Billy Chattaway kicked off the hand by raising from the cutoff and then calling when Joe Townsend three-bet to 115,000 from the small blind. Both players checked the flop and Townsend checked the turn. Chattaway bet 92,000 on the turn and was called.
The river was the and now Townsend led and led big, making it 305,000 to see a showdown. Chattaway was flumoxed by the bet and eventually folded face up, but Townsend didn't show.
Robert Davies opened with a raise and Craig McCorkell called from the big blind.
McCorkell checked and then called a 35,000 bet from Davies on the flop. McCorkell then check-called a 55,000 but on the turn, and the landed on the river. McCorkell checked again, but when Davies bet 135,000 McCorkell didn't call, instead he check-raised to 440,000. Davies called and showed , but his full house was beaten by McCorkell's .
Fraser Bellamy opened from under the gun at his six-handed table and Billy Chattaway called from the net seat along. On the flop Bellamy bet 75,000 and Chattaway called. The turn was the and Fraser led for 175,000. Chattaway called. The river was the and Bellamy bet 525,000.
"Aarrgghh!" came the cry from Chattaway before he stood from his seat. It was obvious that Chattaway had a major decision to make, but despite its magnitude, he came to his conclusion rather quickly.
Chattaway turned face up and folded and was shown from Bellamy, who is now approaching 2,000,000 chips.
Chi Zhang opened to 43,000 in the cutoff and met some resistance from Fraser Bellamy on the button who called. Billy Chattaway folded in the small blind but Andrew Seden squeezed to 200,000. Zhang folded and after a short while, Bellamy said "I'm passing" and ducked out of the way.
On a flop reading , Craig McCorkell checked from the small blind and Robert Davies checked behind from the big blind. McCorkell checked again on the and Davies bet 25,000. McCorkell called.
The river was the and McCorkell check-called a 51,000 bet only to muck when shown the of Davies.
Breixo Gonzalez's third all-in bet in one orbit was called by Iaron Lightbourne in the cutoff.
Gonzalez revealed the and Lightbourne the dominating . Lightbourne went further in front with the arrival of the flop, although Gonzalez could hit running spades to stay in the tournament. The put paid to those ideas and when the rolled off of the river the tournament was left with only 12 players in the hunt for the £200,000 first place prize.
Breixo Gonzalez is in "push-or-fold" territory and for the last two hands he's opted for the latter.
The first saw him push from the button and show when the blind folded. One hand later, he moved all-in again from the cutoff and picked up the blinds and antes.
Everyone folded to Chi Zhang in the cutoff and he made it 43,000 to play. Fraser Bellamy wasn't going to let Zhang have his own way in the hand and stuck in a raise to 128,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, as did Zhang.
Andrew Seden raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Joe Townsend called from the next seat along. Nobody else wanted to get involved so it was heads-up to the flop. Seden continued with an 80,000 bet and was called. Both players then checked the turn and river, Seden taking down the hand with his , which beat Townsend's lesser .
We said that Billy Chattaway can seemingly do no wrong and we look to be correct in that assumption judging by the following hand.
Fuad Serhan opened from the cutoff for 50,000. The action then folded to Billy Chattaway in the big blind, and he moved all-in; Serhan snap-called.
Serhan's speedy call was due to him holding , a far superior hand to the of Chattaway. However, a final board reading saw Chattaway hit running clubs to improve to an aces-crushing flush and Serhan fell in 14th place.
flop and Townsend checked the 
turn. Chattaway bet 92,000 on the turn and was called.
and now Townsend led and led big, making it 305,000 to see a showdown. Chattaway was flumoxed by the bet and eventually folded 
face up, but Townsend didn't show.
flop. McCorkell then check-called a 55,000 but on the 
turn, and the 
.
flop Bellamy bet 75,000 and Chattaway called. The turn was the 
and Fraser led for 175,000. Chattaway called. The river was the 
and Davies bet 25,000. McCorkell called.
and McCorkell check-called a 51,000 bet only to muck when shown the 
of Davies.
. Lightbourne went further in front with the arrival of the 
flop, although Gonzalez could hit running spades to stay in the tournament. The 
when the blind folded. One hand later, he moved all-in again from the cutoff and picked up the blinds and antes.
flop. Seden continued with an 80,000 bet and was called. Both players then checked the 
, which beat Townsend's lesser 
.
of Chattaway. However, a final board reading 
