Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Liverpool Day 2 - Final

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Final table cash prize monies

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 23:30 by Reporter

1st – £36,950
2nd – £24,000
3rd – £14,000
4th – £9,000
5th – £6,000
6th – £4,750
7th – £3,750
8th – £3,000
9th – £2,500

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Wass Shahid doubles up

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 23:07 by Reporter

Wass Shahid goes all in for 70K pre-flop with 10 8. G Rodger calls with A 6. The board goes Q Q K 6 10. The river saves Shahid and he doubles up to 130K.

Related Tags: G Rodger, Wass Shahid

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More chips for Ford

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:53 by Reporter

We have seen some unusual folds here today and we’ve just had another. Wass Shahid had 120,000 in front of him and raised from mid position to 49,500, leaving just 70,000 behind. A re-raise came in from Zachary Ford to 110,000 and everybody else scarpers. Shahid takes little time in also releasing his hand and he is now on the critical list

Related Tags: Wass Shahid, Zachary Ford

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Level up

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:47 by Reporter

The blinds are now 6k/12k with a running ante of 1k.

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Mahargh wins a small pot with bullets

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:43 by Reporter

Saleh Mahargh called on the button, Wass Shahid folded the small blind and “Skullman” Gerald David declined his option in the big blind. “Skullman” checked a flop of T 9 8 and Mahargh bet 30k. “Skullman” called. The turn was the K and “Skullman” checked once again. Mahargh, who had “Skullman” well covered, moved all-in and “Skullman” quickly folded. Mahargh tabled A A. Dangerously but pofitably played!

Related Tags: Saleh Mahargh, "Skullman" Gerald David

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Rodger the Dodger

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:34 by Reporter

Saleh Mahargh raised to 28k in early position and it was folded to short-stacked G Rodger in the big blind. He pushed all-in for a further 10k and Mahargh called. A 7 for Rodger, 2 2 for Mahargh. The board fell 9 J 8 A 5 and Rodger survived.

Related Tags: G Rodger, Saleh Mahargh

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Ford gets some back

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:24 by Reporter

After Zachary Ford raises to 22,000 from early position it folds round to Gerald David in the big blind who bumps it up to 78,000.
Ford takes a while but eventually moves all in and the decision is back on David. He’s committed nearly a third of his stack with this re-raise and has about 180,000 back but decides there is a better time for his chips to go in and folds.

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Mahargh Double-Up

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:19 by Reporter

On a flop of 3 10 3 Saleh Mahargh moves all-in for 118300 and after a while is called by Ben Chrisholm (chip leader).

Mahargh tables 10 3 for the full house while Chrisholm shows K 10 for two-pair.

A K on the turn builds up some pressure but a 5 ensures that Mahargh doubles up to around 300,000.

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Early action

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:15 by Reporter

Our first bit of serious action at the final table sees Alistair Findlay raise to 29,000 (blinds are 4,000/8,000) and Zachary Ford immediately to his left re-raises to 70,000.
Everyone else folds and it doesn’t take Findlay long to announce an all in.
Ford has been quite aggressive and folds his pocket tens face up, perhaps to show the rest of the table that he’s not just making a move with trash.

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Final table players and chipcounts.

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 22:05 by Reporter

Seat 1: Alistair Findlay – 263300
Seat 2: Zachary Ford – 439300
Seat 3: Lee Birchall – 352600
Seat 4: Luke Abolins – 219900
Seat 5: G Rodger – 60600
Seat 6: Ben Chisholm – 459600
Seat 7: Saleh Mahargh – 141900
Seat 8: Wass Shahid – 103600
Seat 9: “Skullman” Gerald David – 265600

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