{"id":37412,"date":"2014-07-05T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T21:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=37412"},"modified":"2021-09-24T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:15:08","slug":"wpt-national-uk-london-main-event-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-uk-london-main-event-day-2.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National UK London Main Event – Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

End of Day 2 Chip-counts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gabriel Tuna leads the way, but plenty of runners are chasing him down…<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tuna 1,190,000
\nAgron Gjergji 1,164,000
\nAnooj Sareen 1,090,000
\nSvetlin Ivanov 900,000
\nTristan Chaplin 601,000
\nGursel Gulfer 539,000
\nYung Cheung 489,000
\nNayden Tonov 484,000
\nJames Greenwood 446,000
\nCristian Ciuperca 445,000
\nQuoc Nong 407,000
\nMohammad Shanehzan 355,000
\nPhilip Gould 338,000
\nBenjamin Howell 336,000
\nVictor Ilyukhin 336,000
\nKaran Kayastha 320,000
\nJustin Moutousamy 313,000
\nKevin Howrad 278,000
\nJames Charlton 272,000
\nDavid Simpson 260,000
\nKevin Neal 243,000
\nMantas Zeringis 218,000
\nSteven Graham 216,000
\nKyle Wilson 151,000
\nVladimir Marchevici 141,000
\nLeo Lim 83,000<\/p>\n

News In Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There’s not long to go here in the last level, so ahead of some fast counting by dealers, we’re going to leave you for now on the live coverage with a flurry of late action as players battle for their lives, with just 28 players left. \u00a0We’ll bring you the full overnight chip-counts later on, but there have been some movers and shakers…and we’re not talking about the\u00a0Players Party!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vladimir Marchevici\u00a0<\/strong>got involved all-in pre-flop with and was re-raised all-in by Viktor Ilyukhin, who covered him by a mere 16k in a 550k pot with pocket nines. \u00a0The board ran out [Td[ to near-bust Vlad and catapult Viktor to well above the 380k average.<\/p>\n

Anne Loughlin<\/strong> had doubled to 180k, but lost over half of that in a pot with “my nemesis”, her unable to hold against a rivered flush by . \u00a0She has just 75k and a dream now.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0Bobby Brummett\u00a0<\/strong>busted when he shoved when short with and was called by and eliminated after getting no help!<\/p>\n

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Gabriel Tuna Is Massive Chip Leader!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We were going to report how Gabriel Tuna leaped\u00a0back to the top of the chip-counts like some sort of fish (yes, a salmon. Glad we edited that one.) \u00a0Imagine your own piscine pun and file it, though, because his latest pot is deadly serious (like an electric eel).<\/p>\n

With 800k and the chip lead already, the action had actually be fairly tame (like a goldfish) on a board of . But the river was extremely busy…as Tom Carpenter checked, Gabriel bet 90k to try and steal the pot, or so it looked. Tom Carpenter was sick of being bullied and sensationally shoved…only to be caught like a carp in the net!<\/p>\n

Tom Carpenter <\/p>\n

Gabriel Tuna <\/p>\n

Crushing exit for Tom Carpenter, who joins his brother Ben in the Sky Bar for the\u00a0Players Party. \u00a0<\/strong>Gabriel Tuna has 1.3 million is chips and is red hot favourite to make the final table!<\/p>\n

Bubble Boy Tim Tim With Monster Headphones!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The picture says it all – every loser wins. \u00a0 No, that’s Eastenders. \u00a0Well, it\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>Stratford.<\/p>\n

Tim Tim may have been the last player to leave with nothing but happy memories, but he takes home a pair of exclusive\u00a0Monster<\/strong><\/em> Headphones<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Loughlin Is Laughing \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anne Loughlin has gone from five big blinds to ten, and now has fifteen as she hauls herself back into this WPT National Event. \u00a0We’re not sure she realises just how tough her table actually is, with Gabriel Tuna (now chipleader on 800k) , Tom Carpenter and Dennis Benevictius all sharing the felt with her.<\/p>\n

After Benevictius raised pre-flop UTG +1 to 22k, Anne re-raised all-in for 73k total, and Dennis made the call with . \u00a0Anne had woken up with however, and she held through the board to rocket up to over 150k including blinds and antes. \u00a0Back in the game!<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Kristian Schobowski (above, shortly before his poker demise) finally bids farewell to his table-mates, grinding the shortest of stacks into the money to sadly bust, getting his last in with but being called by James Greenwood’s , which obviously held.<\/p>\n

Level 18: Blinds 5000\/10000\/1000 ante – 42 Players Remaining – 263,809 Average Stack <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shorties On The Attack\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With the bubble burst and applause still ringing in the air, all the short-stacks have got itchy fingers and inched their tiny stacks over the line.<\/p>\n

Anne Loughlin<\/strong> got five big blinds in with and was up against James Charlton’s . \u00a0She hit a 4-5-6 rainbow flop and the turn and river bricked out to double her up.<\/p>\n

“I’m still short, but at least I now have a chance.” she confirmed.<\/p>\n

\"14394979070_9425b60bbc_z\"<\/a>Ian Fung<\/strong>\u00a0(right) ground his stack of three big blinds towards a very sweaty bubble, but upon Tim Tim’s exit, handed out high fives like free drinks will be handed out later at the partypoker \/ WPT\u00a0Players Party<\/strong>! \u00a0He was out a couple of hands later, but looked delighted with his\u00a0very first<\/em> Hendon Mob flag – I think we all remember that feeling, it’s pretty sweet!<\/p>\n

Polish grinder Kristian Schobowski is going nowhere, yet, however. \u00a0The shortest player in terms of chip-stack, he was spared an exit that forty-four pairs of eyes were willing on, surviving the hand-for-hand tension a pound lighter in sweat! \u00a0He’s since doubled when his hit an eight on the flop against Phil Goul’d . \u00a0Gould has run pretty bad the last few hours, and while he is around the average, he went into Day 2 as chip leader and is far from that now. \u00a0It can be a real test of a player’s mental strength, so we’re looking forward to seeing how he deals with this quite unique poker<\/a> position.<\/p>\n

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Tim Tim Bubble Boy at WPT National UK – London!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Someone had to land on the unlucky square, and sadly for many of the rail here at Aspers Casino, it was the ebullient Tim Tim Timotheu who lost out on the bubble to be the last player to leave without winning a bean here in the East End.<\/p>\n

With two very short-stacks in the room, it was actually a decent sized pot that Tim Tim was fighting for at his table, but then, we’d expect nothing less. \u00a0Tim Tim wants to pressure the bubble and put himself in a position to win this thing, and his risk\/reward play was good, he just ran pretty cold. \u00a0On a flop of , he got around 150k (16 bigs or so) into the middle with but was called by and the turn of and river of didn’t save him.<\/p>\n

Tim Tim has been given a pair of\u00a0Monster Headphones <\/strong>and hearty commiserations, but for him, we know just being away from the table will be hurting the most.\u00a0<\/strong>The guy loves the game.<\/p>\n

Level 17: Blinds 4000\/8000\/1000 ante – 47 Players Remaining – Average Stack 230,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost Bubble Time!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are now 47 players left…we’re very nearly on the money bubble. Look who’s happy about that…<\/p>\n

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No sooner had we posted a picture of new poker and old in 20-year-old Ian Fung and live tournament legend Surinder Sunar, have we lost the latter. \u00a0Surinder had just 85k to his name and was very short, but his opponent in the hand, Justin Moutousamy, warned him that it wouldn’t end well.<\/p>\n

“Walk away, Surinder, there’ll be better spots, I promise you.”<\/p>\n

Twelve bigs and with , Surinder didn’t agree, and we don’t blame him. \u00a0Justin turned over and with a jack on the flop, ending up winning the flip company. \u00a0Surinder took the plaudits from the table and made a polite exit. \u00a0One of the most humble men in the game had impressed them all, including his 20-year-old neighbour Fung.<\/p>\n

As Sunar made his way from the cardroom, Justin was telling Ian to look up Surinder vs Tony G on YouTube! \u00a0Great fun.<\/p>\n

Back For The Bubble\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The remaining players have come back from dinner still hungry…for success!<\/p>\n

With the\u00a0Players Party\u00a0<\/strong>being set up in the exclusive Sky Bar here at Aspers Casino in London,\u00a0DJ Spoony<\/strong> may be warming up for his set, but the poker players in the WPT National need to hit a few themselves so arm themselves with a stack for the bubble. \u00a0Just 45 players are paid, with all these names looking food for a payday:<\/p>\n

Anooj Sareen 515,000<\/p>\n

Karan Karaystha 500,000<\/p>\n

Tom Carpenter 480,000<\/p>\n

Phil Gould 420,000<\/p>\n

Agron Gjergji 387,000<\/p>\n

Yung Cheung 385,000<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tuna 360,000<\/p>\n

James Charlton 290,000<\/p>\n

George Alexander 280,000<\/p>\n

Tim Tim Timotheu 230,000<\/p>\n

Level 15: Blinds 2500\/5000\/500 ante – 64 Players Remaining – 173,000 Average Stack <\/strong><\/p>\n

Party People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There’s no doubting the element of fun that has been ever-present this weekend at the WPT-National. \u00a0From qualifiers (above) to battle-hardened live pros, everyone taking part has had the spirit of camaraderie that makes a good poker tournament great.<\/p>\n

That may not be personified more than by Tristan Chaplin, who we lurked behind for a moment as he found aces. \u00a0Flipping his and seeing his opponent, who was all-in and at risk holding was a cause for some celebration. \u00a0but in No Limit Hold’Em, when you’re all-in pre-flop there are five cards to come, and a lot can happen in that time. \u00a0the flop of gave Tristan’s opponent top pair and a gut-shot draw, but he survived through the turn and river to bust another and bounce up to 320k. \u00a0Having won the World Championship (APAT) here earlier in the year, are we about to witness another title for Trsitan? \u00a0There wouldn’t be many more popular winners…!<\/p>\n

Chips For Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With the remaining 67 players heading to a dinner beak (45 get paid), here are a few of their stacks, with one player out in front…<\/p>\n

Selected Chip-counts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vladimir Marchevici (above, left) 655,500<\/p>\n

Karan Karaystha 510,000<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tuna 380,00<\/p>\n

Tom Carpenter 260,000<\/p>\n

Tim Tim Timotheu 210,000<\/p>\n

Gus Golfer 200,000<\/p>\n

Tristan Chaplin 191,500<\/p>\n

Denis Benevictius 190,000<\/p>\n

Muhammed ali 185,000<\/p>\n

John Gilbert 162,000<\/p>\n

Dave Simpson 94,000<\/p>\n

Surinder Sunar 80,000<\/p>\n

Ian Fung 40,000<\/p>\n

Justin Time\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s rare for players to call the clock on their opponents, even though it’s a perfectly legal thing to do and frequently, such a structure almost begs for people to use it to speed up the other players’ decisions. \u00a0It was called just now, with Justin Moutousamy (above, right) all-in and at-risk pre-flop against Muhammed Ali (above, left), who used around ten seconds of his timed minute after maybe five beforehand to call and show . \u00a0He was in a coin-flip situation against Justin, who reverse-cursed his way to glory with .<\/p>\n

“I’m good at losing these.” he said, just as the dealer fanned .<\/p>\n

“OK, maybe I’m not so good at that.” he smiled politely, before the turn and river of gave him the pot, and he seemingly flipped in the other direction, turning loud and almost disconcertingly triumphant as he doubled through a rueful but silent Ali.<\/p>\n

“Keep those chips warm for me, they’re all coming here!” he said, pointing to his stack. “All coming here, don’t you worry!”<\/p>\n

Almost no reaction for the table, and one can;t help wonder if he just undid some of whatever work he did to get to that point, because the outburst seemed to be received as if it was completely out of character.<\/p>\n

Level 14: Blinds 2000\/4000\/500 ante – 75 ~Players Remaining – Average Stack 150,000 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Smile…You’re Up In Lights! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Just a brief pause from the relentless card action to tip our reporting hats to our photographer this weekend,\u00a0Mantas Ruzveltas. Mantas has brought the tournament to life in pictures such as the one below, there’s so much going on and its captured in an instant for you. \u00a0There’s a brilliant atmosphere in the cardroom and Mantas has slotted in and become the players’ friend – a great accomplishment.<\/p>\n

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Tuna Makes another Catch <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gabriel Tuna knows what he is doing post-flop. \u00a0The slick star here in the WPT National Event has made more in-roads into the chip leaders, hovering in second at present, with just 90 players left in the hunt for the \u00a322,000 top prize here at Aspers in London.<\/p>\n

On a board of , he raised Geoff Richards all-in after Richards had bet 16,000 into a pot of 55k. \u00a0Richards tank-called, turned over for a rivered two-pair (maybe assuming Tuna held A-K?) but Gabriel showed for the rivered straight. \u00a0Tuna must have close to 400k by now, and is absolutely cruising along. \u00a0
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Khoshaway Krushing It<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We’ve seen Khadir Khoshaway play a few tournaments of this level, and it must be said, he’s rather good at them, generally running deep and putting himself in the position to win big. \u00a0Maybe we’ll see him at tomorrow’s final table. \u00a0He’s got a good shot at an appearance there if he continues his high-pressure game. \u00a0Natalie Sadri called the 3k blind pre-flop in late position, one of four players who included Khoshaway, but he wasn’t happy to chuck in 1500 in the small blind, popping it to an aggressive 21,500 pre-flop. \u00a0Two callers including Sadri saw a flop of and Khoshaway led in first position to 66,000. Too rich for Sadri and her tablemate and that kind of pressure is going to be hard to live with if he continues.<\/p>\n

Level 13: Blinds 1500\/3000\/500 ante – 95 Players Remaining – Average Stack 116,500 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Big In The Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are big stacks on plenty of tables now, with the average stack now the six-figures that seemed such an unreachable target just four or so hours of tournament play ago on the Day 1 flights.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few names who have a massive chance of winning the \u00a322,000 top prize here at Aspers Cardroom in the heart of East End London.<\/p>\n

Nayden Tonov 380,000<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tuna 300,000<\/p>\n

Karan Kayastha 280,000<\/p>\n

Pat Boudreau 266,000<\/p>\n

Philip Gould 225,000<\/p>\n

Alan Dean 180,000<\/p>\n

Errol Williams 135,000<\/p>\n

Tweet us a picture\/amount of your stack via the Twitter hashtag #WPTNUK and tag it @partypoker on the end and you could win a pair of\u00a0Monster Headphones!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phethean’s Awake<\/strong><\/p>\n

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David Phethean pulled the old ‘Put Your Coat On And Call A Card In’ trick, as he held on a flop of . He was in a bad way, up against James Mitchell’s , but he caught runner-runner flush as first the came in on the turn and the jumped onto the river. \u00a0He looks a little dazed, to be honest, and Mitchell, decimated to just 10,000 was out a coouple of hands later. \u00a0We’re sad for him!<\/p>\n

This level is totally unforgiving, and the pace has really picked up. \u00a0You’d think the players knew that later there was a\u00a0Players Party\u00a0<\/strong>which will have free drinks, DJ Spoony and giveaways galore!<\/p>\n

Tristan Chaplin Crushing\/Crushed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tristan Chaplin adds to the party atmosphere more than you might think to look at him at the poker table. \u00a0Concentrated to a huge degree when at the felt, he is as disarming and humble away from it as he is an absolute beast when in a hand. \u00a0He just lost a 200k for the outright chip-lead, but was more than happy to tell us about it.<\/p>\n

“I had queens on Q-5-3 with two spades. \u00a0We got it in against the nut-flush draw and he hit a king of spades on the turn. \u00a0It happens, the hand basically plays itself.”<\/p>\n

Tristan has reason to be cheery, still sitting behind 185,000 – around double average chips.<\/p>\n

Level 12: Blinds 1200\/2400\/400 ante = 116 Players Remaining – Average Stack 95,517<\/strong><\/p>\n

Break Time Brings Pain <\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s a familiar sight (above). Players are now in Shoveland, with a dwindling population and shirt life-expectancy. \u00a0Moves must be made with blinds coming back from the break at a rarefied atmosphere of 1200\/2400.<\/p>\n

Some survived to the break, while others’ tournament hopes perished. \u00a0Mr. Bond is no more, his flush draw being outdrawn by two overs when he was at risk. \u00a0Andy Sharples lasted no longer than the first session, while Daiva Baruskaite busted just before the kettle was boiled backstage.<\/p>\n

Others are doing better, however, with Sharples’ friend and reigning champion Darren Mapley still in the hunt for a new water-bound vehicle to buy with his next title winnings (a Pedalo is mooted) as he has 57,000. \u00a0Ben and Tom Carpenter are grinding away on 48k and 65k respectively, while 20-year-old Ian Fung has traveled all the way from San Diego, California to play the WPT-National London. \u00a0the sole American and youngest player left in the field has just 30k and a dream. \u00a0Dave Simpson (97k) and James Mitchell (59,000) both have aspirations of making Day 3 before getting their dancing shoes on for the\u00a0Players Party<\/strong> later.<\/p>\n

Daiva Destroyed, Karan Climbing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With one player exiting and another building a chip mountain, a table has been split up and scattered around the room, the crucial table draw\/move again playing a big part (as it always does) in a poker tournament.<\/p>\n

Daiva Baruskaite was the unfortunate player to bust, and the blonde bombshell never really got going on Day 2. \u00a0She was fairly short when she shoved 22,000 over the top of Karan Karaystha’s opening raise of 6,000 and he called it off quickly with . \u00a0Daiva held and couldn’t find a crown to help her.<\/p>\n

Karan put those newly-won chips to good use, getting involved in the next pot with . \u00a0The flop came and he pushed a player with out of the way with a 20,000 bet. \u00a0but another player came along for the ride with and when another three landed o the turn, Karan moved all-in and got the call, adding another 60k to his rack. \u00a0All-change…<\/p>\n

Level 11: Blinds 1000\/2000\/300 ante – 143 Players Remaining – Average Stack 77,482<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With over 140 players left and only 45 places paid, everyone is desperate to survive.<\/p>\n

While some profit, others flounder. \u00a0Marios Andreas is on the brink, just 21,500 to his name and ten big blinds from death or glory. \u00a0Gabriel Tuna still leads with 270,000, but there are loads of other big stacks in his slipstream with Philip Gould (220,000), Peter Mok (150,000) and dare we say it Darren Mapley (96,500) all in with a terrific shot.<\/p>\n

Show Us The Money!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Want to know what the players will be winning here at WPT National in London?<\/p>\n

Wonder no longer…<\/p>\n

1 \u00a322,000.00
\n2 \u00a315,165.00
\n3 \u00a39,760.00
\n4 \u00a37,230.00
\n5 \u00a35,410.00
\n6 \u00a34,360.00
\n7 \u00a33,600.00
\n8 \u00a32,900.00
\n9 \u00a32,160.00
\n10 \u00a31,585.00
\n11 \u00a31,585.00
\n12 \u00a31,585.00
\n13 \u00a31,295.00
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\n15 \u00a31,295.00
\n16 \u00a31,110.00
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\n18 \u00a31,110.00
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Win Monster Headphones!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’d like to give yourself a chance of winning a pair of\u00a0Monster<\/strong><\/em> Headphones<\/strong>, we’re giving a pair away each Day here at the WPT-National UK London Main Event. \u00a0Simply tweet a picture of your chip-stack, the amount of it and use the hashtag #WPTNUK and end it with @partypoker and you’ll be in the draw to be chosen randomly at the end of the Day.<\/p>\n

Current champion Darren Mapley came into the day’s play on just 24,000 but he’s up to 94k within the hour! \u00a0Darren tweeted us so he’s in the hat…surely you’re not going to let him walk away with it!?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarleyMarley\/status\/485420205145747456<\/p>\n

Gravell In The Grave<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Gravell traveled all the way from Newcastle to play this leg of the WPT National tour after enjoying a deep run to 17th in his home town in the North-East. \u00a0Sadly, he’s left us early on Day 2 as he ran out of luck at the crucial time – when all-in and at risk.<\/p>\n

William suffered a twin-bad-beat with another player, both of whom were all-in with pocket aces but they both were crushed by which made a full house. \u00a0Next, William actually got back into it when his hit an ace on the flop to double against . \u00a0But he then found himself and got it in pre-flop against which held.<\/p>\n

A fine performance as usual from William, and he’ll have a great weekend in the capital with his friends and family, which is all part of it. \u00a0He certainly has a few hours to prepare for the Players Party<\/strong><\/em> tonight here at the Sky Bar in Aspers. \u00a0The party will have the best atmosphere guaranteed…as legendary record-spinner\u00a0DJ Spoony\u00a0<\/strong>is in the house!<\/p>\n

Level 10: Blinds 800\/1600 – 167 Players Remaining – Average Stack 66,300 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Huge Catch For Tuna<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gabriel Tuna came into the day on 170k and second in chips. \u00a0He has not hung about in rocketing into a massive lead here on Day 2 at the WPT-National UK in London’s Aspers Casino in Stratford.<\/p>\n

Holding , he saw a six land on the flop and the action quickly escalated from check-raising to an all-in and a call. \u00a0His opponent, who sat behind over 100,000 (at 600\/1200 don’t forget) held and couldn’t spike a miracle to survive. \u00a0A monster stack has turned into a mountain, and on the same table as Tristan Chaplin, Gabriel Tuna has over 275,000 and the clear lead.<\/p>\n

185 remain, but the number is dropping by the second, with an all-in and call on every table. \u00a0Short-stacks are fighting to survive, and the big boys know that there is a Tuna in the water…<\/p>\n

Level 9: Blinds 600\/1200\/200 ante – 192 Players Remaining – Average Stack 57,708<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Action is under way! Can Philip Gould use his chip lead to bully his way to Day 3 and the final? \u00a0Or will a surprise name rise through the field?<\/p>\n

We’re about to find out!<\/p>\n

Follow The Leader\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After three opening day flights, Philip Gould (pictured) leads us into today’s play, which starts at 2pm. \u00a0Who will make Day 3 or the money? \u00a0Find out right here right through this afternoon and evening!<\/p>\n

Chip-counts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Philip Gould 200200
\nGabriel Tuna 170600
\nWlodzimierz Cymbalko 148300
\nPhilip Butt 139600
\nAnooj Sareen 139500
\nGerald Ringe 134500
\nTristan Chaplin 129700
\nPeter Mok 127300
\nRoss Mannion 126900
\nNatalie Sadri 125900
\nGeoffrey Richards 123000
\nHans Groenroos 122900
\nPaul Bahbout 118400
\nVictor Ilyukhin 115000
\nKaran Kayastha 113400
\nKi Thuong Duong 108300
\nMark Thomas 104300
\nTimotheos Timotheou 99800
\nGabor Zamosi 97900
\nAhmed Rasull 97900
\nSvetlin Ivanov 92400
\nVan Vu 92000
\nDenas Benevicius 90500
\nTamas Gero 89800
\nKyle Wilson 89400
\nKrystian Schodowski 88800
\nJoseph Crampsie 88800
\nAlan Dean 86800
\nMohammad Taghipour Fard 85600
\nAnne Loughlin 84400
\nJohn Verbeeten 83500
\nDavid Simpson 83400
\nGareth Holt 83400
\nMatthew Bushell 83200
\nGursel Gulfer 80800
\nJames Charlton 80000
\nNicholas Weaver 80000
\nJan Andersen 79400
\nErrol Williams 78700
\nZanas Lubys 77400
\nKhadir Khoshawy 77200
\nThe Dang 77000
\nQUOC NONG 76800
\nDaniel Bushell 76500
\nMithov Andreev 76100
\nGeorge Alexander 75600
\nJames Mitchell 75000
\nVladimir Marchevici 75000
\nMihaly Rusu 74800
\nMohammad Shanehzan 74600
\nGeorge Achillea 74400
\nDaniel Hanchard 74000
\nUmberan Akhtar 74000
\nYung Cheung 73800
\nJordan Oconnor 73600
\nYilfer Shevket 73300
\nJames Greenwood 71600
\nVachand Nankoosing 71300
\nMohammed Ali 71200
\nElio Saade 70900
\nRyan Kelly 70700
\nMathieu Bragard 70200
\nNuno Miguel Duarte 69800
\nGut Steel 69000
\nStephen Smith 69000
\nJames Parker 68600
\nSurinder Sunar 68400
\nHuseyin Houssein 68400
\nRussell Brooks 68100
\nKatie Swift 67400
\nSteven Graham 67300
\nBenjamin Howell 65400
\nMortaza Sahibzada 65300
\nIan Fung 65300
\nKevin Neal 64200
\nBobbie Brummitt 62900
\nAlin Torjoc 62200
\nTony Sullivan 61700
\nHyeo Ahn 61300
\nColin Bord 61000
\nAlexander Jager 60000
\nSteven Alper 59300
\nDavid Orrin 58500
\nJoe Phillips 58500
\nLachezar Lukanov 58100
\nIosif Roussos 58100
\nNayden Tonov 58000
\nCasper Holmberg 57800
\nHerve Decker 57400
\nMarius Zalpys 57100
\nCarl Spicer 55600
\nFranck Speeg 54400
\nChan Ha 54300
\nNeil Barron 53600
\nNuno Miguel Campos Antunes 53500
\nMartynas Valkunas 53200
\nGraham Hawkes 52100
\nPhilip Green 52100
\nCristian Pall 51900
\nAndrew Brisland 51700
\nStephanie Johnston 51400
\nJamie Kingston 50300
\nPer Andersson 50100
\nFernando \u00d3scar Penote Garcia Amador 50000
\nThomas Carpenter 49900
\nAgron Gjergji 49500
\nRicky Pike 48500
\nRicki Valencia 48000
\nDaniel Gregory 47100
\nLisa Tan 47000
\nBenjamin Carpenter 47000
\nDarren Hand 46500
\nJason Lam 46400
\nBalint Pusztai 45000
\nDavid Phethean 44400
\nJAIME HOLT 44000
\nJamal Gormati 43800
\nJaan Fiddian 43700
\nJames Osullivan 43000
\nMaster Miah 42600
\nLeo Lim 41700
\nIonut Rincu 41500
\nZak Ly 41500
\nChantel Westdale 41500
\nRicardo Campanario 40600
\nRolf Hansen 40500
\nJustin Moutousamy 40100
\nMichael Miles 39800
\nCristian Ciuperca 39700
\nKeith Wright 38900
\nAttila Kovarczi 38800
\nDaniel Whittaker 37900
\nRichard Thomas 37700
\nKonrad Kucharczyk 37600
\nDennise Frost 37200
\nCary Atkins 36800
\nDuncan Gareth Wilkie 36700
\nLeon Mills 36600
\nRichard Mcdonald 36200
\nJohn Gilbert 34600
\nBengt Hallner 34400
\nJames Herraghty 34200
\nMantas Zeringis 34000
\nJohn Pogue 33900
\nLuke Slisz 33000
\nFriedrich Franz 32700
\nYusuf Osman 32200
\nHasan Gul 32100
\nNigel Berg 31800
\nPaal Haandlykken 30600
\nSiegfried Hodgson 30500
\nAshish Gupta 29800
\nKevin Howrad 29600
\nAndrew Douglas 28800
\nDwight Scott 28500
\nMohammed Suhail 28200
\nPatrick Boudreau 27600
\nAndrew Sharples 27500
\nBernard Litman 27000
\nJon Aldalur Arrospide 26000
\nMarios Andreas 26000
\nArno Simon 25700
\nFabian Donovan 25100
\nDarren Mapley 24400
\nEven Spilling 24000
\nVadim Seriozeckin 23800
\nAnthony Taylor 23400
\nPeter Fodor 23100
\nMichael Lee 21900
\nWilliam Whicher 20200
\nTomos Lloyd 20100
\nSebastian Le Port 20000
\nRobertas Vaitkevicius 19800
\nAlexandru Marcu 19100
\nPaul Russell 18500
\nDaiva Barauskaite 18200
\nAziz Kara 17700
\nIstvan Klinghammer 16900
\nDAVID WELLINGS 16500
\nZbigniew Brudecki 16000
\nEric Ramkeesoon 15200
\nConstantin Rolea 15000
\nCharlambos Hadjicharalambous 14700
\nThomas Denis 13600
\nWilliam Gravell 13200
\nRobert Glen 12800
\nMichael Cave 12800
\nGunnar Odden 12700
\nAttila Toth 12000
\nNicholas Finn 11500
\nGareth Smirthwaite 9800
\nGraham Carson 9600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

End of Day 2 Chip-counts: Gabriel Tuna leads the way, but plenty of runners are chasing him down… Gabriel Tuna 1,190,000 Agron Gjergji 1,164,000 Anooj Sareen 1,090,000 Svetlin Ivanov 900,000 Tristan Chaplin 601,000 Gursel Gulfer 539,000 Yung Cheung 489,000 Nayden Tonov 484,000 James Greenwood 446,000 Cristian Ciuperca 445,000 Quoc Nong 407,000 Mohammad Shanehzan 355,000 Philip<\/p>\n

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