DTD £300 Monthly Deepstack - March 2010 - At A Glance

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We're going to be done by 11pm at this rate - the final table has turned into the Jono Beck show.

Jono's in every hand; infact we've just had another all in with Mohammad Shoahebe pushing his shortstack with . Jono made the call with .

The board came out and Jono scooped another pot, taking him to 2 million chips.

Mohammad exited in 7th place, taking home £2,998 for his work.

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We've lost another! But this time, Jono Beck was not involved.

Ramzi Abbassi pushed all in UTG only to see George Geary call all in. Everyone else got out of the way and Ramzi flipped A-Q to George's 8-8.

The flop was J-9-Q, giving Ramzi the lead but George had gutshot outs. The turn was a harmless 2 and the river was another brick, meaning we lose George Geary in 6th place, taking home £3,854.

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Very next hand, Ramzi Abbassi and Jono Beck get it all in preflop, Ramzi holding A-A and Jono holding A-Q. The board came 10-9-9-Q-J, giving Ramzi the double up and denting Jono's stack.

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5 Players left

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Down to 3. Already!

Daniel Ward shoves, blind on blind, for 250k and is called by Ramzi Abbassi in the BB.

Daniel: 3-3
Ramzi: A-9

The board comes 10-Q-7-7-9, with the cruel river sending Daniel to the rail in 5th, taking home £5,139 for his efforts.

In the very next hand, Paul Wimbledon and Jono Beck get it all in on a flop, with Paul holding K-J for the gutshot and Jono holding a slow-played A-A. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Paul to the rail in 4th place, collecting £6,852.

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As I type, seriously. We are HEADS UP.

Jono Beck shoved all in with 10-7 and James Saunders called him with K-Q!

The flop came 9-3-10, all clubs, and James had the , giving him more outs. The turn paired the 10, reducing James' outs, and the river was the , sending James to the rail in 3rd place, taking home £9,764!

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The final two:

Ramzi Abbassi:

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Jono Beck:

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Before we start heads up, Ramzi and Jono are discussing a chop.

They have made a deal; taking £19,000 each and playing for the remaining £6,100.

Jono has 1.65m and Ramzi has 1.45m.

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Compared to earlier, this heads up is already dragging. Despite the fact that each man has £19,000 locked up, Jono and Ramzi are slowly feeling each other out and playing small-ball, with no really big pots yet.

However, with the volatility of Ramzi and Jono being a demolition machine throughout the final table, it shouldn't be too long before the fireworks ignite and we see some action...

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We have a 10 minute break for DTD to chip up and get accurate chip counts.

On the last hand before the break, Jono bet 52k on a 6-3-5 flop. Ramzi raised it to 250k and Jono re-raised all in.

Ramzi tanking before folding to Jono's all in:

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Jono has AQ
Ramzi has J9

Jono raised, Ramzi went all in and Jono called.

Board comes

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Which means Ramzi doubles through to 1.4m, leaving Jono on 1.7m

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Another allin and a call.

Ramzi has A3, Jono has pocket tens.

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First two cards out look good for Ramzi.

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Still looking good

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All good on the turn

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But, what a killer river card.

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Which means Ramazanali Abbassi finishes in 2nd place scooping £19,000.

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The winner of the DTD Monthly Deepstack for March 2010 is Jono Beck, who wins £25,100

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Well, it's the end of another extremely successful DTD Monthly Deepstack. Over the 2 days, we've seen suckouts, quads, royal flushes (not Dempsey), cruel rivers and pretty much anything you can see at a poker tournament. Albeit, not exactly everything, thankfully there was nothing like EPT Berlin!

As a first time updater for Blonde, and this also being my first visit to the DTD monthly, I would recommend it to everybody. This is the best monthly competition in the country, and I'm definitely looking forward to playing it myself in May.

Congratulations to Jono, Ramzi, and everybody else that went on to cash. Thank you for persevering with us rookies over the two days, and for the support we received from the community as a whole.

Right, time for a nice, quiet, relaxing drink. See you next month!!