Matt Newcombe sat atop the chip counts briefly after John Riordan lost some chips, but Newcombe just lost a pot of his own.
After a player in middle position opened to 11,000, Newcombe called from the hijack. The player in the cutoff put in a three-bet to 42,000 and only Newcombe came along to see the flop.
A check from Newcombe led to a bet of about 43,000 from his opponent. After a good 90 seconds in the tank, Newcombe popped it to 101,000, but his opponent had none of it. A quick all-in and fold came next, as Newcombe lost roughly 150,000 of his stack.
A few hours after John Riordan crossed 500,000, somebody else has finally done the same. Matt Newcombe had about 420,000 in chips before busting an opponent.
After raising and calling an opponent's re-raise, Newcombe watched a flop hit the board. His opponent fired at it, but Newcombe came along to see the turn. His opponent went all in for about 110,000 and Newcombe was more than happy to call with for a turned set. With , his opponent found no help from the river.
Stuart Paterson had been grinding the short stack all day, but finally succumbed when his ran into an opponent's . The board ran out to end Paterson's tournament.
Joining him on the rail recently were Brian Haveson and Julian Sacks.
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for a turned set. With 
, his opponent found no help from the river.
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and his Main Event came to an end.
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to end Paterson's tournament.
