Gala Casinos Poker Tour 2008 Grand Final - Bristol Day 2

News & Reports

Chris Brice - out

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

Blinds: 3000/6000 Ante: 600

Chris Brice open shoves OTB for 29k. 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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We're on the bubble

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:39 by Reporter

19 left, 18th gets £3000.

John Blackburn satellited in for £20 in a rebuy tournament. He got busted in the first hand and nearly didn’t rebuy. In the end he did, that was his only rebuy and he didn’t take the add-on. He is now 18 players away from the £85,000 first prize.

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Julian Davies is out

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:37 by Reporter

Julian Davies is a short stack and goes all-in pre-flop for 7600.
Mike Fletcher makes and insta-call and shows A Q.
Davies shows 6 J off.
The board reads Q 7 6 3 A.

Related Tags: Mick Fletcher

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Deal!

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:37 by Reporter

There has been a deal made.

They’ve taken £2,000 off the top for the bubble boy.

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John Blackburn all in

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:33 by Reporter

Laurence Houghton makes it 16,000 to play and John Blackburn moves all in for 30,600 total. Houghton calls and tables A 5, Blackburn has A 8

The board:

7 J J
9 6

Blackburn more than doubles up.

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Rob Akery raises from the cut-off....

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:29 by Reporter

It’s 15,000 to play. Sze-Ching Ngui moves all in from the buttom. Akery doesn’t think long before folding.

Related Tags: Rob Akery, Sze-ching Ngui

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John Blackburn all in

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:27 by Reporter

Blinds: 3000/6000 Ante: 600

Laurence Houghton raises (again!) to 16k in the CO. Mega short stack John Blackburn calls (he only has 14k remaining)

Laurence Houghton: K J

John Blackburn: T 2

9 T 5 A 3 board, means John Blackburn is upto 28,000

Related Tags: Laurence Houghton

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Chipcounts.

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:25 by Reporter

1 Alan Vinson 292,200
2 David Maudlin 213,500
3 Dave Colclough 211,400
4 Richard Haile 203,500
5 Rob Akery 172,600
6 Yucel Eminoglu 170,900
7 Mike Fletcher 158,000
8 Hiu Tran 122,900
9 Charalambos Xanthos 120,900
10 Kevin Parks 113,000
11 Sze-Ching Ngui 112,300
12 Rakesh Gupta 108,500
13 Laurence Houghton 106,100
14 Joacim Mattson 101,600
15 Owen Lock 98,800
16 Matthew Wilson 96,700
17 Michael Punn 79,900
18 Rana Gurnam 68,500
19 Christopher Brice 40,100
20 Julian Davies 40,000
21 John Blackburn 14,800

Related Tags: Xanthos Charalambos, Rob Akery, Dave Colclough, Michael Punn, Alan Vinson, Laurence Houghton

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Play resumes.

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:24 by Reporter

The players are now back from their short break.

The blinds are now 3,000/6,000 with an ante of 600.

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Break.

Sat, Dec 6th 2008, 22:10 by Reporter

The players are now on a short break.

When they get back the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with an ante of 600.

21 players remain.

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