Gala Casinos Poker Tour 2008 Grand Final - Bristol Day 2

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15th finisher

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:28 by Reporter

Matthew Wilson moves in for 28,400 UTG, it’s folded to Rob Akery in the big blind who thinks for a bit before calling with A 5 Wilson turns over K 6 and gets no help.

Matthew Wilson gets £3300 for 15th.

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Rana Gurnam is out

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:27 by Reporter

Gurnam goes all-in for 38K, pre-flop.
Dave Colclough calls and shows A 10.
Gurnam got K J.
The board is A Q 3 2 4 and Colclough makes top pair.
Gurnam finished in 16th place.

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Double up for John Blackburn!

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:25 by Reporter

Blackburn limps on the button, the small blind calls and Dave Colclough raises to 100,000.

Blackburn calls for all his chips (49,000) and tables K J

Colclough shows A 8

Flop: 10 Q A

Turn: 5

10

And Blackburn collects a pot of around 112000.

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Sze-Ching Ngui doubles up and leaves Matthew Wilson with nothing

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:16 by Reporter

Matthew Wilson goes all-in pre-flop for 73K.
Sze-Ching Ngui calls. He almost covers Wilson’s stack.
Ngui shows 7 7.
Wilson is with K 9.
The board is 2 K 7 10 K.
This gives Wilson three of a king but Ngui makes full house.

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Laurence Houghton - Out

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:15 by Reporter

Houghton moves all-in for around 30,000 and is called by Michael Punn, directly to his left.

Punn: KJ
Houghton: 98

Flop: 2 4 K 9 3

Houghton is eliminated in 17th place and gets £3,100 for his troubles.

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An All-in!

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 23:10 by Reporter

Blinds: 3000/6000 Ante: 600

Rakesh Gupta open limps in mid position. Dave Colclough calls as well. Laurence Houghton in the BB checks

The flop: 9 8 6

All players’ check

The turn: 7

Laurence Houghton leads for 9k, Rakesh Gupta calls the 9k, then Dave Colclough announces all in – he covers both of the players’.

Rakesh Gupta thinks for about 4 minutes and eventually makes the call.

Rakesh Gupta: J T for the top straight

Dave Colclough: J T for the top straight, but with a flush draw.

Dave is freerolling the river card which is:

The river: 2

Dave wins with a flush, Rakesh is now out of the tournament in 18th place winning £3000

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Alan Vinson still accumulating

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:55 by Reporter

Two players in the play: Alan Vinson and Rana Gurnham.
The flop is 3 A 9.
Check. Check.
4 comes on the turn.
Vinson bets 6K. Gurnham calls.
7 comes on the river.
Both players check.
Gurnham shows one pair 2 2.
Vinson has 10 9 and takes the pot.

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Bambos is out

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:55 by Reporter

Bambos Charalambos moves in for a total of 80,000+ but it called by the Mad Turk Yucel Eminoglu who has A K and dominates Bambos’ A 3

The board provides no help:

A 6 9
T 6

And Bambos gets his coat. Ever the gentleman, he stops to give me the £20 owed after a bet on the Khan fight before leaving the card room.

He leaves with £3,000 for 19th place. (after the deal)

We are down to 18 players and two tables.

Related Tags: Xanthos Charalambos

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Sze-Ching Ngui collects a nice pot

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:44 by Reporter

Sze-Ching Ngui and Yucel Eminoglu see the turn.
The board is 6 3 2 6.
Eminoglu bets 12K.
Ngui calls almost instantly.
The river brings another 6.
Eminoglu bets 30K.
Ngui insta-calls and shows A 2 – full house.
Eminoglu mucks.

Related Tags: Sze-ching Ngui

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Chris Brice - out

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:41 by Reporter

Blinds: 3000/6000 Ante: 600

Chris Brice open shoves OTB for 29k 47 Joachim Mattson calls. David Maudlin in the BB tanks for a good 4-5 minutes. He eventually folds and the cards are on their backs

Chris Brice: K T

Joachim Mattson: 4 4

The board was: 9 T 5 A 3

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