Joe Grech has bust in 10th place in two lethal hands, although it was the first hand that did almost all the damage to his stack.
Grech raised from the button and then called when Elliott Hayes three-bet all-in for 420,000. Grech turned over and was ahead of Hayes' . The flop kept that fact true, but the turn left Grech needing to spike one of the two remaining queens in the deck. The river was not one of them and Grech lost all but 26,000 of his chips.
After folding one hand, Grech moved all-in under the gun and was called by Hayes to his direct left and James Walsh in the big blind.
The active players checked the flop, but Walsh led for 25,000 on the turn. Both players checked the turn and the cards were turned onto their backs.
Grech:
Walsh:
Hayes:
Hayes won the pot with two pair and Grech headed to the cashier's desk.
Craigh Sewell found himself short stacked and made his move from early position. He shoved all in for his last 279,000 and soon got called by Michael Fletcher.
Sewell showed and was up against Fletcher's .
The flop was a devastating one for Sewell; . He needed runner runner diamonds or an eight, but would get neither. Instead the and popped up and just like that, the final table was set.
The bagging and tagging begun soon after, while Craig Sewell made his way to the pay out desk to collect his £2,710. The remaining eight players return tomorrow for the Final Table and are all guaranteed £3,307.
At midday on Saturday, 97 players returned to the Villa Marina Arcade Harris Promenade for Day 2 of the Season 5 UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event. After the completion of 10 hour-long levels, all but eight of them lost their chips, some in spectacular fashion, leaving the tournament with only one table of players in contention for the £26,600 first place prize.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blind
1
Christopher Swinden
Isle of Man
515,000
26
2
Elliott Hayes
Jersey
1,033,000
52
3
John Lawson
Isle of Man
1,210,000
60
4
Daniel Stacey
United Kingdom
1,714,000
86
5
Rodger Reynolds
United Kingdom
715,000
36
6
Michael Fletcher
United Kingdom
911,000
46
7
James Walsh
Ireland
220,000
11
8
Paren Arzoomanian
United Kingdom
2,257,000
113
Leading the way going into the final table is Paren Arzoomanian, a PokerStars employee who won an ANZPT Main Event in Sydney during 2009 for $246,500. Arzoomanian (2,257,000 chips) is sure to be pushed all the way by the likes of young British grinder Daniel Stacey (1,714,000), Jersey’s Elliott Hayes (1,033,000), and seasoned British pro Michael Fletcher (911,000), indeed each of the nine finalists have got where they are on merit and would make a worthy champion.
They’ll return to the felt at 12:00pm local time to play for the title.
With only 47 places paid, 50 players left the tournament empty handed, with only the experience of playing in such a prestigious event to show for their substantial efforts. One such player was Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker who bust when his couldn’t get there versus the dominating of Phillip Corion
Corion wold bust two places from the money when he called an all-in on a board with only to run into Craig Sewell’s . The board didn’t pair on the river and a disappointed Corion headed for the exits, forgetting his baseball cap as he did so.
Sewell then sent Dylan Coady to the rail in 48th place to earn the unwanted title of bubble boy. Sewell opened to 10,000 at the 2,000/4,000/500a level with and then called when Coady, a PokerStars VIP manager, three-bet all-in for 77,000 with . The five community cards fell to leave the remaining 47 players in the money.
As is usually the case when the money places are reached, there was a flurry of eliminations including the likes of Luke Staudenmaier (47th for £770), Diego Gomes (45th for £770), Daniel Best (39th for £865), reigning UKIPT Bristol champion Pierrick Tallon (31st for £990), Deborah Worley-Roberts (28th for £1,058), David Clarkson (25th for £1,125), Irish star David Lappin (19th for £1,395) and Joe Grech (10th for £2,275).
The official final table was set when Craig Sewell moved all-in for 14 big blinds with what turned out to be and Michael Fletcher looked him up with , Fletcher took the lead on the flop and when the turn as followed into play by the river, Sewell bust and the tournament was paused for the final time with 24 minutes left on the level (10,000/20,000 with 3,000 ante).
Return to the PokerNews Live Reporting pages on Sunday from 12:00pm for all of the action from the UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event. Until then, why not enjoy this interview with David Lappin, by Sarah Herring, to see why Lappin is claiming to be the new Miss Finland!
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