Elior Sion has bust from the High Roller and is the first casualty of the night. He's chosen not to reenter tonight, but can do so up to the end of Level 10 on Day 2, which is around 1:40pm in the afternoon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Craig McCorkell, in the hijack, raised to 1,500 and was called in two spots, Mian Wei looked him up from the cutoff and Paul Newey called from the big blind.
The trio checked in turn on the 
flop and again on the 
turn. Newey checked the arrival of the 
river, leading McCorkell to bet 3,500. Wei instantly folded and Newey also gave up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,200
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
32,200
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
18,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
It's been a real yo-yo session for Terry Jordon. Down to 8,000 chips at one point, he's now up to 79,000 thanks in part to a pot he won a few moments ago.
Jordon raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Simon Deadman and Tamer Kamel called from the blinds. Those blinds checked on the 
and Jordon checked behind. Deadman and Kamel checked again on the 
turn and then folded when Jordon set the price to play at 2,500.
While Jordon has been on an upwards trajectory, Kamel's stack has plummetted and he's the shortest stack in the tournament right now as Day 1's end approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
79,000
54,400
|
54,400 |
|
16,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Steven Warburton, runner-up at EPT Barcelona, raised to 1,500 from the cutoff only to see Sam Trickett move all-in from the button for around 27,000. Both blinds folded, as did Warburton but we had the feeling he did so reluctantly.
Tamer Kamel's High Roller quest has ended prematurely after flopping a set and getting his chips into the middle against the flopped straight of Terry Jordon, a scenario that rarely ends well for the weaker hand. Kamel didn't boat up by the river and he became the second player to bust from the £5,250 buy-in event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Steven Warburton is ending the night on a high note thanks to winning back-to-back hands.
Despite being shoved on the last time he raised Sam Trickett, Warburton opened to 1,500 and Trickett responded with a three-bet to 4,000. Kuljinder Sidhu cold-called in the big blind and Warburton reached for chips before four-betting to 10,800. Trickett counted his stack (around 26,000 after the raise) before folding, and Sidhu let his hand go, too.
The next hand. Richard Trigg decided 1,400 was what he'd charge his opponents to see a flop, a bet that only Warburton called. Warburton then checked the 
flop and called a 1,600 bet. A similar pattern emerged on the 
turn, Warburton check-calling a 4,100 bet from Trigg. The 
completed the community cards and both players checked.
Warburton opened the 
for top pair, and Trigg mucked.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Two players have bought in during the last level of the night, those players being Philippe Souki and another talented Spaniard in Vicente Delgado. Souki is yet to take his seat, but Delgado is trying to spin up a stack as Day 1's end rapidly approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 |
Tom Hall just committed his 11,000 stack from the cutoff and although Daniel McAulay gave calling much consideration, his cards found their way to the muck and Hall collected the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Mian Wei was under the gun and raised to 2,000 before calling Ben Vinson's 5,200 three-bet. Wei check-called a 5,000 bet on the 
flop and then a larger 7,700 bet on the 
turn. Both players checked the river, but neither wanted to show their hands. The dealer called for the floor who said Wei needed to show his hand first, which he did to reveal the 
. Vinson couldn't beat that and mucked.
