£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC Day 1c | Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle

11-01-2019 22:54 UTC

Daniel Stancer Takes the Chip Lead, Mid-Point Day 1c

Djinn

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Stancer	160,000 90,000	90,000
Matthew Gray	94,000 27,500	27,500
Anthony Long	68,000 14,000	14,000
Michal Greszko	66,000 11,000	11,000
Niall Farrell	56,300 26,300	26,300

Jordan Rogerson	55,000 -1,000	-1,000
Sidney Button	47,600 34,600	34,600
Jonathan Bowers	45,700 -8,300	-8,300
Keith Forster	43,000 1,400	1,400
Dennis Judge	40,600 -16,400	-16,400
Adam Pynn	35,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Dunwoodie	30,000 30,000	30,000
Matthew Corlett	28,000

Tags: Daniel Stancer

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-01-2019 22:50 UTC

Donaldson's Aces Nearly Paid

Djinn

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

An under the gun open to 2,500 from Jason Donaldson was called once in position and by both blinds, building a tidy pot before the flop. The blinds checked to Donaldson, who continued for 5,500, called only by the in-position player. The turn brought the and a shove from Donaldson for 22,000. His opponent, who covered him comfortably, thought for a while before finally throwing his hand away. Donaldson tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Donaldson	38,000

11-01-2019 22:36 UTC

Harris Gains 21,300 Chips by Busting and Re-Entering

Djinn

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Usman Ulhaq opened under the gun for 2,000, called by Nikolay Ponomarev in the cutoff and Thomas Pearn in the small blind, before big blind Stephen Harris moved in for his last 8,700. Back to Ulhaq, who upped it to 16,000, isolating the all in player.

Ulhaq:
Harris:

The board paired Harris' king, then Ulhaq's ace: . Harris went directly to the cash desk for a fresh stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Usman Ulhaq	45,000 45,000	45,000
Stephen Harris	30,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Stephen Harris Usman Ulhaq

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-01-2019 22:27 UTC

Everybody Needs Good Neighbours

Djinn

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

As re-entries mix and match the table line-ups, Daniel Scott and Paul Fowler have been sat next to each other, the former now up amongst the chip leaders. They seem to be tangling regularly, most recently both calling a late position raise to 1,800 in the cutoff and on the button respectively. All three players checked the flop. On the turn, the original raiser checked, Scott bet 3,000 and Fowler alone made the call. The river brought the and a bet of 8,000 from Scott. Fowler declined to pay but was shown Scott's anyway.

"You had a five too?" Scott asked, before they got into some chat about what would have happened in the parallel world where Fowler had a queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Scott	72,000 42,000	42,000
Paul Fowler	22,100 -7,900	-7,900

Tags: Daniel Scott Paul Fowler

11-01-2019 22:03 UTC

Ponomarev in Search of Second Platinum Pass

Djinn

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Ponomarev: Prior Platinum Pass Possessor

Nikolay Ponomarev has form hunting Platinum Passes, having secured one last year in the Megastack in London which sent him on his way to the PSPC in January. He's already banked an impressively lenghty string of cashes in 2019 including a win in the £2,200 Super Series in London worth £37,830 in September and is no stranger to the poker community's eyes being on him (the most controversial hand of EPT Barcelona seeing him a possible angle victim).

His table will prove worth watching: seated directly to his left are current chip leader Alan Surtees followed by Thomas Pearn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Surtees	87,000 -8,000	-8,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	36,000 36,000	36,000
Thomas Pearn	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Alan Surtees Nikolay Ponomarev Thomas Pearn

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

11-01-2019 21:47 UTC

Farrell Left Himself a Single Chip in Level 4; Now Back in the Game with 35,000

Djinn

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Roving reporter Willie Elliot caught this Level 4 hand from the turn, with Niall Farrell pushing the action vs. Matthew Corlett, betting 8,500 into a pot of around 13,000, the board reading . Corlett made the call.

The river: . Farrell opted for the virtual all-in, taking a single blue 100 value chip from his stack and placing it on his cards before sliding the rest of his stack forward.

Corlett went deep into the tank; Farrell started talking. “Look, we both know you’ve got ace-king, the question is whether I can beat that or whether I’m at it. Actually if you’ve got aces this is one hell of a slowroll..."

After around two minutes Corlett announced “all in." Niall snap folded declaring “seven high." Corlett showed .

At present, Farrell is on his third bullet, at a new table he intends to "angle all night" after folding and being shown a .

Tags: Matthew Corlett Niall Farrell

11-01-2019 21:36 UTC

Giacomini Folds a Royal Flush

Djinn

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

The hand that saw the back of Andrew Hetherington would have seen either of his potential opponents send him to the rail. It started with a preflop open to 2,000 in early position from table chip leader Carlo Giacomini, called by Anthony Long in position. Over to small blind Hetherington, who moved all in for 11,500. Giacomini made the call, but then reconsidered staying in the hand when he found Long moving in over the top for 28,700 total.

Long:
Hetherington:

The flop brought a king for the all-in player: . The turn and river brought a running broadway, however, for Long: . This provoked a dramatic reaction from Giacomini, prompting Long to ask, "Did you fold the queen of hearts?"