A new table and new challenge for Jeff Kimber, who set to work immediately four-betting big-stacked Alexander Walton preflop. He'd opened, been raised to 4,000 and promptly made it 10,000 to go - no call from Walton.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Chris Fraser is now at the same table as chip leader (and clearly his mate) Hamza Nasir, who got the verbal rubdown for accidentally opening to 5,000 a minute ago having misread the big blind (600) for a 1,500 open. Fraser paused in his Nasir-related banter to open under the gun to 1,500 just now, and found Sean Robertson moving all in for his last 9,500. Back to Fraser who made the call.
Fraser: 
Robertson: 
The board: 
- no paint, and Robertson hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Two limpers entered a preflop pot before Luc Connor-Hartley made it 3,500 to go. Neither was dissuaded from seeing the flop - even though fitness influencer and keen poker amateur Zac Aynsley was left with just 2,000 chips.
The flop: 
. Aynsley took the plunge, the second pre-flop caller threw in the 2,000 - followed by the rest of his stack when Connor-Hartley moved in for 20,000 (covering him).
Connor-Hartley: 
Aynsley: 
Third player: 
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
; two scalps and a much more playable stack for Connor-Hartley.
Aynsley has plans off the felt with Chris Moneymaker, incidentally. He's going to teach him his fitness routine, and it's going to be on video...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
We were alerted to the presence of a table-dynamic shifting pot with the words, "Oh well, end my reign of terror," from Alexander Scales. Marc Foggin's remaining 40,000-odd stack was in the process of being counted out to award him a double through; the board was standing 
and Foggin's 
had claimed the pot. Which street the majority of the chips went in on is unknown but Scales apparently had held aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
81,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
A flop of 
saw Glenn Day lead out for 5,000 and opponent Matthew Gray move all in for 23,000. Day counted out the call and then threw it in, showing down top pair - but with a weaker kicker than Gray's.
Gray: 
Day: 
The turn brought the 
and a few more straightening outs; the river was one of them - the ! Gray exited shaking his head while Day said, "That was skill!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Alan Tinlin has bust, losing a final all-in-preflop flip for around 24,000 with vs. the 
of Paul Simmons, who waited until the turn of the 
board to spike his ace.
The other chip counts above are for Simmons' remaining tablemates.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
60,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
58,000
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
46,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
42,000
-7,400
|
-7,400 |
|
|
Busted |
There are just 20 minutes left for late/re-registration on this Day 1b of the Main Event. The frequency at which busted players re-take seats has noticeably dropped off this level, and it'll be zero after the upcoming break.
The last two levels have been productive for Chris Moneymaker, who now has a stack of over 120,000, while Luc Connor-Hartley and Alexander Scales (having recovered from his Foggin incident) are leading the pack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
197,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
160,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
124,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
||
|
|
108,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
100,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
53,700
35,400
|
35,400 |
|
|
35,000
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
35,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
15,000
300
|
300 |
|
|
Busted | |
