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

11-01-2019 19:53 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Crawford	30,000
Hazel Birchnall	30,000
Stephen Harris	30,000
Robert Summers	30,000
Alan Surtees	30,000
Andrew Harper	30,000
Blair Matheson	30,000
Martin Robinson	30,000

Lyons Squeezes Six

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Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

The hunt for inexpensive flops appears to be on over at Table 4, thwarted by a large preflop squeeze from Paul Lyons.

Under the gun plus one, Stephen Harris opened to 600. Every in-position playerbut one made the call, then action passed to small blind Lyons, who threw out 5,200. None of his potential opponents took much time to pass, and he picked up 4,200 with not a face-up card in sight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Lyons	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Paul Lyons

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

11-01-2019 19:38 UTC

Firaldo in the Field

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Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Attracted, apparently, by places that are both "fun to drink in and awarding a Platinum Pass," Niall Farrell has joined the Day 1c fray.

His table line-up:

Seat	Table 1
1	Mark Forrest
2	Adam Pynn
3	Dennis Judge
4	Daniel Scott
5	Mostafa Ghassemi
6	Steven Lawson
7	Dominic Mulhall
8	Niall Farrell

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Forrest	30,000
Adam Pynn	30,000
Dennis Judge	30,000
Daniel Scott	30,000
Mostafa Ghassemi	30,000
Steven Lawson	30,000
Dominic Mulhall	30,000
Niall Farrell	30,000

Tags: Niall Farrell

11-01-2019 19:19 UTC

If At First You Don't Succeed

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Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

A few players seated in Level 1 were unsuccessful in their first attempt (or two) to bag chips for Day 2 and are back for another shot with a fresh 30,000 stack (Gray, Pogue, James), but many more have turned up with the one-bullet dream still intact.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Gray	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Pogue	30,000 30,000	30,000
Shaniece James	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Ridout	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gary Copeland	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jordan Rogerson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul Fowler	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrew Tate	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul Donnelly	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Whittaker	30,000 30,000	30,000
Cody Wagner	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sidney Button	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

11-01-2019 19:03 UTC

Seating Plan Up; Busiest Flight So Far Prepares To Get Under Way

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We expect cards to be in the air within a few minutes. There are already three times as many players registered before the start as there have been on the two preceding flights.

11-01-2019 17:59 UTC

Day 1c of the Moneymaker Road to the PSPC Tour Newcastle Starts at 7pm

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The third flight in the £140 Moneymaker Road to the PSPC Tour Main Event at Aspers, Newcastle, is set to commence at 7pm local time. A total of 168 entries so far have propelled just 30 survivors forward into Sunday’s Day 2; today’s flight will substantially add to that number. Now that the weekend is upon us, players have travelled from around the country to take part in an affordable event that will award a Platinum Pass worth €26,000 to the winner.

Yesterday saw Saifur Chowdhury top the chip counts with 393,500, with Day 1a’s William Robinson (433,500) still in front overall. Chris Moneymaker made Day 2 with his last bullet (up to two re-entries are allowed per day) with slightly under average chips, so unless he chooses to forfeit his stack, today’s players won’t have the opportunity to clash with him over the felt. They may, however, get a chance to meet the gregarious PokerStars Ambassador who has built his grassroots Road to the PSPC into a now global poker phenomenon.

Play follows the same schedule as previous flights: 14 half-hour levels, with 15-minute breaks every four. Players start with 30,000 in chips and blinds at 100/200. Live coverage starts with Day 1c’s “shuffle up and deal.”

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Saifur Chowdhury William Robinson

£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC

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