Day 3 - Edinburgh

 

£200+£20 Texas Hold'em NL Freeze Out

Starting Chips: 7500 Points

Clock: 40 Mins

A fully subscribed £200 event got underway at 8pm contesting a £24,000 prize pool and the final opportunity to win a precious bonus seat into the £500 Main Event.  

In addition to accustomed locals and regulars of the Gala Maybury Casino, there were a fair number of online qualifiers who were all keen to test their mettle as well as their best poker faces! 

Highlights and Selected Key Hands From The Final Table.    

Final table started at 3.45am with Ifran holding a massive chip lead on 317,000

First hand short stack Gerry O'Farrell sees the running ante & BB put him all-in with 6 6. Phil Othen re-raises all-in with A J to 21,000 & Mohammed Ifran calls with A 9. Board is 10 8 6 5 4 and O’Farrell trebles through in 1^st hand, while Othen picks up 16,000 sidepot.

Soon after Phil Bennett goes all-in with A 8 and is called by SB & BB; John Manzie on BB hits his J to knock out Bennett.

8000 & 16000 & running 1500

O’Farrell all-in with 10 8 Hearts, 28,500. Deuchars calls with 7 7. Flop is 6 3 4; 8 on the Turn gives O'Farrell 8 8, but 5 on the River gives Deuchars a straight, and 6 remain after just 10 minutes of final table play.

Within 2 hands Shaun Bennett goes all-in with K 5, 15,500 (BB 16000), and is called by SB. Flop and Turn are Diamonds giving John Hyde a flush and Bennett falls.

Another 3 hands and John Manzie raises all-in (48,500) with 47 Diamonds trying to steal, and is called by Jim O’Connell with A J off. Board comes 3 J 8 8 9 rainbow and O'Connells A J holds up and we are down to 5 within 20 minutes.

Blinds 10000 & 20000 & Ante 2000

With the BB at 20,000, chips are passed round the table for a fair duration as play slows down; several all-ins are doubled through or pick up blinds as the clock ran down and players were cautious, protecting their chip stacks with a view to maximising their share in the final chip count.

Blinds 15000 & 30000 & Ante 3000

James Higgins all-in for 19,000 with  J 10 and is called by Dan Deuchars’ A 10. Board is 2 3 4 Q Q, and Deuchars sees off another with A-high and we are down to 4.

And that’s the way it stays as the clock runs down and we have a chip count. Ifran built a big stack with solid play and protected his clear chip lead throughout the final table, and takes home £6,440 and a Main Event seat - not a bad night's work!

Position	Name	Prize
1	Mohammed  Ifran	£6,440
2	Allan Deuchars	£4,490
3	Jim O’Connell	£4,340
4	John Hyde	£4,170
5	James Higgins	£1,440
6	John Manzie	£960
7	Shaun Bennett	£720
8	Gerry O’Farrell	£600
9	Philip Othen	£480
10	Andrew Bishop	£360

Entries = 120

Re-buys = 0

Add-Ons = 0

Total = £24,000

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