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Hello! And welcome to sunny Thanet for the final time, as we prepare to crown one lucky player King Of The Isle Of Thanet, Master Of Cabbages and All-Round Grosvenor God. Who will it be? Answers on a postcard/below.

[Chip counts etc. a-coming in the night; watch this space now...]

Chip Counts from the Raabmeister:

Jamie Brown -- 485,800
Paul Riggs -- 409,600
Dave Penly -- 352,700
Mike Moore -- 280,000
William Martin -- 233,800
Andrew Teng -- 178,300
Paul McIntyre -- 146,500
Karl Mahrenholz -- 128,600
Simon Trumper -- 50,600

Players are being called back for 2pm for a 3PM start.

Gl to Simon, an unbelievably generous guy, and Karl whose articles are always fun to read

Mmm, Money

1   £68,380
2   £39,550
3   £28,250
4   £19,210
5   £14,690
6   £11,300
7   £9,040
8   £6,780
9   £5,650

Shortstacked but fantastic achievement Simon, good luck at the final table!

+1

Met Simon briefly at LNP ace in Cardiff about 3 yrs ago and he struck me as very friendly and helpful as i was just starting out on my road to poker "stardom"

gl Mr Trumper

1st choice - Penly  ;cheerleader;
2nd choice - Trumper   ;goodluck;
3rd choice - Riggs, never heard of him, but looking forward to that "live poker is rigged" pun that you promised us yesterday.

RiverDave, Mike Moore or Karl for this one please!

im sure its paul Rigg btw.

if i had to have a bet at a price id back karl or Tufat teng for this. If both get an early double they will be a right handful.

Riverdave or karl for me too.
 good luck to Simon also

Great comeback from Riverdave... now get it won! ;goodluck;

jamie wins this, never played him b4 but cut above. gl to karl + penly and mcintyre.

riggy is a great player and head of the acadamy at badbeat. He has gone deep with stacks in a few of these before doing an Andy Black. If he holds his head he will be there at the death. Good to see Karl. simon and penley(again) all there as well.

dont know the others and sure they are decent enough but I will be rooting for a top 4 as above.

great updates guys,
will tune in later....
gl to aces (great to see him back & finalling regularly), riverdave, karl & riggy

Gl Mr Trumper!

ATB to Karl - take it down Longshanks!!

Good luck to Karl, Simon and Penly. Should be a good final.

Seat 1: Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) -- 128,600

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Seat 2: Paul Rigg -- 409,600

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Seat 3: Jamie Brown -- 485,800

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Seat 4: Simon Trumper -- 50,600

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Seat 5: Dave Penly -- 352,700

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Seat 6: Mike Moore -- 280,000

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Seat 7: Paul McIntyre -- 146,500

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Seat 8: William Martin -- 233,800

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Seat 9: Andrew Teng -- 178,300

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think karl looks the bet at 9/1 on bluesq

For those who prefer without pictures:

Seat 1: Karl Mahrenholz -- 128,600
Seat 2: Paul Rigg -- 409,600
Seat 3: Jamie Brown -- 485,800
Seat 4: Simon Trumper -- 50,600
Seat 5: Dave Penly -- 352,700
Seat 6: Mike Moore -- 280,000
Seat 7: Paul McIntyre -- 146,500
Seat 8: William Martin -- 233,800
Seat 9: Andrew Teng -- 178,300

Blinds will start at 4k/8k with a 400 ante.

Play will start in about 10 minutes.

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gl everyone, especially Karl, Will and Dave

Players are Jamie Brown is still stacking their his chips... Looks like another 10 minutes yet...

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Interesting facts (or not):

Karl Mahrenholz -- The only player to have previously made a final. Is very tall.
Paul Rigg -- Finished 12th in a GUKPT a couple of months ago.
Jamie Brown -- Been one of the chip leaders throughout the tournament.
Simon Trumper -- Former winner of Late Night Poker.
Dave Penly -- Has already won a side event this yet.
Mike Moore -- Day 1's chip leader, professional photographer.
Paul McIntyre -- Recently graduated from Swansea with a degree in marine biology
William Martin -- Was dropped off here today by a limo because he owns the company.
Andrew Teng -- Has very cool glasses, according to Dana.

And we're off!

Karl Mahrenholz starts with the button.

Dave Penly raises to 24k and it's passed to Jamie Brown in the big blind, who decides to set the tone of how he wants the final to proceed by reraising to 76k. Penly calls and I'm assuming he has a monster here to go up against the chip leader first hand.

Jd Ts 4h

Brown bets 85k and Penly thinks for about 30 seconds before folding.

Jamie Brown sets Simon Trumper in from the small blind and Simon calls.

Brown: Kc 4h
Trumper: 8s 8c

Kd 9h 2h 7s Td

Simon Trumper is out in 9th place winning £5,650

what odds could you get on jamie brown before this thing started?

Having raised preflop but had to fold to a check/raise from Dave Penly on the flop, Karl Mahrenholz pushes all-in for 85k and Paul Rigg reraises to 185k next to him. Everyone else gets out of the way.

Mahrenholz: Ahrt Jd
Rigg: Ad Kd

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4d Qd 6d 5s 5d

Karl Mahrenholz is out in 8th place winning £6,780

OMG ! 2 out of 9 eliminated after 15 minutes ! This Final Table is definitely a slaughter :o

Go riggy

I think he was about 3-1. Andrew Teng and Karl Mahrenholz at 7-1 and 9-1 looked to be the best value.

Andrew Teng raises to 20k on the button and Jamie Brown, who is not afraid to play a pot against anyone, makes the call from the big blind.

5c Ts 5h

Check check.

2c

Brown bets 26k and after some very slow and deliberate thought, Andrew Teng raises to 85k.

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Deep in thought, Brown makes the call.

Qc

Brown looks a tiny bit uncomfortable at that card coming, and checks. Teng moves all-in. A sigh from Brown as he scratches his head, "Count please."

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The dealer counts it out, it's another 107.3k more for Brown. He thinks for a minute and says with a smile, "It could be a really sick bluff."

But he folds, and it looks to be the first decently-sized pot Brown has lost in the last day or so.

morning all sorry i am late the Royal Flush kept me up all night

send Mike Moore the best of luck from me please
thank you

i bet he did :)   are you still in a state of euphoria after your session last night....
GL MIKE MOORE

Paul Rigg, who now is the chip leader, limps the button, Jamie Brown makes up the small blind and Dave Penly checks.

2c 7c Qs

Checked around.

7s

Brown checks, Penly bets 20k, Rigg calls and Brown folds.

6d

Penly bets 40k, Rigg folds.

Jamie Brown takes the next pot with a raise and a continuation bet, but his body language suggests he's a little tired and he doesn't look quite as crisp and clinical as he did last night when he practically ran over the tournament from about 40 left to the final table. He still has over 400k though, just might need a couple of Espressos...

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Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) check/raises a 22k bet from William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) on a 6d Ahrt Qh board to 62k in a three way pot with Paul McIntyre before Martin and McIntyre both fold.

Next hand sees Jamie Brown bet 55k on a 5s Jd 4h 6h Ac board and Paul McIntyre make the call, only to see he's been rivered by the Aspades 9d of his foe.

"I knew he was bluffing on the flop," came a thick Scouse accent. McIntyre and William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) are now the short stacks on the table.

Andrew Teng and Jamie Brown get it all-in preflop with Ac Ks and Aspades Kc. Not enough clubs or spades come on the flop though to make it interesting though. Chop it up.

;kc;

thats it lads, keep chopping up those antes/blinds and you boys will win this thing in no time!

Interesting final hand before we went on the break.

Paul Rigg limps from the small blind and Jamie Brown raises an additional 18k. Rigg now reraises to 58k and after some serious deliberation, Brown makes the call.

Ahrt Jc 4c

Check check.

6s

Rigg bets 55k and sits there in silence occasionally watching Brown play with his chips and occasionally gurning a little. Brown raises to 130k after some thought and the action goes back on the Blackpool player. He suddenly announces reraise, before adding another 100k on top of Brown's raise making it 230k. Brown instantly moves all-in and Rigg looks like he's just been told he's failed his 'A' levels and can't go to uni.

He counts out his remaining 160k, puts his hands on his head and looks utterly depressed. He folds. Jamie Brown now has all the chips in the world, well, almost a million of the 2.26 million chips in play. Taking that 3-1 shot now looks to have been a good bet.

Incidentally, the word on the grapevine is that Rigg had A-Q and Brown turned a set of sixes.

Back in a few minutes after the colour up.

First hand back William Martin moves in and takes the blinds.

Next hand Paul McIntyre moves all-in under the gun and William Martin pushes behind him, everyone else folds.

McIntyre: Ad 3s
Martin: Ahrt Ks

Aspades 9c Js 7c 8c

Paul McIntyre is out in 7th place winning £9,040

Rough chip counts:

Paul Rigg -- 165k
Jamie Brown -- 925k
Dave Penly -- 300k
Mike Moore -- 310k
William Martin -- 205k
Andrew Teng -- 400k

Paul Rigg pushes Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) off a 30k raise by moving all-in.

Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) Penly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=113) raises to 30k and gets called by William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) and Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402).

Ac Jh Kd

Woohoo, an action board. Check check check.

3d

Perhaps this time? Check check check.

2s

Sigh...Check check check.

Penly shows Qd Qs, with a wide-eyed look that seems to say, "What filth are you calling me with if I've won this hand?"

The other two muck, I'm sure he's still grateful to add another 100k to his stack.

Mike Moore raises to 30k from the small blind and William Martin makes the call.

4s 9d Ks

Moore checks, Martin bets 50k and Moore quickly moves in. Martin looks at his remaining 90k and gives up, showing a six. Moore shows him a king.

Next hand, Moore tries limping the button and Martin makes up the small blind. Andrew Teng raises an additional 60k, the other two quickly fold. William Martin desperately needs to double up now.

William Martin shoves the next two hands, gets no callers and is back over the 100k mark.

After this, Paul Rigg raises to 30k, Jamie Brown reraises to 90k with everyone passing back around to Rigg. He also gives it up very quickly, perhaps still stung by that hand just before the break for the colour up.

Brown raises to 24k from the cutoff the next hand also. Martin decides to defend from the big blind.

6h 4s Qc

Martin checks, Brown bets 100k setting him in. Martin passes.

Brown repeats the pattern the next hand from the hijack. No-one calls this time.

Broken record, Jamie Brown raises to 24k again, this time under the gun. Paul Rigg pushes from the big blind and Jamie feigns interests briefly, before folding.

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come on will gl

Best of luck Dave & Paul

come on mike last push and its your

You hear the term, "He was raising every hand..." used fairly liberally in poker circles like when you want to excuse a shove you made against an aggressive player when he actually had a hand and you had junk. But here it's very accurate, Jamie Brown has been raising every hand this level and is proving unstoppable once more.

He takes two more sets of blinds with raises to 24k and then the third time Mike Moore makes the call from the small blind.

5s 7s 8c

Moore leads out for 45k and Brown quickly reraises to 105k. Moore folds and the Brown juggernaut rolls on...

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Brown raises to 24k. Mike Moore again tangles with him from the blind.

Ahrt 9d 2c

Check check.

Th

Check check.

4s

Moore bets 24k, Brown calls and Moore flings his cards into the muck. Brown shows Ad 3s.

William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) pushes from early position, Paul Rigg asks for a count from the button. It's 92.5k

Rigg makes the call and the blinds pass.

Rigg: Ad Tc
Martin: Qs Js

5d 7s 2s

Lots of outs for Martin suddenly

4d

No help there...

3c

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A rivered wheel for Rigg doesn't change anything as he eliminates Martin.

William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1430) is out in 6th place winning £11,300

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Jamie Brown makes it 24k. Mike Moore reraises to 65k. Brown calls

7h 5d 7d

Moore quickly moves in for about 240k. Brown equally quickly folds.

Players on a quick toliet/fag break.

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Paul Rigg raises to 35k from the cutoff, Jamie Brown reraises to 95k from the button to win the pot. I can't remember anyone dominating a table this much perhaps since Ketul Nathwani won in London earlier in the year.

Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) raises to 36k from the small blind. Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) moves all-in and Mike snap-calls him.

Moore: Qh Qd
Teng: Ac 7d

9s 3d Ad (Moore rolls his eyes towards heaven) 4h Kc

Photo taken as the aliens landed...

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There's a countdown, Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) was all-in for 257k and now is over half a million. Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) Moore (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1468) down to 100k.

Next hand, Moore moves all-in from the button and Paul Rigg calls from the big blind.

Moore: Ahrt 6d
Rigg: Ks Jc

6h 7d Qs Td (A gulp is heard...)...5s

Moore doubles up to 200k, Rigg is now short.

Rough chip counts:

Paul Rigg -- 230k
Jamie Brown -- 1,050k
Dave Penly -- 300k
Mike Moore -- 186k
Andrew Teng -- 470k.

Come on people, who are you supporting? Do any you think any of the others can stop the bulldozer that is Jamie Brown?

I want interactivity dammit! :D

I want riggy to win, if not then riverdave,

gogogo riverdave

tufat+jambon ftw

Anyone who goes to america for 3-4 months and makes $250k not just on one tourny has to be a good player,so my vote goes to the young ex-local (jamie),but i think dave penly has the game to be trouble.

Andrew Teng raises to 36k from the small blind and Paul Rigg calls, as we see what Jon Raab remarks is "only our second flop of this level,"

Aspades Jd Js

Teng bets 40k, Rigg looks disinterested and folds immediately.

Jamie Brown's hold of the table is exemplified by the fact he receives a second walk in a row.

More Brown domination, Andrew Teng raises to 30k and Brown raises an additional 90k from the small blind. Ever since that huge pot he won from Rigg before the break, I don't think Brown has put a single foot wrong and people just aren't wanting to play a pot against him.

And just as I say that, he steals Mike Moore's big blind from the button.

Jamie Brown aka Jambon

GOOOO TUFATTTTTT

about time he ran good

Jamie Brown makes it his now traditional 28k from under the gun. Dave Penly reraises to 85k from the cutoff before Mike Move moves all-in from the button. Everyone, including Brown passes back to Penly who asks for a count and gets told it's an additional 124k which represents the majority of Penly's remaining stack.

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Penly looks uncomfortable for a moment as he counts his stack while Moore stands away from the table, looking quietly confident. Penly decides to fold.

Moore shows Kc Ks.

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Penly and Rigg look to be the two short stacks with about 200k each.

my money is on Riggy to turn it around - after all he mentored my missus for a short period so he would have picked up some useful short stack play advice :)

Good luck Mike Moore, if you're gonna take all my chips you may as well at least win it! ;o)

Matt H.

Paul Rigg raises to 35k from the small blind, Jamie Brown who has probably reraised at lleast two thirds of Rigg's preflop raises sets him in and once again Rigg gives it up.

Dave Penly gets a walk.

Rigg pushes and takes Mike Moore's big blind.

Andrew Teng gets a walk, play has seemingly tightened up just a tad over the last 20 minutes. Even Jamie Brown has slowed down a bit.

Mike Moore raises to 42k on the button. Paul Rigg reraises all-in for about 200k from the small blind. Moore thinks as he riffles his chips, eventually a clock gets called on him.

The Brighton man folds, showing the Ac.

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Dinner break after this level.

Jamie Brown gets a walk next hand. Again!

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It all goes in between small blind Jamie Brown and big blind Dave Penly

Brown: Qd Qc
Penly: Ac Jh

Kd Qh 4c Aspades 7h

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And just when you pick up a hand against the dominant aggressive chip leader, he's found a monster.

Dave Penly is OUT in 5th place winning £14,690

**********1 Hour Dinner Break*************

Hello brave solo updater, greetings from London where I am about to take the birthday beagle out for Mexican food and a movie. Muchas gracias for the day off, carry on the fine work. Wishing you a speedy rest of final table and Happy Nando-ing...

Rough Chip Counts:

Paul Rigg -- 280k
Jamie Brown -- 1.25 million
Mike Moore -- 323k
Andrew Teng -- 380k ("Card dead the last hour and the other two stacks are the perfect size for rejamming on me.")

Play is about to restart:

Still to be won...

1   £68,380
2   £39,550
3   £28,250
4   £19,210

Paul Rigg raises to 43k from the small blind and Jamie declines this time.

Paul Rigg raises again to 43k from the button and takes the blinds and antes worth 28k a time.

Everyone's favourite Dena, Dena, is doing the announcing.

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Enjoying the updates dude,

I don't know any of the players so I guess it's British tradition to route for one of the underdogs so go-go short stacks

can you ask jamie why he's double daying t-shirts whilst wearing a gentlemans watch. good updates guys, keep going!

The silent tense atmosphere is shattered when James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185) Browning (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=185) manages to break a post. Jonathan Rabb, all-around superstar dashes to help.

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"Ok James, you're just going to have to stand there til the end of the tournament."

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Phil from AWOP smells a scoop and rushes to interview the vandal...

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Tournament Director Zac rushes over, lending his expertise...

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"The secret is in the base..."

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Zac leaves, another problem successfully taken down. Or TD-ed.

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"No-one will ever know the difference..."

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 rotflmfao

On a Tc 9d 4h flop, Paul Rigg gets all his chip in against Jamie Brown

Rigg: Qs Td
Brown: Kd Th

Ad on the turn helps neither player, and neither does the Ahrt on the river. The Brown Express derails another.

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Paul Rigg is out in 4th place winning £19,210

Live poker not Rigg-ed apparently.

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Andrew Teng moves all-in and Jamie Brown calls and Mike Moore gets out of the way. It's a total cooler.

Teng: Jh Js
Brown: Ad Aspades

4h 2d Jc (An "Ohhhhhhh" from the audience) 7c Th

Andrew Teng doubles up.

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Chip Counts:

Jamie Brown -- 1.27 million
Mike Moore -- 465k
Andrew Teng -- 486k

Andrew Teng raises to 40k on the button. Jamie Brown moves all-in. Moore folds quickly, but Teng thinks for a very long time, before folding, his hand probably good, but just not quite good enough.

Jamie Brown is relentless, he just will not stop pounding on the other two stacks. I think this is as good a performance I've seen on a GUKPT final table, it's just so hard to see him being stopped.

Every hand goes seems to go "Jamie raises to 40k....and wins the blinds."

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Quick toilet break.

Levels are now 45 minutes since we are 3 handed.

Jamie Brown -- 1.33 million
Mike Moore -- 480k
Andrew Teng -- 450k

Mike Moore raises to 60k from the button. Andrew Teng folds. Jamie Brown moves all-in. Call!

Moore: 5c 5h
Brown: Jd Tc

Js 3s 3c Ts 2c

Mike Moore is in 3rd winning £28,250


We're now HU. (No antes when HU).

Incidentally, whilst still 3-handed earlier, Andrew Teng apparently button raised with fives, only to end up folding them when Brown pushed.

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HU Counts:

Andrew Teng: 460k
Jamie Brown: The rest (about 1.7 million)

After an aggressive start where Teng pushed a couple of times over Brown's raise it's gotten a little tighter.

Teng min-raises and Brown folds.

Next hand, Brown min-raises to 40k and Teng calls.

Ks Kd 6s

Check check.

Jh

Teng checks, Brown bets 45k. Teng calls.


5s

Teng checks, Brown bets 110k. Teng check-raises all-in. Brown snap-calls with Kc 4h but Teng has rivered the nut flush with Aspades 2s to double him up to 876k.

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Brown still has just shy of 1.4 million and I believe they're going to negotiate some sort of deal now.

Attention to our 41 guests!

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andy rang me to figure out the chop

876k for andy

1384k for jambon

1st 68380
2nd 39550

chop

andy 50724.814159292035398230088495563
jambon 57205.18584070796460176991150444

shipit to tufattttt

for you euros thats called the thayer supersystem what he did at this ft shipit

Ah, wondered who he called. Thanks for that info Rupert.

Yes, they're going to play for the seat to the Grand Final, as well as the all-famous giant blue paperweight trophy.

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I feel special getting a call too but james knows rupert and not me so they went with his icm numbers

Euros? Did those evil bureaucrats in Brussels finally get their way?

warwick poker, representin'

I'll sign up boss, but I'm not going to stop that other thing

Blinds generally been passed around now, the only major action being when Brown bet around 50k on a K-K-6-5 turn before calling Teng's 100k reraise. Both players checked blank river and Brown cheekily showing K-5 for the house and hoping for Teng to continue to bet.

Teng -- 650k
Brown -- 1.6 million

On the river of a 5d 5h 3s 3c 7h board, it's checked to Andrew Teng who bets 40k. Brown makes the call with 9s 7d, pipping Teng's 4h 7s.

"I thought about raising," said Brown, "Mainly because it looks like I have absolute shit."

"Interesting," remarked Teng, though he doesn't sound totally convinced.

Jamie Brown minraises to 40k. Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) makes it 140k from the big blind. Brown moves all-in. Teng quickly calls.

Teng: Aspades Ks
Brown: Ahrt 5h

Teng, "I've run pretty good against you so far..."

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Qh 4s Qd....2d...7h

Teng was all-in for 651k and has doubled through, and is now chip leader for the first time today albeit only by 200k. How will Brown react to now being behind?

Td 3d 6h

Check from Brown, Teng bets 50k, Brown calls.

Aspades

Check check.

3s

Brown checks a third time, Teng bets 150k. Brown thinks, almost gurns a little before calling. Teng shows Jd Jc. Brown mucks

"I had a ten..." he says wistfully, "queen ten."

"Check-raise the flop" says Teng, "then this thing would be over already!"

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Teng now has almost 1.6 million to Brown's 570k.

Jamie Brown has rallied a bit over the last few hands.

1) Teng raises to 49k. (12k/24k blinds now, if you've not noticed). Brown calls and then takes the pot down on the 6d 9h 6s 8c turn with a 70k bet.

2) Brown takes the blinds with a raise to 54k.

3) Teng raises to 49k, Brown reraises to 139k and wins again.

An anomaly, a limped pot.

9s Jh 7d

Teng checks, Brown bets 30k, Teng shoves a big stack of yellows down, looks to be a 100k more, but before I can even begin to count it, Brown has already thrown his cards in the muck.

Shouldn't you be doing uni work or something? :D

Teng raises to 49k. Brown calls.

Ks 6c 8c

Check check.

4s

Brown bets 60k, Teng calls.

Js

Brown checks, Teng bets 100k. Brown folds.

It seems that despite having utterly dominated the table until the heads up, the cards have now begun to turn against Jamie Brown.

Also, it's become distinct in the body language which way the contest is going. Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) does everything robotically, he plays every hand the same way, whereas Jamie Browns' suggests he is looking a bit tired again.

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However that doesn't stop Brown from taking the next couple of pots.

First he checks-calls a 30k bet on a Q-2-9 board before they both check the 3 turn and 9 river. Brown shows 9-6 off, "I know you have nothing though so..." he says with a smile.

Next after Teng raises to 49k, Brown moves in, Teng folds quickly. Still a lot of play here.

Jamie Brown min-raises to 48k. Andrew Teng folds 3-2o face up. TD Ian speculates, "He might have played them if they were suited..."

Andrew, "I'm not going to play 3-2 suited heads up!"

Andrew Teng -- 1.6 million
Jamie Brown -- 570k

Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) raises to 49k from the button. Jamie Brown reraises all-in from the big blind. Teng instantly calls.

Teng: 8h 8s
Brown: 4h 4s

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The board runs out 9c Jh 3c Qs 2s meaning that

Jamie Brown is knocked out in 2nd place, (officially) winning £39,550

And...

Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) Teng (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1402) is the Winner of the GUKPT Event in Thanet (officially) winning £68,380!!!!

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Presentation Photos to Follow...

knew him before he was famous

A brief chat to Jamie Brown revealed he felt he played really well but that Andrew probably had a little bit more experience than him heads up, but also that if his Aces had held against Jacks he felt would've most likely beaten Mike Moore. Andrew Teng admitted he got lucky a few times over the last couple of days, including a crucial double up vs William Martin with K-9 vs J-J but also complimented Brown on how well he played the final.

Winnar!

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Andrew Teng, delighted to pick up the world's bluest paperweight.

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And that's everything, congrats to Andrew Teng and Jamie Brown for an exciting and fun final. The next blonde update will be from the DTD monthly at the start of November followed by the next GUKPT back up 'norf' in Blackpool. We'll see you there.

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 ;hattip; Thx for a great report.

+ another

;applause;

Great updates just finished reading them all, thanks to all the well wishers. Congrats to Andrew and unlucky Jamie who really dominated so much of the tournament.

superb updates ;applause;...thanks alot!

Woah, used to read his blog..read it from the beginning on a bored day at work last yr. Great result!