Gala Casinos Poker Tour - Teesside Day 2 - Final

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Sam Morris - Out.

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 17:51 by Reporter

On an A 2 4 flop, Sam Morris & Stephen George get their money in the middle.

Morris: AK

George: AJ

Turn: 9

River J

George spikes a Jack on the river to knock Morris out of the tournament.

Pot size: 80,000

Blinds Up

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 17:50 by Reporter

Back from the dinner break the blinds are 3000/6000 with a 600 ante.

6 Players In 6 Figures

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 17:14 by Reporter

Our current chip leaders:

1 Paul Hambleton 129,100
2 Richard Trigger 126,500
3 Charles Denton 119,600
4 John Bousfield 115,500
5 Keith Hawkins 108,000
6 Tony Caygill 100,100

Dinner Break

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 17:13 by Reporter

Players are on a 50 minute dinner break, play will resume at around 5.45pm.

Payouts

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:56 by Reporter

A reminder of the payouts for this tournament, inclusive of the £5000 added by Gala Casinos:

1st – £35,000 (+ VIP Package to 2008 GCBPT Grand Final (expenses to cover travel & accommodation)
2nd – £21,000 (+Bristol GCBPT £500+£50 Seat)
3rd – £13,000 (+Bristol GCBPT £500+£50 Seat )
4th – £9,000 (+Free Entry into $150,000 guaranteed ‘Big Deal’ tournament on galapoker.co.uk)
5th – £6,300 (+Free Entry into $150,000 guaranteed ‘Big Deal’ tournament on galapoker.co.uk)
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

As if the bookies need luck

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:51 by Reporter

Alex Torrance moves all in on a K Q 5 flop and Tony Crolla dwells before calling with KQ. Alex shows KJ for a totally dominated hand only for running 5s to come on the turn and river and the pot is chopped.

Related Tags: Tony Crolla, Alex Torrance

One for Ngo.

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:49 by Reporter

After a raise in late position to 11,500 by D Kay, Billy Ngo put in a re-raise of 34500 total.

Kay thinks for while and folds. Ngo’s stack is growing fast.

For those who fall short of the money...

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:47 by Reporter

and indeed those who fancy spinning up their winnings, the gaming floor awaits..

Wright beats the blinds.

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:33 by Reporter

S Wright manages to triple up when he moves in for 7,500 and gets called by the small and big blind.

It’s checked down to the river where Wright’s Ace high is good enough to take down the pot.

Board: J 5 7 8 3

Monster Pot

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 16:29 by Reporter

Richard Trigg makes it 8,300 to play under the gun + 1. S Wright shoves in for 56,900 presumably trying to cash in his J J for what’s already in the pot but doesn’t count on Reyaaz Mulla waking up in the big blind with A K He thinks for a couple of minutes before eventually pushing his stack forward, slightly less than that of Wright’s, and Trigg quickly folds. The board: