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R Jones is out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:41 by Reporter

R Jones goes all-in for 7000 on the flop of 4 9 6.
D Garden calls him straight away and shows a pair of Jacks.
Jones reveals 7 9.
The board is completed with K 2. There’s no improvement for Jones and he’s gone.

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Triple-up for Trigger.

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:37 by Reporter

R Trigger moves all in pre-flop for 7300 and gets two callers.

The flop comes J A 2

One of his opponents (Terry Waldon) moves all-in and the other folds.

Waldon shows pocket Kings while Trigger tables A8 for a better pair.

The turn and river of 4 5 does nothing to help Waldon and gives Trigger a pot of around 24,000.

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All In Jimmy!

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:28 by Reporter

Man giant Jimmy Morgan has been all in the previous 7 hands and has been called in 4 of them. He has won each all in, and is now on 11,000 – go Jimmy!

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Double-up for Swan

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:25 by Reporter

D Swan’s Aces crushed the pocket 9’s of K Hutchinson when he flopped a set.

The final board read: A J 6 4 8

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Prize Breakdown

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:19 by Reporter

We have the confirmed prize breakdown:

1st – £35,000
2nd – £21,000
3rd – £13,000
4th – £9,000
5th – £6,300
6th – £4,800
7th – £3,750
8th – £3,000
9th – £2,400
10th – £2,000
11th – £1,700
12th – £1,450
13th – £1,250
14th – £1,100
15th – £1000
16th – £950
17th – £900
18th – £850
19th – £800
20th – £750

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Rakesh Gupta - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:13 by Reporter

His pocket 8’s were beaten by Kevin Wallace’s AJ

All the money went in pre-flop and Wallace hit an Ace on the flop, Rakesh failed to improve and was knocked out from the tournament.

Final board: 4 A 10 10 7

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Level Up.

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:10 by Reporter

The blinds are now 300/600 with an ante of 50

The average stack is now 17,000

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Simon Mairs - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 21:00 by Reporter

He was knocked out by John Morgan’s AK while holding AJ

Final board: 5 8 6 7 10

Earlier, Morgan was down to only 400 chips. He has made an incredible comeback and is now back to the starting stack of 10,000.

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Gregory Garrett is out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 20:48 by Reporter

He’s been eliminated.

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Joe Beevers - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 20:48 by Reporter

Joe Beevers has been eliminated from the tournament.

His two-pair, made on the turn was beat by a backdoor flush draw that hit the river.

Final board: 9 10 5 8 3

Joe was holding 5,8 while his opponent had K J

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