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Play is due to commence at 3pm, but is likely to be delayed.

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And here is the full list of players:

Abecassis, Michael
Aktell, Greger
Alsanea, Abdulaziz
Andersson, Emil
Aqeel, Rehman
Aston, Adrian
Barnes, David
Batten, Tony
Bekkevold, Robert
Bennett, George
Berg, Anders
Bergren, David
Bihl, Thomas
Black, Andrew
Bokor, David
Broadhurst, David
Brown, Chad
Bruce, Chris
Butler, Roger
Callaghan, Frank
Callow, Kim
Chaffee, Rick
Chessa, Anthony
Christensen, Oyvind
Christodoulou, Mark
Christoffersson, Paul
Cohen, Robert
Convery, Christopher
Coombes, James
Cooper, Aleksander
Coren, Victoria
Cox, Ian
Creagh, Adrian
Daneshgar, David
Danielsson, Jonas
Davenport, James
Davidsen, Peter
Day, Stephen
Deck, Woody
Delaney, Peter
Dobbelaere, Kurt
Dodet, Daniel
Dorrance-Bowman, Dustin
Duvall, Jeffrey
Dyrstad, Allan
Edespong, Erik
Eichhardt, Peter
Finney, David Charles
Fonda, Ryan
Fougeron, Thomas
Fox, Stuart
Frazer, Ian
Gale, John
Garcia-Pelayo, Oscar
Gardner, Julian
Garfield, Robert
Gavatin, Mats
Gibson, Nick
Glover, Alan
Goodwin, Mark
Gould, Peter
Gourlay, Paul
Graczyk, K
Grech, Joseph
Greco, Michael
Green, M
Greenstein, Barry
Gregory, Dave
Groneng, Oyvind
Grospellier, Bertrand
Grundtvig, Christian
Gryko, Richard
Hablesreiter, H
Hachem, Joe
Hagen, Andreas
Hale, Nicholas
Hansen, Brian
Hansen, Gustav
Harris, Sid
Harvey, Charles
Hawkins, Mark
Heinanen, Pasi
Hellness, Jonas
Helppi, Jula
Herrmann, Adam
Hewston, John
Hietalahti, Jussi
Hillbom, Conny
Hinton, Chris
Holden, Anthony
Holstrup, Frederik
Hoog, Jesper
Hunt, Thomas
Hussain, Arshad
Huyton, Chris
Iremark, Matts
Jackson, Paul
Jelassi, Ramzi
Jenson, Anders
Jetten, Peter
Johannes, Steindi
Jones, Norman
Jones, Iwan
Jorgensen, Theo
Judah, Melvyn
Judges, Darren
Kelly, John-Paul
Khajuria, Lalit
Khan, Michael
Kimber, J
King, Paul
Kjondal, Kristian
Kohli, Bhupinder
Kollmann, Erich
Kravchenko, Alexander
Kuusik, Jules
Lagerborg, Tore
Leng, Ang-Pang
Lindback, Mikael
Lundgren, Karin
Lundin, Anton
Mangin, Charles
Martensson, Patric
Maxfield, Paul
McKeever, George
Mclean, Allan
Mehrmand, Davood
Meijberg, Abel
Melikian, Ara
Mohammed, Barkatul Hassan
N.Sarbaghi, M.r
Needleman, Daniel
Netter, Tyler
Newman, Graeme
Nikolay, Losev
Nygren, Lenda
Oberholzer, Stefan
Odea, Don
Olson, Carl
Ostebrod, Gunnar
Paez, Raul
Parker, John
Pedersen, R
Persson, John
Poynton, John
Preston, Terris
Rad, Nariman
Rafferty, Joseph
Rahmm, Mats
Redmond, Richard
Reveillon, Damien
Ritburg, Hans
Riviere, Karen Sebastian
Romanello, Antonio
Rousso, Vanessa
Ryan, Daniel
Saethren, Vivi
Sahamies, Ilari
Sambrook, Tom
Sanders, Dean
Schweinebarth, Oscar
Selin, Patrik
Shallow, David Anthony
Shevket, Yilfer
Silvestri, Mario
Slade, Nick
Smith, David
Sonnert, Bengt
Soulier, Fabrice
Sprengers, Benjamin
Storakers, Johan
Strandli, Aleksander
Sunar, Surinder
Sundbo, Sverre
Sverisson, Halldor
Tahtouh, Emad
Tann, Willie
Taylor, Stuart
Taylor, Kerry
Thater, Katja
Theisen, Jonathan
Thunvik, Daniel
Todd, Alexander
Togsverd, Chistian
Ulsrud, Christopher
Vallo, Martin
Vivet, Nicolai
Vladar, Xuyen
Wahlroos, Thomas
Walls, Brendan
Walmsley, Stephen
Wendt, M
Westerlund, Mikael
Wiermyhr, Kristian
Williams, Jeff
Wong, Alex
Wooldridge, Warren
Zambakides, Nicholas

And Day 1A survivors:

Lodden, Johnny -- 126,700
Boatman, Barny -- 87,100
Sneibjerg, Torben -- 83,100
Muldoon, Michael -- 73,900
Rutter, Stuart -- 61,500
Shorr, Shannon -- 60,200
Rivenaes, Ivar -- 60,000
Zach, Simon -- 58,900
Boatman, Ross -- 56,500
Flanders, Tim -- 55,500
Kabbaj, John -- 54,100
Molander, Molander - -53,300
Parker-Bowles, Tom -- 52,100
Shakhtoor, Samir -- 51,700
Lemercier, Damien -- 50,700
Bardha,   Ferenc   46,200
Mallu, Alli -- 46,100
Hayles, Ashley -- 46,000
Ivey, Phil -- 42,200
Bradshaw, Andrew -- 38,900
Rodgers, Jeffrey -- 37,200
Huberman, Alon -- 36,800
Mercier, Isabelle -- 36,000
Kanwar, Vik -- 35,200
Robl, Andrew -- 33,700
Hapak, Samuel   33,100
Cook, Mick -- 32,900
Ellis, Michael   -- 32,800
Vaswani, Ram -- 28,300
Tommaso, Feminella -- 28,100
Buffenbarger, Jeffrey -- 26,900
Bastow, Frank -- 25,700
Davis, Will -- 25,300
Betson, Alan -- 25,100
Sjåvik, Jan -- 24,400
Akenhead, James -- 23,900
Vance, Tim -- 21,200
Mickey Wernick -- 12,600

1st casualty = Mats Iremark

nut flush vs straight flush on A-3-4-x-x board.

Willie Tann -- 9,650
Joe Hachem -- 9,325
Kravchenko -- 8,325
Martin Wendt -- 9,325
JP Kelly -- 7,300
Mel Judah -- 9,800
John Hewston -- 9,725
Dubai -- 4,850
Jeff Williams -- 1,625
John Gale -- 13,750
Mark HAwkins -- 12,000
Ramzi Jelassi -- 10,475
Barry Greenstein -- 7,625
Paul Jackson -- 4,550
Tony Chessa -- 8,925
Bhupinder Kholi -- 8,575
Vicki Coren -- 10,475
Nick Slade -- 8,850

Nick Gibson is OUT

set of threes versus set of eights

then A-Q v A-A

Kerry Taylor -- 10,625
Thomas Wahlroos -- 8,800
Woody Deck -- 21,100
Joe Hachem -- 7,300
Dave Shallow -- 4,150
Alan McLean -- 6,675
Jeff Williams -- OUT
Donnacha O'Dea -- 10,200
Steve Wilsdon -- 10,800
JP Kelly -- 4,750
Andy Black -- 12,450
John Hewston -- 8,000

Barry Greenstein - 2,775
Gus Hansen - circa 14,000 (but he has his grubby mitts all over them, so I can't count properly)
Vanessa Rousso - 12,500

Stephen Walmsley -- 11,750
Mark Hawkins -- 7,400
Chris Bruce -- 9,000
Vicki Coren -- 9,225
Juha Helppi -- 7,175
Marc Goodwin -- 10,425
Iwan Jones -- 15,100
Lalit K -- 10,250
Tom Sandbrook -- 7,400
Jeff Kimber -- 9,300
Martin Green -- 6,500
Paul Jackson -- 4,000
Vanessa Rousso -- 19,775
John Hewston -- 18,000
Tony Chessa -- 13,525

Hewston is up to 18k courtesy of Andy Black.

A-A vs Q-Q all-in preflop.

Ian Frazer -- 7,000
Tony Chessa -- 10,400
Joe Grech -- 8,450
Paul Maxfield -- 13,725
Mark Hawkins -- 8,550
Julian Gardner -- 4,125
Michael Grecko -- 15,450
Gus Hansen -- 11,950
Bengt Sommer -- 14,350
Sverre Sundbo -- 6,625
Barry Greenstein -- 1,425

Mark Christodoulous scoops a big pot against Mats Rahm, on a flop Q-9-x-x-x, Mark's Nines took a chunk from Mats' Aces

Michael Abecassis doubles up thanks to Ian Frazer.

Frazer check-raised Abecassis' 600 bet on a  Js 7d 4c to 2300, but found himself unable to pass when Abecassis pushed the rest of his chips in for 2950 more.

Abercassis:  7h 7c

Frazer:  Ac Jd

No miracles on the turn and river.

Rousso wins a 30-35k pot off Ryan Fronda

preflop action, flop = Q-6-8 rainbow

both check

Turn = another 8

Rousso checked, Fronda bet 1.5k, Rousso raised 4k, Fronda made it 12k, before Rousso moved all-in for another 3,500 more.

Fronda calls with Aspades 9s, drawing dead to Rousso's 6-8

Dave Shallow -- 23,800
Chad Brown -- 13,100
Dave Barnes -- 9,100
Mel Judah -- 10,750
Donnacha O'Dea -- 10,775
George Wendt -- 7,800
Stuart Fox -- 16,025
Joe Hachem -- 21,500
JP Kelly -- 6,500

Blinds are now 100/200

Nick Slade is OUT

After doubled up with Q-T vs Hewston's A-Qs (Ten on Turn), he found poket nines under-the gun, raised, then called Julian Gardner's re-raised and pushed on an 8-5-7 flop. Gardner called with Aces and Slade failed to improve.

Barry Greenstein is also OUT.

Mark Hawkins -- 9,550
Andy Black -- 9,550
Tom Sandbrook -- 6,800
Joe Hachem -- 24,500
Paul Jackson -- 9,850
Donnacha O'Dea -- 11,000
Lalit K -- 24,100
Martin Wendt -- 5,350
Ramzi Jelassi -- 12,925
Dave Barnes -- OUT
Mel Judah -- 9,350
John Gale -- 9,225
Stuart Fox -- 17,500
Steve Wilsdon -- 11,400
Woody Deck -- 16,000
JP Kelly -- 6,200
Julian Gardner -- 10,300
Willie Tann -- 12,925
Nick Slade -- 6,450
Ash Hussain -- 11,375
Kravchenko -- 12,700
Jon Hewston -- 16,500
Dave Smith -- 22,000
Bhupinder Kholi -- 4,250
Marc Goodwin -- 7,200
John Persson -- 13,825
Chris Bruce -- 9,000
Chad Brown -- 31,450
Stephen Walmsley -- 13,050
Nick Slade -- OUT
Tyler Netter -- 11,100
Vicki Coren -- 4,725
Juha Helppi -- 5,725
Joe Grech -- 12,450
Jeff Kimble -- 22,900
Tony Chessa -- 3,975
Ryan Fronda -- 19,250
Iwan Jones -- 16,000
Barry Greenstein -- OUT
Gus Hansen -- 11,350
Rob Garfield -- 11,925
Sverre Sundbo -- 15,000
Bengt Sonnert -- 15,000
Hsssan Mohammed -- 18,800
Michael Grecko -- 5,050
Vanessa Rousso -- 36,500

Michael Grecko is OUT

Q-Q vs K-K

All-in by the Turn

Surindar Sunar -- 12k
Iwan Jones -- 8.3k
Marc Goodwin -- 4,875
John Persson -- 22k
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 12k

JP Kelly -- 11,400
Martin Green -- 9,150
Surinder Sunar -- 10,750
Jon Hewston -- 41,000
Dubai -- OUT
Paul King -- OUT
Stuart Fox -- OUT

Stephen Walmsley is OUT.

Q-Q vs K-K all-in preflop.

He was going to fold the Ladies, but Mateyboy put the clock on him encouraging him to move in.


As is Martin Wendt.

Jon Persson -- 8.7k

Joe Grech just doubled up with  Qs Qc vs Td 9d on a  Aspades 9s 4s 2s 6c board, all-in preflop.

Stuart Fox is IN.

JP Kelly is OUT

Down to 3,500, he took a punt with 7s 8s, but ran into A-A and the A-K.


Jeff Kimber -- 33,200
Arshad Hussain -- 49,500

Julian Gardner is OUT.

Hewston raised preflop with Tens, Gardner moved all-in with A-K, Hewston called.

No help for Julian.

John Gale is OUT.

Marc Goodwin is OUT

A-3 vs A-Q all-in pre-flop.

Both players hit an Ace on the Turn, but it wasn't enough for Goodwin.

Sverre Sundbo is OUT

With 23k behind him, Sverre raised pre-flop with A-K, only for Mateyboy (who I am told was a Brit) to move all-in for 40k.

Sundbo called, only for Brittboy (I've never had to use that term before) to reveal A-J and spike a Jack on the Turn after a harmless 2-2-4 Flop.

Tyler Netter doubles through with 9d 5d vs 4d 6c all-in on a flop of 6d 7s 5c. Turn = 9c, River = Jc

Stuart Fox doubles up through Gus Hansen

99 vs KK

 4c 2s Ac 9s 4d

Foxxy is on about 19k, Gus takes about an 8.5k hit.

Joe Hachem is OUT

Hachem raised with A-9, MB re-raised, Hachem pushes, MB calls with A-K.

No 9


Surinder Sunar is also a recent casualty.


Table Green:

Kerry Taylor -- 4,000
Sid Harris --- 9,325
Martin Green -- 16,950
Tyler Netter -- 9,400
Vivi Saethren -- 13,400

Hassan Mohammed -- 12,250
Mel Judah -- 12,900
Sid Harris -- 9,400
Anthony Chessa -- 5,550
Gus Hansen -- 38,000
Dean Sanders -- 70,000
Pri Hallan -- 66,500
Ramzi Jellassi -- 14,000
Vivi Saethren -- 15,625
Donacha O'Dea -- 47,300
Steve Wilsdon -- 21,275
Arshad Hussain -- 89,450
Iwan Jones -- 8,500
Vicki Coren -- 31,575
Vanessa Rousso -- 28,650
Tyler Netter -- 7,800
John Persson -- 11,650
Jon Hewston -- 25,600
Andy Black -- 35,600
Jeff Kimber -- 34,800
Tom Sandbrook -- 8,100

Juha Helppi and Joe Grech are both OUT.

The blinds are about to become 300/600 with a running 75 ante.

Hassan Mohammed -- 7,800
Daniel Needleman -- 92,500
Chad Brown -- 44,500
Bengt Sonnert -- 14,150
Ryan Fronda -- 35,400
Mark Hawkins -- OUT

Vanessa Rousso -- 15k

Ramzi Jelassi is OUT

so is Willie Tann

Tyler Netter gets unlucky with Linda Nygren.

K-K vs A-Q

Ace third card.

And now into the final level of the day, we have lost one of the big guns, Gustav Hansen.

Moving all-in pre-flop with A-Qo, he found chip-leader, Chad Brown, sitting pretty with the American Airlines.

Harmless board.

Chad Brown -- 113,700
Sid Harris -- 33,300
Mel Judah -- 12,500
Stuart Fox -- 17,300
Donnacha O'Dea -- 73,000

Sid Harris doubles through.

Qh Qc vs Mateyboy's Ad Ac

Board = 9h Jh 3h 2h 9d

Sid is now up to 60k.

Iwan Jones is OUT

Ramzi Jelassi's exit hand:

Mel Judah raised 1.9k from utg +2, Ramzi re-raises to 5.5k and Mel calls.

Flop = Qh 4h 7s

Mel checks, Ramzi bets 6k, Mel makes it 20k

Ramzi calls the 14k and moves in for his final 8k, Mel calls.

Mel = Aspades 5s

Ramzi = Jc 2d

Lalit Khajuria doubles through

A-Q vs 77 - standard coinflip

Vanessa Rousso and Stuart Fox are both OUT. AK vs AQ with a Q on the flop for Vanessa, AT vs AA for Stuart.

Play is now finished for the day.

And just as the clock runs down its final seconds, I manically hunted around for a few last minute chip-counts:

(some approx)

Donnacha O'Dea -- 72,000
Arshad Hussain -- 85,800
Hassa Mohammed -- 36,00
Linda Nygren -- 11,800
Joe Rafferty -- 27,200
Vivi Saethren -- 13,100
Jeff Kimber -- 23,400
Geroge McKeever -- 41,000
Vicki Coren -- 20,400
Andy Black -- 64,000
Lalit Khajuria -- 17,800
John Persson -- 30,800
Pri Hallan -- 54,600
Tom Sandbrook -- 12,600
Katja Thater -- 38,600
Tyler Netter -- 106,000
Daniel Needleham -- 76,000
Tony Chessa -- 8,300
Bengt Sonnert -- 14,000
Frank O'Callaghan -- 14,000
Martin Green -- 21,000
Paul Finney -- 44,000
Dean Sandrs -- 115,000
Ryand Fronda -- 47,000
Erik Kollmann -- 38,000
Steve Wilsdon -- 27,000
Chad Brown -- 122,200
Sid Harris -- 62,500