Teddy Sheringham has also joined the walking wounded in the bar. I didn't see the hand myself, but was reliably informed by my secret source (think big overcoats, eye-holes in newspapers, and special codenames) that he had Tens and ran into the Pocket Queens of Jonathan Martin.
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A Stearne is a gonna, and perhaps the recipient of a late-in-the-day cooler. All-in with Pocket Jacks on a 3-3-4 Flop, he was called by an elated (well, his friend was elated when he patted him on the back and celebrated from the rail) Jonathan Baylis. "Shit," said man-of-few-words Stearne as he was shown Pocket Queens. 7 Turn and 6 River.
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As Junglecat mentioned earlier, Des Jonas was eliminated during the last couple of levels. He raised it to 4k with Q-9 and was put all-in by A-K. Only 5k left, he took a gamble but came up short.
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And finally, on the very last hand of the day, we lost a plucky Lam Trinh who had been bumping and grinding a shortstack all day. His swan song came with
against Alan Rawling's
, but when he needed that spot of good fortune, it didn't arrive, the
offering no aid to either player.
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