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

11-02-2019 15:23 UTC

Angell Takes a Stab at a River

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Caught from the turn on a board of , a pot of around 6,000 was being contested by Brett Angell, Martin Oliver and button Hazel Birchnall. None of them opted to bet the turn, but Angell, first to act, led out for 5,000 on the river. Over to table chip leader, and unseasonably shorts-sporting Oliver, who thought for a while before throwing out a raise - to 12,000. Birchnall and Angell both released their hands in seconds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Oliver	61,000 61,000	61,000
Brett Angell	26,500 3,500	3,500
Hazel Birchnall	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Brett Angell Hazel Birchnall Martin Oliver

11-02-2019 15:40 UTC

Chip Counts - Fraser Holds Early Lead

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Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraser	98,000 38,000	38,000
John Brown	52,000
Glen Whitehead	50,000 20,000	20,000
Steven Daglish	47,800 17,800	17,800
Shaniece James	46,800 16,800	16,800
Lee Champion	44,000 14,000	14,000
Graham Massen	38,400 8,400	8,400
Paul Kirkham	38,000 8,000	8,000
Steven Lawson	32,100 2,100	2,100
Daniel Oliver	32,000 2,000	2,000
Zac Aynsley	32,000 32,000	32,000
Jessie Bechard	31,200
Catherine Johnston	31,000 1,000	1,000
Harry Frater	30,000
Paul Donnelly	28,600 28,600	28,600
Nicholas Ramsey	28,200 1,800	1,800
Anthony Johnston	26,200 3,800	3,800
Kaloyan Kirov	25,700 4,300	4,300
Gary Miller	25,200 4,800	4,800
Alexander Mckenzie	25,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Peggs	20,000
Andrew Harper	3,900 3,900	3,900

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

11-02-2019 15:56 UTC

Aynsley Shoved On Preflop "Because It's Me!"

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Zac Aynsley has just received a near double-up, busting Paul Kirkham in the process. After a mid-position open to 900, Kirkham flat called on the button and Aynsley three-bet out of the big blind to 6,400. The original raiser asked, "What do I get if I knock him out?" and folded when it turned out the answer was "nothing."

Kirkham, however, jammed for 34,500 and Aynsley snap-called.

Aynsley:
Kirkham:

The flop brought a queen, but no further danger; Aynsley scooped a huge pot and as his table discussed the preflop shove, Aynsley, sporting a PokerStars patch, said, "It's because it's me. He thinks I'm trying to steal it with three-six or something!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Zac Aynsley	70,000 38,000	38,000
Paul Kirkham	Busted

Tags: Zac Aynsley

11-02-2019 16:09 UTC

Mackenzie Over 70,000 After Winning Last Hand Pre-Break

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Andrew Mackenzie, one of a squad of Day 1d attendees from Edinburgh, took down a 15,000 pot right as the current break started, betting 2,600 on a flop, checking the turn, and betting 4,000 on the river. His opponent, who'd called each bet street, mucked when he saw Mackenzie's , saying, "Nice hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Mackenzie	73,000

Tags: Andrew Mackenzie

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

11-02-2019 16:24 UTC

Further Chip Counts, Level 5

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraser	88,000 10,000	10,000
John Stanton	87,000
Andrew Simm	85,000 85,000	85,000
Ali Ahmed	84,800
Martin Oliver	67,000 6,000	6,000
Tom Thompson	63,500
Andrew Hayton	62,000
Ryan Bentley	58,000 28,000	28,000
Zac Aynsley	55,000 15,000	15,000
Daniel Sharp	54,000
Usman Ulhaq	50,200 50,200	50,200
Marcus Cole	44,000
Kevin Simpson	44,000 14,000	14,000
Benjamin Holmes	43,000
Shaun Firth	40,000
Joseph Murdoch	37,600
Brendan Garrett	36,000
Chun Lu	36,000
Eric Young	32,600
Jesse Bechard	30,200
Robert Watt	29,200
Mark Grant	29,000 500	500
Gary Miller	28,000 2,800	2,800
Peter Charlton	27,600
Steven Lawson	25,000 7,100	7,100

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11-02-2019 16:32 UTC

Aynsley Explains Dent in His Stack

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Zac Aynsley's break-time chip count was smaller than anticipated after his kings-based double. He told us that he'd just suffered "a runner-runner beat" to drop 25,000 chips: he'd flopped a set with on a board, led out for 2,400 and been raised to 6,100. He flatted, making a full house with the turn. His opponent jammed for 22,000 and, called, showed down . The river was an ace, making queens full for his opponent and dropping Aynsley back to 55,000.

11-02-2019 16:50 UTC

Watt Tries to Show the Aces

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Robert Watt, on the button, three-bet preflop to 5,500 after a mid-position open from Haji Hussein and a flat call from John Stanton. Hussein rubbed his eyes, then, hand on forehead, counted out a call from his stack of 50,000 and threw it in. Stanton called as well, with what looked like less pain.

The flop: . Check to Watt, who continued for 11,000. Both of his opponents folded and he said, "Two red aces," while flipping his hand forward to show them. The cards disobeyed him, however, somehow turning back face down mid-air and landing in the muck.