European Championships, The Vic European Championships, The Vic - 1k NLH

[Jo]

You're welcome - good luck to all the finalists

J
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[Ironside]

sorry did i miss a post what happened to tikay where di he finish and how did he go out?

[tikay]

OK, I'm set up, thank you's to Grosvenor etc later, but here's the Chip Counts & table plan, as they are just dealing the first hand of the Final.....

[tikay]

In seat order, Blinds are 3k 6k, Running Ante 400, 780,000 chips in play, 45 minute clock......

[tikay]

Seat 1, John Gale 120k

Seat 2, Stuart Nash 43k

Seat 3, Jim Kerrigan 42k

Seat 4, S Randall, 30k

Seat 5, Sonny Osman 210k

Seat 6, Mr Zzard 140k

Seat 7, Micky Wernick 85k

Seat 8, Jim Britton 65k

Seat 9 Amar Morajaria, 40k

[tikay]

Thanks to Jo for her earlier Mini-Update, & to Amy Collier at Rank for giving permission at short notice, and to......hold up, man all-in......

[tikay]

Jim Kerrigan in Seat 3, short stacked, moves in with wired 9's, John Gale in seat 1 calls with KQ, mandatory play by both.

Board is 5 high - FIVE HIGH! - and Jim Kerrigan is back in the game.

[The Lemon]

Go on Jim

[The Lemon]

Tikay , if the board was 5 high , that's a straight ain't it. Split pot?

[tikay]

Hi Lemon,

No, it was (something like...) 5-3-5-2-4.

[Ironside]

i am guessing the board had a pair on it so want really 5 high but showed no card higher than a five

tikay is new to this reporting stuff bring back jen

[The Lemon]

And there was me trying to be clever. Doooooooooooh!!!! Thanks mate.

[tikay]

Now it's Amar Morjaria's turn to get his chips in, he bets most of his 45k stack on the Button, looks like a steal, John Gale does his duty again in the SB. John shows A-T, Amar A-Q, board is...

9-9-3-Q-J, & Amar takes it.

[tikay]

It's all going wrong today for John Gale - know the feeling fella!

But then we have more action....

[tikay]

John Gale, inevitably & predictably, moves his last 30k in on the Button, & gets looked up by Stuart Nash.

John HATES it when the cards go on their backs, he's dominated by Stuart Nash's A-9, John is a big dog with Q-9.

Board...

7-6-9-2-Q....!

John hets his Double Through to survive, & he gets a bit of luck at last, but it's a toughie for Stuart Nash. Still, he survies.