GUKPT Grand Final Live Updates Day 1a

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End of day 1a chip counts:

Mazhar Nawab 127,000 (wins a free seat to next year’s Grand Final!)
Stuart Fox 126,350
Roberto Romanello 99,825
Patrik Selin 80,675
Neil Channing 67,525
Sami Yusuf 65,300
Nathan Lee 51,725
Ali Zihni 50,750
Chris Moore 46,750
Robin Keston 43,925
Richard Herbert 42,550
James Moult 42,100
David Colclough 41,400
John Kabbaj 37,875
Carlos Walker 36,500
Eughan Odea 33,100
Mickey Wernick 32,950
Jon Heath 31,175
Ken Wong 30,875
Dan Carter 28,175
Manuel Palanca 26,450
Horace Harvey 25,575
Dan Samson 25,250
Chris Sokrati 23,675
Surinder Sunar 23,525
Ketul Nathwani 21,325
Anthony Hardy 20,975
Victoria Coren 18,875
Michael Denton 18,150
Haran Paheerathan 17,450
Alan Dean 16,800
William Martin 13,950
Gary Wilson 12,375
Ian Frazer 11,950
G Shaw 1,375

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00:14: Day 1a is complete. Just before the end, Ken Wong re-raised Sunar, putting him all in. Sunar called, his rivering an against Ken's . Ken is down to 30k. Neil Channing is on 67k. Come on boys!

It's been a great first day, I've survived on just one red bull (my caffeine rehab officer will be very proud, if you're reading this Cecilia, we can do my caffeine level test tomorrow and you'll see how good I've been - we're looking at maybe 100mg tops) and the Poker Verdict boys are doing great. We're sad about David but he's cheering up a little and he'll be back and better at the next event he chooses to play. The newest addition to our team, Ryan, has had a great first day so lots of credit to him.

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23:54: Romanello has been moved to Neil Channing's right. Neil doubled up Sunar recently, losing 15k of his 55k stack but building it up soon afterwards without having to showdown. Ken Wong just told the table he had laid down when his opponnent showed .

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23:48: Lopez raises to 3600 UTG. Fox re-raises to 12000 UTG 1. Lopez is all in for 40000 total, and Fox instacalls with . Lopez is knocked out as his does not connect with the board.

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23:43: Monster stack Roberto Romanello puts Vicky Coren all in on a flop. In a classic speech play, Roberto asks Vicky if she really wants to call. He tells her it's not a big deal if she wins the hand as he's got a big stack, and she's nice, so it's ok. Eventually Vicky folds, waiting for her drink 'I'm letting you bluff because I want to get my drink - show me a hand better than a pair of sevens and I'll give you five pounds...' Vicky flashes a Vic £5 chip and Roberto flashes a king. Vicky tosses him the chip and he tosses it back. 'I'm too nice' says Roberto.

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23:35: On a flop of Maz Nawab bets out 4k. Ketu raises to 14k. Maz re-raises to... a hell of a lot of chips... I'd estimate 30k. Ketu folds. HUGE! Neither of the two players show a hand.

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23:28: Ash Hussain is out. He pushed pre flop with and was called by Jon Heath with . The first card on the flop was a , but the second was an and it was downhill from there.

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23:20: Colclough is hard on himself after a huge pot. On a board of Dan Samson bets 8000 in middle position. Colclough flat calls from the cut off. Nathan Lee pushes all in for 23825 more and Samson gets out of the way. 'This stinks to high heaven' says Dave, sure he is ahead. Eventually, Dave folds. He is reluctant however and unsure of his desicion as he flashes . When Nathan shows David says 'I knew I should have called.' It's okay though as Dave has now doubled up!

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23:17: The chip leader tonight, tomorrow and Saturday will each win a seat to the GUKPT Grand Final in 2008. Nice!

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23:10: Starting counts:

Patrik Selin 91350
Roberto Romanello 80775
Mazhar Nawab 75975
Nathan Lee 60925
Ketul Nathwani 60025
Robin Keston 60000
Stuart Fox 58950
Neil Channing 57450
Sami Yusuf 49125
Ken Wong 46150
James Moult 46075
Chris Moore 44800
Richard Herbert 39775
Ali Zihni 35650
Anthony Hardy 35000
Manuel Palanca 33250
Chris Sokrati 33200
Jon Heath 32775
Dan Carter 32525
Dan Samson 32450
John Kabbaj 31575
Patrick Slusarek 31250
Mickey Wernick 29725
Michael Denton 25050
Dave Colclough 24875
Ian Frazer 23500
Alan Vinson 22825
Gary Wilson 22725
F Lopez 22550
Alan Dean 21750
Horace Harvey 21550
Victoria Coren 18250
Arshad Hussain 17600
William Martin 17050
G Shaw 14000
Carlos Walker 12900
Haran Paheerathan 12325
Eughan Odea 11375
Surinder Sunar 10900
Mark Forrester 7700

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23:08: We enter the final level of the night...

Level 9
	600/1200 (100)
	41
	34,000