Grand Prix De Paris: Final Table - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

(Seat 1) Paul Gourlay -- 122,000
(Seat 2) Jeff Wallace -- 103,000
(Seat 3) Will Ma -- 610,000
(Seat 4) Yuri Kerzhapkin -- 111,500
(Seat 5) Tor Gammelgard -- 255,000
(Seat 6) Runar Runarsson -- 309,000
(Seat 7) Ram Vaswani -- 413,000
(Seat 8) Jeff Lisandro -- 490,500
(Seat 9) David Redlin -- 370,500

 
Will Ma -- 610,000
Jeff Lisandro -- 490,500
Ram Vaswani -- 413,000
David Redlin -- 370,500
Runar Runarsson -- 309,000
Tor Gammelgard -- 255,000
Yuri Kerzhapkin -- 111,500
Jeff Wallace -- 103,000
Paul Gourlay -- 122,000

Prize Structure:

1  €422,560
2  €224,480
3  €158,460
4  €105,640
5   €79,230
6   €66,020
7   €52,820
8   €39,615
9   €26,410

[Djinn]

Up and running nine handed, clock 3k/6k about to rise to 4k/8k ante 1k.  Fashionably late entrance for Will Ma, who strolled in after one hand had already been dealt...

[snoopy1239]

And just like that (hmm, Tommy Cooper?), we have a double up.

All-in pre-flop, Jeff Wallace's is swiftly called by Jeff Lisandro and his leading , but, and most likely to the chagrin of Rocket Man, the first card out was a King, follwed by a rainbow 3-4-4-9 board.

Double up for the American, still on 9.

[Djinn]

15 cagey minutes later, I swap back off with Snoopy... we have great final table hovering access, btw - the scarcity of journalists and the lack of TV paraphernalia means that we can actually see everything that goes on.  Oh, the luxury...

Ram Vaswani, Jeff Lisandro and Yuri Kerzhapkin take down some little pots preflop, the latter, however, pushing in pre over the top of a 25k raise from David Redlin to add a few extra.  He also checked an entire board down with big blind caller of his 25k button raise Runar Runarsson, winning with Ace-high.  If that doesn't sound like enough action to you -

Paul Gourlay limps in early position, the button and small blind join the party and big blind Jeff Lisandro checks. 
Flop:  .  Lisandro bets out 25k, only to find Paul moving in straight away and springing up from his seat like someone had put something pointy on it.  It's 83k more to Lisandro (pictured left next to David Redlin)...who passes, saying, "Got any of that?" in a tone which implied skepticism.  Paul only shows him the .

[Djinn]

Jeff Wallace just pushed for 106k from the small blind over the top of Paul's button 22k raise.  He passed (flashing what looked like a pair of threes or some such) and was shown Jeff's in return.  Around 110k left for Mr. Gourlay.
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Ram Vaswani and Jeff Lisandro have been clashing repeatedly, with the lilac-shirted American getting the best of our UK player... first with Ram on the button and Jeff on the small blind, Ram found himself check-raised on a flop.  He called (around 80k).  The came on the turn, and Lisandro just announced, "All in," a serious bet which put his opponent's tournament at stake.  Pass.  The very next hand, Jeff called Ram's 25k preflop raise (on the button himself now) and bet the flop when it was checked to him, picking up another one...

[Djinn]

Double up for Tor Gammelgard - all-in on a board with the vulnerable but winning against Ram Vaswani's (I bet he was pleased not to see a heart draw too)... The turn and river brought the and Ram doesn't look best pleased, clunking in the nearly 200k he has to pay off in plaques.

[Djinn]

Just before the current break it's been the Ram Vaswani show - he's been in every hand - nicking some blinds, losing a small pot to David Redlin, winning a small pot re-raising Will Ma off preflop and playing this one against Jeff Lisandro (small blind vs. big blind).  Limp check preflop, flop - Ram bet 10k; call.
Turn:    Check-check
River:    Ram check-calls Jeff Lisandro's bet of 25k, winning the pot with .
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Current chip counts:

(Seat 2) Jeff Wallace -- 140,000
(Seat 3) Will Ma -- 640,000
(Seat 4) Yuri Kerzhapkin -- 140,000
(Seat 5) Tor Gammelgard -- 365,000
(Seat 6) Runar Runarsson -- 308,000
(Seat 7) Ram Vaswani -- 395,000
(Seat Jeff Lisandro -- 590,000
(Seat 9) David Redlin -- 211,000

[Djinn]

Will Ma makes it 34k on the button, and small blind Yuri Kerzhapkin moved all in.  A further 90k to Will, with the pot already that size, and a brief dwell later he's called with , finding Yuri holding . 
Flop: 
Turn: 
River:    so...

Yuri Kerzhapkin finishes in 8th place, winning €39,615

"He was short stacked the whole entire tournament," comments David Redlin, quite correctly.

[snoopy1239]

Sorry, forgot to copy and paste the 9th place exit over to this thread...

Paul 'Rocket Man' Gourlay is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning €26,410

Paul Gourlay has pushed all-in!

"Call!" says Will Ma.

Ma =

Gourlay =

Flop =

Turn =

River =

[snoopy1239]

Jeff Wallace and Ram Vaswani inevitably get all the spondoolies in pre-flop for a classic coin-flip.

Jeff Wallace =

Ram Vaswani =

Flop =

Turn =

River =

A rare show of emotion from Ram who was clearly frustrated by the River.

[Djinn]

Blind vs. Blind  (Will Ma vs. Tor Gammelgard)... Will raised it to 36k when it passed round, and Tor called. 
Flop:    double-check
Turn:    Will bet out 48k, called by his opponent.
River:    Now Will goes into full Deliberation Mode, picking up four, then two, then three 25k plaques and settling somehow on a bet of 85k after a minute or so.  Tor goes into the tank for a good while, before passing, leaving himself around 200k.

[Djinn]

Tor Gammelgard is OUT in 7th place, winning €52,820...

The big hand was that prior to the one where he was forced all in on the big blind with and knocked out by ... he'd raised under the gun and found button David Redlin pushing all in for 178k.  This was almost all of his stack, and he called with a speed which alarmed David (who held ).  He was actually racing Tor's , and was clearly pretty tense about it...when the flop came down he had a bit of a Clap-Yes! moment and the rainbow rags meant that his totally quiet, impassive opponent was drawing dead, and out the next hand.

[Djinn]

Chip Counts:

Jeff Wallace     160,000  ("You're going to tell everyone I have no chips.." No - some is infinitely more than none...)
Will Ma            877,000
Runar Runarsson  396,000
Ram Vaswani     385,000
Jeff Lisandro      530,000  (Overheard telling Rolf, "Im in it for the win - will do what I have to do...")
David Redlin       417,000  (Front runner in break-demanding, as the blinds rise to 8k/16k ante 2k - and the clock goes down to one hour...)

[Djinn]

So much action now, and so little flop... Will Ma standard raised preflop, and found big blind Jeff Lisandro re-raising to 160k.  Back to Will...who announces all-in.  That's a big stack, and a big bet.  As soon as the towers of 5k chips start to cross the line, Lisandro makes his decision and passes, but is clearly not in the best of moods now - immediately telling off the press for standing behind him even though there are only four of us and no one was less than five feet away.
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With the blinds now 8k/16k with less than 100k (to start with) Jeff Wallace has taken the short stack brakes off, moving in on three consecutive hands.  No one wanted to call the 78k, 112k or 146k in the big blind...

[snoopy1239]

As you might expect, shortstacked Jeff Wallace moves in from the small blind with after the other players folded around to him, and Will Ma called in the big with .

Flop =

Turn =

"Space," pleads Jeff (why he didn't demand a 5 or 7, I'm not sure)

River =