| Seat 1 : Pascal Perrault (Fra) |
from
Paris |
| Seat 2 : Padraig Parkinson (Ire) |
top Irish player -
series V winner |
| Seat 3 : Ali Sharkashik (UK) |
high stake money
player |
| Seat 4 : Teddy Tuil (UK) |
2nd in the Poker
Million |
| Seat 5 : Tony Hakki (UK) |
once a city
trader |
Seat 6 : Debbie Berlin (UK)
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competent
tournament player |
| Seat 7 : Jin Cai Lin (HK) |
wild |
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| Padraig got very short but still found a
decent hand to play all-in, Ace-Jack. Pascal put his faith in a pair of sevens
and with 3-T-6-6-5 on the board at the end, last series' winner was out
first. |
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| Ali was found wanting when having called
with Ace-Ten the flop comes A-7-4 all hearts. Hakki, with a black King-Jack in
the hole bluffs with 500, Ali calls. Then when a black Queen falls on he turn
Hakki bets all his chips and Ali decides to give it up. Just calling he
previous bet was not an option, pass or raise was necessary. |
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| Debi found a King-Jack to go all-in with
and Lin called with 6-6. A board of 8-A-T-2-A sent her packing. |
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| Lin made a semi bluff opening up with a
mere Q-9 but Ali found Ace-Ten and being very short stacked found the right
time to put it all in. Q-7-6 on the flop put Lin ahead but Ace on the turn put
Ali back in front but the killer 9 on the river got them down to four
players. |
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| Teddy was the next short stack to try his
luck, only this time with a sad 8-5 against Pascal's 9-9. An 8-7-2 flop gave
some hope of two pair and a 4 gave another out with a 6 making a straight but
it was not to be and they were three. |
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| Hakki now makes what looks to be a decisive
hand when he bets a mere 300 and gets raised by a big stack from Lin with his
pair of tens. Hakki goes all in with his Aces and Lin calls. There is a scare
for Tony Hakki as K-Q-J fall to give a straight draw but he survives and goes
chip leader. Lin still in. |
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| Soon after Lin makes an all-in move with
Ace-Deuce of hearts and very strangely Hakki calls with K-T offsuit. This is
not really ever likely to be ahead of anything but a straight bluff. Lin makes
a flush and is back in control. |
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| Pascal now under pressure bets all-in with
K-8 and Lin calls with J-T and hits 2 tens on the board to make it
heads-up. |
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| Hakki makes a weird all-in play with Q-J
clubs and Lin calls with 7-7. Hakki hits both a queen and a flush to take Lin
down to a small stack. He gets that all-in the next hand Jack-Five of spades
and Hakki finds himself with ACe-King. The flush wins again and Lin is back in
it. Lin then all-in with A-J and Hakki calls with another of his calling hands
which never really pay-off, K-T. No help and Lin is back in the chip lead.
Finally when Lin finds Ace-Five he bets and Hakki calls with King-Five. No king
arrives and Lin pulls off a dramatic comeback to gi into the final. Hakki to
the semi. |
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