WCOAP 2016 Updates Day 1 - #1 NLHE #2 8-GAME #3 Shootout

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

A hand or two later and JJ pushes from early position and is called by Nathan.

Nathan quickly shows and JJ takes a moment or two to reveal his ...

The board is safe and dry for JJ, the at risk player in this hand:

He doubles up.

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

The last hand before the break and we will come back in fifteen minutes with five players remaining as Vincent busts in 6th place.
He pushed all in with and was called by Chan Kong Ha holding .
Vincent is the player at risk and needs help to keep his tournament journey alive.

The cards are dealt -
Vincent does not improve and finishes in 6th place.

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

Players are now on a fifteen minute break and will return with blinds at 5000/10000 with a 1000 running ante.

[IrishTom]

#2 8-Game on a break after L12, coming back to L13 Limit Game Blinds 2.5k/5k (1k Ante) Average stack 93k


                  

                  

                  

1	Mark Strahan	68k
2	Edward Jacks	36k
3	Simon Taylor	72k
4	Dai Llewellen	153k
5	Adrian Lack	22.5k
6	Chris Webber	33k
7	Don Roberts	140k
1	Gary Roper	42k
2	Dann Williams	57k
3	Gary Palser	21k
4	Adam Owen	222k
5	Kevin Demunter	69k
6	Dwayne Stacey	74k
7	JJ Hazan	178.5k
1	Jen Chiang	123k
2	Darren Kirk	39k
3	Alex Kly	244k
4	Kevin Shutt	131k
5	Thomas Soloman	51k
6	Chris Bean	59k
7	Stefan Roder	39k
1	Rob Catlin	14.5k
2	Anthony Fox	82k
3	Mark Wraith	109.5k
4	Gianluca Farabella	86k
5	Richard Breen	179k
6	Ady Lovelock	86.5k
7	Haresh Tha	180k

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

Almost immediately after the break and we are 4 handed!

Matt Gilland, on the button, makes it 22k to go and gets two callers in Chan Kong Ha and Nathan Whiteman.

We get and Nathan moves all in. Chan goes all in over the top and Matt gets out of the way.
Chan has pocket 2" and has a set. Nathan has for the up and down straight draw.

The turn and river do not help Nathan out and he departs in 5th place for £465.

4th place will receive £620 but no medal...

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

JJ, under the gun, raises to 27k.
Matt, in the small blind, folds.
Chan, in the big blind, announces "all in".
Danny gets out of the way and JJ moves the rest of his chips forward to indicate a call.

They turn their cards over and JJ has while Chan is behind with As
They are so close in chip stacks...

On the flop, Chan"s shouts for a queen are fully ignored and we see - increasing JJ"s lead but giving Chan outs for the straight to take the lead...
The on the turn is not any help to Chan and it all comes down to the river card.
But Chan"s tournament is over as the falls and he is out in 4th place for £620.

[IrishTom]

#3 Shootout 400/800 Avg 66k

We get to 6-handed and we have a 3-way all in:

Jay Harwood (at risk)

Andrew Marshall (at risk)

Dorina Clocan (chip leader)

Board runs out and we lose both Jay Harwood (5th) and Andrew Marshall (6th)

Very few hands later Tim Kenyan gets his short stack all in with against chip leader Dorina holding and with no luck for Tim on a Board he departs on the medal bubble in 4th..

And we are now in the medals with 3 Italian colleagues fighting it out...

Giuseppe Maggisano
Dorina Clocan
Germano Maurizio Cerve

[IrishTom]

#3 Shootout 600/1200 Avg 133k

Germano raises, Giuseppe calls and Dorina pushes all in... only for Germano to make the call... and Giuseppe as well... !

Germano (at risk)
Dorina (at risk)
Giuseppe

Flop to put Dorina ahead...

Turn keeps her ahead

River and Dorina takes the pot (Germano having 5.2k more so scoops that amount from Giuseppe...

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

There is not a lot to report from the final 3 here. No-one is a "short stack", although JJ is clear chip leader...

As I typed that, there was action!

Matt, first to act in the small blind, raised it up to 33k. Danny made it 81k and Matt said "all in".
Danny made the call and turned
Matt shows and is the player at risk and behind.

The flop turns that around though -   and Matt takes a clear lead and is hoping to hold for the double up.
Danny shouting for a Jack but is not heard, on the turn.
Still no luck with the and Matt takes the double up.

[Luthee13]

Matt ever adding to his stack -
He makes it 25k to go, from the button, pre flop and gets called by JJ in the big blind.

The flop is
JJ bets 25k and is called by Matt.
The turn is the
JJ bets 35k and is, again, called.
The river is the which brings much chuntering and chatting from JJ who then cuts out 95k from his stack and pushes it across.

Matt calls and shows
JJ begins a rant about the 5 being the card he didn"t want to see...but either way, he mucks and Matt takes the pot with the straight.

[IrishTom]

and in relative short succession...

#3 Shootout Championship

Giuseppe against Germano Board and Germano doubles up to 21k

Dorina all in with v Germano (at risk) Board

Germano Maurizio Cerve is our Shootout Championship Bronze Medal winner...

From WCOAP 2016 #3 Shootout

Not long after... and it"s all in with Giuseppe (at risk) holding and Dorina with

Flop of and Giuseppe needs a 5 or 10 but a Turn and River sends him to the rail with a Silver Medal...

From WCOAP 2016 #3 Shootout

and our Shootout Champion winning Gold Medal and Bracelet is Dorina Clocan

From WCOAP 2016 #3 Shootout

[Luthee13]

#1 Hold'em Championship

Chips are just swinging their way around the table here, no clear leader and no real short stack...

[Luthee13]

No sooner had I posted that, we have an all in and a call.

Danny makes a raise pre flop, Matt re raises and Danny announces all in.
Matt makes the call and shows As
Danny, at risk, shows

First three cards make little impact - and Matt keeps the lead
The turn doesn"t intensify the sweat and Matt is happy with the

The river... and Danny takes the lead and the double up.

Matt still in pretty good shape though.

[pokerpops]

Just caught up with the day"s events. Good work Lucy (and Tom).

Any pictures of the updaters? Which of the plethora is on show today? xxx

[Chipaccrual]

Just caught up with the day"s events. Good work Lucy (and Tom).

Any pictures of the updaters? Which of the plethora is on show today? xxx

Is this an Irish Tom fashion request ?