Walsall GukPT: Final Day - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Play resumes at 2.30pm.

Jerome Bradpiece -- 608,000
Peter Evans -- 596,600
Ganesh Rao -- 362,600
Mohammed Shafiq -- 340,900
Chris Bruce -- 270,400
Raj Patel -- 246,300
Adam Wilkinson -- 239,300
Joe Beevers -- 237,600
Dan Carter -- 232,200
Des Jonas -- 225,700
Billy Ngo -- 178,600
John Conroy -- 132,200

[Djinn]

Redraw sees the players in these positions:

Table Bandit

Ganesh Rao    362,600
Dan Carter     232,200
Chris Bruce     270,400
Peter Evans     596,600
Billy Ngo         178,600
Joe Beevers     237,600

Table Big Name

Jerome Bradpiece  608,000
Des Jonas             225,700
Mohammed Shafiq   340,900
John Conroy           132,200
Raj Patel                246,300
Adam Wilkinson       239,300

[snoopy1239]

Raj Patel is gone in 12th

Jerome Bradpiece raised pre-flop, Raj Patel moved all-in from the big blind with A-K and Jerome called, for quite a chunk, with Pocket Threes.

7-5-J-9-5 board

[Djinn]

Chris Bruce is down to the felt while Dan Carter doubles his stack out of the 'middling' ones...

Ganesh Rao raised on the button, kicking off a large pot as Dan Carter pushed all-in on the small blind.  Thinking he was at it (and fairly enough) Chris Bruce re-raised all-in, getting rid of Rao while Dan was happy to see his up against Chris Bruce's .

Flop:   
Turn:    (Dan is looking ready to bow out)
River:    ("Online!"  mutter the railers, continually horrified by how similar the live game is.)

[snoopy1239]

And just as he's got em, Jerome's lost em, doubling up fan favourite Des Jonas.

Battle of the blinds (Jerome small, Des big), all the chips manage to fly in with Des's A-5 in hot water against the domineering Fives of Gutshotter Jerome.

And with a J-Q-Q Flop it wasn't looking good until the Jack Turn surprised everyone by pairing the board, thereby counterfeiting Jerome's pair.

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Meanwhile, on the other table, short-stacked Chris Bruce finds a much needed double up with A-7 vs. the A-2 of Dan Carter.

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Double up heaven for Conroy. Also shorstacked, John perhaps though Shaf was on a complete steal and so moved all-in on his pre-flop raise, but Shaf called and revealed , which was well in front of John's A-4o. However, a Q-4-4-x-x board meant that Punk Floyd lives to fight another day.

[snoopy1239]

Jerome Bradpiece -- 535k
Des Jonas -- 525k
Mohammed Shafiq -- 205k
John Conroy -- 360k
Adam Wilkinson -- 180k

Ganesh Rao -- 395k
Dan Carter -- 385k
Chris Bruce -- 115k
Peter Evans -- 470k
Billy Ngo -- 260k

[Djinn]

Despite being relatively quiet, young Ganesh Rao has been gradually upping the aggression throughout the tournament, and is clearly not keeping a tight grip on his stack at the expense of opportunities to increase it.  He's nicked several blinds, and released when he's found serious opposition, just now showing that he can even lay down a reasonable hand when the timing is right...

He raised, and found Billy Ngo re-raising all in out of the blinds, and launching the high-speed verbal at him (with absolutely no effect).  Ignoring the "I'll show you my hand if you pass.  You see it either way..." he thought for a while, saying, "I got you beat..."
"Do you want a side bet?" pipes up Ngo instantly, prompting the floor to squash the idea.  Ganesh passed face up, shown by Billy.   

I don't know whether he would have wanted to take that straight gamble if he'd known exactly what his opponent's cards were.

[Djinn]

Adam Wilkinson finishes in 11th place, winning  £3,600

Straight all-in+call scenario, quick as you like, with Adam finding at the same time as Jerome found .  A third Ten just iced the luckbox chip leader's cake.

[Djinn]

Shaf escapes elimination now - Jerome raises on the button to 50k, and big blind Shaf instantly moves all in.  He's in between saying "all" and "in" when Jerome calls, flipping .  Shaf has .

Flop:    Shaf says, "Club, club please."
Turn: 
River: 

He got what he asked for.  Should have said "Ace or a Four, please, or a million pounds."

[Djinn]

And here are the final Nine's potential prizes:

1 £111,600
2  £59,400
3  £39,600
4  £28,800
5  £21,600
6  £18,000
7  £14,400
8  £10,800
9   £7,200

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Chris Bruce finishes in 10th, eliminated by Billy Ngo. Kings v Queens, Queen on Turn after Ngo had made the call to the all-in re-raise of Carter initial 28k min pre-flop raise. Board = 9-8-2-Q-7

[Djinn]

And here are the final Nine's potential prizes:

1 £111,600
2  £59,400
3  £39,600
4  £28,800
5  £21,600
6  £18,000
7  £14,400
8  £10,800
9   £7,200

Blinds will start at 7k/14k, as has been decided will always be the case to ensure that the final has Play.

[Djinn]

The Final:

Seat 1:  Jerome Bradpiece  918,400
Seat 2:  Dan Carter            440,000
Seat 3:  John Conroy         256,000
Seat 4:  M. Shafiq             203,000
Seat 5:  Joe Beevers         135,000
Seat 6:  Peter Evans          448,000
Seat 7:  Ganesh Rao          181,000
Seat 8:  Billy Ngo               548,000
Seat 9:  Des Jonas             506,000

[Djinn]

The Walkons have brought us a little surprise - the Seat Draw has been redone (apparently a computer problem -?) and the actual seat order is now:

Seat 1:  Joe Beevers         135,000
Seat 2:  Des Jonas             506,000
Seat 3:  Peter Evans          448,000
Seat 4:  M. Shafiq             203,000
Seat 5:  John Conroy         256,000
Seat 6:  Dan Carter            440,000
Seat 7:  Ganesh Rao          181,000
Seat 8:  Billy Ngo               548,000
Seat 9:  Jerome Bradpiece  918,400

[Djinn]

Name                                        Blinds Nicked
Billy the Kid                                      I
Peter the Bandit                               I
Shaf                                               III