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Anthony Arlot is the Winner

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 04:03 by Reporter

Anthony Arlot wins Gala Casino British Poker Tour 2008 Teesside Main Event!
The money went in on the river, with a board showing:

10 4 8 3 6

O’Connell moves his chips in with 92 and is called by Arlot with 10 6

Arlot wins!

Well done to Anthony Arlot and a big thank you to the Gala Casino staff for putting on a fantastic leg here at Teeside.

The final leg of the Gala Casinos Poker Tour will be held on the 1st – 7th of December, stay tuned!

Chip Count Update

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 03:41 by Reporter

Anthony Arlot at 900,000 to James O’Connell’s 1.2M

An All-in!

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 03:26 by Reporter

Blinds: 25,000/50,000 Ante: 5,000

In a limped pot pre-flop, both players’ see a J K 7 flop

Jim bets 60,000 and Anthony Arlot calls.

The turn: 2

Both players’ check.

The river Q : Jim O’connell checks and Anthony Arlot bets 200,000.

Jim tanks for a good few minutes and announces he’s all in.

Arlot insta-calls; we have a showdown!

Jim O’connell: Q 7 for two pair

Anthony Arlot: A T for a river straight!

Arlot is the new chip leader!

O'Connell in the driving seat

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 03:19 by Reporter

He is grinding down Arlot at the moment and now has 1.4M to Arlot’s 700K

A tense finale

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 03:05 by Reporter

Anthony Arlot has 950,000 with James O’Connell a marginal leader with 1,200,000.

Keith Hawkins - Out.

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 02:45 by Reporter

Keith Hawkins gets his money in with Q, 10 against the pocket 9’s of James O’Connell.

Hawkins fails to catch and is eliminated from the tournament and takes home £15,000

Board: J 8 4 3 K

We are now heads up!

Anthony Arlot VS James O’Connell

Arlot doubles up

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 02:38 by Reporter

James O’Connell makes it 80,000 on the button, Arlot reraises to 150,000 after Hawkins passes. O’Connell then moves in and Arlot calls.

O’Connell shows A 5 and is in trouble against Anthony Arlot’s AQ. The board changes nothing:

T 7 7 9 2 and the queen kicker plays. Anthony Arlot is upto 1.2 Million, James O’Connell is down to around 400,000.

3 way flop

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 02:35 by Reporter

Almost…. Anthony Arlot limps on the button for 40,000, but James O’Connell isn’t going to play ball and raises it upto 150,000. Hawkins on the big blind passes quickly, and Arlot doesn’t take much longer to relinquish his own, voluntary, investment.

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.

Keith may have the hump

Mon, Oct 27th 2008, 01:24 by Reporter

James O’Connell moves in for exactly 200,000 on the button and Keith Hawkins moves in over the top from the small blind. Richard Trigg passes from the big blind, accidently flipping over T 3 in the process. It was a good move by Keith as his A 4 is just about ahead of James’ K J even before the two dead hearts are taken into account, unfortunately for him the flop put him well behind and things didn’t improve from there:

K 9 3 Q 9

James is back up over 400,000.