Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2013 PokerStars.com UKIPT Isle of Man
Main Event
Day: 1b
Break Started
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are on a 20 minute break.
A Few Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 27,000 |
|
60,000 | 26,000 |
|
33,000 | 10,000 |
|
12,000 | -15,000 |
Rob Yong Plays Blind
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Dusk Til Dawn owner Rob Yong has been chatting up a storm at the tables but has not been winning many hands. “I’d better play one blind then.” Yong tells the table as it folds to him. “Nine hundred.” He said and put out a gold T1000 chip. Some confusion ensued as a player to his right gives him change and Rob puts the resultant stack of chips back over the line into his stack. Eventually the 900 bet is restored and he gets a call from the big blind Stuart Kinghorn. The flop was 
. Kinghorn announced that “That’s not a good flop for ace, king.” Yong looked at his cards and said “It’s a good flop for me.” And bet 1,000. Kinghorn folded and Yong turned over 
. Kinghorn showed the 
.
Spinks Left Thewrious
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jon Spinks just hasn't had them breaks.
He lost a huge pot earlier when his 
was beaten all in preflop against Julian Thew's 
and then Thew took the remainder of Spinks' stack in another brutal pot.
Spinks: 
Thew: 
The board came 
and Spinks turned a boat but Thew rivered a bigger boat to sink Spinks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 12,000 |
|
Busted |
You Can’t Squid a Squidder
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Sam “SquidPoker” Grafton called a pre-flop raise of 1,000 in the cut-off from an under the gun raiser. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of 
. The raiser continued for 1,500 and Grafton made the call. 
on the turn and this time Grafton faced a bet of 2,000; again he called. The river card was the 
. Last chance to bet and this time Grafton had the sum of 3,350 to consider. Consider it he did, turning over possible hands in his mind before finally making the call. His opponent sheepishly turned over 
and Grafton showed him the winning . “Nearly?” he was asked, meaning was he close to folding. Maybe, but not near enough.
No Value for Melin’s Aces
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Sin Melin is a little short on chips but doing her best to hang in there. Melin opened for 900 and was called by John Eames sat to her left and in the big blind by Kevin Daly. They saw a flop of 
. Daly checked and Melin bet 1,200. It was enough to take the pot.
A few hands later Fatima De Melo raised 1,000 into Melin’s big blind. Melin raised to 2,500 and after some hesitation De Melo let it go. Melin contemplated her cards and rolled them over her fingers face up onto the felt. .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,500 | 2,200 |
Robinson Juiced
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Ryan Hayes has just eliminated Peter Tero Robinson, the latter was looking for a place to shove his short stack in and made a move with 
but ran into Hayes' 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
58,000 | 38,000 |
|
54,000 | 34,000 |
|
50,000 | 16,000 |
|
45,000 | 28,500 |
|
45,000 | 25,000 |
|
35,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
34,000 | 8,500 |
|
31,000 | 11,000 |
|
30,000 | 10,000 |
|
27,000 | 10,500 |
|
|
27,000 | 2,200 |
|
25,000 | -10,000 |
|
25,000 | 1,000 |
|
23,000 | 1,000 |
|
22,000 | 5,500 |
|
21,000 | 11,300 |
|
|
21,000 | 9,300 |
|
19,500 | -500 |
|
17,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
|
13,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
11,300 | |
|
|
11,000 | -9,500 |
|
9,000 | -6,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50