We've just seen the biggest pot of the day so far. Colin Macandrew opened under the gun to 125,000, and Mahamed Muse 3-bet to 325,000. The player in the small blind contemplated long and hard about shoving his remaining 800,000 or so but eventually made the fold. The action was back on Macandrew who asks to see Muse's stack, which looks to be roughly 2,000,000, before announcing, "all-in."
Muse asks for a count, which comes to 1,950,000. After a long dwell, Muse eventually flicks the call in, and the cards are on their backs!
Colin Macandrew
Mahamed Muse
Both players were on the edge of their seats, as the flop rolls off, but the sweat was over on the turn. With Muse drawing dead, the hits the river to secure Macandrew a whopping 3,700,000 chip pot. Mahamed Muse finishes in 19th place, earning him £600.
Adam Steel raised to 125,000 from first position and was shoved on by Lam Trinh in the small blind. Steel called off his stack, resigned to his poker fate being in the lap of the Poker Gods.
Adam Steel:
Lam Trinh:
The flop of saw Steel make top set and he pumped his fist behind his back. The turn and river did nothing to spoil his double-up and left Lam Trinh extremely short-stack with less than nine big blinds.
We're down to our last 16 players, across two tables, with everyone having secured themselves a minimum £600 payday. Richard King is still on top of the pile, with Andrei Frujina, Colin Macandrew and Alan Summers not far behind!
Running to Broadway - David Cohen takes the pot on the river
David Cohen shoved all-in pre-flop from first position for his last 620,000, with everyone folding around to the small blind, where Andrei Frujina seemed to have a decision. After requesting a count and dwelling for a while, he flicked in the call, before Alan Summers quickly folded the big blind.
It was a coinflip, Frujina with the pair, and Cohen holding over-cards with .
Cometh the flop, however, this was no longer a flip. Frujina took a huge equity boost on the flop. He unfortunately made the rookie mistake of celebrating too early and, after the dealer burned and turned the , it was no real surprise to anyone that the poker gods sent the on the river. Observing the table, there were a few whinces and grimaces, excluding Cohen of course, who gleefully pulled in the 1,500,000 chip pot!
Action folded all the way round to the small blind on table 32, where Matt Eardley shoved all-in for his last seven big blinds. Russell Betts wasted absolutely no time in snapping him off with . Eardley declared the "pre-flop nuts," before showing his .
There was an instant sweat for Betts on the flop, with Eardley taking the lead on the turn. The river bricked the and Eardley scooped a much-needed double up!
After a sick run of hands, Russell Betts moved his last 400,000 all-in under the gun. Colin Macandrew was on hand to make the call from mid position, with everyone else ducking out the way.
Betts
Macandrew
Both players flopped a pair on , with Macandrew still way out in front. There was no help for Betts on the turn, nor the river, as he busted in 16th for £700.
Ugo Monye at the felt on Grand Prix UK Main Event Day 1
Ugo Monye sat down on Day 1 of the Grand Prix UK Main Event with a look the determination and focus his 13-year career at Harlequins, England and the British and Irish Lions has prepared him for. However, after just a couple of levels play, he'd been busted and had to re-enter.
"I had pocket aces and raised to four times the big blind pre-flop," Monye told us at the table during a break between hands. "He called me with 6-3. And then guess what the flop is? Five...four...two. I mean, can you believe it? I wished the guy good luck and I was genuine, it's poker it happens. I mean I raised him so big pre-flop and he kept calling."
Monye shoots us the smile that along with his analysis makes him such hot property in the sporting world of television punditry.
"I'm doing OK now, and I'm glad I outlasted Fodes ([Ben Foden]. He's a great guy though."
Monye has done more than outlast Foden. He's now moving up the chipcounts and back into contention for a Day 2 berth.
flop rolls off, but the sweat was over on the 
turn. With Muse drawing dead, the 
hits the river to secure Macandrew a whopping 3,700,000 chip pot. Mahamed Muse finishes in 19th place, earning him £600.
saw Steel make top set and he pumped his fist behind his back. The turn 
and river 
did nothing to spoil his double-up and left Lam Trinh extremely short-stack with less than nine big blinds.
and Cohen holding over-cards with 
flop. He unfortunately made the rookie mistake of celebrating too early and, after the dealer burned and turned the 
, it was no real surprise to anyone that the poker gods sent the 
on the river. Observing the table, there were a few whinces and grimaces, excluding Cohen of course, who gleefully pulled in the 1,500,000 chip pot!
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flop, with Eardley taking the lead on the 
turn. The river bricked the 
and Eardley scooped a much-needed double up!
, with Macandrew still way out in front. There was no help for Betts on the 