Barry Price had just called a raise in the small blind and folded to an ace high flop, wearily showing his . He was about to get involved in the next hand though.
Matt Frankland made it 2,000 UTG and was 3-bet by seat 1, Mark Gardner, to 5,000. It’s folded around to Barry who counts out the chips and pushes them over the line. Frankland quickly gets out of the way and we see a flop.
Barry checks as he had the previous hand. Gardner makes it 6,000 only to face a check raise to 16,000.
A minute goes by. Gardner asks how much Barry has left. Barry spreads the chips, in no mood to give the exact number.
“All in.” Says Gardner and Barry pushes the rest of his chips over the line to call, the player at risk.
Barry shows The hand he’s been waiting for.
Gardner has
The dealer quickly puts out the turn and the river. It takes a second or two to sink in.
Gardner makes the straight and cracks the aces. Barry is out, the dream is over.
“Seat open, thirty one.” The dealer calls and the game resumes.
The infamous Tony G has arrived fashionably late and is ready to go to battle with his new table mates. Those mates include Jamie Burland, Mathew Frankland and APAT's Leigh Wiltshire.
It shouldn't be long before shouts of "qualified" and "heart and commitment" emanate from Wembley Stadium.
Lesser players than Ramey Shaio would have no doubt gone bust in the spot that he just found himself in.
Shaio led for 5,500 from the small blind on a board and was sat contemplating what to do because Toby Lewis had raised that bet to 16,400. Eventually, Shaio called and turned over for rivered boat, but was crushed by the of Lewis.
Well something is certainly going right for the Frenchman and ISPT ambassador.
Benyamine had bet 4,700 on the turn of a board with Frederic Casalta making the call to see the on the river. Benyamine thought for a moment and checked and Casalta checked behind him.
Benyamine showed and Casalta mucked his hands as the former began to stack up the chips. Casalta then did a double take and saw that Benyamine didn't have a diamond.
Casalta's hands quickly resided on his head in disbelief, "Oh no!" - Clearly he'd thought Benyamine had the but Casalta could only direct his frustration inward.
Benyamine quietly continued to stack the chips from the pot, he's probably feeling slightly luckier than he was before.
Ross Boatman had to check-raise the turn and the river in order to fold out Richard Trigg.
Boatman opened for 1,600 from middle position, Trigg called in the cutoff and Erwann Pêcheux came along for the ride in the big blind. The trio shared a flop. Pêcheux checked its arrival and Boatman bet 3,500. Trigg, who was feverishly typing the WiFi password into his iPad, called. Pêcheux folded.
The turn was the and Boatman checked its arrival. Trigg was in no mood for checking and he bet 5,000. Boatman then sprung into life and check-raised to 12,000. Trigg quickly called.
The river card was the and Boatman checked again. Trigg bet again, making it 12,000 and Boatman asked how much Trigg had behind. Trigg spread out his stack (78,900) and no sooner had he done so Boatman check-raised again, this time to 35,000. Trigg looked puzzled by the fact he'd been check-raised twice and his cards hit the muck.
Squeezed between Jamie Burland and Matt Frankland is amateur player Barrie Price.
Barry played the first qualifying Saturday at DTD, buying in for £260.
For a while he held the lead on day one, with the final tally showing he had 183,800, second only behind chip leader Juen Alban.
I’m about to grab a word with Barry when Tony G arrives and promptly takes his seat at the same table.
Barry tells me he’s had a rough day and is down to half his starting stack, about 9,0000.
“Tough table Barry?” I ask him.
“No, not really. I’ve seen them all on TV so I know pretty much how they play. I just need a few good hands now and I’ll be alright.” He replied with a smile.
On the river of an board, Richard Trigg check-raised Jean Miguel Larceda's 4,600 bet to 12,000 causing the latter to tank for several minutes before he eventually made the call.
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. He was about to get involved in the next hand though.
Barry checks as he had the previous hand. Gardner makes it 6,000 only to face a check raise to 16,000.
The hand he’s been waiting for.
board and was sat contemplating what to do because Toby Lewis had raised that bet to 16,400. Eventually, Shaio called and turned over 
for rivered boat, but was crushed by the 
of Lewis.
board with Frederic Casalta making the call to see the 
on the river. Benyamine thought for a moment and checked and Casalta checked behind him.
but Casalta could only direct his frustration inward.
flop. Pêcheux checked its arrival and Boatman bet 3,500. Trigg, who was feverishly typing the WiFi password into his iPad, called. Pêcheux folded.
