Well, with Southampton, Barcelona, Sheffield, and The Western all providing some hot poker action, it sure was a busy week, and there were quite a few eye-opening hands witnessed.
This week, I've decided to highlight 1 hand from each of these locations, the first being one that I was privelaged to see first hand. I have to confess, I love a bad beat from hell when I'm not the unfortunate victim, and you can't get much more bad beaty than this...
Well, with Southampton, Barcelona, Sheffield, and The Western all providing some hot poker action, it sure was a busy week, and there were quite a few eye-opening hands witnessed.
This week, I've decided to highlight 1 hand from each of these locations, the first being one that I was privelaged to see first hand. I have to confess, I love a bad beat from hell when I'm not the unfortunate victim, and you can't get much more bad beaty than this...
Hand 1
South of England Championships -- Southampton...
All the chips move in on a flop of:
Antony Hughes = 
A Miles (left) = 
Iain Abrahams = 
Miles is the shorstack, then Hughes, with Iain holding the most amount of chips.
Look set in stone with the Ace on the flop, but...
Turn = 
River = 
RIGGED!!!
It wouldn't happen online...
Soon after that Hughes made his exit with A-K v pocket fives. Five on the turn sealed the deal.
Hand 2
World Heads Up Championships - Barcelona...
This was the crucial hand in the final between Paul 'Actionjack' Jackson (left) and young Spaniard Isaac Mayolas. Perhaps an indication that it wasn't to be Paul's night...
Paul bet a flop of 9c 7d 4h. Isaac called.
Paul then also bet the 4d turn, Isaac called once again.
River = 9s.
Isaac leads out for 4,200.
Paul calls and shows pocket queens.
Isaac flips A-9
Hand 3
With just 13 players remaining at the Western, David Lloyd is propelled into third place with the following spot of good fortune.
Two all-ins... Dave Lloyd and Dave Binstock both hold A-9.
The flop sees 1 club and two blanks.
The turn comes a raggy club.
... before the third club on the river hits, giving David Lloyd a club flush.
Particularlry cruel as Binstock needed a top 9 finish to get his his mits on the $8500 package to Turks and the Caicos Islands and this double-up would surely have had his Mrs packing those suitcases.
Hand 4
Sheffield...
Well, seeing as the previous three have centred around outdraws and tough beats, how about a cheeky bluff. This one was reported by our ring-site updater... the one and only Mr tikay Kendall...
"We just saw a quite remarkable hand involving Big Dave Smith and Kaz Kurbi.Dave Smith had raised pre-flop, and Kaz had defended in the small blind.
Flop was....
Kaz checked, Dave Smith bet, Kaz called.
Turn,
As before - Kaz checks, Dave bets, Kaz, after a lengthy dwell, calls.
River....
Kaz now comes out betting, the full 25k+ pot.
Dave dwells too, before saying, 'you must have caught the straight then, I pass'.
At which, Kaz turns over
.....Proper Poker!"
South of England Championships -- Southampton...
All the chips move in on a flop of:
Antony Hughes =
A Miles (left) =
Iain Abrahams =
Miles is the shorstack, then Hughes, with Iain holding the most amount of chips.
Look set in stone with the Ace on the flop, but...
Turn =
River =
RIGGED!!!
It wouldn't happen online...
Soon after that Hughes made his exit with A-K v pocket fives. Five on the turn sealed the deal.
Hand 2
World Heads Up Championships - Barcelona...
This was the crucial hand in the final between Paul 'Actionjack' Jackson and young Spaniard Isaac Mayolas. Perhaps an indication that it wasn't to be Paul's night...
Paul bet a flop of 9c 7d 4h. Isaac called.
Paul then also bet the 4d turn, Isaac called once again.
River = 9s.
Isaac leads out for 4,200.
Paul calls and shows pocket queens.
Isaac flips A-9
Hand 3
With just 13 players remaining at the Western, David Lloyd is propelled into third place with the following spot of good fortune.
Two all-ins... Dave Lloyd and Dave Binstock both hold A-9.
The flop sees 1 club and two blanks.
The turn comes a raggy club.
... before the third club on the river hits, giving David Lloyd a club flush.
Particularlry cruel as Binstock needed a top 9 finish to get his his mits on the $8500 package to Turks and the Caicos Islands and this double-up would surely have had his Mrs packing those suitcases.
Hand 4
Sheffield...
Well, seeing as the previous three have centred around outdraws and tough beats, how about a cheeky bluff. This one was reported by our ring-site updater... the one and only Mr tikay Kendall...
"We just saw a quite remarkable hand involving Big Dave Smith and Kaz Kurbi.
Dave Smith had raised pre-flop, and Kaz had defended in the small blind.
Flop was....
Kaz checked, Dave Smith bet, Kaz called.
Turn,
As before - Kaz checks, Dave bets, Kaz, after a lengthy dwell, calls.
River....
Kaz now comes out betting, the full 25k+ pot.
Dave dwells too, before saying, 'you must have caught the straight then, I pass'.
At which, Kaz turns over .....
Proper Poker!"