Goodbye From Luton - Well Played Tom Hall

Well after 15 hours of play today we have finally finished and have crowned a champion in Tom Hall(above). He beat a field of 37 players to become the winner, taking home the trophy and £7,400. Although low on numbers there has been some great poker played this weekend played in great spirits. Well done to everyone who played and everyone who cashed. We hope you enjoyed the blog and the livestream. The next event we will be covering is The GukPT Grand Final in London. From everyone here at D4 we will see you then.

Prizepool Payout

1st..Tom Hall.......£7,400

2nd..Paul Farr.....£4,255

3rd..Gary Jones......£2,960

4th..David Dickson.......£2,220

5th..Harron Hussain.......£1,665

Final Hand!!

All in and a call!!

Tom....A-K

Paul....K-10

The board runs out 5--K--7--K--4

With that it is all over and we have a winner!!

Paul Farr finishes in second place taking home £4,255!!

Tom Hall is the European Short-Handed Champion here in Luton taking home £7,400!!

Huge Chip Lead for Tom going into Heads Up Play

Final Table

Seat Three - Paul Farr - 100,000

Seat Five - Tom Hall - 640,000

Gary Jones Finishes 3rd

Gary Jones moves all in from the button, Tom also moves all in from the small blind, Paul gets out of their way folding pocket threes in the big blind.

Gary tables K-8 and is in bad shape against Toms pocket Queens.

The board runs out 3--7--5--2--9

Gary Jones finishes in 3rd place taking home £2,960!!

Paul would of flopped a set and trebled up.

We are now heads up!!

Tom takes a chunk off Paul!

Tom makes it 15,000 to play from the small blind, Paul calls from the big blind.

The flop comes A--5--3

Tom checks to Paul who fires 18,000 which Tom quickly calls.

The turn card brings a 10.

Tom checks again to Paul who fires 32,000 which Tom calls.

The river card is a Queen.

Tom checks for a third time as does Paul.

Tom shows A-8 for one pair which is good enough to take the 100k pot.

Level Nineteen

Players are back and we have begun level nineteen.

Blinds are 3000-6000 with an 800 ante.

3 players remaining.

Chip Counts

Final Table

Seat Three - Paul Farr - 179,300

Seat Four - Gary Jones - 148,600

Seat Five - Tom Hall - 412,100

Break Time!

Players are now on a quick 10 minute break.

David Dickson finishes 4th.

Tom Hall min raises to 10,000, Dave moves all in for around 70,000 and Tom makes the call.

David....As-3s

Tom....Ah-Kc

The flop comes Qh-4h-Qc

The turn card is 8h

The river card is 3h.

David sits back down thinking he has hit a three outer on the river, but Tom has rivered the flush.

David Dickson eliminated in 3rd place for £2,220!!

Tom Hall is now up to nearly 400,000 chips.

Payout

Prizepool Payout

1st.........£7,400

2nd.......£4,255

3rd........£2,960

4th.........£2,220

5th..Harron Hussain.......£1,665

Still 4 Remaining

No action so far this level. Still 4 remaining.

David Dickson is the shortest stack at the moment with 70,000.

Level Eighteen

Blinds are up as we begin level eighteen.

They are now 2500-5000 with a 600 ante.

Still four players remaining, with the average stack at 185,000.

Gary Doubles Up!!

Gary makes it 11,000 to play, Paul calls from the big blind.

The flop comes 7s--Jh--6h

Paul checks to Gary who moves all in!! Paul makes the call.....

Paul..... J-9 for top pair.

Gary....Ah-Qh for two overs and a flush draw.

The turn comes 5h!!!! The flush comes straight in.

The river is a meaningless Jack.

Gary doubles up to 200,000!!!

Hall Moving On Up

For the first time since we have been four handed we see a four way limped pot.

All players then check the flop of 6h--7d--2c to see the turn card which is 5d

David decides to have a stab at the pot and bets 9,000. He gets it through Paul & Gary as they both pass but Tom makes the call from the button.

The river card is 2d.

David leads out again, this time for 20,000. Action comes to Tom who thinks for a while before raising to 48,800. David calls after a few minutes of thought.

Tom shows Ad-8d for the nut flush which is good enough to take the pot.

David is now down to 90,000.

Tom Hall Doubles Again!

Tom Hall gets it all in pre flop and gets a caller in Gary Jones.

Tom....10-10

Gary...A-3

Tom just needs to dodge the three aces to survive.

The board runs out K--5--6--3--8

Toms pocket tens hold and he doubles to 160,000!!

Gary now becomes the short stack with 110,000.

Level Seventeen

We have just begun level seventeen with the blinds at 2,000 - 4,000 and a running ante of 500.

4 players remaining.

Average stack is 185,000

Chip Counts

Final Table

Seat Three - Paul Farr - 320,000

Seat Four - Gary Jones - 190,000

Seat Five - Tom Hall - 80,000

Seat Six - David Dickson - 150,000

Break Time!

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Gary Wins a Nice Pot

Paul makes it 10,000 to play from the button, Gary calls from the small blind.

They see a flop of K--5--5

Gary leads out for 15,000 and is quickly called by Paul.

The turn comes a 4.

Gary checks, this time Paul bets 15,000 which is called by Gary.

The river is another 4.

Action goes check, check.

Paul shows Q-Q for two pair, Gary shows K-6 for a bigger two pair and takes the pot.