Gala Poker Tour Grand Final : Final Table

[NoflopsHomer]

Welcome to what is a decidely 'old skool' final table, the tech people are just finishing off setting up a series of poles, pylons, wires and cables as we speak. Blinds are going to be rolled right back to 2k/4k which should please all.

With his chip stack, Roland has still got to be the favourite though, but who are you guys rooting for?

Seat 1: Bambos -- 205.5k
Seat 2: Manuel Palanca -- 203.9k
Seat 3: Rob Akery -- 146.6k
Seat 4: Roland De Wolfe -- 315.4k
Seat 5: Barny Boatman -- 114.1k
Seat 6: Matt Tyler -- 162.7k
Seat 7: Neil Channing -- 166.2k
Seat 8: Joe Beevers -- 185.8k

[NoflopsHomer]

Seat 1: Bambos -- 205.5k



Seat 2: Manuel Palanca -- 203.9k



Seat 3: Rob Akery -- 146.6k



Seat 4: Roland De Wolfe -- 315.4k

[NoflopsHomer]

Seat 5: Barny Boatman -- 114.1k



Seat 6: Matt Tyler -- 162.7k



Seat 7: Neil Channing -- 166.2k



Seat 8: Joe Beevers -- 185.8k

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Come on Matt - just win it!

[redsimon]

several here I hope can win it...strong line up. Hope Neil C goes far....what are the payouts again? Is there a WPT seat for first too?

[NoflopsHomer]

Still no sign of us starting just yet, but the live feed is going up soon so we expect a 14.30pm start.

Prize Money:

1st  -- £87,500
2nd -- £53,250
3rd  -- £36,500
4th  -- £22,250
5th  -- £16,000
6th  -- £11,000
7th  -- £9,250
8th  -- £8,000

[Robert HM]

What's the clock on the levels please?

[Wardonkey]

C'mon Matt!

[JungleCat03]

What's the clock on the levels please?

One hour clock.

Hi there folks.

Wow, what a line up we have on the final table.

The density of strong players in this competition meant we were always lilkely to see quite a few faces on the final table, but perhaps no one envisaged a line up of this strength.

Matt told us he was really looking forward to the final, seeing as nearly all the players know each other well, the final should be a friendly affair played in a great spirit with plenty of "leg-pulling."

The players have just been called through, so we'll be starting any moment now.

GOOD LUCK ALL!

[NoflopsHomer]

Neil to Roland, "Why don't you have a helicopter Roland? If you don't have a helicopter, people are going to think you are broke..."

[dazzaster]

Nice to see the Best of British making the Final table and no big name Yanks (Although I find Phil Laak hilarious so that would have been fun) . Well done everone who made it.
I'm rooting for Barny.

[JungleCat03]

several here I hope can win it...strong line up. Hope Neil C goes far....what are the payouts again? Is there a WPT seat for first too?

There are additional packages as added incentives for the first five places.

1st place will collect a package to the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas in December 2007
2nd place will collect a package to the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia
3rd placed finisher collects a package to an EPT 2008 event
4th and 5th placed finishers collects a £500 + £50 main event buy-in to a 2008 GBPT festival of choice

An extra little sweetener for the first 5 spots.

[Karabiner]

Good luck Matt 

[NoflopsHomer]

Still no start, but at least the players are in the seat, the hour delay seems fairly inexplicable to me.

On the slightly more amusing side, it's seems that all the players are getting a little make-up. Some more than others

[Dewi_cool]

Good luck Matt 

  go Matt