Gala Poker Tour Grand Final : Final Table

[NoflopsHomer]

Junglecat, "They're going to play til they have one big blind each..."

[JungleCat03]

Whatever happens the next hour is likely to be VERY exciting!

I run bad.

Ok, so the action may not be utterly riveting at the moment but there's a lot of money at stake and the players are all reluctant to risk making any errors...

Something has to kick off soon surely though...Even the banter has dried up since Matt left.  Come on boys, someone go LOCO - we want action!

[NoflopsHomer]

They're not all falling asleep, I swear...

[NoflopsHomer]

And just when all hope was lost... and we'd given up completely...

Joe Beevers raises to 40k, Manuel Palanca moves all-in for about 220k more, a big proportion of Joe's stack. After about 30 seconds, Joe quietly says, "Call."

Manuel flips the while Beevers shows the for our standard coinflip 57-43 encounter.

Board:



Quads for Beevers meaning...

Manuel Palanca is OUT in 6th place winning £11,000

Blinds are now 10k/20k with a 2k ante. No respite for the remaining players.

[T8MML]

Well played Manuel mate.

[JungleCat03]

At 10k- 20k- 2k, there is now 40k in the pot preflop every hand.

Roland just shoved on the button, and was relieved I would have thought not to have received any action, both the hendon mobsters folding to his push, leading Barny to gently chide his fellow mobster, Joe. "That's the strangest pass I've ever seen!"


Now Rob Akery raises it up to 50k, and picks up the 40k in blinds and antes...


After the healthy pot Joe won by knocking out Manuel, he now has a massive wall of chips whilst the other players seem to be trying to arrange their stacks into impressive walls but lack of materials means they are actually looking more like small lego footstools.

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds as they are, the short stacks are now taking their shots.

Roland De Wolfe and Barny Boatman end up all-in from the blinds, Barny having Roland slightly covered.

Roland:



Barny:



"This is what we've been reduced to..." says Roland, which is a little harsh given they've been playing for nearly 7 hours already.

Board:



Roland De Wolfe is OUT in 5th place winning £16,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Joe looks to be far and away the chip leader with about 700k, Bambos, Rob and Barny all have between 200k and 300k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Taking in turns to push, it's only a matter of time before someone wakes up with a hand...The time is now, and the player is Rob Akery with Bambos the unlucky victim, who turns over whilst Rob shows .

Board:



Bambos is OUT in 4th place winning £22,250

[NoflopsHomer]

So far there's been no suggestion of a deal, not in public anyway. Now that Mark Akery has effectively doubled up when knocking out Bambos, I think he could well open up his game and try to attack as much as possible given that he now has enough chips to do so. Although Barny only really still has one move here, it'll be interesting to see what approach Joe takes against this growing threat to his dominance.

[JungleCat03]

Rob Akery raises to 50k on Joe Beever's blind...after a little thought, Joe calls...

The flop comes 6-5-3 and Joe reaches for chips before betting out 77k. The icy stare of Joe Beevers no doubt carries more weight, given Barny's short stack and Rob's precarious position in 2nd.

A little huffing and puffing from Rob, but he passes and Joe picks up another pot and moves into an even more dominating position...

[JungleCat03]

Joe limps onto Rob's big blind and Rob checks.

A flop of A-7-7 receives a round of checks from both players.

The 7 on the turn is also greeted with all-round checkery.

The 6 on the river produces yet more checks from the two players and as Joe turns over K6, his full house is more than enough and Rob quickly mucks his cards...


Next hand Joe folds on the button, prompting Rob to riase to 50k on Barny's big blind. Barny rotates himself round to face Rob, eyeballing him suspiciously. Rob simply readjusts his hole cards for the cameras and looks down at the table without making a move.

Eventually Barny folds....


We have a few miinutes remaining of the 10k 20k before we move into the lofty regions of 15k 30k with a 3k ante...

[NoflopsHomer]

Barny and Joe. And Joe's stack, his stack of many colours. How he loves his stack of many colours. It was red and yellow and pink and green and orange and purple and blue and....

[NoflopsHomer]

Short break now for 15 minutes. Next it's 15k/30k with a 3k ante.

[JungleCat03]

Blinds as they are, the short stacks are now taking their shots.

Roland De Wolfe and Barny Boatman end up all-in from the blinds, Barny having Roland slightly covered.

Roland:

Can I just take a moment out to say "LEGEND"