GUKPT Grand Final Live Updates Final Table

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23:30: Final results: 

Michael Ellis - Wins £197,600

Sami Yusif - Finished 2nd, after 8 hours 25 minutes, won £106,900

Mark Friedman - Finished 3rd, after 7 hours 1 minute, won £71,300

Ben Vinson - Finished 4th, after 5 hours 20 minutes, won £53,300

Carlos Burerra - Finished 5th, after 4 hours 45 minutes, won £41,600

Dave Barnes - Finished 6th, after 3 hours 24 minutes, won £32,700

Owen Lock - Finished 7th, after 3 hours 22 minutes, won £23,800

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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23:24: Michael raises and Sami shoves. Michael calls with and sees Sami's . The flop is and Sami's supporters cheer, but not for long as the turn is giving Michael the nut straight and leaving Sami in need of the board to pair to win. It doesn't with a river and Michael is crowned GUKPT champion. Sami finishes 2nd for £106,900 and Michael 1st for £197,600. It's been great and I'm off to play some Vic cash with my fellow bloggers so so long and fair well until 2008!

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23:11: The stacks are almost identical after Michael's double up.

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22:58: Michael checks the and Sami pushes to receive an instacall from Michael's . Sami is on an up and down with but on a turn and river of , Michael doubles up.

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22:50:

Level 23
	30k/60k
	2
	1,485,000

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22:37: Michael comes back a little, betting 100k on a board of and getting a call from Sami. On the river Michael bets 150k and Sami folds.

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22:34: Michael now has 490,000 to Sami's 2,500,000.

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22:29: On a flop of Michael bets 100k. Sami raises to 400k total. Michael asks for a count of Sami's remaining chips and hears 800k. Michael moves all in and Sami calls. Sami has top pair - and Michael merely a draw with . Sami doubles up with a turn and river of .

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22:25: On the button, Michael makes it 120k to go. Sami moves all in and Michael folds. Next time Michael's on the button, he limps, and Sami moves all in. Again, he folds. The next hand after this Sami moves all in from his button. 'I'm all in again.' And as Michael folds, he asks 'No?' and mucks his cards.

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22:28: Anyone fancy a 1/2 cash game at the Vic? I'm itching and the end is near in the GUKPT...

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22:20: Heads up play commences

Michael Ellis - 1,906,000

Sami Yusif - 1,080,000

Mark Friedman - Finished 3rd, after 7 hours 1 minute, won £71,300

Ben Vinson - Finished 4th, after 5 hours 20 minutes, won £53,300

Carlos Burerra - Finished 5th, after 4 hours 45 minutes, won £41,600

Dave Barnes - Finished 6th, after 3 hours 24 minutes, won £32,700

Owen Lock - Finished 7th, after 3 hours 22 minutes, won £23,800

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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22:08: 'Ding dang do we're down to two'

Yeah, so we've decided next year the press room will do the commentry to avoid such horrendous sayings.

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22:03: Sami pushes and Mark, well covered by Sami, calls with to see Sami's . A board of sends Mark home in 3rd for £71,300.

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21:45:

Level 22
	20k/4k (3k)
	3
	990,000

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21:34: Most of the blinds are being won by Michael, generally through three way limping and an uncalled bet from Michael on one of the streets.

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21:29: 'Who would win if all three of them were shot now?' ask the press room.

'I think the police would win' replies Raab.

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21:27: Current counts:

Michael Ellis - 1,714,000

Sami Yusif - 871,000

Mark Friedman - 401,000

Ben Vinson - Finished 4th, after 5 hours 20 minutes, won £53,300

Carlos Burerra - Finished 5th, after 4 hours 45 minutes, won £41,600

Dave Barnes - Finished 6th, after 3 hours 24 minutes, won £32,700

Owen Lock - Finished 7th, after 3 hours 22 minutes, won £23,800

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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21:12: Sami and Michael limp into Mark's big blind and they check a flop of . Michael checks the turn and Mark shoves. Sami seriously considers a call from the button but passes along with Mark.

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21:01: On a board of Mark checks and Mike bets 100k. They see a river of and Mark bets out 130k. Mark dwells for quite a while before making a brilliant call with - Mark merely holding .

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20:52: We enter Level 21 with the same blinds as 20 due to an error with the directors (20 should have been 12/24).

Level 21
	15k/30k (2k)
	3
	990,000

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20:41: Michael calls Mark's 200k bet on a board of and shows a higher straight than Mark's . The pot was already 200k strong so Mark loses a substantial amount of chips.

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20:21: Ben pushes for just over 200k and Michael calls. Ben shows and the press room feels for Ben but reckon he's on good ground and Michael flips . The flop comes (wait for it) ... so all is not lost for Ben, especially a turn of giving him straight and flush draws for the river. The river is a giving Michael the full house and sending Ben home in 4th place for £53,300.

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20:01: Mark Friedman - 1,098,000

Sami Yusif - 1,067,000

Michael Ellis - 603,000

Ben Vinson - 216,000

Carlos Burerra - Finished 5th, after 4 hours 45 minutes, won £41,600

Dave Barnes - Finished 6th, after 3 hours 24 minutes, won £32,700

Owen Lock - Finished 7th, after 3 hours 22 minutes, won £23,800

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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19:55: Mark and Sami see a flop of . Mark bets 40k, Sami calls. On a turn of Mark bets 70k, and Sami calls. On a river of , Mark bets 70k again, and Sami calls, showing for the flush (almost a straight flush too) and Mark shows a defeated .

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19:48: That's it kids, no respect for the indigestion that may be caused in the press room, we're all in like mental after the break on the final table. Carlos pushes all in, and Michael pushes over the top with an almost equal stack. Carlos shows and Michael . The board is as follows: . Carlos finishes 5th for £41,600 and Michael doubles up.

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19:46: Starting counts:

Mark Friedman - 1,408,000

Sami Yusif - 708,000

Ben Vinson - 320,000

Michael Ellis - 291,000

Carlos Burerra - 291,000

Dave Barnes - Finished 6th, after 3 hours 24 minutes, won £32,700

Owen Lock - Finished 7th, after 3 hours 22 minutes, won £23,800

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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19:45: Back from dinner break:

Level 20
	15k/30k (2k)
	5
	594,000

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18:30: As we enter dinner break we've lost 4, 5 remain, and it may not be as long a night as we anticipated, touch wood...

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18:27: Just as we all thought it was time to leave the laptops and get some dinner, Ben raises and Dave calls all in, showing vs Ben's . The board finishes like so: and Dave finishes in 6th for £32,700.

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18:22: Sami is all in and Owen calls. Sami has and Owen . A flop of gets the crowd excited, Sami flopping a set but Owen flopping many more outs, the turn gets another 'ooo' from the crowd, but the river sends Owen home in 7th for £23,800.

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18:15: Michael raises all in from cut off and Mark calls from the button for 87k. Sami also calls from the big blind. The board comes and the side pot players check it down. Michael shows for a beautiful river and a triple up, and Mark sighs as he shows his . 'Oh man...'. Sami merely has .

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18:06: So limping can be part of an amazing plan of play, but when we're all limping every single hand poker gets a littttttle dull. Check check check, showdown, mediocre hands.

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17:57: This is a particularly unenthralling level for me. I'm desperate to see some great poker play. Come on guys!

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17:30: Back from our break.

Level 19
	10k/20k (1k)
	7
	425,000

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17:22: Current chip counts:

Mark Friedman - 1,385,000

Sami Yusif - 567,000

Ben Vinson - 289,000

Dave Barnes - 207,000

Michael Ellis - 195,000

Carlos Burerra - 181,000

Owen Lock - 162,000

Paul Moss - Finished 8th, after 1 hour 32 minutes, won £17,800

Simon Zach - Finished 9th, after 1 hour 12 minutes, won £14,800

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17:00: Ben raises to 50k UTG and Dave pushes all in for 65k total. Mark calls, and Ben calls the extra 15k. The board is checked down and ends up like this: . 'Gimme the money' Dave announces showing for two pair top kicker. The others muck and Dave triples up.

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16:41: Ben raises to 51k and Mark takes a stand from his small blind, re-raising to 148k. Ben riffles for an age before chucking his cards away.

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16:32: Paul shoves blind, and is called by Owen with . Paul shows . The board goes like this: and Paul finishes in 8th for £17,800. Owen pretty much doubles up, having been as short as Paul.

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16:19: Michael pushes on a flop of and Dave calls with . Michael is drawing with with one overcard and the turn gives him a little hope in the form of trips, but he needn't worry about this avenue as the river gives him the flush to double up.

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16:12: It's a three way escapade as Simon pushes his remaining 31k, to be called by Dave and Michael. On a flop of Dave pushes all in for his remaining 69k. Michael thinks. what the hell, and calls with for top pair. Dave however has for top pair top kicker and Simon for little hope. The turn and river are like this - and Simon finishes in 9th for £14,800, whilst Dave doubles-and-a-halves-up.

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16:05: Back from a short break. 'We need to take a break and change one of the cameras, cos they're cheap' says Ian. Yep, sounds about right. I seem to recall an extension block falling 2cm from my head in Luton whilst I was supporting Warren, and the crew running with sellotape to 'secure' it back into place. Yeah, you know it's good.

Level 18
	8k/16k (1k)
	9
	330,000

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15:52: Dave pushes and the players ask for a count. 77k. 'I've got a hand' says Mark. 'Well, what do you want me to say? Congratulations?' says Dave, as he watches the remaining players pass and takes down the blinds and antes. The first bit of humour all night has come from a short stack and I hope that he doesn't leave early as amusement is key to my mental survival tonight.

An interesting quote from Mark, pre-final table today. 'What time do these things normally finish?' to which somebody tells him 'If you get it done quickly it could be over at 10pm.' Mark, clearly a stranger to the all nighter horrors of the press room says 'What, that long?'. Well, we hope not Mark. Get aggressive and take this baby down.

Another random thought for you - at some point over the weekend we told you that Mark had come from Canada to visit his sister. Mark approahced me yesterday and said he liked our 'out there' imagination but in fact he was from California and doesn't have a sister in the UK. Sorry for that one Mark - but glad you liked our creativity.

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15:47: Simon raises from the small blind, 20k more for Carlos' big blind. The flop is . Carlos flat calls. I am bemused by the shortness of his stack and his lack of shoving. However, it all becomes clear as Simon shoves and Carlos instacalls, showing , dominating Simon's . Carlos doubles up. Simon is left with 37k.

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15:42: Mark calls Ben's 46k raise. The flop comes . They check and see a turn of . Check check. The river is . Mark bets 50k and Ben calls. Mark confidently flips for the flopped straight. Ben looks a little offended as he mucks. Well the flop did help Mark, Ben...

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15:30: Mark makes it 55k from middle position and to his immediate left Simon re-raises to 120k total. Mark calls, and they check the flop . The turn is and Mark bets 60k. Simon makes a troubled fold and Mark exceeds the 1 million mark in chips.

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15:16: Dave raises from cut off to 35k. Mark calls from the small blind (after asking Barnes' to count remaining stack - 235k). The big blind, Simon, also calls. They check the flop and turn, . The river is the and all three check it down. Barnes shows high and expects to take down the pot but Mark shows for the full house. No bet?

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15:14: Owen announces all in for around 90k from the button, the first push we have seen today. He is in cut off with only three players after him and none have the cards to take him on. He gets some blinds and antes.

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15:10: The smoke machine (don't ask me...) is leaking, leaving a cloud of dried ice over the final table.

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15:09: A reminder of the final table payouts for you:

1st - £197,600

2nd - £106,900

3rd - £71,300

4th - £53,300

5th - £41,600

6th - £32,700

7th - £23,800

8th - £17,800

9th - £14,800

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15:02: Sami wins hands 1 and 2 of the final table, firstly raising the blinds wiht no contest and secondly limping and scaring off the blinds on the turn () and taking his count over 600,000.

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15:00: Here come them cards.

Level 17
	6k/12k (1k)
	9
	330,000

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14:53: In true TV style, we are now awaiting a start over an hour late. Never mind, we have stale sandwiches and danish pasty to amuse us.

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14:27: We are still waiting to kick off today. We will continue from Level 17. Hopefully play will begin in the next 15 minutes. Stay tuned!

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It starts like this:

Seat 1 - Mark Friedman 912,000
Seat 5 - Sami Yusif 545,000
Seat 2 - Simon Zach 346,000
Seat 6 - Ben Vinson 293,000
Seat 9 - Michael Ellis 247,000
Seat 4 - Paul Moss 202,000
Seat 8 - Dave Barnes 196,000
Seat 3 - Carlos Buerra 137,000
Seat 7 - Owen Lock 109,000