Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Liverpool Day 2 - Final

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"Skullman" claims his first scalp

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 15:24 by Reporter

Anthony Kevan raised to 4000 on the button and “Skullman” Gerald David moved all-in. Kevan was covered and called for his remaining 20000 with Q 8. He needed help as the “Skullman” had overcards: A K. A flop of T 7 6 was unhelpful to Kevan and the A on the turn was even more so. The irrelevant river was the 6 and Kevan hit the rail.

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Brownson out

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 15:19 by Reporter

Stuart Brownson has just been eliminated at the hands of Peter Ioannou. Brownson might have thought that the jack high board was not too threatening for his second pair holding 8 5 but Ioannou had made the nut straight on the turn and Brownson was drawing dead on the river.
Ioannou scoops in the chips and lets out the familiar “Bowm chicka wow wow” refrain that we have heard regularly over the past couple of days.

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Phen - Out

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 15:10 by Reporter

Chip leader Zachary Ford and H Phen (on the button) both see a flop of 4 3 10, after a couple of big pre-flop bets.

Fords bets out 30,000 then Phen moves all-in for the rest of his chips.

After some thinking, Ford makes the call and Phen turns over pocket 6’s

A shocked Ford tables K 10 and the dealer deals the turn and river.

7 9

Phen is eliminated from the tournament and the chip leader gains another 63700.

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Eglintine on rollercoaster

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 15:09 by Reporter

Lynne Beaumont moved all-in for 21300 from the cut-off. It was folded to big blind Carl Eglintine who called with J J, which was racing against Beaumont’s A K. The first two cards out were K K followed by T 8 3. Beaumont doubled up and left Eglintine crippled on 4600.

It was folded to him in the small blind on the next hand and he made the obligatory all-in move with his microstack. Big blind Stuart Brownson called without looking. A 6 for Eglintine, K 5 for Brownson. The board ran out 9 7 4 2 3 and Eglintine more than doubled up (thanks to the antes) with the nut flush.

On the next hand he moved all-in for 10200 and this time had enough chips to pick up the blinds uncontested.

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The prizes

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 15:04 by Reporter

This is what they are all playing for today:

1st – £37,500 + a seat at the grand final event in Bristol worth £1500
2nd – £24,000 + a £500 seat at the Teesside main event
3rd – £14,000 + a £500 seat at the Teesside main event
4th – £9,000 + a $320 ticket for the Gala online $150k gtd event
5th – £6,000 + a $320 ticket for the Gala online $150k gtd event
6th – £4,750
7th – £3,750
8th – £3,000
9th – £2,500
10th – £2,200
11th – £1,900
12th – £1,700
13th – £1,500
14th – £1,400
15th – £1,300
16th – £1,200
17th – £1,150
18th – £1,100
19th – £1,050
20th – £1,000

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We're about to start

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 14:53 by Reporter

Players will be sitting down to blinds of 800/1600 with a 200 ante. Tables will be nine handed so there will be 4200 in the pot before a card is dealt. We can expect to see some of the smaller stacks having to get it all in pretty early on.

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Welcome to the final day

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 14:45 by Reporter

Today is the final day of Gala Casino British Poker Tour Liverpool Main Event. We will be reporting all the action on these pages: chip counts, pictures and news.

The play will start at 3PM.

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