Bluesquare.com Blackpool GUKPT: Final Day - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Lee Biddulph has been blinded down to just 168k and makes a push from the small blind. Paul Murrell looks at one card and announces, "Call."

Lee Biddulph:



Paul Murrell:

...........

Board:



Lee Biddulph is OUT in 7th place winning £14,100

Neil Channing, "I hope I can last til the dinner break, I'm starving..."

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul Gardner moves all-in preflop, Mike Williams dwells from the big blind but then calls.

Gardner shows:



Williams:



"Oh no, anything but Eights," says Gardner, slightly bizarrely. (Are we playing Eights wild?)

Board:

(An arms-aloft Paul shouts, "No threes or fours!")

Paul doubles up and shouts, "Up the ladder!" Although no-one has been knocked out...

[Chili]

Current Count

Seat 1   Ben Vinson   847,000
      
Seat 3   Paul Murrell   652,000
      
Seat 5   Neil Channing   254,000
Seat 6   Paul Bracken   744,000
Seat 7   Mike Williams   477,000
Seat 8   Paul Gardner   552,000


Seat 1   Ben Vinson      
Seat 2   Lee Biddulph   7th   £14,100
Seat 3   Paul Murrell      
Seat 4   Ben Herron   8th   £10,600
Seat 5   Neil Channing      
Seat 6   Paul Bracken      
Seat 7   Mike Williams      
Seat 8   Paul Gardner      
Seat 9   Leo Kam   9th    £8,800

[Chili]

Action straight away with a raise of 76k from Ben Vinson, moves round to Mike Williams who pushes all in for another 377k.  A short dwell ensues and Ben makes the call - on their backs:

Williams 
Vinson   

 

Mike Williams is OUT in 6th place winning £17,650

[NoflopsHomer]

Counts:

Ben Vinson -- 1,340,000
Paul Murrell -- 691,000
Neil Channing -- 286,000
Paul Bracken -- 704,000
Paul Gardner -- 548,000

Odds of a Paul winning the event now?

[Chili]

Here we go again, Neil Channing as the short stack, previously has gone all in 2 or 3 times.  This time in the big blind, Murrell in the small blind raised it up to 90k, Neil went all in and Murrell called all in about 2.3 seconds for that action.

Murrell
Channing 

Board came:





Which means Neil Channing is OUT in 5th place winning £21,200

[NoflopsHomer]

is checked down to the river between Paul Gardner and Ben Vinson, which is when Paul bets 70k. Paul shows 8-6 for the flopped nuts after Ben passes.

[Chili]

Seat 1   Ben Vinson   1,326,000   
Seat 2   Lee Biddulph   7th   £14,100
Seat 3   Paul Murrell   1,000,000   
Seat 4   Ben Herron   8th   £10,600
Seat 5   Neil Channing   5th    £21,200
Seat 6   Paul Bracken   688,000   
Seat 7   Mike Williams   6th   £17,650
Seat 8   Paul Gardner   538,000   
Seat 9   Leo Kam   9th    £8,800

[NoflopsHomer]

************ 1 Hour Dinner Break **************

[NoflopsHomer]

Tannoy announcement for the players to return to the table. We should be restarting shortly.

[Chili]

Okay dokey folks, the last 4 are back from dinner and should be starting any time soon.  Here are the latest chip counts for your perusal.  Blinds are now 15k / 30k  (2k).

Seat 1   Ben Vinson   1,262,000
Seat 3   Paul Murrell   1,042,000
Seat 6   Paul Bracken   728,000
Seat 8   Paul Gardner   494,000

[Chili]

First hand and Ben comes in dancing with a 95K button raise, Murrell in the small blind makes the call and Bracken passes.  On a flop of:

    they both checked and we see

   Murrell bets out 140K and Ben passes.  Murrell shows pocket nines.

[NoflopsHomer]

Bracken raises to 90k, Murrell calls from the big blind.



Murrell checks, Bracken bets 150k and Murrell looks a little glum, and then passes sharpish.

Short stack Paul Gardner raises to 110k, Ben Vinson gives him evils but then folds. Resting his hand on his chin, Paul Murrell announces, "Raise to 320k."

"Oohhhhhhhh," goes the pressroom collective.

Into the tank goes Gardner, he's made a big raise, he passes though, and I think he'll be rueing not just making it 70k - 80k instead of 110k and then still folding.

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul Murrell raises from the button, Paul Gardner moves in, and Murrell is pot committed.

for Murrell

for Gardner

Board:




"Up the ladder!" is again the cry. Not sure which ladder he's referring to or where it's actually going. He's up to 670k now, but at the same time he seems to limp far too much.

[Chili]

The very next hand Paul Gardner doubles up AGAIN this time through Ben Vinson.  Gardner raised to 120k and Ben called in the BB.  We saw a flop like:

    Ben checks, Gardner bets 160,000.  Ben then makes it a further 400,000 to carry on and Paul just shrugs "Im all in then!"  Ben calls the remainder.  On there backs:

Ben
Gardner   

the cards came      and sends Ben Vinson down to the short stack on 475,000 and Paul Gardner catapoults to 1,353,000 for the chip lead.