DTD Monthly £300 Freezeout Final Day - At A Glance

[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.

[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.

[danafish]

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

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We lost another in the form of Jim Moult, the bookie's odds looking sour as he pushed in with A-9, only to find Chris Bruce waking with the ladies (which I have done many a time). No help on the board, and Jim exits in 10th.

[danafish]

Er, Jim Moult seems to have exited with the very minimum of fuss (ie without me or Snoopy actually seeing it). Hopefully we'll get the story shortly though...

[danafish]

And ladies and gentlemen, we a re down to our final table!

Legged it over when it looked like someone was all in, so let's for the sake of argument say that the chips went in preflop.

Xia Zhenru - A-T
Chris Bruce - 4-4

Board - 9-K-7-2-4

And with much handshaking, and accompanied by Wandering Pregnant Lady who turns out to be Mrs Zhenru, Xia makes his exit.

[snoopy1239]

Very approximate final table chip counts:

Seat 1: Alan Stearn -- 178k
Seat 2: Kevin Lund -- 196k
Seat 3: Matt Tyler -- 130k
Seat 4: David Stratton -- 175k
Seat 5: Ouday Hikary -- 220k
Seat 6: Daniel Byrom -- 148k
Seat 7: Chris Bruce -- 297k
Seat 8: Garinder Purewal -- 355k
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 73k

[danafish]

Crippled by Dave Smith a few hands earlier, David Stratton open-shoved from early position two hands in a row, the second time getting himself called by Alan Stearn on the button. Kevin Lund in the big blind considered it for so long he had the clock called on him and was down to about 15 seconds when he decided to pass pocket Nines face up.

Alan Stearn -
David Stratton - in some hot water with

Board -

And David Stratton is OUT in 9th place winning £1,038. WP Mr Stratton.

[danafish]

Mr Matt "Roundhead" Tyler moves in for his last 70k from the cutoff. Chris Bruce on the big blind enquires, "How much is it?" before calling.

Matt -
Chris -

Board -

Double-up for the roundheaded one, here being stalked by a fellow roundhead. They could start an army! Overthrow the monarchy! Viva la revolucion!

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[snoopy1239]

Garinder Purewal is now the big chip leader. I joined the action with the board reading . Garinder bet out 32k and Ouday quickly called. Both players checked the Turn before Ouday bet 80k on the River, leaving just 80k behind. Perhaps with some sort of read on the Welshman, Garinder pushed all-in subsequently forcing Ouday to fold. Garinder showed .

Seat 1: Alan Stearn -- 270k
Seat 2: Kevin Lund -- 245k
Seat 3: Matt Tyler -- 125k
Seat 4: David Stratton -- out
Seat 5: Ouday Hikary -- 80k
Seat 6: Daniel Byrom -- 105k
Seat 7: Chris Bruce -- 255k
Seat 8: Garinder Purewal -- the rest
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 180k

[danafish]

And Ouday, now pretty short, shoves when it folds around to him on the small blind. Daniel Byrom in the big blind calls instantly. "Well, I didn't have a choice, did I?" sighs Ouday.

Ouday -
Daniel -

Board -

So Ouday Hikary is OUT in 8th place winning £1,297. WP WP that Welshman.

[danafish]

It folds around to shortstack Matt Tyler on the button, and he does the decent thing and shoves. Chris Bruce on the big blind does the decent thing and calls.

Matt -
Chris - ("Oh no, A-K AGAIN!" says Matt)

Board -

And the Roundhead Soldier hits the rail. WP Mr Tyler!

Indeed Matt Tyler is OUT in 7th place, winning £1,816.