Artan Dedusha only bought in during Level 7 and he's already the tournament's chip leader. While we didn't see the key hand take place, the fact that Elior Sion is now down to 15,100 chips suggests it was he who fell victim to Dedusha's lightning start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
127,000 | |
|
15,100
-47,900
|
-47,900 |
Simon Deadman is the man to catch going into Level 7 of the £5,250 WPT UK High Roller, while Craig McCrokell, David Lopez and Tom Hall are bringing up the rear. That said, that shorter stacked trio still have at least 44 big blinds in their stack so they're far from desperate to make a move.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,700
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
76,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
75,300
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
75,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
74,000
-800
|
-800 |
|
70,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
|
66,000
18,700
|
18,700 |
|
|
63,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
62,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
53,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
50,000
-6,600
|
-6,600 |
|
47,000
-700
|
-700 |
|
47,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
46,000
-8,100
|
-8,100 |
|
45,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
-700
|
-700 |
|
40,000
-13,400
|
-13,400 |
|
39,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
35,250
-6,750
|
-6,750 |
|
31,000
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
|
28,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
|
24,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
24,000
-21,900
|
-21,900 |
|
23,200
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
23,000
-12,600
|
-12,600 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
The players are heading for a spot of fresh air after he completion of Level 6. When they return, they'll play three more 40-minute levels before wrapping things up for the night. There are still 25 players remaining.
Tamer Kamel is a familiar face on the UK and European poker circuit and has some stellar results to show for his efforts. He's bought in a few minutes ago and has wasted little time in getting involved with his new table mates.
Richard Kellett raised to 1,000 from middle position, Kamel three-bet to 2,525 from the cutoff only to see Sergio Aido four-bet to 8,700 from the small blind. Unperturbed by the action before him, Kellett five-bet to 15,000. Kamel asked to see Aido's stack, which contained 35,000 chips, before folded, then Aido himself sent his cards back to the dealer, leaving Kellett to take the pot down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
77,100
23,100
|
23,100 |
|
|
47,700
47,700
|
47,700 |
|
|
35,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Sheffield's Richard Trigg opened from the button and then called a three-bet from Elior Sion in the big blind. Sion rarely needs an excuse to splash around in pots so it was unsurprising to see him lead for 4,500 on the 
flop after he'd three-bet preflop. Trigg liked his holding and called.
The 
turn slowed Sion down, but not Trigg who bet 7,300. Sion had seen enough and folded, leaving Trigg to march through the 70,000 chip barrier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
61,300
27,900
|
27,900 |
The action passed to Daniel Merrilees in the hijack and he min-raised to 800. A couple of folds later and it was Terry Jordon's turn to act and he three-bet to 2,500. Merrilees called and the dealer spread the 
flop and both players checked. Jordon checked the 
turn, Merrilees bet 3,500 and Jordon folded, flipping over the 
as he did so.
Richard Trigg is up to 64,000 chips following a short but profitable hand versus Kuljinder Sidhu and David Lopez.
It was Trigg who opened the betting, raising to 1,000 from early position and being called by Lopez in the cutoff and then being raised by Sidhu in the small blind, Sidhu's raise being to 2,350. Both Trigg and Lopez called the squeeze and the pot started to build.
A flop reading 
was checked around by all three players, with Sidhu also checking the arrival of the 
turn. Trigg took a stab at the pot with a 3,500 bet and it was enough to fold out both of his opponents, leaving him to rake in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
56,600
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
35,600
-11,200
|
-11,200 |
We've been chatting with Terry Jordon and Simon Deadman and discovered how the latter accumulated his big stack, which involved the former losing most of his chips.
Jordon informed us that he got his chips in with 
verus Deadman's 
on a 
board to lose all but 10,000 chips, which then went into the middle in the hand against Sergio Aido that we caught.
Must be nice to be Deadman!
