The penultimate game in the BCPC Premier League 1 took place on Wednesday and by the end of the night, all 12 players still had a shot of making the Play-Offs in the final game on Wednesday June 1st.
Rob Hewlitt was a no-show as he was on a course with work but it was the man at the foot of the table, Paul Foy who made the early running.
Paul had slipped to the bottom on Sunday night when Clive Padden grabbed a 3rd place finish to get 4 points and tonight Clive got busy too when he raised with
jc and got a call from Will Young with qh kc . The flop came down
jh :
: tc and when Clive bet out, Will pushed all-in and Clive called. The
turn was no help so was Will going to finish pointless for the first time ??......ermmm......not when the qs hit the river, leaving Clive short (735) and telling Will he was now banned from playing in the SSPC Team Event !
Clive had to get busy now and it didn"t take long. Scouse Bayliff raised to 150 and when both Mark Eagles and Paul Foy called, Clive shoved his final 635 into the pot. Scouse and Paul called and the board was kd
qc ks
which they then both checked down all the way. Steve showed
and Paul had :as:
while Clive was out with his
.
Soon afterwards Paul put a big hit on Scouse and then killed him off for good when he shoved qc js into Paul with his ah ac . That put everyone in the points and would ultimately cost Scouse his place in the top 4.....though he failed to comment on his exit due to a chat-ban !!
Mark Eagles was in desperate need of points to try and make the play-offs and he was playing an impressive game when he got involved with Tod Wood. On a flop of
js in an unraised pot, Tod bet out and Mark called. The turn was the qs and when Tod checked, Mark bet out and Tod called. This was about to get ugly.
The river was the
and when Tod bet out Mark, holding :as:
for the flopped nut-flush, shoved all-in. Tod........CALLED......and to Mark"s astonishment, showed
.....the clue was in the "unraised pot" bit !!
Mark crashed out in 6th and will now need a top 2 finish in the last game to make the play-offs.
Brian Yates was the tightest, some might say too tight, player at the table, but after getting two shoves through, his 3rd with ah
ran into Will"s :as: js and Bri was out in 5th, giving Will the chance to regain the League lead with a win tonight.
Paul Foy is in a similar situation after his 4th place exit and needs at least a top 3 finish next Wednesday night. He got it all-in with
which was no match for Steve Redfern"s Big Blind of ks kc .
That left Will now guaranteed a top 4 place and a seat at the Live Final Table and Steve could do the same if he could win this one. The two of them got it all-in, Steve with ah ks against Will"s td tc and the board came down :
: kd jc jd
to put Will out 3rd and keep Brian on top of the table.
Could Steve see off Tod ??....it looked that way when he shoved td th and Tod had ah
but the flop gave Tod hope of a first victory
, the :
: turn bricked......but the river binked a
and Tod was "flushed" with success, $80 plus 12 points that swept him into the top 4 for the first time all season.
POS PTS CHIPS MAX 1ST 2ND 3RD
1 BRIAN YATES 58 11,600 70 3 2 1
2 WILL YOUNG 56 11,200 68 1 2 4
3 STEVE REDFERN 45 9,000 57 3 1 0
4 TOD WOOD 40 8,000 52 1 1 2
5 STEVE BAYLIFF 37 7,400 49 2 1 0
6 ANDY OVERTON 36 7,200 48 2 1 0
7 TONY TRIPPIER 35 7,000 47 0 1 2
8 ROB HEWLITT 31 6,200 43 0 1 2
9 PAUL FOY 25 37 0 2 1
10 MARK EAGLES 23 35 1 0 1
11 CLIVE PADDEN 22 34 1 0 1
12 ANEURIN VENABLES 22 34 0 2 0
Brian Yates and Will Young have both clinched a place in the live final.
Steve Redfern, Steve Bayliff and Tod Wood have all clinched at least a play-off place.
Steve Redfern will play in the live final unless he scores zero points and Andy Overton finishes 1st and Steve Bayliff 2nd in the last game.
a 2nd place finish for Tod Wood will put him into the live final.
Steve Bayliff, Andy Overton and Tony Trippier MUST finish 4th or better to have a chance at making the live final.
Andy Overton needs a 6th place finish or better to guarantee a play-off place.
Tony Trippier needs at least a 4th place finish to secure a play-off place.
Rob Hewlitt must win to have a shot at the top 4 and 3rd place would guarantee him a play-off place
Paul Foy must finish 3rd or better and Mark Eagles,
Clive Padden and Aneurin Venables 2nd or better with Rob Hewlitt not scoring, to have a chance of a play-off place.
If Paul Foy finishes below 6th, Andy Overton makes at least a play-off spot.
If Paul Foy AND Mark Eagles finish below 6th, Tony Trippier makes at least a play-off spot.
If Brian Yates finishes ahead of Will Young, or if Will fails to finish at least 4th, Brian will be League Champion.
The live play-offs will be on Friday July 1st with 5th playing 8th and 6th vs 7th in heads-up matches to determine the final 2 places in the 6-handed final. This will be followed by the live final. 1st receives $300, 2nd $200 and 3rd $100.
