Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Liverpool Day 2 - Final

News & Reports

Eglintine out

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:43 by Reporter

Carl Eglintine has been eliminated by Wass Shaheed. Details unknown.

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G Rodger doubles up

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:40 by Reporter

Bryan Donovan bets 6K pre-flop. Rodger calls. The flop is A 7 6 Donovan bets 6K more. Rodger’s raises to 18K is followed by Donovan’s call. The turn is 8. Donovan bets 25K. Rodger thinks for a sec and goes all-in with the remaining 50K chips. Donovan calls without hesitation. The river is 5. Rodger reveals 9 8 and Donovan is disappointed that his A A wasn’t good enough.

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Larry skint

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:36 by Reporter

Larry Bale moves the last of his chips in and sees Bryan Donovan call from the button. It’s not a huge amount more for Peter Ioannou to call in the big blind and he’s feeling adventurous – he calls blind.
Donovan and Ioannou check it down all the way on a 2 3 Q 4 9 board.
Bale has missed with his A 9, as has Donovan with A 10 so Ioannou checks his cards for the first time….....4 6 is good enough and we hear “Bown chicka wow wow” resound across the casino floor again. Larry Bale makes his exit.

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Ryder cut

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:27 by Reporter

Zachary Ford raised in early position and Raymond Ryder moved all-in on the button. It was folded back to Ford who eventually called. Ryder had A Q and, much to everyone’s surprise, Ford could show nothing better than A 6. However, it proved a shrewd investment as the board ran out T 3 6 K 8 sending the unfortunate Ryder to the rail.

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Hanninen Finnished

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:16 by Reporter

Niko Hanninen moves all in for 35,500 and Skull Man Gerald David thinks a little before calling on the button.

Both blinds fold and Hanninen shows that he was just trying to take down the money on the table with K 9 Skull Man is well ahead with Q K but he doesn’ t like the flop of 3 9 6
The turn and river are better for him though – J and 3 give him the flush and Hanninen is out.

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McWilliam busts

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:13 by Reporter

Big pot on table 3. We join the action with 50k in the middle and a board of T 6 2 8. Bryan Donovan checks and Ian McWilliam bets 15k. Donovan limit raises to 30k and McWilliam calls. Donovan checks when the 5 hits the river and McWilliam moves all-in for around 40k. Quick call by Donovan and he tables 8 8 for a turned set. McWilliam can only muster one pair with 7 7 and hits the rail in 20th place.

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Still Heer

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:00 by Reporter

Pav Heer moved all-in for 16200 in early position and was called by Zachary Ford in middle position. There were no more takers. A Q for Heer, A J for Ford. The board fell Q A K 7 3 and Heer more than doubled up.

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Bubble cash

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 20:00 by Reporter

The players have agreed to take £550 off the top and award it to the player finishing 21st. This means the bubble boy (or girl) will get their entry fee back.

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Level up

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 19:57 by Reporter

Blinds are now 3,000/6,000 with a 600 ante

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Birchall sucks out and rubs down

Sun, Sep 21st 2008, 19:28 by Reporter

A huge pot has just played out on table 1. With 20k in the middle and Q T 9 on the board, Luke Abolins bet 7k. Mustafa Sepanji called and Gregory Garrett raised to 37k. Lee Birchall, who had everyone else covered, thought for a while and then asked Garrett how much he had behind. The answer was 90k. Birchall then pushed all-in. Abolins and Sepanji withdrew and Garrett carefully considered his options before calling with T 9 for bottom two pair. This was comfortably ahead of Birchall’s A 3. The turn A gave Birchall extra outs but he didn’t need them since the river 4 made the flush he was seeking. Birchall and his hangers-on started shouting and screaming before Birchall trained his sights on the hapless Garrett, berating him for calling and informing him he was a fool and had just cost himself at least £1,000 in prize money. It seemed not to matter to Birchall’s argument that he was a 2/1 underdog in the hand, but there are many players to whom odds matter little. Garrett left the table in dignified silence.

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