GUKPT London Day 2

[TRIP5]

Caroline De Weert raises on the button and is priced into call Lawrence Windish's shove from the sb


Caroline J-10

Lawrence 7-7

flop 7-8-9. Lawrence is out 37th

Live poker is definitely rigged

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[TightEnd]

Prazi Banzi raises to 4,200

Kennedy calls on the button

Bruno Fernandes calls in the big blind

flop 

check, Banzi 6700

Both call

A 36,000 pot has developed

All check a  turn

River 


Fernandes checks

Banzi bets 22,600

Kennedy folds

After long dwell Fernandes calls

Banzi says "you must win, I have a Queen"

He flips 

Fernandes grimaces, and mucks!


The buff becomes the value bet, it seems......

[TightEnd]

Unsurprisingly the pace of the game has slowed, with 36 left and 25 paid

4 tables


chip leaders Mahrenholz 250,000+, Kennedy 200,000, Kimber 200,000, Looser 200,000, Haik 180,000, Banzi 180,000 are the chip leaders

[TightEnd]

andros Spyros opens, Nagi 3 bets with 25 bigs, Karl Mahrenhlz 4 bet shoves. Sunny calls with A-K after Spryros folds

Karl Mahrenholz Aces, of course

Nagi out 36th

[TightEnd]

Rob Boon and David Wells out, 33 left

[TightEnd]

25 paid

1st £101,020

2nd £67,070
3rd £44,100
4th £26,640
5th £19,840
6th £16,170
7th £12,500
8th £10,110
9th £7,350
10th £5,510

11th-13th £3,590
14th-23rd £3,680
24th-25th £3,310

[TightEnd]

Wayne Rideout opens with Queens and Ian Gascoigne shoves 60,000 from the small blind

Call

Gascoigne shows 5-5

Flop comes Queen high, Gascoigne out

Rideout up over 200,000


32 left

[TightEnd]

Look who has decided to sit down in update central.

Things are looking up

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[TightEnd]

Jamie Roberts shoves the cut off down to 42,000

Jon Spinks, newly moved out of a big blind to the table to balance, isolates on the button

On their backs Roberts K-J, Spinks 9-9

King on the flop doubles Roberts up to over 85,000 including blinds and antes

[TightEnd]

Andros Spyrou raises
Max Winberg calls
Kevin Parkes calls

Flop J-9-9 with two hearts

Andros leads for 5,500
Max moves all in
Kevin folds
Andros calls

Max A-3
Andros A-Qhh

Turn 8

River 10

Andros hits a straight and Max is down to the felt

[TightEnd]

Talal Shakerchi out, 6-6 vs Ken Wong's A-K

King on the turn

31 left


It really is very slow, to be expected at this stage in most big tournaments to be fair

[TRIP5]

Look who has decided to sit down in update central.

Things are looking up

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Hello from the rail xx

[TightEnd]

Without much action to report on a quick scoot around the tables:


31 left, 25 paid

blinds 1200-2400/200 for another 33 minutes

Average 118,500

Karl Mahrenholz 300,000

Praz Banzi 200,000

Anthony Kennedy 200,000

Marig Loesser 220,000

Ken Wong 250,000

David Rudling 180,000

Jon Prested 180,000

Jon Young 90,000

Darren Annis 70,000

Danny D;Borin 60,000

David Gassian 120,000

Greg Haik 180,000

Gary Lindsay 150,000

Mark James 180,000

Marco Fratelli 200,000

chris Kyriacou 150,000

Lousie Duffy 120,000

kevin Parkes 60,000

Jim Dunsford 90,000

Andros Spyrou 160,000

Jeff Kimber 200,000


Jon Spinks down to 40,000. Down to 60,000 after doubling Jamie Roberts up, then lost another 20,000 to Banzi

[TightEnd]

Jon Spinks and Wayne Rideout

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[TightEnd]

Danny D'Borin and Ken Wong

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