Peter Eastgate stares intently at his phone as he limps UTG+1 for 400.
The next player folds, but seat 8 has other ideas and puts out a raise. Folded round to the 2008 World Champion, he barely looks up from his phone while flicking his cards towards the dealer.
UTG next hand Eastgate elects to limp again, this time with some success, as the small blind completes and the big blind checks. The two amateurs in the blinds share a nervous smile. Eastgate still focuses on his phone.
The flop is Checked to Eastgate who bets 1,000.
The small blind calls the bet and the big blind folds.
The on the turn goes check check.
When the hits the river the small blind decides to test how deep the water is and bets 2,000. Still glued to his phone, Eastgate again flicks away his cards.
There must be something to this limping as with Eastgate in the big blind, the cut-off limps, button calls, small blind completes and Eastgate checks.
A flop of sees the blinds checking and the cut-off firing out a bet of 1,700. The button calls as does Eastgate.
The arrives on the turn. Eastgate checks and the cut-off follows up the aggression with a hefty bet of 6,700.
It’s enough to get the job done and Eastgate surrenders his third pot in a row.
When Dusk Till Dawn took over the running of the ISPT they guaranteed that first place would be a cool €1,000,000. They also stated that only 20% of the overall prize pool would be used to pay this guarantee, which meant the prize pool would need to reach €5,000,000 or Dusk Till Dawn would be faced with an overlay.
At present, if nobody else buys into Day 2b, Dusk Till Dawn will need to add a staggering €600,940 to the prize pool in order to make up the €1,000,000 guarantee. This alone should have anyone who has €3,000 spare heading to Wembley Stadium to get their hands on some amazing value.
Kevin Iacofano is up to around 72,000. He check-called a 5,000 bet on an flop before the turn went check-check. Iacofano led for 9,000 on the but didn't get the call he may or may not have wanted.
Praz Bansi has dropped back a bit after paying off the notorious Albert Sapiano. The latter is well known for his 'experimental' style which may or may not involve peeling flops to hit gutshot draws on the turn...
Sapiano had bet 3,300 on the turn of a board with Bansi the only caller. On the river, Sapiano bet the same amount and Bansi paid him off and then mucked when the former turned over .
We've now got 433 players having entered today. Added to yesterday's 319, this puts the total field at 752 at the moment - an impressive feat. However, even with this amount it will still mean that nearly €595,000 will have to be added to first prize to make it up to the guaranteed €1 million.
Entry is open until 10pm tonight, if you still fancy a shot...
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott has been busy checking the racing results on his phone and chatting to the others at the table about various odds, but when seat 4 raises to 1,100 and Waheed Ashraf calls on the button, Devilfish puts down his phone and calls from the big blind.
Three players see a flop of Checked round to Ashraf, he bets 2,000. Devilfish check raises to 4,500. Seat 4 folds and Ashraf elects to call and sees the turn bring the
Devilfish continues to pressure and makes a further bet of 6,000.
Ashraf eyes his opponent warily.
“No shame in folding.” Prompts Devilfish.
“I’m not folding.” Replies Ashraf.
“Well you’d better call then.”
Ashraf gives a slight nod and calls the bet.
The river is
Devil picks up a stack of chips and then seems to think better of it. “OK I won’t bet.”
Ashraf checks behind and shows Devilfish mucks his hand.
This seems to sting Ulliott who begins a familiar rant.
“I wasn’t going to bet. Mug will call me all the way down. Good thing is I know you’ll pay me off when I do get a hand.”
The very next hand Devilfish is called down by another player with ace high.
EPT champion Toby Lewis just managed to come out ahead in a tussle with Mateusz Moolhuizen. There was already well over 10,000 in the middle by the time they'd reached the flop.
Lewis led out for 5,600 and the Dutchman tanked for a couple of minutes before raising to 12,200 with around 35,000 back. Lewis refused to blink though and shoved - in effect setting Moolhuizen all in. The latter rechecked his cards and then quickly folded. Lewis is up to 70,000.
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Checked to Eastgate who bets 1,000.
on the turn goes check check.
hits the river the small blind decides to test how deep the water is and bets 2,000. Still glued to his phone, Eastgate again flicks away his cards.
sees the blinds checking and the cut-off firing out a bet of 1,700. The button calls as does Eastgate.
arrives on the turn. Eastgate checks and the cut-off follows up the aggression with a hefty bet of 6,700.
flop before the 
turn went check-check. Iacofano led for 9,000 on the 
but didn't get the call he may or may not have wanted.
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Checked round to Ashraf, he bets 2,000. Devilfish check raises to 4,500. Seat 4 folds and Ashraf elects to call and sees the turn bring the 
Devilfish mucks his hand.
