Christmas Cracker £750 Main Event - Final Day - INTERACTIVE

[NoflopsHomer]

And within a minute of starting, the first player has been eliminated - Paul Webb, in 9th place, winning £2,200


I think it was James Mcbride who benefitted from his chips - going to go rail and see if I can work this out by a cunning process of stack subtraction.

Don't forget to carry the five....

five... what?

In her Mathematical Stack Subtraction.

[Djinn]

Well, it's reached that slightly quiet time, with no one really wanting to break the mould and start raising more often than they're statistically likely to have a hand...what that means in real terms is that not much is happening.  But here are a couple of hands where something was shown -

Threeway action preflop and a flop of .  Check from big blind Driton, check from Shek and Anthony Kirkbride on the button takes it down with a 30k bet (although plenty of dwelling went on in between all of this).  He shows the .

Small blind Driton makes up and Ryan Fronda checks.  Flop, turn and river are all checked, until we see .  Driton shows the unexpected , while shortstack Ryan Fronda wins that one with a pair of Deuces.

And there's been many a raise-all-others-pass hand - and really quite a few of these end up being shown. 

I think I could write a short encyclopedia with all the free information that's been given by the players on the last two tables...

[Djinn]

Chip estimates as they head for the end of this level:

1  Anthony Kirkbride   272,000
2  Bill Davies             25,000
3  Chris Huyton        50,000
4  Driton Haxhiaj     280,000
5  Ryan Fronda       50,000
6  Paul King           66,000
7  Dick Shek          90,000
8  James Mcbride      135,000

Sharply divided into the big two stacks and everyone else.  With James Mcbride in the middle.

[Djinn]

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I am going to start drinking Red Bull now.  I'm driving home tonight, otherwise it may have been something stronger.

[ariston]

Good stamina Jen, go get some chocolate or something to give you a sugar rush.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jen, use a few of these coupons to wake people up....

[RED-DOG]

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I am going to start drinking Red Bull now.  I'm driving home tonight, otherwise it may have been something stronger.

Jen, I don't believe you are only one person!!

[Djinn]

Paul King doubles up -

Some background - Driton Haxhiaj has raised (minimum twice) several times preflop with no interest shown by any of the players in looking him up.  Now he does so again under the gun and Paul King moves in over the top.  Call.
Paul shows: 
Driton shows: 
Flop: 
Turn:
River:

So Paul now has joined the ranks of mid-stacked, knocking Driton off the top spot.

[Djinn]

Jen, use a few of these coupons to wake people up....

I don't have a printer.

[Acidmouse]

6666 posts ugggg post quick!

[NoflopsHomer]

6666 posts ugggg post quick!

666 is the devil. 6666? what is that? the devil on crack?

[Djinn]

I bring you the ballad of Bill Davies... It's a long one, involving being perilously short stacked (25k, blinds 4k/8k) for the last hour, and moving in with no callers, repeatedly.  When he does this under the gun, it folds to big blind Anthony Kirkbride, who passed face-up last time, and this time took what to me seemed an eternity to call with .  He doubled up with his , spiking a Jack and prolonging the final table by perhaps up to four or five hours.

[The Camel]

Mickey Wernick makes an odd pass...

Jim Mcbride makes a raise preflop, and Mickey in the big blind clearly wasn't convinced, as he re-raised another 20k or so.  Now with over 60k in the pot, Mcbride moves in for around 16k more.  And Mickey passes. 

Sorry i respect the guy massively but that is an appalling pass if it went down as reported.

Just caught up with the coverage.

Mickey once made a very similar pass against me... on a flop of 972 he passed QQ face up against me for his last 2000 with about 35k in the pot.

I had top set.

Poker tournies aren't all about pot odds. In a cash game it's a stupid pass but in a tournie once the chips are gone you are out and sometimes you have to fold even if pot odds say you should call...

[Royal Flush]

Mickey Wernick makes an odd pass...

Jim Mcbride makes a raise preflop, and Mickey in the big blind clearly wasn't convinced, as he re-raised another 20k or so.  Now with over 60k in the pot, Mcbride moves in for around 16k more.  And Mickey passes. 

Sorry i respect the guy massively but that is an appalling pass if it went down as reported.

Just caught up with the coverage.

Mickey once made a very similar pass against me... on a flop of 972 he passed QQ face up against me for his last 2000 with about 35k in the pot.

I had top set.

Poker tournies aren't all about pot odds. In a cash game it's a stupid pass but in a tournie once the chips are gone you are out and sometimes you have to fold even if pot odds say you should call...

I appreciate the concept of changing chip equity. There comes a point though where you surely can't pass?

In the hand vs you i just can't see how its a good pass, there are times where he will be up against just 2 pair or may even be ahead.

[AlrightJack]

Mickey Wernick makes an odd pass...

Jim Mcbride makes a raise preflop, and Mickey in the big blind clearly wasn't convinced, as he re-raised another 20k or so.  Now with over 60k in the pot, Mcbride moves in for around 16k more.  And Mickey passes. 

Sorry i respect the guy massively but that is an appalling pass if it went down as reported.

Just caught up with the coverage.

Mickey once made a very similar pass against me... on a flop of 972 he passed QQ face up against me for his last 2000 with about 35k in the pot.

I had top set.

Poker tournies aren't all about pot odds. In a cash game it's a stupid pass but in a tournie once the chips are gone you are out and sometimes you have to fold even if pot odds say you should call...

I appreciate the concept of changing chip equity. There comes a point though where you surely can't pass?

In the hand vs you i just can't see how its a good pass, there are times where he will be up against just 2 pair or may even be ahead.

The difference is that for most people, if they are down to their last 2,000 chips, they do not consider it possible that they can recover, so in it goes, even if they know they are beat. With Mickey however, 2,000 chips is recoverable and he's proven it several times by coming back from next to nothing to win or go close.