On the penultimate day of WPT Nottingham just 16 players remain led by former WSOP Main Event finalist Antoine Saout who is top of the pack with 2,317,000. Every single player left is guaranteed a minimum payout of £10,200 but make it to the final table and that will increase to £39,500. The seat draw (which will be posted shortly) should raise some eyebrows, five of the top six stacks are all on the same table.
Saout busted Fraser Macintyre in the last hand of Day 3 with just over 13 minutes left of level 20 (5,000/10,000/1,000) remaining. Today the tournament will be playing down to the final six, no matter how long it takes. With the average stack over 66 big blinds, it means that this could take a while but the £200,000 first prize will keep everyone concentrating.
Levels will once again be 90 minutes long today before switching to 60 minutes for tomorrow's final. Play is scheduled to begin at 1pm and you can follow all the action here on PokerNews!
Charlie Combes opened to 26,000 on the button. Phillip Mighall asked about Combes' stack size before three-betting to 76,000. Combes moved all in for 385,000 and Mighall tanked for several minutes before saying, "Call."
Combes:
Mighall:
The board ran out and Mighall's pair of sevens moved him up into fourth place in chips.
Action was passed to Stefano Garbarino on the button who moved all in for his last 80,000. Ben Vinson got a count and then decided to move all in for 260,000 behind him in the small blind.
Matas Cimbolas, in the big blind, had already looked at his hand and snap-called.
Garbarino:
Vinson:
Cimbolas:
The board came and Cimbolas had Vinson just covered with 290,000 to 278,000. Both eliminated players receive £12,000.
Antoine Saout raised to 40,000 from under-the-gun and Leo McClean moved all in for 161,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Saout made a quick call.
Saout:
McClean:
The board came and McClean went out in 12th place.
Adrian Mateos shoved from the button and Sylvain Loosli called in the big blind.
Mateos:
Loosli:
The board ran out which left the Spaniard crippled.
His last three and a half big blinds went in with and Loosli raised, isolating the Spaniard with . The board favoured the Frenchman once more, coming .
Phillip Mighall opened to 35,000 from under-the-gun. Passed to Sylvain Loosli in the big blind, the Frenchman moved all in for 233,000. Mighall got a count, tanked for about a minute then made the call.
"Ace-seven?" asked Patrick Leonard.
"Better than that," replied Mighall.
Mighall:
Loosli:
The board came and Mighall moved over a million in chips. The players are now moving to a single table.
Najib Kamand opened to 55,000 from the hijack before Luca Moschitta shoved from the big blind. Kamand made the call for his tournament life.
Kamand:
Moschitta:
The board came and Moschitta's remarkable comeback from a short stack continued. Kamand was knocked out in 9th place. Two more exits and then the final table will be set.
Ben Warrington raised to 50,000 preflop from late position and Jamie Roberts moved all in for 391,000 behind him. Warrington made a quick call.
Warrington:
Roberts:
The board was and Roberts couldn't find an ace or king and was knocked out in 8th position. The tournament is now just one elimination away from the official final table.
In a four-way pot, the action was checked to Luca Moschitta on a board and the Italian bet 77,000. Matas Cimbolas was the only caller.
On the turn, Cimbolas checked a second time and Moschitta bet 190,000. Cimbolas thought for a minute then decided to check-raise to 540,000. Moschitta tanked for a minute then made the call.
The river was the and Cimbolas bet 662,000. Moschitta spent more time deliberating but finally called. The Lithuanian showed for a flopped straight that had rivered a flush. Moschitta flashed aces into the muck.
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and Mighall's pair of sevens moved him up into fourth place in chips.
and Cimbolas had Vinson just covered with 290,000 to 278,000. Both eliminated players receive £12,000.
and McClean went out in 12th place.
which left the Spaniard crippled.
. The board favoured the Frenchman once more, coming 
and Mighall moved over a million in chips. The players are now moving to a single table.
and Moschitta's remarkable comeback from a short stack continued. Kamand was knocked out in 9th place. Two more exits and then the final table will be set.
and Roberts couldn't find an ace or king and was knocked out in 8th position. The tournament is now just one elimination away from the official final table.
turn, Cimbolas checked a second time and Moschitta bet 190,000. Cimbolas thought for a minute then decided to check-raise to 540,000. Moschitta tanked for a minute then made the call.
for a flopped straight that had rivered a flush. Moschitta flashed aces into the muck.