Bluesq.com GUKPT Newcastle Final Day At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Mike Hill raises to 35k preflop. Ganesh asks for a count before just calling.



Mike bets 60k, Ganesh moves all-in. Mike sighs and says, "I have to call."

Mike:

Ganesh:



Drawing dead.



Mike Hill is OUT in 7th place winning £7,550

Ganesh winning the pot.



Mike leaving the building.



Alan Vinnicombe going out earlier.



We're now on a short break.

[NoflopsHomer]

Fraser Macintyre -- 254.5k
Ganesh Rao -- 293k
Ian Farrell -- 462k
David Allan -- 215k
James Akenhead -- 349k
Mark Dalimore -- 327.5k

[NoflopsHomer]

David Allan raises to 36k utg, Ganesh calls from the blinds.



Check check.



Check check.



Ganesh tries 20k. It works.

Fraser raises to 36k, David moves all-in from the big blind. Fraser folds quickly.

Ganesh raises to 30k, David calls.



Check check.



Ganesh checks, David bets 40k, Ganesh calls.



Check check and David's Sixes win out over Ganesh's . But a bit more aggression from Ganesh on the flop or turn would've won him the pot I reckon.

Interestingly, both James and Fraser both have headphones on, despite it being a final table. Didn't realise that was allowed, despite there no longer being TV cameras around.

[NoflopsHomer]

Big Cooler Alert!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

Yes yes indeed. Dana here, announcing that we are down to five and we have a new chip leader!

A preflop raising war, and Fraser Macintyre and Mark Dalimore are on their proverbial backs:

Fraser -
Mark -

Board - an unmiraculous

Thus Fraser Macintyre is OUT in 6th place winning £9,450.

Bluesquare's Q has lent me an assortment of AWESOME camera lenses incidentally, so please enjoy the AWESOME right-up-the-players'-noses-stylee photos coming up shortly...

[NoflopsHomer]

James bet 58k on the river of a board. Ian Farrell calls but mucks when he sees .

Next hand James limps from the small blind. Big blind Mark moves all-in for almost 500k! James folds.

[NoflopsHomer]

James raises in the small blind again to around 40k. Mark calls.



Check check.



James bets 44k, Mark makes it 144k and then says he'll tell him what he has, but not til later. James thinks for a while before mucking his cards. I think I saw a Queen flash there before it went into the muck.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ian raises to 36k from UTG. Ganesh moves all-in from the big blind for a total of 225k. Ian thinks for about a minute and then says, "Call."

Ian:

Ganesh:

Ganesh sticks his head under the table as he can't bear to look at the board.



Ian is crippled and Ganesh, the last remaining player who lives in Newcastle, is up to just under half a million chips.

[NoflopsHomer]

James raises and Mark calls. We therefore see a flop. That's how poker works. 

Flop - - and James bets 48k. Mark calls. We therefore see a turn.

Turn - - and James bets 80k. Mark dwells up. "If I fold, will you show me?" He will not. Mark tantalisingly counts out the 80k for the call. Then he folds.

-----------JUST ONE MORE HAND 'TIL THE ONE HOUR DINNER BREAK------------

Yay dinner.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts at the break thanks to Steve the Geordie Dealer!

Ganesh -- 537k
Ian -- 185.5k
David -- 131k
James -- 527k
Mark -- 523k

Tight at the top...

[danafish]

And indeed our remaining delicious payouts:

1st  £57,175

2nd £33,075

3rd  £23,625

4th  £16,075

5th  £12,275

[NoflopsHomer]

pics of the twins are compulsory ffs ... get to work !

The models aren't coming til 8.30pm and they're not the twins.



Ganesh raises to 40k preflop and James calls from the blinds.



James checks, Ganesh bets 50k, James calls.



Check check.



James bets 130k, Ganesh thinks for a while before calling.

James shows and takes the pot and Ganesh holds his head in his hands.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ian and David have sprung to life now. A little. They've both pushed a couple of times but haven't been called. Yet.

[NoflopsHomer]

Mark button raises to 41k. Ian moves in from the small blind for 172k more.

Mark, "Do you want me to call?"

Ian, "Yeah, I want to gamble."

Mark passes. Ian shows .

[NoflopsHomer]

Ian shoves over James UTG raise, James folds his A-2. Next hand David pushes from the small blind on James' big blind. Again the Hitsquadder is forced to fold.

David pushes on the next hand too and again everyone folds. Ian and David have got everything through so far

But someone is going to get caught soon...