Grand Prix De Paris: Final Table - Interactive

[Djinn]

Will Ma gets called up for string betting (counting out 60k but only putting in 20k, then announcing ,"Sixty."  It's been a long week...anyway Ram sees the flop on the big blind as does Runar Runarsson:  on which Runar check-raises Will all in, winning that one.  Runar's stack, incidentally, is a kind of raft of 25k plaques, with a tower of chips on top, and a miniature golden Eiffel tower on the top of that.  Pictured: his stack yesterday, as an example.
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Meanwhile Ram has taken two lots of 10k/20k blinds with uncontested preflop raises. 

[hotdog]

this is rams bes chance for a while now i hope he scoops the lot. an yh wat was u sayin bout the check shirt roland. he would of dissapointed us if he didnt where it lol.

[snoopy1239]

We have a...



and it involves the Hendon Mob's Ram Vaswani, who raised it up pre-flop to 75,000.

The lively Will Ma made it 200,000, only for Ram to nonchalantly announce all-in, slightly waving his hand forward in that cool calm, "Aaaah, it's only money" manner that only Ram knows.

After a few minutes in the think tank, head bowed down deep in thought as seems to be the norm with the Canadian, Will Ma lifts up his head and says, "I know this is going to look like a crazy move, but I think there's a wide range of hands you could be making that bet with" and makes the call.

Ram Vaswani =

Will Ma =

A rather shocked group of onlookers raise their eyebrows in befuddlement, but the Canadian is keen to defend himself, pretty much echoing his previous statement.

Flop =

Ram, as seems to have been the case this final, lets his emotions uncharacteristically slip (although still only marginally), and the look of combined disgust and disappointment is evident for all to see. His shoulders slump somewhat, and he can only look on with disdain as the dealer lets the final two cards hit the felt...

Turn =

River =

No help, and a shocked Ram, seemingly motionless as he looms over the table, can only look on as Ma apologises for what is a huge beat in a huge pot.

The dealer requests 617,000 from Ram, after the wounded Hendon Mobber sighs, "How much is it?", and casually shuffles through his €25,000 plaques as if they were raffle tickets.

Down to 120k, but not out, Ram looks like a shot deer, and I'd be very surprised if he gets himself back into this year's Grand Prix de Paris final after such a major setback.

[Djinn]

Now autoallin on the big blind with , Ram is up against the of Runar Runarsson...
Flop: 
Turn:   
River:    Runar quietly marvels to himself, in the manner of all poker players ever:  "I actually won on the river card!"

Meanwhile a very dignified-in-defeat Ram shakes hands all round, hearing the contrite Will Ma saying (about the previous hand):  "I overestimated how crazy you were - I thought you were completely crazy..."
"No probs mate.  I've done it myself."  In two years of updating, that is probably the kind of thing you hear the most rarely.  Honestly.

So Ram Vaswani becomes the 4th place finisher, winning €105,640

[SirWatts]

Will is Canadian!! Keep it up Will you sicko.

[Rolandinho05]

sigh

[snoopy1239]

... and before you ask Roland, Thomas Wahlroos is NOT chip leader. 

[hotdog]

sick thats all i can say. u still need the luck even if u r the best on the table ram.

hes right bout iove done it myself tho lol

[snoopy1239]

Will is Canadian!! Keep it up Will you sicko.

Thanks for that confirmation, SirWatts.

To be fair, Will has played tremendous poker all week, it's just on that occasion, his read was way off and he clearly had a rush of blood, putting his tournament life on the line rather unnecessarily with a hand that had a huge chance of being dominated, in my humble opinion of course. I'm sure there were plenty better spots.

[Djinn]

Will is Canadian!! Keep it up Will you sicko.

Will and David just got involved in a hand (pictured below) after which they discovered that they often play together online... we hear that "What's your name on..." conversation happen at quite a few final tables.  It's pretty interesting sometimes to find out who's who.  But even more so perhaps is Will's response to being asked if he's going to Vegas this summer - I think it was, "No, I'm eighteen."  With David being 22, that leaves Runar at 44 to be older than his other two opponents combined.

[hotdog]

Will is Canadian!! Keep it up Will you sicko.

Thanks for that confirmation, SirWatts.

To be fair, Will has played tremendous poker all week, it's just on that occasion, his read was way off and he clearly had a rush of blood, putting his tournament life on the line rather unnecessarily with a hand that had a huge chance of being dominated, in my humble posiiton of course. I'm sure there were plenty better spots.

u humble get it right snoops

[SirWatts]

Yeah it was a misread, we've all done it at some point. Sounds like he and Ram had been going at it a bit, they were bound to play a big one at some point.

[snoopy1239]

3-handed:

Will Ma (Canada) -- 1,250,000
Runar Runarsson (Iceland) -- 883,000
David Redlin (America) -- 733,000

[snoopy1239]

They're brought out the big guns... 

[Djinn]

The ipods are off now, but I got this picture when they were still six-handed.  Another advantage of being off a TV-table - the musical freedom... also looks kind of like they're in a weird sort of mirror, which I like.  I so rarely get a decent photo.