Our Dutch readers will not be happy to read that Pieter De Korver is struggling right now and only has 51,000 chips.
The former EPT Grand Final winner open-shoved for just 35,000 from late position and when the active players moved out the way De Korver added the ever-growing blinds and antes to his miniscule stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,000
2,400
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2,400 |
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Sam Trickett and Nick Hicks are good friends but that has not prevented them from clashing with each other during Day 3 of the ISPT Wembley Main Event.
The action folded to Hicks in the small blind and he raised to 10,000. Trickett, seated in the big blind, called. Hicks then checked the 
flop and folded when Trickett bet 13,500.
We heard the voice of Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott call a waitress over saying something about he wanted to complain about some food he'd ordered.
"Here, love." beckoned Devilfish in his Hull accent, "I've just eaten some chicken I bought here and I think it still had feathers on it!"
"Really?" said the seemingly puzzled waitress.
At this point, Devilfish put his hands over his mouth and started to cough. As he did so, hundreds of small pieces of paper flew out of his hands with each cough and fell to the floor.
Devilfish, obviously bored with how his tournament is progressing, had torn up a sheet of paper so that it looked like feathers (to him at least) and played a practical joke. We wonder what is next from this comedy genius.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott just doesn’t stop talking at the table. He’s already upset the new dealer, mistaking her for French and refusing to put his antes in. “Just take it from my stack darling. Don’t be shy. I’ve never known a woman to refuse money.” He said. She remained uncharmed.
Faced with a raise from early position of 8,500 Devilfish called from the small blind.
The flop was 
“How much you got son?” Devilfish asked his opponent and found out that it was 64,000. “Ok check.” His opponent checked behind and the turn was dealt a 
Devilfish fired out a bet of 10,000 and was called.
A 
on the river completed the board, Devilfish checked and his opponent pushed the rest of his chips over the line. 54,000 was the bet.
Devilfish started talking it through. “Wow. Bad card for me that. I could have done with a nine there really. You can’t have a nine, can you? You raised under the gun. Would you do that with ace nine? OK I call.”
His opponent nodded, he had to be beat.
Devilfish turned over 
which beat his opponents bluff river shove with 
Ben Middleton opened to 8,000 preflop and was called in one spot before Rhys Jones raised to 26,000 from middle position and a short stack moved all in for 28,000. Middleton then four-bet to 64,000, surprisingly the player in middle position made the call and Jones called as well.
The flop was 
and Middleton bet 54,000. The player in middle position made the call and Jones min-raised to 108,000. Middleton moved all in. Middle position folded and Jones called.
Short stack: 
Jones: 
Middleton: 
The turn was the 
giving Jones some additional outs but the 
river changed nothing and Middleton won the biggest pot of the tournament.
"Oh well," said Jones afterwards, once he'd recovered from losing the pot, "off to Vegas!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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900,000
716,800
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716,800 |
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Busted |
Pieter De Korver has been eliminated and it has cost him more than his stack.
De Korver pushed his last 26,500 into the middle with 
and was called by a player with . The board ran out 
busting the Dutchman from the tournament.
Not only is De Korver out of ISPT Wembley but he also lost his sunglasses thanks to his elimination meaning he lost a "last longer" bet with Gerald Karlic!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Jon Spinks' tournament has ended at the hands of fellow Brit Toby Lewis.
Spinks' last 90,000 or so chips went into the middle with pocket jacks and he found himself against Lewis' 
. Lewis caught an ace to send Spinks home in 204th place.
Sam Trickett is flying high and armed with 600,000 chips, which spells bad news to the rest of the field.
"How many chips are you playing now?" we asked Trickett.
"I don't know," he said as he stacked another opponent's chips up.
Trickett has 600,000, some of which used to belong to Sergio Aido. Down to 37,000, Aido moved all in from the button with what turned out to be 
and Trickett called from the big blind seat with 
.
Aido caught a deuce on the flop, but same paired his ace on the river of a board and the Spaniard's exit was confirmed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
473,000
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473,000 |
On a flop of 
the hi-jack and Matt Frankland checked to the button who bet 13,000.
The hi-jack was happy to see another card and called, but Matt Frankland had other ideas and check raised to 29,500. The button quickly moved all in for 170,000 and the action was back on the hi-jack.
He had just over 60,000 left and was faced with a decision for his tournament life. He agonised over it for nearly five minutes and decided against the call.
Frankland instantly called and showed while his opponent tabled 
Chop Chop.
The and completed the board. The player who folded reeled away in disgust claiming to have folded 
which would have given him the straight flush.
You gotta be in it to win it.
