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Play is due to commence at 3pm, but as is usual with televised Events, my guess is that there will be a slight today.

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Chad Brown -- 611,000
Peter Hedland -- 523,000
Emad Tahtouh -- 504,000
M Muldoon -- 422,500
Ashley Hayles -- 324,000
Jan Sjavic -- 296,500
Michael Abecassis -- 277,500
Vickie Coren -- 222,250
Jonas Mulander -- 222,000
Sid Harris -- 213,000
Jules Kuusik -- 186,000
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 173,000

Jonas Molander is OUT.

Q-6 vs 9-9

all-in preflop

Muldoon's nines hold up.

Sid Harris all-in versus Peter Hedlund.

As Ts vs Hedlund's 8c 8d

Board = 7d 6d 9d 2c Ac

Sid Harris has doubled up Kuusik.

Sid limped and then called Kuusik's all-in of 138k with Ad 6d. Kuusik had Kd Qd

Board = 3d 3s Td Tc Qs

Double up for the Frenchman now.

All-in pre-flop

A-6 vs Sid's Pocket Tens

Ace hits the board.

This is how they are seated:

Table 1:

(1) Vicky Coren
(2) Michel Abecassis
(3) Sid Harris
(4) Jules Kuusik
(5) Jan Sjavik
(6) Peter Hedlund

Table 2:

(1) Chad Brown
(2) Ashley Hayles
(3) Michael Moldoon
(4) Oscar Schweinebart
(5) Emad Tahtouh

Peter Hedlund, who lost half his stack to Sid Harris earlier has doubled up through Michael Abecassis.

KK v AQ

on a 9-7-2-T-8 board.

Ashley Hayles is out in 11th place.

He lost most of his chips to Emad Tahtouh when Emad raised on the button and Ash called. Ash moved in with pocket fours on an 8-5-5 flop and Emad called with A-8.

This put Amad up to 600,000 and Ashely down to 100,000.

A few hands later he was all in with 9-6 of diamonds against Oscar's A-T offsuit. The J-5-3-4-Q board missed both players and Ashley is out in 11th winning £10,000.

And following that recent exit of Ashley Hayles, here are the current chip-count whilst they have a 5 minute breather...

Chad Brown -- 675,000
Michael Muldoon -- 588,00
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 327,000
Edam Tahtouh -- 682,000

Vicki Coren -- 342,000
Michel Abecassis -- 240,000
Sid Harris -- 256,000
Jules Kuusic -- 270,000
Jan Sjovik -- 226,000
Peter Hedlund -- 392,000

They have now gone to one table of 10 players, but not on the TV table.

They have redrawn and the seating order is:

Seat 1 Sjavic
Seat 2 Coren
Seat 3 Brown
Seat 4 El Sid
Seat 5 Peter
Seat 6 Mike Muldoon
Seat 7 Abecassis
Seat 8 Emad
Seat 9 Oscar
Seat 10 Kuusic

The blinds are 8k/16k with a 2k running ante.

Peter Hedlund is getting busy. He raised from early position and everyone folded. He showed kings.

The very next hand he raised again, this time 50k from UTG.

Chad in the small blind called.

The flop was  6h Ks Qd

There is some banter between them, Peter swigs from his second pint of the day and bets 30k

Chad ponders, they chat some more and he calls.

The turn is 8h

Peter bets 55k and Chad passes.

Peter showed  Kh Qs

Three way pot involving Oscar, Chad and Peter.

Oscar makes it 35k to play.

Chad and Peter call.

Flop is  Qd 8h Qc

It is checked round

Turn is  4c and Oscar bets 20k. Chad calls, Peter folds.

River is  Aspades

Oscar bets 20k, Chad calls.

Oscar has A-T to Chad's A-9 and Oscar wins the pot.

Jan Sjavic has doubled up through Emad after hitting a flush on the river. The money went in on a

 Ad 5d 6c flop.

Jan had  8d Td while Emad held  6s 5d

Turn was  Jc but the river was  2d to give Jan his flush, thus defeating Emad's 2 pair.

Vicky Coren has taken out Michael Abecassis.  She bet 50k from 4th position. Michael went all in from the button.

Vicky had A-K versus the Frenchman's KK

An ace fell on the turn and c'est la vie for Abecassis.

Vicky is now on 600k.

Emad, who was damaged by Jan earlier is still OK, on 470k.

Vicky and Chad in the blinds. She made it up from the SB. Chad raised and Vicky called.

The flop was  Jh 8s 6c

Vicky checked, Chad bet 60k and Vicky thought for a while before passing, showing a jack.

Vicky has added another 100k to her stack. She falt called from late position. Peter made it 90k to play and after some banter she said she was all in. Peter passed instantly and Vicky showed a King.

Peter asked her is she has A-K and Vicky nodded.

Jan Sjovic -- 450k
Vicki Coren -- 660k
Chad Brown -- 760k
Sid Harris -- 250k
Peter Hedlund -- 450k
Michael Mudloon -- 460k
Emad Tahtouh -- 450k
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 160k
Jules Kuuston -- 230k

Oscar Schweinebarth is OUT

He moved in (from the small blind with just 160k) on Emad's button raise with 5-5, Emad had K-Qs

Board = 6c 7c 3s Th Qc

Down to the last 8, who will now play on the feature table.

Chip counts going into the final table are:

Jan Sjovic - 460k
Vicki Coren - 600k
Chad Brown - 760k
Sid Harris - 270k
Mike Muldoon - 570k
Peter Hedlund - 380k
Emad Tahtouh - 480k
Jules Kuusik - 240k

Seat draw:

(1) Chad Brown
(2) Emad Tahtouh
(3) Sid Harris
(4) Michael Muldoon
(5) Jan Sjavik
(6) Peter Hedlund
(7) Jules Kuusik
(8) Vicki Coren

Sid Harris is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £29,300

Coren raised with Jacks, Sid moved in with Nines, Coren called.

K-4-8-K-J

Peter Hedlund is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £36,600

After taking a big hit from Chad Brown in the A-3 hand, he opted to move all-in pre-flop with K-Q.

Unfortunately for the Swede, he found Michael Muldoon sitting on A-K, a hand which held up on an 8-2-7-J-4 board.

Jules Kuusik has doubled up courtesy of Chad Brown.

Jules move-in from utg+1 with A-K, only for Chad to call in the blind with A-9.

Board = A-9-T-8-K

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,100,000
Chad Brown -- 929,000
Vicki Coren -- 662,000
Michael Muldoon -- 636,000
Jan Sjavic -- 435,000
Jules Kuusik -- 309,000

Updated chip counts:

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,400,000
Michael Muldoon -- 750,000
Vicki Coren -- 720,000
Chad Brown -- 600,000
Jan Sjavic -- 420,000
Jules Kuusik -- 350,000

Jules Kuusik  is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £44,000

Mike Muldoon took him out with A-J versus A-5. A jack on the flop and a further one sealed his fate and handshakes were made before the river was dealt.

Jan Olav Sjovik has doubled through courtesy of Chad Brown

6-6 vs A-Q

A rather emphatic flop hit the felt though: 3-6-7

And although Chad hit a Queen on the Turn, it was all academic.

Chad Brown is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £58,600

Jan Sjovic bet pre-flop with Pocket Nines, Chad made his move with Qs 8s, and Jan called.

Board = Tc 2d 6s 8h Js

Down to 4

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,600,000
Jan Sjovik -- 1,200,000
Michael Muldoon -- 450,000
Vicki Coren -- 350,000

Dinner break - 1 hour from what I understand.

Michael Muldoon is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning £110,000

Vicki moves all-in pre-flop with Ahrt Th and Michael calls with 7c 7d

Flop = Ad 8d 5c

Turn = Qd

River = Ac

Jan Olav Sjavik is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £168,600

Jan raised from the button, Vicki re-raised from the small blind and Jan called.

Flop = T-T-9 rainbow

With about 500k in the pot, Vicki pushed all-in for about 700k.

Jan went into the think tank for a good 5 minutes, before making a stunning call for his tournament life.

Jan = 3-3

Vicki = A-J

Turn = J

River = 8

Vicki Coren has around a 2.2 to 1.7 million lead.

the first hand back is a monster:

Flop = 5d Td 8s

Vicki bets 100k, Emad calls.

Turn = 2c

Vicki bets 300k, Emad calls.

River = 9d

Emad bets 600k and Vicki calls.

Vicki wins wih Q-T and takes the chip lead. Emad had J-8.

Emad Tahtouh is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning £285,900

It all happened very quickly, but both players saw a flop of 5c 3c 4d

Vicki bet the flop and called when Emad made it 450k.

Turn = Js

Emad moved all-in and Vicki called instantly.

Whilst Emad could only muster a Pocket Pair (I believe it was eights), Vicki had her man drawing dead with 6-7 for the flopped straight.

which means...