English Amateur Poker Championship - G Casino, Coventry - Live Updates

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David Howard is our PLO winner, scooping himself £280.

Final hand he flopped a full house with Tony flopping a flush draw. It ends with Tony missing his flush on the river and trying to bluff him off.

Commiserations to Tony and well done to David!

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The action is tense four handed, no one wanting to risk missing out on one of the coveted APAT medals. Pre-flop raises respected, walks given a plenty.

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Michael Ramsey is out in 4th
Warren raises from the small blinds with just Michael to act in BB. The raise effectivley puts Michael all in. Warren shows JT, Michael shows K9.
The board comes A 7 7 6 but like so many hands, it is the nasty shock on the river with a 10 that sees all of Michael"s chips being shipped in Warren"s direction.

Michael


This means the medalists in the APAT English Championships will be Sharon Roberts, Warren Jones and George Liperis.
You know where to stay to find out who gets the bronze, silver and gold!

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All in action three handed...

Sharon raises to 80k. George goes all in and Sharon calls.
Sharon shows A8 and George grimly shows 87

Flop comes 4 9 10 making George open ended. The 6 on the turn gives him the straight and an irrelevant Q arrives on the river. George doubles through to around 210k.

Sharon is now short stack with the table now seeming to bend under the weight of all Warren"s chips...

[rigga]

Those medals that are insured for 50k each ya mean ? look after em guys....and a very big well done to the top 3

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Warren is now really making the most of his chip stack to put the pressure on his table mates. He is all in most hands now, even after a considerable raise from Sharon which forces her to fold.

Rough chip counts:
Sharon 130k
George 200K
Warren.... 1.8m

Blinds 10,000 / 20,000 (2,000) at level 21.

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George manages to double up through Warren to 230k.
Warren has Q6 whilst George has K9
Board comes 3 K 6 J 9 to give George a lifeline.

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We have our bronze medalist

All in pre-flop, Warren has JJ and Sharon has A6

Flop comes 5 7 2 K 6 and as the A evades her, shes bows out in third place to a round of very well deserved applause.

The tournament is taking a very brief break for a round of photos and a chip count.

Heads up will begin shortly with chips as follows:
George Liperis 240k
Warren Jones 2m

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Just had a quick chat with Sharon about how she feels.

Her first word was "Gutted" as she was looking to get a medal one or two better than the bronze she won last year in the 6 max. However she is really pleased with how she played, especially being able to build up the big stack that she did, but just went dead at the wrong time. She had several unfortunate hands running into bigger pairs that just played themselves.

We all get that sinking feeling after being so close, but really well done again Sharon and enjoy the £1,435 cash too!

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Heads up is underway with George having a challenge ahead of him.
An seemingly dull hand with a limped pot ends up being all in on the turn. Both of the gents have a full house but George"s is bigger - taking him up to 510k

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We see a 3 5 8 flop, both players check.
9 on the turn. George bets 75k which Warren calls.
River gives a 7 to which both check. George shows 35 for two pair and he is boosted to around 700k

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Far from giving Warren an easy ride as it could have looked with early chip counts, it really is back and forth here heads up.

Warren takes a 200k sized chunk out of George with second pair of kings.

Players ended up all in with A5 for George and K9 for Warren and a 78267 means A high is good enough for a double up.

Next hand George claims a 100k pot with second pair kings.

Chip split is approx 600k for George, 1.5m for Warren.

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Unraised pre-flop see a flop of
Warren puts in 40k, George makes it 95k to which Warren calls
Turn gives . George checks but the 100k bet from Warren is enough to make him fold.

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The APAT corner of G Casino Coventry busts into applause as Warren wins the English Amateur Championship 2013!

The final hand was 66 to Warren, AJ to George.
The board plays out with 5 6 4 9 7 and there we have it!

Just spoken to George and he is really please with how he played. Particularly chuffed with coming back from 10 BBs back into the action to take his first APAT medal and £2290 prize money.

Really well done to Warren, pictures and round ups to come soon! Thanks for following the action.

[technolog]

Congratulations Warren!