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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 11:26 AM
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happy as bunny in a box of carrots :)
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The 888 Poker sponsored pro will head into today's final table fourth in chips and is in a great position to add a UKIPT title to his already impressive poker résumé. Holden finished ninth in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event for a cool $782,115 and has since finished 12th at UKIPT Edinburgh and had another amazing run at this year's WSOP Main Event by finishing 55th . He is certainly one to watch when the cards are back in the air this lunchtime.
Follow his latest tweets here http://twitter.com/Sam_Holden888 Where Sam will try to give updates when play restarts at noon.
GL Sam.
Post, then make another post and then post even more.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 03:48 PM
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Sam 30 minutes ago was on 3.6m chips, level 26 blinds 25/50k . At this point chippo with 5 players left. TID !!
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:02 PM
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A rusty old bucket down by the barn sings...I'm going to shine one day.
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go goooooo Sam
in transition
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:28 PM
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Sams not getting the luck at the moment. Down to 4 now though.
4.10pm: The bank of Holden
If you need chips this level, just ask Sam Holden for them. He's just doubled up another player, the very grateful Chris Ferguson. The latter open shoved 735,000 from under the gun and was called Holden on the button to create the showdown. Ferguson: J♣T♣
Holden: A♣Q♦ The board ran 9♥A♥7♣5♦8♥ to make Ferguson a straight on the river. Holden looked visibly disappointed, the opposite to Ferguson and his large contingent on the rail. "You're free-rolling now!" Commented Alexander Jobling to the victor. That put him up to more that 1.5 million. Holden dropped further to 2,280,000
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:34 PM
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Hope this is ok to put these updates up on here. Apologies if it is not ok.
4.15pm: Holden gets some back Sam Holden has stopped the rot by taking a chunky pot from Chris Ferguson in a blind on blind battle.
Ferguson raised to 100,000 pre-flop and Holden defended.
On the K♠Q♠8♣flop Ferguson fired 130,000, call from Holden.
TheQ♥ hit the turn, bet of 220,000 from Ferguson, call from Holden.
Both players checked the 6♣ river, Holden showed a flushing but ultimately one pair6♠4♠ which bested the up and down but ultimately missed J♣T♦ of Ferguson.
Holden climbs to 2,800,000 whilst Ferguson drops to 1,075,000.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:42 PM
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4.30pm: David Knight doubles through Sam Holden
Sam Holden has now lost three all-in's on the bounce and this is probably the one that''s hurt the most so far.
He opened to 120,000 in the cut-off with pocket kings, David Knight moved all-in for 510,000 with pocket queens and Holden naturally called the extra.
The T♦5♠4c] changed nothing.
The Q♣ turn though gave Knight a set and the Q♠ river was, as one of Knight's boisterous rail said, overkill.
-- NW LEVEL UP: BLINDS 30,000-60,000 ante 5,000
It does happen live as well then! Unlucky sam again. Still in though, still 4 remaining.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:45 PM
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Chip counts. Sam 2.5m david knight 970,000 alex jobling 3.9m chris ferguson 1.9m
30/60k blinds 5k ante.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 04:54 PM
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Another thing we see online and smile, a chopped pot with a straight for both players.
4.47pm: Holden can't catch a break
Sam Holden is having a nightmare period, but it hasn't derailed him from playing aggressive poker. After he lost that latest showdown he went on to win the next two pots with three-bets. Then came another all in showdown, and guess what? He didn't win it. It wasn't all bad news though as the pot ended in a chop. David Knight opened to 125,00 from under the gun and was called by Alexander Jobling before Holden three-bet up to 450,000. Very quickly, Knight moved all in for a little less than 900,000 chips. Jobling folded and Holden said he had to call, but didn't seem to like it. Knight: A♦5♦
Holden: A♥9♠ The board ran 9♣T♣7♦J♦8♠ putting a straight on the board.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 05:03 PM
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Jobling big chip leader now on about 6m. About 2/3rds on the chips in play after picking up 2 decent pots against sam holden and ferguson.
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9 months ago ::
10 Sep 12 05:25 PM
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Sorry for the delay doing the kids tea. Still 4 remaining, the 2 short stacks has a little battle here.
Two more short stacks double
We've seen so many double-ups, many as set-ups with big hands matching up against each other. Chris Ferguson has lost most of the small pots he's played but won most the big ones. He called an Alexander Jobling small blind raise whilst sat in the big blind to see a K♥4♣K♣flop. It was an action flop as both players quickly committed their chips. Jobling opened K♠J♦ for trips, ahead of Ferguson's drawing Q♣T♣. The latter got instant service as the board ran out 8♣2♠. He didn't hold on those new-found chips long though. The next time he was in the big blind he faced a button raise from David Knight. Ferguson three-bet called his opponent's shove and the cards were on their backs. Ferguson: Q♦Q♣
Knight: K♣K♦ The board ran J♣5♦5♠5♣9♠.
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