Christmas Cracker £750 Main Event - Final Day - INTERACTIVE

[Djinn]

Dick Shek Doubles Up With Straight Flush Shocker News Now:

I think I've rather spoiled the ending on this one, but never mind...in a multiway pot, Dick Sheck checks (he's small blind) and it gets round to Dan Samson on the button who moves in, for a lot.  Dick calls.  The flop which generated this action:  .
Dan showed: 
Dick showed: 

Turn: 
River: 

"That's the first time I've ever gotten a straight flush," remarks Dick, which I am sure makes the dead set of sevens feel better.

[Heid]

Hey Jenn

Nice work

Come on Windy Bill

[Djinn]

Down to the last three tables, and here are the chips.

Table Climber-to-Leader

Michael McCool    46,500
Anthony Kirkbride  94,000  (started the day with just 8,100)
Driton Haxhiaj       19,500
Paul Alterman       32,500
Bad Girl                37,000
Justin Turner        21,000
Dave Knight         16,500
Chris Eddleman     34,000

Table Trailing Fronda

Paul King             34,500
Ryan Fronda          8,000
Michael Clements  25,000
Thomas Dunwoodie  7,500
Jim Mcbride           81,500
Paul Webb            46,500
Mark Harris            25,000
Martino Libertini     24,500
Jim Mcshane          OUT

Table Mallu

Dick Shek             67,000
Bill Davies             50,000
Trevor Reardon     21,500
Frode Gjesdal         OUT
Bhupinder Kholi      OUT
Gez Morris             42,000
Mickey Wernick      71,000
Chris Huyton          40,000
Ali Mallu                 60,000
Dan Samson          53,500

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[Djinn]

Double up for Chris Huyton - he raised preflop, and found Gez Morris on the big blind re-raising another 14k.  To put this in perspective, the pot already had about 17k in it, and this re-raise implied commitment, (why either of them didn't just move in is a question I pose)... but Chris decided to flat call, leaving himself <15k and Gez about 10k more than that behind.
Flop:    Instant move-in from Gez, but Chris beats him into the pot with his which had spiked the trips to outdraw the in the blind...

Odd, but table-turning - now Gez Morris is very short-stacked while Chris gets some breathing room.

Blinds currently 1k/2k.

[Djinn]

Here's one I took earlier... just found this great photo of James Browning and Jon Raab - I would ask Snoopy for a caption here...

[NoflopsHomer]

"That's the first time I've ever gotten a straight flush," remarks Dick, which I am sure makes the dead set of sevens feel better.

 

 

[Djinn]

Hi Chris...


Well, it's carnage on the corner table - we're down Barry Earnshaw (a while ago), Justin Turner and just now Dave Knight... a bit of a reshuffle and I'll get the updated counts.

Elsewhere it really has been dramatic for Dan Samson, who's just lost another big chunk racing the of Gez Morris with his .  No hit and he's gone from chip leader to mid-to-short stack in one level.

Ryan Fronda gets his very short stack all in against two players, one of whom (Jim Mcbride) bet the other off on the x flop.  He held , but all-in Fronda had which stayed good to more than triple him up.

[Djinn]

************Correction************

It's Chris Eddleman who's out, Justin Turner still there with 36,000 chips.

[Djinn]

And hot on their heels, Dan Samson is OUT.  "I haven't won a 50/50 in two days," he mutters, clearly annoyed at how his big stack was demolished by a series of small pairs which called all in (actually 55 and 66, both in the hands of Gez Morris) when he was re-raising with AK each time.  Then finally, down to 15,000 (with the blinds at 1,500/3,000) he moved in under the gun with .  The same guy now wakes up with .  From chipped up to down and out in three easy steps.

[Djinn]

Down to Two Tables... and here they are, with chip counts:

Table ex-Samson

Dick Shek           83,500
Martino Libertini   24,000
Paul Webb         40,000
Gez Morris          46,500
Mickey Wernick   54,500
Chris Huyton       73,000
Ali Mallou           100,000
Jim Mcbride         53,500

Table Chip Leader

Michael McCool    36,000
Anthony Kirkbride  133,000  (this may be the best Climber of the Day performance yet)
Driton Haxhiaj       50,000
Bill Davies             70,000
Bad Girl                26,500
Justin Turner        15,000
Ryan Fronda         52,000
Michael Clements   70,000
Paul King              30,500

[Djinn]

And you may notice a drift in chips between Justin Turner and Ryan Fronda - the latter in fact doubled up off the former, raising under the gun with and then dwelling for a good while before calling Justin's quick re-raise in the blinds with, as it turned out, .  The Queens stood up and while Ryan was under 10k not long ago, he now has enough to propel him gently towards the final...

[Djinn]

************************************BREAK**************************************

I don't know what the deal is with dinner break etc. but I do know that none of the final two tables are sitting down, and I also know that some other tournament is about to kick off (or was meant to at 7pm).  So I'm just going to get a toastie and a cup of coffee and wait until something happens.

[Dewi_cool]

Jen, can you wish Mike McCool the best of luck, were related you know, same surname

[Djinn]

Prize structure:

1st £25,300
2nd £14,400
3rd £9,700
4th £6,800
5th £5,000
6th £3,200
7th £2,900
8th £2,500
9th £2,200