\nDay 3’s live updates will appear if you click this link!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
With just a few hands to go, we’ve seen James Akenhead busted when his Tune in here before the 3pm kick-off for the full chip-counts as we look forward to a final day that will see our winner take away \u00a325,130!<\/p>\n Four-Way All-in Leaves Green Smiling<\/strong><\/p>\n Simon Green has just busted two players and crippled another in a monster all-in that brings the field to just 30 players with around fifteen minutes maximum to go.<\/p>\n After Joe Laming ( Pot of the Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ve just seen what is without a doubt the biggest and most exciting pot of the WPT Accumulator Main Event so far, and it had everything. Drama, chips and an unbelievable finish.<\/p>\n The pot started with a fresh player at the money table in the shape of Sin Melin, who sat down with a huge stack of 800,000 chips ready to do damage from the off and sat in the hijack position in this hand. Irina Nikolaidi made a standard raise to 24,000 from UTG, called by Sin but raised to 60k by former chip-leader and powerful player roger O’Selle in mid-position. both ladies called. The flop of The turn of Sin Melin: Irina had been caught making a semi-bluff, but with plenty of outs, she still had a chance…and the An incredible pot. Irina has 2.14 million and double more than anyone else still in the tournament. Sin has no chips at all. Wow.<\/p>\n Chattha At the Double-Double!<\/strong><\/p>\n Fresh from a run to 50th place in the World Series of Poker Main Event, Chaz Chattha has lit up this WPT Accumulator with his popular brand of nice-guy banter and ready wit. He’s had a fair old laugh at his own expense in a couple of hands too over the past few days and as always has proved to be great value for us as the media and fellow players as someone to get on with and learn from at the same time.<\/p>\n Chaz doubled through his god friend ‘Joking’ Joe Laming, when his A-T managed to spike ‘Broadway’ against Joe’s pocket tens, much to the latter’s chagrin. Chattha then doubled again, with his Back in the hunt having reach the top thirty-five. There’s no keeping a good man down.<\/p>\n Level 19 – Blinds 6000\/12000\/2000 – 35 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 368,571<\/strong><\/p>\n Smirthwaite Survives<\/strong><\/p>\n Gareth Smirthwaite (above, left) is already a player who has the best value in this competition, having won each of his seats in all three flights in the $5 partypoker qualifier satellites! He’s now in the money, and determined to bank more than the \u00a3670 min-cash!<\/p>\n All-in for 68,000 with Everyone Must Go?<\/strong><\/p>\n The post-bubble bonanza continues as we lose yet another player – Darren Hand gets it in with queens, but runs into Tony Blanchandin in the very next seat with pocket kings. The best hand holds and Hand exits with a nice bit of spending money to take home with him. Blanchandin is looking handy with around 330k, almost exactly average with over twenty-five big blinds.<\/p>\n Russell Bubbles As Aspers Roars!<\/strong><\/p>\n 45 players just became very happy…but at the expense of a sad one. Tracey Campbell, pictured above, whose stack had dwindled to 80% of a big blind, got her last in from under-the-gun (achievement: unlocked) with When asked about her plan before the bubble, Tracey had told our reporter that she intended to “Find good cards and hope they hold!” Sadly for her, they couldn’t.<\/p>\n Roberts Up Against It<\/strong><\/p>\n With two eliminations to go before 45th place and the prize money is awarded, James Roberts (pictured above) is teetering on the edge. He has just 11,000, which doesn’t sound too bad, but when the blinds are 4k, 8k and the ante will be taking away a precious 10% of his stack each hand, he’ll be looking for any ace, any pair or just any opportunity to extend his lifeline that little bit further.<\/p>\n “I didn’t play that hand too well,” he commented during the break, referring the when he called off half of his stack from the big blind to see a flop, “And I looked up another earlier with ace-queen. It came king-jack, which is frustrating because any ace or any queen and I’d be shipping it. Now I’m just waiting for any pair or an ace to get it in with.” He doesn’t have long before the blinds come back around to him.<\/p>\n As we type this up, Roberts has busted! He finishes 47th, losing a flip with pocket sixes to put us on the stone cold bubble. 46th gets nothing, 45th gets \u00a3670. It’s about to get painful.<\/p>\n Level 18 – Blinds 5000\/10000\/1000 – 47 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 274,468<\/strong><\/p>\n Eigirdus Can’t Fold ‘The Rockets’<\/strong><\/p>\n Sadly for Eigirdus Skruolis, he couldnt make the money after being unable to find the fold button on a flop of Milly Cracked, Bubble Near…<\/strong><\/p>\n With 49 players remaining, just four more players need to leave with nothing to brust the bubble and put everyone else into the money for a minimum of \u00a3670. No-one wants to leave without winning money after playing this long, of course, and in this seventeeth level (the first eight being 30 minutes long, and with 40-minute levels until the end from here on in) there has been a lot of drama, and powerful play from those with chips as you might expect.<\/p>\n Two of the best players so far have easily been Sin Melin and Irina Nikolaidi (aove left next to French pro Bruno Lounais), and one of them has the overall chip lead in the room. Sin has often claimed to have a bit of the devil in her, and her chip-stack of 666,000 reflects that neatly. But Irina has been in incredible form in this tournament and is our deserved chip leader with just five tables left. She currently sits behind 1,065,000 and to be honest has played some superstar poker across the last three days. With a great chance at the \u00a325,130 top prize, some players might let nerves affect them. But having played the London circuit for a year in both tournaments and cash games, it’s been a nerveless display.<\/p>\n Level 17 – Blinds 4000\/8000\/1000 – 53 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 243,396<\/strong><\/p>\n So Long, Tony<\/strong><\/p>\n partypoker player Tony Dunst has bowed out just before the money. Having won a sizeable pot in the early levels of the day to bring his 50k starting stack up to around 115,000, that was as good as it got for ‘James Bond’, who just busted when he got it in with a flush draw on the flop, but was third favourite to win against a better flush draw and the made hand. He couldn;t catch up, and will be getting into his glad rags for the Players’ Party at 10.30 in the Sky Bar here at Aspers with DJ Spoony!<\/p>\n John Gilbert Leaves Empty Handed After Cooler All-In<\/strong><\/p>\n Poor old Gilbert, nursing a short stack ever since the start of the day has finally been KO\u2019d from the tournament. With less than 20,000 chips to his name, he pushed all his dreams over the line from the button with Level 16 – 3000\/6000\/1000 – 55 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 234,515<\/strong><\/p>\n Keeping Up With the Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n Nuno Duarte (above) has just run into the seemingly unstoppable force at James Dempsey’s table, namely Billy Jones. The young man has been very observant all tournament and always seems to know where he is in a hand. It’s worth rewarding, and poker has a funny way of doing that eventually. Handing Billy aces i the hole and Nuno Duarte pocket queens was harsh on Duarte, but over-the-top of a standard Dempsey raise (James also has plenty of chips and table control) it all went into the middle, and the board ran out Irina Takes Control<\/strong><\/p>\n We don’t want to say ‘We told you so’ (that’s an outright bluff; we do and we did, in one of the earliest blog-posts on Flight 1) but Irina Nikolaidi is a star in the making, and is well on her way to announcing herself on the UK live circuit should she continue in this vein. How does she play a hand? Have a look and see what you think…<\/p>\n Starting the hand with 570,000, Irina (above) calls a raise from the opponent to her right, Celal Geyik (also pictured above), to 15k pre-flop. The pair go heads-up to a flop of Irina Nikolaidi – 690,000 (+120,000)<\/p>\n We Ask the Pros \u2013 \u201cWho do You Think is Going to Win?\u201d (Other than Themselves!)<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking to Gareth \u2018GazTheHippy1\u2019 Smirthwaite, he reckons that the player that will be getting her hands on the trophy is Sin Melin.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way she\u2019s running, I think she\u2019ll win the tournament. She\u2019s a very aggressive player and when she hits everything she plays too… she\u2019s doing very well. So yeah, she\u2019s going to win it!\u201d<\/p>\n We then asked Melin about her thoughts, although unaware of the players left, she said \u201cJames Akenhead (pictured above) is probably the best left, so I\u2019ve got to say he\u2019s going to be the favourite.\u201d<\/p>\n WSOP bracelet winner James Dempsey agreed with Melin, but Akenhead himself fancied his buddy Dempsey for the title, quoting that \u201cLike Tiger Woods back then and now… he\u2019s back!\u201d<\/p>\n Watts The Story? (Hunt for Glory)<\/strong><\/p>\n With the three biggest chip-stacks all on the same table with 65 players left, the 198k average in chips is perhaps a little skewed for table-mates of those crushers. The trio of power-players (pictured above in action) are:<\/p>\n Bobbie Brummitt – 700,000 Others aren’t having the fortune to be sitting behind a chip mountain. Steve Watts grinded ten-fifteen big blinds for a good few hours, but he now has no chips at all after losing his latest all-in. Shoving from the button with Level 15 – Blinds 2500\/5000\/500 – 69 Players Remaining – Average Stack 179,345<\/strong><\/p>\n Geyik It Quietly<\/strong><\/p>\n Several big names may still be in the WPT Accumulator with just 69 players left, but some of the lesser-known names always make the final table. There may not be anyone quieter than Celal Geyik (above, left) on the last seven tables, but that doesn’t bother him, racking up 450,000 at the break.<\/p>\n Irina Nikolaidi, who we tipped in blog post #1 way back on Thursday evening, is still roaring along nicely, on 450k or so.<\/p>\n Sinem Melin holds 480,000 and her table-lead, whereas another table is full of big names who are below average. Chaz Chattha (68k) is sat next to Steve Watts (60k) and opposite Joe Laming (120,000). All of them will need to have a good last few levels before play ends for the day. That’s looking like it will be close to the Players’ Party, which behind at 10.30pm.<\/p>\n O’Selle Leads Last 73<\/strong><\/p>\n Roger O’Selle (pictured above) has around 760,000 chips and the lead as we head into the dinner-break, but plenty of others have decent shots at the \u00a325,130 prize including an interesting player who almost missed the tournament entirely.<\/p>\n Scott Bailey, who plays in his local pub league (and indeed won his yearly league the other night) raced here from working at his local pub last night for Flight 3 of the WPT Accumulator. He made late registration by just sixty seconds, ran up an incredible stack of 150,000 chips by 1am last night and has returned today. He still has chips, but not many, with just fifteen big blinds to his name. He’s going to have to run it up all over again, but Bailey seems determined to continue his run of good form in what must be the biggest tournament he’s ever played. Good luck to him!<\/p>\n Big in the Game<\/strong><\/p>\n News in brief about some notables, but let’s start with a brief run-down of some of the biggest stacks as players hurtle towards the dinner-break like a runaway train. This level has been utter carnage.<\/p>\n Roger O’Selle – 710,000 Bob Glen’s chips came at the expense of BOTH Paul Russell and Mike Panteli, who each shoved pre-flop with A-K, only to be called, then eliminated by Bob when his A-Q spiked a lady.<\/p>\n Akenhead has been in ‘boss mode’ all day, and powering through the gears on what has been a steady rise since Flight 3 to one of the chip-leaders. He recently bullied an opponent into such a spot on the river that Paul Hizer – the man in question – called the clock on himself to then fold. Akenhead doesn’t show cards unless he’s been called, kids. Lesson #1.<\/p>\n Level 14 – 2000\/4000\/500 – 78 Players Remaining – Average Stack 165,384 <\/strong><\/p>\n Peter and the Wolf<\/strong><\/p>\n Peter Burgon, who was playing the WPT Accumulator Main Event to raise money for the DT38 charity, spoke to us just before he busted at the tail-end of Level 13.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just trying to make 45th and make the minimum payout (\u00a3670) so that I can give some money to the charity. I\u2019m having great fun playing on the same table as James Akenhead, but he\u2019s been raising my big blind every time!\u201d<\/p>\n Peter, who at the time was sitting on a short stack of 45,000, insisted that he was making progress, even though his good hands weren’t getting paid off.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve played about three hands since I joined \u2013 aces, kings and jacks. I\u2019ve raised with them and got no action, even against James who said he had queens! Just as long as I make the money, I\u2019ll be happy, but I\u2019m enjoying playing right now even though I\u2019m folding a lot. Once I\u2019m guaranteed 45th place, I\u2019m going all-in!\u201d<\/p>\n Well, Peter was all-in shortly afterwards from mid-position with There’s no friends at the poker table!<\/p>\n Melin Crushing Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n Sin Melin came into today’s play with a short-stack and a dream. With 100 players left in the hunt for the title, she now has the second-biggest stack in the room.<\/p>\n Antonio German, himself a comeback kid from just 8k, led for 5,000 with pocket kings. Sin raised to 10k, Antonio re-raised to 50k, and Sin’s shove brought a very quick call. A 400k pot, then, and sin turned over A-K with a grimace. The flop was no help, but an ace on the turn AND river stunned the table and earned her the nickname ‘golden girl’ among her tablemates.<\/p>\n You can buy a lot of gold with \u00a325,130 – the top prize here this weekend…<\/p>\n Level 13 – Blinds 1500\/3000\/500 – 102 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 126,470<\/strong><\/p>\n Kirk Out, Miller Out, Otobo up to 160k<\/strong><\/p>\n Ian Otobo\u2019s stack has rocketed up the leaderboard after winning a three-way all-in. The short-stacked Darren Kirk was all-in for around 12,000 and had one call from Keith Miller. On the other side of the table, Otobo looked down and saw The dry flop pleased Miller He privately showed me that his Chip-counts at the Break <\/strong><\/p>\n Jason Lam 330,000 Level 12 – Blinds 1200\/2400\/400 – 129 Players Remaining – Average Stack: 100,000<\/strong><\/p>\n Elisa Is Loked Up<\/strong><\/p>\n French player Elisa Beluze (pictured above during play on Day 1) ran short-stacked and got her last 19,000 into the middle with pocket fours, called by Dominic Loke’s Big Stacks, Big Problems?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes, having a bog stack can prove difficult to hang on to in a way that a 25-30 big blind stack is not. You have more options, more ways to win pots as well as many more chips to get involved in pots with. But in NO Limit tournament poker, chips can come and go very quickly, as Sam Macdonald has just found out. Starting the hand on around 180k, more than double-average, he was heads-up with his opponent on a board of ‘Some things never change.’ quipped Jamie Sykes at the other end of the table.<\/p>\n Holding on to their big stacks at the moment are several great players: Sin Melin (180k), Irina Nikolaidi (200k), Nick Goff (220k), James Roberts (185k), Billy Jones (203k), and Antonio German, who has 145k. that last count is particularly noteworthy given that a short time ago, Antonio had 8k and a dream. He now has nearly double the average chip-stack.<\/p>\n Rouxel Remains the Big Stack<\/strong><\/p>\n Coming into play with 315k helped, but Julien Rouxel (pictured) is showing no signs of slowing up, and ninety minutes into play, retains the chip-lead, now with over 350,000 chips!<\/p>\n Bon chance!<\/p>\n Level 11 – 1000\/2000\/300 – 165 Players Remaining (45 Paid) – Average Stack: 78,181<\/strong><\/p>\n Time to Shift for the Short Stacks!<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes, there isn\u2019t much more that you can do other than push all-in when you\u2019re a short stack. Right now, there are a few players who are in need of a quick double-up else they face elimination.<\/p>\n One player now on the rail is Robin Heuvel. He shoved over the top of Giang Hong\u2019s initial raise with Sitting a little more comfortably is Oscar Casorran, who pushed his stack in the middle with Stars Burning Bright or Burning Out<\/strong><\/p>\n Some very big names in poker are still at the tables here on Day 2, with just 180 players left. James Akenhead, James Dempsey, Charles Chattha, Jamie Sykes, Steve Watts, the list is pretty exhaustive. But others have found it difficult to shine and busted with plenty of time to get the glad rags ready for tonight’s Players’ Party featuring everyone’s favourite legendary cutlery-monikered record-spinner, DJ Spoony.<\/p>\n Ben Carpenter (aove, right) is one of the unfortunates, the partypoker online legend busting in undramatic fashion by losing a flip with A-Q losing to pocket nines who’d made a full house by the turn.<\/p>\n Skruolis Silences the Table<\/strong><\/p>\n The best-contested pots are often won by the player who wants it a little bit more than everyone else. With five players calling Viraj Patel\u2019s pre-flop bet of 3,000 to see a flop of Level 10 – 800\/1600\/200 – 188 Players Remaining (45 Paid) – Average: 68,617<\/strong><\/p>\n Sin Proving a Menace<\/strong><\/p>\n Sinem Melin (above, right) joked that by wandering over to her table at the beginning of play meant that we were on ‘bowl patrol’, so short was her stack. She was sat on the same 30k or so (around twenty bigs) for the first level of the day, but has kicked off this new one by winning two big pots to put herself right into contention for the \u00a325,130 top prize here at Aspers Casino.<\/p>\n The WPT National UK Main Event is heating up, and Sin did not hang about getting her chips into the middle… with the best hand, it has to be said! On a board of 3-4-K-5, she was holding the best of it with A-2 for ‘The Wheel’ straight. Mats Rosen had outs, however, holding 6-6 and meaning any seven or deuce would bring the hammer down on Sin’s tournament. She fade them, as the river bricked.<\/p>\n Very soon afterwards, a gentleman arrived at the table and shoved first hand with 2-2. Sin called it off with A-Q and hit to win a flip and bring her stack up to over 100,000. From ‘Zero to Hero’ as some might say!<\/p>\n Smirthwaite Smirking<\/strong><\/p>\n ** NB** – Scroll down for FULL Day 2 Chip-counts! <\/strong><\/p>\n Every player who wins a multi-table tournament of this magnitude will need a bit of luck along the way. Gareth Smirthwaite, a regular partypoker qualifier for these Accumulator events, has certainly just had a slice of his in this competition.<\/p>\n Holding Game on…<\/p>\n Strong … or Almost Gone!<\/strong><\/p>\n We were at the table to see our first all-in and call of this Day 2, after catching up with some of the players who finished Day 1’s third flight in a strong position, including Joe Laming (pictured above, 83k), James Akenhead (123k), Irina Nikolaidi (120k) and Jamie Sykes (62k).<\/p>\n To the nearly departed, and with a huge 90k pot to fight for, Mark Thomas with Level 9 – 600\/1200\/200 – Players Remaining: 221 – Average Stack: 58,371<\/strong><\/p>\n WPT National London Accumulator: Day 2 Live Updates are Raring to Go, Go, Go!<\/strong><\/p>\n With 221 players left, here are the full chip-counts to start Day 2 (Flights 1-3 accumulateded) in the WPT National UK Accumulator Main Event!<\/p>\n Roger O’Selle 317400 We have some terrific players left in the Day 2 field, so it should be a fantastic day of top quality tournament poker.<\/p>\n Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favourite social media outlets. You can Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong> and Like us on Facebook.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to Day 2! Check out the live updates from the starting flights by clicking this link Day 3’s live updates will appear if you click this link! With just a few hands to go, we’ve seen James Akenhead busted when his from the button dominated and despatched by . He’s gone, we’re down to<\/p>\n![\"20178881776_a9bdc2da69_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20178881776_a9bdc2da69_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\")
from the button dominated and despatched by ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\")
. He’s gone, we’re down to three tables and with about as many hands remaining, Irina Nikolaidi (pictured, above left) has a huge chip-lead.<\/p>\n![\"19586293953_a9c3dc7000_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19586293953_a9c3dc7000_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\")
) and Simon ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\")
had shoved all-in, both Geyik (![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\")
) and Bruno Lounais with ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\")
called, the cards were on their backs and the board of ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3h.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\")
made miserable reading for anyone but Simon. He stacks a huge pile. Everyone else curses their luck at being involved.<\/p>\n![\"20207276445_b3b8a88e6c_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20207276445_b3b8a88e6c_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\")
was checked by Irina and Sin, but bet to 100,000 by Roger. Irina called, but Sin raised to 300,000 – a sizeable proportion of her stack, but also an amount that would harm anyone’s stack if it was taken from theirs. Roger took an age, but eventually folded, Irina however called.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\")
sent Irina raising – all of her huge chip-leading stack and Sin snap-called! A two million chip pot, the rail going crazy, and one card to come!<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4s.gif\")
\nIrina Nikolaidi: ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\")
<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\")
sent her up out of her seat and dancing that familiar jog, while Sin drops her head to the floor and tells the room how gutted she is. She’s heartbroken, distraught, in her own words ‘on tilt’ and OUT having been one card from a huge chip-lead. But she applauded Irina (pictured earlier above) on having a ‘nice hand’ and told us every action of the hand for the blog. That’s the kind of girl Sin is, and the tournament players both sympathise and applaud her too.<\/p>\n![\"20178867346_5ed2fd1083_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20178867346_5ed2fd1083_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\")
managing to flop a ten against pocket nines when all-in pre-flop.<\/p>\n![\"20197374622_3f93680874_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20197374622_3f93680874_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\")
, he’s called Giang Hong, whose pocket threes start and end the board of ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\")
miles behind, despite Gareth sweating like a turkey on Christmas Eve from the flop to the river.<\/p>\n![\"19964900178_3368b7a1f9_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19964900178_3368b7a1f9_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n and was called by three players. On the flop of ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\")
, Bobbie Brummitt pushed the others out of the way with his ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\")
and Tracey couldn’t catch up.<\/p>\n![\"20019226338_0ff3123e4f_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20019226338_0ff3123e4f_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"19583133604_3e4bab8833_z](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19583133604_3e4bab8833_z-1-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6d.gif\")
againdt Paul Hizer’s ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\")
. Hizer faded the and river to knock out Skruolis…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n![\"19582648764_7dce50617e_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19582648764_7dce50617e_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"19560763153_4be6585ece_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19560763153_4be6585ece_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\")
and was looked up by the big blind holding . Despite his healthy advantage, Gilbert could only look on in despair as the board ran out ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\")
. He walked away in good spirits however \u2013 \u201cI hit my card, but it wasn\u2019t the card I wanted to see!\u201d<\/p>\n![\"20196934012_51a7a7c3a2_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20196934012_51a7a7c3a2_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2d.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\")
![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\")
to deny Nuno and leave us with just ten to the money. Billy Jones is odds-on to get there in fine fettle.<\/p>\n![\"20194671312_8387f80a7e_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20194671312_8387f80a7e_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\")
. Geyik bets 25k and Irina calls, fairly quickly. On the turn of , Geyik’s bet is 35k, and Irina calls, this time a little slower, not hesitant, but measured. The river of ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\")
prompts a 50k bet from Geyik, which Irina considers, and eventually calls. Geyik shows for top pair, top kicker on the flop, but Irina turns over for a rivered pair of kings.<\/p>\n![\"20173706156_ae5518842f_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20173706156_ae5518842f_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"20210071851_90e2f03309_z](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20210071851_90e2f03309_z-1-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRoger O’Selle – 680,000
\nJulien Rouxel – 515,000<\/p>\n, the popular pro Steve was looked up by Matt Noonan in the big blind, who turned over ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\")
. It didn’t look good for Watts, and the flop of two aces and a seven offered little hope. The jack on the turn ended all his hope, as although it opened up a theoretical gut-shot for a ten, any ten would give Noonan a full house, so that was the end for the former Leyton Orient striker.<\/p>\n![\"20016253439_539979f4a3_k\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20016253439_539979f4a3_k-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"20208601291_0b28657b7b_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20208601291_0b28657b7b_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"20192673622_7c99d07a71_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20192673622_7c99d07a71_z-200x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBobbie Brummitt – 550,000
\nJames Akenhead – 503,000
\nIrina Nikolaidi – 450,000
\nJulien Rouxel – 406,000
\nBob Glen – 350,000
\nBruno Lounais – 330,000<\/p>\n, but unfortunately for him, he got his wish of Akenhead calling him off, but the former WSOP November Niner had and rode a dry board to knock Peter out.<\/p>\n. With 60,000 behind, he pushed all-in and Miller was faced with a difficult decision. Deciding to call, Miller was the slight favourite with , whereas Kirk needed to get lucky to win holding .<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\")
, who would knock out two opponents should his hand hold up. Kirk took the lead on the turn with the , but his joy was short-lived when the fifth and final card revealed itself to be the . Otobo was saved by the Poker Gods and is now sitting behind a tall stack of grey 5,000 chips. Kirk was out and Miller was crippled and down to less than 10,000. Two hands later and already investing 25% of his stack in the big blind, facing fantastic value from four opponents, Miller put in the remainder of his chip stack and stood up to watch what the flop brought.<\/p>\n was looking to be in good shape on the board, but was left heartbroken when Laurentiu Radulescu shipped the rest in and tabled for a flopped set when he wasn’t called. The nor the could save Miller and he was sent walking out of the card room, while Radulescu counted his profit.<\/p>\n![\"20152603766_f59994665d_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20152603766_f59994665d_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSinem Melin 250,000
\nJames Akenhead 225,000
\nScott Syer 195,000
\nJames Roberts 190,000
\nDominic Loke 180,000
\nDan Spataru 170,000
\nJames Dempsey 170,000
\nNeil Barron 140,000
\nMike Panteli 125,000
\nEgidijus Pukinskas 120,000
\nPaul Russell (pictured above right) 120,000
\nIan Otobo 110,000
\nBruno Launais 100,000
\nMatt Noonan 100,000
\nRalph Baylor 98,000
\nGareth Smirthwaite 92,000
\nTom Carpenter 85,000
\nDavid Anderson 80,000
\nRobert Beatty 80,000
\nEnri Vila 75,000
\nTracey Campbell 70,000
\nPhillip Adams 64,000
\nPaul Hizer 62,000
\nSam MacDonald 60,000
\nTristan Chaplin 60,000
\nMortaza Sahibzada 59,000
\nArunas Pakalniskis 55,000
\nMarco Vasconcelos 55,000
\nPierre Canali 55,000
\nMarc Inizan 52,000
\nTony Blanchandin 50,000
\nJamie Sykes 42,000
\nPaul Erik Madsen 42,000
\nAbdulkadir Ahmed 40,000
\nPeter Berzin 40,000
\nMatthew Coolidge 39,000
\nJohn Gilbert 38,500
\nSteve Watts 33,000
\nPeter Burgon 32,000
\nSang Ngo 28,000
\nDeyan Todorov 25,000
\nDarren Kirk 24,000<\/p>\n![\"19555123873_c658e79fe6_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19555123873_c658e79fe6_z-300x200.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n. The flop was a mixed blessing, with ![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6s.gif\")
3h putting neither player in the driving seat. A brick on the turn gave Elisa that cruelest of poker feeling, false hope, as the on the river ended her chances of making the money in the WPT Accumulator. Loke marches on, now up to a whopping 182,000 in chips.<\/p>\n![\"20012568049_4d8e0c2d94_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20012568049_4d8e0c2d94_z-401x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\")
and called a turn bet of exactly 30,000. The river of prompted a slow shove from his enemy, and Sam called it off, only to have to much when he saw his opponent turn over .<\/p>\n![\"20204859641_3439a9412b_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20204859641_3439a9412b_z-401x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\")
, hoping not to be looked up. Unfortunately, when your opponent is holding , they’re not folding. However, no one can be drawing dead pre-flop and the three spades that came on the flop massively improved his chances. The on the turn sent Hong leaping out of his seat as he realised he now had 13 outs to dodge. Calling and praying for a red card, the came on the river, just as well or the table might have been flipped over!<\/p>\n and was called by the of Santhi Thiyagarajah. It was a classic race and the flop of yielded nothing for Casorran. Then… Bang ! Casorran leant back in his chair looking unbelievably relieved following the final card of and raked in a 40,000 pot. Back in the game…<\/p>\n![\"20172776552_a2be603f35_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20172776552_a2be603f35_z-570x381.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"19992113108_09fa79b2e4_z](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19992113108_09fa79b2e4_z-1-570x381.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n, most players would be put off after seeing such a scary board. Not Eigirdas Skruolis however, who fired off a bet of 7,400 after Patel checked to him. With the rest of the table folding their cards and shaking their heads, Skruolis threw his cards face-up into the middle, showing ! The daring move paid off for him, but now he’s shown the bluff, will his own card be marked?<\/p>\n![\"19557294993_c69e5a5852_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19557294993_c69e5a5852_z-401x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"20163051212_6d3e7f0288_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20163051212_6d3e7f0288_z-401x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n, Smirthwaite was delighted to see the J-J-T flop. All the money actually went in on the brick turn, but Smithwaite wasn’t smiling, up against A-J and in massive trouble. Never mind…the king jumped up on the river to give him ‘a full double-up!’<\/p>\n![\"19560142124_6823625894_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19560142124_6823625894_z-401x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n and Scott Syer with got it all into the middle on a flop of . Syer was at risk, but it wasn’t ‘see-ya’ to Scott, as the on the turn gave him a full house and left Thomas drawing dead to the river. Thomas admitted before he called that he knew he was flipping, and a toss of a coin has left him needing a miracle with under 8k to his name.<\/p>\n![\"19561816733_49e46411f2_z\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/19561816733_49e46411f2_z-570x381.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJason Lam 217600
\nJames Roberts 161000
\nMan Luk 160800
\nScott Bailey 146900
\nAnthony Whelan 137800
\nPaul Woloszyn 136200
\nRouxel Julien 134200
\nEgidijus Pukinskas 132300
\nPaul Russell 129600
\nThomas Carpenter 125600
\nRapinder Cheema 124700
\nJames Akenhead 124100
\nNicolai Pedersen 123800
\nIrina Nikolaidi 121700
\nShlomo Dayan 121200
\nJames Dempsey 118000
\nBenjamin Helstrip 116300
\nDan Spataru 113700
\nLeo Lim 111800
\nBruno Launais 110500
\nQUOC NONG 110000
\nIan Otobo 108000
\nGuy Steel 107100
\nJohn Gilbert 104200
\nSimon Green 102300
\nBobbie Brummitt 101900
\nNicholas Goff 99900
\nAmir Reza Davoudzadehmoghaddam 99600
\nSteven Watts 96600
\nBilly Jones 94500
\nPaul Skipper 93300
\nKrzysztof Pregowski 91100
\nPaul Myers 90300
\nShlomo Dubnov 89800
\nLukas Dimsa 88500
\nSalvador Villaluz 88100
\nMichael Nesbeth 87400
\nVINCENT ANDERSON 86700
\nIsei Okimoto 86700
\nJonathan Schapira 86500
\nColin Guthrie 86000
\nRussell Brooks 84400
\nMartinha Pereira 83400
\nJoe Laming 83300
\nAntonio German 82300
\nDAVID SHALLOW 82200
\nMichael Panteli 80200
\nCathal Young 77900
\nKeith Miller 75500
\nMihail Popa 75200
\nDaniel Hardy 73900
\nLuke Mcintyre 73300
\nDominic Loke 72600
\nYonatan Sagis 72600
\nNayeem Syed 72600
\nStanislaw Cwynar 72500
\nJack Mcdermott 72300
\nArunas Pakalniskis 72200
\nBobby Zhang 71100
\nNicholas Adams 70300
\nTomas Gardiner 70000
\nMatthew Cooledge 69400
\nPeter Stoneman 68700
\nGetnet Hailu 68300
\nLukas Cobotas 68200
\nRobert Beatty 68100
\nMartin Miller 67900
\nGOVINDU DWARAKABHAMIDIPATI 67500
\nRodney French 66700
\nDavid Anderson 66400
\nMatthew Noonan 66400
\nGraeme Nadin 66300
\nGholam Torshizi 65100
\nSam Macdonald 65000
\nAntony Yousefian 63800
\nJames Philip Sykes 62800
\nPhillip Adams 62400
\nDavid Winder 62000
\nNuno Miguel Duarte 61900
\nAlan Dean 61600
\nCelal Geyik 61600
\nAntoine Saout 61000
\nTracey Campbell 60400
\nNeil Barron 60200
\nRobert Drummond 59600
\nNicholas Weaver 59500
\nRobert Glen 59100
\nJoern Madsen 57900
\nVassos Stephanou 57600
\nJerome Bradpiece 57300
\nDarryn Clarke 56900
\nDarren Kirk 56000
\nKevin Simpson 55800
\nVivien Ma 55700
\nRazvan-Vasile Stoea 55200
\nAli Sakallioglu 54700
\nMark Shelley 54100
\nGareth Smirthwaite 53900
\nJefferson Dike 53100
\nDavid Tompkins 52300
\nBarry Earnshaw 51800
\nGeorge Dunst 50800
\nMark Thomas 50700
\nTristan Chaplin 50600
\nWarren Bennett 50000
\nAndrei-Florin Fanatan 49600
\nViraj Patel 49500
\nDarren Crosby 49100
\nGraham Amos 48600
\nPhilip Butt 48500
\nAgron Gjergji 48300
\nMark David Smith 48200
\nAndrew Brisland 48000
\nKeith Ellis 48000
\nPeteris Berzins 47900
\nPaul Hizer 47300
\nTony Blanchandin 47000
\nDenise Henry 46900
\nPoul Erik Madsen 46300
\nUsman Siddique 46200
\nMICHALIS MICHAEL 46100
\nTimotheos Timotheou 46000
\nMartin Hanham 44700
\nXuan Nguyen 44600
\nMats Ros\u00e9n 44500
\nSang Ngo 44400
\nTim Silman 43400
\nKashif Patel 43400
\nMarco Vascencelos 42500
\nMustafa Dervis 42300
\nSami Yusuf 42300
\nEric Ramkeesoon 42100
\nLeon Mills 42000
\nTong Zhang 42000
\nPaul Wade 41500
\nBernard Okyere Sasu 41400
\nLisa Tan 41300
\nJonathan Weekes 40300
\nKevin Crinnion 40300
\nMarius Zalpys 40300
\nKalman Racz 40200
\nPaul Gomez 40200
\nGen Wong 39900
\nElisa Beluze 39200
\nScott Syer 38500
\nCharles Chattha 38400
\nLaurentiu Radulescu 38400
\nAntony Simon 38300
\nTerence Simpson 38100
\nMaxime Foures 37900
\nRobert Rainhorn 37700
\nLiraz Weiman 37100
\nVilnis Geidans 37100
\nJames Robert Mitchell 36800
\nWilliam Whicher 36800
\nGuilad Touitou 36000
\nMarc Inizan 35600
\nEnri Vila 35600
\nJerome L’Hostis 35500
\nVan Pham 35500
\nOscar Casorran 34400
\nPierre Canali 34300
\nChristy Anthonypillai 33900
\nLewis Pilkington 33800
\nJabran Zahid 33700
\nWilliam Martin 33200
\nGyenge Emod 33100
\nSung Yun 32900
\nPeter Burgon 32600
\nDarren Hand 32100
\nAnatolij Jevtejev 32000
\nCheryl Pulver 31800
\nIliyan Kyosev 31800
\nCharles Akadiri 30900
\nMauro Suriano 30900
\nRobert Lim 30600
\nSinem Melin 30200
\nAshique Miah 30100
\nAbdurrahman Korkmaz 29900
\nJames Evans 29900
\nDavid Palmer 29800
\nJosep Vives 29200
\nBRIAN MULLALY 29000
\nGabor Matus 28700
\nVladimir Marchevici 28500
\nMortaza Sahibzada 28500
\nGiedrius Glikmanas 27400
\nRobin Heuvel 26900
\nMaris Veiklis 26100
\nJohn Timoney 26000
\nAbdulkadir Ahmed 25500
\nWarren Tolentino 25200
\nDike Iheanacho 24400
\nKenneth Lemchi 24200
\nJamie Terrell 24000
\nAlexander Jager 23400
\nBenjamin Carpenter 22900
\nHaresh Thaker 22500
\nChinthaka Fernando 22300
\nAndreas Achillea 22300
\nKarl Guiness 22300
\nRalph Baylor 21900
\nGladys Long 20800
\nKyle Mcfadden 20800
\nDaniel-Alexandru Craciun 20600
\nIsmet Salih 20400
\nDeyan Todorov 20100
\nSanthi Thiyagarajah 18700
\nMichelle Gascoine 18400
\nNicola Montalbano 16700
\nJohn Thompson 16600
\nGiang Hong 15400
\nRajbarath Nandhagopal 14900
\nAbdelkader Medjahed 14300
\nJamal Gormati 13300
\nMark Howard 12300
\nRichard Mcdonald 10000
\nEigirdas Skruolis 9500
\nVasile Bojoga 8600
\nYau Ho 7500<\/p>\nWelcome to our fantastic WPT National London Accumulator: Day 2 Live Updates<\/h3>\n
Keep up to date with the all things partypoker!<\/strong><\/h3>\n