We joined the action between Lawrie Inman and Andrew Pantling on a flop of . Inman had checked and Pantling put out a bet of 12,400 which Inman then check-raised to 32,000, Pantling though was undeterred and slid out another raise on top to 64,000 before Inman moved all-in.
Pantling rechecked his cards quickly, before making the call. Inman showed but he was behind to Pantling's flopped top two pair holding of . The on the turn gave Inman a few more outs but the river was not the card he wanted to see paired.
Five minutes elasped as there was a chip countdown but Pantling had his opponent covered and now sits with the chip lead and a whopping 525,00 stack.
David Peters opened to 7,100 from the cutoff seat, and Ilan Rouah called right behind him on the button. The two big stacks thusly went off to a flop of , and Peters continued out with another 11,100 chips. Rouah cut out the call and considered for about a minute before sliding them into the pot.
The action check-checked on the turn, and Peters led again on the river, pushing out one final bet of 21,600. Rouah instantly called this time with a verbal declaration. Peters showed up for top pair, and it was good enough to win him the pot and boost his stack up towards 350,000.
Our ten players are all back in their chairs on time, and the cards are flying for some after-dinner pokering. We've got four eliminations to get through to set our final table of six, and then we'll call it a night.
Praz Bansi made it 6,700 to play, and Andrew Pantling put in the call next door. It was just the two of them, and they were heads up to a flop. Bansi followed up his raise with a bet of 8,000, only to see Pantling raise it up to 22,500. Bansi announced an all in for somewhere around 70,000 total, and Pantling instantly called with the covering stack to put his man at risk for his tournament life. And the news was not good for the Brit.
Showdown
Bansi: (top pair)
Pantling: (bottom two pair)
Bansi was going to need some help with a quickness if he was going to make the dinner break. The turn did give him another three outs by default, but the river was no help. Pantling's full house is the winner, and that knocks off Bansi in 10th place just as the staff is about to send the players off to chow.
Despite building up a big stack heading into our final two tables, Chris Bjorin has been forced to see a couple of bluffs, the latest one courtesy of chip leader Ilan Rouah.
I joined on the flop, but it appeared as though Bjorin has raised it up from under the gun and Rouah flatted his button.
On the flop, Bjorin led for 6,000, only for Rouah to bump it up to 15,000. Bjorin made the call, leading to a turn which both players checked.
The river was the , and after Bjorin had checked, Rouah fired out a bet of 22,700. Bjorin thought and thought, then thought a little more before eventually finding the fold, only for Rouah to flip a paltry onto the felt.
Chris Moorman opened to 6,000 from UTG and Chris Bjorin made the call in the small blind. David Peters reraised to 21,100 from the big blind and the action went back onto Moorman.
The young Brit thought for several minutes, looking deep in concentration before announcing a 4-bet to 38,100. Bjorin folded and the onus was back on Peters who did not take too long before moving all-in. Moorman nodded and made the call with a dominated against Peters for a 200,000 chip pot.
The flop came and suddenly Moorman took the lead but the on the turn meant it was just a king or a jack on the river he needed to avoid. The came though on the end and Moorman becomes the first casualty of the final two tables.
. Inman had checked and Pantling put out a bet of 12,400 which Inman then check-raised to 32,000, Pantling though was undeterred and slid out another raise on top to 64,000 before Inman moved all-in.
but he was behind to Pantling's flopped top two pair holding of 
. The 
on the turn gave Inman a few more outs but the 
river was not the card he wanted to see paired.
turn, and Peters led again on the 
river, pushing out one final bet of 21,600. Rouah instantly called this time with a verbal declaration. Peters showed up 
for top pair, and it was good enough to win him the pot and boost his stack up towards 350,000.
river later and the pot was Tann's. He remains one of the short-stacks, but slightly less short-stacked than he was before with 65,000.
flop. Bansi followed up his raise with a bet of 8,000, only to see Pantling raise it up to 22,500. Bansi announced an all in for somewhere around 70,000 total, and Pantling instantly called with the covering stack to put his man at risk for his tournament life. And the news was not good for the Brit.
(bottom two pair)
was no help. Pantling's full house is the winner, and that knocks off Bansi in 10th place just as the staff is about to send the players off to chow.
turn which both players checked.
, and after Bjorin had checked, Rouah fired out a bet of 22,700. Bjorin thought and thought, then thought a little more before eventually finding the fold, only for Rouah to flip a paltry 
onto the felt.
for a 200,000 chip pot.
and suddenly Moorman took the lead but the 
came though on the end and Moorman becomes the first casualty of the final two tables.
