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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
434,000 | |
|
369,000 | |
|
242,000 | |
|
|
171,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | 6,000 |
|
148,000 | |
|
109,000 | |
|
|
77,000 | |
|
|
55,000 |
Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
Wow, what a day. We started with 80 players remaining today but only 56 of them were able to take home some money. The unfortunate bubble was Song Lee, the last to leave with nothing.
Many names managed to cash, including former WPT winner Tommy Vedes, November Niner Matthew Jarvis and the legend that is Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler. Former EPT champion Anton Wigg also managed to make it deep but couldn't get to the final hurdle.
The final table will start tomorrow and though he isn't the chip leader, all eyes will be on the young Englishman JP Kelly. Should he win tomorrow, he will break Phil Ivey's record of the youngest player to win three bracelets. He would also become the first player since Johnny Chan won the main event in back-to-back years to successfully defend a no-limit hold'em title.
But there are still eight other players on the final table and it is Kaveh Payman who will go into tomorrow as the chip leader:
Seat 1: Karim Jomeen - 109,000
Seat 2: Scott Shelley - 148,000
Seat 3: Nicky Katz - 150,000
Seat 4: Paul Ian Pitchford - 77,000
Seat 5: Jeppe Bisgaard - 171,000
Seat 6: Mehdi Senhaji - 369,000
Seat 7: Kaveh Payman - 434,000
Seat 8: JP Kelly - 242,000
Seat 9: Jack Lyman - 55,000
How will this tournament play out? Well, tune in at 2pm local time to find out!
On one of the first hands back from the break, the final table was set.
Action folded around to Kaveh Payman in the small blind and he raised enough to put Stephan Nitschke all in. Nitschke made the call from the big blind holding the 
. Payman held the 
.
The flop paired both players, but Nitschke stayed in front after it came 
. The turn brought the 
and Payman picked up trip tens to take the lead. The river completed the board with the 
and that was it, Nitschke was eliminated just one spot short of the officil final table.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000 | -7,000 |
|
|
360,000 | 126,000 |
|
|
245,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
190,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
144,000 | |
|
|
113,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -37,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
69,000 | 13,500 |
|
|
52,000 | -8,000 |
The final ten players are on a 20-minute break. The purple T500 chips will be colored up during this break.
JP Kelly raised to 16,000 from the small blind and Jack Lyman called from the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Kelly fired 16,000 and was called.
The turn brought the 
and Kelly fired 27,000. Lyman called again to see the 
fall on the river. Kelly checked and Lyman checked.
Kelly tabled the 
and Lyman mucked. Lyman was left with just 60,000 in chips while Kelly moved to about 240,000.
Jeppe Brisgaard raised to 16,500 from the hijack seat. He was called by Kaveh Payman on the button and JP Kelly in the big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to Payman. He bet 14,000 and both his opponents called.
The turn brought the and Kelly checked. Brisgaard fired 20,500 and Payman called. Kelly mucked.
The river brought the and Brisgaard fired 41,500. Payman called again. His 
was the best hand against the 
for Brisgaard and he won the pot.
Nicky Katz moved all-in for his veritable short stack of around 50,000. Paul Pitchford tanked and folded but Jeppe Bisgaard made the call in the small blind.
Katz: 
Bisgaard: 
Board: 
Katz doubles up to around the 100,000 mark. Bisgaard still has a big stack.
