Players Heading for 15-Minute Break
Players in the Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. There are now just 29 players remaining in contention. The next payout is worth £4,390.
Players in the Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. There are now just 29 players remaining in contention. The next payout is worth £4,390.
Min Ji was all in preflop for 365,000 against Patrice Brandt, who had the bigger stack as players turned their cards.
Min Ji: 10♣10♦
Patrice Brandt: A♦Q♦
The board ran out 9♠5♦2♦9♣4♥. Ji held with his pocket tens to win the pot and double his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrice Brandt | 1,850,000 | |
Min Ji | 780,000 |
Chris Platt was all in preflop for around 400,000 against Paul Singhal, who had him covered as players turned over their cards.
Chris Platt: A♦8♦
Paul Singhal: A♠K♦
The board ran out J♣A♣4♣3♠6♥. Both players paired their ace and Singhal had the king kicker to win the pot. Platt was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Singhal |
2,000,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Chris Platt | Busted |
Driton Haxhiaj raised from middle position and Andrew Lewis moved all in from late position for 545,000. Haxhiaj made the call and players flipped their cards, with Lewis at risk.
Andrew Lewis: J♠J♥
Driton Haxhiaj: 6♣6♦
The board ran out 2♦9♠K♦10♥10♠. Lewis held with his pocket jacks to win the pot and double up his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Driton Haxhiaj |
1,400,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Andrew Lewis |
1,100,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
Darren Lalli shoved all in from under the gun for 205,000 and Nicholas Kennedy called with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Darren Lalli: Q♥J♠
Nicholas Kennedy: A♠6♠
The board ran out 9♣7♠Q♦3♥10♥. Lalli paired up his queen on the flop and held to double up his stack. He cried out in celebration as he scooped the pot.
"How does he do it?", said a neutral player.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darren Lalli |
420,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Nicholas Kennedy |
300,000
-565,000
|
-565,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
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These are the updated chip counts. Alessandro Spina is the current chip leader with 2,995,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alessandro Spina |
2,995,000
1,145,000
|
1,145,000 |
Longmao Fan |
1,820,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
Paul Singhal |
1,780,000
1,510,000
|
1,510,000 |
Martin Donoghue |
1,765,000
1,539,000
|
1,539,000 |
Thomas Middleton |
1,650,000
1,396,000
|
1,396,000 |
Driton Haxhiaj |
1,455,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
Paul Tait |
1,350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Matthew Bonham |
1,265,000
802,000
|
802,000 |
Andrew Tuxworth |
1,200,000
1,006,000
|
1,006,000 |
Cong Bo Le |
1,155,000
776,000
|
776,000 |
Jack Nolan |
1,150,000
510,500
|
510,500 |
|
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John Farrell |
1,125,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Jean Lhuillier |
1,115,000
594,000
|
594,000 |
Marian Ionut Farcas |
1,020,000
394,500
|
394,500 |
Ludovic Geilich |
1,010,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
Florian Duta |
965,000
789,000
|
789,000 |
Vincent Meli |
870,000
524,500
|
524,500 |
Nicholas Kennedy |
865,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
Min Ji |
775,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
Jessica Pilkington |
755,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
Samuel Goodman |
690,000
619,000
|
619,000 |
John Adderley |
680,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Bojidar Boiadjiev |
680,000
519,500
|
519,500 |
Patrice Brandt |
650,000
396,500
|
396,500 |
Niall Murray |
590,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Tuan Le was all in for 350,000 preflop against Ludovic Geilich, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.
Tuan Le: A♠Q♦
Ludovic Geilich: A♦J♦
The board ran out 10♥7♠Q♠7♥K♣. Le made a pair of queens on the flop and two pair on the turn with the sevens on board. However, Geilich completed the nut straight on the river to win the pot, sending UKIPT Blackpool Main Event winner Tuan Le to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich |
1,250,000
1,037,000
|
1,037,000 |
Tuan Le (UK) | Busted |
Jessica Pilkington open raised and Driton Haxhiaj three-bet to 150,000. Pilkington then four-bet to 400,000, sending Haxhiaj into the tank before he eventually made the fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Driton Haxhiaj |
1,200,000
1,062,000
|
1,062,000 |
Jessica Pilkington |
890,000
366,000
|
366,000 |