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

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the play and the atmosphere is loosening up now with just under 40 minutes to the end of P1.

we lost Michael Holmes in 16th place on Table 1 (eliminated by Michael Richards) and then we had an amazing 4 way all in shove fest - with Dann Williams, Stuart Oliver and John Murray all committing their stack against Gordon McArthur

Hands were :

Dann : 33
Stuart : AK
Gordon : AQ
John : AT

Flop came 58K, J on the turn and a 5 on the river.

After everything was sorted, Dann was eliminated in 15th place, Stuart won the main pot (about 130k), Gordon won the side pot (about 15k) and John was at zero - but was able to use his top up - the last player to do so - so he remains in the game.

Tony Johnson has now moved to S3 on T1 to join in the carnage as we are now 7 handed on each table as the cut off looms.....

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massive hand developed between Rodders and Dave Howard - Rodders had raised from the SB to which Dave had called - the flop came   - Rodders checks, Dave bets, Rodders calls -   on turn - check bet call....river brings  ...here Rodders leads out £26 to which Dave shoves for £79. Rodders tanks and eventually mucks, tapping the table in appreciation of Dave"s play. Dave takes the chips and mucks his cards without showing.

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After losing that big pot, Steve Roderick calls it a day and cashes out for around £70 - he places 14th.

Then Vaino Tiik goes out in 13th, closely followed by Martin Dodsworth, down in 12th.

11 handed with 11 minutes remaining.

Ply is briefly interrupted as shouts, screams and high fives abound as on a cash table in the poker room, the Bad Beat Jackpot is won - quad losing out to quad As - nearly £20k won!

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thrilling end to Phase 1 as John Murray, Michael Richards and Tony Johnson battled it out to get into the final 9 from the 11 remaining.

We had decided to go 9 handed for the FT as we had started 9 handed - and it meant more chips on the FT to account for the lower than expected numbers.

Chips flew around and it looked like Tony Johnson would be going out with Michael Richards - despite him doubling thru Gordon McArthur with 86 v AK - but the Keith Smith threw a spanner in the works by declaring he was cashing out for around £140.

This meant that Michael Richards went out in 10th - a couple of quid shy of the total of Tony Johnson.

It was a really exciting conclusion.

So the players are now enjoying a short break as we set up the FT - the table will line up as follows :

Seat 1 David Howard - £176.00
Seat 2 Clive Moore - £150.00
Seat 3 Chris Webber - £265.50
Seat 4 John Murray - £115.75
Seat 5 Rob Finch - £161.00
Seat 6 Gordon McArthur - £186.50
Seat 7 Stuart Oliver - £121.75
Seat 8 Glenn Richardson - £231.00
Seat 9 Tony Johnson - £97.00

Play will restart in about 5 mins

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sorry guys - loss of connectivity for a while there....

its been a slow start to the FT - most players are still around their starting stacks, with the following exceptions :

Rob Finch - up to £300
Glenn Richardson - down to £90
Clive Moore - down to £90



Rob Finch



Glenn Richardson



Clive Moore

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Glenn Richardson hauls himself back into the game with a double through Stuart Oliver - the chips go in on a flop of K44, with Stuart having AK, whilst Glenn is sat there with 74. The board runs out 3 - 2 and Glen gets back up to about £140 - Stuart down to just over £100

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Glenn finds himself involved in another big pot - when John Murray raises to £3, Rob Finch, Gordon McArthur, Stuart Oliver all call....this action not good enough for Glenn who raises to £6 - everyone making the call.

Flop is   - checked around to Glenn who fires out £6 - John and Rob get out of the way, but Gordon isnt perturbed and makes the call.

Turn is   - Glenn now checks, Gordon bets £16, Glenn calls.

River is - Glenn checks, Gordon bets £22, Glenn folds.

Gordon McArthur takes down the pot

Rob Finch is still leading the way on around £300, Chris Webber and Gordon McArthur chasing him hard.

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Dave Howard puts himself right into contention with a hero call on the river...

with the board showing 2665K, there had been plenty of action with around £40 in the middle between Dave and Clive Moore....Dave checks to Clive on the river and Clive shoves for £59......Dave tanks for ages, counting his stack out and muttering to himself, looking at Clive for an ounce of a tell.....and maybe he gets it, as after a minute or so, he slowly slides his counted call out to make the call....Clive nods and flicks his cards into the middle - Dave claiming the pot with A5 hearts.....that enough to take Dave well past the £200 mark.



David Howard

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That meant we lost Clive Moore in 9th place - the first eliminated player from the Final Table.

Just over 30 minutes remain in the game.

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Stuart Oliver survives an all in - he shoves with AK to be called by the pocket 9 s of Tony Johnson - the board is grim for Stuart as it comes 63854.....but in amongst those 5 cards are 4 spades....and he just happens to have the

Bad news for Tony who is down to about £40.

Then Chris Webber, with about £40 in the middle, gets his £35 river bet paid by Gordon McArthur - Chris"s A Q good enough on a QTT76 board

Under 20 mins to go now and the race is really on

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Glenn Richardson out in 8th - he shoves for his remaining £50 on a 3793 board - Gordon McArthur calls with K9 - Glenn holding K7.

Last 5 hands being played now - it is very close between David Howard, Chris Webber, Rob Finch and Gordon McArthur

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And we are over - a fine finale with all players relatively happy with their tournaments work - the final 5 hands were played out without any real action - and in the end, it was Rob Finch who prevailed, with a total of £323.00. The final totals were :

Winner : Rob Finch £323.00
2nd : Chris Webber £295.50
3rd : David Howard £285.50
4th : Gordon McArthur £236.00
5th : John Murray £167.25
6th : Stuart Oliver £98.00
7th : Tony Johnson £89.25

A very enjoyable tournament and congrats again to our winner - Rob Finch!

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1st out

Stuart Oliver

Final Table

Stuart Oliver
Adrian Long
Chris Hiam

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1st out

Stuart Oliver

Final Tabel

Stuart Oliver
Adrian Long
Chris Hiam

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1st out

Stuart Oliver

Final Tabel

Stuart Oliver
Adrian Long
Chris Hiam

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