Short stacked after Marc's
got there,
Dave Colclough now raised allin with
, only to find
Marc Goodwin with Aces for the forty seventh time.
No shocks on the flop meant we lose El Blondie.
Dave Colclough is OUT, eliminated in 3rd place, winning £8,260Dave continues his excellent run, with yet another strong finish and decent payday. Good job sir.
So that left Marc and
Paul Jackson heads up playing for the trophy.
They swapped a few chips before the much shorter stacked Paul moved allin, receiving an instant call from Marc, who found a big pair once more in J-J. Paul was less well equipped for battle though, holding the inferior and dominated
.
A flop of
gave hm some hope, and a
and
on the river sealed the outdraw, doubling him up..."I feel deflated" said Marc. "Need to get my wind back up..."
A few more pots were played with Marc making a small inroad into Paul's stack before Marc raised and Paul moved allin. Marc called quickly, and Paul proudly showed off his
, but his smile disappeared as Marc tabled
A quite amazing flop came. First card was the
....swiftly followed by the....
!
Both players had flopped a set in the first two cards, which was bad news for Actionjack as he now only had one out. The rest of the board didn't improve either player, meaning Marc's set of sixes were good for the pot, which meant...
Paul Jackson is OUT, eliminated in 2nd place, winning £14,180A great performance from Actionjack, hanging in right to the finish. Top plodding!
And this means...
Marc Goodwin is the CHAMPION of the Midlands Masters £750 double chance freezeout, winning £23,210 and the lovely precious trophy!
Excellent work, very well played, and no mean feat despatching a very strong field. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Well played everyone who took part. Dana would like to take this opportunity to apologise as her connection has been down for the last hour. She has some superb photos to share with you which we will post in due course once we have access to a connection that works...
For now though, we'd like to thank you for joining us on this epic voyage to the final and the trophy! It's been great fun and we have had a great time but for now
and I'll see you soon, as will the wonderful Dana.
BYEEE!!!!!