| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
70,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
66,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
66,200
66,200
|
66,200 |
|
|
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
43,000
700
|
700 |
|
|
42,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
|
41,600
41,600
|
41,600 |
|
|
41,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
40,200
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
40,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
38,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
35,800
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
35,600
35,600
|
35,600 |
|
|
31,400
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Players are heading out on their first 15 minute break of the day, leaving behind neat stacks; updated counts to follow.
Stephen Harris opened preflop to 1,200 in early position, called by button Hazel Birchnall alone. Both players checked the ![]()
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flop. On the
turn, Harris checked, Birchnall bet 1,700, and Harris threw in 3,000 (soon adding 400 to make the raise legitimate). After a brief think, Birchnall called.
The river:
. Harris tossed a single 5,000 chip up and into the pot. Birchnall folded slowly and was shown the ![]()
for pure air.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,300
12,300
|
12,300 |
|
|
33,400
3,400
|
3,400 |
Andrew Hetherington found a perfect flop for a double through, having dropped from his initial starting stack of 30,000 to just 8,500 over the course of the first 90 minutes of play. Hands were on their backs when we arrived, the flop standing: ![]()
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.
Hetherington: ![]()
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Martin Robinson: ![]()
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The turn and river brought ![]()
; double back into contention for Hetherington.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,200
17,300
|
17,300 |
|
|
17,600 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
As expected, Friday night has seen an increase in buzz in the card room at Aspers Casino, Newcastle. Day 1c has already reached 81 entries, the end-of-day number yesterday, and there are nearly three hours of late registration still to go.
Next to the tournament area, a cash game has sprung, fully formed, into existence featuring none other than Chris Moneymaker, taking it easy after making Day 2 yesterday.
Listed: the only stacks close to Surtees' at the moment. Matthew Gray, who has not run well late in the day in his previous attempts at this Main Event, has again started off strongly. His most recent pot was won with a big shove - 30,600 - into two opponents on a flop of ![]()
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. The pot had swollen preflop to around 22,000 and although John Pogue gave it a ponder, he let his hand go, as did the third player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
45,000 | |
|
|
44,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
43,400
13,400
|
13,400 |
|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Already having siphoned around 20,000 chips from his table in Level 2, Alan Surtees just won another tidy pot playing from the big blind. Threeway to a ![]()
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flop, Surtees checked, an early position player bet 1,200, and the button called. Surtees then check-raised to 3,200, called by the original bettor alone. The turn brought the
and Surtees check-called a bet of 4,100. On the
river, Surtees checked once more, but called his opponent's 5,700 bet immediately, showing down ![]()
for the nut flush. His opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
34,000
|
34,000 |