WCOAP 2016 Updates Day 2 - #4 NLHE 3X, #5 Mix Max and #2 8-Game Day 2

[IrishTom]

#4 Holdem 3X Championship reaches a Final Table of 9:

1	Lewis Berman	42k
2	Chris Keyworth	77.5k
3	Peter Thompson	127k
4	Stephanie Theo	75k
5	Andrei Cucu	75k
6	Ben Prior	64k
7	Vincent Anderson	25k
8	James Surft	118k
9	Tong Zhang	35k

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

But disaster strikes for one player in the first hand of the final table.
Vince, in the big blind with pocket 10"s moves all in following a raise and several calls. He is called by James Swift holding pocket kings.

Vince flops a 10!! But James flops a king and no improvements sees Vinnie heading to the rail in 9th place.

From WCOAP 2016 #4 Holdem 3X

[IrishTom]

#5 Mix Max and we reach 36 players and go 6-max, which will continue until we get to 18 players when it will then go Heads Up, with stacks carried forward and highest playing lowest etc... players will go on a break circa 19:40 when we"ll report on player list and stacks...

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Couple of big hands in succession:

Tong Zhang and Lewis Berman get it all in pre flop
Lewis holding and Tong has

The board brings no sweat with

Tong doubles up and leaves Lewis incredibly short....



So, next hand, Lewis is all in for around 3k and, in the big blind, it is Tong who makes the call.
Lewis has , and Tong

Looking like a chop with a flop of

But, the on the turn sees Lewis take the lead and the on the river means he keeps it and wins the pot.




"one more double" Lewis says...and he is all in again for around 6.2k. Ben Prior had already raised and Lewis" all in was an under raise, meaning that Ben can"t raise again. Chris Keyworth takes advantage of this and calls Lewis. Ben puts in the extra and 3 see the flop
Ben makes it 10k to go - into a dry side pot. Chris makes his annoyance at this known but folds.

Ben shows
Lewis has and has the flush draw...

The turn is the and Lewis gets there. the on the river doesn"t make a difference and Lewis doubles up again.

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Next hand...Lewis...goes all in!
He is called by Peter Thompson and James Swift.

They both check the board down and we end up with

Lewis has As Peter mucks and James shows

Lewis leaves the tournament in 8th place.

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Quads seem to be the flavour of the day here.
Chris Keyworth raises all in pre flop from the small blind and the big blind, Peter Thompson, asks for a count and makes the call.

Chris has
Peter has he is behind but it is Chris who needs to avoid the ace or king as he is at risk...

No worries about that with a flop of

Just to be sure, we get the on the turn.

And like a slap in the face a second too late, the on the river.

Chris has a very healthy stack and Peter is still well in it.

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

A few hands later and Stephanie raises pre and gets a call from Chris.

They see a flop of

Chris leads out for 11k and Stephanie pushes all her chips over the line.
Chris says "gotta take the gamble sometimes" and calls.

Stephanie says "I have a straight flush draw..." and shows
Chris only has the draw with

Not long to sweat as the turn brings the and Chris takes a dominant lead...

is not the card Stephanie was looking for and she is sent, most unimpressed, to the rail in 7th place.

[IrishTom]

#5 Mix Max 29 players remain.  Some known chip stacks:

Blinds 400/800(100) Avg 35k

Tom Clark 100k
Dawn Cook 70k
Chris Webber 15k
Luca Cannella 14k
Dorina Ciocan 35k
Gabriel Iemmito 16k
Simon Brook 43k
Paresh Doshi 14k

[IrishTom]

#5 Mix Max goes on a 30-min break, and unfortunately player receipts/tracking cards have been removed from the tables, so a chip count and player list will be provided when the event reaches 18 players and goes Heads Up... players coming back to 500/1000(100) with an average stack of 40k and 25 players left...

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Having lost a huge amount of chips in the hand against Chris, Peter Thompson moves all in from the small blind and is called in the big blind by Andrei Cucu.

Peter has
Andrei As

First card over is the and it isn"t looking good for Peter... no improvement

on the turn and it is game over. The is irrelevant and Peter exits in 6th place.


We are now on the money bubble with 5 players remaining and only 4 getting paid...

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Blinds in this tournament have just gone up to 2000/4000 with a 500 ante.

5 players remain and the average stack is 106,666. However, there are 2 slightly larger stacks with Chris Keyworth and James Swift and the other 3 all around the same as each other but significantly less.

Prizes are:
1st £1280
2nd £895
3rd £575
4th £450

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Ben Prior decides this is his hand and moves all in from the button with

James, in the small blind, re raises all in and Tong in the big blind gets out the way.
James has and is not optimistic. But Ben is at risk and behind as we look to the dealer...



James" hold up and Ben is our bubble boy.

Congratulations to all who are left, all in the money.

Now for the important bubble...medals...Good luck to the remaining 4 players.

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Rough chip counts for our final 4:

Chris Keyworth - 180k
Andrei Cucu - 100k
James Swift - 300k
Tong Zhang - 65k

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

Double up for Tong:

Two players see an unraised flop - Tong Zhang in the small blind and Chris Keyworth in the big.

It is

Tong moves all in 49.5k and Chris calls.
Tong has and Chris has

on the turn and there are chopportunities but the river means Tong will double up through Chris.

Chris still looking fairly healthy though.

No real change in chip stacks before this point, play very steady.

[Luthee13]

#4 NLHE 3X

With blinds at 3k/6k wit a 500 ante, Andrei finds his spot with As in the small blind. Tong and Chris have folded before him and there is only James in the big blind left.
Andrei moves all in for 56k. James sees the two picture cards and calls -

Andrei is ahead but at risk as the cards come down

Andrei doubles up, James takes a small dent to his stack but is still sat as the fairly comfortable chip leader.