Main Event Day 2 | 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour United Kingdom

Main Event

Day 2 Started

11-20-2014 12:23 UTC

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour event here in Nottingham!

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We're back for Day 2 of WPT Nottingham, it's the last chance to enter the tournament with play due to start at 1pm. Fred Wise is the chip leader with 215,100 leading the remaining 170 players with re-entries/new entries still expected. £3,000 will get you 30 big blinds and the tournament is anticipating a few takers.

At the moment there have been a total of 333 entries meaning we're just on the cusp of the £1 million guarantee being reached.

Today the tournament will be playing 90-minute levels with five or six levels being played leaving an estimated 60 players or so making it through to Day 3.

With all the action here on PokerNews, make sure you stay tuned!

11-20-2014 13:15 UTC

Late Entries

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21 players have bought in for the start of Day 2 to give a final number of 354 players, comfortably beating the guarantee.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-20-2014 13:19 UTC

Watts' Hole is Dug

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Poor Steve Watts. He was all in with against but the latter four-flushed in spades to send the former footballer out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Watts	Busted

11-20-2014 13:25 UTC

Grafton Gets Early Double Up

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Sam Grafton has managed to double up early on, hitting with against the chip leader Fred Wise's to move him to an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fred Wise	185,000	-30,100
Sam Grafton	60,000	60,000

Tags: Sam Grafton Fred Wise

11-20-2014 13:38 UTC

Ziyard Calls with Ace-High

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On the turn of a board, Sin Melin led out for 5,100 and Zimnan Ziyard made the call to see the on the river. Melin fired a bet of 9,900 this time and Ziyard tanked before making the call.

Melin didn't want to show and mucked her hand. Ziyard showed having picked off her bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sin Melin	85,000	-14,400
Zimnan Ziyard	75,000	23,500

Tags: Sin Melin Zimnan Ziyard

11-20-2014 13:50 UTC

Early Exits

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier	Busted
Stacy Coore	Busted
Dominik Nitsche	Busted
Paul Murphy	Busted
Stuart Barnett	Busted
Chin Chai Koh	Busted
Jeff Sharpe	Busted
Mark Wates	Busted
Aleksandrs Golubevs	Busted
Hamid Toghyan	Busted
Renee Xie	Busted
Jimmy Hunter	Busted
Mario Sanchez	Busted
JP Kelly	Busted
Ghassan El-hoss	Busted
Ilan Boujenah	Busted
Nik Persaud	Busted

11-20-2014 13:54 UTC

McCorkell Folds to Shove; Busts Soon After

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On the river of a board, Craig McCorkell checked and David Vamplew moved all in. McCorkell tanked for several minutes before eventually asking for a count. It was 30,800 to call the Scot's bet and that amount represented almost all of McCorkell's remaining stack.