Chris Straghalis moved all in for his last 175,000 preflop, it was passed to Adam Topping two seats down who thought for a couple of minutes before reraising all in. Everyone else folded and Straghalis found himself in a dominating position.
Straghalis: 
Topping: 
The board was 
and a fatal three-outer finished the tournament of the Rational Group Staff member.
Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein is relentlessly raising Chris Straghalis in position and he’s not happy about it pleading for a walk but never getting it. Greenstein is also continually three-betting Alexander Schilt and the latter is no happier than Straghalis.
During the break, Greenstein spoke to Laura Cornelius about his journey to the final 21 players of UKIPT Isle of Man
Thomas Dunwoodie moved all-in for his last 27,000, Duncan McLellan made the call as did Alexander Schilt in the big blind. They saw a flop of 
. Schilt checked and McLellen put a stack of blues out to encourage Schilt to fold which he did. Dunwoodie, at risk, turned over 
and McLellan showed 
. Exasperated, Schilt claimed to have folded 
. The turn was the 
and the river 
to eliminate Dunwoodie.
Jack Ellwood was all in for his last 177,000 preflop from the big blind against Dahe Liu.
Ellwood: 
Liu: 
The board came 
and Ellwood was drawing dead by the turn.
Colin Marks was on the right side of an unavoidable cooler against former UKIPT champion Sam Razavi.
Marks: 
Razavi: 
The board came 
and Marks doubled up to over 400,000.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on a 15 minute break.
It has been a soul destroying level for Rational Group Staff member Chris Straghalis. Losing a massive pot to Barry Greenstein he was then involved in several open, fold to a raise spots as his stack and table image melted away. To make matters worse he was sat to the right of fearless Duncan McLellan who had a ton of chips. It was the last hand before the break and it was folded round to Straghalis in the small blind who decided to shove for 54,000. McLellan checked his cards, thought, and decided to give him a spin. Straghlis looked crushed and tabled 
. “No you’re good.” Said McLellan and showed 
. Straghalis got up from his chair, put his jacket on and said “I never win these.” He did though as the board ran out 
.
Richard Milne has been finding the big hands today, and, more crucially, been finding people willing to go up against him.
He got action while holding for the second time in the last couple of hours as Lewis Cheetham was all in with 
.
The board ran out 
to make Milne a boat, leaving 21 players remaining.
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