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DSC00583- An eager crowd gathers. Scott is confused by the lack of pool table.
...584- mid-goatdown. Kirk and Conor are deeply engrossed in the round, while Jono appears to be... well... hmm. In his defence, it must've worked as he wound up winning the goat.
...585- the acclaimed sir Jim Bentley of dic watches as the goat proceeds.
...586- ...and sir Nick of Wainwright does the same.
...587- headaches ensue as goatdown enters the next round. Doesn't bode well for the day, eh?
...588- Marc Vestey and his cracking hat observe proceedings
...589- my mother, working tirelessly behind the scenes as always
...590- a quick snapshot before things get a little... hyper
...591- Stewart G, jono, Nick, Dan and Joseph
...592- author extraordinare Mark Tournoff signs copies of his book for the fans (Stewart H in this pic).
...593- things are getting hyper. Team Tilefish (Stewart, Conor, Jeff) take on Team Ginge (Jono, Mark, Dan)
...594- 12 letters bad, 9 letters good
...595- as my laptop blares out Crispy's 45 second remix of the clock music, the tension is almost insubstantial
...596- things are no longer hyper.
...597- lunch is served!
...598- Matt and Charlie going for the 'most embarrassing photo' award
...599- post-lunch deliberations
...600- Matt mid-dive
...601- Round 1 is underway
...602- Charlie, Joseph and George
...603- Round 1 table 1- Jerry, Marc, Chris
...604- Table 2- Conor, Nick, Matt
...605- Table 3- Jim, Jono, Stewart G
...606-
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...607- Table 8- Mike, Dinos, Emma
...608- SK: POKERWORK!?!?!? WTF IS POKERWORK!?!?!?!?!? DV: Erm, what you do for a living, Scott.
...609- Tables 1 and 2 mid-game
...610- Tables 5 and 6
...611- Games all done
...612- Games still all done. Photo taken in-between manic spreadsheeting on my laptop.
...613- Round 2, table 1, and 39 on-screen wins between them.
...614- an abnormally strong table 7 mid-game- Nick, Charlie, and the pokerworker
...615- Table 4- Mike, Jerry, Stewart G
...616- Charlie, Nick and Scott again
...617- Lots of Countdowners
...618- The eternal conflict, take 534785634786. Actually, the total number (so I am reliably informed) is 16.
...619- Nick vs. Scott
...620- Looking down the tables.
...621- A crowd gathers at table 4.
...622- Dan Van, unbeaten after 4 games.
...623- Conor, doing his best to avoid the camera at all costs.
...624- Pre-deciding round nerves
...625- Table 1- Conor, Chris and Dan
...626- Dave, Matt, Charlie
...627- Jeff, Jim, Mike
...628- That most crucial of conundrums
...629- Joseph, Dinos, Nick
...630- Dan vs. Conor
...631- Still Dan vs. Conor
...632- Tables 3 and 4
...633- Dave vs. Charlie
...634- It's all over. But who's done what?
...635- ditto
...636- nabbing a prize for both best numbers performance AND most niners, Conor!
...637- Best player never to have appeared on the show- Charlie!
...638- 5th place: Dan!
...639- 3rd place: Chris! (dunno what happened to '4th place: Mark!')
...640- 2nd place: Jono! Me: 'This is why I wear glasses, that way the moths don't hit me in the eyes'.
...641: And the winner- Conor!
...642: Putting away the tables after the event. I envisaged this pic as a sort-of 'Jonos in the mist' arrangement. Didn't work.