The tension is as thick as treacle round the two remaining tables now.
An expectant crowd is gathered round, watching every moment of proceedings and even the ice-cool Joe Beevers has had to remove his jacket as the heat starts to rise...
Jitesh Thakker just moved in for a tad over 50k on Bambos big blind.
Bambos checked his cards, got a count, shrugged his shoulders and CALLED!
Cards on their little backs, Thakker was found holding the perfectly respectable T-T, which though nice, was no match for Bambos' dominant J-J.
There were no suprises from the board meaning Jitesh Thakker is OUT and he looked understandably pretty disappointed at having run into a hand this close to the money. Poor lamb.
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Several hands later, Jim Tierney limped from the cut off for 4k and Barny Boatman completed from the small blind for a further 2k.
Omar saw this as an opportunity to win some chips with his shortstackand pushed allin. Jim looked disgusted, perhaps with himself for limping and ultimately passed before Barny simply said, "I call" for the additional 30k chips.
Omar tabled
, but found Barney concealing his strength preflop with 9-9.
The flop proved no help to Omar beyond a single 7, meaning Barny's 9-9 held, he added yet further to the large stack he is amassing and Omar Ghandur is OUT!
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We are now down to 15 players, the average is 100k and as we have reached the end of the level, the players are now on a 15 minute break.
The players will return to blinds of 3k- 6k with a 600 ante. We'll be back shortly
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