ECOAP Team Event Updates

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Frank Bailie busts.

All remaining players are in the points, Wales and Ireland have 1 player left each and only Scotland have all 4 players remaining. Still all up for grabs though.

MTT REM	TEAM	MIN	MAX	RANGE
4	Scotland	98	187	1st - 6th
2	England	109	162	1st - 6th
3	Northern Ireland	82	155	1st - 6th
3	Portugal	78	151	1st - 6th
1	Wales	105	134	1st - 6th
1	Ireland	84	113	1st - 6th

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Jonathan Rees moves all in on the button.

Steve Bayliff in the small blind folds and Ben Burnhill makes the call from the big blind.

Jonathan has
Ben shows

The on the flop with brings Ben to his feet as he goes further behind.



Ben Burnhill busts but 3 Scottish players remain.

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The board is and all of Tom Clark's chips are in the middle for Scotland.

Angie Doherty for Northern Ireland has the decision. She calls.

Tom has

Angie has



Tom finishes in 13th place and we are down to 2 tables.

England can no longer finish last and Ireland can't win 1st but the rest is still all undecided.

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John Murray moves all in over the top of a raise from Mick McClusky. Mick quickly calls and shows

John says "the best thing about my game is timing" laughs and shows

Everyone but Mick is laughing...

and Mick is on his feet but gets no help with river and doubles John up.


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Adam Wilko and Shug Cairnie get it all in. Shug has and is at risk and behind to Adam's As

But the flop is great for Shug and stays the winner with and Shug doubles up.

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Shug raises to 3500, Angie Doherty from Northern Ireland calls and Adam Wilko, also for Northern Ireland, moves all in behind.

Shug quickly re raises all in and Angie thinks for a bit before folding.

Shug shows

Adam has



The luck wasn't with Adam again and he busts in 12th place.

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And it's all thrown up in the air....

Steve Bayliff (Eng) ships pre-flop and John Murray makes the call - Steve's ran into John's which hold and
Steve departs in 11th position - and at a crucial stage of the MTT, England are reduced to 1 player

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Mick McCluskey (NIR) and John Murray (IRE) go head to head again.

Mick at risk but ahead with against John's







John gets the rest of Mick's chips and Mick finishes in 11th place.

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Alvaro Carvalho for Portugal moves all in and Jonathan Rees from Wales makes the call.

Alvaro has and needs them to hold against Jonathan's to stay in the tournament.

Alvaro improves but Jonathan picks up a flush draw



river and Alvaro is out in 9th place.

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We bring the next break forward as we reduce to a final table 7 -

Jose Placido (POR) is short stacked and ships from the Button with and doubles up through Jon Rees' (WAL)   - still short stacked Jose then calls all in pre flop with this time again John Murray's (IRL)   (John having Jose well covered)

John hits a 2 in the window and stays ahead to knock out Jose in 8th place

Now on England, Scotland or Wales can be crowned Champions...

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Jo Chillmaid, one of Scotland's two players at the final table, moves all in for 5.5k

Jonathan Rees, hanging in there as Wales' last hope, makes the call.

Jo shows
Jonathan has

flop - Jo takes the lead.

turn

But despite calls of "hold" from Jo and her rail, the river gives Jonathan the straight and Jo is out in 7th place.

Final Table 6-handed and one from each Country represented:

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John Murray calls under the gun.
It folds to Angie who is all in for less than a big blind.
Bruno Rilho checks the big blind.

They check the board to the river

John bets 3k on the river and Bruno folds.

John asks Angie "can you beat a pair of nines?" and then shows

Angie has and is out int 6th place.

and it remains ever so close to take the honours...

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Simon Brooke, England's remaining player, moves all in on the button.
Jonathan Rees moves all in over the top from the small blind.
Shug reluctantly folds the big blind.

Simon has
Jonathan shows



Simon is out in 5th place.

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Shug Cairnie (SCO) and Jonathan Rees (WAL) get it all in with a massive rail watching.

Jonathan has Shug covered and has

Shug has



Shug is out.

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The board is

John Murray has moved all in and, with the scores so close, it is a huge decision for Jonathan.

He makes the call and shows

John is forced to show the bluff -

John is out in 3rd place.

If Jonathan beats Bruno, Wales win. If Bruno beats Jonathan, England and Wales will have a playoff for gold/silver - 3 team members play 1 heads up match each.

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The flop is

Jonathan bets, Bruno ships, Jonathan calls!

Jonathan has
Bruno shows

turn brings the sweat...

river, it is all over!! Wales are our European Champions Of Amateur Poker!!

Country	Position	Prize
Wales	1st	£1200 + Gold Medals
England	2nd	£700 + Silver Medals
Scotland	3rd	£500 + Bronze Medals
Portugal	4th
Ireland	5th
Northern Ireland	6th

[IrishTom]

And we crown the European Team Champions WALES led by Team Captain Warren Jones with Jon Rees, Dan Lowe and Alan Summers



Silver Medals go to Steve Bayliss and his ENGLAND team members Paul Haycock, Simon Brooke and Andy Kingan



And taking Bronze Medals are SCOTLAND led by Tom Clark with Jo Chillmain, Ben Burnhill and Hugh Cairnie