Sam Grafton raised and was three bet by Fabio Esposito. Benjamin Mayhew moved all-in from the blinds and when Grafton folded Esposito didn’t look like he was a believer. In the end he just couldn’t make the call and let it go. Mayhew held his cards above the table and mused, “Will I show?” He decided he would and flipped over 
to Esposito’s bemusement, claiming he had folded 
.
Chris Straghalis, Rational Group Staff, opened for 4,000 and faced an all-in from Owen Fenwick for around 40,000. Straghalis mulled it over. He could afford it with his stack but didn’t want to give any away needlessly. He called and Fenwick turned over 
. Good call from Straghalis who tabled 
. On the flop though Fenwick took the lead as the cards fell 
and there would be no help for Straghalis as the turn 
river 
saw the pot pushed to Fenwick who doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
46,900
|
46,900 |
|
80,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
Peter Barrable's fairy tale is over. He lost a big flip with 
to Jonathan Barr's on a 
board, then his last remaining chips went in with 
but couldn't beat 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The board read 
and Sam Grafton's 
was proudly on display while Ben Mayhew's was being sent into the muck.
"I limped pre," said Grafton, "It's a hood move."
Apparently all the money had gone in on the flop and Mayhew was left with about 7,000 remaining. That went in the next hand with 
but ran into 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Mickey Petersen opened for 4,000 and Niall Farrell raised him to 9,500 after checking his stack. It was pretty close to his. The blinds folded and Petersen thought before four betting to 22,100. “All in.” Said Farrell and got the call. Farrell was flipping again. The flop came 
. “I’ll take a chop.” said Farrell and saw the turn 
river bring no joy to cripple him. A rueful Farrell commented, “Bye bye chips, it was fun for a while.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
118,800
|
118,800 |
|
||
|
11,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
Daniel Stacy opened for 4,000 and was called by the player sat to his left, Tomasz Chmiel from Poland, both sitting fairly deep. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of . Stacy checked and called a bet of 5,600 from Chmeil. The turn card was 
and this time Stacy check, called a 14,200 bet. The river was the scary 
and Stacy led for 25,000. He got a fold from Chmiel to win a decent pot.
The players are now on a short break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
262,300
7,700
|
7,700 |
|
|
||
|
242,000
143,500
|
143,500 |
|
|
||
|
242,000
203,700
|
203,700 |
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
206,000
115,700
|
115,700 |
|
190,000
147,600
|
147,600 |
|
|
185,000
128,600
|
128,600 |
|
185,000
141,100
|
141,100 |
|
180,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
170,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
165,300
300
|
300 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
120,300
|
120,300 |
|
158,000
113,500
|
113,500 |
|
155,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
150,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
145,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
|
134,200
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
132,200
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
|
130,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
93,900
|
93,900 |
|
116,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
115,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
110,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
110,000
61,800
|
61,800 |
|
108,000
94,300
|
94,300 |
Duncan McClellan is the new chip leader.
He opened to 5,300 from late position and then called Giedrius Grigorius' big blind shove for about 35,000 more.
McClellan:
Grigorius:
The board came 
and Grigorius was eliminated. McClellan has roughly 280,000 as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
