2013 PokerStars.com UKIPT Isle of Man

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com UKIPT Isle of Man

Final Results
Winner
Duncan McLellan
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
£94,090
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Entries
379
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Go Big or Go Home

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

There is a slightly giddy atmosphere now that we have entered the last level of the day; seven long hours of concentration, swings and roundabouts, good and bad luck. A lot of the action can now be described as either “The hands played themselves.” Or “It was a stack-size question.” Players are surely questioning whether it is worth their time to return tomorrow with a stack smaller than ten big blinds. Take this hand from table 4.

Kenneth Coote opened for 800 and it went round to Gregory Taylor in the small blind who shoved for 8,000. The big blind, Remy Hordan, also went all in for 4,300 and the decision was back on Coote who considered his options. It looked like he had a strong hand but let it go. Taylor turned over {a-Spades}{5-Diamonds} but was in trouble against Hordan’s {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}. A frustrated Taylor bemoaned his fate, “Only ace I’ve had for the last four hours.” He couldn’t moan it in though as the board ran out {8-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Hordan doubled up.