Blackpool £1000 Main Event Live Update - At A Glance

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*************************Fruit Break***************************

Just before the end of the level, booder bit the dust - raising preflop with , Joe Grech sneakily called with his , and on a Jack-high flop, booder pushed in and received the inevitable call.  It's been a good week for him though....

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Blinds now 500/1,000
Players remaining 70
Average stack  23,400

Aces wreak havoc (both ways) simultaneously on two tables now -

Simon Nowab doubles up with the , called by
Board:    (I would guess the money went in on the flop) - he now has 30k+
Skalie says, "Aces must've been out on this table at least once a round."  So it looked like it was Simon's turn, then.

Meanwhile gets done over by - the board came   and I think it was Tim Flanders who took the damage.  Interestingly, it seemed to aversely affect Simon Zach even more - he'd passed after dwelling over pushing in preflop.  Hindsight or prophecy only make that a good move, though.

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JP Kelly adds to his chip hill (it's on to its second tier now) -
I caught this hand as JP was calling on the button what looked like his opponent's 4,500 on the turn:  .
The river came .  Matey bet out 4,000 and pretty quickly JP raised a stack more (some of each colour) and they were barely past the line before he got a fold.


Tim Flanders is out - Eights against Chaz Chattha's Queens.

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Yes, table ex-Tikay is still looking interesting with the arrival of Mick Fletcher.  Just now he saw a flop with Andy Gomm, and checked the .  Andy bet 4,000 and there was a bit of a dwell as Mick looked at his remaining 10,400, and then eventually passed.  Ariston goes, "Jacks or something."  Not so sure...

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Stop Press - -

New chip leader, none other than my Climber himself, Matt Tyler.  Made the universal wave signifying, "I don't know" when I requested a countdown, but we reckon 120k or thereabouts.

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The players seem to be playing musical chairs - got a few counts though, before the Accurate End of Day one which should be forthcoming within the next twelve hours -

Firstly, just lost Womble, who moved his last 12,500 in with Nines but found a caller with Queens...

Elsewhere: 

Jon Kalmar         84,000
Simon Nowab    34,300
Ash Hussain       55,000
Simon Zach        24,500
Mark Greenwood  12,500
Graham Clarkson    78,500
Matt Tyler            100,000
Joe Grech            37,000
Michael Greco        3,000
Stuart Rutter        50,000
Peter Evans          38,300
Sid Harris              45,000
The Camel            20,500
Ryan Fronda         37,000
Niamh Peters        51,000
Chaz Chattha        46,000
JP Kelly               107,000   (new chip leader - he's switching this position with Matt and Skalie regularly...) 

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Big hand for Matt (in the Not Good way):

Matt raises to 3,200, Sid on his immediate left makes it 8k, and an unexpected third party in the form of Matt Lowe moves in for 24k.  Matt now decides to isolate, putting in a big chunk of yellow chips, but he's not getting rid of Sid who has ...
Matt Tyler shows 
Matt Lowe shows 

The board came raggy with Jack high, and that gives Sid another big stack, and knocks Matt Tyler right down, and Matt Lowe right out.

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This is just a taster of the elimination whirlwind which has hit these last few tables -

There are now just 43 players, with the blinds at 600/1,200.  That's a table gone per 40 minutes in the last few hours.  To be honest, I can barely keep up now, but you'll get the full end of day standings if I receive them tonight, and if not, er, tomorrow.

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END OF PLAY.........................

Rejoin us (and by us, I mean the Royal We) tomorrow for more of the same, all the way down to the End starting at 3pm.

I am going to stay for about half an hour and see if any End of Day counts float my way.  But just in case they don't, I'll suggest: