£1,000 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

07-22-2022 15:04 UTC

Hui Sends Chung to the Rail

Phil Toogood

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Shun Bok Hui was heads up against Timothy Chung on a river with the board reading . Hui was in early position and Chung to his direct left.

Hui had bet 2,000 into a pot of about 10,000 chips and Chung responded by moving all in for around 8,000. Hui made the call and tabled for the nut flush against the two pair of Chung, eliminating Chung.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shun Bok Hui	37,000 19,000	19,000
Timothy Chung	Busted

07-22-2022 14:51 UTC

Sidhu Deep Into Tank Before Sniffing Out Bluff

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Phil Toogood

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

After Kuljinder Sidhu had opened from the cutoff to 800, J. B. in the small blind made it 3,000 and Sidhu called when it folded back to him.

On a flop of , J. B bet 2,000 and Sidhu called.

The turn caused a jam from J. B covering Sidhu's 11,100 stack. Sidhu then went deep into the tank taking at least 2 minutes to call before showing for top pair. J. B showed and chuckled, directing his laughter at how long he thought Sidhu took to call with his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kuljinder Sidhu	32,000
J. B.	20,000 11,500	11,500

07-22-2022 14:37 UTC

Boat Over Boat In Brutal Cooler

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Phil Toogood

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Andrew Bullen was in the hijack heads-up against Duc Cao in the cutoff on the river with the board reading . Bullen checked to Cao who bet 7,000 into the pot of around 14,000.

Bullen responded by jamming, covering Cao for another 9,000 more and Cao snapped him off.

Andrew Bullen:
Duc Cao:

It was a rough run out for Bullen who had flopped the best hand and turned a boat, only for Cao to river one of his two outs to re-take the lead he had preflop.

Bullen could only smile, showing his class as he lost the brutal cooler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duc Cao	43,000 19,000	19,000
Andrew Bullen	6,000 14,000	14,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

07-22-2022 14:21 UTC

Chung Chipping Up

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Phil Toogood

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After under-the-gun raised, Shun Bok Hui called from the cutoff and so did Timothy Chung from the button. The other players folded and they were three players to a flop.

caused it to be checked to Chung who bet 1,500. After the early position player folded, Hui made the call.

Both Hui and Chung checked the turn but on a river, once Hui checked again, Chung fired 7,000 and Hui mucked his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chung	35,000
Shun Bok Hui	18,000

07-22-2022 14:04 UTC

Cooler Leaves French Short, Busts Next Hand

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Phil Toogood

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After Lee French had opened from middle position, it was the cutoff of his opponent J. B. that moved all in and French called once it folded back to him.

J. B. :
Lee French:

The case king spiked on the board of giving the full double to J. B. and leaving French with just 2,500. He busted the next hand to a different player.

Player	Chips	Progress
J. B.	31,500
Lee French	Busted

07-22-2022 13:54 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Phil Toogood

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nigel Quelch	53,000 31,000	31,000
Clemente Carobene	47,000 27,000	27,000
Ryan Mandara	45,000
Andrew Christoforou	44,000 7,000	7,000
Mark Wackrill	42,000 42,000	42,000
Faisel Alnouri	30,000 10,000	10,000

07-22-2022 13:38 UTC

Arovaara Doubles Then Busts Same Player

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Phil Toogood

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After Tom Arovaara had bet 900 from the hijack versus the middle position player to his direct right after that player checked, he got the call on the board of , growing the pot to around 3,500.

On a turn of , his opponent check-jammed over the 3,800 bet of Arovaara and was snapped off.

Tom Arovaara:
Opponent:

The river didn't change anything as Arovaara doubled with a set.

In the next hand, that same opponent limped in for 200 with a 1,300 total stack. Arovaara responded by moving all in for around 16,000 and everyone else at the table mucked. The opponent made the call and cards were tabled.

Opponent:
Arovaara: