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As the official media partner, poker.pro will be on-site at Genting Casino Stratford, providing live updates and recaps from the £150 poker.pro PLO4/5/6 and the £185 Main Event Double Mystery tournaments.
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Ljubisa Nedimovic is the PLO 4-5-6 Card PLO Champion
The heads-up battle went on for a dozen or so hands. Matthew had already doubled up once, regaining some chips and had just under 3m. In the final hand Ljuba led out in a 6-card hand on a flop of
J♦4♦10♥Matthew moved all in, Ljuba called and we went to showdown
Ljuba Q♣Q♦J♥9♦8♥5♠
Matthew J♣10♦10♣8♦4♣2♥
Matthew was ahead with two pairs and remained so after the 4♦ fell on the turn.
But it was the J♦ on the river that dealt the fatal blow.
Matthew Cox played a fierce and fearless game, but ultimatelly fell just short, departing as the 2nd place finisher for £4,060.
Ljubisa Nedimovic, poker.pro 4/5/6 Card PLO Champion Ljubisa Nedimivic is the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha Champion. Ljuba, as he likes to be known, was 32nd on the all-time Slovenian money list, but this win for £6,290 will move him up two places into the top 30.
Congratulations to Ljuba, for a dominant display on the final table. Commiserations to Matthew, who put up a brave fight and desperately wanted to win the trophy. Despite his disappointment, it was a good natured end to the tournament.
The Final Table Payouts
Position Player Prize 1st Ljubisa Nedimovic £6,630 2nd Matthew Cox £4,260 3rd Dillan Patel £2,800 4th Sam Acheampong £1,820 5th Lotfi Boughanmi £1,250 6th Matas Gerdziunas £970 7th Nigel Pinto £760 -
Heads Up For The Beer Mug
Ljubisa Nerdimovic is now heads up with Matthew Cox for the £6,290 first prize plus the much coveted Beer Poker Tour beer mug trophy.
Ljubisa went into the heads up with 7.8m chips to Matthews 2.1m
Who will be our champion?
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Dillan Patel, 3rd place finisher (£2,600)
Dillan Patel’s tournament life has been ended. Ljubisa called his all-in during a 5-card hand and we went to showdown
Ljubisa Q♦Q♠9♦8♦3♣
Dillan K♥K♣10♥10♦8♥
Flop and Turn Q♣J♥5♥3♦
On the river Dillan needed a heart or a king to stay alive, but the river 6♠ was a blank, sending him to payout window to collect £2,600 for 3rd place
Dilan Patel, 3rd place in poker.pro PLO at Beer Poker Tour London -
Chip Lead Changes Hands
In a 4-card hand, Ljubisa raised from the button, and was called my Matthew in the big blind.
Ljubisa then led out for 300,000 on a flop of
2♠8♠7♦Matthew raised it up to 1.2m and Ljubisa went into the tank. When he emerged from it, he announced “all-in” and Matthew made the call.
Ljubisa K♥10♥10♣6♥
Matthew A♠J♠9♣8♣
Turn and River 3♣Q♦
Ljubisa’s tens take done a massive pot, rocketing Ljubisa into the chip lead and all but felting Matthew. He was down to his last 410,000 but then doubled up and then did so again, recovering his stack to close to 2m. This is not over yet!
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Last Three On Break
The tournament has now reached the end of level 23, with three players left. They’re on a 25-minute break. Here is the current chip count situation.
- Matthew Cox – 4.4m
- Dillan Patel – 3.5m
- Ljubisa Nedimovic – 1.7m
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Sam Acheampong Out in 4th (£1,740)
Big Sam Acheampong is the latest player to hit the rail. He was all-in against Dillon Patel in a 5-card Omaha hand.
Sam K♥K♦8♥8♦6♠
Dillan A♣A♠K♠Q♦10♦
Board Q♠2♠9♦9♥A♥
Dillan was always ahead in the hand and made a gratuitous full house on the river to end Sam’s tilt at the title.
Sam Acheampong Exit Hand in 4-5-6 Card PLO -
Lofti Baughanmi Out in 5th (£1,180)
Lofti Boughanmi was the next to lose his tournament life, busting soon after Matas. He was up against the chip leader, Matthew Cox in a 6-card Omaha hand.
Lofti K♣Q♣10♣10♦9♥2♦
Matthew A♣9♥8♥6♣5♣3♠
Board 7♦5♠9♣A♠5♦
Matthew’s straight sent Lofto to the payout desk, to collect his 5th place prize of £1,180.
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Sam Busts Two
The final table is now down to five, after Sam Acheampong took out Nigel Pinto and then Matas Gerdzui a feew hands later.
Nigel Pinto has become the first player to bust on the final table, exiting in 7th for £740.
The chips were in the middle before any board cards were dealt.
Lennox A♦A♥8♣7♥2♠
Ljubisa K♣Q♦J♠9♣6♣
Board K♦8♠J♦J♥K♥
Matas Gerdzui had by far the shortest stack going into the 7-player final table and he had very little left when Sam took him out, flopping a flush. Matas departed in 6th place for £940.
Sam’s stack has now risen to over 1.6m.
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Final Table – The Stratford Seven
The Stratford Seven have now sat down to contest the final table and fight it out for the £6,290 first prize and a beer glass trophy.
Best of luck all!
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Lennox Haynes Bubbles Final Table
The final table of seven players has now been reached. The unfortunate player to miss out was Lennox Haynes, who got it all-in for his last 250,000 against Ljubisa Nedimovic in a 5-card hand.
Lennox A♦A♥8♣7♥2♠
Ljubisa K♣Q♦J♠9♣6♣
Board K♦8♠J♦J♥K♥
Ljubisa made a full house, Lennox departed gracefully.
Lennox cam back today with over 200,000 chips, but he was soon down to 60k, before mounting a recovery. He departs in 8th place for £580.
Lennox Hayes busts in 8th -
Final Table Bubble!
Quite a lot has happened since our last update. Two of the previous chip leaders have now bitten the felt.
Justin Kyriakides, who started the day as the chip leader went out in tenth. Soon after we lost another front runner, Anthony Robert, who was chip leader at the last break.
He was in a hand against Matthew Cox in which he had the Ace high flush and was quite happy to get it all in. But Matthew also had a flush, a straight flush and a huge pot of nearly 4m chips was shipped his way.
There are now eight players left and one elimination away from the 7-handed final table.
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Its Getting Hot in the PLO with Final Table In Sight
The Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now down to 12 players, with quite a few short stacks hanging in there. Anthony Robert is now the chip leader, with close to 2m. He’s been moved tables and is sitting next to the next biggest stack, 1.7m, commanded by Matthew Cox.
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Play Resumes, Louis Busts
Play has resumed in the final day of the PLO and we are now down to 13 players on two tables. Cesary is now chip mining better than anyone else and has assumed the chip lead with over 1m chips. Justin Kyriakides is also still well chipped up.
The latest player to hit the rail is Karim Louis, who busted in 14th. He had a flush draw on the flop, but missed, losing to a set of tens.
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PLO on Break
The PLO is now on break with three tables and 16 players still in. Play resumes at 9.30pm.
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Triple Up for Karim Louis in 3-Way All-In
Karim Louis was all-in for his last 90,000 in a 6-card hand, with the board reading
7♥9♥J♦His two opponents also moved in
Louis K♠J♠7♠7♦4♥2♥
Villain 1 K♣Q♣J♣10♦6♠4♣
Villain 2 K♦Q♦8♦8♥5♥4♦
Turn 2♦
At this point, Karim needed either the case seven or the case jack to survive.
Yes, you guessed it, as you read the title of this post before you got this far….
River J♥
Louis gets the cream, up to 300,000
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Slower Than Expected on Day 2
With so many short stacks returning today, there was an expectation that a lot would bust early in the day. That didn’t turn out to be the case and very few had found the rail in the first hour of play. With the blinds now on 4,000/8,000 (8,000), the pace of exits is now beginning to pick up and there are now 22 players left in.
Another player who recently chipped up is Cesary Wasilewski. He returned with 115k and is now on around 600,000.
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Lofti’s Stack Reaches New Heights
Lofti Boughanmi came back today with 377,000 chips, but he’s been on the move already, taking sizeable pots off both Sam Acheampong and Anthony Robert. This is the table with most of the chips, as Justin Kyriakides and Nigel Pinto are also on this one. He’s now up to 640,000.
Lofti Boughanmi -
Double Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1a
The poker room here at Genting Stratford is very busy. In addition to the final day of the PLO, the first starting day of the Double Mystery Bounty has begun, with 60 players in their seats.
You might be wondering what “double” means? It doesn’t mean is that you will get double the prize (although that would be nice). What it actually means is detailed below.
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Ashkat Bansal First Player Out
Ashkat Bansal is surprisingly the first player to bust on Day 2. He had a diamond draw, but missed and his opponent had a set of kings. With so many short stacks around, this is a quite a surprise, but then again, this is Omaha so anything can happen.
Ashkat departs with £240
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Stage* Set for Day 2 of poker.pro PLO
The thirty players who made it to the final day of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha are all in the prize money, but for some who have made multiple entries, that might not yet mean making a profit.
The prize pool has now been checked, double checked, verified, clarified and confirmed and the winner will be walking away with £6,290. Unless of course there’s a deal and they redistribute the prize money. This is what they’re playing for.
Finishing Position Prize 1 £6,290 2 £4,060 3 £2,600 4 £1,740 5 £1,180 6 £940 7 £740 8 £580 9 £450 10–11 £400 12–13 £330 14–19 £270 20–23 £250 24–30 £240 Justin Kryiakides is the chip leader, having booked his seat into the final day from the opening flight, when he dominated his table, bagging a stack of 1,127,000. He’s the only player with a seven figure chip stack, but there a few others riding in his shadow. Dillan Patel is the closest challenger with 803,500.
There are also lots of short stacks, so we’re expecting a high attrition rate in the first few levels of the final day. Here is the Day 2 seating draw.
Play will resume at 7pm
Table Seat Player Name Chip Counts 25 1 Gary Dallison 147,000 25 2 Anil Daya 259,500 25 3 Mariusz Medlewski 204,000 25 4 Aleksandrs Bautra 167,000 25 5 Cezary Wasilewski 115,000 25 6 Anthony Robert 726,000 29 1 Akshat Bansal 260,500 29 2 Matthew Cox 676,000 29 3 Zack Ibrahim 196,000 29 4 Dillan Patel 803,500 29 5 Dariusz Konfiszcz 110,500 29 6 Matthew Maranga 76,000 30 1 Karim Louis 171,500 30 2 Ljubisa Nedimovic 374,000 30 4 Shahid Dawood 64,500 30 5 Habibur Rahman 764,000 30 6 Samuel Newsome 149,500 30 7 Lennox Haynes 210,500 31 1 Gaurav Kumar 453,500 31 2 Lotfi Boughanmi 377,500 31 3 Nigel Pinto 708,000 31 4 Justin Kyriakides 1,127,000 31 6 Sam Acheampong 247,500 31 7 Jonathan Weekes 379,500 32 1 Alexandru Vlatica 214,500 32 2 Ryan Wakefield 30,000 32 3 Howard Bentley 333,500 32 4 James Yeatman 97,500 32 5 Christopher Yong 139,500 32 7 Matas Gerdziunas 157,000 *Its not actually taking place on a stage
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Day 1d Ends
The final starting day of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now over and there’s xx until the second day begins. In total 61 players entered Day 1d, of which nine have progressed. They join the 21 players from the previous flights, meaning 30 players will be returning, all in the money.
Ram Vaswani is not one of those who will be progressing. He had at least three bullets, but couldn’t find the Day 2 target. Jason Glatzer’s vanquisher Alexandru But will also not be playing, as his stack evaporated during level 11.
Nigel Pinto ended the flight with the largest stack of 708,000, with Matthew Cox not far behind on 676,000. Karim Louis had a big stack when registration closed, but he has slipped back a little, however he made it through the day, bagging up 171,000.
Karim Louis Chip Counts of Day 1d Survivors
Player Chip Count Nigel Pinto 708,000 Matthew Cox 676,000 Jonathan Weekes 379,500 Ljubisa Nedimovic 374,000 Ayil Daya 259,500 Zack Ibrahim 196,000 Karim Louis 171,500 Gary Dallison 147,000 Christopher Yong 139,500 -
Last Level for Late Entry in PLO
The PLO is now in the final level for late registration, although it will remain open during the 25-minute break that the players will be going on shortly. Today’s field has now grown to 56, just one short of the 57 who played in Tuesday’s opening flight. So far there have been 185 entries across the four starting days. There could still be a few more, but it probably won’t get to 200, unless something crazy happens…on the Beer Poker Tour.
Karim Louis is now one of the big boys, commanding a 230,000 chips stack.
Karim Louis in action…he won this hand -
Glatzer Busts!
Having not won a hand since he joined the tournament Jason found himself all in, during a 6-card hand. On the big blind, the player to his immediate left raised and there were three callers, enabling Jason to move all in for his last 23,000 chips.
Five players saw a flop of 4♥A♥8♠, the first two callers checked, while the third, Alexandru But, fired out a bet, which left him heads up with Jason.
Jason K♦K♣Q♠10♣7♥4♦
Alexandru A♣10♦10♥5♣4♣2♥
Alexandru was well in front, Jason called for a picture card, to make things interesting, but the board ran out 5♦7♦ and Jason hit the rail. Alexsandru is now a significant chip leader, with around 320,000 at this early stage of the flight.
The total field has now grown to 176, with 44 entries today. Jason is mulling over having a third bullet and there’s still over an hour for him to make that decision before registration closes.
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First Break of Day 1d
Today’s final turbo-esque flight of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now on its first break of the day and its quite a busy one, with 34 entries so far, taking the total field up to 166 with still 5 levels for more players to join the tournament. Its on a 20-minute clock instead of the originally advertised 15-mins.
The legend in today’s field is none other than EPT Champion and WSOP bracelet winner Ram ‘Crazy Horse’ Vaswani. Jason Glatzer is also in and there are a few players on the waiting list. One of these is Poker Against Plastic Pollution’s Karim Louis, who should be seated soon after the break.
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Third Day of the Beer Poker Tour Underway
The third day of the Beer Poker Tour London has now begun. Today’s schedule includes the opening flight of the Double Mystery Bounty Main Event, as well as the final starting day of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha.
The first event to begin is the final turbo flight of the Omaha, which will be on a 20-minute clock instead of the originally advertised 15-minutes. Let’s call this a semi-turbo.
Read More: What Happened on Day 2 of the Beer Poker Festival?
Here’s Thursday’s full schedule
Time Event Buy-in/Entry 12:00 Poker.pro – PLO4/5/6 DAY 1D £150 13:00 Freeroll SAT Main Event Free 16:30 Cashout SAT Main Event – 100K £25 18:00 Main Event Double Mystery Bounty – DAY 1A £185 18:30 Poker.pro – PLO4/5/6 DAY 2 Closed 20:00 The quick one – NLH £60 -
Glatzer v Kassouf
The Beer KO is still running with 26 players left and just before the PLO ended, a hand between Will Kassouf and Jason Glatzer played out. It started with Glatzer making an opening bet of 69,000, leaving himself just 1,00 chips behind. Kassouf was having none of it and moved all in, suggesting to Jason that he could still fold the hand.
“I’ll give you £100 if you fold” offered Kassouf
It was a tempting offer, but Glatzer shipped the chip in and revealed his hand, Q♣J♥ and was up against Will’s 6♥6♦
The flop: 8♣9♥6♣
Will takes the lead, Jason needs running clubs or a ten, lets see the turn card
10♦ Boom!Will still had outs but the 5♦on the river wasn’t one of them.
Jason doubled up, Will busted soon after, but it was not meant to be for the Lithuanian resident, he busted soon after in 17th place, a few places shy of the prize money.
That’s it for tonight’s coverage, we’ll be back tomorrow afternoon.
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Day 1c of PLO is a Wrap!
The flight is now over and the six remaining players are all through to tomorrow evening’s Day 2. There were 37 entries in the flight, bringing the running total up to 132, with one turbo flight left on Thursday at noon.
With just ten players left Ashkat Bansal had a massive chip lead, but Habibur Rahman was also sitting on a decent stack. It was he who kicked on in the last level of the day, ending up with more than double that of the next biggest stack, that of Lofti Boughanmi, who is someone I played poker with over two decades ago at the Gutshot club.
Player Chipcount Habibur Rahman 764,000 Lofti Boughanmi 377,000 Ashkat Bansal 260,500 Alexandres Vlaica 214,500 Mariusz Medlewski 204,000 Ryan Wakefield 30,000 -
On The Bubble in the PLO
The PLO 4-5-6 Card is now on the bubble, with seven players left and only six making it into the money and tomorrow evening’s Day 2. It’s getting tense as nobody wants to bust, but it can’t be far away now.
It must be hard for them to concentrate, as their table is adjacent to the Beer KO table that is occupied by Will Kassouf, who is now sharing a table with John Kelly, winner of last night’s £100 Beerpot. He’s got a big stack in this one. Also on this table is Jason Glatzer and there’s incoming news of a hand between him and Will. Stay tuned for full details…
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Ten left in Day 1c
The tournament is now in the final level in which registration is still open, with 10 of the 36 entries in the flight still with chips. Much like the previous two starting days, there’s now a chip imbalance, with one player storming ahead of the rest of the field. That player is Ashkat Bansal and barring several disasters, it seems likely he will book a seat in Thursday evening’s Day 2.
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Rabbit Hunt
I’ve just witnessed a few hands of Will Kassouf’s table in the Beer KO, which is now on level 8 with 54 of the 107 runners still left. There’s still a few minutes to go until the break, during which time late entry is still available.
In one recent hand, Will talked both of his adversaries into folding after going all-in on a board of
8♣4♥9♠2♦After the second player had folded, Will convinced him into “showing his bluff,” saying he would show 9-8 if he did. His beaten opponent agreedm showed one card, which turned out to be 8♥.
But in response Will flipped J♥10♣
But that wasn’t even the end of it, Kassouf then encouraged the reluctant dealer to rabbit hunt the river…
8♠Oof Oof, another for Kassouf!
Kassouf Rabbit Hunting -
PLO up to 123 Runners
Day 1c is now on its 7th level of the day with 28 entries, bringing the total for the tournament up to 123 so far. Late registration remains open for another three levels and there is one further flight tomorrow before Day 2 begins.
There seems to be less of a chip imbalance in this one, compared to the opening to flights, but we are just getting to the expensive blinds part of the day, so that could and probably will change.
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Kassouf Gonna Kassouf
The Beer KO is up to 70 entries, but with Will Kassouf in da house, it sounds like twice as many. Will arrived a little late today, but got busy early, combining big pot aggression with word spaghetti, creating a new art form in the process. That art is the one dedicated to chip building and within a couple of levels, half the table was on tilt.
In one hand, caught on camera, Will defended his big blind with 4-2, putting his opponent in the small blind all-in. He called with K♥Q♥
“Deuce, deuce” cried Will as the flop was dealt
A deuce did indeed flopped, delighting Will
“brick brick, like a ten”
But a king came on the turn to restore the natural order of their starting hands.
“oh look, disgusting” said Will.
The river ended the hand, but not the table chat
“What a luckbox, look at this guy, bingo king on the turn, I was going to iron you out with 4 high like a boss”
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Welcome to the Beer KO
This evening’s two card option is the £100 Beer KO. It’s a regular format, the bounty prizes are added by the Tour, one for every player. Knock someone out, drink their beer!
It’s being played as it was meant to be, with a good atmosphere and surprisingly not much smell of beer farts yet, but that could still change.
Jason Glatzer has entered this one and although he’s not won a beer voucher yet, he has bumped his 30,000 starting stack up to 134,000 and is now one of the chip leaders.
Also in the room today is Beer Poker Tour ambassador Will Kassouf. His chips were in play before he arrived at the venue. I know that because he was on the seat draw, but I could not hear him, but now I can.
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Day 1c on Break
The third of the four starting days is now on its first break of the day, with 11 players still in from 19 entries. There’s five more levels to play.
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Day 1b Survivor Chip Counts
Six of the 38 players made it to the end of Day 1c, joining the nine who progressed from the opening flight. Jac Arama didn’t make it.
Dillan Patel booked the chip lead, bagging up 803,500, well ahead of Gaurav Kumar on 453,500. These are the full counts of the Day 1b survivors.
Name Chip Count Howard Bentley 333,500 Lennox Haynes 210,500 Gaurav Kumar 453,500 Dillan Patel 803,500 Cezary Wasilowski 115,000 Matthew Matranga 76,000 -
Day 1c of Poker.Pro PLO Begins
The third starting flight of the £150 Poker.Pro 4/5/6 Card PLO will be starting soon. There are still ten players left in the Day 1b however, which is still open for registration for another 40-minutes.
So far seven players have taken their seats for Day 1c, but Jason Glatzer has not yet bought his seat. He had hoped he might be able to enter both Day 1b and Day 1c simultaneously, intending to hop between tables. However, that is not allowed, as both flights are using the same chip set, so he has to choose just one flight to play, which will be 1c.
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PLO Field Growing
Play has now resumed and a few more players have joined, taking today’s field up to 26, of which 20 are still playing. Late registration ends after level 10, which is still about two hours away. There’s quite a few inexperienced players in this flight, some playing for the first time.
After a pot in which three aces were on the board, one player just asked how you can win the hand if you have the case ace, as you need to play exactly two of your hole cards in Omaha. Another player clarified the situation, telling the somewhat confused player that any other card could be tabled alongside the ace, as the kicker. 😆
The shock on his face at being told this means its possible he folded the best hand here…
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First Break of PLO 4/5/6 Card Day 1b
The field has now risen to 20,
fourfive of whom have busted, leaving 15 still in, fighting for a spot in Day 2. When I started drafting this post, Karim Louis of PokerAgainstPlasticPollution had just entered, but it was a short stint at the table this time.Meanwhile, today’s satellite is approaching the end, with 13 left and eight seats to be won into the Main Event, which has its first flight tomorrow.
The PLO players have now gone on a 25-minute break.
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Best of Jac Arama on Late Night Poker
While those of us who have been around poker for a few decades will know Jac Arama, people newer to the game may not be aware of the outlandish character that he is. Here’s a montage of his best moments on Late Night Poker
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Jac Arama First Out in Day 1b
Jac Arama is one of the original characters in UK poker, featuring in the early seasons of Late Night Poker at the end of the 20th century. A quarter of the way into the 21st century and he’s still at the tables. He’s here today for Day 1b and had the dubious honour of being the first player to bust, during the third level of the day.
It was a 5-card hand and the money went in on the turn of a board that read
7♥8♠3♦4♥Jac already had a straight, holding A♠K♣6♦5♣4♦ while his opponent, Dorian Hakrama’s hand was K♠Q♥8♥7♠2♥
However, the 5♥ gacve Dorian a flush, sending Jac to the rail.
After busting Jac headed straight back to the cash desk and bought in again.
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Beer Poker Tour Day 1 Recap
If you missed yesterday and want to find out what went down on the opening day of the Beer Poker Tour, there’s an article all about it in the news section of the site. To save you time looking for it, click the image below.
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Action Begins for Day 1b of Poker.Pro PLO
Play has begun for the Day 1b of the £150 4/5/6 Card PLO. It’s the second of four flights in the Omaha event, sponsored by Poker.Pro. The flight began with just five players registered, but with 10 x 25-minute levels for late entry, that number will surely rise.
Nine players progressed from Day 1a, with Justin Kyriakides taking a monster chip lead into Thursday’s second and final day. His stack of over 1.1m accounts for almost 40% of the chips in play. Second placed Anthony Robert has almost 25% of the chips, with the other 7 players who made it through sharing the remaining 35%.
Today’s £25 Main Event satellite is also in play now and currently has 20 entries. It’s in the third level, with registration closing after level 6.
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Day 1a Concludes
The opening flight of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card PLO is now over. Oliver Rosenber was the unfortunate player to miss out on a berth in Thursday’s 2nd and final day. The nine survivors are now bagging up their chips, with Kyriakides holding the lead, with a massive 1.1m stack, over 35% of the chips in play.
Justin Kyriakides Anthony Robert posted the second biggest stack of 726,000 while everyone else has below average.
Anthony Robert They return on Thursday evening, but we’ve got three more flights to go before we get to that stage. Here are the end of Day 1a chip counts.
Player Chip Count Justin Kryiakides 1,127,000 Anthony Robert 726,000 Sam Acheampong 247,500 Aleksandrs Bautra 167,000 Matas Gerdziunas 157,000 Samuel Newsome 149,500 Dariusz Konfistrz 110,500 James Yeatman 97,500 Shahid Dawood 64,500 -
Will Busts Again and They’re On the Day 1a Bubble
Will re-entered the tournament during the break and found himself on the same table as two of the chip leaders, Justin Kyriakide and Sam Acheampong. But it was a short-lived second bullet, as after Will had uttered ‘raise the potty” he soon found himself all-in once again for his second tournament life.
This time he was up against Kyriakide in a 5-card hand, but his opponent flopped a full house. Will had outs, but they failed to materialise. He’s off home now, but will be back for more action tomorrow to play the £100 Beer KO.
There are now just ten players left in the flight and one more exit to go before the end of play.
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Kassouf Re-Enters, Glatzer Busts
The nice and quiet latter stages of Day 1a of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card PLO are now not so quiet any more, as Will ‘9-high like a…” has decided to have another pop. But the game has gotten serious now, as the bubble approaches and even Will isn’t talking throughout every hand. However he i still giving it large with “Raise the potty” whenever he gets the chance.
Meanwhile, Jason Glatzer’s attempt to make Day 2 on his first bullet didn’t quite work out, but he’ll be back for another go tomorrow. Down to 13, four exits to go before the end of play.
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Thirteen Left, Nine Will Make Day 2
The tournament is now on the second break of the day and the exits have been crazy in the last level. Only nine will make it into Day 2, which probably won’t take much longer, once play resumes.
At this stage, the big stacks are those being commanded by Justin Kyriakide, Sam Acheampong and Anthony Robert.
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Kassouf and Brown Bust in Same Hand
The PLO tournament has recently got a lot quieter, mainly due to Will Kassouf busting out. He was on a table with Glenn Brown and the two of them got it all in in a 6-card hand along with Anthony Robert, who had them both covered.
Kassouf A♦K♠9♦7♣5♦2♠
Brown Q♣Q♥4♦4♥7♥2♥
Robert K♥Q♠J♣10♠5♣3♥
Board K♣10♣10♥8♣7♦
Anthony Robert made tens over kings on the river to take down a huge hand, while both Glenn and Will went off to see what else they could play.
Nite nite!
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Late Reg Still Open in PLO
They have now started level 10 of the £150 4/5/6 Card PLO, which is the last level of the flight for late entries. There have been 56 entries so far, 18 of which were re-entries. Now just 15 players remain, but we have lost Will Kassouf and Glenn Brown. More on their exists coming shortly…
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Will Kassouf is in the House
Will Kassouf has arrived at the casino. However, he’s not entering the PLO, because in his own words
“I don’t even know how to spell PLO.”
Hang on, I think I misheard that, he is playing it, despite not even knowing how to play.
“Someone told me its just like Hold’em but with 6 cards, I’m here to play, not to scratch my bollocks”
After three hands, Will had won all of them and is rather enjoying saying
“Raise the potty”
He then won another two before experiencing his first ever losing hand of Omaha.
I wonder how long it will be before he tries to take down a pot with 9-high like a…
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Play Resumes in the PLO
Play has restarted in the Poker Pro PLO event, with one more player entering during the break, plus a couple more re-entries. With three starting days to go, this could end up with a pretty big field. There’s 10 levels for late/re-entry and play will stop when they get to 15%.
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Day 1a of Poker Pro PLO Underway
Play is well and truly underway here at Genting Stratford, with 34 unique entrants, six of whom have already re-entered. Four tables are currently in use and Jason Glatzer seems quite happy with the numbers. He was expecting no more than three tables to be in play.
He is one of those 34 entrants and he’s not yet had a re-entry, but has factored a few into his budget. He’s sharing a table with Sam Acheampong so there should be some lively table banter. It’s within earshot (let’s be honest, you can hear every word that Sam, says from anywhere in the casino) so if there’s any chat worth reporting, you’ll here it here first (unless you’re already in the casino).
The first break is approaching, during which time I hope to get a full player list.
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Beer Poker Tour Begins in London
Poker, beer, rinse, repeat. It’s time, the Beer Poker Tour is ready to start serving. There’s fine ales, craft beers, lagers and bad beats, all available on draught. Not sure if it’s OK to sneak in a cider or two, but I’ll update you on that later.
This is the second running of the Beer Poker Tour, which takes place at
Aspers CasinoGenting Stratford in London.*The inaugural event of this enigmatic new addition to the UK’s live poker circuit was also held at Aspers (when it was called that), in March, where Guillaume Diaz and Merivan Hassan unveiled their creation to the world.
-Read More: Beer Poker Tour Returns to London
*When I started drafting this post the casino was called Aspers, but by the time it came to publish it, the casino had changed its name. Not an everyday occurrence.
Live Coverage of Beer Poker Tour on Poker Pro
Poker Pro will covering the action (on and off the felt) throughout the week at the Beer Poker Tour. Not only that, Poker Pro is the sponsor of the £150 multi-day 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha, which has the first of its 4 starting flights at 6pm today. We’ll be focusing on that in today’s coverage, with Poker Pro CEO Jason Glatzer (dead money alert, he’s exhausted) firing his first bullet in Day 1a.
Are you feeling the FOMO of not being in Las Vegas for the WSOP? Do you want to taste some low stakes action against opposition that have had too much to drink? Get yourself down to Genting Stratford and join in the fun! Or of that’s not possible, follow our coverage here and on our social media channels, where Glenn Brown will be delivering a tipple and a taste of what’s going on at the Beer Poker Tour.
Five Unique Elements of the Beer Poker Tour
It’s a fair guess to say there’s been some seriously creative brainstorming sessions to put this one together. The tour is unsurprisingly aimed at low stakes recreational players (with a penchant for beer) and contains several unique elements.
1. Low Buy-In Nature of the Tournament Schedule
The Beer Poker Tour truly is a low-stakes tour., there’s no high rollers and the biggest buy-in is the £185 Main Event. There are even two free-rolls
satellites for the Main Event with 5 tickets to be won in each.
2. The Main Event Format
The £185 Main Event is a Double Mystery Bounty Tournament with no less than eight starting flights, the first of which is on Thursday.
Usually mystery bounties can only be won once the players reach Day 2, however in this event, every Day 1 player who busts on Day 1 will get a chance to spin a prize wheel. Stay tuned to this blog for more details on what the prizes on the wheel will be. We reckon beer vouchers will feature quite heavily.
3. The Main Event Trophy
The very on-brand Main Event Trophy is perhaps the most unique poker awards we’ve ever seen.
4. Side Events With Twists
Two new side events are included in the schedule, each with a unique element, adding a bit of liquid gold to the prize pool.
The first of these is The Beerpot, a £100 (£85+£15) No Limit Hold’em which is on the schedule twice during the week (Tuesday and Sunday). Its twist is simple, a beer voucher will be added to the first pot of every level, on every table. The blinds go up every 20-minutes and given the price of a pint in the capital these days, the total value of the “pintpool” could end up quite big.
The other new event is the Beer KO, which at first glance just looks like a suitably thematic name for a bounty tournament. However when you look more closely at the label of the £100 (£85+£15) event’s bottle, it makes perfect sense. There’s no cash bounties, they’re all beer vouchers. KO a player and drink their beer too (voucher).
5. The One player to a Pint Rule
There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that one has to fail a breathalyzer test in order to enter….that’s only required if you make it to the payout desk.
There is however a one-player to a pint rule, let’s keep this event hygienic. The reverse does not apply, it’s not “one pint to a player,” you are allowed to consume more, but do so sensibly, as licensing laws require the casino’s bartenders to refuse to serve anyone who is worse for wear.
Today’s Action
Play began at 1pm with a freeroll offering 5 tickets into the £185 Main Event. If you’re just reading about it now for the first time it’s too late, you missed it, but there’s another one on Thursday at the same time, also with 5 tickets to be won.
The opening flight of the Poker Pro £150 (£130+£20) 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha begins at 6pm, with 25 minute levels and a 50,000 starting stack.
At 7pm the £100 (£85+£15) Beerpot begins, to round off the opening day of the festival.
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Day 1d Ends
The final starting day of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now over and there’s xx until the second day begins. In total 61 players entered Day 1d, of which nine have progressed. They join the 21 players from the previous flights, meaning 30 players will be returning, all in the money.
Ram Vaswani is not one of those who will be progressing. He had at least three bullets, but couldn’t find the Day 2 target. Jason Glatzer’s vanquisher Alexandru But will also not be playing, as his stack evaporated during level 11.
Nigel Pinto ended the flight with the largest stack of 708,000, with Matthew Cox not far behind on 676,000. Karim Louis had a big stack when registration closed, but he has slipped back a little, however he made it through the day, bagging up 171,000.
Karim Louis Chip Counts of Day 1d Survivors
Player Chip Count Nigel Pinto 708,000 Matthew Cox 676,000 Jonathan Weekes 379,500 Ljubisa Nedimovic 374,000 Ayil Daya 259,500 Zack Ibrahim 196,000 Karim Louis 171,500 Gary Dallison 147,000 Christopher Yong 139,500 -
Last Level for Late Entry in PLO
The PLO is now in the final level for late registration, although it will remain open during the 25-minute break that the players will be going on shortly. Today’s field has now grown to 56, just one short of the 57 who played in Tuesday’s opening flight. So far there have been 185 entries across the four starting days. There could still be a few more, but it probably won’t get to 200, unless something crazy happens…on the Beer Poker Tour.
Karim Louis is now one of the big boys, commanding a 230,000 chips stack.
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Glatzer Busts!
Having not won a hand since he joined the tournament Jason found himself all in, during a 6-card hand. On the big blind, the player to his immediate left raised and there were three callers, enabling Jason to move all in for his last 23,000 chips.
Five players saw a flop of 4♥A♥8♠, the first two callers checked, while the third, Alexandru But, fired out a bet, which left him heads up with Jason.
Jason K♦K♣Q♠10♣7♥4♦
Alexandru A♣10♦10♥5♣4♣2♥
Alexandru was well in front, Jason called for a picture card, to make things interesting, but the board ran out 5♦7♦ and Jason hit the rail. Alexsandru is now a significant chip leader, with around 320,000 at this early stage of the flight.
The total field has now grown to 176, with 44 entries today. Jason is mulling over having a third bullet and there’s still over an hour for him to make that decision before registration closes.
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First Break of Day 1d
Today’s final turbo-esque flight of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now on its first break of the day and its quite a busy one, with 34 entries so far, taking the total field up to 166 with still 5 levels for more players to join the tournament. Its on a 20-minute clock instead of the originally advertised 15-mins.
The legend in today’s field is none other than EPT Champion and WSOP bracelet winner Ram ‘Crazy Horse’ Vaswani. Jason Glatzer is also in and there are a few players on the waiting list. One of these is Poker Against Plastic Pollution’s Karim Louis, who should be seated soon after the break.
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Third Day of the Beer Poker Tour Underway
The third day of the Beer Poker Tour London has now begun. Today’s schedule includes the opening flight of the Double Mystery Bounty Main Event, as well as the final starting day of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha.
The first event to begin is the final turbo flight of the Omaha, which will be on a 20-minute clock instead of the originally advertised 15-minutes. Let’s call this a semi-turbo.
Read More: What Happened on Day 2 of the Beer Poker Festival?
Here’s Thursday’s full schedule
Time Event Buy-in/Entry 12:00 Poker.pro – PLO4/5/6 DAY 1D £150 13:00 Freeroll SAT Main Event Free 16:30 Cashout SAT Main Event – 100K £25 18:00 Main Event Double Mystery Bounty – DAY 1A £185 18:30 Poker.pro – PLO4/5/6 DAY 2 Closed 20:00 The quick one – NLH £60 -
Glatzer v Kassouf
The Beer KO is still running with 26 players left and just before the PLO ended, a hand between Will Kassouf and Jason Glatzer played out. It started with Glatzer making an opening bet of 69,000, leaving himself just 1,00 chips behind. Kassouf was having none of it and moved all in, suggesting to Jason that he could still fold the hand.
“I’ll give you £100 if you fold” offered Kassouf
It was a tempting offer, but Glatzer shipped the chip in and revealed his hand, Q♣J♥ and was up against Will’s 6♥6♦
The flop: 8♣9♥6♣
Will takes the lead, Jason needs running clubs or a ten, lets see the turn card
10♦ Boom!Will still had outs but the 5♦on the river wasn’t one of them.
Jason doubled up, Will busted soon after, but it was not meant to be for the Lithuanian resident, he busted soon after in 17th place, a few places shy of the prize money.
That’s it for tonight’s coverage, we’ll be back tomorrow afternoon.
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Day 1c of PLO is a Wrap!
The flight is now over and the six remaining players are all through to tomorrow evening’s Day 2. There were 37 entries in the flight, bringing the running total up to 132, with one turbo flight left on Thursday at noon.
With just ten players left Ashkat Bansal had a massive chip lead, but Habibur Rahman was also sitting on a decent stack. It was he who kicked on in the last level of the day, ending up with more than double that of the next biggest stack, that of Lofti Boughanmi, who is someone I played poker with over two decades ago at the Gutshot club.
Player Chipcount Habibur Rahman 764,000 Lofti Boughanmi 377,000 Ashkat Bansal 260,500 Alexandres Vlaica 214,500 Mariusz Medlewski 204,000 Ryan Wakefield 30,000 -
On The Bubble in the PLO
The PLO 4-5-6 Card is now on the bubble, with seven players left and only six making it into the money and tomorrow evening’s Day 2. It’s getting tense as nobody wants to bust, but it can’t be far away now.
It must be hard for them to concentrate, as their table is adjacent to the Beer KO table that is occupied by Will Kassouf, who is now sharing a table with John Kelly, winner of last night’s £100 Beerpot. He’s got a big stack in this one. Also on this table is Jason Glatzer and there’s incoming news of a hand between him and Will. Stay tuned for full details…
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Ten left in Day 1c
The tournament is now in the final level in which registration is still open, with 10 of the 36 entries in the flight still with chips. Much like the previous two starting days, there’s now a chip imbalance, with one player storming ahead of the rest of the field. That player is Ashkat Bansal and barring several disasters, it seems likely he will book a seat in Thursday evening’s Day 2.
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Rabbit Hunt
I’ve just witnessed a few hands of Will Kassouf’s table in the Beer KO, which is now on level 8 with 54 of the 107 runners still left. There’s still a few minutes to go until the break, during which time late entry is still available.
In one recent hand, Will talked both of his adversaries into folding after going all-in on a board of
8♣4♥9♠2♦After the second player had folded, Will convinced him into “showing his bluff,” saying he would show 9-8 if he did. His beaten opponent agreedm showed one card, which turned out to be 8♥.
But in response Will flipped J♥10♣
But that wasn’t even the end of it, Kassouf then encouraged the reluctant dealer to rabbit hunt the river…
8♠Oof Oof, another for Kassouf!
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PLO up to 123 Runners
Day 1c is now on its 7th level of the day with 28 entries, bringing the total for the tournament up to 123 so far. Late registration remains open for another three levels and there is one further flight tomorrow before Day 2 begins.
There seems to be less of a chip imbalance in this one, compared to the opening to flights, but we are just getting to the expensive blinds part of the day, so that could and probably will change.
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Kassouf Gonna Kassouf
The Beer KO is up to 70 entries, but with Will Kassouf in da house, it sounds like twice as many. Will arrived a little late today, but got busy early, combining big pot aggression with word spaghetti, creating a new art form in the process. That art is the one dedicated to chip building and within a couple of levels, half the table was on tilt.
In one hand, caught on camera, Will defended his big blind with 4-2, putting his opponent in the small blind all-in. He called with K♥Q♥
“Deuce, deuce” cried Will as the flop was dealt
A deuce did indeed flopped, delighting Will
“brick brick, like a ten”
But a king came on the turn to restore the natural order of their starting hands.
“oh look, disgusting” said Will.
The river ended the hand, but not the table chat
“What a luckbox, look at this guy, bingo king on the turn, I was going to iron you out with 4 high like a boss”
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Welcome to the Beer KO
This evening’s two card option is the £100 Beer KO. It’s a regular format, the bounty prizes are added by the Tour, one for every player. Knock someone out, drink their beer!
It’s being played as it was meant to be, with a good atmosphere and surprisingly not much smell of beer farts yet, but that could still change.
Jason Glatzer has entered this one and although he’s not won a beer voucher yet, he has bumped his 30,000 starting stack up to 134,000 and is now one of the chip leaders.
Also in the room today is Beer Poker Tour ambassador Will Kassouf. His chips were in play before he arrived at the venue. I know that because he was on the seat draw, but I could not hear him, but now I can.
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Day 1c on Break
The third of the four starting days is now on its first break of the day, with 11 players still in from 19 entries. There’s five more levels to play.
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Day 1b Survivor Chip Counts
Six of the 38 players made it to the end of Day 1c, joining the nine who progressed from the opening flight. Jac Arama didn’t make it.
Dillan Patel booked the chip lead, bagging up 803,500, well ahead of Gaurav Kumar on 453,500. These are the full counts of the Day 1b survivors.
Name Chip Count Howard Bentley 333,500 Lennox Haynes 210,500 Gaurav Kumar 453,500 Dillan Patel 803,500 Cezary Wasilowski 115,000 Matthew Matranga 76,000 -
Day 1c of Poker.Pro PLO Begins
The third starting flight of the £150 Poker.Pro 4/5/6 Card PLO will be starting soon. There are still ten players left in the Day 1b however, which is still open for registration for another 40-minutes.
So far seven players have taken their seats for Day 1c, but Jason Glatzer has not yet bought his seat. He had hoped he might be able to enter both Day 1b and Day 1c simultaneously, intending to hop between tables. However, that is not allowed, as both flights are using the same chip set, so he has to choose just one flight to play, which will be 1c.
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PLO Field Growing
Play has now resumed and a few more players have joined, taking today’s field up to 26, of which 20 are still playing. Late registration ends after level 10, which is still about two hours away. There’s quite a few inexperienced players in this flight, some playing for the first time.
After a pot in which three aces were on the board, one player just asked how you can win the hand if you have the case ace, as you need to play exactly two of your hole cards in Omaha. Another player clarified the situation, telling the somewhat confused player that any other card could be tabled alongside the ace, as the kicker. 😆
The shock on his face at being told this means its possible he folded the best hand here…
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First Break of PLO 4/5/6 Card Day 1b
The field has now risen to 20,
fourfive of whom have busted, leaving 15 still in, fighting for a spot in Day 2. When I started drafting this post, Karim Louis of PokerAgainstPlasticPollution had just entered, but it was a short stint at the table this time.Meanwhile, today’s satellite is approaching the end, with 13 left and eight seats to be won into the Main Event, which has its first flight tomorrow.
The PLO players have now gone on a 25-minute break.
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Best of Jac Arama on Late Night Poker
While those of us who have been around poker for a few decades will know Jac Arama, people newer to the game may not be aware of the outlandish character that he is. Here’s a montage of his best moments on Late Night Poker
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Jac Arama First Out in Day 1b
Jac Arama is one of the original characters in UK poker, featuring in the early seasons of Late Night Poker at the end of the 20th century. A quarter of the way into the 21st century and he’s still at the tables. He’s here today for Day 1b and had the dubious honour of being the first player to bust, during the third level of the day.
It was a 5-card hand and the money went in on the turn of a board that read
7♥8♠3♦4♥Jac already had a straight, holding A♠K♣6♦5♣4♦ while his opponent, Dorian Hakrama’s hand was K♠Q♥8♥7♠2♥
However, the 5♥ gacve Dorian a flush, sending Jac to the rail.
After busting Jac headed straight back to the cash desk and bought in again.
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Beer Poker Tour Day 1 Recap
If you missed yesterday and want to find out what went down on the opening day of the Beer Poker Tour, there’s an article all about it in the news section of the site. To save you time looking for it, click the image below.
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Action Begins for Day 1b of Poker.Pro PLO
Play has begun for the Day 1b of the £150 4/5/6 Card PLO. It’s the second of four flights in the Omaha event, sponsored by Poker.Pro. The flight began with just five players registered, but with 10 x 25-minute levels for late entry, that number will surely rise.
Nine players progressed from Day 1a, with Justin Kyriakides taking a monster chip lead into Thursday’s second and final day. His stack of over 1.1m accounts for almost 40% of the chips in play. Second placed Anthony Robert has almost 25% of the chips, with the other 7 players who made it through sharing the remaining 35%.
Today’s £25 Main Event satellite is also in play now and currently has 20 entries. It’s in the third level, with registration closing after level 6.
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Day 1a Concludes
The opening flight of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card PLO is now over. Oliver Rosenber was the unfortunate player to miss out on a berth in Thursday’s 2nd and final day. The nine survivors are now bagging up their chips, with Kyriakides holding the lead, with a massive 1.1m stack, over 35% of the chips in play.
Justin Kyriakides Anthony Robert posted the second biggest stack of 726,000 while everyone else has below average.
Anthony Robert They return on Thursday evening, but we’ve got three more flights to go before we get to that stage. Here are the end of Day 1a chip counts.
Player Chip Count Justin Kryiakides 1,127,000 Anthony Robert 726,000 Sam Acheampong 247,500 Aleksandrs Bautra 167,000 Matas Gerdziunas 157,000 Samuel Newsome 149,500 Dariusz Konfistrz 110,500 James Yeatman 97,500 Shahid Dawood 64,500 -
Will Busts Again and They’re On the Day 1a Bubble
Will re-entered the tournament during the break and found himself on the same table as two of the chip leaders, Justin Kyriakide and Sam Acheampong. But it was a short-lived second bullet, as after Will had uttered ‘raise the potty” he soon found himself all-in once again for his second tournament life.
This time he was up against Kyriakide in a 5-card hand, but his opponent flopped a full house. Will had outs, but they failed to materialise. He’s off home now, but will be back for more action tomorrow to play the £100 Beer KO.
There are now just ten players left in the flight and one more exit to go before the end of play.
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Kassouf Re-Enters, Glatzer Busts
The nice and quiet latter stages of Day 1a of the Poker.Pro £150 4/5/6 Card PLO are now not so quiet any more, as Will ‘9-high like a…” has decided to have another pop. But the game has gotten serious now, as the bubble approaches and even Will isn’t talking throughout every hand. However he i still giving it large with “Raise the potty” whenever he gets the chance.
Meanwhile, Jason Glatzer’s attempt to make Day 2 on his first bullet didn’t quite work out, but he’ll be back for another go tomorrow. Down to 13, four exits to go before the end of play.
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Thirteen Left, Nine Will Make Day 2
The tournament is now on the second break of the day and the exits have been crazy in the last level. Only nine will make it into Day 2, which probably won’t take much longer, once play resumes.
At this stage, the big stacks are those being commanded by Justin Kyriakide, Sam Acheampong and Anthony Robert.
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Kassouf and Brown Bust in Same Hand
The PLO tournament has recently got a lot quieter, mainly due to Will Kassouf busting out. He was on a table with Glenn Brown and the two of them got it all in in a 6-card hand along with Anthony Robert, who had them both covered.
Kassouf A♦K♠9♦7♣5♦2♠
Brown Q♣Q♥4♦4♥7♥2♥
Robert K♥Q♠J♣10♠5♣3♥
Board K♣10♣10♥8♣7♦
Anthony Robert made tens over kings on the river to take down a huge hand, while both Glenn and Will went off to see what else they could play.
Nite nite!
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Late Reg Still Open in PLO
They have now started level 10 of the £150 4/5/6 Card PLO, which is the last level of the flight for late entries. There have been 56 entries so far, 18 of which were re-entries. Now just 15 players remain, but we have lost Will Kassouf and Glenn Brown. More on their exists coming shortly…
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Will Kassouf is in the House
Will Kassouf has arrived at the casino. However, he’s not entering the PLO, because in his own words
“I don’t even know how to spell PLO.”
Hang on, I think I misheard that, he is playing it, despite not even knowing how to play.
“Someone told me its just like Hold’em but with 6 cards, I’m here to play, not to scratch my bollocks”
After three hands, Will had won all of them and is rather enjoying saying
“Raise the potty”
He then won another two before experiencing his first ever losing hand of Omaha.
I wonder how long it will be before he tries to take down a pot with 9-high like a…
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Play Resumes in the PLO
Play has restarted in the Poker Pro PLO event, with one more player entering during the break, plus a couple more re-entries. With three starting days to go, this could end up with a pretty big field. There’s 10 levels for late/re-entry and play will stop when they get to 15%.
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Day 1a of Poker Pro PLO Underway
Play is well and truly underway here at Genting Stratford, with 34 unique entrants, six of whom have already re-entered. Four tables are currently in use and Jason Glatzer seems quite happy with the numbers. He was expecting no more than three tables to be in play.
He is one of those 34 entrants and he’s not yet had a re-entry, but has factored a few into his budget. He’s sharing a table with Sam Acheampong so there should be some lively table banter. It’s within earshot (let’s be honest, you can hear every word that Sam, says from anywhere in the casino) so if there’s any chat worth reporting, you’ll here it here first (unless you’re already in the casino).
The first break is approaching, during which time I hope to get a full player list.
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Beer Poker Tour Begins in London
Poker, beer, rinse, repeat. It’s time, the Beer Poker Tour is ready to start serving. There’s fine ales, craft beers, lagers and bad beats, all available on draught. Not sure if it’s OK to sneak in a cider or two, but I’ll update you on that later.
This is the second running of the Beer Poker Tour, which takes place at
Aspers CasinoGenting Stratford in London.*The inaugural event of this enigmatic new addition to the UK’s live poker circuit was also held at Aspers (when it was called that), in March, where Guillaume Diaz and Merivan Hassan unveiled their creation to the world.
-Read More: Beer Poker Tour Returns to London
*When I started drafting this post the casino was called Aspers, but by the time it came to publish it, the casino had changed its name. Not an everyday occurrence.
Live Coverage of Beer Poker Tour on Poker Pro
Poker Pro will covering the action (on and off the felt) throughout the week at the Beer Poker Tour. Not only that, Poker Pro is the sponsor of the £150 multi-day 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha, which has the first of its 4 starting flights at 6pm today. We’ll be focusing on that in today’s coverage, with Poker Pro CEO Jason Glatzer (dead money alert, he’s exhausted) firing his first bullet in Day 1a.
Are you feeling the FOMO of not being in Las Vegas for the WSOP? Do you want to taste some low stakes action against opposition that have had too much to drink? Get yourself down to Genting Stratford and join in the fun! Or of that’s not possible, follow our coverage here and on our social media channels, where Glenn Brown will be delivering a tipple and a taste of what’s going on at the Beer Poker Tour.
Five Unique Elements of the Beer Poker Tour
It’s a fair guess to say there’s been some seriously creative brainstorming sessions to put this one together. The tour is unsurprisingly aimed at low stakes recreational players (with a penchant for beer) and contains several unique elements.
1. Low Buy-In Nature of the Tournament Schedule
The Beer Poker Tour truly is a low-stakes tour., there’s no high rollers and the biggest buy-in is the £185 Main Event. There are even two free-rolls
satellites for the Main Event with 5 tickets to be won in each.
2. The Main Event Format
The £185 Main Event is a Double Mystery Bounty Tournament with no less than eight starting flights, the first of which is on Thursday.
Usually mystery bounties can only be won once the players reach Day 2, however in this event, every Day 1 player who busts on Day 1 will get a chance to spin a prize wheel. Stay tuned to this blog for more details on what the prizes on the wheel will be. We reckon beer vouchers will feature quite heavily.
3. The Main Event Trophy
The very on-brand Main Event Trophy is perhaps the most unique poker awards we’ve ever seen.
4. Side Events With Twists
Two new side events are included in the schedule, each with a unique element, adding a bit of liquid gold to the prize pool.
The first of these is The Beerpot, a £100 (£85+£15) No Limit Hold’em which is on the schedule twice during the week (Tuesday and Sunday). Its twist is simple, a beer voucher will be added to the first pot of every level, on every table. The blinds go up every 20-minutes and given the price of a pint in the capital these days, the total value of the “pintpool” could end up quite big.
The other new event is the Beer KO, which at first glance just looks like a suitably thematic name for a bounty tournament. However when you look more closely at the label of the £100 (£85+£15) event’s bottle, it makes perfect sense. There’s no cash bounties, they’re all beer vouchers. KO a player and drink their beer too (voucher).
5. The One player to a Pint Rule
There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that one has to fail a breathalyzer test in order to enter….that’s only required if you make it to the payout desk.
There is however a one-player to a pint rule, let’s keep this event hygienic. The reverse does not apply, it’s not “one pint to a player,” you are allowed to consume more, but do so sensibly, as licensing laws require the casino’s bartenders to refuse to serve anyone who is worse for wear.
Today’s Action
Play began at 1pm with a freeroll offering 5 tickets into the £185 Main Event. If you’re just reading about it now for the first time it’s too late, you missed it, but there’s another one on Thursday at the same time, also with 5 tickets to be won.
The opening flight of the Poker Pro £150 (£130+£20) 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha begins at 6pm, with 25 minute levels and a 50,000 starting stack.
At 7pm the £100 (£85+£15) Beerpot begins, to round off the opening day of the festival.
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Ljubisa Nedimovic is the PLO 4-5-6 Card PLO Champion
The heads-up battle went on for a dozen or so hands. Matthew had already doubled up once, regaining some chips and had just under 3m. In the final hand Ljuba led out in a 6-card hand on a flop of
J♦4♦10♥Matthew moved all in, Ljuba called and we went to showdown
Ljuba Q♣Q♦J♥9♦8♥5♠
Matthew J♣10♦10♣8♦4♣2♥
Matthew was ahead with two pairs and remained so after the 4♦ fell on the turn.
But it was the J♦ on the river that dealt the fatal blow.
Matthew Cox played a fierce and fearless game, but ultimatelly fell just short, departing as the 2nd place finisher for £4,060.
Ljubisa Nedimovic, poker.pro 4/5/6 Card PLO Champion Ljubisa Nedimivic is the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha Champion. Ljuba, as he likes to be known, was 32nd on the all-time Slovenian money list, but this win for £6,290 will move him up two places into the top 30.
Congratulations to Ljuba, for a dominant display on the final table. Commiserations to Matthew, who put up a brave fight and desperately wanted to win the trophy. Despite his disappointment, it was a good natured end to the tournament.
The Final Table Payouts
Position Player Prize 1st Ljubisa Nedimovic £6,630 2nd Matthew Cox £4,260 3rd Dillan Patel £2,800 4th Sam Acheampong £1,820 5th Lotfi Boughanmi £1,250 6th Matas Gerdziunas £970 7th Nigel Pinto £760 -
Heads Up For The Beer Mug
Ljubisa Nerdimovic is now heads up with Matthew Cox for the £6,290 first prize plus the much coveted Beer Poker Tour beer mug trophy.
Ljubisa went into the heads up with 7.8m chips to Matthews 2.1m
Who will be our champion?
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Dillan Patel, 3rd place finisher (£2,600)
Dillan Patel’s tournament life has been ended. Ljubisa called his all-in during a 5-card hand and we went to showdown
Ljubisa Q♦Q♠9♦8♦3♣
Dillan K♥K♣10♥10♦8♥
Flop and Turn Q♣J♥5♥3♦
On the river Dillan needed a heart or a king to stay alive, but the river 6♠ was a blank, sending him to payout window to collect £2,600 for 3rd place
Dilan Patel, 3rd place in poker.pro PLO at Beer Poker Tour London -
Chip Lead Changes Hands
In a 4-card hand, Ljubisa raised from the button, and was called my Matthew in the big blind.
Ljubisa then led out for 300,000 on a flop of
2♠8♠7♦Matthew raised it up to 1.2m and Ljubisa went into the tank. When he emerged from it, he announced “all-in” and Matthew made the call.
Ljubisa K♥10♥10♣6♥
Matthew A♠J♠9♣8♣
Turn and River 3♣Q♦
Ljubisa’s tens take done a massive pot, rocketing Ljubisa into the chip lead and all but felting Matthew. He was down to his last 410,000 but then doubled up and then did so again, recovering his stack to close to 2m. This is not over yet!
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Last Three On Break
The tournament has now reached the end of level 23, with three players left. They’re on a 25-minute break. Here is the current chip count situation.
- Matthew Cox – 4.4m
- Dillan Patel – 3.5m
- Ljubisa Nedimovic – 1.7m
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Sam Acheampong Out in 4th (£1,740)
Big Sam Acheampong is the latest player to hit the rail. He was all-in against Dillon Patel in a 5-card Omaha hand.
Sam K♥K♦8♥8♦6♠
Dillan A♣A♠K♠Q♦10♦
Board Q♠2♠9♦9♥A♥
Dillan was always ahead in the hand and made a gratuitous full house on the river to end Sam’s tilt at the title.
Sam Acheampong Exit Hand in 4-5-6 Card PLO -
Lofti Baughanmi Out in 5th (£1,180)
Lofti Boughanmi was the next to lose his tournament life, busting soon after Matas. He was up against the chip leader, Matthew Cox in a 6-card Omaha hand.
Lofti K♣Q♣10♣10♦9♥2♦
Matthew A♣9♥8♥6♣5♣3♠
Board 7♦5♠9♣A♠5♦
Matthew’s straight sent Lofto to the payout desk, to collect his 5th place prize of £1,180.
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Sam Busts Two
The final table is now down to five, after Sam Acheampong took out Nigel Pinto and then Matas Gerdzui a feew hands later.
Nigel Pinto has become the first player to bust on the final table, exiting in 7th for £740.
The chips were in the middle before any board cards were dealt.
Lennox A♦A♥8♣7♥2♠
Ljubisa K♣Q♦J♠9♣6♣
Board K♦8♠J♦J♥K♥
Matas Gerdzui had by far the shortest stack going into the 7-player final table and he had very little left when Sam took him out, flopping a flush. Matas departed in 6th place for £940.
Sam’s stack has now risen to over 1.6m.
Nigel Pinto -
Final Table – The Stratford Seven
The Stratford Seven have now sat down to contest the final table and fight it out for the £6,290 first prize and a beer glass trophy.
Best of luck all!
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Lennox Haynes Bubbles Final Table
The final table of seven players has now been reached. The unfortunate player to miss out was Lennox Haynes, who got it all-in for his last 250,000 against Ljubisa Nedimovic in a 5-card hand.
Lennox A♦A♥8♣7♥2♠
Ljubisa K♣Q♦J♠9♣6♣
Board K♦8♠J♦J♥K♥
Ljubisa made a full house, Lennox departed gracefully.
Lennox cam back today with over 200,000 chips, but he was soon down to 60k, before mounting a recovery. He departs in 8th place for £580.
Lennox Hayes busts in 8th -
Final Table Bubble!
Quite a lot has happened since our last update. Two of the previous chip leaders have now bitten the felt.
Justin Kyriakides, who started the day as the chip leader went out in tenth. Soon after we lost another front runner, Anthony Robert, who was chip leader at the last break.
He was in a hand against Matthew Cox in which he had the Ace high flush and was quite happy to get it all in. But Matthew also had a flush, a straight flush and a huge pot of nearly 4m chips was shipped his way.
There are now eight players left and one elimination away from the 7-handed final table.
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Its Getting Hot in the PLO with Final Table In Sight
The Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha is now down to 12 players, with quite a few short stacks hanging in there. Anthony Robert is now the chip leader, with close to 2m. He’s been moved tables and is sitting next to the next biggest stack, 1.7m, commanded by Matthew Cox.
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Play Resumes, Louis Busts
Play has resumed in the final day of the PLO and we are now down to 13 players on two tables. Cesary is now chip mining better than anyone else and has assumed the chip lead with over 1m chips. Justin Kyriakides is also still well chipped up.
The latest player to hit the rail is Karim Louis, who busted in 14th. He had a flush draw on the flop, but missed, losing to a set of tens.
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PLO on Break
The PLO is now on break with three tables and 16 players still in. Play resumes at 9.30pm.
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Triple Up for Karim Louis in 3-Way All-In
Karim Louis was all-in for his last 90,000 in a 6-card hand, with the board reading
7♥9♥J♦His two opponents also moved in
Louis K♠J♠7♠7♦4♥2♥
Villain 1 K♣Q♣J♣10♦6♠4♣
Villain 2 K♦Q♦8♦8♥5♥4♦
Turn 2♦
At this point, Karim needed either the case seven or the case jack to survive.
Yes, you guessed it, as you read the title of this post before you got this far….
River J♥
Louis gets the cream, up to 300,000
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Slower Than Expected on Day 2
With so many short stacks returning today, there was an expectation that a lot would bust early in the day. That didn’t turn out to be the case and very few had found the rail in the first hour of play. With the blinds now on 4,000/8,000 (8,000), the pace of exits is now beginning to pick up and there are now 22 players left in.
Another player who recently chipped up is Cesary Wasilewski. He returned with 115k and is now on around 600,000.
“I Am Cesary” -
Lofti’s Stack Reaches New Heights
Lofti Boughanmi came back today with 377,000 chips, but he’s been on the move already, taking sizeable pots off both Sam Acheampong and Anthony Robert. This is the table with most of the chips, as Justin Kyriakides and Nigel Pinto are also on this one. He’s now up to 640,000.
Lofti Boughanmi -
Double Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1a
The poker room here at Genting Stratford is very busy. In addition to the final day of the PLO, the first starting day of the Double Mystery Bounty has begun, with 60 players in their seats.
You might be wondering what “double” means? It doesn’t mean is that you will get double the prize (although that would be nice). What it actually means is detailed below.
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Ashkat Bansal First Player Out
Ashkat Bansal is surprisingly the first player to bust on Day 2. He had a diamond draw, but missed and his opponent had a set of kings. With so many short stacks around, this is a quite a surprise, but then again, this is Omaha so anything can happen.
Ashkat departs with £240
Ashkat Bansal -
Stage* Set for Day 2 of poker.pro PLO
The thirty players who made it to the final day of the Poker.Pro sponsored £150 4/5/6 Card Pot Limit Omaha are all in the prize money, but for some who have made multiple entries, that might not yet mean making a profit.
The prize pool has now been checked, double checked, verified, clarified and confirmed and the winner will be walking away with £6,290. Unless of course there’s a deal and they redistribute the prize money. This is what they’re playing for.
Finishing Position Prize 1 £6,290 2 £4,060 3 £2,600 4 £1,740 5 £1,180 6 £940 7 £740 8 £580 9 £450 10–11 £400 12–13 £330 14–19 £270 20–23 £250 24–30 £240 Justin Kryiakides is the chip leader, having booked his seat into the final day from the opening flight, when he dominated his table, bagging a stack of 1,127,000. He’s the only player with a seven figure chip stack, but there a few others riding in his shadow. Dillan Patel is the closest challenger with 803,500.
There are also lots of short stacks, so we’re expecting a high attrition rate in the first few levels of the final day. Here is the Day 2 seating draw.
Play will resume at 7pm
Table Seat Player Name Chip Counts 25 1 Gary Dallison 147,000 25 2 Anil Daya 259,500 25 3 Mariusz Medlewski 204,000 25 4 Aleksandrs Bautra 167,000 25 5 Cezary Wasilewski 115,000 25 6 Anthony Robert 726,000 29 1 Akshat Bansal 260,500 29 2 Matthew Cox 676,000 29 3 Zack Ibrahim 196,000 29 4 Dillan Patel 803,500 29 5 Dariusz Konfiszcz 110,500 29 6 Matthew Maranga 76,000 30 1 Karim Louis 171,500 30 2 Ljubisa Nedimovic 374,000 30 4 Shahid Dawood 64,500 30 5 Habibur Rahman 764,000 30 6 Samuel Newsome 149,500 30 7 Lennox Haynes 210,500 31 1 Gaurav Kumar 453,500 31 2 Lotfi Boughanmi 377,500 31 3 Nigel Pinto 708,000 31 4 Justin Kyriakides 1,127,000 31 6 Sam Acheampong 247,500 31 7 Jonathan Weekes 379,500 32 1 Alexandru Vlatica 214,500 32 2 Ryan Wakefield 30,000 32 3 Howard Bentley 333,500 32 4 James Yeatman 97,500 32 5 Christopher Yong 139,500 32 7 Matas Gerdziunas 157,000 *Its not actually taking place on a stage
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