GUKPT 2015 Leg 4 Cardiff Final Day
Welcome To The Final Day – 31/05/2015 – 11:45
Good morning and welcome back to the Grosvenor Casino in Cardiff for the coverage of the final table. From the 171 entries over the two starting days there is now 9 players remaining all with their eyes on the first place prize of £30,000.
We are looking forward to what should be a great final and it’s anyones game.
Play will begin today from noon with the live stream beginning at 12:25pm.
We will be with you for the whole day, until we crown a winner later on tonight.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 11:50
| Owain Carey | 968000 |
| Joe Keegan | 560000 |
| Rais Khan | 426000 |
| Dan Owston | 368000 |
| Greg Barratt | 330500 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 282000 |
| Julian Davies | 248500 |
| Bashir Ahmed | 159000 |
| Kyle Hyman | 78000 |
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Seating Positions – 31/05/2015 – 11:52
Final Table
Seat One – Julian Davies – 248,500
Seat Two – Owain Carey – 968,000
Seat Three – Rais Khan – 426,000
Seat Four – Bashir Ahmed – 159,000
Seat Five – Dan Owston – 368,000
Seat Six – Joe Keegans – 560,000
Seat Seven – Joanne Ramsden – 282,000
Seat Eight – Kyle Hyman – 78,000
Seat Nine – Greg Barratt – 330,500
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Players Called In – 31/05/2015 – 11:54
The players have been called in to take their seats. We should be underway within 5 minutes.
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Prizepool Payout – 31/05/2015 – 11:59
GUKPT Cardiff
£500 NLHE Main Event
Entries – 171
1st – £30,000
2nd – £19,500
3rd – £12,500
4th – £8,400
5th – £5,800
6th – £4,200
7th – £3,300
8th – £2,800
9th – £2,500
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Shuffle Up & Deal – 31/05/2015 – 12:06
The cards are in the air as we begin the final table.
The blinds starting at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
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Kyle Hyman 9th – 31/05/2015 – 12:14
Joanne Ramsden opens the action, Kyle Hyman moves all in, Joanne asks for a count and it’s around 60,000. Joanne makes the call and the cards go on their backs.
Kyle has the best of it tabling :J
against the 
of Joanne.
The flop comes 
changing nothing
The turn card comes 
!!!! As Joanne hits a three outer.
The river card comes 
The pair of Aces is good enough for Joanne to take the pot.
We lose Kyle Hyman in 9th place for £2,500.
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The Final Table – 31/05/2015 – 12:40
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Joanne Chipping Up – 31/05/2015 – 12:50
Joanne Ramsden makes it 25,000 to play pre flop and is called by Rais Khan from the blinds. The two players go to the flop, which comes 
Rais checks to Joanne who makes a c-bet of 25,000, Rais calls.
The turn card comes 
Rais again checks to Joanne who bets 55,000. Rais announces “raise” making it 150,000!! Joanne moves all in to create a HUGE pot!! Rais goes into the tank for a good couple of minutes before folding his hand.
No cards were shown but Joanne has now chipped up to 560,000 from her 280,000 starting stack. Rais is down to 250,000.
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Greg Barratt 8th – 31/05/2015 – 12:59
Greg makes it 17,500 to play, Rais Khan calls. The action comes to Bashir Ahmed in the small blind who moves all in for his stack of around 170,000. Greg then also moves all in!! Rais folds 
and the other two players table their hands…
Bashir – 
Greg – 
The flop comes 
giving Greg a gut shot straight draw.
The turn card comes 
!!! Greg hits a pair of jacks to take the lead in the pot, Bash picks up a straight draw, he’ll need an eight or nine to survive, so four outs as we seen Rais fold two eights.
The river card….. 
!!!!! Bash rivers a set to win the pot, the rail goes crazy all giving him high fives. The stacks of the two players are counted and Bash has Greg covered by a few thousand. Bashir is now up to 360,000.
We lose Greg Barratt in 8th place for £2,800.
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Level 20 – 31/05/2015 – 13:04
The blinds increase for the first time on the final table.
They are now 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante.
7 players remaining. Average stack is 488,000.
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Keegans Takes HUGE Pot – 31/05/2015 – 13:15
Joe Keegans opens the action to 21,500, Owain Carey three bets the big blind to 55,000. It comes back to Joe who four bets to 115,000 as the two big stacks go to battle. Owain asks Joe how much he started with, which was around 650,000, Owain then moves all in!! The chip leader shoves for just over 800,000.
Joe goes into the tank and starts to count his chips, he hates the spot as he takes his glasses off. He then says “I don’t think I can fold this…” He calls to create a huge 1.3million chip pot!!
Owain tables 
for the pre flop nuts
Joe is crushed showing
All the finalists stand up to see the flop come 
The turn card comes 
giving Joe more outs with a flush draw.
The river card comes 
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Joe shouts “Come On!! ” as he rivers a flush to survive and take the chip lead on the final table. Gracious in defeat Owain says nice hand as he is left with just 250,000. Although not in any danger as that’s 25 bigs.
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All Is Quiet – 31/05/2015 – 13:30
Since the huge pot between Joe and Owain not much has happened on the final table there’s still 7 players remaining with the next player out receiving £3,300 for their efforts.
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Huge Double For Rais – 31/05/2015 – 13:43
Rais Khan limps in, Joe Keegans makes it 35,000 from the small blind. Rais makes the call and the two players go to the flop which comes 
Joe leads out for 56,000, Rais raises to 112,000 as the pot begins to swell. Joe asks Rais how much he has behind which is around 180,000. Joe moves in and is SNAPPED off by Rais!!
Rais slams his down on the table for the nut straight!!
Joe shows for the over pair.
The turn card comes changing nothing and leaving Joe drawing dead.
The river card is a meaningless 
Rais’ all in was for 292,000, so he doubles to nearly 700,000!! Joe is down to 1 million chips.
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Break Time – 31/05/2015 – 14:04
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
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Level 21 – 31/05/2015 – 14:22
The players are back seated as we begin level number 21.
The blinds are 6,000/12,000 with a 1500 ante.
7 players remaining.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 14:28
| Joe Keegan | 913500 |
| Rais Khan | 774000 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 532500 |
| Dan Owston | 367000 |
| Bashir Ahmed | 363500 |
| Owain Carey | 288000 |
| Julian Davies | 191000 |
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No Table Captain – 31/05/2015 – 14:35
At the moment there is no table captain out of the seven players that we have remaining. Each player is taking their fair share of pots, albeit they are quite small during the first 20 minutes of play in level number 21.
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Carey Back In It – 31/05/2015 – 14:45
Owen Carey makes it 25,000 to play, Rais Khan three bets to 48,000 and Owain makes the call. The two players go to the flop which comes 
Owain checks to Rais who bets 30,000, Owain makes the call.
The turn card comes both players check.
The river card comes Owain is first to act, he fires out a big bet of 112,000 which is snapped by Rais. He instantly turns over for a rivered two pair like it’s the winning hand, but it’s not as Owain shows 
for trip tens.
Owain takes the pot and is now back up to 510,000. Rais is down to 560,000.
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Dan Owston 7th – 31/05/2015 – 15:03
Dan Owston & Rais Khan see a flop of 
, Rais moves all in! Dan has around 200,000 and after some time in the tank he calls off his stack and sees the bad news.
Rais tables 
for the flush.
Dan shows 
for the over pair and will need runner runner to survive.
The turn card 
leaves him drawing dead.
The river card
Rais takes the pot increasing his stack to just over a million, giving him the chip lead.
We lose local legend Dan Owston in 7th place for £3,300.
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Bashir Ahmed 6th – 31/05/2015 – 15:15
Bashir makes it 25,000 to play, Owain Carey moves all in, he has Bash covered and he calls off his stack for his tournament life.
Bash tables and has ran into a monster as Owain shows 
The board runs out 
The kings hold for Owain who takes the pot and now has around 800,000.
We lose Bashir Ahmed in 6th place for £4,200.
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Level 22 – 31/05/2015 – 15:25
The blinds increase as we begin level number 22.
They are now 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.
5 players remaining.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 15:33
| Joe Keegan | 900000 |
| Owain Carey | 880000 |
| Rais Khan | 800000 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 440000 |
| Julian Davies | 400000 |
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Anyones Games – 31/05/2015 – 15:36
As you can tell from the chip counts above it’s anyones game. Julian at the bottom is only a double up and a small pot away from having the chip lead, no one is running away with it and no one player is dominating the table.
It makes for some great viewing so I hope you’re watchin the live stream.
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Pictures – 31/05/2015 – 15:54
Joe Keegan & Joanne Ramsden
Julian, Owain & Rais
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All Is Quiet – 31/05/2015 – 16:09
This has been a very quiet level so far, with no real big hands of note.
The players have 13 minutes left of this level to play before they take a 15 minute break.
The next player out will receive £5,800.
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Break Time – 31/05/2015 – 16:21
Break time now for the players as they take a 45 minute dinner break.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 17:11
| Owain Carey | 1421000 |
| Rais Khan | 739000 |
| Joe Keegan | 652000 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 387000 |
| Julian Davies | 272000 |
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Level 23 – 31/05/2015 – 17:20
The players are back seated from the break as we begin level 23.
The blinds are now 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante.
5 players remaining.
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Keegans Upto a Mil – 31/05/2015 – 17:30
Owain Carey makes it 40,000 to play, Joe Keegans calls from the button.
The two players see a flop of Owain leads out for 37,000, Joe raises to 81,000 and Owain makes the quick call.
The turn card brings 
Owain checks this time to Joe who bets 115,000, Owain quickly calls.
The river card Owain checks and Joe checks behind.
Owain tables for two pair, but that’s no good as Joe shows for a set.
Joe takes the pot and is now up to 1 million chips.
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Double For Davies – 31/05/2015 – 17:35
Julian Davies moves all in for his 200,000 stack, Joe Keegans also moves all in!! The action comes to Joanne in the big blind who goes into the tank, after a couple of minutes she folds saying she had tens.
Julian tables and is flipping against the of Joe.
The flop comes 
as the nines are still good.
The turn card comes changing nothing, leaving Julian with six outs to survive.
The river card is…. !!! Julian rivers top pair to double up to 260,000.
Joe is down to 750,000.
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The Final Five – 31/05/2015 – 17:45
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What To Play For – 31/05/2015 – 17:50
GUKPT Cardiff
£500 NLHE Main Event
Entries – 171
1st – £30,000
2nd – £19,500
3rd – £12,500
4th – £8,400
5th – £5,800
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Rais Doubles Through Carey – 31/05/2015 – 18:10
Owain Carey makes it 40,000 to play and Raise Khan makes the call.
The two players go to the flop which comes 
Rais instantly moves all in for his stack of just over 300,000 and after asking for a count Owain makes the call.
Rais tables for second pair and will need to find a seven or nine to improve as Owain tables for top pair.
The turn card comes !!!! Rais turns to pair to take the lead in the hand!!
The river card 
Rais takes the pot from Owain and is now up to 800,000. Owain is down to 1.3million, but still has the chip lead.
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Level 23 – 31/05/2015 – 18:18
The blinds increase as we begin level 23.
They are now 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante.
5 players remaining.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 18:29
| Owain Carey | 1500000 |
| Rais Khan | 880000 |
| Joe Keegan | 433000 |
| Julian Davies | 420000 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 160000 |
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Joanne Changing Gears – 31/05/2015 – 18:40
Short stack Joanne has been all in 3 times in the last 5 hands, trying to get a much needed double up as she is getting desperately short.
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Double For Ramsden – 18:45
Joanne Ramsden gets her 240,000 stack all in pre holding 
against the of Joe Keegans, a flip for Joannes tournament life.
The flop comes 
The turn card giving Joanne a flush draw and taking away two of Joes outs.
The river card
The pocket fives hold for the crowd favourite as she doubles to 500,000.
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Double For Keegans – 31/05/2015 – 18:50
Joe Keegans moves all in for 150,000 over an opens from Julian Davies. Julian has to make the call and does.
Joe has Julian crushed tabling against the
The flop comes giving Julian a gut shot straight draw. He now has seven outs.
The turn card comes 
The river card 
The Ace-Jack is good for Joe to double up to 330,000, but he still has work to do.
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Keegans Back In It – 31/05/2015 – 19:10
Owain Carey makes it 52,000 to play, Rais Khan three bets to 160,000. Joe Keegans moves all in for his 330,000 stack that he has just this minute got. Owains gets out of the way and Rais calls.
Rais tables and Joe has managed to find
The flop comes as Rais flops a gut shot, now giving him five outs.
The turn card comes
The river card
Joe celebrates as he gets another double, he is now up to 700,000, over average stack.
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Break Time – 31/05/2015 – 19:19
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
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LEvel 25 – 31/05/2015 – 19:34
The players are back seated as we begin level 25.
Blinds 15,000/30,000 with a 3,000 ante.
5 players remaining.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 19:42
| Owain Carey | 1107000 |
| Rais Khan | 774000 |
| Joe Keegan | 646000 |
| Julian Davies | 482000 |
| Joanne Ramsden | 313000 |
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Huge Pot For Carey – 31/05/2015 – 19:55
Owain Carey opens the button, Rais Khan three bets from the small blind and Owain makes the call.
The flop comes Rais is first to act and moves all in!! Owain tanks for a few minutes and then makes the call for his tournament life.
Rais tables 
for the open ended straight draw.
Owain shows for top pair.
The turn card comes
The river card !!!
Rais runs off celebrating as he rivers the straight, he doesn’t realise that Owain has rivered a bigger straight.
Owain takes the pot doubling to 1.3million.
Rais is crippled down to a few blinds.
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Rais Khan 5th – 31/05/2015 – 19:59
The very next hand Rais Khan is eliminated from the tournament, he gets a huge cheer from the cardroom as he is a local legend.
Rais finishes in 5th place for £5,800.
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Another Double For Joanne – 31/05/2015 – 20:05
I know it’s a cliche in poker but Joanne has really had more lives than a cat.
All in holding against the of Joe.
The board runs out 
Again the pocket pair of Joanne holds up for a double to 470,000.
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Joanne Ramsden 4th – 31/05/2015 – 20:14
Joanne who has been short stacked for the last 3 hours moves all in for her 400,000 stack on the button and is called by Julian Davies in the small blind, Owain folds the big blind and the cards go on their backs…
Joanne shows and is crushed by the of Julian.
The board runs out
The aces hold for Julian, who take the pot, he is now up to 1 million chips.
We lose Joanne Ramsden in 4th place, a great effort for which she collects £8,400.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 20:22
| Owain Carey | 1700000 |
| Julian Davies | 1100000 |
| Joe Keegan | 450000 |
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Joe Keegans 3rd – 31/05/2015 – 20:25
Joe Keegan moves all in for his 450,000 stack and is called by Owain Carey.
It’s a coinflip as Joe tables against the of Owain.
The flop comes as Owain takes the lead.
The turn card comes leaving Joe with just two outs.
The river card is
Owain takes the pot with top pair.
We lose Joe Keegans in 3rd place for £12,500.
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Heads Up – 31/05/2015 – 20:26
The players are taking a 5 minute break now before beginning heads up play.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 20:34
| Owain Carey | 2248000 |
| Julian Davies | 1174000 |
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Heads Up Begins – 31/05/2015 – 20:38
The players are back seated as we begin heads up play.
The blinds are still 15,000/30,000 with no ante.
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Blinds Up – 31/05/2015 – 20:50
Just small pots being played at the minute as the blinds increase to 20,000/40,000.
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Pictures – 31/05/2015 – 20:55
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Deal Talk – 31/05/2015 – 20:57
Deal talk from the players now as they take a quick break.
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Deal Done – 31/05/2015 – 21:05
Owain Carey – £24,500
Julian Davies – £24,000
The players will now play on for £1,000, the trophy and title.
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Biggest Heads Up Pot So Far – 31/05/2015 – 21:10
Julian makes it 90,000 to play pre from the button and Owain calls.
The flop comes Owain checks to Julian who bets 120,000, Owain calls.
The turn card Owain again check calls a bet of 180,000.
They go to the river which comes
Owain checks for a third time, Julian empties the clip betting 275,000. Owain goes into the tank and then says “Nothing makes sense apart from J-J, AK or AQ” he makes the call.
Julian shows which top pair which is good enough to take the pot as Owain mucks.
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Davies Out Infront – 31/05/2015 – 21:14
Julian Davies is definitely getting the better of this heads up battle and has chipped up to 2.6million against the 700,000 of Owain Carey.
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Break Time – 31/05/2015 – 21:40
Break time now for the players as they take 5 minutes.
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Chip Counts – 31/05/2015 – 21:40
Julian Davies – 2,555,000
Owain Carey – 870,000
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Level 27 – 31/05/2015 – 21:47
The players are back as we begin level 27.
The blinds are now 25,000/50,000.
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Pictures – 31/05/2015 – 21:52
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Double For Owain – 31/05/2015 – 22:03
In a limped pot the two players see a flop of Julian leads out for 50,000 and Owain calls.
The turn card comes Julian checks to Owain who bets 85,000, Julian calls.
The river card comes
Julian is first to act and leads out for 225,000. Owain moves all in and Julian asks for a count, it’s 570,000 in total, which he hates, but calls.
Owain tables for the nut flush which is good for a double up as Julian shos
Owain is now up to 1.5million to the 1.7million of Julian.
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Win a Free Goliath Seat – 31/05/2015 – 22:15
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So check it out and get posting!!
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All is Quiet – 31/05/2015 – 22:27
All is quiet between the two players and it’s a very even heads up battle and an interesting one to watch.
No mistakes are being made and only a cooler is going to end this.
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Level 28 – 31/05/2015 – 22:37
The blinds increase as they begin level number 28.
They are now 30,000/60,000.
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It’s All Over!! – 31/05/2015 – 22:49
All the chips go in the middle pre flop….
Julian –
Owain –
The board runs out 
The aces hold and we have a champion!!!
Owain Carey finishes in second place for £24,500.
Julian Davies is the GUKPT Cardiff Main Event Champion 2015 taking home £25,000, the title and the trophy!!
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Julian Davies Champion in Cardiff – 31/05/2015 – 22:59
After four days poker the GUKPT Cardiff now has a new main event champion in Julian Davies.
171 entries turned out over the two starting days which was exactly the same as last year, meaning an overlay of £14,500 for the players to enjoy. A second overlay in a row though, might mean Cardiff won’t be a stop on the tour next year in my opinion. Despite it being a great place to play poker and visit, I’m not sure why anyone wouldn’t want to travel here, it’s brilliant.
Today we began at noon, with nine players remaining and it seems like it’s been a longer day than usual, I think slightly to do with the fact we were spoilt in Edinburgh where James Mitchell had cleaned up by 6.
The first player to bust today was Kyle Hyman, he started the day as the short stack and got his chips in early holding against the of Joanne Ramsden who turned to take the pot. Kyle would leave in 9th for £2,500.
Greg Barratt would be the next player to leave, losing a huge coinflip against Bashir Ahmed. Gregg holding and couldn’t hold against the of Bash, despite turning a Jack because Bash rivered a Nine to the delight of the crowd. Eight place would be good for Greg to collect £2,800.
In 7th place we lost Dan Owston who made a call for all his stack on a flop holding , unfortunately Dan ran into Rais Khan holding for the flopped flush. Dan was drawing dead going to the river. His deep run would get him £3,300.
The crowd favourite would unfortunately take his fans with him as he went out in 6th place. Bashir Ahmed all in with but ran into the of Owain. No Jack and Bash would collect £4,200 for his efforts.
The players were then five handed for over three hours as the chips went back and fourth, the chip lead and short stack changing multiple times.
Rais Khan would be the unfortunate one to finish in 5th place. All in with an open ended straight. He hit it on the river, but unfortunately so did Owain. We lost the most fun player at the table as Rais left with a smile on his face to the cashier for a cheque for £5,800.
The players were then quick to drop. Joanne got her ten bigs in the middle with but ran into the of Julian. No four on the board, which meant Joanne Ramsden would finish in fourth for £8,400, a fantastic effort.
Joe Keegans had the biggest rollercoaster out of any player today, up to 1.5million, down to 150,000, back up to 1 million. He got his final 400,000 in the middle holding against the of Owain. A Jack on the flop would give Owain the pot and send Joe to the rail. A great effort from Joe, 3rd would be good for a five figure score, £12.500.
Heads up went on for a good couple of hours with the the chip lead changing hands, but Julian seemed to be getting the better of the exchanges. Owain was down to 15 bigs and got it in pre with but ran into the of Julian. The aces held and it was all over!! The players did a deal so Owain took home £24,500 and Julian would take £25,000. A great result for both players.
It’s been a great event here in Cardiff, ran like absolute clockwork and has been well attended by the locals. I really hope we come back here next year because it’s a great city with fantastic people. It’s also good to see the trophy stay in Wales.
I hope you have enjoyed the coverage over the last four days and will join us again in a month time from Reading, either at the tables or online. You tuning in to what we do is what makes it special.
Thanks again guys and until next time, be lucky.
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Prizepool Payout – 31/05/2015 – 23:04
GUKPT Cardiff
£500 NLHE Main Event
Entries – 171
1st – £25,000 – Julian Davies
2nd – £24,500 – Owain Carey
3rd – £12,500 – Joe Keegans
4th – £8,400 – Joanne Ramsden
5th – £5,800 – Rais Khan
6th – £4,200 – Bash Ahmed
7th – £3,300 – Dan Owston
8th – £2,800 – Greg Barratt
9th – £2,500 – Kyle Hyman
10th – £2,200 – Hui Jin
11th – £2,000 – Carl Harris
12th – £1,800 – Patrick Sekinger
13th – £1,800 – Sam MacDonald
14th – £1,600 – Ian Bosley
15th – £1,600 – Dan Clark
Prizepool – £100,000
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Final Hand & Interviews – 31/05/2015 – 23:40
