Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
111,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
107,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
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|
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
85,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
The 73 remaining players are on their last 15-minute break of the day. There has been a total of 180 entries meaning £228,536 currently sits in the prize pool. Day 1a will close on the completion of Level 10, so just two level remain.
Julien Sitbon moved all-in for around 10,000 from the hijack and was called by Connor Heelis on the button.
Julien Sitbon: ![]()
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Connor Heelis: ![]()
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Sitbon and Heelis paired their aces on the ![]()
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flop. Sitbon had the better kicker but Heelis picked up a wheel-draw. The
turn left Heelis with just four outs and he was unable to secure the elimination following the
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted | |
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|
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Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
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|
|
Busted | |
Victoria Coren-Mitchell moved all-in for around 13,000 on a board displaying ![]()
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. Her opponent, Colin Paddington, had her covered and was in the tank. He eyed up the pot which had around 11,000 in but he opted to return his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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Gary Miller opened to 1,400 from middle position and was called by Eamonn Dyer from the cutoff. Sebastien Jung then moved all-in for 10,000. Miller folded.
Dyer then began speaking to his table mate, "do you want a double up?"
"I don't know," Jung replied.
Dyer flicked in a chip to call anyway.
Sebastien Jung: ![]()
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Eamonn Dyer: ![]()
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Jung paired up on the ![]()
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flop. He also picked up a flush draw on the
, which also gave Dyer an inferior pair. The
river was a safe card for the at-risk player and Jung scooped a pot to put him above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Antoine Labat moved all-in for his last 2,000 from middle positon. Conor Heelis made it 5,000 from the cutoff before Alan Carr moved all-in for just over 25,000. Heelis folded and Labat was at risk of busting the Main Event.
Antoine Labat: ![]()
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Alan Carr: ![]()
Labat found hope on the ![]()
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flop, the
turn was a safe card but Carr paired up on the
river to scoop the pot.
As Labat made his exit, so did Mark Gardner. He was all-in against Yudhishter Jaswal who had flopped a three-of-a-kind with his ![]()
. Gardner did not show his cards and left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
35,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
110,000 | |
|
|
101,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
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Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600