Cardiff GUKPT: FINAL DAY - At A Glance

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This will be the no-frills thread for live updates from the final day's action at the BlueSquare Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Cardiff.

Start time 2:30pm.

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Chip standings at the end of Day Two:

Kayshan Muthy     374,200
Ian Nelson             79,000
Victoria Coren       202,200
Roberto Romanello  331,100
Andrew Feldman     138,000
Hoss Parhazkar        488,500

Michael Greco         164,000
Steve Craig            420,400
Eliott Bowker         392,700
Dave Smith            134,850
Simon Zach            322,400
Anthony Romanello  141,000


Payout Structure:

1  £97,680
2  £51,980
3  £34,650
4  £25,200
5  £18,900
6  £15,750
7  £12,600
8   £9,450
9   £6,300
10 £4,720
11 £3,150
12-15  £2,520
16-21  £2,200
22-27  £1,890

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The Start-of-Day Redraw is as follows:

Dave Smith       134,800
Steve Craig       420,100
Vicky Coren       202,200
Anthony Romanello  141,000
Hoss Parhizkar    488,500
Kayshan Muthy   374,200

Elliot Bowker      392,700
Roberto Romanello  331,100
Andrew Feldman     138,000
Ian Nelson               79,000
Simon Zach           322,400
Michael Greco        164,000

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In the very first seconds of play, we lose our first player - Andrew Feldman, who raised preflop with A-J, and found Roberto Romanello moving in over the top.  Correctly surmising that the lairy Welsh player didn't need to have that much, he called, and was up against A-9.  A spiked Nine, however, and Romanello nearly doubles up while making Day Three very short for Andrew, who finishes 12th, winning £2,520.

[snoopy1239]

Vicy Coren is OUT in11th

Vicky raised pre-flop with and Kayshan called from late position with .

Flop =

Not a bad flop for Kayshan Muthy - second nut flush with an open ended straight flush if need be.

The chips flew in, as you'd expect, and although Vicky had outs for a full house, they didn't arrive, leaving her to join her friend and fellow Vic fanatic, Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing, on the rail.

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Ian Nelson triples up - short-stackedly all in, he gets a double call and check-down from Michael Greco and Roberto.
The board:     and while Greco announces "Pair of Nines," Ian had a Jack and is still in it....




...on the final table...

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Anthony Romanello exits in 10th place, winning £4,720

I suppose he was short enough now just to push on the button with , which is what he did, called in the blinds by Hoss Parhizkar with .
The board:  - which halved the number of Romanellos in the final.

[snoopy1239]

We come bearing chip counts:

Dave Smith -- 139,500
Steve Craig -- 449,500
Hoss Parhazkar -- 623,500
Kayshan Muthy -- 508,500

Elliot Bowker -- 422,000
Roberto Romanello -- 496,500
Ian Nelson -- 89,000
Simon Zach -- 253,500
Michael Greco -- 167,000

The final is scheduled to start at 4.30pm.

[snoopy1239]

Seating order:

Seat 1: Kayshan Muthy -- 508,500
Seat 2: Elliot Bowker -- 422,000
Seat 3: Ian Nelson -- 89,000
Seat 4: Hoss Parhazkar -- 623,500
Seat 5: Simon Zach -- 253,500
Seat 6: Steve Craig -- 449,500
Seat 7: Michael Greco -- 167,000
Seat 8: Roberto Romanello -- 496,500
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 139,500

[snoopy1239]

And on the very first hand, Ian Nelson doubles up.

Finding , Ian Nelson moved all-in in pre-flop for 89k, only to find a caller in big blind Kayshan Muthy and his paltry , clearly thinking he had 2 live cards, which he did, and fancying a shot of removing Nelson and moving up the ladder.

But it didn't happen, and with a board, the Liverpudlian doubles through.

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Greco moves in after Hoss Parhizkar bet on a flop - he follows the 61k bet with a call for the rest (not too much) after a small think during which Michael responds to questioning, "I have a massive hand."  Clearly unconvinced, Hoss calls.

Michael
Hoss

"Come on baby, don't suck out on me," requests Michael, eliciting a smirk from Snoopy in the press room -

Turn: 
River: 

And a double through for DTD's Beppe, who when told he's first to act said, "I never acted in real life..." the audience are in the palm of his hand.

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Kayshan has been nicking the odd blind, meanwhile it's all "X passes, Y passes."

Ian Nelson raises to 44k in the most recent one, getting it through, then it's Dave all-in once more preflop for 128k exactly.  Kayshan calls, and fast, even with everyone else left to ask behind him.  Simon Zach really gives it a think before passing, though, and it gets through the others -

Dave shows: A K off
Kayshan shows: A K off

Flop:  Ah
Turn:
River: 

CHOP

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Dave Smith is all in again the very next hand under the gun, this time no callers, but he shows . 
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Roberto Romanello raises on the button, gets a bit back from small blind Dave and big blind Kayshan.  He gets the first spontaneous round of applause!  Popular guy.

Simon Zach raises to 41k, same result, but he doesnt get a clap.  He shows .  I am very glad people are showing their uncalled hands or we'd be hard pressed to find information to relate...

Kayshan raises to 49k on the button; Eliott and Ian give up the blinds.  I think he's currently ahead on the blind-raising; Roberto and Eliott keeping surprisingly quiet for the first 20 hands.

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Hoss calls a 49k bet preflop from Kayshan (surprise).  Simon thinks for a long while but no one else is interested, including short stacks Ian and Dave Smith, even though in the small blind there's quite a bit of value...

Flop:   Kayshan checks, Hoss stares from beneath the brim of his GUKPT hat before betting 60k.  Kayshan immediately announces all in; Call just as quickly, and it's obvious why - he's flopped bottom set and is on the way to cracking a bigger pair (the only one which wouldn't have a bigger set now, incidentally)...

Hoss: 
Kayshan: 

Turn: 
River: 

They measure up the chips, and it turns out Kayshan Muthy finishes 9th, winning £6,300

[snoopy1239]

Chip counts:

Seat 1: Kayshan Muthy -- out
Seat 2: Elliot Bowker -- 342,000
Seat 3: Ian Nelson -- 55,000
Seat 4: Hoss Parhazkar -- 1,125,000
Seat 5: Simon Zach -- 333,000
Seat 6: Steve Craig -- 453,000
Seat 7: Michael Greco -- 261,000
Seat 8: Roberto Romanello -- 489,000
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 125,000