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Play is due to commence at 3pm.

Kingsley, David -- 65,775
Lovlady, Joseph -- 46,100
Birt, Vincent -- 45,800
Nowab, Simon -- 41,025
Gosney, Lawrence -- 40,225
Hawkins, Mark -- 36,425
Higgins, Paul -- 32,225
Persava, N -- 32,150
Dalton, Theo -- 29,775
Boyce, Oliver -- 28,475
Williams, Matt -- 28,200
Willis, Nigel -- 26,400
Grech, Joe -- 26,000
Herbert, Richard -- 25,175
Chung, Sammy -- 25,000
Slade, Nick -- 24,600
Romanelo, R -- 23,950
Nash, Stuart -- 23,700
Mahrenholz, Karl -- 22,775
Mclean, Allan -- 22,650
Mitchell, David -- 22,200
Hudson, Jonny -- 22,025
Dionysiou, K -- 21,325
Wong, Ken -- 21,100
Hunt, Stephen -- 21,050
Jones, Ewan -- 21,050
Brady, Tony -- 21,000
Bansi, Praz -- 20,900
Clark, Michael -- 20,700
King, Paul -- 20,200
Ellis, Michael -- 19,750
Ziab, J -- 19,450
Miles, Andy -- 19,250
Bright, Robert -- 18,525
Howard, Greg -- 18,475
Herstritt, Michael -- 18,225
Flanders, Tim -- 18,200
Vinnicombe, Alan -- 18,050
Dibbits, Kat -- 18,025
Samuelsson, Mathias -- 18,000
Mccloskey, Mick -- 17,575
Ade, Richard -- 17,550
Denton, Charlie -- 17,475
Wyre, Ray -- 17,225
Chatterton, Gary -- 17,025
Parker, David -- 16,825
Moss, Paul -- 16,600
Blake, Tim -- 16,250
Webb, Paul -- 16,225
Debaulox, Ronnie -- 15,775
Cartwright, Matt -- 15,725
Fletcher, Michael -- 15,675
Dutton, Wayne -- 15,600
Dorrington, Phil -- 15,575
Millar, Jamie -- 15,550
Howley, Paul -- 14,825
Byrne, James -- 14,650
Fitzgibbon, Keir -- 14,300
Bowers, Trevor -- 13,950
Lott, Michael -- 13,950
Dempsey, James -- 13,925
Kay, John -- 13,800
Gale, John -- 13,750
Kendall, Tony -- 13,750
Libertini, Martino -- 13,675
Nelson, Ian -- 13,625
Exley, John -- 13,600
Agnew, Paula -- 13,300
Shevket, Y -- 13,200
Williams, Craig -- 12,925
Tarr, Jonathan -- 12,700
Harris, Sid -- 12,275
Trigg, R -- 12,100
Jackson, Alexandra -- 11,800
Burke, Chris -- 11,300
Singleton, Pete -- 11,150
Rees, Glyn -- 10,950
Buzzigoli, A -- 10,700
Citrone, Carlo -- 10,550
Lucraft, Peter -- 10,550
Ponte, Jaime -- 10,550
Browning, James -- 10,475
Farnworth, John -- 10,475
Cove, Caroline -- 10,450
Price, Jamie -- 10,250
Jonas, Desmond -- 10,200
Henson, Alan -- 9,850
Hussain, Ash -- 9,850
Shaw, Gary -- 9,750
Adderley, Tony -- 9,675
Rearden, T -- 9,550
Dcruz, Damon -- 9,175
Tsamis, Michael -- 9,000
Eccleshare, Mark -- 8,875
Baldwin, Alfie -- 8,700
Travers, B -- 8,675
Barnacle, Alan -- 8,150
Mccombie, Marshall -- 8,150
Fox, Gary -- 8,050
Owen, J -- 8,025
Littlewood, Keith -- 7,900
Charnley, Cheryl -- 7,800
Hikary, Ouday -- 7,475
Dolan, Bob -- 7,450
Rutter, Stuary -- 7,450
Birtles, David -- 7,375
Keown, John -- 7,175
Parker, Paul -- 6,700
Patterson, Eileen -- 6,675
Campbell, Vincent -- 6,600
Vinson, B -- 6,600
Vicary, Paul -- 6,125
Holden, Stephen -- 6,000
Duval, Jeff -- 5,800
Ghazi, J -- 5,700
Gregory, David -- 5,450
Channing, N -- 4,900
Ayegun, Olabode   -- 4,775
Xanthos, C -- 4,475
Wernick, Mickey -- 4,275
Daniels, Peter -- 4,100
Dougherty, Steven -- 4,075
Marshall, Andrew -- 4,075
Falconer, John -- 3,900
Mcarthur, Gordon -- 3,825
Cunningham, Andrew -- 3,350
Stuart, Nick -- 3,275
O`Callaghan, Barry -- 2,850
Nelson, Terry -- 2,625

25/50
50/100
100/200
75/150
150/300
150/300 (25)
200/400 (50)
300/600 (75)
400/800 (75)
600/1,200 (100)
800/1,600 (100)
1,000/2,000 (200)
1,500/3,000 (300)
2,000/4,000 (400)
3,000/6,000 (600)

1st -- £65,601 (33.3%)
2nd -- £35,460 (18%)
3rd -- £23,640 (12%)
4th -- £17,730 (9%)
5th -- £13,790 (7%)
6th -- £10,835 (5.5%)
7th -- £7,880 (4%)
8th -- £5,910 (3%)
9th -- £4,925 (2.5%)
10th -- £2,955 (1.5%)
11th -- £1,970 (1%)
12th -- £1,576 (0.8%)
13th -- £1,576 (0.8%)
14th -- £1,576 (0.8%)
15th -- £1,576 (0.8%)

John Gale is OUT (too disheartened to comment further - him, not me)

Tikay has Lawrence Gosney on his left, and Neil Channing and  Stuart Nash as tablemates.  He says Stuart just played Aces "stunningly."  I assume that's why his stack is bigger.

Just now, a flop of 2h 9c 8c  Tikay checks, Lawrence bets 300, the cutoff raises to 2,000, tikay gets out of the way. 
Turn:  Jc  Lawrence checks, the cutoff bets 2k
River:  Qh  Now Lawrence bets out 4,500, and gets a pretty quick pass for his efforts.   Hmmmm...

For Queen of Hearts and any other Stuart Nash supporters...

Stuart Nash is now chipped up after crippling Roberto Romanello.

Roberto limped for 300, Lawrence made it 600, Stuart smooth called, Roberto made it 2,000, Lawrence called, Stuart re-raised to 5,000, Roberto moved all-in, Lawrence folded and Stuart called.

Stuart's Aces held up against Roberto's Kings.

Roberto exited soon after.

James 'Royal Flush' Dempsey is now on 40,650 after his T-9 on a T-9-6 Flop outdrew both Joey Lovelady's (of Liverpool) 7-8 and Mateyboy's 9-6. Ten on the Turn gave Flushy the pot.

Table Order (Rough, not full) For Snoopy Reference (not current, but close enough - if only they could print out table listings in seat order rather than alphabetically - SURELY this can be achievable)  By hand, in seats:

Table 1

1) Allan Mclean
5) Joseph Lovlady
6) John Farnworth
7) John Kay
8) Gordon Mcarthur
9) Cheryl Charnley

Table 2

1) Matt Cartwright
3) Robert Bright
4) Alfie Baldwin
7) Andrew Cunningham
8) Craig Williams
9) Gary Fox
10) David Gregory

Table 3

3) Matthias Samuelsson
4) Wayne Dutton
5) R. Romanello
6) Michael Fletcher
7) tikay
9) Ken WOng
10) Olabode Ayegun

Table 4

1) Alan Henson
3) Y. Shevket
4) J. Owen
5) Keith Littlewood
7) Mark Eccleshare
8) Jaime Ponte
9) David Parker
10) Paul Parker

Table 5

1) Richard Herbert
3) Alexandra Jackson-Palin
4) David Birtles
5) Michael Lott
6) Ian Nelson
7) Greg Howard
8) Ray Wyre
9) Paul Webb

Table 6

2) Pete Singleton
3) Oliver Boyce
4) Alan Vinnicombe
5) Karl Mahrenholz
6) Michael Ellis
7) Trevor Bowers
8) Sammy Chung
9) Bob Dolan

Table 7

1) Phil Dorrington
2) Michael Tsamis
3) Paul Higgins
4) John Keown
5) Gary Shaw
6) Charlie Denton
7) J. Ziab
8) Stephen Dougherty
9) James Byrne

Table 8

1) Stu Rutter
3) Michael Clark
4) Mickey Wernick
5) Paul Vicary
6) Peter Daniels
8) Nick Stuart
9) Des Jonas

Table 9

1) Marshall Mccombie
2) Tony Brady
3) Carlo
5) Alan Barnacle
6) Paul Moss
7) Jonny Hudson
8) Ronnie DB
9) Ben Vinson

Table 10

1) Ash
2) Matt Williams
3) Nigel Willis
4) Tony Adderley
5) Eileen Patterson
6) J. Ghazi
7) Damon DCruz
8) O. Hikary
9) Theo Dalton

Table 11

1) Bambos
2) Jamie Price
3) Michael Herstritt
4) Tony Cartwright
5) Stephen Hunt
6) Jonathan Tarr
7) Chris Burke
8) Vincent Birt
9) Paul Howley

Table 12

1) Kat Dibbits
2) Richard Ade
3) Glyn Rees
4) T. Blake
5) A. Buzzigoli
6) Martino Libertini
7) Andrew Marshall

Table 13

1) Nick Slade
3) Andy Miles
5) Sid Harris
6) Jamie Millar
7) Terry Nelson
8) B. Travers
9) The Claimer

Table 14

1) Barry O'Callaghan
2) Jeff Duval
3) Trevor Reardon
4) Peter Lucraft
5) Mark Hawkins
6) David Mitchell.

Man, that sucks.  Longhand is so last century.

Damon D'Cruz -- 9,975
Mark Hawkins -- 32,325


Sid Harris is OUT.
Aces v Kings
1,500, 3,000, 16,000, call.


5 minutes into Level 7
120 left, 16,400 av stack

Tikay has eliminated Mickey Wernick.  Lord M. was short stacked, and Tikay said, "When he moved in, I made a gamble, bravely calling with Kings.  Mickey had A-J."  At this point Channing pipes up, lauding his bold play and saying, pointing at Paul Parker, "He would have passed."

Just shy of 51,000, and was in the process of calling someone's preflop raise when I went in for the count.


Not doing so well are Caroline Cove (88 into AAA) and John Keown (taken out in the bb by Paul Higgins with J-8 vs. a very shortstacked Q-K) who are both on the rail...

Paul Higgins is on an impressive 61,500 (one of the chip leaders) after winning a big pot with A-K v K-J of hearts and a A-4h-2h-J board.

Stu Rutter has moved seats with his 3,250 stack.

 Joey Lovelady (awesome name!) has just doubled Joe Grech up to a very very dangerous 52k. Joey flopped a flush draw with Jh 9h vs Joes A-Ko on an A-Qh-2h board. Another 2 on the Turn and chips went in, but no heart arrived by the River leaving Joey with just 12,400 in chips.

ps. this was second hand info from Flushy, but I believe him. Joey's definitely down to 12k though.

Tikay can just do no wrong here in Level 200/400...

He wrenches one pot from Lawrence Gosney (with the board coming T-J-Q-K-J Lawrence just turns his (tikay's) cards over on the river showing the winning A-6.  My informant doesn't say in what order the board cards appeared, but I rather think Elder Blonde might have rivered a gutshot...

Then he doubles through racing Aspades Ks against Ken Wong's 3d 3c.  So it looks like I might get to use his laptop on Day Three too...

Nick Slade is down to 27,300 after doubled up John 'PunkFloyd' Conroy with Qs Jh vs Ahrt Kc.

Board = Kh Kd 7s 2d 9d

Nick Slade -- 27,300
Mark Hawkins -- 34,000
Simon Nowab -- 29,350
Ash Hussain -- 12,800
Jon Exley -- 18,300
Ollie Boyce -- 34,900
tikay -- 35,150
James Dempsey -- 28,000
Joe Grech -- 67,000
Paul Parker -- 14,000

Thewy exited middling time yesterday...

The Claimer has had a card-dead day, moving from 12k to 15k to 14k (you get the picture) before settling at this exact minute on just 7,000... needs a double up.

Neil Channing's elimination hand was quite interesting (he's out, not sure if this has been reported yet; we're not in the same room, Snoops and I):  He moved in on a raggy two-heart flop and found Lawrence interested (and calling the 15k or so) before Ken Wong made a big move over the top, pushing him off.  It turned out that Wong had done this with a Kh high flush draw, but King high was good enough to win the pot and knock Neil out, seeing as he'd made his own all-in move with something like 6-7 for the open-ended straight draw.

Blinds now 300/600 ante 75.
Players remaining:  100

gasman:  Karl Mahrenholz   40,000
             Praz Bansi           31,000

And beat for Badbeat - two wearing their shirt (Sandy Jackson-Palin and Richard Herbert) have been eliminated in one hand by Tim Flanders... with some added drama.

Threeway all-in Sandy:  Ts Jh
Tim:  Aspades Qc
Richard:  Ad Th

Flop:  Js 2d Ks  and shortest stack (I think) Sandy is happy with that.
Turn:  Qc  - Wait - no it isn't!  The dealer dealt the burn card so back down it went and with it went the straight and Richard's hope for victory and instead:  Ac
River:  4c

And Tim scoops a big pot when the drama simmers down.

According to the dealer, Mateyboy raised pre-flop and Praz and Mick Fletcher called.

Flop = 2h Qc 4s

Mick bet out and Praz called.

Turn = 3h

Mick bet out again, and, just as before, Praz flat called.

River = Kd

Mick checks and Praz moves all-in (21k pot) for just under 20k.

Mick thinks and thinks, and then thinks some more before slowly making a meek pass.

Praz shows 8d 7h

By the looks of the cash game table, Bambos Xanthos, Roberto Romanello, Neil Channing and Caroline Cove are all OUT. Either that or they the utmost confidence in their tournament play.

Meanwhile...

Rick 'Action Man Trigg is OUT.

He made an all-in pre-flop move with 10h 8h, and although he managed to get Praz Bansi to fold (after a session in the think tank), it wasn't enough to scare of the Pocket Kings of local player Wayne Dutton, who was quietly and patiently awating his moment to act with Pocket Kings in the small blind.

The Ad 9d 7c Flop gave Rick plenty of outs, and even more once the Turn brought a Tc, but with it wasn't to be as the final card to hit the felt was the 4h.

Paul Moss -- 7,500
Richard Ade -- 11,800
James Browning -- 15,575
Jonny Hudson -- 28,650
Keir Fitzgibbon -- 27,475
Ray Wye -- 26,600
Paul Webb -- 17,250
Vincent Birt -- 64,850

Selected Counts (trying to get all the previous requests covered...)

Nick Slade     31,000
Simon Nowab  35,100
James Dempsey  35,000  (Chubbs says that he has about one chip more than Flushy, and can still take him out)
Paul Parker        12,000
Joe Grech          70,000
Paul King           12,300
Iwan Jones         24,500
Ken Wong          33,800
Lawrence Gosney  22,000
Tikay                 36,000
Praz Bansi           40,000 (after successful 8-high river all-in bluff against Mick Fletcher)
Mick Fletcher       14,600
Rick Trigg            9,700
Stuart Nash         38,000
Matthias Samuelsson  19,800
Paul Higgins          45,500
James Browning    18,300
Paul Moss              7,600
John Conroy         9,000
Des Jonas             26,000
B. Vinson              68,000
Nik Persaud          25,000
Ash Hussain          25,500
Keir Fitzgibbon      34,500
Trevor Reardon     11,300
Karl Mahrenholz     33,000
Oliver Boyce         32,000
Greek Jack           15,200
Michael Ellis           14,400
Mick McCloskey      27,000  (just eliminated Carlo Citrone with JJ aganst TT)
Carlo Citrone          OUT

There's a 60 minute dinner break starting now....

But before I head for the end of the buffet (the front end) - a good hand for Oliver Boyce against similarly-stacked Sammy Chung.  The board read Tc 3h 7c 5c when the dwell of today's dwells began.  Sammy had checked, Oliver had bet 7,000 into a pot of around that, and been raised to 13,000.  This was a good chunk of his remaining chips, and an all-in+call situation would basically bust one of them and double the other up.  He thought for the full time, finally got the clock announced, just when he said, "Raise," decisively.  It was enough; Sammy showed the 7s (presumably with a club hidden underneath it) and won it without the showdown.  He was clearly pleased with this outcome.

Double up for Karl Mahrenholz:

I caught this hand as cutoff Oliver Boyce, having committed a good amount preflop (over 12k) (blinds now 400/800 ante 75) was thinking about calling Karl's small blind push for what sounded like around 6,000 more.  It looked pretty compulsory now...Karl, incidentally, goes, "Jen bring me some luck," which puts him on Aces or Kings, in my head.  Oliver calls with Ac Qs and Karl shows Kd Ks.
Flop:  7h 3h 6h  "Keep them low," instructs Karl
Turn:  Jc  "Hold one time"
River: "Deuce..."  3c  and he's now on 56k.  I had a modem like that once.

J Ghazi is OUT.

He got it all-in preflop for 11k with Kings, only to be called in the small blind by Nick Persuad (who had A-K) and Eileen Patterson, whoe held Ac Qc.

Eileen pushes in for around 6k on the 2s 7c 2c and Nick feels obliged to call.

Turn = Tc and it's all over for Ghazi. Patterson doubles up and leaves Nick down to just 12k.

kinghawko is OUT and in the process makes Joe Grech a monster chip leader (and Climber of the Day):

Two players call Hawkins' under the gun raise, Joe and the small blind.  Flop:  Qh Tc 6c
hawko bets out 2,000, called by both players.
Turn:  6d  Now it goes bananas - hawko checks, Joe bets 6k, call from the s.b. and hawko raises 22k all-in.  Joe moves in over the top for a stack which dwarfs the rest of the table and gets rid of the small blind...
Joe shows:  Aspades 6s
kinghawko shows:  Jc Qc

The river comes a big brick and Joe Grech has over 94,000 and is "playing for first."

Elsewhere the short stacks are making stands, especially Mick Fletcher, who's stolen back a few thousand, including with the all in on the big blind move when the small blind alone limped in (don't need binoculars to see that coming), and Pete Singleton, who chopped the pot he was hoping would double him up with Mick McCloskey (they both had rag Aces).

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Nick Slade bluffed off c.15k on a dangerous looking board:  Th Ad Qs 6c 4s.  He bet out 9,000 into a 12k pot, and was called with Ac Ts, being made to show first - the 2d 2s...

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Tim Flanders ekes out a bit of profit from his Js Jd, checking a Jc 7s 5c flop, calling 2k on the (perfect) 5c turn, but failing to convince the Aspades Qd which was betting there to call his 5k bet on the river.  He showed it, which is why I know what he had.

Y Shevket is OUT.

Meanwhile , Joe Grech has shot up to around the 100k mark and is the current chip leader.

Hi Mike...  your guys have an eye on them... possibly two if Snoopy's looking as well, but here are their stacks:

Ollie Boyce   13,525 precisely
Paul Higgins   32,250 precisely  (they both have stacked in a countable manner)

Other requests:

Lawrence Gosney  23,000 (but who knows, really, he's clearly been on the ante-gathering warpath as he has huge grey and orange stacks)
John Exley            26,000
Paul Parker              OUT

*******************Correction********************

Paul Parker isn't out.  He's just got a small stack.


Lawrence Gosney knocks out someone, growing his ridiculous towers to over 46k, says Ariston, who brought the full story:
Lawrence made a standard raise under the gun, called by the big blind.  Flop:  Q-4-5.
Big blind checks, Lawrence bets 2,000, and then, says Ariston "the big blind gives it the full Hollywood, before moving in.  Lawrence called with A-Q and was shown K-K.  The turn card was a Queen and he knocks out the Kings.  Deserved it, for the Hollywood, in my opinion."

More straight-talking railbird reportage from Russ soon, no doubt.

Flushy gets pushed around by a "busy little...." once too many - he raises in the cutoff to 2,500, passes to a big blind re-raise.  He does the 2,500 again, and this time calls the big blind re-raise to 6,000.  Flop:  9-6-2 rainbow.
The bb (John Kay) bets out 7k, and Flushy just pushes in pretty fast.  He's given the dwell, and then A-Q is released. 
Flushy shows the 8d Td... and apparently action round the other end of the table has now quietened a little bit.

Oh, and Paul Parker is now OUT.

Big Stack Triumvirate:

Joe Grech     126,000
Andy Miles     115,000
Karl Mahrenholz  96,000

Just now Simon Nowab took on the unstoppable Joker, calling his raise to 3,175 preflop on the button.  Position didn't help him, however, Joe just check-raised him all in on the Kc 6d 6c flop and he had to pass. 

Matino Libertini -- 8,950
Andy Miles -- 104,775
Joey LoveLady -- 46,450
Tony Kendall -- 23,350
James Dempsey -- 37,250

Paul King -- OUT, Nines vs Aces, all-in for 17k.

Theo Dalton is OUT.

He check raised Karl Mahrenholz's 5k bet on a Flop of 2c 5h 9h for a total of 21,225.

Karl eventually make the call, showing Aspades 9d to Theo's dominated Ad 5d.

The Turn and River brought two blanks.

Mike Ellis is OUT.
Tens into the Kings of Mahrenholz.
As a result, Karl Mahrenholz is now up to 128,400.

Karl Mahrenholz -- 128,400
Pete Singleton -- 8,925
Paul Moss -- 12,975
Mick McCloskey -- 39,200
Matt Williams -- 24,200
D'Cruz -- 16,000
Alan Vinnicombe -- 27,550
Paul Webb -- 25,300
Keit Fitzgibbon -- 21,650
Stepen Holden -- 19,975
Richard Ade -- 36,000
Trevor Reardon -- 11,600
Praz Bansi -- 35,100
Vincent Birt -- 87,900
Des Jonas -- 16,900
Nick Persaud -- 32,500
Paul Higgins -- 31,325

Praz Bansi performs double take-out with KK against a tilting big blind and lone Swede Matthias Samuelsson with 99.  Two new players to filter in to dangerous table Tikay...

More chip counts, as they finally break Table Tikay - 60 players remaining...

Nik Persaud     31,000
Ash Hussain     30,000
J. Lovelady      44,000
Ray Wyre        54,500
Nick Slade       50,000
Simon Nowab  44,000  (Just doubled up with 9h Th against Aspades Ts, but most went in on the T-9-2 flop)
Flushy             40,000
Joe Grech       98,000
Ken Wong      28,000
Tikay              21,000
Mick Fletcher   34,000  (his merciless multiple re-raising of his previous small blind from the bb paid off)
Stuart Nash    44,500
James Browning  28,400
Paul Moss        11,000
Des Jonas        19,000

All right all right - I told him to curb his fanclub, it's making us work harder than we're used to...

Anyway, just when it looked like he was drifting dangerously towards the felt, a player whom he felt he'd sized up about right and was looking for a chance to get some chips off raised (either on the button or in late position, I can't remember.  I had a late night playing Cluedo yesterday).  SO, Paul looks at Aspades 2c, reckons it's in all probability good, and repops it for 12k, all in - this is a pretty big call to make with Ks Jh, but the Raiser did it anyway, and the Ace stayed good.  After that double up Paul's got a bit more room to manoeuvre...

James Dempsey has just disposed of two opponents simultaneously.

Winning a three way all-in with A-K vs A-Q and John Kay's Tens.

The board came 3-7-K-Q-J and Flushy scoops what looked to be a pot of around 40-50k.



Meanwhile...

Mick McCloskey just called shortstacker Martino Libertini's all-in.

Tony Kendall folded Eights from the blind, but it would have been in big trouble as Mick's A-K quickly saw off Martino's K-5 on the emphatic A-9-K-A-T board.

This is the part where chips fly around for a while...expect a three-table lull around 1am.  A reminder of what they're playing for...

Official Prize Breakdown

1  £65,500
2  £35,500
3  £23,600
4  £17,700
5  £13,800
6  £10,800
7   £7,900
8   £5,900
9   £4,900
10  £3,000
11  £2,000
12-15 £1,600


Current clingers:

Praz Bansi -- 10,800
Trevor Reardon -- 20,200
D'Cruz -- 24,100
Nick Persaud -- 25,300

Ollie Boyce -- out

50 players remain; average chips 39,400.


Meanwhile... Karl Mahrenholz has just doubled up Joseph Lovelady with Kings v Aces.

Mick Fletcher was down to just 300 (no longer even classed as a short stack) after an unlucky confrontation between his A-K and A-T.  A spiked Ten and some late bad luck pretty much guarantees an exit shortly.

Meanwhile...Keir Fitzgibbon takes on a short stack in the big blind (c. 15k) raising to 7,000 preflop, and getting called.  The flop comes 5c 2h 4d, and the now seriously short blind checks, Keir autobets 7,000, putting him in, and now he's made it slightly more painful for himself to call all-in with his 8h 8s.  However, he eventually comes to the conclusion that there's nothing for it, calls, and finds himself ahead of Keir's Ahrt Ks.  The turn and river are raggy, and a roar of "Something-something BACK IN IT" rather surprisingly comes from the doubler-upper.  Name to follow.

Elsewhere Simon Nowab plays it cagey against Eileen Patterson (I think)... he got a call raising preflop, and bet the Qs 6s 5d flop when it was checked to him - 4,500.  They then check down the Kh 4d turn and river, and Simon finds his Ahrt Qc well ahead of her Aspades 6d, although the dealer briefly tried to award the pot to the lady.  Simon was having none of it.

Chip And Chair News Now -

Oh, too hasty to write of Mick Fletcher with his, ahem, 300 chips.  All-in blind four hands in a row, called all four times, won all four times, and back to 16,000.  He tells the table, "You double me up one more time, I'll win this."


Robert Bright -- 35,000
Nigel Willis -- 10,000
Simon Nowab -- 70,000
Iwan -- 22,000
Mick Fletcher -- 14,000
Gary Fox -- 95k

Righteo, better get these in before they go out of date...

James Dempsey -- 43,100
Richard Ade -- 37,300
Paul Higgins -- 64,300
Stuart Nash -- 43,000
Damon D'Cruz -- 36,200
Joe Lovelady -- 32,500
Andy Miles -- 66,300
Nick Slade -- 69,100
Tony Kendall -- 24,40
Mick McCloskey -- 26,000
Karl Mahrenholz -- 94,200
Keir Fitzgibbon -- 36,800
Paul Moss -- 17,100
Mick Clarke -- 28,400
Gary Fox -- 28,400
Iwan Jones -- 22,300
Peter Singleton -- 35,200
Trevor Reardon -- 31,500
Eileen Patterson -- 11,000
Praz Bansi -- 73,800
Vince Birt -- 49,500
Jamie Miller -- 329,800
Nick Persaud -- 43,900
Paul Webb -- 20,600

And after doubling up in four consecutive hands, Mick Fletcher has finally bitten the dust and is OUT.
Also missing and presumed lost is Day 1 chip leader, David Kingsley.

Unusual Double Up News Now:

Stuart Nash and Joe Lovelady were b.b. and s.b. respectively.  Joe made it up, Stuart checked.
Flop:  8-8-9  check; All-in from Stuart, call from Joe...

Stuart held A-8
Joe held K-4
Despite the turn and river coming K-4, Stuart stayed safely ahead, and inexplicably he's been given a 60k stack back.

Latter Stage Race Gamble!

Ken Wong raised preflop, Lawrence thought about it, and then pushed all-in.  Ken called in a flash with 5c 5d.  He was against Ac Jc.
Flop:  3s 7s Ks
Turn:  2h
River:  Ahrt  Just narrowly covered, Lawrence doubles to over 60k, leaving the totally calm Ken Wong with under 10k and slight hope of recovery.

Vince Birt leaks a few more chips, calling Karl Mahrenholz's under the gun raise to 6,500 (blinds 1k/2k ante 200) and then check-passing on the 2d 6d 3s flop.  McCool laments lack of late stage aggression...

MEANWHILE - Chubbs races into the chip leader spot with 160,000+

Joe Grech raised preflop.  Nick Slade re-raised.  Simon Nowab pushed in (for his whole 75k).  Joe passed, then this happened (thanks, Ariston, for this one):
Nick, "Have you got Aces?"
Simon, "Yes."
Nick, "Will you show if I pass?"
Simon, "Yes."
Nick, "Are you sure?"
Simon, "Yes - what do you want, blood?"
Nick calls all in with Kh Ks.  Simon flips Ad Ahrt, and takes him out.

Tikay is no more - Qh Js the first reasonable hand with a space to raise coming with it - he moved in and found Ac Qh as a caller.  Not the best match-up; even after the Jack on the flop the Ace on the turn sealed his fate and the Queen river sealed it a bit tighter.  He's been a bit ill through this one, but we were hoping for a Day Three appearance; not to be - but we'll be seeing a good deal of him on this tour, I reckon...

and Ken Wong is now OUT.

Joey Lovelady -- 39,200
James Browning -- 32,000
Iwan Jones -- 23,800

Iwan Jones as he is now OUT.

Making his move with A-8, he ran into Lawrence Gosney's Big Slick which rather empahtically hit Broadway on a Q-T-4-J-4 board.



Just before the break, Arshad dropped down to 55k after suffering a painful beat. A-K vs Robert Bright's A-J.

Jack on the flop

Chip Counts (although these are fluid in the extreme at the moment) -

Nik Persaud     87,000  (just knocked out Mick Clark with 4d 4s vs  Mick's Ac Qh)
Ash Hussain     89,000
Keir Fitzgibbon  60,400
Trevor Reardon  15,000
Karl Mahrenholz  105,000
Mick McCloskey  52,000
Joey Lovelady    42,000
Vince Birt          43,000
Ray Wyre         175,000
Jamie Millar         69,000
Paul Moss           26,000
Gary Fox           100,000
Damon D'Cruz     37,000
Robert Bright      32,000
Simon Nowab     160,000
Flushy                73,000
Joe Grech          140,000  (I tipped him to win three levels ago, I stand by that decision)
Lawrence Gosney  140,000+  (no idea how many in his tower stacks)
Praz Bansi           105,000
Stuart Nash         80,000
Paul Higgins         28,000
Paul Moss            27,000

There are one or two players still left we've yet to positively identify, but when they lose another table I promise comprehensive counts...

Snoops reports that we've lost Gary Shaw - A-J against a huger stack's 9-2.  The 9-2 held up...

2x preflop raise, re-raise, original-raiser-pass hands:

Raiser                        Re-raiser and winner
Ash Hussain                 The one I don't know
Damon D'Cruz               Gary Fox

Both of these left in bad shape, under 30k, by these moves...

And Paul Higgins moves in in early position, getting no callers.  The blinds and antes are up to 12k depending on how many players are at the table, so that's a win.

Richard Ade is OUT, K-9 vs. Robert Bright's Aces.

Meanwhile, on the neighbouring table, Praz Bansi just ran into a spot of misfortune, his Pocket Sevens outdrawn by Damon D'Cruz's A-7 - 5-A-T-8-4 board.


James Dempsey is down to 56k.

Flushy raised pre-flop with A-K, Joey Lovelady moved in with J-Ts and Flushy called.

Arshad Hussain is OUT.

Moving in for 25,200, Ash's Qc Jd was finally called by Mick McCloskey's Ad Js in the big blind.

The 6-4-4-3-9 board was of no use to Ash who just didn't get te rub of the green today.

Lawrence Gosney has also bittend the dust in what Mick McCool described as a 'suicidal' move.

Without a raise befoe him, Lawrence moved all-in for what appeared to be around 60-70k with just Q-8 off.

Karl Marhenholz found Aces in the Big Blind and made the obvious call.

Although the board presented an unlikely gutshot draw, Lawrence didn't hit one of his four outs and is now being forced to watch on from the rail.

Paul Moss finishes 21st -

Permashortstack Paul ground through almost all of today looking like every all-in move could be his last.  This one was. 
Qh Th against Simon Nowab's Ac Ks.  I saw an Ace come down somewhere on the board, Paul shook hands all round and nearly down to two tables (a point I was nearly certain we couldn't make by the end of today, which is at the end of this level).

In the last hand of the night, Keir Fitzgibbon is eliminated in 20th place....

Small blind Keir moved in on lone remaining potential opponent Nik Persaud...after a little while, he called with 5c 5d.  Keir had Qd 8h.

The board:  Jd 6s Aspades Th 7d so the final nineteen will return tomorrow for the redraw and to play to the end... that will apparently start at 2:30pm, but we'll verify before retiring for the night...

 
Simon Nowab -- 222,000
Karl Mahrenholz -- 171,000
Alan Henson -- 171,000
Nick Persaud -- 156,000
Greg Howard -- 143,000
Ray Wyre -- 115,000
Joe Grech -- 110,000
Jamie Miller -- 103,000
Gary Fox -- 93,000
Damon D'Cruz -- 87,000
James Dempsey -- 82,000
Robert Bright -- 81,000
Joey Lovelady -- 77,000
Praz Bansi -- 68,000
Ian Nelson -- 66,000
Paul Higgins -- 65,000
Vincent Birt -- 65,000
Mick McCloskey -- 57,000
Stuart Nash -- 40,000

(to nearest 1,000)...