€3,000 Main Event
Day 2b Started
2013 International Stadiums Poker Tour Wembley Stadium
€3,000 Main Event
Day: 2b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 International Stadiums Poker Tour Wembley Stadium
Buy-in
€3,000
Entries
761
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Welcome to ISPT Wembley Stadium Main Event Day 2b
Good morning, good afternoon or good evening to you all, depending on where in the world you are reading the PokerNews Live Reporting pages from, and welcome to Day 2b of the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) Wembley Stadium Main Event.
At 12:00 UK time, hundreds of poker players will step onto the pitch of Wembley Stadium — the home of English football. Yesterday, 319 players sat down in the massive inflatable tents on the Wembley pitch for Day 2a. We expect that number to be doubled for Day 2b.
Among those set to participate in this historic poker tournament include Romberto Romanello, Liz Lieu and the legendary David "Devilfish" Ulliott. We also expect plenty of Day 2a's busted players to return to felt today to take advantage of the re-entry format. Any one who was eliminated on Day 2a can head back to Wembley Stadium and buy back in for €3,000 and receive 52,700 chips for their hard-earned cash. Some of the players who crashed out yesterday included Toby Lewis, Christopher Brammer, Peter Eastgate, Michael Tureniec and the infamous Tony G, so keep an eye on the blog for their names throughout proceedings today.
Also, we will keep a look out for Pete Linton who finished the final online Day 1 with a colossal stack of 270,000! To put Linton's stack into perspective, if he sat out for the entire day and lost 10% of his stack via the blinds he would still have a stack that placed him in the top five places!
For those of you reading these pages and debating whether or not you can make it to London in time to register, late registration closes at the end of Level 8, or around 22:00 in layman's terms. Get yourself down here and play for the chance of winning the €1,000,000 first place prize.
Our coverage begins at 12:00 sharp and will continue until nine 60-minute levels have been ticked off the schedule. The players, and hopefully the bloggers, will have a 20-minute break at the end of every second level, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
And We're Off!
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The field is looking slightly bigger today.
Liz Lieu Gets an Early Start
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
It’s early on Day 2B at the ISPT and players are still taking their seats and un-bagging their chips ready for a long day of tournament poker.
At table 22 is Liz Lieu and it looks as if she’s ready to push the action.
Liz has won over $825,000 in live play. Her biggest win to date was taking $168,590 for 5th place in a 36th Annual World Series of Poker no-limit hold 'em event. She also played herself in the Hong Kong movie Poker King.
An early hand saw Liz involved in some blind on blind action with her in the small blind and a recreational player in the big blind.
With the board at the river reading 
Liz bet a tempting 600.
Her opponent reluctantly threw in the chips to call and, with a smile, Liz threw her cards in the muck. Her opponent went to do the same, but reminded he needed to show to claim the pot, he turned over 
“Bad river.” He said.
“Good river. Good river for you. If I hit my card then it would have been a bad river.”
Not too much damage done. Liz's stack is currently just below 51,000
Who's Here?
A Second Bite of the Cherry
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Anyone who busted out of Day 2a of the ISPT Wembley Main Event can re-enter on today's Day 2b providing they pay the €3,000 buy-in again. For their €3,000 investment, players receive an average sized stack of 52,700 chips.
A quick scout around the tournament area reveals Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has re-entered; we hope he lasts longer than he did on Day 2a. Also, "Big" Roger Hairabedian is back in play, as are Chris Sly and the World Poker Tour Prague champion Marcin Wydrowski.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,700 | |
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52,700 | 52,700 |
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52,700 | 52,700 |
|
52,700 | 52,700 |
Famous Faces
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
These fine people have either bought in or have qualified during the online Day 1s. You can tell which is which by the stack sizes. Any player listed as having 52,700 chips has bought in directly for €3,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,800 | |
|
60,900 | |
|
52,700 | |
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52,700 | |
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52,700 | |
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52,700 | |
|
52,700 | |
|
|
52,700 | |
|
31,300 | |
|
29,200 | |
|
24,900 |
Angry Face
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Eirimas Livonas has a poker face that is quite intimidating; he looks like he could explode in a fit of rage at any moment. He also plays a very aggressive style and loves to call once he has any part of the board. It is a style that has worked well for him recently.
In March, Livonas won the APAT World Championship Main Event for a £10,000 and the following week he won the GUKPT Manchester Main Event for £22,570. Can Livonas make it a hat-trick of victories in the space of three months? He certainly hopes so.
Level: 2
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0