Bluesq.com GUKPT Newcastle Final Day At A Glance

[danafish]

Yay, it's Final Table time!

Our Final Table:
         
Fraser MacIntyre   385,900         
James Akenhead   361,900         
Ian Farrell   323,300         
Mark Dalimore   205,100         
David Allan   186,000         
Ganesh Rao   151,700         
Cheryl Routledge   104,500         
Michael Hill   100,800         
Alan Vinnicombe   80,900         

Play starts at 2pm. Be there or Jon Raab'll get it...

[danafish]

Morning all! Play will be a-starting at 3pm, which sort of begs the question why did we get out of bed as early as we did. Sigh. 

See you then! Should be exciting, from 3pm...

[NoflopsHomer]

Players are just de-bagging... Dana is about to put up the seating plan and photos of the finalists.

[NoflopsHomer]

1st  £57,175

2nd £33,075

3rd  £23,625

4th  £16,075

5th  £12,275

6th  £9,450

7th  £7,550

8th  £5,675

9th  £4,725

[danafish]

Seat 1 - Fraser Macintyre - 385,900

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Seat 2 - Ganesh Rao - 151,700

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Seat 3 - Ian Farrell - 323,300

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Seat 4 - David Allan - 186,000

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Seat 5 - Michael Hill - 100,800

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Seat 6 - Cheryl Routledge - 104,500

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Seat 7 - Alan Vinnicombe - 80,900

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Seat 8 - James Akenhead - 361,900

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Seat 9 - Mark Dalimore - 205,100

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[NoflopsHomer]

Fraser raises to 25k from the cut-off and takes the blinds.

Fraser, "Don't I get any applause?"

Ian the TD, "You don't get any applause if everyone folds."

[NoflopsHomer]

Ganesh raises to 21k from the cutoff. Mike Hill thinks for ages in the big blind, but no-one wants to go out first, so he folds.

Ian, the Rodney Bewes lookalike, raises to 24k from the cut-off, each of the 4 pots so far have been raised by the cut-off. Everyone folds, he shows a pair of Eights and wins the pot. Everyone else wins free information.



Ian raises again from the hijack in the next hand, to 24k once more. He takes it once more, as Alan Vinnicombe doesn't want to go with it with 9-3.

[NoflopsHomer]

David Allan raises to 24k. Alan Vinnicombe moves all-in from the blinds. Allan calls.

David:

Alan:

(Ooooooohhhhhhh says the crowd)



Sadly I was unable to photoshop out that ugly bugger in the background of this photo.

[NoflopsHomer]

Fraser raises to 16k UTG, David Allan makes it 36k. Fraser calls.



Fraser checks, David bets 50k, Fraser asks how much he has left but then folds. We have applause for David!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

James raises to 22k from the cutoff, Mark calls from the button. Fraser and Ganesh fold the blinds.



James checks. Mark checks.



James checks again, Mark takes a 25k stab. James calls.



James checks a third time, Mark checks and his pair of Sevens are good.

[NoflopsHomer]

Alan Vinnicombe moves all-in from mid-position, everyone folds. He shows the .

Fraser raises to 26k, takes the blinds.

Alan Vinnicombe moves all-in again, everyone folds once more. He shows Queens.

Mike pushes from the small blind and Cheryl, who hasn't played a hand yet, folds from the big blind.

James raises to 27k from UTG. Respect from all the remaining players as they fold like cheap suits.

[NoflopsHomer]

Alan Vinnicombe moves all-in yet again. No callers. Shows Ace King.

Cheryl moves all-in. Mark Dalimore asks for a count. It's 68,900 to call. He folds. Passed to Ganesh Rao in the small blind. He moves all-in and Ian Farrel quickly folds.

Cheryl:

Ganesh:



Cheryl Routledge is OUT in 9th place winning £4,725

[NoflopsHomer]

Mark limps UTG, Fraser raises to 35k in second position. It's passed back around to Mark who, slightly surprisingly, folds.

A few hands later and Mark limps the button this time. Fraser raises from the small blind. Ganesh folds, and Mark calls this time.



Check check



Fraser bets 30k, Mark makes it 72.5k. Fraser passes. Mark shows the .

[NoflopsHomer]

Hello, Dana here, on our one permitted ringside laptop...

...And we are down to seven. All In Vin goes, er, all in, and Fraser Macintyre announces all in behind him.

Alan - pocket Nines
Fraser - pocket Tens

Two Aces on the flop and a decisive Ten on the turn, and it's all Vinnicombe-over, or some other nonsensical pun attempt.

In the official blonde parlance Alan Vinnicombe is OUT in 8th place winning £5,675.

[NoflopsHomer]

Just before that exit. Fraser Macintyre lost a huge pot to Ian Farrell.

In a limped pot, Ian bet out 30k on a flop which Fraser called and then 100k on the turn. Fraser thought for ages, and Mark Dalimore called the clock on him. Fraser then called.

The river was the and despite there being nearly 300k in the pot, Ian decided to check for his last 160k or so with , Fraser only able to show . Surely a missed bet there?

Afterwards, Fraser was really unhappy at the clock being called, stating that only players in the hand should call for the clock, which seemed a little unreasonable, though maybe he was just steaming from losing that big pot.
 
Just now, Ian raised preflop to 30k and Mike Hill called with only 60k behind, the board . Mike shows the surprising which is obviously good as Ian announces Ace high.