Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
James Mitchell bet 150,000 pre-flop from middle position and was only called by Arron Fletcher in the big blind. The two professionals went heads-up to a flop of . Fletcher checked, but Mitchell made it 100,000, which Fletcher called.
The turn of saw Fletcher check again, so Mitchell made it 150,000, again prompting a call. On the river of , Mitchell made it 425,000. It would take over two-thirds of Fletcher's remaining chips to make the call, so his tournament direction hinged on it. He took his time, looking at Mitchell for around four minutes and processing the hand. Eventually, Fletcher made the call and was shown Mitchell's hand - . Fletcher turned over to win the hand with two-pair on a four-diamond board.
A high quality hand all round, with the trickiest of decisions played out superbly by both players. While James Mitchell is by no means out of contention, slipping to a still-strong 900,000, Fletcher has catapulted himself from below average to threatening the lead.
An intriguing player, Arron Fletcher's rise from tournament hopeful to cash game pro and backer is an interesting one. We'll be bringing you an exclusive and at times explosive chat with the Cambridge-born professional before the end of the week here on Pokernews.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arron Fletcher |
1,850,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
James Mitchell |
900,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Michael Harb is on a rush as he's eliminated Steve Watts just moments after Money Singh left us in 15th place.
First, Harb moved all-in with and Watts called it off with . Harb flopped a seven and held. Watts was left crippled stack-wise, losing that 1.3m-chip pot, and got his last in with against Harb's .
The flop of put Watts ahead, the turn of kept him there, but the on the river gave Watts two-pair but Harb the gut-shot straight.
Harb has 1.5 million, both Watts and Singh will wait to get their revenge in other tournament going on this week as the London Live Festival continues for another eight days of action!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Harb |
1,500,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Money Singh | Busted | |
Steve Watts | Busted |
James Mitchell and Arron Fletcher have clashed again, and this time, Mitchell came out on top in what was an odd hand.
With 1.2m at the start of the hand, Fletcher called a min-raise to see a flop of with his hand of . On the turn of he bet half of his remaining stack, and James Mitchell moved all-in. Fletcher called and Mitchell had . He had to miss a world of outs on the river, but he did so and moved up to around 1.6m after the hand. Fetcher is now very short-stacked with around eight big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Mitchell |
1,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Arron Fletcher |
420,000
-1,430,000
|
-1,430,000 |
Mihai Pop has been eliminated in 13th place, after shoving and being called by
He was unable to catch up and crashes out of the 888Poker London Live Festival opening event. But there is also an all-in and a call at the other table...followed by another all-in...!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mihai Pop
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
A four-way all-in madhouse erupted on the second table as we lost three players and one went into a massive chip lead in the tournament.
First, Arron Fletcher shoved his eight big blind stack into the middle and was called by Artan Dedusha in the cut-off after a long think and then Paul Whyman on the button, who only had four big blinds. When it came to Graham Hawkes (pictured) in the big blind, he sensationally moved all-in for 1.6m, and Artan Dedusha called it off!
Arron Fletcher:
Paul Whyman:
Graham Hawkes:
Artan Dedusha:
The board of kept Dedusha in front the whole way and he leaps to chip leader with a stack of 4.95 million chips. Paul Whyman busted in 12th place for £1,890, Arron Fletcher in 11th for the same and Graha Hawkes in 10th for the same amount too.
We have our final table!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Artan Dedusha |
4,950,000
4,292,000
|
4,292,000 |
Arron Fletcher | Busted | |
Graham Hawkes | Busted | |
Paul Whyman | Busted |
We've reached the final table, with our nine players lining up as follows:
Seat | Player | Chips |
Seat 1 | James Mitchell | 1,545,000 |
Seat 2 | Artan Dedusha | 4,950,000 |
Seat 3 | Vitalli Seman | 1,230,000 |
Seat 4 | Svetlin Ivanov | 4,450,000 |
Seat 5 | Longbo Mi | 575,000 |
Seat 6 | Neil Barron | 2,040,000 |
Seat 7 | Michael Benson | 770,000 |
Seat 8 | Jose Luis Lopez | 1,060,000 |
Seat 9 | Michael Harb | 1,195,000 |
Michael Benson moved all-in for 770,000 with and was called by Michael Harb in the next seat with .
There was little chance for Benson from the flop, as the board ran out and he departed with £2,000 and a ticket for the 888Poker London Live Main Event later in the week. A decent weekend's work!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Harb |
1,965,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
Michael Benson | Busted |