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Liz Lieu is up to 100,000 thanks to 'shattering the dreams of a young man' - as Pete Linton calls it.
Lieu held 
against Luke Hallinan's 
and the board ran out a comfy-looking 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 30,000 |
I arrived at Pete Linton’s table to hear him say those magical words “I’m all in.”
A second later I heard his opponent call.
The flop had already been dealt and was showing 
Linton tabled the 
and his opponent showed 
What was going on?
It was not quite so dramatic for Linton as it first appeared though as his opponent was in for his last 6,000
.
The board ran out 
and Linton took a dent to his stack, doubling up his opponent.
On the next hand Linton got back on the horse and raised to 1,700 only to be called by the cut-off and the big blind.
The dealer put out a flop of 
Linton continued with a bet of 3,000 which was called by the cut-off. Big blind opted to fold.
The 
on the turn was checked by both players as was the river
Linton raised his eyebrows at his opponent and was met with his answer. “Jack?” he said.
Linton nodded and mucked. His opponent tabled the 
and scooped the pot.
Can the aggressive young chip leader regain his momentum in the last few levels of tonight?
Jon Spinks is up to 160,000 chips and is in good shape as Day 2b enters its latter stages.
It was Spinks who opened the preflop betting round with a raise to 1,800 from UTG+1 and it appeared that nobody wanted to tangle with the talented Brit as they all folded around to Bash Mahmood on the button. Mahmood, who is a very loose aggressive player and a regular at the Dusk Till Dawn club in Nottingham, three-bet to 3,200, which was enough to fold out the blinds. Spinks was going nowhere though and he made the call.
The first three community cards read 
and Spinks check-called a 4,000 bet from his aggressive opponent. The turn saw Spinks check again and Mahmood checked behind. Possibly sensing weakness in Mahmood or possibly because the river helped him, Spinks led for 5,600 and after 25-30 seconds of deliberation Mahmood folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 5,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Albert Sapiano is has just won back-to-back pots and is gaining in confidence. What the former honey importer lacks in skills and finesse he makes up with love for the game and natural passion.
Nick Clarke open-limped under the gun and Sapiano was next to act. Sapiano called, as did Alexander Schechter on the button and Praz Bansi checked in the big blind.
A flop reading 
was checked to Clarke who then bet 2,000. Only Sapiano called so it was heads-up to the 
turn. Clarke led again, making it 6,000 to play only to see Sapiano up the aggression and raise to 15,000. Clarke called and the dealer placed the on the river. Clarke reverted to checking and Sapiano checked behind.
Clarke: 
- for a pair of nines
Sapiano: 
- for a straight
Sapiano adds to his stack.
On the very next hand, Sapiano made it 1,600 to play from under the gun, David Gent called on the button and Nick Clarke called from the big blind. The flop saw a check from Clarke, a continuation bet of 3,500 from Sapiano, a fold from Gent and a call from Clarke. That was the last of the betting as both active playrs checked down the turn and 
river, Sapiano winning the pot with his .
"Every hand is like this," said Praz Bansi, "Nobody folds once it gets to the turn!"
"We're getting 15 hands per hour," claimed David Gent, "If you want to do some blogging just stay on our table!"
With the board reading 
Mo Muse fired a bet of 2,300 before Jack Ellwood raised to 7,000 from the button. Muse, an aggressive cash game player from Northampton, in the middle of England, came back over the top making it 22,300.
Ellwood tanked for several minutes, eventually opting to fold before he turned to this reporter and smiled, saying, "I wasn't expecting that to happen!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
One of the best known Frenchmen in the field today is former Main Event 3rd Place finisher Antoine Saout. He's just managed to double up with all in preflop against Patryk Slusarek's 
- the board coming a very definitive 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000 | 46,000 |
Pete Linton started today with almost 300,000 having blitzed a live satellite last night. He's been quietly chipping up but it looked like he was ready to play a big pot just now. The board was reading 
and Linton checked to James Akenhead who bet 3,000. Wayne Hopkin raised to 7,000 from the button but then Linton put in a check-raise to 15,000 - enough to scare both the others out of the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 15,000 |
It's common knowledge that the poker pros think the field in the ISPT Main Event is rather weak and has plenty of value in it, but try telling that to the following players who are now having to share a table together.
Timothy Chung, Leon Louis, Peter Eastgate and Martins Adeniya are all now on the same table, a table that is one of the toughest in this tournament.
Just back from the dinner break and having giving an interview to PokerNews, The Devilfish, Dave Ulliott, tangled in a pot with Waheed Ashraf again.
Looking at a flop of 
Ashraf bet 2,100 and was quickly called by Devilfish, who looked like he didn’t have a care in the world.
The turn came the 
and Ashraf opted to check.
Devilfish saw his opening and a bet of 3,000, after a brief hesitation from Ashraf, took down the pot.
On the very next hand Devilfish raised from the cut-off to 2,000 only to face a 3-bet from the big blind to 4,300.
“How much?” He asked in his distinctive Hull accent.
Before he could make a decision though, he was asked by an onlooker to pose for a photograph with Marcel Luske. He graciously agreed to the request and gave his widest smile before returning to the matter in hand.
Interruption over, Devilfish looked at his opponent and called the bet.
The dealer dealt a flop of
Both players checked, and the turn brought the
Once again the pre-flop aggressor checked to Devilfish who threw out three yellow chips for a bet of 3,000. No resistance and the pot was his.
Devilfish now sits on a stack of over 100,000.
Whatever he had for dinner it certainly agreed with him.
