| Seat 1 : John Duthie (UK) |
Poker Million
winner |
| Seat 2 : Marcel Luske (Hol) |
Outstanding
results |
Seat 3 : Vicky Lincoln (UK)
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Strong player
without flair |
| Seat 4 : Surindar Sunar (UK) |
Big time player
for a long time |
| Seat 5 : Fari Mansour (??) |
who |
| Seat 6 : Julian Gardner (UK) |
2nd in World
Championship this year |
| Seat 7 : Paul Zimbler (??) |
unknown |
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| Surindar bets 400 with his pocket Queens
only to be raised all-in by Fari with 1400 and his A-K suited. Surindar thinks
for some time and calls, though at best this is marginal unless he has a strong
tell and here it seemed as though he couldn't resist. Though most of the time
the hand he will be up against is A-K and therefore a 50-50 shot, he will up
against Aces or Kings enough to put this down at the pot odds being offered. As
is, Fari flopped a monster, a pair of Aces with the draw to the nut flush.
Surindar hits a miracle Q on the end to put Fari out. |
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| Not having much luck, Marcel tries a steal
with a weak hand, going all-in with 8-5 suited. Surindar found A-Q and called
to take him out. |
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| Vicky made a brave move with a pair of
fours but Julian got all his money in with a pair of tens, big favourite. They
both hit trips on the flop but the second miracle of the night occurs when
Vicky hits the fourth four and reduces Julian to a small stack. |
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| With his small stack Julian finds A-9 and
puts it all in. Duthie with enough chips to take him on, calls with Q-5. The
cards fall 3-8-10-9 for a pair for Julian but the river Jack makes a straight
for John and Julian is gone with serious bad luck. |
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| John shows superior skill when Paul bets
500 on 8-A-A-6. Duthies quizes "how much do you have left", setting up a coup
later. A two on the river makes no difference to Paul's J-10 and he bets 500
again. Duthie knowing it was a bluff puts a big raise in with his J-9. Paul
passes from a position of being ahead. |
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| Vicky now short gets all in with A-9 but
finds Paul with A-K. She hits a nine and sends him packing. |
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| Quickly she finds A-K and goes heads up
against Surindar with Q-Q again. The Queens hold once more and Vicky is
out. |
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The heads-up battle is John versus
Surindar.
When the flop arrives A-8-9 John checks his 10-7 straight draw and
Surindar checks his pair of Aces with a weak kicker. The Jack on the turn
allows them both to check again but the final 2 makes John bet his hand.
Surindar has trapped himself and calls. First blow to John. |
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| Surindar a little off-guard calls a 900 bet
with a weak pair of fours after all the cards have been dealt. John had trip
eights. 2nd blow. |
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| Next hand John makes a pair of tens with a
straight draw when the 4th card falls, 2-10-5-4, holding 10-3. He bets and
Surindar calls with a weak flush draw which does not come. He bets anyway and
the master of the bluff-read Duthie calls for another win. |
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| Finally now the John has passed Surindar in
chips they meet in a big hand, Q-3-6 with two spades. John has Q-J and Surindar
raises him all-in this time with his flush draw. Once again it fails and 4 big
hands hand the heat to John Duthie and Sunar goes into the semi-final. |
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