English Deepstack Poker Championships II, Broadway Casino: Day1a

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Julian Thew of Sky Poker raises pre

Jeff Taslim calls him in position

Flop Q-10-Q

Thew c-bets, called

turn 8

Thew bets, Taslim raises, Thew raises, Taslim all in and called

Whew.

Thew 8-8 for the turned house. Nice.

Taslim 10-10 for the flopped bigger house. Nicer.

Julian back to Nottingahm

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Ali Mallu over 100,000

Just had Aces, got paid by top pair. Funny that

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Gl Ali, and Andy (Bro) Wright

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The board reads A-Q-9-Q-2

M Abelkader and Ali Mallu are in the pot, Abelkader in late position and Mallu in the blinds

Mallu first to act on nthe river a big overbet, setting Abelkader in

Abelkader thinks, and thinks, and has the clock called

With a few seconds to go he calls,

He flips Q-10 and immediately turns it back over, assuming he must be beat

However Mallu does not turn his cards over

the dealer asks Abelkader to reveal his hand if he wants to win the pot

So Q-10 gets turned over again

Mallu mucks, his perennial tactic of putting maximum pressure on his opponents having backfired on this occasion, as he says goodbye to most of his stack

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gl to Rich Shiels

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Steve Jelinek is running pretty well

He calls a raise from Jalal Rasoul, in the blinds, with 

flop 

He leads, Rasoul moves in for under 20,000 and Jelinek calls

Rasoul 

turn 

river  to knock Rasoul out






Meanwhile David Johnson wins a big pot off Marc Boss Goodwin

A-Q on K-6-2-J-10 against turned two pair from Goodwin

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Richard Sheils

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About 130 years, I reckon, of combined West Midlands poker experience

Wernick, Sami and Badiemansour

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Mark "The Thistle" McCluskey

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The capacity here is much greater than when I last visited. Over 25 tables are set up in an L shape

Here's one part of the room, with the bobalike table nearest us

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We're just coming up to a 60 minute break after 6 of 10 levels to be played today


I have a choice of

a) Subway
b) Frankie and Bennys
c) All you can eat Korean buffet for £12

all in the Broadway complex

Short odds being offered on c) pre-play tomorrow as its £6 before 5pm



Tournament wise 91 of 106 are left today

blinds are 300-600-75 next

Average is 59,000


Chip leaders Tan Le 200,000, Steve Jelinek 140,00, M Abelkader 140,000, Andrew Psaras 130,000


Please rejoin me around 8.30pm for the last four levels

[GOLDENLADY12]

come on son richard sheils 

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come on son richard sheils 

Hi Michelle, welcome to blonde

Playing tomorrow?


Play tonight resumes within 5 minutes

[GOLDENLADY12]

come on son richard sheils 

Hi Michelle, welcome to blonde

Playing tomorrow? yes, thanks for the welcome i was a member ages ago forgot password 


Play tonight resumes within 5 minutes

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A table break puts bobalike next to actionjack

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