Gala Poker Tour Grand Final : Day 2 - Interactive

[JungleCat03]

Welcome back for Day 2 of the Gala Poker Tour Grand Final.

Here are the opening chips counts for when the game resumes. Lots of big names are littering the field posing lots of interesting questions...

Can Antonio Esfandiari weave some magic and take down a UK event...?

Will the Hendon Mobsters, Joe Beevers and Barny Boatman, who are both well placed, show Ram how it's done...?

Can Jennifer Tilley add to her bracelet win after a strong showing yesterday where she dominated her table at times...?

Also well represented are the Hit Squad;  both their entries into the competition, Chaz Chattha and Priyan De Mel, made it into day 2 with healthy stacks and everyone knows they are capable of some great poker.

My money is on Dead Stack. His patient play on day one, picking the perfect time to double up off Barny Boatman was rewarded with a trip to day 2. If he can up the aggression factor just slightly, he's got to be in with a great shout.

Who's your pick to make it through to the televised final tomorrow? We'd love to hear your views..

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Go on Mr Tyler!

[dino1980]

Too many to pick, Mr Channing is due and would like to see Tim Blake, Da Matrix, Pete Singleton and Mark Stuart go deep. Oh and Barny, as I picked him in the competition.

[NoflopsHomer]

Table Draw:

Table 1

Jonothon Butters -- 47,575
Omar Ghandur -- 19,050
Rob Akery -- 72,325
Paul Gardner -- 40,450
Benedetto Passantino -- 21,425
Bobby Rach -- 12,975
Ian Woodley -- 34,775
Surinder Sunar -- 6,250
Joe Beevers -- 54,950

Table 2

Andrew Mitson -- 20,650
Jennifer Tilly -- 74,100
Richard Haile -- 20,950
Jitesh Thakker -- 36,625
Antonio Esfandiari -- 30,075
Joshua Tyler -- 10,700
Paul Gourlay -- 21,300
Stan Essen -- 53,400
David Lloyd -- 12,000

Table 3

Alex Torrance -- 13,825
Trevor Pearson --  26,775
Jeffrey Flewitt -- 33,200
Bambos -- 36,800
Pete Singleton -- 12,775
Albert Sapiano -- 46,350
Ash Abdullah -- 26,575
Jim Tierney -- 54,500
Manuel Palanca --  53,900

Table 4

Andrew Flemming -- 35,200
Neil Channing --  42,625
Carl Wahlberg -- 10,850
Michael Clees -- 27,625
Rakesh Gupta -- 8,600
Roland De Wolfe -- 29,950
Mark Mcgill  -- 17,775
Mika Ollila -- 42,850
Marcus Farthing -- 27,800

Table 5

Matt Tyler -- 21,700
Daniel Wilmer-Brown --  16,375
Tony Croalla -- 20,400
Chris Royle -- 33,475
David Harris -- 25,050
Priyan De Mel -- 17,925
Andrew Feldman -- 14,975
Mark Stuart -- 55,225

Table 6

Stuart Rutter -- 16,650
Peter Cockayne -- 28,875
Barny Boatman -- 36,500
Chaz Chattha -- 22,725
Mark Seagal -- 1,000
Danny Dodds -- 19,825
Jani Johansson -- 500
Jim Reid -- 12,600

[NoflopsHomer]

And the players are now filtering into the cardroom with an assortment of drinks, Matt Tyler -- Espresso, Albert Sapiano -- Some sort of Orange cocktail, Ian Woodley -- Cup of Tea.

There's a stench of salad dressing in the air... But that's mainly because Junglecat is eating.

Bizarrely we have two dead stacks, both on the same table again, so we're guessing a table may break pretty quickly.

[Numpty Dumpty]

come on stu rutter!!

  

 

[Numpty Dumpty]

what is the starting structure today please?

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds start at 400/800/75

We've just lost one of the two dead stacks, Jim Reid raising from the small blind to knock out Stu Rutter in the big blind, showing but finding himself behind to a pair of fours until he hit a nine on the flop to knock out one of them.

On the next table, Neil Channing had to pass his 3k raise to a re-raise all-in from Carl Wahlberg, who showed .

Can you spot a certain blonde-haired fellow in a suit in this photo?



Pete Singleton is OUT. We heard something about Kings vs Queens.

[Numpty Dumpty]

Blinds start at 400/800/75

We've just lost one of the two dead stacks, Jim Reid raising from the small blind to knock out Stu Rutter in the big blind, showing but finding himself behind to a pair of fours until he hit a nine on the flop to knock out one of them.

im confused. is stu out? or just the dead stack?

[JungleCat03]

Matt Tyler and Priyan De Mel's table is off to an interesting start.

Mark Stuart raises to 2.5k from UTG+1 and it is passed around to Priyan in the small blind who looks pained...

"I'm sure I've got the best hand" but eventually folds. Andrew Feldman also folds his 800 big blind and Mark picks up the 1800 in the pot. Priyan turns his folded cards over to reveal A-Q.

"That's my one hand of the day gone!" he says. Mark mucks his cards and Matt, not one to miss a trick or a bit of ribbing says "He had nothing..."

A few hands later on Matt's big blind, Mark now raises from the small blind to 2,400.

Matt asks him a few questions, "where are you from?", "what will you do on the flop if I call?" before eventually calling.

The flop comes .

Mark checks and Matt bets 3.6k which Mark eventually calls.

The turn comes the and both players check.

The river is the As and after Mark checks, there is a long period of  contemplation from Matt before he bets 7.5k, which eventually Mark folds to, claiming he had a straight flush draw...

A nice early boost for Matt...

[NoflopsHomer]

Tim Blake raises to 2,100 in early position, David Harris calls in the big blind the check/raises his 4k bet all-in on a board, Tim goes for it with for his last 10k or so, but Harris turns over the and scoops the pot. The only positive story out of this hand is that a coke for Tim suddenly appears moments after he leaves, one which I'm able to purloin.



A few hands later Harris doubles up Andrew Feldman with against on a board, all the money going in on the flop. "The one player I didn't want to see being doubled up..." sighs Matt Tyler.

Antonio Esfandiari raises to 4,400. A short-stacked Paul Gourlay pushes in for around 11,000. David Lloyd decides to go for it too and moves in from the small blind. As I'm taking the photo the big blind, Andrew Mitson, flashes me his cards which look to be which he then mucks as Antonio makes the fairly automatic call.

Antonio:



Paul:



David:



Board:



A clap of the hands from Antonio to take down the 35k pot or so. Paul is a bit fed-up, I'm not sure if he's cross about his exit or the fact he now has a five-hour train journey back to Leeds.



10 minutes of this level remain then it's 600/1200/100.

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds start at 400/800/75

We've just lost one of the two dead stacks, Jim Reid raising from the small blind to knock out Stu Rutter in the big blind, showing but finding himself behind to a pair of fours until he hit a nine on the flop to knock out one of them.

im confused. is stu out? or just the dead stack?

Sorry my bad, he knocked Stu out of the pot. I'll word it better next time.

[JungleCat03]

Surinder Sunar just moved allin...

Facing a raise to 2.4k or so from Paul Gardner, Surinder moved in over the top.

With Surinder's small stack of only just about 5k or so, this was an auto call for Paul, especially holding 8-8 and he found himself racing versus Surinder's .

The gave a few additional outs to Surinder but the turn and the final decisive on the river gave Paul a set that was surplus to requirements, and consigned Surinder to the rail, meaning Surinder Sunar is OUT!

Incidentally, after Antonio won the giant pot Floppy has just told you about, I caught him looking over at the pretty brunette he was canoodling with last night and mouthing what looked suspiciously like "I'm going to win!" with a big grin on his face.

Not short of confidence then, and nor should he be as his stack and prospects for victory grow ever larger...

[JungleCat03]

I'm sorry to report Alex Torrance is OUT. I had a quick word last night with Alex, who came across as a really nice guy and he told me his son was enjoying reading the updates of how Dad was getting on.

Unfortunately he's now sitting on the rail, looking a little glum. "How did you go out?" he was asked.

"Power poker. I went allin with A-J, it's just a shame the guy had A-K..."

One more player down...

[NoflopsHomer]

Benedetto Passintino aka 'DaMatrix' has just doubled up through Ian Woodley after making a good call for his tournament life with . He'd button raised, Woodley had set him in from the big blind and eventually DaMatrix called. Woodley showed and the board came:

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Stuart Rutter just got shoved off a raise by Jennifer Tilly, he made it 2,800 to play, she bumped it up to 12,000 and he passed after a short think.

Blinds are now 600/1200/100, they're just racing off the 25's.