Thomas Hemming raised to 525,000 with and Ning Lu defended his big blind with .
The flop came and both players checked. Lu bet 375,000 on the turn and Hemming called. The river was the . Lu bet 875,000 and Hemming, with his flopped striaght, raised in position to 1.9m. Lu folded.
Ryan Mandara raised to 500,000 with from under the gun position and Daniel Charlton called in middle position with . Daniel Morgan was in the small blind with and raised to 1.6million. Mandara moved all in with his pocket queens and Charlton folded his jacks. Morgan had got the information he needed and also let his hand go.
Daniel Charlton raised to 525,000 from under the gun. Ning Lu called in the small blind with and Chris Brice defended his big blind with .
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the . Lu checked and Brice bet 650,000. Charlton called before Lu check-raised to 1.8m. Brice folded and Charlton called.
The pair checked the river and Lu won with his flush.
Thomas Hemming raised to 500,000 from early position with and Daniel Charlton, on the button with , and Steven Morris, in the big blind with both called.
All three players checked on the flop. When the turn was revealed both Morris and Hemming checked their option, to Charlton who bet 700,000. Morris was sat with an up-and-down straight draw and raised to 2.1million which Charlton called.
The pot was now 6.1million, and Morris hit his straight on the river after the had appeared. He announced all in and left Charlton to mull over a huge decision for his tournament life with top pair.
Charlton, who has $2,490,227 in online tournament earnings, talked himself through the hand and smiled to the rail while deciding what to do. After a moment more thought he made the call and saw the bad news from Morris.
Charlton bubbles the official final table of eight and takes home £12,500 for his efforts this week in Nottingham.
Hand #1: Thomas Hemming raised to 500,000 with and Steven Morris called in the small blind with . Andreas Olympios called in the big blind with .
The flop came and it checked to Hemming who bet 800,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #2: Olympios was in the small blind with and called with Daniel Morgan checking in the big blind. The flop came and Olympios bet 250,000. Morgan called.
The turn was the and Olympios bet 650,000. Morgan called again and the river was the . Both players checked and the pair chopped the pot up.
Hand #3: Morris raised to 525,000 in the cutoff with . Hemming defended his big blind with . The flop came Hemming check-called a bet of 450,000 and the turn was the . Hemming checked and folded to a bet of 925,000 from Morris.
Hand #4: Morris raised to 525,000 in the hijack with and Ryan Mandara defended his big blind with . Both players checked the flop and the turn was the . Mandara bet 375,000 and Morris folded.
Hand #5: Mandara limped with in the small blind and Ning Lu checked in the big blind. The flop came and Mandara bet 250,000. Lu called and the turn was the .
Mandara bet 900,000 and Lu called. The river was the and Mandara bet for a third time, this time for 1.9m. Lu took his time before calling, and took down the first big pot of the official final table.
Hand #5: Ryan Mandara raised to 125,000 from the small blind with , and Ning Lu called in the big blind with . The Flop came , and Lu called a flop bet.
The turn brought the , and Mandara continued for 900,000 which Lu again flat called. Mandara went for a big bluff on the river with a bet of 1.9million and Lu made a very good call to take the pot.
Hand #6: Steven Morris raised to 525,000 with . Chris Brice in the big blind defended with . The flop appeared , and Morris continued for 425,000. Brice made the call.
The turn brought the , and the action went check-check. On the river, the fell, and Brice led for 825,000 and attempted to steal the pot which worked as chipleader Morris quickly folded.
Hand #7: Ning Lu on the button raised with and Daniel Clark called in the big blind with . The flop came , and a continuation bet from Lu took down the pot.
Hand #8: Daniel Morgan raised to 575,000 from early postion. Lu folded from the cutoff, and Morris called in the big blind with . Morris and Morgan checked the flop, and again both players checked the turn. Morris led the after completing a straight and Morgan folded.
Hand #9: Morgan raised to 575,000 under the gun with , and all his opponents folded to pick up the blinds and antes.