12 1 Aleksandrs Golubevs 1.4m 12 3 Tom Kugelstadt 2m 12 4 John Haigh 2.2m 12 5 Tom Hall 2.9m 12 6 Alan Taddei 2.6m 12 7 Darren Crosby 2.5m 12 8 Ian Burdon 1.9m
14 3 Padraig O Neill 3.1m 14 4 Farhaan Khan 4m 14 6 Gordon Mcarthur 2m 14 7 Dewi James 1.1m 14 8 Andrew Garland 1.8m 14 9 Jamie Clossick 1.8m
2 1 Matas Cimbolas 5.6m 2 2 David Lloyd 1.2m 2 3 Nigel Dunbar-dempsey 3m 2 4 Jonathan Kalmar 2.5m 2 5 Alan Saluk 2.4m 2 7 David Mcconachie 2m 2 8 Fraser Bellamy 0.9m
All of this means a player has to move off the feature to balance tables
that player is fraser bellamy
"hello fraser, pleased to be off the feature?" i enquire
"not really, i had a really fun dynamic going with matas"
i raise an eyebrow
"i have been small blind to his big for a full day now, over the second half of yesterday and today and he is probably the best player i have ever played against"
"really?" i ask...
"yes, he is completely owning people, great to watch"
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12 3 Tom Kugelstadt 2m
12 4 John Haigh 2.2m
12 5 Tom Hall 2.9m
12 6 Alan Taddei 2.6m
12 7 Darren Crosby 2.5m
12 8 Ian Burdon 1.9m
14 3 Padraig O Neill 3.1m
14 4 Farhaan Khan 4m
14 6 Gordon Mcarthur 2m
14 7 Dewi James 1.1m
14 8 Andrew Garland 1.8m
14 9 Jamie Clossick 1.8m
2 1 Matas Cimbolas 5.6m
2 2 David Lloyd 1.2m
2 3 Nigel Dunbar-dempsey 3m
2 4 Jonathan Kalmar 2.5m
2 5 Alan Saluk 2.4m
2 7 David Mcconachie 2m
2 8 Fraser Bellamy 0.9m
Jamie Clossick calls UTG+1
Chris Vernon leans back, clearly has a hand
Asks Clossick how much he is playing, receiving the answer that its about 2m
and shoves
folded back to Cossick, he folds
Garland Ahrt Jh
Vernon Ts Th
"i am good at these" says Vernon
8h 5c Ks flop
Suddenly, after the Qh turn there is the mother of all sweats for both deep in a big comp
the river is the 6c
Andrew Garland is out 21st
20 left, having only lost one player in the last hour
average is 2.5m
folded round to the blinds
Hall calls, Taddei completes
"so, this is what a flop looks like" it is remarked
its that stage of a tournament, not seeign too many
J-6-J
Hall check cals 300,000
8
check check
3
Hall leads for 375,000
Burdon calls
Hall shows J-7 as Burdon mucks
Tom Hall opened to 200,000
Ian Burdon shoved for 370,000
call
Hall Q-J
Burdon K-7
Hall flopped 10-9-8
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Alex Golubevs shoved blind on blind from half average against Tom Kugelstadt
Golubevs A-K
Kugelstadt A-9
Tom spiked a 9 to knock Alex out 19th
Tom Kugelstadt calls in position
Tom Hall calls in the big blind
Js 6c 3s
Hall checks
Clossick 460,000
Kugelstadt raises to 1m
Hall fold
Clossick al in
insta call
Clossick Ad Aspades
Kugelstadt Ahrt Jh
turn 4h
river 8c
Clossick doubles into what must be close to the chip lead
12 1 Christopher Vernon
12 2 Jamie Clossick
12 3 Tom Kugelstadt
12 4 John Haigh
12 5 Tom Hall
12 6 Alan Taddei
12 7 Darren Crosby
12 9 Gordon Mcarthur
2 1 Matas Cimbolas
2 2 David Lloyd
2 3 Nigel Dunbar-dempsey
2 4 Jonathan Kalmar
2 5 Alan Saluk
2 6 Farhaan Khan
2 7 David Mcconachie
2 8 Fraser Bellamy
2 9 Dewi James
the lower table is the feature, the reason i am not reporting much from there is because its tough to get close amongst camera rigging, booms etc
chip counts will come at each break
haigh K-7
Taddei A-Q
Haigh flops two pair to double...
next hand Haigh raises, taddei ships the rest call
haigh JJ
Taddei A3
Frst card out a J, Alan Taddei out and we are down to 16
that player is fraser bellamy
"hello fraser, pleased to be off the feature?" i enquire
"not really, i had a really fun dynamic going with matas"
i raise an eyebrow
"i have been small blind to his big for a full day now, over the second half of yesterday and today and he is probably the best player i have ever played against"
"really?" i ask...
"yes, he is completely owning people, great to watch"
tom hall 500,000
haigh 1.4m
hall all in 4m
haigh with A-K
its all in to call
left with 20xbb if he folds, he makes the standard choice (?yes) to go with it and calls
Hall has QQ for the classic flip
its a raggy board, and Haigh is out 16th
Hall is a clear chip peader with "not quite 10m"
gordon gimac 1.4m all in big blind
call
bellamy Q-J
Gordon A-10ss
Jack first card outg, no help for Grdon and he is out 15th
14 left
60-120k next
chip counts,a nd these are accurate because i asked the players
12 1 Christopher Vernon 3.2m
12 2 Jamie Clossick 6.1m
12 3 Tom Kugelstadt 3m
12 5 Tom Hall 10m
12 7 Darren Crosby 2.1m
12 8 Fraser Bellamy 5m
2 1 Matas Cimbolas 4m
2 2 David Lloyd 2.4m
2 3 Nigel Dunbar-dempsey 1m
2 4 Jonathan Kalmar 2.4m
2 5 Alan Saluk 3.1m
2 7 David Mcconachie 1.5m
2 9 Dewi James 2.6m
$1.4m of online winnings
£545k won live
and now has all the chips
good luck everyone else!
Nigel Dempsey, short-stacked, took A-5 against Matas J-10 all in pre
Matas flopped a Jack, and a ten
David McConachie also short, button shoved A-10 into Dewi James in the small blind with A-Q
A-Q held, Dewi now in the region of 4m
Tom Hall calls in the big blind
Tom K K-7o
Tom H A-Ko
the two players, both nice guys, wish each other luck
Hall says "sorry, but this is my time the way i am running today"
6-3-9-6-K
Tom Kugelstadt out 12th
two away from the final
4m
is it definite you have won the competition?
if so i need your screenname too
St Davids day win ?
Darren Crosby calls in the big blind
flop is ten high, two diamonds
fraser has A-10dd
and Crosby open shoves
Call
Crosby has Q-6dd and is drawing very thin
Fraser receives overkill, a ten on the turn, full house on the river
He has 6.5m
Crosby out 11th
Fnal table bubble
7m with 10 left
Hall in the big blind 3 bets
Veron shoves
Hall insta calls
Vernon 10-10
Hall K-K
6-9-7-10-2
Vernon doubles to 7m