Well, this will be a day Tony G will want to forget. He lost with the best hand three times in a row - to the same player.
First he lost with to . Then to .
Finally, on a flop, the G held for a flopped two pair but his nemesis held and managed to river a straight. Tony G is talking at Oxford Union tomorrow, let's hope those bad beats are out of his system by then!
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Praz Bansi has twice the amount of chips he had a few minutes ago after doubling up over on Table 25.
Dan Morgan opened to 10,000, Bansi three-bet to 22,000 and in a flurry of action there was a four-bet from Stephen Rawle, a fold from Morgan, a shove from Bansi for 178,500 and an instant call!
Bansi opened the and was way in front of his opponent's . Bansi could not have asked for a better flop than the he received and when the turn and river were the and his double up was complete.
ISPT Ambassador Liz Lieu has crashed out of the tournament — she actually busted just before the players went onto the dinner break — when her pocket nines couldn't stay ahead of , which had made two pair by the turn.
Jack Ellwood has been eliminated, the English online pro was all in for his last 60,000 or so with from late position, but the button behind him made the call with . Both hit pairs but Ellwood found himself outkicked by the river of a board.
Scotland’s Neil McCulloch’s fell just after play resumed after the dinner break.
Facing a raise to 12,000 from early position he shoved the last of his stack in and got called by the early position raiser. McCulloch turned over his and was at least happy to be in a race facing
The board ran out and it was all over for the braveheart.
Renee Xie is one of the last remaining women in this tournament and is holding her own. She just lost some ground, namely 17,000 chips, when she opened first in on the button to 17,000 and faced some resistance from a certain Toby Lewis.
Lewis took some time away from watching the England versus Brazil match on his iPad to three-bet to 50,000. Xie gave Lewis a stare down that Lewis' sponsor Phil Ivey would have been proud of, before letting her hand go and giving the pot to Lewis.
Albert Sapiano is an interesting character. He made his fortune in the honey business and is a regular in the big games in the Victoria Casino on Edgeware road. He's known for a very 'unique' style of play but while openly admitting he is a lifetime loser at poker, he's completely uncaring as to what other people think of his play.
This does, of course, make him very entertaining to watch.
He fired 15,000 on the turn of a board having defended the blinds against a raise. He was called and quickly announced, "I check in the dark," before the came on the river. His opponent checked back and Sapiano showed which was enough to win him the pot. He's got 460,000.
At the far end of the tournament area there are two tables that are situated almost next to each other but their players are at complete opposites on the spectrum.
One table is the home to the so-called old school live professionals such as Albert Sapiano, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Mickey Wernick and a handful of other middle-aged players.
The other table is full of "online grinders" such as Mathew Frankland, Marius Pospiech and one Peter Eastgate. It would will be interesting to see which group of players progresses the deepest here in London.
and was way in front of his opponent's 
. Bansi could not have asked for a better flop than the 
he received and when the turn and river were the 
and 
his double up was complete.
from late position, but the button behind him made the call with 
. Both hit pairs but Ellwood found himself outkicked by the river of a 
board.
and was at least happy to be in a race facing 
and it was all over for the braveheart.
board having defended the blinds against a raise. He was called and quickly announced, "I check in the dark," before the 
came on the river. His opponent checked back and Sapiano showed 
which was enough to win him the pot. He's got 460,000.
