. It seemed a natural choice for a poker junkie in a city with such a famous river running through it.
* Who are your team mates?
They are James Morgan and Andy Booth. James and Andy have steadily improved over the last year or two and have moved up from low stakes live poker to regular journeymen of the domestic poker circuit. They have also made the online game a regular choice as it offers great value and a chance to win those coveted places at live main events.
To this end James Morgan won so many GUKPT live event seats last year that they had to pay some of them in cash as there were no more events to win! Andy Booth also had a good run in that in one week he won four online tournaments netting him over $12k in the week, this had him placed in the Blue Square Hall of Fame!
* And last but not least, how are you doing, Terry?
Pretty well, mate. There has been four trophies awarded in Liverpool for festival events and I have been lucky enough to win three of them which earned me over £20k . Two of them were back to back which resulted in quite a party afterwards. James Morgan came 2nd and 3rd in two of those events. The three of us are active cash game players on various rungs of the ladder, but we would all consider ourselves tournament players first and foremost.
* Do you like the team competition integrated into Main Event?
We all do! The team competition is a great free extra laid on by 10KingsPoker and shows innovation. It gives the player added interest even when knocked out and improves upon many team games in that the individual player still gets the lions share of prize money if they place in the main event.
* How was your poker form in 2008?
I played quite a few gukpt events last year. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=41422
I final tabled in the main event in Walsall winning about 8k, runner up in a GUKPT side event in Bolton and made the money in the main event, winning about 8k for the week. I also final tabled at a side event in Kent. I won one of the trophies in Liverpool earlier in the year at Leo Casino. Just recently I came runner up in the $500 online short handed main event on Blue Square. Losing head's up to Jeff Kimber who is a previous heads up world champion. (He is a lucky fish!).
* Any 'bad beat' story for our readers, Terry?
Bad beat stories, so many yet so few people want to listen. I shall recount only two!
Story 1: The first is an online omaha cash game. It's a $10K pot with three players. I started with double ace suited and the flop comes A 5 10 (rainbow). All the money (a lot!) goes in and we have one caller. Turn comes a 2 and the river comes a 5. I was the preflop raiser and the postflop loser as he wins the pot with quad fives!
Story 2:
We're at a live texas cash game at the Venetian in Las Vegas. I have about $7K infront of me making me about $5K ahead on the night. We are now three handed and I am about to leave. I am talked into staying by one player as the other is drunk has about $15K and is doing his best to dump it on us. I agree to stay another hour! I have Ace Ten. The flop comes Ace Ten Nine with two clubs. The pot gets big on the flop and we see a turn card. The A of clubs... This gives me a full house and puts a flush out there. All of the money goes in. Now up until now I had been playing at The Orleans hotel who had a bad beat jackpot of $50K and to win this you had to lose with aces full or better. The river brings the Seven of clubs. I am behind only to quad tens or so I think, and he declares flush and flips his cards over. I go to scoop the pot about $14k and the dealer declares straight flush ! The guy didn't see it and I couldn't believe it. A one outer, he had the six and eight of clubs !! Hang on, maybe a bad beat jackpot could get me out of it. NO, there isn't one at the Venetian!
Allan, why did you have to ask this gut wrenching 'bad beat' question?? Ha-ha.
* Oh that's a bad one, Terry. Your story must be the ultimate definition of a 'bad beat' story. Any advices for the newcomers we will welcome from Norway to the Liverpool Winter Festival?
First of all, we are looking forward to meet them. An international mix always spice up any tournament, and we have a lot of respect for the Scandics. Here you have my three tips for 'newbies':
1. Watch the players at your table and observe their styles and use the info later when it counts.
2. Use position as a weapon. eg. blind theft, squeeze plays and don't get out of line early.
3. Be able to lay a hand down if you think you are beat and you have time to recover.
* Any local players to keep an eye on?
Paul Marrow: Nicknamed 'The Diceman'. Unprediatable, aggressive and will either go out early or make a play for the win.
Joe Kershaw: Another player with the talent to win a big tourney if things fall his way.
Ian Nelson: He once described himself on a televised live final as the person with the biggest balls in Liverpool. Pass.
* I can strongy recommend any player to check out your restaurant 'The River'. Great food and service!
Thanks, Allan. 'The River' is opposite the casino, around 50 metres to walk. A good place to chill out if you need a break from the casino. I have two websites for the restaurants adddresses below, and I give 10% discount to all Liverpool Winter Festival players. We'll also organse breakfast and pre-tournament dinner at a set price for the players as it's a good meeting point for Scandics and local players. See you in Liverpool between the 4th to 8th of February!
http://www.haymarketrestaurant.co.uk
http://www.riverbarandgrill.co.uk
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