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Play commences for Day2 at 3pm:

Chip Chippity Chip Counts from Day1B

 Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=787) Feldman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=787)   83200
 Scott (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=394) O'Reilly (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=394)   56500
 Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422)   55600
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=947) Murrell (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=947)   54900
 Daniel Rudd   51525
 Adrian Keast   51500
 Lee (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222) Atherton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222)   50175
 Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302)   50175
 Leo Kam   48925
 Lee Danaher   47650
 Mike Williams   46775
 Dennis Clough   46075
 Martyn Wilson   45700
 Linton Holling   44400
 Kevin Steward   44275
 Kevin Oleary   43650
 Jason Shellum   41200
 John Anjioy   39500
 Costas Kkola   39150
 Dan Owston   37925
 John Hopkins   37425
 Justin Davenport   37100
 Luke Vinnicombe   35075
 Patrick Dolan   34925
 Graham Codd   34725
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331) Moss (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331)   32775
 Muntaser Humadi   29825
 Osman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=688) Mustanoglu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=688)   29750
 Antony Horn   29625
 Darren Rogers   29575
 Andy Booth   28850
 Harry Zammit   27675
 Margaret North   26800
 John Worsley   26650
 Laurance Morley   26625
 Russell (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=391) Cawley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=391)   26625
 Peter Collins   23850
 Derek Pennington   23675
 Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227)   23050
 Isabelle Durr   22800
 Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195) Kimber (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=195)   21375
 David Davies   21350
 Andy Cruickshank   21325
 Sonny Ridgewell   21200
 Phillip Gibson   20775
 Gareth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1209) Edwards (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1209)   20275
 Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409) Walmsley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=409)   19725
 Mark Baxter   19575
 Marco Jenkins   19425
 Neil Greenhalgh   19300
 Willie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) Tann (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450)   19025
 Charles Chattha   18725
 Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86)   18625
 B Herron   16575
 Praz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) Bansi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353)   15325
 Tuan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1140) Le (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1140)   14700
 Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1235) Ringe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1235)   14100
 James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183)   13650
 Paul Bracken   12550
 Trev Lawson   12350
 Ian Gardner   11350
 Ray Walton   11175
 Nicholas Morris   10875
 Salim Jangaewala   10425
 Michael Fletcher   10050
 Simon Grace   9375
 Lee Thompson   8600
 Michael Isakov   7875
 Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) Ashby (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367)   6275
 Steve Montgomery   5425
 Hong ji Liu   4575
 Jamil Ogunmac   4075


Chip Counts from Day1A

Paul Murphy   102025
 Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Gardner (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224)   71200
 I Yusuf   66700
 N Mclellan   62625
 Robert (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=719) Bright (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=719)   57925
 Matthew Mcelhinney   56225
 Kyriacos Dionysiou   54800
 Iwan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=180) Jones (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=180)   50450
 Ryan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390) Fronda (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390)   49125
 David Maudlin   46475
 John Sayers   45550
 C.K Le   38700
 Robert Sherwood   37150
 Maurice Nicholson   37075
 Mark Rimmer   32400
 Terrance Nelson   31925
 Sebastian Saffari   31600
 Lee Biddulph   31550
 Trevor (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=445) Reardon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=445)   31400
 Zafar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1237) Aslam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1237)   29975
 Mickey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) Wernick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283)   29225
 Martino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652) Libertini (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=652)   28850
 Alan Barnacle   27900
 Martyn (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=270) Cavanagh (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=270)   27400
 Chris Moores   26850
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334)   26650
 Catherine Hartree   25750
 Charalambos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=62) Xanthos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=62)   25400
 Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) Vinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47)   25375
 Mathew John   25025
 Rajesh Modha   24550
 Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95)   20950
 Richard Whitmore   19675
 Iqbal Khan   18675
 Paul Gardner   16300
 Robert Gillon   16275
 Roy Holliday   15575
 Des (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=129) Jonas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=129)   15400
 John Bousfield   15200
 Dave Mayall   14725
 Paul john Wilson   14600
 David Gross   13375
 John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1069) Fletcher (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1069)   13075
 Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=934) Forrester (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=934)   12425
 A Viravi   11575
 Joan Lawley   11550
 Gary Wilson   10350
 Adam Clark   9400
 M Bebbjones   7900
 J Zaib   7850
 Ray (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=363) Wyre (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=363)   1350

Glittering Fan-dabby-dousy Cash Prizes:

1st -- £109,700
2nd -- £56,500
3rd -- £38,850
4th -- £28,250
5th -- £21,200
6th -- £17,650
7th -- £14,100
8th -- £10,600
9th -- £8,800
10th -- £5,300
11th -- £3,550
12th to 18th -- £2,800
19th to 27th -- £2,100

Seating plan, table 2 is the cracker:

1   1   101    Andrew Feldman   83200
1   2   102    Isabelle Durr   22800
1   3   103    Andy Booth   28850
1   4   104    Tuan Le-has   14700
1   5   105    Adam Clark   9400
1   6   106    Zafar Aslam   29975
1   7   107    John Anjioy   39500
1   8   108    Lee Thompson   8600
1   9   109    Lee Danaher   47650
2   1   201    B Vinson   25375
2   2   202    Karl Mahrenholz   23050
2   3   203    Iwan Jones   50450
2   4   204    Praz Bansi   15325
2   5   205    A Viravi   11575
2   6   206    Paul Murphy   102025
2   7   207    David Gross   13375
2   8   208    Mickey Wernick   29225
2   9   209    Richard Ashby   6275
3   1   301    Simon Grace   9375
3   2   302    John Hopkins   37425
3   3   303    Dan Carter   18625
3   4   304    Dave Mayall   14725
3   5   305    Nicholas Morris   10875
3   6   306    Leo Kam   48925
3   7   307    Jeff Kimber   21375
3   8   308    Phillip Gibson   20775
3   9   309    Martino Libertini   28850
4   1   401    Neil Channing   50175
4   2   402    Ryan Fronda   49125
4   3   403    Chris Moores   26850
4   4   404    Hong ji Liu   4575
4   5   405    Paul john Wilson   14600
4   6   406    Andy Cruickshank   21325
4   7   407    Laurance Morley   26625
4   8   408    Surinder Sunar   55600
4   9   409    N Mclellan   62625
5   1   501    Jason Shellum   41200
5   2   502    John Bousfield   15200
5   3   503    Sonny Ridgewell   21200
5   4   504    Lee Biddulph   31550
5   5   505    Graham Codd   34725
5   6   506    Catherine Hartree   25750
5   7   507    Muntaser Humadi   29825
5   8   508    Scott Oreilly   56500
5   9   509    Dave Colclough   20950
6   1   601    Kevin Oleary   43650
6   2   602    Paul Bracken   12550
6   3   603    Roy Holliday   15575
6   4   604    James Akenhead   13650
6   5   605    Mark Baxter   19575
6   6   606    Antony Horn   29625
6   7   607    Patrick Dolan   34925
6   8   608    Adrian Keast   51500
6   9   609    Gareth Edwards   20275
7   1   701    Russell Cawley   26625
7   2   702    Trevor Reardon   31400
7   3   703    J Zaib   7850
7   4   704    Sebastian Saffari   31600
7   5   705    Osman Mustanoglu   29750
7   6   706    Salim Jangaewala   10425
7   7   707    Jamil Ogunmac   4075
7   8   708    Paul Murrell   54900
7   9   709    Ray Walton   11175
8   1   801    Robert Bright   57925
8   2   802    David Davies   21350
8   3   803    Mark Rimmer   32400
8   4   804    Martyn Cavanagh   27400
8   5   805    Derek Pennington   23675
8   6   806    Charalambos Xanthos   25400
8   7   807    Willie Tann   19025
8   8   808    Tony Ringe   14100
8   9   809    Paul Gardner   16300
9   1   901    Ian Gardner   11350
9   2   902    John Sayers   45550
9   3   903    Stephen Walmsley   19725
9   4   904    Michael Fletcher   10050
9   5   905    Rajesh Modha   24550
9   6   906    Alan Barnacle   27900
9   7   907    Matthew Mcelhinney   56225
9   8   908    B Herron   16575
9   9   909    Robert Sherwood   37150
10   1   1001    M Bebbjones   7900
10   2   1002    Paul Moss   32775
10   3   1003    Richard Whitmore   19675
10   4   1004    Steve Montgomery   5425
10   5   1005    Neil Greenhalgh   19300
10   6   1006    Charles Chattha   18725
10   7   1007    Mathew John   25025
10   8   1008    Michael Isakov   7875
10   9   1009    John Fletcher   13075
11   1   1101    Trev Lawson   12350
11   2   1102    Maurice Nicholson   37075
11   3   1103    Paul Parker   26650
11   4   1104    Harry Zammit   27675
11   5   1105    Ray Wyre   1350
11   6   1106    John Worsley   26650
11   7   1107    Terrance Nelson   31925
11   8   1108    Justin Davenport   37100
11   9   1109    Daniel Rudd   51525
12   1   1201    Lee Atherton   50175
12   2   1202    David Maudlin   46475
12   3   1203    Dan Owston   37925
12   4   1204    C.k Le   38700
12   5   1205    I Yusuf   66700
12   6   1206    Peter Collins   23850
12   7   1207    Joan Lawley   11550
12   8   1208    Costas Kkola   39150
13   1   1301    Mike Williams   46775
13   2   1302    Margaret North   26800
13   3   1303    Darren Rogers   29575
13   4   1304    Luke Vinnicombe   35075
13   5   1305    Robert Gillon   16275
13   6   1306    Iqbal Khan   18675
13   7   1307    Kevin Steward   44275
13   8   1308    Julian Gardner   71200
14   1   1401    Des Jonas   15400
14   2   1402    Marco Jenkins   19425
14   3   1403    Mark Forrester   12425
14   4   1404    Dennis Clough   46075
14   5   1405    Martyn Wilson   45700
14   6   1406    Linton Holling   44400
14   7   1407    Kyriacos Dionysiou   54800
14   8   1408    Gary Wilson   10350

Welcome peeps to Day 2, no time for pleasantries today.  Straight into the action, we have been playing for 15 mins and I have seen 3 exits already.

Ray (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=363) Wyre (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=363) is OUT
Michael Isakov is OUT


James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) double through Antony Horn with KK v 55 and is sitting prettier on 29,000.

Greek Jack took out Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=934) Forrester (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=934) by limping with Kings and Mark went all in for 12,500 with 3's, Jack called and the Kings stood.  Greek Jack on 69,000.

The Bue Square gods are having a laugh by AGAIN teaming Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) & Praz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) Bansi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) but this time throwing Mickey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) Wernick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) in the mix too.

By the way 123 players started.  Blinds are 600/1,200  (100).

Andrew Feldam had a mishap with some chips.  He went to raise in the cutt off but put in the wrong denomination chips and made the raise a huge 9,100.  Andy Booth in the small blinde raised another 20k.  A decision for Andrew, was his opponent trying to take advantage of his mishap?  After a dwell Feldman felt he was getting a good price so called the extra.

Feldman  held   Ks  Ts
Booth  Kh Kc

Booth mades a nice addition to his stack and of the leaders Feldman goes backwards.



Dave Mayall is OUT, KJ v AJ

Jeff Kimber has knocked out Phillip Gibson with Ahrt Kh vs A-Q on a Queen high, 2 heart flop.

Marty Wilson min-raises in early position to 2,400. Daniel 'UpTheMariners' Rudd calls in late position, and Paul Parker calls from the blinds. Parker checks blind.

Flop:

Qs 6s 9c

Marty checks, Daniel bets 5k. Paul says to Marty, "You're trapping me, you're trapping me aren't you?" He promptly makes it 15k. Marty passes. Daniel asks for a count, before setting him in for another 15k or so which Paul instantly calls:

Paul:

Qd 9d

Daniel:

Ac Qh

Turn:

6h

River:

2s

David Gross, Bambos and Willie Tann are all OUT.

Dave Colclough is OUT - He sighs as he winds up his Ipod and states "Same old story, Day 1 I sail through, Day2 can't win a hand!"

I only saw that all the chips were in preflop against Jason Shellum.

Jason  Jh Js
Dave   8h 8s

The Jacks held and Jason has about 75,000 chips now, some of these taken in pots before this one.

Dan Carter is OUT. 'Legitimately' he adds.

He raised A-J from the button and the blinds called. The flop came J-T-5 with two clubs, one of the blinds led out for 8k, Dan pushed for 22k and was called by the drawtastic 9c 8c which hit.

Ben Vinson has been crippled after re-raising with Aspades Qc and surprisingly finding an Ad Jd prepared to go the whole way with him. The board came: 9c Ac Kd Js 9h

Some Silo Graham News too!

He raised to 4k with the blinds 800/1600, and called a push from Muntaser Humadi, the board came 5h 4h 7c 9s Ks. Hurrah for Silo!!!

The pressroom is ablaze with Codd and fish jokes...They're giving me a haddock.

Chaz Chattha is OUT, raising with Tens in the cut-off but finding Aces behind him.

Stephen Walmsley (womble) raised 4k from the button.  The small blind reraised to 10,800, womble with about 15,000 passed and left himself a little short.

James Akenhead was involved in a juicy 3 way pot, when there was all in from Paul Bracken and a call from Roy Holliday.  It resulted in Paul tripling up due his Kings being good against the 9's of Roy and the Q's of Akenhead.

Andy Booth has about 55k at the moment, it's difficult to just go and grab an update on one player and come back up as we'd miss so much, so we stay for around 15 minutes and try and stay on the floor for as long as possible to get the most info.

Other news:

Iwan Jones -- 50k
Martyn Cavanagh -- 47k
Luke Vinnicome -- 40k (pictured)

Des Jonas is OUT A-9 vs the Q-Q of N McClellan.

Karl, Iwan and Praz right on the money and ready for action...Er sort of.

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********************* 1 Hour Dinner Break ****************************

Zafar Aslam could have tripled up just now.  He raised in late possition to 4,400 and got an all in push for about 25,000 from Linton Holling, passed round to Andrew Feldman who goes all in too for a lot more.  So Zafar faced with a reraise and rereraise passes his  Ahrt Kh face up.  He was about to feel very sick when his opponents both turn over AQ!!

The board resulted in a chop for Holling and Feldman but the AK would have been the winning hand, instead Zafar is left shaking his head, repeating over and over that he would have called Holling in a flash but not when Feldman pushes too.  He still has around 26,000 chips though so not dead by any means.

We shall be back in under an hour when play will restart with 81 players left and blinds at 1k / 2k  (300).  Also a full chip count will be done during this break by the Raabmeister himself.

Chip Counts:

1   1   101    Andrew Feldman   38800
1   2   102    Isabelle Durr   28800
1   3   103    Andy Booth   57000
1   4   104    Tuan Le-has   63500
1   5   1101    Trev Lawson   28100
1   6   106    Zafar Aslam   19900
1   7   107    John Anjioy   51900
1   8   1406    Linton Holling   20500
1   9   109    Lee Danaher   61800
2   1   201    B Vinson   46300
2   2   202    Karl Mahrenholz   13800
2   3   203    Iwan Jones   54800
2   4   204    Praz Bansi   30100
2   5   205    A Viravi   19300
2   6   206    Paul Murphy   86300
2   7   1103    Paul Parker   66100
2   8   208    Mickey Wernick   51100
2   9   1402    Marco Jenkins   500
3   1   301    Simon Grace   33300
3   2   302    John Hopkins   29700
3   3   1007    Mathew John   11700
3   4   1109    Daniel Rudd   74500
3   5   1307    Kevin Steward   64400
3   6   306    Leo Kam   82300
3   7   307    Jeff Kimber   24900
3   8   1304    Luke Vinnicombe   53500
3   9   1001    M Bebbjones   25500
4   1   401    Neil Channing   44600
4   2   402    Ryan Fronda   30400
4   3   604    James Akenhead   27000
4   4   404    Hong ji Liu   14200
4   5   1405    Martyn Wilson   66300
4   6   406    Andy Cruickshank   39200
4   7   407    Laurance Morley   39700
4   8   408    Surinder Sunar   91100
4   9   409    N Mclellan   102800
5   1   501    Jason Shellum   72700
5   2   1404    Dennis Clough   65800
5   3   1305    Robert Gillon   47400
5   4   504    Lee Biddulph   29800
5   5   505    Graham Codd   49500
5   6   506    Catherine Hartree   26100
5   7   907    Matthew Mcelhinney   74200
5   8   508    Scott Oreilly   79600
5   9   1106    John Worsley   24900
6   1   601    Kevin Oleary   27100
6   2   602    Paul Bracken   59900
6   3   603    Roy Holliday   22500
6   4   1003    Richard Whitmore   46200
6   5   605    Mark Baxter   22200
6   6   1308    Julian Gardner   59100
6   7   607    Patrick Dolan   63700
6   8   608    Adrian Keast   30900
6   9   1303    Darren Rogers   47800
7   1   701    Russell Cawley   20700
7   2   702    Trevor Reardon   10900
7   3   1202    David Maudlin   39400
7   4   704    Sebastian Saffari   23600
7   5   705    Osman Mustanoglu   36800
7   6   706    Salim Jangaewala   25000
7   7   1203    Dan Owston   21100
7   8   708    Paul Murrell   84600
7   9   709    Ray Walton   31900
8   1   801    Robert Bright   61300
8   2   1205    I Yusuf   76300
8   3   803    Mark Rimmer   33500
8   4   804    Martyn Cavanagh   39500
8   5   1005    Neil Greenhalgh   47900
8   6   1204    C.k Le   33900
8   7   1201    Lee Atherton   39800
8   8   1108    Justin Davenport   81500
8   9   809    Paul Gardner   42200
9   1   1002    Paul Moss   41800
9   2   902    John Sayers   40800
9   3   903    Stephen Walmsley   13000
9   4   1301    Mike Williams   37200
9   5   905    Rajesh Modha   72800
9   6   906    Alan Barnacle   21700
9   7   1407    Kyriacos Dionysiou   57500
9   8   908    B Herron   35700
9   9   909    Robert Sherwood   60300

Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) is OUT.  Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) Vinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) to his right kept putting the pressure on Karl's blinds by moving in on him often.  This time Karl saw an Ace and made the call with his remaining 14,000.

Ben held KQ and Karl had A8, a Q was spiked on the flop for Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) Vinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) and that leaves the remaining two other Hit Squaders to do the business. 

The business is what is happening so far because James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) doubled up through Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302).  Neil raised it up with  Kh Qs and James pushed in the big blind with  Jh Js.  Jacks held for Akenhead and rakes a 60,000 pot.  THEN just to brighten up Praz's table, gets moved into Karl's recently vacated, still warm seat!!


Jeff Kimber also has doubled up recently with pocket Queens, just shy of 50,000.

Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Gardner (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) is over 100k now having first knocked out Roy Holliday with Ahrt Js against Ad 6s.

A few hands later Julian raises to 6k from the button on Surindar Sunar's big blind.

Flop comes 8s 5s 9d

Surindar checks, Julian bets 10k, Surindar makes it 25k after some thought, and Julian instantly moves all-in. Surindar mucks. Julian claims Js Ts.

Sometime updater Isabelle Durr is counting her lucky stars after getting it all-in with Ad Qd against Linton Holling's Ac Qc and flopping a flush.

This is officially the pushing hour, no sooner have I seen one bit of action then something else kicks off behind me.

Catherine (on Marty Wilsons table) Hartree goes all in for 21,700 in reaction to a 8k preflop raise.  Dennis Clough the raiser states "Nah, I'll wait for a better chance!"  Which to me usually says "I aint got much mate."


Ryan Fronda is OUT


Ian "Big Noise" Gardner is OUT after pushing from the sb with 79 suited but running into a limpers massive K9.


Tuan Le knocks out Adam Clark by announcing in Manc tones "I'm awwl in!" on a flop looking like:

 7h Qc Jc

Adam called with  Ac Qh and Tuan shrugs his shoulders flipping over  Ts Js  but then a "yess" when the turn brings

 Tc

Tuan Le now right up there with the leaders whilst his less fortunate brother C K Le was found drifting further towards the felt and making a move by shoving with A6 under the gun for 22K.  There was a non surprising call by pocket Kings and CK is left to rail his brother & percentage Tuan.

The Julian Gardner Express travels on...

(http://www.legacystation.com/Lionel05/31960lg.gif)

Robert Bright is the latest victim, he raised to 9.2k, Julian made it 25k and Robert pushed all-in with Ac Ks and was insta-called by the Leeds lad with Ac Ad.
 
Praz Bansi has doubled through Greek Jack with Ad Aspades against Ac 9c. He's up to about 45k.

Surindar Sunar is OUT, he pushed against Julian Gardner's raise with Nines but found Darren Rogers behind him with Aces.

Daniel Rudd is OUT, according to Silo Graham, he had A-T on an A-x-x board vs the A-K of Kevin Steward.

Finally found Justin Davenport - sorry he's been moved about a fair bit.  He currently has a very healthy 96,000 stack.  He just had a tough decision too for another 30,000 of his stack.  On a board of 3 3 4 a guy moved all in and with 25K already in the middle, Justin Davenport gave it a big old dwell.  He did pass though and later said he had 7's.


Kevin O'leary  37,000
Sebastian Saffari  32,000
Ariston  47,000
Martyn Kavanagh  66,000
Iwan Jones  54,000

It seemed every time I went past Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331) Moss (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331)'s table he was pushing his chips over the line.  It was third time unlucky for Fattamarra when Paul's 10,500 raise was met with an all in from I Yusuf.  Paul insta calls his remaining 30k with pockets Tens and was met with a weird  Jh 7h.

The flop was a scary   6h 5h  4s  then  7c  Js

Pretty horrid tale for Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331) Moss (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=331), but he is still in good spirits as he walks away - if not rather quickly.



Raj (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=799) Modha (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=799) is OUT


Sebastian Saffari  is OUT - He went down lower than the previous 32K stated, so he pushed from the cut off with 75 suited but was called from the small blind with pocket nines and the nines were good.

The Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Gardner (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Express has just been derailed...

(http://winesediments.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/derailed-train.jpg)

He just ran A-K into Paul Bracken's K-K, spiking the Ace, but the case King came on the turn.

He's now daddy big chips, Gardner was knocked down to about 50k, but has managed to steal back up 80k.

Lee (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222) Atherton (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1222) has just doubled up Ac Ad against Day 1 leader Paul Murphy's Aspades Kd.

James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) has knocked out Laurance Morley with 9-2 vs 9-7 on a Q-9-2-2-4 board.

Justin Davenport has had his stack halved from about 90k to 45k with Q-T versus Neil Channing's Aces. I have a photo but uploading it is taking forever.

Marty (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978) Wilson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978) just lost a massive percentage of his stack against Jason Shellum.  I caught the action with a flop of

 Qd Qh 7h

With around about 45,000 in the pot already, Shellum checks to Marty who then bets 14,000.  I see that Jason Shellum is holding 88 and gives it a very long dwell.  He decides he must have the best of it and pushes his stack across the line.  On further inspection it's another 26,500 to Marty which would leave him with about 10,000 if he loses.

Now the dwell is on Marty and for once this week, is stone cold silent and is left to think. He goes for it though and calls and see's the bad news, Marty reluctantly shows his 66.  The meaningless turn and river, means Shellum is stacking his big pile of Marty''s chips and Marty is left riffling 3 very small stacks.


At the start of this Level its 2k / 4k  (300)
51 players left.
Av 69,200

Full Chip counts as of last break:

1   1   101    Andrew Feldman   135500
1   3   103    Andy Booth   18000
1   4   104    Tuan Le-has   47600
1   5   603    Roy Holliday   49700
1   6   401    Neil Channing   82800
1   7   107    John Anjioy   54700
1   8   1108    Justin Davenport   65200
1   9   804    Martyn Cavanagh   49700
2   1   201    B Vinson   98900
2   2   604    James Akenhead   57600
2   3   203    Iwan Jones   60900
2   4   204    Praz Bansi   38400
2   5   206    Paul Murphy   44500
2   6   1103    Paul Parker   44600
2   7   1201    Lee Atherton   62200
2   8   1407    Kyriacos Dionysiou   56300
3   1   1005    Neil Greenhalgh   52400
3   2   903    Stephen Walmsley   52000
3   3   208    Mickey Wernick   44200
3   4   809    Paul Gardner   80700
3   5   1307    Kevin Steward   144700
3   6   306    Leo Kam   95500
3   7   307    Jeff Kimber   89600
3   8   505    Graham Codd   28100
3   9   1001    M Bebbjones   65200
5   1   501    Jason Shellum   143900
5   2   1404    Dennis Clough   92300
5   3   1405    Martyn Wilson   9200
5   4   504    Lee Biddulph   79400
5   5   409    N Mclellan   103600
5   6   506    Catherine Hartree   41400
5   7   907    Matthew Mcelhinney   98400
5   8   508    Scott Oreilly   63400
6   2   602    Paul Bracken   237300
6   3   1106    John Worsley   28000
6   4   701    Russell Cawley   58900
6   5   605    Mark Baxter   27500
6   6   1308    Julian Gardner   105700
6   7   607    Patrick Dolan   48900
6   8   109    Lee Danaher   86000
6   9   1303    Darren Rogers   78800
9   1   708    Paul Murrell   149100
9   2   902    John Sayers   45100
9   3   709    Ray Walton   39900
9   4   1301    Mike Williams   43100
9   5   705    Osman Mustanoglu   62700
9   6   406    Andy Cruickshank   31900
9   7   1205    I Yusuf   91600
9   8   908    B Herron   75500
9   9   909    Robert Sherwood   60700

Silo Graham has doubled up with Sevens against Eights but he's still very short.

Patrick Dolan is OUT, and the Julian Gardner Express seems not to havebeen derailed, but merely taken a detour via Middling Stack. He's back over 100k now. There's light at the end of the tunnel!

(http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/hillcountry/images/otwma/railroad_history1.jpg)

Osman Mustanoglu is OUT, K-Q vs 7-7.

Neil Channing has consolidated his domination of Justin Davenport by knocking him out with Kings against A-K.

James Akenhead came over the top of Lee Atherton's 15k raise to push him off the pot and bump his stack up to around 60k.

There are 42 players left and a an average of 84,000.

Sad news, Graham Codd aka 'Silo' is OUT to Kevin Steward, no hand details at the moment though

********* BREAKING NEWS **********

THE CODD has been WHALLOPED ~(booo) Silo Graham Codd is OUT.  3 Limpers so Silo made up his small blind with 56.  The flop was 5 6 7  and Silo bet out 15,000 only to have Kevin Steward with around 150k in chips re raise him.  With not much left behind, Silo was left to put in the rest of his chips and saw he was done for with trip 6's for Steward.

Well played though Graham, a great run non the less, be proud!

I'm afraid he just went out.  I saw a flop of

 7d 4d Ts  and about 27,000 in the pot.  Tuan bet out 24,000 and his opponent pushed him all in.  Tuan called with  Qd Td for top with tons of outs and matey had only  7c 8s.

Turn  8c  River Kc

to send Tuan Le cruelly out the tournament after going so deep.

Short stacks are flying out all over the place. First Paul Parker doubles his meagre stack with 6d 4d against James Akenhead's As Kc on a Q-J-3-5-6 board. Then James Akenhead gets his double up through Greek Jack with Kd 8d vs Kc 6s, hitting a flush.

Next it's Greek Jack's turn, but instead he goes out in a 100k pot to Ben Vinson, all-in with 9d 6s on a 8c 4d 5h board against Vinson's flopped nuts with 7d 6d.

Mickey Wernick is OUT, Q-2 against J-T. The first three cards were K-J-9.

Praz Bansi is crippled with Kc Qh against Day 1 Chip leader Paul Murphy when the board came Kd 7s 5d 2c Jd.

Chip Leader looks to be Paul Murrell. Though he just doubled up Jeff Kimber when the latters' Tens held vs A-K.

Ariston is OUT. Something about T-2 into Aces.

As Floppy said, it really feels like carnage at the moment.


They are both OUT


Martyn Kavanagh makes a raise with K5, was reraised and decided that "sometimes best equity is to pass" leavin him with only 12,000.  Correctly so because matey showed him AA.  Next hand its Martyn's big blind, he is all in against 3 players and trebles up with 6 7 on a 8 10 5 7 Q board.  Now upto 30k.


James Akenhead doubled up Paul Parker with K 10 v Paul's 10's and left himself with about 25,000.  Shortly after that James makes a raise with 7 9 was reraised by Ben Vinson and a committed and maybe slightly annoyed James put the rest of his chips in.  Ben Vinson held AQ and a hit a Q ontop of things to send James OUT.

As Floppy said, it really feels like carnage at the moment.


They are both OUT


Martyn Kavanagh makes a raise with K5, was reraised and decided that "sometimes best equity is to pass" leavin him with only 12,000.  Correctly so because matey showed him AA.  Next hand its Martyn's big blind, he is all in against 3 players and trebles up with 6 7 on a 8 10 5 7 Q board.  Now upto 30k.


James Akenhead doubled up Paul Parker with K 10 v Paul's 10's and left himself with about 25,000.  Shortly after that James makes a raise with 7 9 was reraised by Ben Vinson and a committed and maybe slightly annoyed James put the rest of his chips in.  Ben Vinson held AQ and a hit a Q ontop of things to send James OUT.

30 players left (27 get paid starting at £2,100)
av 133,000
10 mins until next break.

Scott O'Reilly is OUT in 31st, Lee Biddulph doing most of the damage with T-T vs A-Q.

Praz is crippled when he calls the all-in of Lee Atherton with Th Tc only to be facing Qh Qc and is down to around 20k. Not much with the blinds 3k/6k.

One of the big stacks now is Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) with circa 300k after a sick runner of Aces and kings. He's always aware of the position he's in and the situation of the tournament at the moment...

"It's almost the bubble? I had no idea."

Ok, well he's mostly aware.

Here he is with fellow big stacks Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=947) Murrell (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=947) and Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Gardner (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224). The Fat Cats.

(http://www.cats-central.com/cat-pictures/fat-cat-round.jpg)

Ok, I'm lying, they're actually here.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5036&g2_serialNumber=1)

I Yusef is knocked OUT by Paul Parker.  Yusef went all in under the gun for 50,700, Parker then spent at least a couple of minutes thinking, thinking & thinking only to go all in.  Everyone else passes and on their backs:

Yusef  Qh Qs
Parker  Kc Kh

Kings hold up and then a barrage of light hearted abuse is sent Paul Parker's way.  To the tune of "WTF was the dwell all about?"  "what were you thinking about?"  "Where you trying to get the another caller?"  Even someone from the extensive rail joins in "BRAVE call Paul!"

Praz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) Bansi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=353) is OUT in 28th place. He pushed with Qc 5c and Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) Vinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) was priced into calling with 8d 6d from the big blind.

Board:

7c 4c 6h 7h Td.

Not sure how he missed there if I'm honest. A couple of hands earlier Paul Murphy had doubled through Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) Parker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=334) with 6c 6h vs Ac Kh.

Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) Channing (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=302) wants the Climber of the Day award, after arriving at table 1 with 9.2k on the 1k/2k level and turning it into and the chip lead.

And it's....Bubble Time!

;mc;

Chip counts from just before the bubble:

1   1   101    Andrew Feldman   74400
1   2   307    Jeff Kimber   121100
1   3   908    B Herron   43700
1   4   602    Paul Bracken   245200
1   5   803    Mark Rimmer   51500
1   6   401    Neil Channing   337400
1   7   708    Paul Murrell   310400
1   8   1308    Julian Gardner   245500
2   1   201    B Vinson   182400
2   2   203    Iwan Jones   104300
2   3   204    Praz Bansi   27500
2   4   306    Leo Kam   97500
2   5   206    Paul Murphy   26800
2   6   1103    Paul Parker   31300
2   7   1201    Lee Atherton   62400
3   1   109    Lee Danaher   90300
3   2   909    Robert Sherwood   48600
3   3   809    Paul Gardner   236700
3   4   1307    Kevin Steward   64000
3   5   406    Andy Cruickshank   123300
3   6   804    Martyn Cavanagh   66300
3   7   1001    M Bebbjones   58500
5   1   501    Jason Shellum   103200
5   2   1405    Martyn Wilson   100800
5   4   504    Lee Biddulph   159200
5   5   409    N Mclellan   78200
5   6   306    Leo Kam   53000
5   7   1106    John Worsley   46000
5   8   1301    Mike Williams   95000

Jeff Kimber is our bubblee, Ben Vinson moved in on his big blind, and Jeff, who didn't want to limp into the money called for his largish 120k with A-Q. Ben turned over K-7. The board came 4-9-7-2-4 and all remaining players are guaranteed £2,100.

John Worsley goes all in from UTG for only 14,000, with blinds at 4k / 8k Lee Biddulph min reraises to 18,000.  Everybody passes and

Worsley  Jh Js
Biddulph  Ac Th

Lee Biddulph spikes an Ace on the Turn to send John Worsley OUT in 27th.


-------------------------


On Table 1, UTG raises to 24k, Paul Gardner makes a min raise to 50,000.  Action goes round to Marcus Bebb-Jones who goes all in for just under 50k.  The original raiser passed so the cards were on their backs.

Marcus BebbJones   9d 9h
Paul Gardner   7h 7s

The board came out in this fashion   Kh 2s 3c  3d  7c

Marcus BebbJones let out a gutting sound that we all felt for him whilst Paul Gardner let out a raucous raw.......hmmmm  Marcus OUT in 26th.

N Mclellan has become another victim of Ben Vinson, who is fastly becoming the knockout kid. 

Mclellan makes his final push with  Js  Ts and was called by the  Ad Js of Ben.  The board was not exciting in the slightest and Ben 's AJ stand.

N Mclellan OUT in 25th.

Blinds have just gone up:

5k / 10k  (800)
24 left 147,000 average.

Crazily we have had 4 exits in about 5 mins, but I only have the names at the minute.  Floppy is back now with information on the following exits.

Andy Cruickshank  24th
Simmon Rimmer  23rd
Andrew Feldman  22nd
Paul Parker 21st

Ok, Andy Cruickshank was a victim of Paul Gardner with 9-9 vs A-T, a Ten on the flop. The flurry of activity is actually a little mind-blowing at the moment, and it's hard to catch it all.

But, let me continue, Simon Rimmer was the 21st place finisher when his Eights came unstuck against Paul Murrell's T-7 which spiked.

Andrew Feldman was next out, he lost a big pot AIPF with K-J against Paul Murphy's A-T. He then lost his last 10k or so (blinds now 5k/10k) against Julian Gardner's K-7.

Martyn Cavanagh has lost a huge pot to a player who hasn't got his tag, so I can't recoginse him! Grrrr, all I know is the money went in on the flop with Martyn holding Jacks and his opponent holding 8-6 on a 5-5-7 board and rivering a 4.

Paul Parker is OUT in 21st, Julian Gardner set him in with 3-3. Paul squeezed the first card which was the 8c and declared, "If it's an Ace or an Eight I'm going to call."

He peeled a Ks, and decided he couldn't pass for his last 50k. Gardner hit a set though and Paul was gone.

Paul Bracken has knocked out Katherine Hartree with K-Q vs A-3. Julian Gardner doubles up short stack Jason Shellum with Sixes against Kings.

Glittering Fan-dabby-dousy Cash Prizes:

1st -- £109,700
2nd -- £56,500
3rd -- £38,850
4th -- £28,250
5th -- £21,200
6th -- £17,650
7th -- £14,100
8th -- £10,600
9th -- £8,800
10th -- £5,300
11th -- £3,550
12th to 18th -- £2,800
19th to 27th -- £2,100

Iwan 'Buzz Lightyear' Jones has doubled up with Threes against Lee Biddulph's Ace Jack.

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Iwan Jones has just doupled up through Lee Biddulph.  Iwan with only 53k left moves all in with 3's and Biddulph eventually calls with A J.  The dealer blesses Iwan with a board of

 3s   Th 2h Ahrt Aspades

Iwan upto about 130,000.

Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) Gardner (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=224) doubled up Jason Shellum all in preflop.  Shellum pushed with  Kd Kc, Julian made the call with  6d 6h.  A good chunk of Julian's chips were shipped to Jason Shellum.


Lee Biddulph was getting busy again, this time with KQ diamonds against Marty (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978) Wilson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=978)'s AQ.  Lee hit a diamond flush with his KQ to knock Marty to the felt and only 7,000 chips.

Julian Gardner is OUT. After a losing a couple of big pots, he called off his stack with Qh Tc against Js Kc on a Jd 2s 9h board but missed. Neil Channing said apparently that the dealer had miscounted a stack size when Gardner had a marginal decision to make. I don't have too much info on this, perhaps I can ask the table later or Neil will post, but either way Julian seemed pretty much tilted afterwards.

Marty Wilson is out in 18th, winning £2,700. His last few chips were thrown in with 8d 3h against Lee Biddulph's Th Td which housed up on a 4-7-A-T-7 board.

Rob Sherwood is OUT, courtesy of Lee Danaher. A-9 vs Q-J

The players redrew after the last exit and then a huge 3 way pot developed.  It started with shortstack Lee Atherton going all in for 59,600, his neighbour Ben Vinson picked up a big stack of 5k chips and dumped them over the line effectively reraising.  This turned out to be a min raise so it was 119,200 to the next victim. 

Leo Kam looked at his cards had a little think, then moved all in himself.  This turned out to be just under Ben's raise at 113,000. So it was on their backs:

Lee Atherton  9h Tc
Ben Vinson  Ad Kd
Leo Kam   9s 9d

The board came   8c 4c 5c  "club, club, club" whispers Lee next to me.

 5h 8d

So a double and half for Leo Kam, a dent for Ben Vinson and OUT in 16th Lee Atherton.

Full chip counts to follow:

Just before the break, we believe Ben Vinson knocked out Mark Steward with Ad Kd vs Qc Qs. A King on the flop and an Ace on the turn.

The speed of the exits even before the bubble began is quite frightening, the last couple of hours have been highly frenetic whereas usually they tend to be slow and cautious. This could be for a number of reasons, more gamble in these players, the big stacks having vastly more chips meaning the shorter stacks can't afford to sit around at all, on even that some players are already very tired and making more mistakes.

Chip Counts:

1   1   602    Paul Bracken   244100
1   2   908    B Herron   165200
1   3   203    Iwan Jones   125200
1   4   501    Jason Shellum   236100
1   6   401    Neil Channing   428000
1   7   206    Paul Murphy   81400
1   8   708    Paul Murrell   458700
1   9   504    Lee Biddulph   170600
3   1   306    Leo Kam   305400
3   2   109    Lee Danaher   155400
3   5   809    Paul Gardner   360900
3   7   201    B Vinson   460100
3   8   804    Martyn Cavanagh   118700
3   9   1301    Mike Williams   147000

With 14 players left we have now entered the last level of the night, which may finish early if we reach the final 9 but we all doubt it.

So blinds are now 6k / 12k  (1k)

Neil Channing is now using the advantage of the big stack raise pretty much every single pot. After another raise to 35k, the rest of table thinks he might, (surprise, surprise) not always have the goods.

"I've a confession to make," says Neil, "One of the last three raises, I've not had a premium hand."

After a short time in the tank, Lee Biddulph moves in over the top. Passed back to Channing, who folds quickly and says, "Yes, it was this one!"

Paul Murphy has doubled through Ben Vinson with Kh Qh against Ks Jh on a 8h 5h 3d Aspades Td board....

Paul Murrell has taken a load of chips off Jason Shellum. Channing and Murrel limped, Iwan Jones made up the blind and Shellum checked.

The board was checked down til the river and looked like this:

5c Aspades 7d 7h Jd

At this point, Iwan Jones checked, Shellum bet 40k, Channing passed and Morrell made it 120k, Jones passed and Shellum made the call, flipping over Ac Jh, but Morrell had 9s 7s.

Thoughts on the call of the raise here? Shellum surely should know that Morrell could think he's value betting a 7 himself here, so isn't going to re-raise without a 7. He's very unlikely to re-raise with an Ace on the river for the same reason, so perhaps he should be passing the top two pair on the river as a raise is only going to come from a 7 or a full house.

Martin Cavanagh was having some problems with his neighbour Ben Vinson, In a blinds confrontation they see

 2d 3s Th

Ben bets out 16k, Martyn calls.  Turn  4h, Ben checked and Martyn bet 50k, Ben then went all in.  Cavanagh dwelled for a long time and asked the standard question these days "Will you show me?"  Ben was having none of it though, completely ignoring Martyn.  He asks the question another 2 times, Ben  - STILL, SILENT.  Another player called the clock to which Martyn relied "thank you" and meant it.  30 seconds left and he passed "a big" but we never saw.

A couple of hands later he looses another 23k or more to Paul Gardner and is looking in danger now.

Iwan Jones pushed all in for 75k, everyone passed and "pocket tens" says Iwan, whilst showing 10 4 offsuit...


Just had news that Martyn Cavanagh has doubled up through Leo Kam, he must have gained more chips since his encounters with Ben Vinson because he is now over 200,000 for the first time.

Play has now finished for the day.

Just before the end, Lee Biddulph doubled through Jason Shellum just before the end with Kc Ks vs 6s 6d on a Kh Qh Jc 6c 7c board AIPF.

Martyn Cavanagh just got lucky in a pot against Mike Williams, Martyn had Ad Jc and Mike was holding Aspades Qd, the board coming Qc Ks 5c Js Ts for an old...

;kc;

Well that's a wrap for us tonight here in Blackpool, we have 14 players left to fight it out for the final 9 tomorrow a little earlier too - a 1.30pm kick off. 

Still some familiar names left in, Iwan Jones, Neil Channing, Leo Kam, Ben Vinson, Martyn Cavanagh et al.  A redraw again and the chip counts from the end of tonights play will be with us some time overnight.

Early night me thinks after days on end living in a casino....

Chip Counts and odds:

Paul Murrell 644700 7/2
 Ben Vinson 426700 11/2
 Ben Herron 342400 12/1
 Paul Gardner 295900 8/1
 Leo Kam 277700 10/1
 Neil Channing 269900 7/1
 Paul Bracken 259400 12/1
 Martyn Cavanagh 216900 10/1
 Mike Williams 189500 16/1
 Lee Biddulph 182800 16/1
 Lee Danaher 126400 25/1
 Iwan Jones 119200 16/1
 Paul Murphy 90800 25/1
 Jason Shellum 81000 33/1