Players in Day 2 of the UKIPT Blackpool Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There are now just 27 players remaining.
Players in Day 2 of the UKIPT Blackpool Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There are now just 27 players remaining.
Constantin Erhan raised from late position and G.M. reraised from the big blind. Erhan got his chips in the middle with a shorter stack and players flipped their cards.
Constantin Erhan: A♥6♥
G.M.: Q♦Q♣
The board ran out Q♠7♣A♦5♣6♣. Erhan made two pair but G.M. made a set of queens to win the pot. Erhan was eliminated from the tournament.
Oliver Campion raised from late position and Bradley King moved all in from the short stack from the small blind. Campion didn't have much more to put in the pot and so made the call.
Bradley King: A♦4♦
Oliver Campion: K♣3♣
The board ran out 7♣9♦J♦J♣3♠. Campion made a pair of threes on the river to give him the hand. King was eliminated from the tournament.

Renee Xie raised from early position and Aleksandrs Golubevs moved all in with a short stack. Xie made the call and players flipped over their cards, with Golubevs at risk.
Aleksandrs Golubevs: A♠Q♥
Renee Xie: J♥10♥
The board ran out Q♣6♦2♦Q♠A♥. Golubevs was already ahead preflop and further improved. By the river, he'd made a full house with queens full of aces to double up his stack.
Daniel Whitbread open shoved all in with a very short stack preflop and Turlough McHugh moved all in over the top. All other players folded and the cards were flipped, with Whitbread at risk.
Daniel Whitbread: A♣7♠
Turlough McHugh: A♠10♦
The board ran out 5♥7♥Q♦10♠9♣. McHugh picked up a pair of tens on the turn and held up to eliminate Whitbread from the tournament in 32nd place.
After starting Day 2 second in chips, Dan Laidlaw has also busted from the event.
Zahir Aslam raised from under the gun and Daniel Jackson reraised from the big blind. The two players stacked off preflop, with Aslam at risk with the shorter stack.
Zahir Aslam: Q♠Q♣
Daniel Jackson: A♠K♣
It was the most classic of poker races. The board ran out A♥K♦7♦10♦2♦ to give Jackson two pair, aces and kings on the flop. He held up and Aslam was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Action was on the turn on a board of J♠Q♦A♠6♣. Doron Ferenbach checked and Ali Zia bet out 30,000. Ferenbach moved all in for 101,000.
Zia weighed it up and enquired about his opponent's hand. "Have you got ace jack?", he asked, before making the call.
Ferenbach showed A♠7♣ for a pair of aces and Zia flipped over A♦K♠ for a pair of aces with king kicker. The river came the 8♠ and Zia held. Ferenbach was eliminated from the tournament.
On the adjacent table, Wendy Watson was all in and also busted.
Fraser Bellamy raised to 11,000 from middle position and Guillermo Gordo reraised to 36,000 from the small blind. Bellamy tossed his chips into the middle to make the call.
The flop came 10♥2♥5♥. Gordo continued for 22,000 and Bellamy called. The turn was the A♦ and Gordo bet out again, this time for 35,000. Bellamy called again.
The river was the 6♥ and both players checked to showdown. Gordo showed 4♥4♣ for pocket fours and Bellamy showed A♣10♦ for two pair, aces and tens to scoop the pot.
Maxim Fana raised from late position and was called by Garrie Belshaw in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠Q♣K♠. Belshaw checked and Fana bet 5,000. Belshaw min check-raised to 10,000 and Fana called.
The turn was the 6♥. Belshaw checked again and Fana bet the minimum again for 5,000 chips. Belshaw called. The river came the 9♣ and Belshaw led out for 10,000. Fana came in with a raise 40,000 and Belshaw called.
Fana flipped over 9♥9♠ for a rivered set of nines. Belshaw showed one card, the K♣ before mucking his hand.