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And then there were 3

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 01:50 by Reporter

James O’Connell limps UTG for 30,000, Keith Hawkins passes and not for the first time Richard Trigg is keen to get his chips over the bet line, moving all-in for 397,000. James dwells for a while before calling, relieved to see he is dominating with 9 9 to Rick’s 5 5 the board:

A A Q K T

The 9s hold up and Richard Trigg, previously a dominating chip leader, is out in 4th – £9000 better off.

An All-in!

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 00:15 by Reporter

Blinds:10,000/20,000 Ante: 2000

Battle of the blinds. Rick Trigg raises mega short stack Billy Ngo who insta-calls the all-in

Rick Trigg: K 7

Billy Ngo: 6 3

The flop is not a good one for Billy.

A 7 K Which gives Rick two pairs.

The turn brings a: 6 which means Billy Ngo needs another 6 on the river or he’s out!

The river: 4

Billy Ngo is our 7th place finisher and takes home £3750

Trigg back in the game

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 00:12 by Reporter

Tony Caygill makes it 60,000 in early position and it’s passed around to Richard Trigg in the big blind. He shoves for about 100K more and after Tony ascertains what the raise is quickly calls, showing A 9 Trigg is well ahead with J J and his hand holds up:

2 T K T 8

Trigg is back to 340,000

Trigg moves in

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 00:01 by Reporter

Richard Trigg moves in on the cut-off and picks up the not insubstantial blinds and antes – 46,000 in total, to take him upto around 175000.

An All-in!

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 23:58 by Reporter

Blinds: 8,000/16,000 Antes: 1,500

Rick Trigg open raises OTB to 80,000. Its folded to Tony Caygill who flat calls in the BB.

The flop is: 8 7 4

Tony Caygill checks and Rick Trigg bets 95,000. Tony Caygill announces that he is all-in. It will cost Rick around 240,000 more to call – which he does.

Rick Trigg: A 7

Tony Caygill: Q 5

The turn: Q

This card swings the hand into Caygill’s favour; but it also gives Rick Trigg a flush draw.

The river: 5

Tony Caygill wins with two pairs, and is the new chip leader on 556,000

Rick Trigg has about 130,000

Wu takes a stand

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 23:31 by Reporter

Colin Wu is not going to be run over by chip leader Richard Trigg. Trigg raises under the gun to 36,000 and Wu calls from the big blind. The flop comes:

8 A Q and Wu checks. Trigg bets 43,000 and now Colin Wu makes his raise, shoving forward around 120,000 in mostly pink 5000 chips. Trigg throws his cards in without a second thought.

Tony Crolla - Out.

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 22:27 by Reporter

Rick Trigg raises OTB and short stacked Crolla pushes in the SB. Rick calls and shows:

Rick Trigg: K 6

Tony Crolla: A 8

The flop:6 4 2 the turn is a 5 and the river is a blank which means that Tony Crolla is out in 10th place for £2000.

Reyaz Mulla - Out

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 21:44 by Reporter

Reyaz Mulla is out.

Chip leader Richard Trigg open raises UTG and makes it 36k to play. Mulla pushes all in from the SB and Action Man insta-calls.

Mulla: K 9

Richard ‘Action Man’ Trigg: J J

The flop was an interesting : A 4 2 Giving Mulla a flush draw The turn brings the J giving Trigg trips and the river was the 9 meaning Mulla is out.

Reyaz Mulla collections £1250 for 13th place.

No sooner posted than out of date

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 21:32 by Reporter

Trigg picks up another pot taking him to 570,000 chips!

Trigg storming away

Sun, Oct 26th 2008, 21:29 by Reporter

Richard Trigg is picking up plenty more than his fare share of pots and is getting close to half a million chips, with about twice as many chips as anyone else.