Daniel Tang checked from middle position with the flop reading . Mario Sanchez, the High Roller runner-up, checked in the hijack, Stacy Coore bet 2,000 from the cutoff and Antonio Moti folded the button. Tang folded, but Sanchez called.
The turn was the and Sanchez check-called a 5,000 bet. The completed the board and Sanchez checked, Coore bet 15,000 leaving himself 5,700 behind and Sanchez folded.
France's Antoine Saout has taken advantage of late registration and bought into the WPT UK Main Event. Saout has more than $4.3 million in live tournament winnings, an impressive figure helped by him finishing fourth in this tournament in 2014 for £67,000.
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!
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.
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.