Maria Demetriou & Tony G
The continual barrage of chat from the de Wolfe/Woods corner isn't slowing Tony G down - he just made it 1,000 to go in early position amid cries from Roland: "One of the wheels has come off! It's going down the hill..." Undeterred, Tony G picked up one caller, big blind Arvydas Kondratas. They both checked the flop, with Tony G betting just 400 when it was checked to him on the turn. The river, however, brought the and Kondratas got away with check-calling the 1,400 bet, showing the for the straight, no match for Tony G's house.
Jennifer Tilly
Both female players remaining in this event were all in in the last five minutes, but both were well ahead when their stacks crossed the betting line. Firstly, Maria Demetriou doubled up to just under 10k after flopping a set of Aces on a board, against Mel Judah whose confidence in his could be understood but this time was misplaced. Then Jennifer Tilly, feeling the pressure from the running antes with just 2,200 remaining, moved in with herself. Jason Ho gave her a spin with the dominated and the harmless board fell .
Brian Prescott has doubled up to 9,200 with A-8 vs. T-T on a Q-9-A-3-6 board. I joined the action at the very end of the hand, but was quickly provided clarification by Gary 'The Choirboy' Jones who was keen to emphasise that it was all-in pre-flop.
With Tony G showing the odd bluff throughout the day, the larger than life Aussie was dealt a taste of his own medicine by Darren Woods.
With the board reading , Darren check called a 1.7k bet on the turn before pausing on the river and commenting, "You're going to call me if I bet, aren't you?"
Unusually, Tony G was uncharacteristically quiet and merely shrugged his shoulders in response. At which point, Darren bet out 2.5k, which was enough to make his opponent fold.
"Do you want to see a card?" asked Darren, eager to show his bluff. "Tell you what, I'll show you both."
"Nice bet," comments a cool Tony G as he is shown .
Maria Demetriou and Jennifer Tilly aren't the only eye candy present today, we are also blessed with this lovely young lady who has been dealing throughout the festival.
I would happily attempt some of my Beagle charm to woo her, but I used up most of it accruing the affections of my current girlfriend. Plus, if she found out, I'd be in the doghouse for sure. Eek! Dog's don't have as many lives as cats, sadly.
With Dan Carter raising it up pre-flop, James Hart pushes all-in for another 3.8k more. Dan, still with around 30k in chips, thinks and thinks before doing a spot more thinking for good measure.
"Clock, please," requests Hart as Carter squeezes in a last few moments of thinkage.
Ultimately, Dan opts for the fold, although reluctantly, leaving Hart to survive another day.
James Dempsey
James Dempsey had the dubious honour of "Shortest stack in the tournament" for a good half a level, before a brief period of success as his cracked - for just a couple of big blinds though - gave him over 2k and a shot at getting back in it. The same Jacks came back to haunt him, however, as he pushed in preflop over the top of Dan Carter's raise with his - they stayed firmly in second place as Carter flopped top set and added Dempsey's bowl of rice to his chip banquet.
Patrik Selin
Patrik Selin has doubled up off Matt Dale. All-in pre-flop, Matt was in dire straits as his failed to find a third 6 against Selin's and a board.
"You're such a luckbox," comments Dale as he peers down dejectedly at his 6.5k stack.
As the level draws to a close and Roy Houghton and his team prepare to finally rid us of the second chance yellow chip (boy, that'll make chip counts easier), it appears as though we have lost Nicky [Removed:552] who was very short after losing his A-5 vs. Nines encounter with James Dempsey.
Matt Dale
Matt Dale seems to be having the time of his life today, cheering, oohing and aahing and generally having a ruddy good time. In fact, the atmosphere here is very relaxed indeed, and almost feels like a Friday night £5 rebuy rather than the huge £2,500 freezeout that it actually is. I guess trying their utmost to have a good time is how many players relieve the pressure.
Matt hasn't been short of action though and has been confronted with plenty of opportunities to put that oohing and aahing into practice. His last all-in clash with Jeff Buffenbarger, however, was pretty straight forward, Matt's T-9 unable to outdraw Jeff's K-Q, however much he chanted for a "Ten or a Nine" on the River.
As a result, Jeff survives and is back up to 3,200 with his yellow chip still intact.