Blackpool £1000 Main Event Live Update FINAL DAY - At A Glance

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And immediately thereafter (again, thanks to Ariston for helping out), Peter Smyth was eliminated in 11th place, winning £2,100.

All the money went in against Chaz on a flop - A4 for Peter but the of Chaz in the big blind stayed good, and knocked him out.

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We have a final, ladies and gentlemen...

Matt raised to 26k, Sid Harris made his stand (total 46k) and got the call he must have seen coming.  He held , against Matt's .
The board came:    and that's that - Sid Harris finishes in 10th spot, winning £2,100. 

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Here's your final table in all its chipped up glory...

Mark Greenwood     67,000
Mickey Wernick       61,000
Sunny Chattha       232,000
Chaz Chattha         328,000
JP Kelly                 198,000
Niamh Peters         107,000
Matt Tyler             234,000
Maz Nawab            142,000
Joe Grech             274,000

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To see pictures of the finalists, you might be interested in popping over to the Interactive update - -http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=17054.msg351511#msg351511  and following.

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They're off - and Mickey doubles up his short stack first hand against Sunny - moving in (blind on blind situation) with KQ, he found AJ against him, but, as the railing contingent said, "Mickey doesn't lose these..."    He didn't.  130k is now his.

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Calamity of the variety hits Niamh now - she gets it all in preflop against Joe Grech's .  It looks fine until club club club club later and he's knocked her out.  So Niamh Peters is the 9th place finisher, winning £3,300

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It's been quite raisy-foldy, and actually if you include the small blind walk-giving from both Mark Greenwood and Maz Nawab, foldy-foldy.  But there have been some all-in moves - three in total, two from very short stacked Mark.  The first time, he pushed for just 42k under the gun, and even with the blinds at 5k/10k no one wanted to give him a spin.  The very next hand, however, he pushed on the big blind when small blind Joe Grech had raised a little.  Call.
Joe showed: 
Mark showed: 
Flop: 
Turn:   (Joe calls, "Queen!")
River:     He doesn't like it so much when he realises it gives his opponent the higher straight...

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Ooh.  .  For JP - who gets it all in against Mazhar Nawab's . 
Flop: 
Turn: 
River:      That "Owww" noise rises from the finalists but JP doesn't say a word, while Maz accepts that he got some good fortune and Gets It Quietly...

That was a 300k pot, by the way.

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Those chips didn't sit still for more than five minutes - Maz is right back down to 83,000 after getting it all in preflop with against Sunny Chattha's ...They did their job of standing up, and we get an education in Easy Come Easy Go...

Chip leader now Sunny (over 400k)

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And with lightning-quick efficiency, the rest of his stack goes in preflop with KQ, but Mickey Wernick has AQ and that means that honestly, in the space of about four minutes, we've lost Mazhar Nawab in 8th place, who takes home £4,900.

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Classic Match-Up News Now -

Mickey Wernick raises preflop two hands in a row (that's newsworthy in itself) - the first time a re-raise from small blind Chaz pushes him off, but the second time Matt Tyler pushes all in for around 120k.  Call.
Matt shows: 
Mickey shows: 
The was the first card off, and the rags which followed did nothing to change the situation, so Matt Tyler finishes in 7th place, winning £6,600

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The brothers Chattha are taking each other's chips in some aggressively played hands - it's Sunny who's come out the best from these fights, winning what looked to be 180k in one pot, and then getting involved again preflop (for 32k) only to pass when Chaz bet once they'd seen the board come ...

And then:  JP raised preflop to 25k, and Joe on his immediate left immediately re-raised to 65k.  JP called, in the end, leaving himself under 100k back.  The flop came down:  .  JP checked, and at almost the same time Joe announced, "all-in."  Pass from JP, showing ...

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First hand after the break, and permashortstack but tenacious final tablist Mark Greenwood moves in.  Mickey shoves a chunk of 5k chips in, but says, "call."  The blinds get out of the way, and they're on their backs:
Mark: 
Mickey: 

Nothing dramatic happened when the five cards came out (OK, so I couldn't quite see what they were) and that means that Mark Greenwood is our 6th place finisher, winning £8,200.

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Double up for JP -

With just 60k we knew the move all-in was coming, and yes, sure enough, he made a stand.  With , as it happened.  Chaz Chattha decided to take him on with , but the board came , so house over house and JP's back in it with 120k...

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And again!  Almost straight away and JP's all in with - Joe Grech gives him the spin this time with , and he doubles up to a totally playable 250k.  Back in it, no doubt.