Ben Vinson is the second player out of the door, again it is Billy Chattaway who plays the role of executioner.
Vinson open-shoved for 240,000 and Chattaway looked him up from the big blind. It was another big hand for Chattaway in to the of Vinson. The latter improved to a pair on the flop and stayed ahead on the turn. However, the river improved Chattaway to the best hand and resigned Vinson to a 17th place finish.
Andrew Hulme is the first casualty of the day. Fans of Hulme can blame Billy Chattaway.
Chi Zhang opened the action with a bet of 35,000 from under the gun, Chattaway called from two seats away from Zhang, and Hulme moved all-in for 289,000. Joe Townsend looked to be considering call, but folded. Zhang also folded but Chattaway called.
Chattaway:
Hulme:
The five community cards ran and Hulme exited the tournament area.
Townsend said he had pocket nines and would have flopped a set.
From early position, Craig McCorkell raised to 35,000 and found callers in Robert Davies and Russell Betts on the button. Dominic Cullen spoiled the party by moving all-in for 400,000 from the big blind, a bet that folded out all of the active players.
Everyone folded around to Fraser Bellamy in the hijack and he raised the minimum, making it 32,000 to go. In the cutoff was Billy Chattaway, he three-bet to 85,000 which folded out the button and blinds.
Bellamy sat pondering his options, but after a scratch of the side of his head, and a rub of his nose, he sent his cards back to the dealer and Chattaway won the pot.
Lukas Dimsa opened the action with a 34,000 raise from his seat under the gun off . Breixo Gonzalez called, before Lightbourne three-bet to 108,000 from the small blind. Dimsa called and Gonzalez folded.
Both players checked the flop only for Lightbourne to move all-in on the turn, prompting a quick fold from Dimsa.
Andrew Seden opened to 32,000 from early position and was called by Fraser Bellamy from the big blind. Bellamy check-called a 30,000 bet on the [JcJsc] flop before both players checked down the turn and river, Bellamy winning the pot with his .
Ben Vinson started the day as the shortest of the 18 stacks, something he is trying his utmost to rectify. The last two hands that have been raised before him, Vinson has three-bet all-in. Once he showed and he mucked the second. He's now added more than 100,000 chips to his stack in the early stages of Day 4.
Iaron Lightbourne has started Day 4 as he means to go on, five-betting Craig McCorkell all-in.
Dominic Cullen opened from early position to 25,000 and Lightbourne, who was still stacking his chips, three-bet to 66,000 from the next seat across. Next to act as Craig McCorkell and he four-bet to 156,000. The action passed back to Cullen who folded. Thirty or so seconds later, Lightbourne moved all-in and McCorkell folded, showing a king and Lightbourne returned the favour showing .