Jonathan Raab as Master of Ceremonies, with Sue Morrell, general manager(ess) of the Grosvenor Casino Brighton presenting Julian with his second GUKPT trophy.
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…after Karim raised to 170k, Julian re-raised to 470k. Karim pushed and Julian called!
Julian: 5-5
Karim: A-Q
Board: 9-6-2-K-3
Which means that Julian Thew takes the pot with a pair of fives, and with it becomes the 2008 Brighton GUKPT Champion, taking home £86,800 + £3,000 Grand Final Seat + Trophy + iPod Nano.
Karim Louis takes home £46,200 + iPod Nano for his efforts this weekend.
Well done to Julian for becoming the first person to win 2 GUKPT’s!
Julian takes down the first confrontation … he raises to 150k and is called and bets 200k on the flop .. Karim flashes pocket 33’s and folds. … majoriy of blind steals going to Julian too … 1.9 mil to Julian .. 900k to Karim.
Blinds 25k 50k ante 3k
1.2 million for Karim : 1.6 million for Julian .. the Nottingham chappie grinding the lead back … off for a leakage break.
…after a massive pot. Julian bet 40k on the turn of a 9-9-J-10 board, and Karim flat called. Karim then bet 100k on the A river, only to see Julian raise it to 240k. Karim called, and flipped Q-8 for the straight, whilst Julian grimly showed 9-6 for the flopped trips.
Karim on approx 1.6m, Julian on 1.2m.
Blinds are actually still going up every hour .. should be every 45 mins headsup .. they are quite even in chips .. Julian still with a slight advantage.
…after Julian raised to 120k preflop, Karim called and they saw a Qs-3h-2h flop. Karim bet out 100k and Julian called. The turn brought the 4h and Karim bet again, this time 200k. This was enough to get Julian to pass.
Julian got the chips back next hand though…Karim on approx. 1.2m.
Blinds 20k 40k ante 2k
Karim shoved all in preflop for 620k. Julian said “This is the hand I won the EPT with, I call!”
Karim: A-Q
Julian: A-8
Board: J-5-6-Q-2
Karim takes the pot with a pair of queens and is now on 1,240,000.
Blinds will increase every 20 mins now.
…after Karim raised to 80k, Julian re-raised to 300k. Karim shoved and Julian called!
Karim: 10-10
Julian: A-Q
Board: Q-K-4-2-2
Julian takes the pot with the higher 2 pair, Queens and Twos. He now has just over 2 million in chips…