FPC-ME February Champion Leslie Kerrigan

Morgan Sorfleet got his last 280,000 in and Les Kerrigan calls.

Sorfleet
Kerrigan

The board runs out
Morgan Sorfleet is our Runner Up – he wins £8,035

Morgan Sorfleet

Les has taken a commanding chiplead. Morgan held King Queen on a board and Les held

Morgan is down to around 382,000 and wastes no time getting it in the very next hand – but Les passes. Les has close to 90% of the chips in play. With the blinds at 15,000 – 30,000 with a 2,000 Morgan surely can’t wait too long…

Les Kerrigan

We have our final two. The stacks are…

Les Kerrigan 1,350,000
Morgan Sorfleet 1,820,000

Heads Up Play

Mario Lazarou moves All-In Preflop and Morgan Sorfleet calls.

Mario
Morgan

It’s nice and civil as Morgan wishes Mario good luck before they race and they shake hands.

The Board runs to give Morgan a Full House Tens Full of Eights. He takes a commanding chiplead going into heads up play.

Mario Lazarou is our third place finisher and takes away £5,075

Mario Lazarou

Morgan Surfleet has taken the chiplead. He raises the button and Les Kerrigan calls in the Big Blind.

The Flop
Les checks and Morgan bets 55,000. Les calls.

The Turn
Agains Les check calls – this time for 115,000

The River
Les checks and Morgan fires again – this time for 140,000. Les takes a while to call but does so.

Morgan shows and Les’s cards go in the muck.

Morgan Sorfeet

Mario Lazarou is the shortstack with 400,000. Morgan and Les each have over a million in chips with Les having the lead at the moment.

Les Kerrigan opens first to act raising to 50,000. Morgan Sorfleet passes on his button. Mario Lazarou calls in the small blind before Chris Gordon moves All-In from the Big Blind for his half a million in chips.

Les Kerrigan start to chat – “You better get your pen and paper ready!” he shouts over to us. He asks for an approximation of Chris’s stack and then for Mario’s “In case you want to get involved”.

Les Kerrigan

He eventually calls and Mario’s cards are in the muck as they go to showdown. When Chris sees Les’s holding he is aghast – “Were you every going to fold?”

“Probably not!” comes the reply, “But I never make snap decisions”

Chris Gordon won the London Calling Main Event in November 2011 here at Fox Poker Club with his girlfriend on the rail. He turns to her this time for luck…

“I’m ok!” he says. But when the flop comes with the in the window and , he has to revise his statement, “That’s bad…”

Indeed it comes and to send Chris out of the tournament. He collects £4,095 and goes home happy to hear that London Calling will be returning over Easter in April with it’s £500+£40 Main Event and Side Events…

Chris Gordon Winning the London Calling Main Event November 2011 - Photographed by Anne Laymond (pokerpics.co.uk)

The players have shaved £500 off the top prize to make the next player receive over £4,000. The Fox Poker Club is happy to oblige to ensure that any deals are conducted in a fair and open manner.

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The Prizes Now Stand at…

There is £29,820 left to play for tonight. Plus the title of FPC-ME Champion obviously!

The stacks as they stand (approximate counts)

Les Kerrigan 880,000
Morgan Sorfleet 1,300,000
Mario Lazarou 450,000
Chris Gordon 585,000

Final Table