The Deathlist Poker Tournament 2021

[YoungWillz 18,948]

I should add Toast had Greaves as a sub, draws 3 Hearts for 3 Points added.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Dead So Far:

 

Anne Stallybrass - 3 July - Obit

Rick Laird - 4 July - Obit

Stan Swamy - 5 July - Obit

Gillian Sheen Donaldson - 5 July - Obit

Axel Kahn - 6 July

Dilip Kumar - 7 July - Obit

Carlos Reutemann - 7 July - Obit

Jehan Sadat - 9 July - Obit

Ernie Moss - 11 July - Obit

Renee Simonot - 11 July - Obit

Mick Bates - 12 July - Obit

Edwin Edwards - 12 July - Obit

Paul Orndorff - 12 July - Obit

Gary Corbett - 14 July - Obit

Mary Ward - 19 July - Obit

Brian Henderson - 5 August - Obit

Gertrude Annie Kingston - ? August 2021

Jaan Kaplinski - 8 August

Patricia Hitchcock - 9 August - Obit

Gerd Muller - 15 August - Obit

Paul Mitchell III - 15 August - Obit

Sir Michael Cullen - 19 August - Obit

Sandra Richardson - 25 August - Obit

Jonathan Myles-Lea - 25 August - Obit

Michael Constantine - 31 August - Obit

Mikis Theodorakis - 2 September - Obit

Sarah Harding - 5 September - Obit

Carl Bean - 7 September - Obit

Amy Winifred Hawkins - 8 September - Obit

Art Metrano - 8 September - Obit

Terry Lubbock - 15 September - Obit

Robert Fyfe - 15 September - Obit

Jane Powell - 16 September - Obit

Abdelaziz Bouteflika - 17 September - Obit

Albert J Raboteau III - 18 September

Jimmy Greaves - 19 September - Obit

 

Captain Chorizo: 731 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Laird; Orndorff; Cullen; Harding; Lubbock) (Sub: Henderson [3 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [J])

 

Cards Played: 

 

gcreptile: 706 Points (Swamy, Laird; Bates; Richardson; Bean; Lubbock) (Sub: Kumar [5 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [4])

 

Cards Played:  

 

Perhaps: 675 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Sadat; Orndorff; Harding; Lubbock) (Sub: Swamy [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [4]; Aug [2])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Baby Blue: 630 Points (Reutemann; Edwards; Corbett; Harding; Constantine; Metrano) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [J])

 

Cards Played: 

 

An Fear Beag: 570 Points (Kumar; Muller; Cullen; Harding; Greaves) (Sub: P. Mitchell [6 Spades]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Banana: 540 Points (Kumar: Laird; Corbett; Harding; Lubbock) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [A])

 

Cards Played: 

 

msc: 533 Points (Laird; Bates; Theodorakis; Harding; Lubbock) (Sub: Orndorff [10 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Salmon Mousse: 516 Points (Reutemann; Orndorff; Henderson; Muller; Harding) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [4])

 

Cards Played:  

 

JoeMoneypenny: 463 Points (Sheen; Reutemann; Muller; Bouteflika) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [3])

 

Cards Played:  

 

Joey Russ: 417 Points (Laird; Harding; Bean; Lubbock) (Sub: Cullen [2 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [8])

 

Cards Played: 

 

theoldlady: 412 Points (Muller; Cullen; Harding; Bouteflika) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [9])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Caleb H: 353 Points (Simonot; Ward; Harding) (Sub: Hitchcock [K Clubs]) (MD: Jul [6]; Aug [A])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Death Impends: 324 Points (Kumar; Cullen; Harding) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [5])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Grim Up North: 319 Points (Cullen; Harding; Lubbock) (Sub: Moss [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [6])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Bibliogryphon: 277 Points (Greaves; Fyfe) (Sub: Stallybrass [3 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [K])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Yorkshire Banker: 224 Points (Ward; Harding) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [10])

 

Cards Played: 

 

DeathByArsenic: 221 Points (Harding; Bouteflika) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Great Uncle Bulgaria: 218 Points (Hawkins; Greaves) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [K])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Sean: 215 Points (Cullen; Myles-Lea) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [3])

 

Cards Played: 

 

GuyFromFuture: 125 Points (Powell) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Toast: 123 Points (Lubbock) (Sub: Greaves [3 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [7])

 

Cards Played: 

 

YoungWillz: 115 Points (Greaves) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [10])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Torva Messor: 111 Points (Simonot) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [8])

 

Cards Played: 

Gooseberry Crumble: 21 Points (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [9])

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Part of the art of deadpooling is keeping tabs on your own picks, and bringing to the attention of a poor game runner your hits.

 

So, while trawling through the list, I note that Sean had a hit with Jonathan Myles-Lea who died back at the end of August.

 

No bonuses, leaderboard quite obviously updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

And another one, as Art Metrano I discover was a hit for Baby Blue! 

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated again!

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Deadpooling pick Albert Raboteau including here appears to have died - there's apparently confirmation on FB: 

 

[gcreptile 10,211]

I'd like to have more confirmation. People might just be jumping the gun because they only now realized he's in hospice. I am waiting for a tweet from his daughter, Emily.

[gcreptile 10,211]

Though I guess it's true:

 

[YoungWillz 18,948]

10 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Though I guess it's true:

 

A massive punt on getting a QO here - it's another Joker for you if he hits.

[gcreptile 10,211]

Eminent black historian, I'm counting on the Guardian! But it's a backlog obit, probably.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Robert Fyfe takes the low road, supping the last of the wine and reunited with his battling on screen bits of stuff who hastened off before him.

 

Surprisingly, a unique for Bibliogryphon, who plays a Red Joker and gains the Joker bonus of 50 Additional Points. Pushes him up the leaderboard a bit, which has been updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Well, getting this out of the way early again. We are reaching the halfway point of the game already, and the relative lack of hits (even though there have been many) can probably be explained by the huge overlap in names who are persistently still living 3 months in! Anything that keeps the workload down...

 

Now, if anyone wants points they think they should have credited because I haven't picked up on a death, do not hesitate to leave a note at the manager's office!

 

So (dons jester's hat and blacksmith's gloves) let's spin that Card Roulette Wheel:

 

                       

Timestamp: 2021-09-29 23:33:18 UTC

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Dead So Far:

 

Anne Stallybrass - 3 July - Obit

Rick Laird - 4 July - Obit

Stan Swamy - 5 July - Obit

Gillian Sheen Donaldson - 5 July - Obit

Axel Kahn - 6 July

Dilip Kumar - 7 July - Obit

Carlos Reutemann - 7 July - Obit

Jehan Sadat - 9 July - Obit

Ernie Moss - 11 July - Obit

Renee Simonot - 11 July - Obit

Mick Bates - 12 July - Obit

Edwin Edwards - 12 July - Obit

Paul Orndorff - 12 July - Obit

Gary Corbett - 14 July - Obit

Mary Ward - 19 July - Obit

Brian Henderson - 5 August - Obit

Gertrude Annie Kingston - ? August 2021

Jaan Kaplinski - 8 August

Patricia Hitchcock - 9 August - Obit

Gerd Muller - 15 August - Obit

Paul Mitchell III - 15 August - Obit

Sir Michael Cullen - 19 August - Obit

Sandra Richardson - 25 August - Obit

Jonathan Myles-Lea - 25 August - Obit

Michael Constantine - 31 August - Obit

Mikis Theodorakis - 2 September - Obit

Sarah Harding - 5 September - Obit

Carl Bean - 7 September - Obit

Amy Winifred Hawkins - 8 September - Obit

Art Metrano - 8 September - Obit

Terry Lubbock - 15 September - Obit

Robert Fyfe - 15 September - Obit

Jane Powell - 16 September - Obit

Abdelaziz Bouteflika - 17 September - Obit

Albert J Raboteau III - 18 September

Jimmy Greaves - 19 September - Obit

Greg Gilbert - 30 September - Obit

Bernard Tapie - 3 October - Obit

Budge Patty - 3 October - Obit

Nadia Chaudhri - 5 October - Obit

Granville Adams - 10 October - Obit

Ruthie T(h)ompson - 10 October - Obit

Ally McLaws - 15 October - Obit

Maire Mhac an tSaoi - 16 October

Betty Lynn - 16 October - Obit

Denise Bryer - 16 October - Obit

James Michael Tyler - 24 October - Obit

 

gcreptile: 969 Points (Swamy, Laird; Bates; Richardson; Bean; Lubbock; Chaudhri; McLaws) (Sub: Kumar [5 Diamonds]; Tyler [5 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [4]; Sep [K])

 

Cards Played:  

 

Captain Chorizo: 964 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Laird; Orndorff; Cullen; Harding; Lubbock; Tapie; Tyler) (Sub: Henderson [3 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [J]; Sep [8])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Perhaps: 787 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Sadat; Orndorff; Harding; Lubbock; Gilbert) (Sub: Swamy [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [4]; Aug [2]; Sep [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

An Fear Beag: 783 Points (Kumar; Muller; Cullen; Harding; Greaves; Tapie; Tyler) (Sub: P. Mitchell [6 Spades]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [Q]; Sep [3])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Death Impends: 684 Points (Kumar; Cullen; Harding; Thompson; McLaws; Tyler) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [5]; Sep [10])

 

Cards Played: 

 

msc: 638 Points (Laird; Bates; Theodorakis; Harding; Lubbock; McLaws) (Sub: Orndorff [10 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [Q]; Sep [5])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Baby Blue: 634 Points (Reutemann; Edwards; Corbett; Harding; Constantine; Metrano) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [J]; Sep [4])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Salmon Mousse: 626 Points (Reutemann; Orndorff; Henderson; Muller; Harding; Tyler) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [4]; Sep [10])

 

Cards Played:  

 

JoeMoneypenny: 565 Points (Sheen; Reutemann; Muller; Bouteflika; Lynn) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [3]; Sep [2])

 

Cards Played:  

 

Banana: 551 Points (Kumar: Laird; Corbett; Harding; Lubbock) (Sub: McLaws [5 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [A]; Sep [6])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Joey Russ: 537 Points (Laird; Harding; Bean; Lubbock; McLaws) (Sub: Cullen [2 Diamonds]; Gilbert [8 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [8]; Sep [Q])

 

Cards Played: 

 

theoldlady: 529 Points (Muller; Cullen; Harding; Bouteflika; Adams) (Sub: Gilbert [Q Hearts]) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [9]; Sep [5])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Caleb H: 455 Points (Simonot; Ward; Harding; Tapie) (Sub: Hitchcock [K Clubs]) (MD: Jul [6]; Aug [A]; Sep [2])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Grim Up North: 431 Points (Cullen; Harding; Lubbock; Gilbert) (Sub: Moss [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [6]; Sep [7])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Bibliogryphon: 391 Points (Greaves; Fyfe; Bryer) (Sub: Stallybrass [3 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [K]; Sep [A])

 

Cards Played: 

Yorkshire Banker: 337 Points (Ward; Harding; Gilbert) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [10]; Sep [K])

 

Cards Played: 

 

DeathByArsenic: 237 Points (Harding; Bouteflika) (Sub: Lynn [7 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [Q]; Sep [9])

 

Cards Played: 

Great Uncle Bulgaria: 232 Points (Hawkins; Greaves) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [K]; Sep [A])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Toast: 232 Points (Lubbock; Gilbert) (Sub: Greaves [3 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [7]; Sep [9])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Sean: 219 Points (Cullen; Myles-Lea) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [3]; Sep [4])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Torva Messor: 218 Points (Simonot; Patty) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [8]; Sep [7])

 

Cards Played: 

 

GuyFromFuture: 136 Points (Powell) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [Q]; Sep [J])

 

Cards Played: 

 

YoungWillz: 126 Points (Greaves) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [10]; Sep [J])

 

Cards Played: 

 

Gooseberry Crumble: 29 Points (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [9]; Sep [8])

[YoungWillz 18,948]

No more Delays, as Greg Gilbert succumbs to cancer, leaving some players here Nearer Than Heaven to bumping up the leaderboard.

 

A hit for Yorkshire Banker, Toast, Perhaps and Grim Up North.

 

Bonus: Grim Up North plays A Clubs - 5 Additional Points.

 

Subs: 

 

theoldlady draws Queen of Hearts for 12 Points added.

Joey Russ draws 8 Diamonds for 8 Points added.

 

Leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

I will add before I forget that Perhaps takes the lead from Captain Chorizo, becoming a tussle between our last two winners.

 

But we are only halfway. Anything is possible.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

He may have been no saint Bernard, but the old French politician and billionaire (variously described as eclectic and scandal ridden) is dead.

 

It's a Tapie ending for Caleb H, An Fear Beag and Captain Chorizo.

 

Bonus: An Fear Beag makes a pair of Kings for 10 Additional Points.

 

Captain Chorizo re-takes the lead he lost a few days ago.

 

Leaderboard updated.

[gcreptile 10,211]

"Meh" obit for Nadia Chaudhri:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nadia-chaudhri-beloved-montreal-neuroscientist-220116623.html

[YoungWillz 18,948]

gcreptile has a unique hit with Chaudhri.

 

With a Canadian. 

 

With an academic. 

 

With a little bit of blooming luck I'd say. 

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

[gcreptile 10,211]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

gcreptile has a unique hit with Chaudhri.

 

With a Canadian. 

 

With an academic. 

 

With a little bit of blooming luck I'd say. 

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

A very rare case of a notable person getting more notable with her illness AND someone guessing that this was going to happen.

A bit like my DDP pick Emma Hannigan a few years ago. Happens rarely. The timing for Mrs. Chaudhri was just a little less optimal.

 

Edit: Still, without that Albert Raboteau obit, the lead, and probably the win eludes me.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Budge Patty serves up a unique hit for Torva Messor, unfortunately it's not an ace: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10074351/Budge-Patty-1950-Wimbledon-Roland-Garros-champ-dies-97.html

 

Shuffles up from just inside the baseline.

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Granville Adams has died. Arif is a departure. 

 

A unique for theoldlady.

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Death Impends must be Happy. Perservering for years on this game with Ruthie Thompson or Tompson, not Bashful that the Docs couldn't save her, so we all feel Dopey, or at least at this time of night Sleepy. Bugger it, I'm done, make up your own for the other dwarves!

 

A unique hit, verging on a low straight but not quite there.

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Journalist McLaws was a grab for a few players.

 

On the road with Ally's Army were gcreptile, msc, Death Impends and Joey Russ.

 

Bonuses:

 

gcreptile plays a Lemmy (the Ace of Spades, the Ace of Spades) - 5 Points. Makes a Pair of As - 10 Points, Also makes Two Pair of As and Js - 15 Points and Two Pair of As and Qs - 15 Points - Total - 45 Additional Points.

 

Banana had McLaws as a sub and draws 5 Diamonds for 5 Points added.

 

gcreptile now takes the helm atop the leaderboard, which has been updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Well, hello Thelma Lou, goodbye beating heart.

 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/betty-lynn-dies-thelma-lou-195244001.html

 

Betty Lynn, one of the last surviving adult actors from The Andy Griffith Show a hit for Joe Moneypenny.

 

No bonuses.

 

Also a sub for Death By Arsenic, who draws 7 Diamonds for 7 Points added.

 

Leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

Mid-October, and the hits keep coming.

 

Denise Bryer has been one of those picks Bibliogryphon has stuck with through thin and thin, and now gets the thick end of an unique hit.

 

No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

[YoungWillz 18,948]

So much for my early night.

 

I have a shower to get, then I'll update.