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Players are now taking their second 15-minute break of the day.
We're down to just 98 players, which means everyone from this point on is taking home at least £500 for their efforts. The average stack sits currently at 765,000, which represents 25.5 big blinds, with eight levels left to play.
Gary Broadhurst is our second player to knock someone out with quads in as many hands!
Broadhurst raised to 50,000 UTG+1, with action folding all the way to Tom White in the big blind, who moved all-in for his last 274,000. Broadhurst called and White revealed his 
, which had Broadhurst's 
in bad shape. That was, until dealer Alex revealed the 
flop. The 
turn didn't alter proceedings, with the 
river adding insult to White's injury, while adding a big, beaming grin to Broadhurst's face.
Broadhurst aims to raise awareness for cystic fibrosis, with his "Organ Donors Live Twice" t-shirt from Sixty Five Apparel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,625,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
The money bubble for Day 2E has just burst!
Karen Arthur shoved her last 178,000 from middle position, picking up a call from Mark Elliott two to her left. The rest of the table folded, and we awaited the other hands in progress to conclude before revealing the hole cards.
Eventually, it was revealed that we were flipping, Karen Arthur's 
against Elliott's 
. It was as good as over straight away, with Elliott nailing top set on a 
flop. The 
turn confirmed that it was curtains for Karen, with the river 
taunting her as she stood up to walk away empty-handed.
"They call me Aero, because I bubble so often!"
Tournament director Ryan Brodsky called her back, as it was revealed that she may yet get paid: another all-in was in progress over on table 61.
We rushed over to see that Rebecca Molyneux's was in rough shape versus on a 
flop. There were no running aces for Molyneux, so she and Karen Arthur will chop up the 126th £400 payout for £200 each!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
On a break from taking part in the £100+£15 entry £50,000 Guaranteed Side Event, partypoker Live President John Duthie took time away from the felt to outline what the Grand Prix is part of and how much fun bringing smiles back to the faces of poker players has been.
With 126 players getting paid, we're on the direct bubble of the Grand Prix UK Main Event here on Day 2e.
Which player will not survive the cruellest of eliminations?
On table 27, Łukasz Prejs opened to 47,000 from UTG+1, with PokerTube ambassador James Ablott calling from mid position. Dusk Till Dawn high-roller Martyn Frey, who hasn't really managed to get anything going today, found a spot to move his last 216,000 in from the small blind.
Prejs went into the tank for a long time, before eventually finding a fold, while Ablott called instantly with 
, but was in rough shape against Frey's ! Ablott found one his three required outs on an 
flop. Frey picked up a gutshot draw to go with his one remaining king out, when the landed on the turn. The river bricked the , though, and we've lost Martyn Frey shortly before the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | |
|
Busted |
Byron Sugars opened to around 25,000 in middle position and was only called by Luigi Viscomi in the big blind.
The flop of 
saw both players check, but on the turn, Sugars slid out a bet of 28,000 which was called by Viscomi. On the river of , however, Viscomi bet 80,000.
Sugars went into the tank, but came up calling and Viscomi turned over , which was good enough. Viscomi leaps over a million chips, but Sugars has less than 20 big blinds for the first time since qualifying for the next step in a $2.20 satellite on partypoker way back on Wednesday afternoon.
Elsewhere on the same table, Charlie Godwin is now sat behind 600,000, three times what she had less than two hours ago. Power play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
|
600,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
315,000 | -135,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
We've been losing players steadily since the end of the break, and are now just 12 away from the money bubble.
126 players will be guaranteed to take home at least £400, with payouts steadily increasing as we get closer to Day 3.