Broadway Festival: Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Despite the bubble bursting, the shorter stacks haven't gone crazy yet and everyone is still pretty tight. I just did a 20 minute stint up top and every hand was raise followed by more passing than a bad Mastermind contestant. Blinds are 4k/8k for the next 20 minutes and then we go to 5k/10k which is when people start to feel the pinch....

[NoflopsHomer]

Praz raises to 22k, Chris Gavriel moves all-in for 22.5k more, Praz forced to call.

Gavriel:



Praz:



Board:



Gavriel back over 90k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Lots more passing though Simon Zach seems to be ahead in the 'Steal the Blinds' game, I think the tight table has even affected Markus and Henning who haven't been raising much either. Finally last hand before the blinds went to 5k/10k S Javadi pushed here last 32k, Shaf, as CL, felt compelled to call with his half-wilson . Javadi was holding though.

Board:



Still ten players.

[NoflopsHomer]

George Geary moves all-in utg for 47k.

Henning Bolstad calls.

David Lloyd dwells for a bit and passes.

On their backs:

Geary:



Bolstad:



Board:



Geary back above 100k, still 10 players. David Lloyd passed Sevens.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chris Gavriel raises to 40k in EP, Henning Bolstad re-raises him all-in and Chris Gavriel decides to go for it.


Henning Bolstad:



Chris Gavriel:




Board:



Meaning Chris Gavriel is OUT in 10th winning £1,860

[NoflopsHomer]

Sorry Camel, the first should actually be .


Anyway more action now, Shaf raises to 30k and S Javadi virtually calls all-in (she had about 3-4 BB's)

On their backs:

Javadi:



Shaf:



Board:



So S Javadi is OUT in 9th winning £2,790


Approx chip counts:

(1) David Lloyd -- 65k
(3) Trevor Reardon -- 75k
(4) P Pihlajamaa -- 85k
(5) George Geary -- 60k
(6) Mohammed Shaffiq -- 405k
(7) Simon Zach -- 160k
(8)l Henning Bolstad -- 225k
(9) Praz Bansi -- 210k

[NoflopsHomer]

Simon Zach must have just folded a previous hand to a reraise because I saw him move all-in from the button for 129k and was called by Praz in the big blind.

Simon:



Praz:




Board:



Simon has got over 250k now. Praz really short with about 60k.

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And shortly after, Trevor Reardon doubled up to 120k, 9-9 vs Shaf's A-Qs, 5-2-5-2-J board.

[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."

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

[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.

[NoflopsHomer]

1st is roughly £32k while 2nd is about £13k

A few hands now,

First on a board Praz bets 16k and is check/raised by Simon to 75k, both check the river where Simon's is good.

Praz raises and takes the blinds.

Simon folds the small blind.

Praz folds the small blind.

Simon raises and takes the blinds.

Praz makes up the blinds and we see a flop. Simon check/calls Praz' 20k bet. They both check the turn. Simon checks the river and Praz bets 50k. Simon moves all-in and Praz folds.

Finally Simon makes up and Praz checks, they check down a board until the river where Praz bets 50k and Simon quickly calls, Praz has , Simon has . Chop that one.