Pat Donohue is on Cloud 9 at this time after padding his bankroll with £75,100, the biggest money of his poker profession. Donohue collected that colossal sum after popping out on prime of a 200-strong area within the £1,500 Excessive Curler occasion on the Grosvenor Poker Goliath collection in Coventry.
The 200 entrants created a £259,200 prize pool that the highest 20 finishers shared. The 2023 PokerNews Cup champion Johnny Kelly was among the many in-the-money finishers, as had been Rob Boon, Ben Margedze, and remaining desk bubble boy Ravi Sheth.
£1,500 Goliath Excessive Curler Closing Desk Outcomes
Jacob Bryant’s time on the nine-handed remaining desk was short-lived as a result of his ace-jack fell foul to the flopped two pair of Yucel Eminoglu, made with king-queen. Byrant collected £6,000 for his ninth-place end, his second Grosvenor remaining desk of 2024.
Leeds’ Jamie O’Connor joined Bryant on the rail, after gathering £7,000 from the cashier’s desk. You have to win your coinflips to win tournaments, however O’Connor’s pocket tens misplaced in opposition to ace-king.
The Excessive Curler turned an all-male affair with Candice Good‘s elimination. Good completed fourth within the £2,000 Excessive Curler at GUKPT Manchester earlier this yr and got here unstuck in seventh on this event after committing her stack with prime pair and a flush in a hand in opposition to Donohue. Donohue light a number of outs earlier than spiking a king on the river to ship Good house in seventh for £8,300.
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The ultimate six turned 5 when “Bobby N” open-shoved with king-six for eight massive blinds, and Donohue referred to as with the superior ace-queen. A ten-high board saved Donohue’s hand the perfect, “Bobby N” busted and banked £10,000 for his efforts.
Donohue appeared unstoppable and elevated his already massive stack by claiming Man Taylor‘s chips. Taylor received his final 14 massive blinds into the center with ace-eight, solely to run into Donohue’s dominating ace-king. No drama from the group playing cards, and Taylor was gone in fifth for £14,000.
Recent from his runner-up end within the $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Tremendous Seniors occasion on the 2024 World Collection of Poker (WSOP), Eminoglu noticed his Excessive Curler journey finish in a fourth-place end price £20,000. Eminoglu’s short-stack shove with ace-four was referred to as by Iwan Jones holding ace-ten, and Jones spiked a ten on the river to make two pair.
Jones then claimed nearly all of Dan Laidlaw‘s stack when his ace-queen prevailed in opposition to Laidlaw’s pocket tens. The 35 massive blind pot slid to Jones, whereas Laidlaw was left on life help. Laidlaw’s makes an attempt to spin up his micro stack proved futile, and he made his strategy to the cashier to financial institution £30,500, the biggest rating of the teenager’s profession to date.
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Donohue held a sizeable lead over Jones going into heads-up, however Jones is a vastly skilled grinder who was by no means going to go down with no combat. Jones clawed his method nearer to Donohue however what turned out to be the ultimate hand was one thing of a cooler.
Jones limped in with four-deuce of hearts and referred to as a elevate from Donohue, which he made with ace-three of hearts. You realize what’s coming subsequent: the flop fell queen-nine-five all hearts. Donohue led, and Jones referred to as. An off swimsuit three on the flip was greeted with one other wager from Donohue and a name from Jones. One other three rolled off on the river, and Donohue saved his foot on the fuel and wager once more, sending Jones into the tank. Jones jammed midway via his second time financial institution card, and Donohue snapped him off.
Jones was proven the unhealthy information that his child flush was second greatest and was resigned to the £49,100 comfort prize. In the meantime, Donohue claimed the £75,100 first-place prize, eclipsing the £23,730 he received for a fourth-place end within the 2022 GUKPT London Predominant Occasion.
The £200 Goliath Continues Pulling in Large Crowds
After seeing 120 gamers progress from the 1,488 entrants on Day 1a of the Goliath and one other 117 surviving from a area of 1,428 on Day 1b, Day 1c was anticipated to be a lot smaller as a result of it came about on Monday. Nevertheless, that was not the case as a result of one other 1,155 gamers purchased in on Day 1c, taking the entire attendance to 4,071 after three of eight flights! Together with preregistration, the prize pool presently sits at a powerful £933,440.
Ninety-nine Day 1c gamers progressed, with John Cullen (986,000) bagging up the flight’s chip lead. Others who punched their Day 2 tickets from this flight included Keith Littlewood (453,000), Alex Montgomery (394,000), Christopher Johnson (308,000), and Staff Grosvenor’s Jamie Nixon (185,000).
Day 1d begins at 12:00 p.m. on July 30, and one other four-figure crowd is very possible.
Photos courtesy of Grosvenor Poker and the wonderful Mickey Might
