Bolton GPT: Final - At A Glance

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- - Inexplicable break - -

Chip counts gathered during it:

Damon D'Cruz     73k
Karl Mahrenholz   467k
Ian Nelson        136k
Greg Howard   224k
Praz Bansi       583k
Ray Wyre        81k
Alan Henson       368k

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Action recommences:

Karl raises preflop and wins the blinds.
Ray raises on the button to 37k, Damon moves in - CALL

Damon shows
Ray shows: 

Flop: 
Turn: 
River: 

So we have a quick post-break near-elimination, while Damon plays his second hand of the year Final.

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The next hand, and Ray Wyre is of course all in for something like 2k, b.b. Karl checks after Alan makes the call preflop.

Flop:    Karl checks and Alan checks
Turn:    check-check
River: 

Karl shows K-T which is good against all-in Ray's Queen-high, so Ray Wyre is the 7th place finisher, winning £7,900.

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Jon Raab lets us know that the series will be reaching us in August, after the end of Big Brother, so if you want to program your video...

Reaching the end of this level, and Alan Hansen raises preflop to 36k  - big blind Karl calls.
Flop:    Karl checks, Alan gives a short stare and a chew of his gum and bets 36k.  Karl raises to 90k total.  This prompts a countdown from Alan, and a lengthy think...and the hole card twitch makes us think it's going to be a pass...and it is - he shows J-J.  Karl may have taken the chip lead with this one.

As the blinds are raised to 8k/16k, ante 2k, I return control of the horizontal and the vertical to Snoopy...

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Ian takes a chunk of chips off Praz with two pair, Aces and Queens... I was getting food for the desperate updaters who have discovered that noodles are available at the bar and energy is required for the maintaining of consciousness...

Anyway, Damon D'Cruz on the button moves in and Karl and Ian think about it...

Karl counts the chips and has a stare into the smiling face of Damon but thinks better of it, and he's got another set of blinds.  Low-stacked for days, and it looks like he's picking his spots well.  As Nik says, "The survival instincts of a panther."

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Karl raises preflop on the button and Greg Howard re-raises from the big blind...good idea.  Greg gets it.

Damon raises to 36k, Praz pushes in - Damon calls!

Damon shows:
Praz shows: 

Flop: 
Turn: 
River: 

Praz is in chip trouble now (comparatively), as Damon gets his third double up...

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Bit of a Prazathon at the moment, he seems to be playing everything hand.

Ian Nelson and Praz see a Flop of

Both check and then Praz bets 16k on the Turn, to which Ian responds by smooth calling.

River =

Once again, Praz makes a bet, this time 20k, and Ian calls instantly with .

Praz takes the pot with

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So, revised counts:

Damon D'Cruz     222k
Karl Mahrenholz   714k
Ian Nelson         178k
Greg Howard      180k
Praz Bansi          531k
Alan Henson       207k

Greg Howard is a friendly guy - apparently he's not been playing forever like some of the finalists, but has had quite a bit of online success after deciding to take up the game...look him up if you want more.  Anyway, he bet on himself £20 each way at 125-1 so he's considering this a win-win situation, being on the final and all.

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Damon D'Cruz raises on the button - it works and 42k in blinds goes to him. 

Praz raises to 50k, in what passes for early position when you're six-handed.  Alan Henson re-raises all in, next to speak.  Back round to Praz, who takes his time on every decision, but has made so many good ones this tournament that we accept it.  Call for the extra 120kish.

Praz shows: 
Alan shows: 

Flop:
Turn:
River:

And with three pair Praz Bansi eliminates Alan Henson in 6th place for a prize of £10,800.

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Damon D'Cruz has moved all-in...

with...

He's been called!!!

= Greg

Board =

And the Lutonian Bulldozer doubles up... again!!!

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And Damon D'Cruz has moved all-in yet again!!! And been called again!

Damon =

Praz =



Which means...

Damon D'Cruz is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £13,800

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Ian has moved all-in...

It's only 34k, so Karl Marhrenholz is pretty much obliged to call from the big blind.

Karl =

Ian =

Something for everyone on the flop.



Turn =

River =

He must have alligator blood! Double up for Nelson, but he's still painfully short.

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Big cheer from the Scousers present as Ian Nelson finds that crucial second double up!

All-in versus the of Greg Howard, Ian Nelson's found 8 more outs as the Flop hit the felt.

Turn =

Deep breath...

River =

... and Nelson hit a pair to stay in the comp.

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A hand plays out in record time, now, with Karl raising preflop to 90k, Greg Howard moves all in, looking for the double back with .  Karl calls sharpish with ...
Flop:  with an anticlimactic turn and river so that means that...

Greg Howard finishes in 4th place, winning £17,700

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Ian Nelson is now becoming a big threat in this competition as he enjoys yet another double up, this time courtesy of Praz Bansi who moved sll-in with .

Ian must have been terribly short chipped as he managed to find a call with , somehow finding himself in a rather fortunate coinflip situation.

And it worked out for him too as the Flop gave him a lovely two pair.



High fives and lots of clench fists, but it wasn't over just yet, not only could Praz hit his set, but he now had a threatening flush draw as the Turn brought the .

But it didn't quite happen with the River and Praz takes a slight knock.

Now the Scouse fans are starting to get excited!