Gala Casinos Poker Tour 2008 Grand Final - Bristol Day 1A

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Another out

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:50 by Reporter

Late arrival Craig Brignall is the fourth elimination is over 3 hours of play.

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Rupinder Bedi makes the call...

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:50 by Reporter

Blinds: 100/200

On a board that read: 8 4 6 9 6

Marko Clare value bets 4000 into approximately a 10k pot.

Rupinder tanks for a good 3-4 minutes and then makes the call

Marko flips over 7 5 for the straight.

Rupinder Bedi mucks his hand.

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Big action on table 1!

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:41 by Reporter

It’s 3 handed on a flop of 9 7 Q

Sze-Ching Ngui bets out 1,000, Adam Vinson raises to 3300 and this is called by Robert Price.

Sze-Ching then moves in for around 6,000, this makes Adam Vinson fold and Robert Price makes the call.

Sze-Ching shows pocket 9’s for the set while Robert Price shows 7’s for an inferior set.

The turn and river cards of an 8 and a King gives Sze-Ching a pot of around 19500.

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Level Up.

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:40 by Reporter

We are now into the 4th level of play.

The blinds are now 100/200

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Whitmore With More

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:37 by Reporter

Richard Whitmore limps under the gun, James Reid and Vicky Coren follow him into the pot and Marko Clare checks his option in the big blind.

The flop comes Q K 4 and Clare checks, Whitmore bets 600 and is called only by Clare. The turn is 7 and again Clare lets Whitmore do the betting, check calling a 1200 bet. The river, 9 sees Clare check once more and Whitmore bet an inviting 1500 into a now substantial pot. Marko Clare thinks for a long while looking like he’s about to fold, but in the end makes a very reluctant call.

Whitmore flips 4s for the flopped set, Clare flashes a king before mucking and Whitmore takes the 7275 pot.

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3 Way Action

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:26 by Reporter

David Furnival opens for 700 in mid position. Banry Boatman calls the raise OTB. R Knut squeezes in the BB and makes it 2500 to play. David Furnival then re-raises and makes it 5200 to play. Barny quickly folds and its back on R Knut who then says another raise and makes it 15000 to play.

David Furnival tanks for a good couple of minutes, then asks if “we” are racing, and then finally folds.

R Knut shows the table K K David Furnival instantly says that he had “QQ”

Barny said he had two red Tens.

Related Tags: Barny Boatman

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Matt Dale takes a sick beat.

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:13 by Reporter

Matt Dale and Ashley Hames get their chips in.

It’s Matt Dale’s pocket 10’s against the AQ of Hames.

Flop: 4 10 Q

Turn: 4

River: Q

Matt Dale takes a sick beat, but as always, looks in high-sprits.

Related Tags: Matt Dale

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Burke doubles up

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:09 by Reporter

A short stacked Kenny Burke finds a pair of aces in the hole and doubles up against his opponents two pair, with the board pairing to counterfeit them.

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Striched up

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 19:03 by Reporter

John Strich bets out 1000 with trip tens on a two tone board, only for Vicky Coren to move all in for 9000 more. Strich obviously makes the call and Vicky makes her flush on the turn.

John Stritch is out.

Related Tags: Vicky Coren

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LOL DONKAMENTS

Thu, Dec 4th 2008, 18:59 by Reporter

Blinds: 75/150

Battle of the blinds. P De-mel raises in the small blind and makes it 450 to play, Henning Granstad re-raises in the BB and makes it 1200 play. De-mel tanks for a bit and gives it plenty of ‘speech play’. i.e saying that if an Ace doesnt come he will go in, etc…

The flop: A T 3

Oh noes, the dreaded Ace on the flop. Short-stacked De-mel checks, his stack is about 5k. Henning insta pushes all in, he has De-mel covered. De-mel tanks for a while, asks to see one of Henning’s cards and then disgustedly open folds and shows the table K K

Henning then shows J J and the table bursts out in laughter.

Guess who was the only person not laughing…?

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