Ali Mallu has a reputation for playing a highly aggressive style where hand selection is way down the list of requirements of what's needed to get involved in a pot. However, these types of players still get dealt good hands on occasion like the rest of us mere mortals.
Rainer Kempe was all-in and at risk of elimination, his needing some help from the board as Mallu had called with . It was Mallu who tightened his grip on the hand, improving to a set on the flop. The turn locked up the hand for Mallu and Kempe was already making his way from the table by the time the completed the board.
Damon Bancroft-Hall started the betting with a raise to 1,250 from late position, a raise that was called by Chung Hoang in the cutoff, and Athir Ali in the small blind. Sly spoiled the party by raising to 4,400 and only Hoang called.
Sly led for 2,500 on the rather innocuous looking flop and Hoang get out of the way without much thinking time.
Roberto Romanello has already tasted success on the World Poker Tour with the popular Welshman having won the WPT Bratislava Main Event in 2011. Now he's in the hunt for the 2015 UK title and although he's not got off to the best of starts, he's just won a small pot to begin the rebuilding process.
Romanello raised to 1,325 from middle position and Waheed Ashraf called on the button. The Welshman then continued on the fop with a 2,700 and shraf open-folded .
With 302 players buying into Day 1b added to the 148 on Day 1a, the total attendance stands at 450 and with late registration no longer available that is the final figure. This means £100,000 is being added to the prize pool to make up the £1 million guarantee.
Simon Douglas has bust from the main event at the hands of William Chattaway. Douglas was all-in holding but was behind to Chattaway's . Chattaway improved to a set on the flop but the turn gave Douglas some outs to a straight. However, the river was not one of them and he became another of the tournament's casualties.
The reigning WPT500 UK champion, Matas Cimbolas, has crashed out during the first level back from dinner break.
Matthew Perry opened to 1,100 from middle position and Derek Boyle three-bet to 3,300 from the hijack. Cimbolas was on the button an four-bet his 7,750 chips into the middle, putting himself all in. Perry dwelled for a while before folding, but Boyle called to put the champion at risk of elimination.
Boyle turned over and Cimbolas the . Cimbolas was drawing dead on the turn of the and the King is dead!
needing some help from the board as Mallu had called with 
. It was Mallu who tightened his grip on the hand, improving to a set on the 
flop. The 
turn locked up the hand for Mallu and Kempe was already making his way from the table by the time the 
completed the board.
fop with a 2,700 and shraf open-folded 
.
but was behind to Chattaway's 
. Chattaway improved to a set on the 
flop but the 
turn gave Douglas some outs to a straight. However, the 
river was not one of them and he became another of the tournament's casualties.
. Cimbolas was drawing dead on the turn of the 
