Iaron Lightbourne is up to 180,000 thanks in part to busting a player over at the far end of the room.
The now bust player opened to 3,500 and Lightbourne three-bet to 10,200 before calling his opponent's all-in bet of around 50,000. Lightbourne showed and was in great shape against the . A king on the flop almost locked up the hand for Lightbourne, the did exactly that. The completed the board and Lightbourne chipped up.
Andrew Hulme opened to 3,500 under the gun, Jamie Clossick folded and Daniel Tang called. To Tang's immediate left was Matt Harris and he placed two 5,000 denomination black chips over the betting line. Everyone folded back to Hulme who asked to see both Tang's and Harris' chips. Armed with that information, Hulme folded and Tang followed suit.
As the number of remaining players slowly descends away from treble to double digits, it appears that the rich have grown richer.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is still in front with 460,000 chips, although William Chattaway has added more than 130,000 chips to his stack since the start of play and is now armed with 330,000 chips.
Marc Foggin and Shaun Conning are also climbing, although Craig Varnell — winner of the 2015 WPT500 Las Vegas — has plummetted to 45,000 from 116,800 at the last count. Varnell is sat to the right of Mizrachi so it is highly likely some of his chips are now mingling with Mizrachi's.
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.
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.
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flop almost locked up the hand for Lightbourne, the 
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completed the board and Lightbourne chipped up.
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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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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.
