Billy Chattaway can seemingly do nothing wrong at the moment and continues to add to his stack with every hand he plays.
On a 
board, Fuad Serhan checked from the big blind and then called when Chattaway bet 66,000. Serhan checked the 
river. Chattaway looked down at his own chips, grabbed 72,000 worth of them and bet, prompting a quick fold from Serhan.
A massive pot just went down next to us, one involving Dominic Cullen and Robert Davies.
Cullen opened in the cutoff and Davies defended his big blind with a call. The 
flop was greeted with a check from Davies and then a continuation bet of 44,000 from Cullen. Davies responded with a check-raise to 110,000. Cullen then put in a raise of his own, making it to 304,000. The hand wasn't yet over because Davies moved all-in for 697,000.
Cullen sat staring at this opponent before grinning and mucking his hand. Davies said that he wanted a call from Cullen, sadly for him, he didn't get it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
370,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,650,000
447,000
|
447,000 |
|
Busted |
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 
.
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.
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
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.
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.
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,875,000
920,000
|
920,000 |
