Grand Prix Poker Tour
Seelantha Kangaha moved his short stack all in and it folded round to Tony Vu who made the call to put Kangaha at risk.
“You got a pair?” Kangaha asked as he tabled his . Vu nodded that he did and revealed .
The final board read and Vu scored another knock out to bust Kangaha in 6th place.
Vincent Sanchez moved all in under the gun and Tony Vu, sat next to him, called. The other players left them to it and the cards were on their backs.
Sanchez:
Vu:
The board ran out and Sanchez was eliminated in 7th his golden chip worth an extra £5,000.
With that double elimination, just seven hopefuls remain in the hunt for the title of 2015 Stamford Bridge Grand Prix Champion! Who will win it?
Let’s meet the players!
Seat 1 - Sunil Mistri - 13 million chips
‘Sunny’ lives in Kettering, and works as a telephone engineer, in case you’ve been wondering about the lines he takes at the table! Sunny has been playing poker for a decade now, with his biggest win to date being £18k. He’ll need to finish in the Top 2 to better that here tonight.
Seat 2 - Tim Rowland - 6.8m
Tim hails from Boston, Lincolnshire, so won’t be walking home tonight whether he wins or loses! Having played since he was 18, Tim is now also a decade into his career, with the Manchester United supporter hoping to score a famous victory in enemy territory here at the home of Chelsea. Will he be over the moon or sick as a parrot? Only time will tell, but whatever happens, this will be the biggest live cash of his tournament career.
Seat 3 - Dave Mundle - 4.7m
Nottingham-based DTD regular Dave is 44 years old, and has been playing poker since the day Dusk Till Dawn opened its famous doors. He’s seen it all back in Nottingham, where he cheers on Forest when he’s not at the felt. He has literally no idea what he’d done with the money!
Seat 4 - Vincent Sanchez - 3.7m
Vincent is not only the brother of soccer legend Lawrie, he’s he only player at our final table who still has a golden chip in play. It’s worth an extra £5k to him at present, because he made it to the final, but should he take the tournament down then Rob Yong will have to DOUBLE his winning score of £35,000. It would be fair to say that Vincent has a big following! He’s promised to buy friends gifts should he bag that particular double-up and has read more poker books ‘than Amazon’!
Seat 5 - Tony Vu - 7.9m
Tony has been an enigma throughout this Grand Prix Poker Tour, and maintains his air of mystery as we head towards the biggest pay-outs of all. Having survived many an all-in on the approach to the final, he’s now playing like a man with nothing to lose. But will it be £5,250 for 7th place or can Tony take down the £35,000 top prize? We’ll take a Vu on it!
Seat 6 - Pak Chung - 14m
Having been the shortie with nine left, Pak Chung is suddenly right back in major contention for the title after a stunning comeback. Having worked as ground staff, Pak is used to walking down a large field, and ironically would spend the winnings on a new car! He loves football and poker, so this has been a dream tournament for him!
Seat 8 - Seelantha Kangaha - 3.0m
Seelantha has played some of the very best poker to work himself into this position and although he’s short-stacked, will fancy his chances of a winning result as he has been so hard to play against this weekend. A double-up and he’s be a man to fear, with the 31-year-old IT worker having ten years of live cash experience in his armoury. He’s seen every hand a thousand times, and he’s going for the win to book a holiday…he deserves one!
Action folded to Chung Pak on the button who opened for 6,000. Martyna Valkunas was in the small blind and he moved all in. Hristo Genov in the big blind gave it close to a minute’s thought as he was the shortest stack of the three of them but he put his chips in too. Pak quickly called to put them both at risk.
Pak:
Valkunas:
Genov:
The board ran out .
That meant that Genov was ninth and Valkunas the eighth placed finisher.
Pak busted two players in one fell swoop with his aces to set what would now be an official final table of seven.
With blinds at 125k/250k/25k, just nine players remain, and the final table being an official eight , that means one more needs to go. That is quite significant, as the final player with a gold chip (worth £5,000 if they can reach the final table) is Vincent Sanchez. He must survive the next bust-out to earn a whopping bonus on top of what he’ll cash for for finishing in any of he last nine positions.
Everyone is on the same table now, however, so let’s see what they’ve got…
Seat 1 - Sunil Mistri - 12 million chips (chip leader)
Seat 2 - Tim Rowland - 8m
Seat 3 - Dave Mundle - 6.4m
Seat 4 - Vincent Sanchez - 4.1m
Seat 5 - Tony Vu - 7.5m
Seat 6 - Chung Pak - 1.5m
Seat 7 - Martyna Valkunas - 3.1m
Seat 8 - Hristo Genov - 4.15m
Seat 9 - Seelantha Kangaha - 5m
Craig Goddard moved all in and was probably just hoping to pick up the antes and blinds but Martynas Valkunas called to put his tournament at risk.
Goddard showed and was just behind the of Valkunas.
The final board read and the pair for Valkunas signalled the end for Goddard who will collect £2,310.
That left nine players who will form an unofficial final table.
Timothy Rowland opened the action and then called when Haribur Rahman moved all in.
Rahman was the player at risk with his pair of while Rowland tabled .
The board ran out . The river card delivered the killer blow to Rahman’s hopes and he was eliminated in 11th position for £2,310.
Seelantha Kangaha has proved a tricky opponent for dozens of others on this final day of the Stamford Bridge leg of the Grand Prix Poker Tour, and that’s not changing the closer we get to a final table.
Seelantha got all his 2.3m chips in pre-flop with and was called by Mo Abrar-Yasin, pictured above, who held . The board provided no help, however, and Kangaha doubles to 4.6m. Mo drops to around 1.7m and will need help to reach the final table.
Shaun Symister was all in holding but had run into the of Hristo Genov who had him covered.
It looked grim for Symister and it didn’t get any better as the cards ran out .
Symister was eliminated in thirteenth place.
Thomas Busst shoved pre-flop for around 2.3m chips, and was re-shoved on by Tom Vu, who sat behind 4.5m.
Busst showed , while Vu flipped over pretty quickly. He survived the board of to go up to 6.8m and eliminate Thomas.