Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Though both players are guaranteed a huge return on their £140 investment (£7,989 for first and £7,586 for second), only one can win the PSPC Platinum Pass and start planning their trip to Barcelona in August.
Play has paused briefly for some heads up photographs; back in action shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
5,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
It took one blind-vs-blind premium match-up to bust Liam McMurray, the chips practically flying into the middle themselves as he shoved ![]()
from the small blind and was snap-called by Daniel Stancer in the big blind with ![]()
.
Stancer spiked his ace on the ![]()
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flop, and though some spade outs provided a glimmer of hope for McMurray with the
turn, the
river sealed his fate.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,900,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
These counts reflect a pot just won by Ali Ahmed from Daniel Stancer with a check-raise (350,000 to 800,000) on a ![]()
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flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,150,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
4,600,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,250,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
Konstantinos Patsourakis' rail was just needling him with, "He's got three chips! He's going to blind out!" when he picked up a hand - ![]()
- and made his preflop move all in. Small blind Ali Ahmed and big blind Liam McMurray both gave him a spin, checking all the way to the river: ![]()
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.
McMurray announced, "queen," and duly showed one: ![]()
. The river had seen Patsourakis' ![]()
outdrawn; he exited with a "good luck, guys" as the cameras filmed his trip towards the cash desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The dramatic downturn for Jed Turnbull took final shape with his bust-out at the hands of Daniel Stancer. Turnbull had called Stancer's preflop open in the big blind to see a ![]()
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flop, which they both checked. On the
turn, Turnbull check-raised all in (1,585,000) over Stancer's 200,000 bet. Stancer called.
Stancer: ![]()
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Turnbull: ![]()
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Stancer's turned two pair held; we're down to four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,550,000
1,940,000
|
1,940,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
First to act, first hand back after the break, Daniel Stancer shoved for 995,000 with ![]()
. Over to small blind Jed Turnbull, who re-shoved, as one might expect - he held ![]()
. An ace came straight away on the flop: ![]()
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and the turn and river were the irrelevant ![]()
.
"Unlucky," admitted Stancer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
After that whirlwind level, the remaining players are sure to appreciate the brief respite afforded by the current break.