Welsh Amateur Poker Championship - G Casino, Cardiff - Live Updates

[bear21]

Well done to all finalists

BUT

come on warren !!!!!

[pokerpops]

Huge respect for Big Martin, even if he is prone to play Q4...

[Outlander]

Well done to all finalists

BUT

come on warren !!!!!

Echo that... but also best of luck to Gareth as well... a second Welsh gold for him would be fantastic. Hard luck to Mike and Rudders also... both so close to FT. C"mon Warren!

[Matt D]

Photos of finalists on the final table to follow once Mark has finalised his photos.

[Swinebag]

good luck to Tom "epic" Failding

Would love to see Adam go far

Will settle for a warren B2B just for history

[rodbuck]

Good luck TomF....TID!!!!

[Matt D]

The final is under way, and almost immediately we have some action. Gavin Priestley all in from the button. Tom Feilding makes the call.

A 3 Tom

A J Gavin

9 7 J 4 2

Gavin scoops a 95k pot. Tom's stack is cut to below 200k.

[Matt D]

Gavin Priestley raises to 23k and takes down the pot uncontested. That"s 2 in a row, fact fans.



Gavin Priestley

[Matt D]

The table has just placed their drinks order. Laura orders diet coke. Gareth goes for a latte. Nobody else wanted anything at this time.

[Matt D]

Gareth John is on big blind. Warren Raises to 17.7k. He nonchalantly takes the pot without a contest.

[Matt D]

The dealer"s name is Milo.

[Matt D]

Gareth Johns is all in. Martin Foreman asks for a count.....

The figure is 138,000. Martin counts it out and makes the call.

Gareth has Jacks.

Martin has Ace-Queen.

5 4 T A 8.

And we lose Gareth in 9th place for £190.

Martin has an absolutely monster stack now (600k-ish).



Gareth Johns

[Charlie44]

The table has just placed their drinks order. Laura orders diet coke. Gareth goes for a latte. Nobody else wanted anything at this time.

Edge of the seat reporting.

[Matt D]

Halfway through level 17, the blinds are still 4k/8k with an ante of 800. Warren raises to 21.5k from small blind and takes the aforementioned blinds.

[Charlie44]

Unlucky Gareth well played. Well worth coming back for the 2nd day then !