Anthony Romanello has bust at the hands of the seemingly unstoppable Michael Mizrachi.
Craig Varnell raised to 2,700 from the hijack, Mizrachi called from the cutoff and Romanello squeezed all-in from the button. Varnell folded, but Mizrachi called to put one half of the Romanello brothers at risk of elimination.
It was a coin flip scenario, Mizrachi holding and Romanello . The was the door card, which was followed into view by the to send Romanello to the rail.
We just reported Anthony Romanello's exit hand and now we have details of Roberto Romanello's bust out.
One player raised, Alli Mallu three-bet and Romanello four-bet all-in. The initial raiser folded, but Mallu called with . Romanello turned the onto their backs and lost when Mallu caught a jack.
It's not been a great day for the players who've made their way to Nottingham from Wales because Robert Cowen has also bust.
From early position, Richard Harris made it 2,600 to play and Jamie Whyte called from the cutoff. Ben Vinson called in the big blind so it was three-handed to the flop. Vinson checked, Harris checked behind and Whyte bet 4,200. Vinson check-raised all-in for 28,000 and both of his opponents folded, leaving him to start the rebuild of his stack.
Philip Hepburn has doubled up and is now armed with 265,000 chips.
On an flop, Hepburn bet and was raised to 46,000 by Zahir Aslam. Hepburn responded with an all-in raise to 122,500, which sent Aslam into the tank. He stayed submerged for three minutes, replaying the hand back vocally. Eventually, with Hepburn sat with his head in his hands a couple of seat away, Aslam called.
Aslam made the call with and was in big trouble versus the of Hepburn. The turn was followed onto the felt by the river. A huge pot for Hepburn.
Fraser Bellamy has passed through the 200,000 chip barrier thanks to adding Terry Jordon's stack to his own.
David Coates opened to 4,000 and Bellamy raised to 11,000 from the next seat along. Terry Jordon called the 11,000 raise and Coats ducked out of the way. Bellamy pushed all-in on the flop with and Jordon looked him up with . The on the turn locked up the hand for Bellamy, and he's not up to 220,000 chips, while Jordon has to make do with the various side events if he wants to return home with some profit from this festival.
Jamie O'Connor was under the gun and he raised the action to 3,200. One player folded before Barry Sedgwick three-bet to 10,000. To Sedgwick's direct left was Barkatul Mohammed and he four-bet all-in for 39,500 in total. Unsurprisingly, the rest of the players folded back around to O'Connor and he responded with a five-bet all-in for 78,200 in total.
Sedgwick sat considering his plan of action for close to a minute before settling on a fold, leaving the of Mohammed to go head-to-head with the of O'Connor.
"Nice hand," said Mohammed, almost resigned to being eliminated.
The flop was not what Mohammed wanted to see, and the turn was one pip away from saving his day. The was the final nail in the coffin for Mohammed and O'Connor climbed back to 135,000.
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