DTD Monthly £300 Freezeout Final Day - Interactive

[booder]

Good luck Matt!

what Donk said

[londonpokergirl]

Good luck Matt!

what Donk said

gl matt x

[snoopy1239]

These Welsh boys sure like to talk, Ouday Hikary being the latest to follow in the chatterbox steps of Roberto Romanello. Announcing all-in from the button for what looked to be about 60k, it folded round to Kevin Lund is the big blind who started counting his chips. At this point, Ouday leapt from his chair and said, "A-6, you've got A-6, I can beat that." "You can talk all you want, if I'm calling, I'm calling," replied Kevin. Before Ouday had time to respond, Kevin was indeed calling, his Kd-Js showing that he wasn't prepared to let people snap up his blind, and that perhaps he simply didn't believe Ouday had anything but rags. However, on this occasion, Kevin was very much in the wrong, as Ouday proudly flipped a pocket pair of Queens. Still not overly-confident, Ouday chanted repeatedly for a Queen, amid comments to his fellow Swansean beside him that he was going to lose the hand. But it didn't happen, and an 8-3-7-9-3 rainbow board later and the Welshman is back in business.

[danafish]

Xia Zhenru raises to 30k from the cutoff. Matt Tyler on the button makes it All In - another 34k. Given that this is essentially a minimum raise, Xia dwells for a really impressive amount of time (although bear in mind that the average stack is now around 16 big blinds). He chews gum, sits back in his chair and looks generally totally impassive. "You might get lucky," says Matt. "I know," deadpans Xia. He chews his gum some more. Then he makes a huffing noise and calls.

Xia - (which I am gloatingly and pointlessly going to report is the exact hand I put him on)
Matt - (which I should for the sake of journalistic balance report is not the hand I put him on)

Board -

And Mr Tyler has doubled up again, to around average or thereabouts.

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[CrestOfaWave]

Keep it up Captain Matt -

[booder]

gooooooooo Matty

[snoopy1239]

Disaster for Dave Smith. After re-raising Garinder Purewal off the previous pot, there was clear history between the two players when they locked horns once again the very next hand. Sometimes the stacks are so big, and the action so fast, that no chips even cross the line, and that was precisely the case here as Garinder's pre-flop late position push was Insta-called (notice the captial 'I') by Dave.

On their backs, and Garinder was in big trouble, his fingers feeling the full weight of the Smith frame as the GUKPT winner leapt onto the cookie jar with a thud.

Dave =

Garinder =

As each card on the Flop comes down, Garinder chants the same word with the excitement of a virgin in Amsterdam.

"Diamond!"

First card =

"Diamond!"

Second card =

"Diamond!"

Third card =

"Yes!" exclaims Garinder as he punches the air, perhaps as shocked as I was that his demands had been met.

At this point, Garinder suddenly realises that Dave has the , and thus changes his plea to...

"No diamond!"

Turn =

"No diamond!"

"Come on, be fair" begs a tense Dave as he prays for a diamond.

River =

And Garinder survives to stack up what appears to be a meaty 220k. A bemused Dave Smith, meanwhile, is left with just 55k.

[danafish]

Blind on blind action -

Maz Charalambous makes it 18k, and big blind Garinder (which I accidentally typed "Grinder" and it briefly amused me) calls.

Flop - and Maz announces all in. A slightly confused look from Garinder, who calls.

Maz -
Garinder - the magical never-misses Full Wilson

Turn -
River -

And Maz is left to collect his 13th-place money from the cash desk, while Garinder rakes in his chips and the pregnant lady who has pacing the cardroom all evening sneaks into my photo.

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[danafish]

Mr Petter Haere is crippled, somehow getting it in against Kevin Lund, who was holding 7-7, the board reading 7-9-6-K-9. Not sure what Petter had, I'm afraid. He's down to around 40k, I believe.

[snoopy1239]

Petter Haere -- 28.5k
Alan Stearn - 159.5k
Ouday Hikary -- 183k
Daniel Byrom -- 184k
David Stratton -- 160.5k
Kevin Lund -- 200k

Xia Zhenru -- 63k
Matt Tyler -- 114.5k
Jim Moult -- 87.5k
Garinder Purewal -- 315k
Dave Smith -- 63.5k
Chris Bruce -- 107.5k

[snoopy1239]

Mr Petter Haere is crippled, somehow getting it in against Kevin Lund, who was holding 7-7, the board reading 7-9-6-K-9. Not sure what Petter had, I'm afraid. He's down to around 40k, I believe.

Petter Haere is now OUT in 12th. Shortstacked, as Dana alluded to, he found himself all-in with A-2s against Daniel Stratton's K-Jo. Nasty King on the River sent the Scandie home.

[snoopy1239]

The player are now half way through a ten minute cigarette and toilet (or both simultaneously if they are naughty) break.

[danafish]

They're back! Blinds are actually 5k/10k/1k, not the 6k/12k/1k displayed, for some reason...

[Girgy85]

Matt Tyler FTW!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

Good luck to the Spherical-Headed Wonder, Chris Bruce and also Jim 'bookiebasher' Moult.