Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Teesside Day 1B

News & Reports

David Eastwood - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 17:49 by Reporter

His pocket Jacks ran into Kings and was made much worse when another King came on the flop.

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Dinner Break.

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 17:15 by Reporter

The players are now on a 45min dinner break.

When they get back, the blinds will be 200-400.

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Ouch!

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 17:01 by Reporter

Steven Liu raises UTG and K Hutchinson flats in the SB. The flop:

(700) 9 6 8

Liu checks, K Hutchison fires 500, Liu check raises to 1500, Hutchinson tanks and then calls. The turn:

(3700) 4 Liu insta-bets 3500, Hutchinson tanks for about 3 minutes and finally calls. The river

(10700) 6 Liu checks and Hutchinson insta-shoves all in. Liu is noticeably disgusted with the river card and throws his cards face up into the muck. He had 7 5 for the flopped straight.

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Finn Stewart Gets Value On The River

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 16:30 by Reporter

R Lewis min raises UTG. Its folded around to Finn Stewart in the BB who calls the min raise. The flop:

(250) 8 J J

Both players’ check. The turn:

Q

Both players’ check again. The river is:

5

Finn bets 500 and R Lewis calls !!!

Stewart Finn shows: Q J

R Lewis mucks his hand.

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Matthew Frankland - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 16:29 by Reporter

Left with only 450 chips from the previous hand – Matthew Frankland moves his chips in and is Called by A Virabi who tables his pocket Queens. Frankland shows K 4

Frankland fails to hit and is eliminated from the tournament.

The final board was: 5 2 K 6 Q

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Coooooooooooooooooooooler

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 16:26 by Reporter

Matthew Frankland open raises in mid position and makes it 350 to play. R Jones flat calls in the BB. The flop

(725) 9 7 K

R Jones checks and Matthew Frankland c-bets 400, R Jones calls. The turn:

(1525) A

R Jones checks again, Matthew Frankland bets 900, R Jones check raises, Frankland re-raises and they are both all in.

R Jones: 7 7

Matthew Frankland: A K

Frankland has 4 outs and misses when the river is:

5

R Jones is up to around 20,000

Matthew Frankland is ultra short-stacked, having just 450 chips left.

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P Gibson - Out

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 16:15 by Reporter

Our first player out of day 1b is P Gibson.

He was knocked out on the second level of play.

107 players remain.

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Level Up.

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 16:00 by Reporter

The Blinds are now 50/100.

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Battle of the Champion's

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 15:58 by Reporter

Former Gala Poker Tour Champion’s Neil Blatchley and Rupinder Bedi are involved in a pot.

Rupinder Bedi raises 175 utg. Its folded around to Neil who’s in the sb and he flat calls, the BB folds. The flop is:

(400) T 8 3

Neil checks and Rupinder bets 250, Neil insta-calls. The turn is:

(900) 6

Neil checks and as does Rupinder. The river is:

(900) 4

Bother players’ check and Neil’s 9 9 wins the pot.

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3 Way Action

Sat, Oct 25th 2008, 15:58 by Reporter

Maria Demetriou open min raises otb . Tom Johnstone in the SB makes it 300 to play.M Sepnaji in the BB smoth calls the 300, Maria tanks for a bit and calls the 200 more. The flop:

(900) K 4 K

Tom Johnstone leads for 600, M Sepnaji calls the 600, Maria folds. The turn:

(2100) 8

Tom Johnstone bets 1000 and again M Sepnaji flats. The river:

(4100) 3

Both players’ check.

Tom Johnstone shows: Q Q

M Sepnaji mucks.

Tom Johnstone up to around 15,000

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