Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Liverpool Day 1A

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That's more like it

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 18:38 by Reporter

A bit of a slow start saw most of the field still in contention at the break but there have been a few quick eliminations at this new level. Michael Clay, Jehan Zaib, Andy Bradshaw and Stephen Holden have all been seen busting out of the tournament area in the past few minutes

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Double-Up for Lynne Beaumont

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 18:20 by Reporter

Lynne Beaumont doubles up with Kings against her opponents AK for a pot of around 14,000

Beaumont got her final 3450 chips in on the turn.

Final board: Q K J 4 Q

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Gary Bowden Doubles Up.

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 18:06 by Reporter

A short stacked Bowden gets all his chips in with AJ and is called by Alan Vinnicombe with A10.

Bowden avoids a 10 and doubles-up to 3500.

Final board: 5 2 7 k 4

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Play resumes

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 17:58 by Reporter

The players are now back at their seats with the blinds currently at 100/200

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Break time

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 17:16 by Reporter

Players are going for a short break which will allow us to get some accurate chip counts for you.

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Owens runs a big bluff

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 17:10 by Reporter

Terry Owens moves all in on the river with 4 9 3 4 8 showing.
After Zachary Ford folds Owens shows 7 5 for the bluff and his read that Ford can’t possibly be strong enough to call is correct. You’ve got to get all the chips somehow.

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More action at table 1

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 16:56 by Reporter

As we approach table 1 there are plenty of chips on the table with the board reading 4 10 6 5 A
David Smith has bet 1600 but Anthony Rosario has raised to 5725 leaving Smith scratching his head. The call is eventually made and Rosario flips over 9 K for the nuts.
Smith loses a big pot but he you can’t blame him for making the call – he had 8 J

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Table 5 action.

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 16:56 by Reporter

Two players got to the turn of 5 with a flop of J 10 10

David McLauchlan bets out 2,000 into a pot of 3,000 and is called by Terry Owens.

The river gives them a Q

McLauchlan bets out another 3,000 and Owens quickly folds. A pot of 10,000 is pushed to McLauchlan, who shows everyone Q Q

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Welcome to the table

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 16:44 by Reporter

Anthony Kennedy has recently joined the tournament as an alternate and quickly found himself put to the test. After Kennedy raised pre-flop Colin Wu moved all in, leaving Kennedy with a difficult early decision. After letting out a sigh Kennedy folds pocket queens face up and preserves his tournament life.

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Zachary takes down a nice pot.

Fri, Sep 19th 2008, 16:39 by Reporter

Zachary Ford bets out 1,500 into a pot of 3,000 on a board of 8 4 K 4 6 and after a while, is called by David Maudlin.

Zachary shows pocket Kings for the Full House and Maudlin mucks his hand.

Zachary Ford scoops in a pot of 6,000.

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