David Docherty was already all in with Alexander Schilt having called before Priit Brikker reshoved for another 8,325 on top.
Schilt took a couple of minutes before finally folding face up.
Tim Michels opened for 800, Michael Ray called from the button and Caicai Huang came along from the small blind. The big blind folded and the three players saw a flop of . When Michels checked Ray be 1,200 only to be faced by a raise from Huang to 3,450. Michels folded and faced with a decision for the rest of his chips Ray made the call. Cards on their backs Huang had up against the flush draw of of Ray. The turn and river were no help to Ray and his tournament was at an end.
A bit of a disaster for Irish stalwart Dara O'Kearney. He check-raised Gerald McCann's 1,000 bet to 2,400 on a board and McCann called.
The turn was the and McCann bet 2,000 out of turn. O'Kearney opted then to check-raise all in and McCann quickly called.
McCann:
O'Kearney:
The river was the changing nothing. McCann doubled up to about 23,000 while O'Kearney good work over the last couple of levels was undone.
David Lappin is crippled on table 4 after his aces lost “heaps” against a flopped set of eights. “That’s poker.” He shrugged and went on to say his table had “Exploded in the last hour.” It certainly looked it from this hand PokerNews witnessed.
Chris Straghalis opened for 600, the active Jacob Hicklin raised from the button and then faced a cold four bet from David Kilpatrick in the big blind. Straghalis got out of the way and Hicklin wanted to know how much Kilpatrick had behind. Kilpatrick showed him his stack and the dealer confirmed he wouldn’t get an exact count unless the player was all-in. Hicklin opted to five bet small and Kilpatrick moved all-in. He could now get a count but his cards hit the muck before the red triangle had reached Kilpatrick.
It's ironic that someone involved in winter sports would be eliminated due to a cold deck.
With about 8,000 in the pot, Olympic snowboarder Zoe Gillings bet 1,000 on the river of a board. Sam Razavi thought for a minute or so before setting her all in for her remaining 6,000.
Gillings thought and called with but Razavi had to knock her out of the tournament.
Jason Wheeler has been knocked out. His last remaining chips went in with either on or just before the river of a board. Sadly for the American, Oliver Deacon was holding was for a better two pair.
Jamie O'Connor looks to be the early chip leader with around 70,000.
He just added an extra couple of thousand to his stack in a three-bet pot against Michael Fernley. O'Connor had opened to 600 preflop and Fernley reraised to 1,500 on the button with O'Connor calling to see a flop.
O'Connor check-called a bet of 1,600 before both players checked the turn. The river saw the to make an all diamond board. O'Connor led for 3,700 and Fernley quickly folded.
David Lloyd raised to 600 from mid position and got a caller from Tom Ward defending his big blind. The dealer put out a flop of . They both checked and saw a turn card . Ward checked and Lloyd decided to make a delayed continuation bet of 600. Ward wasn’t convinced and called. on the river and they both checked it down. “King high.” said a confident Ward and a disconsolate Lloyd turned over the losing .