Luton GUKPT: Final Day - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

This one started with a raise from Jan Magnus of 47k which was called by Warren Wooldridge in the Big Blind.

Flop =

Both players check.

Turn =

Both players check again.

River =

Jan bets 40k and Warren calls.

Jan shows A-Q and Warren passes.

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Adam Stoneham is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £9,400

With Alan Vinson making it 60k pre-flop, Adam decided to move all-in with and was quickly called by Alan and his .

The Flop was a nasty one for the young Londonder, the first card out being the .

The and that followed were of no use leaving Adam about as happy as a penguin in a microwave.

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Tony Ringe is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £12,550

The update team suddenly erupting into action as if someone had announced din dins, but alas it wasn't a meal ticket being wafted in front of their pekish faces, but the thrill of an all-in from today's final. After Ian Herbert had raised to 80k, Tony moved in for 184k and received a call resulting in a highly exciting on-their-backs (the cards, not them) encounter.

Ian =

Tony =

Flop =

The frustrating lack of a lady results in our 7th departure, Tony joining Ben and Adam on that angry 150 mph drive home.

[snoopy1239]

Dave raises to 50k, Ian calls. "Ere coom them caaaaards!" says the announcer in an accent that seems to be tickling Dana's ribs silly. Check check on the Flop before Dave shoves out an 80k bet on the Turn. Ian makes the call and the two players see a River. This time Dave checks and Ian bets 90k, only for Dave to dip into the think tank and make the call, taking the pot with .

It's the dinner break now, but we'll be back in one hour with more coverage of this GUKPT Luton final, so please do join us.

In the meantime, here's a chicken doing a funny dance to keep you entertained, although I'm not sure it can maintain your attention for the full 60 minutes.

[snoopy1239]

Play is about to restart with the blinds at 15,000 and 30,000 with a running ante of 3,000.

Alan Vinson -- 637,000
Warren Wooldridge -- 622,000
Dave Clarke -- 617,000
Jan Magnus Brevik -- 608,000
Ian Herbert -- 512,000
Jonathan Butters -- 164,000

[snoopy1239]

And just like that, as the feztastic Tommy Cooper would say, we have an all-in encounter, Butters pushing his shortstack across the line of doom and being looked up by Warren Wooldridge.

A-Q v A-J, no help, double up for Butters and dismay for our exhausted update team.

Warren is now in last place according to our intrepid reporters.

[snoopy1239]

With the blinds slightly more expensive, Jan has to add a little more to his raises, but still keeps it cheap enough for people to call, his last 75k bet finding a call from Warren. The Flop came and both players checked, only for Jan to call a 50k bet from Warren on the Turn. The River was a and Warren bet 110k but, after dropping his face in his hands and perhaps stumbling upon pseudo divine intervention, made the wrong call. Warren showed A-T to take a nice pot.

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Ian Herbert raises to 120k pre-flop (a little too much perhaps?) only for Jan Magnus to push all-in for just 162k more. Ian decides to take a gamble with Q-T and is possibly mighty relieved to see he's up against K-J, but not when the first card out is a King. The Flop also brought a Jack, giving the Welshman plenty of hope, but to no avail as the rest of the board came rags.

Double up for Jan.

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Ian Herbert is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £15,700

Shortstacked with just 110k, Ian pushes all-in as soon as he finds a spot, but runs into a pensive Jan Magnus who leaps into the think tank.

After thinking over his options for a moment, Jan makes the call.

"I must be miles in front then," comments Ian.

"What, you have Aces," asks Jan in his distinguished Scandinavian accent.

To the shock of everyone watching, Jan proceeded to reveal Kings, to which Ian could only respond by throwing down a somewhat vulnerable 9-3s onto the table.

Board =

"Sick, can't believe 3 pair doesn't beat 2," adds Floppy.

[danafish]

SB Jan makes up the BB, and BB Alan raises 50k; Jan calls.

Flop

Jan checks ; Alan sticks 100k in, and Jan passes.

5 minutes left at the 15k/30k/3k level.

Current leaders are
Warren 974k
Jan 700k
Dave 551k

[danafish]

Warren bets 90k on an flop, leading to seemingly endless dwelling from Jan, but he eventually passes.

Next level is 20k/40k/4k.

[danafish]

Jan raises to 75k; Alan reraises to a total of 255k. Jon and Warren pass, and so does Jan. Looks like his mini-raising strategy may be losing its effectiveness...

[danafish]

Here's some excitement now.

Alan raises to 120k and takes the blinds.

Then it's Dave's turn to nick the blinds, although with an all-in.

And Mr Clark's all-in preflop again the next hand - and takes the blinds again.

My Kingdom for a call.

"'Ere coom them caaaards."

And again the next hand, Dave announces all-in preflop! He's not even the short stack (Butters is with less than 400k), he's got 629k! And Jan calls!

Jan -

Dave -



And Jan Magnus Brevik is OUT in 5th place winning £18,850. Bless him, he came all the way from Oslo after qualifying on Blue Square, hurrah for winning money.

[danafish]

We see a flop now.

- Warren bets 60k; Dave calls.

Turn - check check

River - Dave says - "I'm playing the board", ah ha ha.  Warren shows a pair of nines and takes it.

[danafish]

Warren Wooldridge - 1,214,000
Dave Clark - 1,102,000
Alan Vinson - 563,000
Jonathon Butters - 261k

And apparently they've somehow broken the TV cameras. Maybe they got water poured on them or something. 

Oh no, hang on, they've stuck it back together with duct tape. It'll stick anything, you know.