DTD Mini Festival: Final Day - At A Glance

[danafish]

Refusing to be bullied, although still in a very passive sort of way, HWCBN in the small blind called an utg raise to 4.5k from Richard Berridge. They both checked the flop, and HWCBN checked the turn too, and then called 5k from Berridge. HWCBN was happy to check the river too, and when Berridge bet 10k, he considered it for some time before calling. With . And it was good. A slightly sheepish Berridge mucked.

[danafish]

Berridge, now heading towards that 'oh dear, where have all my chips gone?' sort of region, is not letting up the aggression. He raises to 6k preflop - and Richard Stanley promptly goes all in to his left. It folds around and Berridge promptly calls.

Stanley:
Berridge:

Giggling.

Board: - choppity chop.

Stanley: "You call my jacks? Unbelievable. I might have had queens!"

[snoopy1239]

Neil Giblin is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning £1,185

A simple affair really. Neil pushed with on the button and Marc Goodwin called with from the big blind. board favoured Mr Cool, and jakally was gone.

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Shahnawaz Randera raised to 7,500 from the button and Marc Goodwin called from the big. Both players checked the flop, only for Marc to bet out 20,000 on the turn. Randera called. A on the river and Marc bet out again, this time to the tune of 45,000. After much deliberation, Randera made the call and showed . Marc mucked.

Marc Goodwin is now down to 109,000.

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Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 34,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 113,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 67,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 170,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 122,000
Seat 6: Richard Stanley -- 25,000
Seat 7: HWCBN -- 74,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 166,000

[danafish]

Marc Goodwin picked up a few chips, button-raising to 7.5k and getting himself called by Chris Bruce in the big blind.

They both checked the flop and turn. Chris checked the river and then called a 14k bet from Marc. Marc nonchalantly turned over and Brucie mucked.

[danafish]

After an extended period of assorted players raising in late position, getting no callers and then showing an ace of some sort, a moment of excitement. Chris Bruce raised to 6.5k utg and Richard Berridge to his immediate left called. HWCBN, however, made it 36k total. It folded around to Bruce, who very tantalisingly asked for a count on HWCBN (30k behind) but then folded. So did Berridge.

Stacks after that -

Berridge: 124k
Brucie: 165k
HWCBN: 83k

[danafish]

Mr Greekfish, who has been grinding like he never ground before, is up to around 50k after sort of snapping and shoving two hands in a row.

First he moved in from the cutoff. Big blind Brucie considered it. "Do you want a call?" "Yeah, I think I do." Eventually Brucie folded pocket sevens. "You folded that? Are you mad? I'm not going to show now, I'm too embarrassed."

The next hand, Randera raises to 7.5k and Greekfish, in a pretending-he-hasn't-seen-the-raise sort of way, pushes all his chips across the line. It folds back around to Randera, who folds pocket sevens up again! Much hilarity. Everyone is half expecting Greekfish to show sixes, but he shows a very respectable would-have-been-coinflipping A-K. "I'm out to win it now," says Greekfish.

[danafish]

And we have an exit!

Randera makes it 10k and small blind Berridge flat calls. Richard "The Knife" Stanley, however, cuts them up - he shoves for around 30k. Randera folds, but Berridge calls.

Stanley:
Berridge:

Board:

Apparently Randera folded A-K. So there you go.

Thus Richard Stanley is OUT in 8th place winning £1,777.

[snoopy1239]

After a flurry of blind stealing hands, we finally reach a showdown with Richard Berridge raising it up preflop with , Andrew Andreou pushing all in with and Richard making what was an understandably quick call.

The board caused no changes, meaning Andrew doubled up to something rather more threatening and is now a real contender on this final table.

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Approx chip counts:

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 133,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 104,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 68,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 157,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 74,000
Seat 7: HWCBN -- 95,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 126,000

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A spot of misfortune now for HWCBN ("I feel like that guy out of Harry Potter, you know, the one where they're not allowed to say his name") as Marc Goodwin doubles up with . HWCBN looked in good shape with , but a third five on the turn of a dashed any hopes of an exit, and we remain on seven.

Goodwin now on circa 50,000 in chips.

[danafish]

Marc Goodwin made it 9k from the button, and big blind Berridge made it All In for around 75k. Call. All very quickly, justlikethat.

Goodwin:
Berridge:

Board: a very exciting

Meaning that Berridge doubles up to approximately the chip lead (around 160k) while Goodwin is down to a mere 10-big-blinds-y 30k. "I was just playing back at you," offers Berridge by way of apology or some such...

Sad Goodwin:

Click to see full-size image.

[danafish]

Good lord, will no-one ever be eliminated?

HWCBN limps in utg, and calls a raise from Marc Goodwin. They see a flop.

Flop: - check, check.

They see a turn.

Turn: - now HWCBN bets 18k. Goodwin goes all in. Call.

HWCBN: for a flopped set.
Goodwin: for a turned set. Yikes.

River: not a six, but a .

Golden Goodwin up to around 110k, HWCBN down to just 45k.

[snoopy1239]

To a simmer of applause throughout the cardroom, Mr Greekfish is your current chip leader:

Andy Greekfish   15   1   156100
Christopher Bruce   15   4   140200
Richard Berridge   15   5   136400
Shahnawaz Randera   15   8   128000
Marc Goodwin   15   2   114400
Jon Omara   15   3   57300
Michael Mccool   15   7   49300

[danafish]

To a simmer of applause throughout the cardroom, Mr Greekfish is your current chip leader:

Not any more he's not. Marc Goodwin raises to 11k and Richard Berridge smooth calls behind him. The flop comes down and Marc bets out 30k. Again, flat call. They proceed to check down the turn and the river, and Berridge turns over to win a roughly 90k pot, putting him on around 180k by my reckoning.

[snoopy1239]

With Richard Berridge making a button raise of 10,000, HWCBN took the opportunity to push all in from the small blind for a total of 40,500.

As HWCBN (or "the artist formerly know as Mick McBag" as Simon Nowab called him) remained relatively quiet, simply chewing on gum and swinging gently on his swivel chair, Richard stood up from his own chair and commented "You look weak."

With the onlooking crowd eagerly awaiting a decision, Richard took a deep breath and announced "I call."

Although HWCBN could only table king high with , it was indeed ahead as a dejected Richard Berridge meekly showed a dominated .

However, it hasn't been HWCBN's day so far today, and the tide didn't turn this time, the board coming a rather cruel .

Again, he took his defeat like a good sport, as he did when I showed him his final table picture from earlier.

So yes indeed, He Who Cannot Be Named is OUT in 7th place winning £2,370.




Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 127,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 89,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 56,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 135,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 220,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 143,000

[danafish]

Here's some action to liven all you stiffs up a bit!

Must confess that I wasn't exactly perfectly tableside per se for the beginning of this hand, but it appears that Jon Omara open-shoved utg and got himself called by Greekfish in the small blind.

Omara:
Greekfish:

Board:

And it's all over for Jon Omara, as he finishes in 6th place winning £2,962.

[snoopy1239]

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 195,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 150,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 110,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 160,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 155,000