Bolton GPT: Final - At A Glance

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Good news for Irish fans as Vincent Birt has just doubled up.

He'd dribbled down a little, but he is now back up to 89k after surviving an vs Ray Wyre's battle of the blinds.

All-in preflop, the board came and Vince lives to fight another day.

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We have another double up.

Liverpudlian, Ian Nelson limp pre-flop with A-4 only for Greg Howard to raise it up with A-T. Ian then flat called.

All the money went in on the rather emphatic A-4-4 Flop, and Greg is down to 78,000

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Rough Chip Counts (many a player here favours the giant tall towers of uncountability):

Alan Henson    165k
Ian Nelson        240k
Greg Howard      80k
Karl Mahrenholz  440k
Damon D'Cruz     55k
Nik Persaud        138k

Joe Grech          160k
Praz Bansi          370k
Vince Birt           88k
Ray Wyre           75k
Simon Nowab     92k
Gary Fox            140k

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And now he's given them back.

Minimum raising to 20k pre-flop, Ian Nelson fancied taking a pop with his when Greg Howard moved all-in for just 58,500 and an holding.

The was domineering, but the Turn must have result in a few sweaty palms.

Fortunately for Gregory, nothing came of it as the River revealed a harmless .

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Triple all-in News Now -

Finally short stack Vince Birt makes his move in late position.  In later position, Ray Wyre moves in over the top.  In even later position (well, the small blind), Gary Fox was all in too.  That hand had to be a monster, and it was:  .
Vince showed
Ray showed

Flop:    (the crowd gathers closer)
Turn: 
River:    And Ray is clearly a bit excited, with the clapping and the shouting... while

Vince Birt finishes in 12th place, winning £1,600

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Simon Nowab doubles up after finally getting called on one of his many pushes with Deuces against Gary Fox's J-8.  In the process, the equally-stacked Gary was knocked out in 11th place, winning £2,000.

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Quickly following is Nik Persaud, whose A-3 (all in for 70k) was called by Greg Howard's A-9.
The kicker was enough to knock out Nik Persaud in 10th place, for £3,000.  And we are now entering the grey break area of Final Table - uncertain when play is to recommence, but will get the chip counts etc. during this (fairly lengthy) pause...  they're estimating re-start at 7:30pm.

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Here are the final table chip counts...

Praz Bansi -- 434,500
Karl Mahrenholz -- 414,000
Greg Howard -- 318,000
Ray Wyre -- 213,000
Simon Nowab -- 160,500
Alan Henson -- 104,500
Joe Grech -- 133,000
Ian Nelson -- 104,500
Damon D'Cruz -- 57,000

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Here's the order in which they'll be sitting (a handy sheet has just appeared, but thanks to Snoopy for going the extra kilometre and getting the counts beforehand):

Seat 1  Damon D'Cruz  57,000
Seat 2  Karl Mahrenholz  414,000
Seat 3  Ian Nelson  145,500
Seat 4  Greg Howard  318,000
Seat 5  Praz Bansi  434,500
Seat 6  Ray Wyre  213,000
Seat 7  Joe Grech  133,000
Seat 8  Simon Nowab  160,500
Seat 9  Alan Henson  104,500

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is it just the final table on the tv jen

No, the camera crew picked up very hands from the whole event.

Apparently each event gets two 1hr shows - the first will have snippets of coverage from the whole thing, and then more detail from the money finishes, and half the final table, while the second show will concentrate on the final five players.  This means that they'll be able to cover more hands than just exitexitexit - should be more about the cards, which would be nice.

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The final is now underway...

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Damon has moved all-in and found a caller in Simon Nowab.

Simon held sixes, but he was outdrawn when Damon's Big Slick flopped an Ace.

Double up for Damon.

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More action!!

This time it's Alan Henson who enjoys the double up.

It wasn't easy though.

Finding in early position, Alan moves it all-in, only to be called by the criminal profiler, Ray Wyre, who was sitting on a pair of Ladies.

The Flop was ideal for Ray, that was until the Turn and River brought a and to give Alan an unlikely flush.

Much hilarity ensued, however, as both men cheered, Ray not quite realising he'd been Rivered.

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Joe Grech is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning £4,900

All-in with Tens against Praz Bansi's Ace King, Joe was forced to take the walk of shame past the audience as the board came K-Q-Q-J-6.

He does receive a chip set though for his final table troubles, as do the other 8 players.

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Simon moves in now for 74k, and neighbour Alan Henson counts out the call...and makes it.  Everyone else gets out of their way, and...
Simon shows: 
Alan shows:  Ah

Flop: 
Turn: 
River:

So Simon Nowab is the 8th place finisher, winning £5,900