Grovsenor Grand Prix 2006 - At a Glance Final Day

[NoflopsHomer]

Jamie Gubb has gone in 11th place, he got short and hoped that his  was live against the button raise of Matt Cartwright. It was but they failed to improve against the  that Matt held.


Shortly afterwards, Andy Miles, who hasn't picked up a hand in the last hour or so, pushed in blind to Roberto's button raise, but his was dominated by Roberto's . And the board finished him off.

There is now a redraw and a break for the final table. I'll get seating arrangements, chip counts and pictures shortly.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ok here's the final table:

Seat 1: Anthony Hughes -- 139k
Seat 2: Matt Cartwright -- 406k
Seat 3: Roberto Romanello -- 369k
Seat 4: Mick Fletcher -- 494k
Seat 5: Peter Smyth -- 287k
Seat 6: Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam -- 140k
Seat 7: Alan Dean -- 159k
Seat 8: Darshan Sami -- 73k
Seat 9: Tony Adderley -- 328k

So Roberto will carry on torturing [with his speech play] Peter Smyth, whilst watching Mick, Matt and Roberto clash with super-aggressive styles which make it interesting.

There's a 15 minute break now and I'll try and get photos when they restart. (Maybe in the meantime I'll infiltrate the finalist area and steal from the buffet, mwahahahahaha.)

[NoflopsHomer]

And Darshan Sami is our first casualty and goes out in 9th place winning £10,000

He was short and made his stand with  , Mick Fletcher called him with  .


Board:

 

[NoflopsHomer]

As I was typing that there was another all-in called.

Anthony Hughes moved the last of his stack on the river of a  board and Matt Cartwright called. I believe most of the chips had already gone in on the turn.

Anthony:

 

Matt:

 

So Anthony doubles up and Matt takes a hit.

[NoflopsHomer]

Roberto just had Tony Adderley all-in but Roberto had  and Tony had and no flush potential was even hinted at on the T-T-4-6-Q board.

Next Roberto min-raises to 32k one off the cut-off. Peter Smyth pots to 120k from the button. Roberto folds

Then Anthony Hughes pots UTG to 56k and Peter re-pots to 236k (I think) and Hughes mucks.

[NoflopsHomer]

Alan Dean is OUT in 8th place winning £10,000

Peter Smyth raised from the cut-off, Zippy re-raised from the button and Alan moved in from the small blind. Peter got out of the way and Zippy called.

Alan:

 

Zippy:

 

Board:

 

And Quads for Zippy has put him up to into contention with over 300k now.

[NoflopsHomer]

In a 3-way raised pot between Peter Smyth, Tony Adderley and Roberto Romanello see a  board.

Peter bets 96k, Tony folds and Roberto moves all-in for 143k more.


Peter calls with  which is ahead of Roberto's 

Turn:

 

River:

 

Giving Peter the flush and the chip lead and meaning Roberto Romanello is OUT in 7th place winning £10,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Matt Cartwright has suggest another deal with payouts of £50k (Mick Fletcher) £45k (Peter Smyth) £38k, £30k and £30k. But that's yet to come to fruition. As they were talking, Anthony Hughes, the shortstack, raised UTG and Zippy put him all-in.

Anthony:




Zippy:

As

Board:



Will another deal be done? It's certainly possible...and they're still talking about it.

[NoflopsHomer]

Anthony Hughes is OUT and is our 6th placed finisher winning £10,000

He raised from the button with , Matt Cartwright re-potted from the small blind and Anthony pushed with Matt covering him by just 5k. Matt showed them cowboys and the board came:




5 players remain, blinds are 9k/18k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip Counts.

Matt Cartwright -- 522k
Mick Fletcher -- 356k
Peter Smyth -- 572k
Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam -- 436k
Tony Adderley -- 529k



Mick's dip comes mainly having to call a Tony Adderley all-in with against Tony's pocket 4's which held up. We're now on a short break during which they are discussing a second deal.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ok, revised structure for remaining five places has been agreed.

1st  £67,000
2nd £45,000
3rd £32,000
4th £20,000
5th £20,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Matt Cartwright takes down a big pot, a raise preflop is called by Peter Smyth, with 100k in the pot board comes:



Peter checks, Matt bets 40k, Peter raises to 80k, Matt re-raises to 350k and Peter quickly mucks.

Roberto behind me says, "Matt had Aces, and he was drawing."

[NoflopsHomer]

Mick Fletcher is OUT and is our 5th placed finisher winning £20,000

He was getting short and moved in against Tony Adderley's preflop raise. Tony calls.

Mick:

 

Tony:

 

Board:

 


And then there were four....

[NoflopsHomer]

Correction. Tony called Mick's preflop raise and his all-in on the T-9-7 flop

Meanwhile in Chippy Count Land (approx):

Matt Cartwright -- 745k
Peter Smyth -- 600k
Zippy -- 570k
Tony Adderley -- 500k


Blinds have actually gone to 12k/24k. They've just change it on the clock.

[NoflopsHomer]

Another deal has been done. £40,000 each with the remaining £4,700 and the trophy to the winner.