Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2014 UKIPT Isle of Man
Main Event
Day: 2
Darren Woods Leads into Day 3
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Darren Woods, a man more used to preparing and cooking food than making massive bets in poker, will be taking a huge lead into Day 3 of the UKIPT Isle of Man Main Event. Woods, who is a chef by trade, played what seemed to be 90 percent of hands, constantly making big over bets and putting other players at risk in each and every hand. The problem for everyone else was that more often than not, Woods had the goods.
With 40 players coming back on the penultimate day, Woods finished on 907,500 in chips, which would be enough for him to make the final table at this point. This is around four and a half times the current average, but Woods' admittedly high-variance game will certainly make his table exciting tomorrow.
Other big stacks to make it through included Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Martins Adeniya, who finished the day with 448,500, and Simon Deadman.
Deadman eliminated Shahid Hussain and Paul Febers in the same hand with the 
against the 
and 
, respectively, and he will come back tomorrow with a healthy 375,500.
PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo finished with 58,500, having cashed once again in the event she came second in last year. Also making the money and through to Day 3 were Adrienne Rowsome (227,000), Team PokerStars Pro Victoria Coren Mitchell (77,500), as well as Rational Group staff member Lee Jones (120,000). Towards the end of play, Coren Mitchell was running across to the £2,000 High Roller, playing both events at the same time, knowing that the Main Event was going to be finishing relatively early.
The day did not go so well for some of the other members of Team PokerStars. Mickey Petersen, of PokerStars Team Online, was one of the very first casualties of the day, losing with king-queen to ace-king. Likewise, Team PokerStars Pros Jake Cody, Chrisophe De Meulder, and Luca Pagano couldn't get anything going and were also eliminated early on from the Main Event. Team Online's Vicente Delgado, Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain, and Sam Grafton were also amongst the exits.
Tomorrow the tournament will be playing down to the final table of eight, however long that may take. Everyone still in the tournament is now guaranteed a minimum of £1,660, but it's the first-place prize of £65,900 and the trophy that they'll all be aiming for.
The live stream will be introduced with cards face down and a feature table from noon onward on PokerStars.tv, so be sure to check that out.
And don't forget, you can join the PokerNews Live Reporting team at 12 p.m. local time once again as this tournament heads towards its final stretch.
Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
907,500 | |
|
448,000 | -500 |
|
382,000 | 12,000 |
|
375,500 | |
|
333,500 | 123,500 |
|
327,000 | -93,000 |
|
|
325,000 | 135,000 |
|
319,000 | 154,000 |
|
312,500 | 104,500 |
|
265,000 | 63,000 |
|
260,000 | 42,000 |
|
252,500 | -7,500 |
|
227,000 | |
|
178,500 | 48,500 |
|
176,000 | 21,000 |
|
174,000 | 64,000 |
|
172,500 | 67,500 |
|
159,000 | 54,000 |
|
151,500 | -33,500 |
|
147,000 | -48,000 |
|
146,500 | -10,500 |
|
141,000 | -34,000 |
|
|
132,000 | 60,000 |
|
129,500 | 61,500 |
|
120,000 |
Can't See the Trees for the Woods
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Darren Woods just knocked out both Sylvester Geoghegan and Mark Hawks with queens versus ace-king and jacks for yet another pot. This left us with about 15 minutes left in the level and 40 players, because of this, play has finished for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Jonesing For Position
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Lee Jones moved all in over the top of Matthew Baker's initial raise but found himself being snap-called.
Jones; 
Baker:
The board came 
and Jones spiked a set to double up again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 30,000 |
End of the Day
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Stephen Day, one of the last remaining Rational Group Staff in the tournament, has just been eliminated holding 
. He was all in preflop against the 
of Ciaran Heaney.
A final board of 
was enough to say goodnight to Day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Tuna Canned
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Adrian Stoyles opened the action and called a shove from Gabriel Tuna. Stoyles tabled the 
and was ahead of the 
of Tuna.
The final board read 
. Tuna was out of his seat as the flop was dealt and wished everyone luck as he headed for the pay-out desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Deadman's Cowboys Ride to Victory
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A three-way all-in saw Paul Febers and Shahid Hussain all in preflop with Simon Deadman covering.
Hussain:
Febers;
Deadman:
The board came 
and Deadman covered Febers by just 6,000 to win a huge pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Coren Mitchell To Multi-Table Main Event and High Roller
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With registration for the £2,000 High Roller about to close Victoria Coren Mitchell had bought in and, as she is still in the Main Event, she will be playing both at the same time running between the events.
Coren Mitchell told PokerNews, “It’s the only exercises I get. I’m not a sporty person.” before going on to give a more realistic explanation; with play set to end shortly when the Main Event is down to 40 players it makes sense to buy in before registration closes.
Put a Cork in It
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
PIerre Chambon is out, he lost a coinflip with 
to Christopher Corkhill's 
when the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |