Broadway Festival: Day 2 - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

Oops, I made a misread earlier, it wasn't Simon Zach that knocked out Gavriel, it was in fact Henning, I just saw the cards in front of Simon and assumed it was him. Sorry all.

[NoflopsHomer]

More on the Simon Zach/Praz Bansi hand, the preflop action didn't just go all-in/call apparently, Simon made it 40k from the button and Praz made it 100k from the big blind and Simon pushed his remaing chips with the knowing full well he was getting called for the last 20k or so. Makes it seem a lot sicker from Praz' point of view.

[snoopy1239]

Here's a mid-break David Lloyd (reluctantly photoed).

"I think Simon made a bit of a boo boo on that Pras hand. He raised pre-flop with Q-Js, which is fair enough, but once Pras has made the re-raise with the sevens, he's gotta let it go knowing that Pras is committed if he were to move over the top. But, I think he looked at the prize structure, thought 'It's only a grand between the places' and decided to gamble. I'm not sure that's the best way to look at it though when you've been playing this long."

[snoopy1239]

The blinds are now 8/16k.

When asked about the potential chip count at 5.30pm, David Lloyd didn't seem to worries, adding, "It'll be chopped up with four players left, I doubt we'll make it to 5.30."

I'm not surprised with tbh considering the top heavy structure.

[NoflopsHomer]

Dave Lloyd pushes all-in from late position for 62k. Shaf decides to take a shot from the big blind.

Dave:



"Oh, anything but that!" exclaims Shaf.

Shaf:



Board:



Dave up to 134k.

[snoopy1239]

P Pihlajamaa is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £3,720

Pretty shortstacked, Pihlajamaa made his move with Threes, but ran into the Pocket Aces of fellow Scandie Bolstad.

Q-9-6-K-5 Board was no help.

[NoflopsHomer]

George Geary is OUT in 7th place winning £4,650

Having dwindled to a tiny stack he pushed  his last 15k in from the cut-off and was called by Simon Zach, Henning Bolstad and Praz Bansi. The three then checked the board which was won by a mile by Simon's . Never got to see George's cards.

Over to Snoopy...

[snoopy1239]

David Lloyd is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £5,580

With the blinds at 8/16k, Simon Zach went 16 with 16 and David Lloyd called from the big blind.

Flop =

All the chips flew in.

Lloyd =

Zach =

Turn =

River =

"So, just the quads then?" commented Lloyd. "I hit my card, had to push. Should have re-raised pre-flop"

[NoflopsHomer]

Wow, it's carnage now.

Trevor Reardon is OUT and is our 5th place finisher winning £6,975

He made a stand with but Simon Zach called with

Board:




Simon has since been telling Praz that he virtually called all-in with the because he wanted to "play for the top 3 spots and nothing else."

[snoopy1239]

Dropping like flies!

And to think Ariston went to bed.

I pity the fool!

[snoopy1239]

They're like buses!

... but smaller.

[snoopy1239]

Simon Zach -- 620k
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 330k
Praz Bansi -- 275k
Henning Bolstad -- 160k

[snoopy1239]

George Geary is OUT in 7th place winning £4,650

Having dwindled to a tiny stack he pushed  his last 15k in from the cut-off and was called by Simon Zach, Henning Bolstad and Praz Bansi. The three then checked the board which was won by a mile by Simon's . Never got to see George's cards.

Over to Snoopy...

For what it's worth, George had A-3.

[NoflopsHomer]

I love poker, sometimes it's so surprising, after we grinded for what seemed like 5 or 6 hours with only 1 person going out, it's all sprung into life.

Henning Bolstad is our 4th place finisher winning £9,300

And it was one of those 'one up the bum' jobbies.

He pushed from the small blind with and Praz asked how much but then said, "Call."

Praz showed . You know what's coming don't you...

Flop:



Ouch!

[snoopy1239]

Mohammed Shaffiq is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £11,625

Shaf made it 70k from the button, Praz moved all-in and Shaf called.

Q-Jo vs 7-7

Board = 6-9-7-A-Q

Heads up now between Zach and Pransi.