888 Poker Open - Heat Eight LIVE

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Good morning one and all - flippin' cold aint it!!!

Some cracking poker to warm you up with down here in Maidstone though... Heat Eight of the 888 Poker Open V kicks things off today

I had a seat draw moments ago, but someone tea-leafed it from me... grrrrr...

But the line-up is headed (in my totally biased opinion) by former England and Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour, with Nik Persaud, John Tabatabai, Richard Wheatley and qualifiers Mark Lee and Francesco Zandegiacomo...

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and here we go

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Nik raises to 6k with Jh7h and Taba on the SB folds and lee on the BB calls with Js10s

Flop 5hQh9s adn lee checks and nic bets 8k, lee calls

turn 8c, and lee checks and nik bets 28k. Lee goes all in !

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nik has a smile on his face, what a first hand!!

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Nik has 19 outs and he..............Marty has said he has 90 seconds and his hand has been ruled dead.

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Lee on the SB with 6d7d calls and Ray checks his 9h2s.

they check the 8c7s9s and the turn 5d and lee bets 2k and ray calls.

river Ad and Lee fires 6k and ray folds. lee takes the first two pots.

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lee on the button folds and ray with kdKc calls and Franc checks his 5s8d

Parlour bets 4k on the 9c8s7c aand franc calls

turn Ks and ray bets 4k and franc calls

river Jh and ray checks and franc bets 15k and ray calls and takes it.

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franc on the SB calls with 5h3c and nik checks his 9dJc

flop 5s10sKd and franc bets 5k, nik folds.

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lee limps with 33, nik calls with QJ, as does richard with KJ... 459 flop, checked, 6 on the turn, richard bets 6k... lee folds, and so does nik

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KcQs raise to 6k by Lee is reraised to 16k by richard with KhAc, call from Lee, 10h4h2s flop... richard bets 16k, lee folds

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nik raises 6k with As5s and takes it

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nik raises JdQd this time and takes two in a row

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nik calls with AJch and taba raises with QcQh 7k, lee folds and ray with 5d5c calls. nik calls

flop 2s2h9c and its checked to taba puts out a 13k bets and ray calls. nik gets out of the way.

turn 3c and ray checks and taba bets 24k and ray who has 99k left folds.

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taba with Jd10h raises and franca calls with KsQs and nik with Qs3d folds.

Flop 4h2d3h both check and turn 7s franc checks and taba bets 7k. franc folds and taba takes his second pot in a row.

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taba UTG folds, ray with 5d5s raises to 5k and nik with 6h6c calls and richar with Ad3d calls

flop Jh6d8s and its checked to ray who bets 12k, nik calls ad richard folds.

turn 4d and nik checks and ray checks

river 7c !!! nik is all in and ray cant call quick enough and NIK PERSAUD IS OUT IN 6TH PLACE

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ray raises to 6k with AdJc and lee on the bb with 9d5d calls.

flop Jd10hKc and lee checks and ray bets 10k and lee folds.

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Richard UTG with Ad10c raises and lee with QdJd calls. ray and franc fold.

flop 9sAsKh and richard bets 10ka and lee folds.

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Franc with KdJd calls and richard 3c4c checks his option.

flop Kc8h10 and richard bets 2c and franc calls turn 7c and they check it and river 6c and franc checks and richard bets 6k and franc calls and takes the pot.

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richard with 10d3h calls and taba raises his bb with 8cJc

board AdJsKs6d4h richard bets 5k and taba folds.

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franc with As6c raises to 6k and taba on the sb folds and lee on the bb with Ah4c calls

flop 6h3sQs and lee checks and franc bets 9k. lee folds.

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richard gets a walk

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end of the first level

ray 160,000
taba 125,000
richard 121,000
lee 112,000
franc 62,000

blinds are now 2k/4k

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ray UTG folds and franc with Ad8s raises 10k, richard folds and taba with kc2d folds and lee folds and franc takes it down

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lee UTG folds and ray with 8c5c raises to 12k. franc folds as does richard and taba.

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taba with 6s4d passes and lee gets a walk

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taba raises to 10k with 10s10h and lee calls with As9h.

flop Ks3c9s and taba bets 14k, lee checks his cards and raises to 28k total. taba looks over and says what have you got??

taba folds.

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ray calls with Ah6d and franc checks

flop Jh2c10s and ray checks and franc bets 5k and ray folds.

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on a flop of 3c2d4c richard bets 4k and franc calls. turn 10c and they both check.

river Qh and franc bets 9k and richard mucks.

franc 2c5c
richard 8d4d

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ray with AsJs rasies to 12k and richard with 4c4s reraises to 32k, its back to ray who folds.

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ray UTG As8c calls and taba calls with Qs5h and lee with Adc10h checks

flop 7h10d9c and its checked

turn 10c and taba bets 7k, lee calls and ray calls.

river 4d and taba bets 13k, lee raises to 26k ray gets out of the way and tab folds.

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taba on the button with Kd10c folds and lee with 6h6d raises to 8k and ray with 9hJc calls

flop Js3c4h and lee checks and ray bets 10k can lee calls. turn 8s lee checks and ray 16k its back to lee and he folds.

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lee on the button with KdQc raises to 8k and ray calls with Jh10d, its on franc who folds.

flop 2h10h4s and its checked

turn 5h ray bets 10k and lee folds.

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lee with 6d6c raises to 8k and franc with Jc9c calls and richard with As7c

flop Js10dJh and franc checks and richard bets 14k. lee passes and Franc calls.

turn is the 9d and franc checks and richard fires 24k and franc calls.

river Kc and franc goes all in and richard asks for a count its 52k and richard passes.

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lee with AcQs raises to 8k and ray calls with 10d6d

flop 5h9c2d and they both check turn Qc and lee bets 10k and ray folds.

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taba with AdQc raises to 12k and franc with Ac8h calls.

flop 5h2dAs and they both check, turn Jd and franc bets 21k and taba goes all in and franc calls.

franc needs a date with an 8 to knock out taba......and the river is 8c!!!!!!!!

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josh tyler is in the premises and he has one hell of a lairy shirt and he wants to borrow money. this boy must be skint!

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blinds are 3k/6k

flop As5dQh and richard bets 30k and ray calls.

ray AsJs
richard Ah8d

the turn Ks and they check and the river is the 9s and Ray goes all in and richard folds.

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lee calls with Ks9s and ray calls with Qd2d and franc with 10c5h raises to 18k - limpers tax!

lee folds and ray folds.

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richard is all in with Kh6d and gets it through

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richard with Ad2h folds and lee with 10s8s folds and ray calls with JcQs and franc checks 8h7s

flop 4h8c10c ray checks and franc bets 10k and ray calls

turn 9h and ray checks and franc bets 15k ray raises to 30k total. Franc calls

the river is the 7d and ray bets 30k its a 120k pot and franc folds.

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richard calls with 9h3h and lee with 10c7d checks

flop 2d8c6c and its checked

turn Jd check by richard and lee bets 6k and takes it.

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chip counts

ray 251,000
franc 184,000
lee 131,000
richard 34,000

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lee on the button raises with Kd9h and franc with Jh6d folds.

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franc JdJc raises to 16k and richard folds and lee with Ah3d fold as does ray

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richard with As8h raises to 20k and lee folds and ray folds and franc with 64o folds.

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lee UTG with KcJs raises to 16k and ray with AsQc calls and franc folds and richard with Ac3c calls.

flop 6s8dJd and richard checks and lee bets 16k and ray folds as does richard.

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Franc on the button with Ks8s folds... Lee with 7s5s, richard with Js7d is all-in on the 872 flop, 39k for Lee to call... which he does

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5 on the turn, J on the river.... richard wheatley picks up a big hand there..

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211 ray, 193 franc, 106 lee, 90 richard

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blinds 5k/10k

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lee raises to 20k with Ac7c and franc calls with Kc4c

flop 3h3s8h, checked 5s on the turn, franc bets 18k and lee folds

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parlour raises Ah9h to 30k, franc holds AsKd and calls...

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7s4s7c on the flop... parlour bets 40k, franc folds

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parlour with 4c4h, richard with 78 and Lee 9Q both call... 92J flop gets 10k from ray, richard folds, Lee calls... 8c on the turn, check check, 7 on the river... check check - mark lee takes it

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lee Ah7s raises 30k... ray with 7c7d calls - As9h for franc who passes... 3Q3 flop, 30k from lee, parlour calls... 7 on the turn... trouble here surely...

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lee all-in, ray asking how much and calls... and the 4 on the river is dead and so is MARK LEE AS THE THIRD PLAYER OUT OF HEAT 8 OF THE 888 POKER OPEN V... Ray Parlour in control at the table now... 352k now

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Parlour raises to 30k with Qd10d.. richard all-in with Kh7s... and ray calls... QK2 flop, K on the turn, 8 on the river, big double up for Richard Wheatley....

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282 parlour, 173 franc, 145 wheatley

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franc raises 25k with Ac4h, ray calls with 3s3h, 9A7 flop, check from ray, and franc bets 38k and ray folds - show of the Ace from franc

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ray limps with Jd10h, franc calls 510 - KsJs6h, ray checks, franc bets 10k and ray calls, 7h, both check, 3h on the river 10k from parlour, franc folds

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franc with Kh3h on the sb calls and richard with 6s2c checks

2d7h4c and franc checks and richard bets 10k and franc folds.

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Franc on the button folds and richard calls with jh6d ray As3d

they check the 10d2d8s and they check the kd turn, river 8h and its checked and ray takes it.

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richard on the button folds and ray raises to 20k with QcQd and franc with Kh8c

flop 4d4s5s and ray bets 25k and frank folds.

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ray to act first Js10s calls and franc calls with 8d6s and richard checks his 72o

flop 4s3d3h all checked the turn 8s and franc bets 14k and richard folds and ray calls

river Qh and they check it and franc takes it.

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richard with Jc5h rasies to 25k and franc calls with Kh8d

flop 7s6sjd and franc checks and richard bets 30k. franc folds em.

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ray on the button folds franc raises to 20k with Kh9d and richard calls with Kd10d

flop 5d3s4s checked turn 9s franc bets 48k and richard folds.

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franc with 8c2c on the sb calls and richard with 8d3h checks

flop KsQhJd franc bets 10k and richard folds.

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franc Ah2d raises to 22k and richard is all in with Ac6c ray folds and franc folds.

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ray 7d6h calls and franc with 4s3h checks

flop 4c5s2scand franc bets 10k and ray calls

turn 7c ray checks and franc checks river 6c and ray checks and franc checks and takes it.

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franc with Ad2c raises to 26k and richard with AcQs and franc folds.

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ray 237,000
franc185,000
richard 178,000

blinds are now up to 7k/15k

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richard calls with Jh6s and ray with 9h10d

flop JsQH7h richard bets and ray calls

turn 3h and its checked river 5c and richard checks and ray bets 15kand Richard calls.

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richard with As2c raises 40k and ray folds as does franc

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richard with 7s5h raises to 30k and ray with As2c goes all in, richard....folds

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richard with Ac5h raises 40ka nd ray folds and franc with KdJs calls.

flop 5c3sQs andd franc checks as does richard

turn 2h and its checked

river 10s and its checked.

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richard with QsJd ray 7c3s

flop 4h8s10s checked turn 7h richard checks and ray bets 15k and richard calls

river 6s and they both check it ray takes it

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franc is all in with 8s8d and takes the blinds.

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ray Ad2s raises to 40k and franc folds and Richard with Jh9s calls

flop 5c10s2c richard checks and ray bets 40k. richard folds.

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franc with Qc7d folds and richard raises with 7h4c and ray with 5d6d calls

flop 3s3d2c and richard bets 50k and ray folds.

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ray Ac4c raises to 50k and franc 3d9d folds.

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richard with Ac5d raises to 40k and ray folds and franc with 8d 3d folds.

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franc with Jc9s raises to 40k and richard folds.

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richard 241,000
ray 191,000
franc 168,000

blinds are up to 10k/20k

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franc with 8cJc call and richard with Qs2c checks

flop 4c3s7s bothe checked turn 5s checked and the river Ac franc checks and richard bets 20k, franc folds.

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franc folds and richard with 9c6s raises to 50k and ray with KdJd calls

flop 8s3s5s and they check it turn 4c richard checks and ray goes all in and richard folds.

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6d5h for richard and parlour checks his Qh7c

flop Qd8d6c

richard bets 40k and ray pusches all in........................

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richard folds it .

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richard all in with Ah7s and franc with Ad5c and he folds.

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ray 6d6c and raises to 60k and franc with Kd10h passs and richard 10c9c folds.

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richard is all in with Kh5c and ray with Ac9h calls!!!!!!................

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flop 6cKd7s

turn Jd

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the river 8s

richard doubles up

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ray AhQd raises 60k and franc goes all in with Ac9c ray calls

flop 3d10s6s turn 8s and the river Qh and FRANC IS OUT IN THIRD PLACE AND WE ARE HEADS UP.

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Ray Parlour 415,000
Richard Wheatly 185,000

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Richard Js2s calls and ray with As2h raises 50k more and richard folds.

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ray with Kh7h calls and richard raises 80k with 4s4d and ray folds.

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Richard 8c6c calls and ray checks his 4d2s

flop Ks8d7d richard bets 80k and ray folds.

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ray Jh6d raises and Richard goes all in with 7h7s. its back to ray and its 155k to call...........

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he shakes his head and folds.

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richard 10hKh raises 60k and ray is all in with AhJd

flop Kd9h5turn 4s and river 7c and richard doubles up to 550,000 and ray 50,000

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on there back

ray JdJs
Richard 10c2c

flop 6s5dAs turn 4s river 8h and ray is up to 80k

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Ray all in with Js10d and richard with 7h8h calls.

Flop As4c8c turn 3d river 3c AND RAY PARLOUR GOES INTO THE RUNNERS UP TURBO HEAT AND RICHARD WHEATLEY GOES INTO THE SEMI FINALS.