Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Jack Kershaw raised to 750 from the button and Graeme Bester called in the small blind. The flop came and Bester checked to Kershaw who bet 1,250. Bester raised to 4,000.
Kershaw thought about calling but eventually he folded the face up. Bester took one look at his cards and flashed to his opponent before mucking.
Kershaw laughed. "I was literally about to ask if a set of nines was good or not!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Graeme Bester | 37,000 | |
Jack Kershaw
|
27,000 |
On a flop of two players checked to James Mitchell who bet 1,200. Luke Hyndman called and the third player folded.
The turn was the and Hyndman led for 2,400. Mitchell called.
On the river, which was the , Hyndman reached for a 5,000-value chip and threw it forward announcing "Three and a half" as he did so. There was a murmur from the table about what the value of the bet could be, and the dealer called the floor.
The floor ruled that owing to the current blind level of 100/200, and the "ambiguity of the bet," the bet was to be ruled 350. Mitchell called and Hyndman mucked his cards. Mitchell turned over and said that he was going to call anyway.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Mitchell | 36,500 | 36,500 |
Luke Hyndman
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
After trying his luck on Day 1a, Andrew Christoforou has jumped back in the field today. The Englishman who finished 18th in the WSOP Main Event last year was famous for his tabletalk during the live coverage, and his friendship with fellow motor-mouth William Kassouf.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Christoforou | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Al-Farouk Moyosore raised from the button to 600 and Julian Hazelhof defended his big blind.
The flop came . "Let's have a little fun," said Hazelhof who then led out for 1,400 into a pot of 1,300, "You might raise me!" he continued.
Moyosore called and the turn was the . Hazelhof continued for 2,100.
"I thought you had Ace-Four," said Moyosore, "What is going on!"
"I'll show you," said Hazelhof, "I'll show everyone at the table."
"You're talking like you have a big Ace," said Moyosore, who eventually called.
Both players checked the on the river. Hazelhof showed for a set of fives and Moyosore for a flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Al-Farouk Moyosore
|
37,000 | |
Julian Hazelhof | 10,000 | -20,000 |
Here are the players in the field who got their £440 ticket through an 888poker satellite.
Can one of them go all the way?
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Grzegorz Gawel
|
30,000 | |
Richard Williams | 30,000 | |
Richard Paul
|
30,000 | |
Richard Barnes
|
30,000 | |
Keith Richards
|
30,000 | |
Andy Young
|
30,000 | |
Vladimir Marchevici | 30,000 | |
Tina Burland
|
30,000 | |
Piotr Kaznowski
|
30,000 | |
Hanyang Liu
|
30,000 | |
Piotr Pilch
|
30,000 | |
Million Yehdgo Yosief
|
30,000 | |
Miguel Antonio Muñoz bermudo
|
30,000 | |
Martyn Fuller
|
30,000 | |
Lucian Tartan | 30,000 | |
Julian Hazelhof | 30,000 | |
Zlatan Cizmic
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
There are 55 runners seated now and 20 of those are players who qualified through 888poker to bag a £440 seat and the chance to win a slice of the mega £100,000 guarantee.