Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
Buy-in
£140
Entries
436
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
87
Players Left
14
James Puts Second Stack To Use
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Back in the fray with a second bullett, Shaniece James has won a pot from a now short-stacked Andrew Dodson to start a new stack-building attempt. Dodson, in the big blind, led out for 6,000 on a flop of 
, leaving himself 11,500 behind. Cutoff (and preflop raiser) James made the call. The turn brought the 
and a check from Dodson. James pondered her options while Dodson, hand over mouth, stared her down. After a minute or so, she set him in and he let his hand go.
James showed her 
monster draw, which was still ten high at the time. Dodson tapped the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
16,000
-9,900
|
-9,900 |
Watson Wins One Out of Position
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Kyle Watson opened preflop for 1,700, called by John Pogue and Grace Rolfe (both in position). He led out for 3,100 on the 
flop, losing Pogue from the hand. A second bet, this time 5,100 on the 
turn, was enough to see off Rolfe, too.
Meanwhile Shaniece James has opted for a rebuy, having busted at the end of the previous level, while it looks like Martin Foord has not.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
30,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nixon Pips Leka's Pair
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Caught from the 
flop, Jamie Nixon bet 1,300 when checked to by Nik Leka (back in the tourney after an early bust out). Leka promptly made it 3,200 (with 22,000 behind). A short pause was followed by a call from Nixon.
The turn brought the and a lead for 6,000 from Leka. Nixon made the call to see the 
river.
Both players checked the final street and Leka showed down 
while Nixon's 
were good to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Cameron Takes One Down
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Peter Cameron opened preflop for 1,400, called by Savvas Mitskouridis in the cutoff, Brett Angell in the small blind and Jonathon Prested in the big blind.
All four players checked the 
flop. The 
turn saw Angell lead out for 1,800, raised promptly by Cameron; thus ended the hand as all three of Cameron's opponents threw their cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
26,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Dunwoodie Sets Big and Small Stacks to the Preflop Test
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jed Turnbull (table chip leader) opened in early position to 1,700, called in position by John Pogue (playing around 26,000). Thomas Dunwoodie on the button flicked in two 5,000 chips; Turnbull folded but Pogue moved all-in. Call.
Both players showed off-suit big slicks: 
for Dunwoodie and for Pogue. The flushless board ran out 
. Chop-chop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
28,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Seppanen Demonstrates Diamond Domination
Level 5
: 300/500, 500 ante
Ari Seppanen, already in the top three chip-wise, has eliminated another player to increase his stack to 150,000. An early position raise (blinds now 300/500/500) saw Seppanen and the now-bust player call in turn to see a flop of 
. Seppanen was the one who bet the flop - 6,000 - and his in-position opponent moved all-in for under 25,000 total, while his out-of-position one folded. Seppanen called sharpish, and found that not only had he the best hand with top pair top kicker, he had his opponent's draw in a choke-hold:
Seppanen: 
Opponent:
The turn and river ran out 
and Seppanen extended his lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Latest Entrants
Level 5
: 300/500, 500 ante
Players continue to arrive (or take advantage of the two-time re-entry option), picking up fresh stacks and filling in the gaps left by the early eliminated. Among them is Newcastle local Thomas Dunwoodie, who took his seat after greeting a number of people on the way in (cue the music from Cheers). Dunwoodie has racked up almost $1 million in live tournament cashes including a third place finish in the Irish Open Main Event in 2008 for €275,000 and seemed unfazed by one of his tablemates trying to immediately put a bounty on his head as he sat down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |