Gala Poker Tour Grand Final: Day 1A - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

And we've lost our first player already...

Colin Pearson bets 500 on a flop, Mark Stewart makes it 2,000. Pearson re-raises to 7,500 and Stewart moves all-in and is insta-called.

Pearson:



Stewart:



Turn:



River:



Stewart has Pearson covered and we down to 42 players.

Meanwhile Joe Beevers and Jamie Gold have been battling away, Beevers raising Gold's bet from 275 to 1,175 on a board getting the WSOP champion to fold. Then a few hands later on a Q-J-9-Q-J board Gold tried to bluff the river with 8-6 offsuit but was quickly caught by Joe's K-J.

[MadTurk]

another problem   they do not accept  late entries as some people want to play tomorrow and buy in  like my self well it s their lose

[NoflopsHomer]

To say it has started sedately would be a major understatement, it's incredibly quiet in the cardroom, most bizarrely, the sound of riffiling chips is nowhere to be heard. The lighting is also pretty odd, I don't know if you can tell from the below photos but it's dark in here, especially with the navy blue walls absorbing the light.

[snoopy1239]

another problem   they do not accept  late entries as some people want to play tomorrow and buy in  like my self well it s their lose

Why are they not accepting late entries?

[MadTurk]

i dont know  i ve been on the phone a few times spoke a few different people that i want to play and can only buy in tomorrow   NOPE    u cant   u have to buy b4 it start!

[JungleCat03]

With blinds of 25 50, Daniel Smith raises from UTG to 175 and is called by Pat Donegan and Mark Stewart in the BB.

The flop comes Ad 2h 8h.

Daniel bet out 225, and was called by Pat.

The Ad fell on the turn and both players checked.

River: 9h.

Check from Daniel and Pat bets out 300.

"I'll call just to see what you had...." says Daniel throwing 400 chips over the line generously before the dealer returns 100 to him.

The hand played out as though Pat had a flush and indeed he turned over KhQh to take down the pot with his flush.

Meanwhile,  we have had another knockout!

I joined the hand as the chips were being passed to Omar Ghandur, the board showing 3-7-3-6-J, and Omar Ghandur holding 3-3 for quads. The unfortunate Kh Khoo was holding 6-6 for a full house that was no good. Although this looked like a standard cooler, because of the slightly idiosyncratic order in which some of the dealers deal out the cards, it was impossible to see from the board that the 3 had actually come on the river, meaning Khoo received a one out bad beat. Very harsh but he is our second exiter.

[winkie]

Surprised if they can see their cards...! Not the best lighting I've ever seen...

[NoflopsHomer]

Jamie Gold, who looks both bored and tired, limps for 50, Rob Akery makes it 200, everyone folds back to Gold, he re-raises to 800 and Akery passes. Gold shows the .

"Was that your highest one?" asks Ash Hussain.

"I have to do something to keep myself awake..."

[NoflopsHomer]

John Tabatabai having bet all the way on a board, bets 2,150 on the river. Barny Boatman, who had been check/calling him the whole way eventually makes the call saying, "show me a set of fives..."

Tabatabai flips for a very filthy wheel. Boatman mucks, claiming surprisingly a set of deuces.

Roland De Wolfe limps from the hijack and Eddie Gaines limps on the button, the small blind passes and Carl Eglintine checks his big blind.

Flop:



Carl and Roland check, Eddie bets 200 into the 175 pot, Carl passes, Roland bumps it up to 700 and gets a quick pass from his opponent.

[JungleCat03]

Jamie Gold look like he has woken up and was involved in an entertaining pot...

with a raise to 250 in early position by Rshad Hussain, Jamie reraised to 700 preflop. Sandwiched between the two aggressors in the big blind, John Bousfield called and Hussain also called.

The flop came .

John checked, Rshad bet out 400 which Jamie gold raised to 1400.

John called Jamie's 1400, to which Jamie became more animated. "uh oh...I thought I was just playing with you" says Jamie, motioning to Rshad.

The turn comes the , which prompts John to bet out 1500 or so. (I'm still struggling to get my head round the chip denominations. Being colour blind sucks when it comes to poker someitmes!)

"Of course now you bet" says Jamie, continuing his banter. "How many chips have I got left...not many..."

Eventually Jamie raises 5k more and starts firing out little comments to his contemplative opponent. "Don't riase me please, i won't know what to do!" ......"Is Ace-King of clubs good??"

Finally John passes and Jamie flips over the , leaving his other card, which was highly likely to be a jack I'd have thought, unrevealed...well he can't always be bluffing.....can he?

[RED-DOG]

another problem   they do not accept  late entries as some people want to play tomorrow and buy in  like my self well it s their lose

Why are they not accepting late entries?

I suppose it's because if they let peeps buy in for tomorrow they could have 50 runners for day 1 and 200 runners for day 2

[cooler]

they estimated the prizepool at around 600K, more likely to be 250,000 - poor value really, guess they need to build it more

[snoopy1239]

another problem   they do not accept  late entries as some people want to play tomorrow and buy in  like my self well it s their lose

Why are they not accepting late entries?

I suppose it's because if they let peeps buy in for tomorrow they could have 50 runners for day 1 and 200 runners for day 2

Well, I doubt it would be that drastic, but a similar situation occurred in Dublin with Day 1B getting almost double. However, it worked and there didn't appear to be too many complaints.

They could always put a max on the late entries for Day 1B. I'd have thought they'd welcome the extra players.

[snoopy1239]

they estimated the prizepool at around 600K, more likely to be 250,000 - poor value really, guess they need to build it more

Bet they're glad they didn't guarantee that. 

[T8MML]

they estimated the prizepool at around 600K, more likely to be 250,000 - poor value really, guess they need to build it more

With the added - I'm assuming the Bellagio and Aussie Millions etc. packages are added? - I would suggest that with fewer runners the value has increased. Also are you certain there are no extra buy ins tomorrow?