{"id":41149,"date":"2015-10-10T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=41149"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:23:02","slug":"uk-team-challenge-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/uk-team-challenge-live-updates.html","title":{"rendered":"UK Team Challenge Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Bone Wins The partypoker UK Team Challenge for \u00a32,250!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nits & Natter Win The Team Title for \u00a312,000!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After an incredible heads-up battle, Adam Bone has won the individual Team Challenge for \u00a32,250, with his team The Randoms taking 4th place and another \u00a33,000 between their four members. <\/p>\n

The final hand was won in truly dramatic fashion. Adam raised to 2m pre-flop and was called by Richard King. The flop of was c-bet by Adam to 2m again and got a call. The turn of prompted a 4m bet from Adam which Richard called, and on the river Bone shoved all-in! Richard called it off with , but was behind Adam’s . <\/p>\n

Bone had the title and of course THAT meant that Nits & Natter, who had been sweating the outcome of the team tournament since taking the lead, won by just a few thousand points from the Ironmen, of course represented by King. <\/p>\n

An amazing tournament was enjoyed by all and a Team Challenge embraced by players from around the country at Europe’s finest cardroom, the award-winning Dusk Till Dawn. Stick to partypoker this week for plenty more drama as the Grand Prix continues and we look forward to bring you the next live tournament updates! <\/p>\n

Bone Leads Going Into The Break<\/strong>
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Adam Bone still holds the advantage as the 30th Level of the tournament draws to a close and the players head for a well-deserved break with the clocks showing the time as 02:30am. The last hand before the break saw Richard King check-call a 4.2 million bet on the flop then check again on the turn. Bone moved all-in and King quickly released his hand.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Simon Trumper predicted that the tournament would end during the 1,000,000\/2,000,000 level, which is what the players come back to shortly. Let’s see if Mr Trumper’s prediction was accurate.<\/p>\n

Ebb and Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The direction of this incredible Team Challenge continues to veer first the way of Richard King then back to Adam Bone. Both men look tired, but also determined to take the tournament down. To Adam, that means a difference of \u00a3900 – the difference between first and second place. For Richard King, you can add in another \u00a34,800 riding on it – the difference between his team finishing 1st or 2nd overall. The trophies, the title, everything is on his Atlas-like shoulders.<\/p>\n

After Richard raised it to 3.2m (a min-raise now at these 800k\/1.6m blinds) and Adam called, the two players saw a flop of . Richard continued to 4m and was called to a turn of . This time the bet was an eye-watering 10 million chips (over 10% of the chips in play) and Adam folded. 52m – 43m in favour of the King.<\/p>\n

A couple of raise and take it pots for Adam and then both men limped to a flop. Two checks. 2.5m from King, a quick call. The turn was an and this time King pinged 4.5m into the middle. Adam raised to 14m and that got a rueful fold.<\/p>\n

Advantage Adam – with 52 million to 43 million.<\/p>\n

Back to Level Pegging<\/strong>
\nThe chip stacks are back level thanks to Adam Bone coming from behind to win a coinflip for his tournament life. Bone was all-in with and Richard King called with the . Bone took the lead on the flop and stayed there through the turn and river.<\/p>\n

Who’s Trapping Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Monster hands have come along in this epic heads-up, but when they have, they’ve been colder than a Whitewalkers’ silent disco!<\/p>\n

Richard King min-raised pre-flop with the button to 2m, quickly called by Adam Bone. the flop of brought a c-bet from King of 2m, raised to 4m from Bone and called only by King. On the turn of , all-in the money went in and both players turned over what they must have thought was the winning hand.<\/p>\n

Bone:
\nKing: <\/p>\n

King was ahead, and in a great position to double-up…but if a ten dropped, then this Team Challenge was over. The Nits & Natter team (pictured looking on anxiously in the background, above) stood up hoping to herald their victory. But the river of gave King the double, his ten kicker playing, and flipping the chip advantage on its head.<\/p>\n

Richard King: 56 million
\nAdam Bone: 39 million<\/p>\n

Bone Has More Meat<\/strong>
\nAdam Bone has doubled his stack and is back in control in this tournament.<\/p>\n

The hand seemed much of a nothingness with a raise to 2 million preflop and a call. Both players then checked down the board until Bone led for 6 million into the 4 million pot on the river. Richard King raised to 14 million and Bone moved all-in. Halfway through having Bone’s stack counted, King called.<\/p>\n

Bone showed and King mucked, claiming to also have a flush. Advantage Bone.<\/p>\n

Bone Still Strong<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adam Bone has shown remarkable resilience throughout the tournament, and that has continued right into heads-up. With Richard King at one point holding a lead of 81 million o 14 million, Adam won three pots in a row to climb up to 35m without risking his stack.<\/p>\n

The last of those was an interesting one. Richard King raised his button as he has been every time to 2m, getting a call. The flop of was continued by Richard to 2m, again called. The turn of was checked by both players, but the river of was bet by Adam to 4m. Richard called, then mucked upon seeing Adam’s cards – for a rivered pair. Not the strongest hand, but no pressure on that river – has that move given Adam a way back into this match?<\/p>\n

Richard King – 60 million
\nAdam Bone – 35 million<\/p>\n

Big Pot Goes King’s Way<\/strong>
\nRichard King raised to 2 million and called when Adam Bone three-bet to 6 million. Bone then led for 8 million on the flop and King called to create a pot of almost 30 million chips with only 95 million in play. Bone fired another bet, one weighing in at 8 million, on the turn and was called again. The river was checked by Bone and King checked behind.<\/p>\n

“Seven-high,” said Bone. King showed and won the pot.<\/p>\n

Momentum Swings to King<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With Adam Bone going into heads-up with a 67 million to 28 million chip advantage, the odds were against Richard King (pictured, above), but over the last few hands following his double-up \u2013 which put the players roughly level \u2013 he\u2019s managed to take a bit of control.<\/p>\n

First Adam Bone won a raise and c-bet pot that took him to a lead of 55m ~vs~ 40m. But no sooner had he done that did Richard press on with some powerful poker to re-establish his own lead. He bet pre-flop and post-flop on a deal of and bled around 7m chips from Bone\u2019s stack.<\/p>\n

Next he raised pre-flop from the small blind and took it down. Then he called Adam\u2019s bet of 1.6m on a flop of {As] before calling 5.5m on the turn. On the river of Richard moved all-in, and Adam, perhaps in an ultimately fruitless effort to prompt the same from his opponent, showed his cards, two-pair of . A big fold, maybe correct with the flush possibility out there, but we\u2019ll never know. What we do know is that Richard has a handy lead, and the three members of the Nits & Natter team who can bear to watch from the rail are looking increasingly anxious. Their fourth member is at the bar, too nervous to peak, waiting for his team-mates to start celebrating. Don\u2019t forget, they either win \u00a312,000 if King fails to capture the crown or \u00a37,200 if he does. Every pot is being felt here at Dusk Till Dawn.<\/p>\n

Chop It Up<\/strong>
\nAnother dramatic hand has gone down that started with a raise to 1.6 million from King and a call from Bone. Bone then check-called a 1.9 million bet on the flop and then checked the turn. King bet 4 million only to see Bone check-raise to 12 million. King then shoved all-in and Bone called.<\/p>\n

Bone:
\nKing: <\/p>\n

Both player had a straight but Bone had a redraw to a club flush. The river was the , which was th ecorrect colour but the wrong suit and the pot was split.<\/p>\n

Double For King<\/strong>
\nOne of the first hands of heads-up has seen Richard King win a crucial coinflip to double through Adam Bone.<\/p>\n

The chips went in preflop, Bone shoving on King with and King calling with .<\/p>\n

“Come on, one time,” pleaded Bone, but his prayers went unanswered as the dealer spread the flop. The turn left Bone drawing dead and when the inconsequential showed up on the river, King’s double was complete.<\/p>\n

Sylvia Hewitt OUT in 3rd Place (\u00a3900)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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She’s dominated periods of this partypoker UK Team Challenge, but Sylvia Hewitt has gone out in 3rd place and misses out on the heads-up battle by the tiniest and cruellest of margins.<\/p>\n

In a blind-on-blind battle, she open-shoved all-in for 10.12 million chips from the small with and was quickly called by Richard King in the big blind, who held . The flop of left Sylvia needing a miracle, and across the turn and river of and it simply didn’t happen. She cashes for \u00a3900 and we await team prize confirmation.<\/p>\n

What we do know is that Richard King must win<\/strong> the ensuing heads-up battle to win both the individual and team element. Should he come second and lose to Adam Bone in this mano-a-mano duel to the finish, then his team (known now in the cardroom simply as ‘Iron Men’) will take second and Nits & Natter will win. The four members of their team are in no particular order anti-railing Richard’s efforts, drinking at the bar and pretending not to be aware or nervously pacing the finest cardroom in Europe. It really is incredible stuff on the floor.<\/p>\n

Chip-counts going into heads-up:<\/p>\n

Adam Bone = 67 million chips
\nRichard King = 28 million chips<\/p>\n

The two men have shaken hands. Let’s get the battle on!<\/p>\n

Hasmukh Khodiyara Busts in Fourth Place<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The tournament has lost Hasmukh Khodiyara who bust in fourth place at the hands of Adam Bone. A brief yet intense raising war broke out on an flop that resulted in Khodiyara four-betting all-in and Bone calling with no hesitation at all.<\/p>\n

Khodiyara turned over and was crushed by the of Bone. The turn failed to change anything and when the completed the community cards it was game over for Khodiyara, a result that nets him \u00a3700.<\/p>\n

Cezary Binczyk OUT in 5th <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018Binczyk Binks It\u2019 was obviously the dream headline, but we won\u2019t be writing it (except for just there) as Cezary has said goodbye. Super-short at just over 4 million chips, he shoved into Hasmukh Khodiyara\u2019s raise with and he had no problem calling it off. The king on the flop put Cezary behind, and he never caught up to leave us in fifth place, winning \u00a3600.<\/p>\n

Level 29 – Blinds 300k\/600k\/100k – 5 players remaining – 19m = average chips<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Bone at the Double!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adam Bone has been fearless throughout this Team Challenge, and we\u2019ve just seen the benefit! After Hasmukh Khodiyara raised to 1.3m, Bone re-raised to 3.4m and faced a shove all-in from Khodiyara to the tune of 32 million chips! Holding just 16.9m at the start of the hand himself, it was the biggest pot of the tournament so far, and bone \u2018sigh-called\u2019 (his own words) to see that he was flipping.<\/p>\n

Bone:
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Bone was standing, as opposed to Hasmukh, who sat still, unmoved by anything. Bone was going through the ringer until the flop came and he breathed deeply.
\n\u2018No ten.\u2019 he asked the dealer. The turn fell\u2026 the . \u2018No ten.\u2019 again Bone pleaded. on the river was close, but he doubles to 34 million in chips and takes the lead from his vanquished foe, Hasmukh dropping to 16m.<\/p>\n

Matt Hays OUT in 6th Place <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Matt Hays has often starred in some of the best hands of this Team Challenge, but his tournament is over. Matt got his last 6.4m into the middle with over the top of Hasmukh\u2019s opening bet of 1.3m, and Khodiyara called off the rest with . The board of ended Hays\u2019 hopes, and he must now cling on to a very specific order of bust-outs aligning to keep his team, the Cravens Shaven Havens, in the top 5 money places of the Team Prizes.<\/p>\n

Nicola Caunce Crashes Out in 7th Place<\/strong>
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Nicola Caunce\u2019s tournament is over. She three-bet all-in over the top of an Adam Bone raise with what turned out to be and Bone called with . The dealer fanned the board and Caunce was heading for the exits.<\/p>\n

Adrian Ko Knocked Out in 8th Place<\/strong>
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Adrian Ko is out of the UK Team Challenge final after pushing all-in from the hijack with and being looked up by Hasmukh Khodiyara with . A final board reading resigned Ko to an eighth place finish.<\/p>\n

Tom Simm Crashes Out!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tom Simm was the last of the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ team, and needed to finish 7th or higher to guarantee his team would overtake Nits & Natter, but sadly his tournament has come to an end. He shoved his last six big blinds into the middle with and was called by Hasmukh, who still has a lot of chips at this final table, with . the flop brought a queen as it came .<\/p>\n

The turn of made things even worse as now the six outs Tom thought he had were replaced by the four tens in the pack. But the river brought only the and Simm was finished, his team having racked up an incredible 818,750 points, but just falling short of Nits & Natters with 835,000.<\/p>\n

Amazingly close for the poker heroes (in a half-shell), but their hopes went into the Shredder.<\/p>\n

Big Pot For King<\/strong>
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Richard King opened to 800,000 in early position and was called by Adam Bone on the button and Sylvia Hewitt in the big blind. All three players checked the arrival of the flop and Hewitt checked the turn. King bet 2.4 million and only Bone called. The river was the and Bone led for 3.7 million then instantly mucked when King called. King also mucked and raked in a chunky pot.<\/p>\n

Bone Loses Some Ground<\/strong>
\nAdam Bone hasn’t got off to the best of starts and has lost around 10 million of his chips. Some went to Matt Hays when Bone opened to 1.2 million from under the gun then folded, and showed , when Hays three-bet shoved from the next seat along.<\/p>\n

Some more of Bone’s chips went to Sylvia Hewitt who opened to 900,000 from early position and Bone called in the big blind. Bone then check-called a 1.4 million bet on the flop before both players checked the turn. Bone then check-folded to a 1.6 million bet on the river and showed the , to which Hewitt responded by showing .<\/p>\n

Strong to the Bone<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hasmukh Khodiyara has a big lead here at the Team Challenge final table, but that can change very quickly in poker, and if there is one player he won’t want to clash with too much in the early stages, it is Adam Bone(pictured). The Randoms’ sole hope is fearless at the felt and has already raised or re-raised his way to an extra couple of million chips in the opening orbit.<\/p>\n

Final Table Seat Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seat<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAdam Bone<\/td>\n16,125,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMatt Hays<\/td>\n6,050,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSylvia Hewitt<\/td>\n9,975,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTom Simm<\/td>\n3,400,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nRichard King<\/td>\n9,925,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nNicola Caunce<\/td>\n10,175,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nCezary Bincyk<\/td>\n5,375,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAdrian Ko<\/td>\n6,400,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHasmukh Khodiyara<\/td>\n27,950,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Permutations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As things stand, the Nits & Natters are in the clubhouse with 835,000 points. This mammoth total guarantees them a top 3 Team Challenge placement, and \u00a34,800 prize-pool to share out, but they’ll be hoping that they can hang on to the top spot and guarantee themselves the \u00a312k top team prize.<\/p>\n

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will overtake Nits & Natters IF their last turtle standing Tom Simm can finish 7th, HOWEVER, he is short-stacked with 9 players remaining. The rail atmosphere is genuinely nothing like we’ve ever seen before!<\/p>\n

We believe that Iron Men could win the Team Challenge… but only if their TWO remaining players (they’re the last team with a duo still standing *applause*) finish 3rd and 4th minimum.<\/p>\n

Confused? Stay tuned. Abacus at the ready.<\/p>\n

Simm To Win It?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Simm may have the look of someone who is destined to appear in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner one day but the young man in the woollen jumper wears a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle patch, therefore he has the heart of a lion. He’s a hero in a half-shell and he is displaying true turtle power.<\/p>\n

Having dwindled to just one big blind with a dozen players left, Simm doubled when he shoved and managed to toppled A-T off-suit. He then got a shove through, before being all-in for the third hand in a row with A-K triumphing over A-T. Now, all of a sudden, two more players have busted and we find ourselves at the nine-handed final table BUT on the direct money bubble. To soften that, DTD are going to give whoever does bubble a ticket in to the Grand Prix! Everyone loves this place.<\/p>\n

If these TMNT heroes win, surely they’ll be ordering in the pizza? Cowabunga!<\/p>\n

Down to 11<\/strong>
\nThere are only 11 players remaining in the field after Steven Anderson fell just a couple of moments ago. Anderson pushed his short stack into the middle and Hasmukh Khodiyara made a call based on pot odds from the big blind. Khodiyara flipped over and Anderson . An eight and a three on the flop left Anderson drawing thin and when he couldn’t find a third king he exited the tournament area.<\/p>\n

Kett Out…But Turtles Hang In?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Kett can consider himself incredibly unfortunate to have just busted the Team Challenge and in his undoing perhaps the Team Challenge title is going somewhere other than the ‘Heroes in a Half-Shell’, a.k.a. his team, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.<\/p>\n

Kett, all-in and at risk to Sylvia Hewitt, showed pre-flop, called by Hewitt’s . The flop of was a nightmare and neither the turn or river could save him. Kett’s points put ‘the Turtles’ in an interesting position. Nits & Natters are leading the Team Challenge, but ALL FOUR have busted. Sole remaining turtle Tom Simm would need to finish 7th or better to accumulate the points to overtake N & N, but waiting in the wings are two teams with two players left. Cravens Shaven Havens and Ironmen both have a deadly duo lurking to try and overtake at the last…but both players on each team may need to reach final table to do so!<\/p>\n

Caunce’s Cowboys Rattle Bone<\/strong>
\nNicola Caunce, one of two female poker players still in the hunt for the individual title here in the UK Team Challenge, has doubled through Adam Bone after having her pocket kings paid off.<\/p>\n

After raising to 600,000 from the hijack, Caunce watched on as Adam Bone made the call on the button. She then continued with a 900,000 bet on the flop, a bet that was called. The turn was greeted with an all-in bet of 2,355,000 and a call from Bone.<\/p>\n

Bone’s needed some help to come from behind to beat the of Caunce, but the help failed to arrive as the completed the community cards and Caunce doubled her stack.<\/p>\n

Final Nits&Natter Players Busts<\/strong>
\nJames Lafferty is one the sidelines meaning the entire nits&natter team are now out of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Lafferty got the last of this stack into the middle while holding the and found himself up against the of Hasmukh Khodiyara. Once again a player\u2019s tournament life was to be decided by a coinflip scenario.<\/p>\n

The flop gave Lafferty a sweat as he could now hit a diamond to double and stay in the tournament. The added outs to a straight, but the river was the very definition of a brick and he headed for the rail.<\/p>\n

So Sick for Clossick<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jamie Clossick may have made the fold of the tournament when he laid down pocket queens earlier today in the face of the 193rd 3-bet of Sylvia Hewitt’s morning, but the cards don’t award luck to the skill of their holders, and Clossick has just found that out.<\/p>\n

Raising to 750,000, Adam Bone watched as Clossick tipped his 6.5m stack into the middle of the table. Bone eventually called it off and it ws a classic ‘coinflip’ situation:<\/p>\n

Jamie Clossick:
\nAdam Bone: <\/p>\n

The board played it cruel with Jamie’s hopes and dreams, the king in the window spreading a fan of – all hope fading. The opened up the possibility of the ‘Broadway’ straight, but the river extinguished any chance of Clossick climbing the points ladder. 16 left.<\/p>\n

Chips With Two Tables Left <\/strong><\/p>\n

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With 17 players left in the partypoker UK Team Challenge, here are the full chip-counts from the two tables\u2026<\/p>\n

Table 1
\nAdam Bone \u2013 8 million
\nJamie Clossick \u2013 6.5m
\nMatt Hays \u2013 4m
\nGavin Jones \u2013 4.7m
\nTom Simm \u2013 2.2m
\nRich King \u2013 7.6m
\nNicola Caunce \u2013 5.2m
\nSteven Anderson \u2013 6.6m
\nAdrian Ko \u2013 4.6m<\/p>\n

Table 2
\nCezary Binczyk \u2013 3.7m
\nSylvia Hewitt \u2013 4.7m
\nBen Kett \u2013 2.6m
\nJames Gadd \u2013 3m
\nJames Lafferty \u2013 1.8m
\nGordon McArthur \u2013 5.1m
\nHasmukh Khodiyara \u2013 19.9m
\nTrevor Duddle \u2013 5.5m<\/p>\n

As you can see, Hasmukh has a whole heap of the chips (nearly 20% of the 105 million in play) but with the money bubble bursting when we reach our final 8 players, anything can happen!<\/p>\n

Jacks Result in Johnson’s Demise<\/strong>
\nPaul Johnson is heading into the cold Nottingham night after calling an all-in on the flop with and running into the of Hasmukh Khodiyara. The turn gave Johnson outs to a flush, but the river sent Johnson to the rail.<\/p>\n

Duddle Condemns Vandanapu to an Early Bath<\/strong>
\nVamshi Vandanapu has been quite active this afternoon and that has come around to bite him on the backside after he pushed all-in with the lowly and was snapped off by Trevor Duddle\u2019s . A final board reading resulted Vandanapu busting.<\/p>\n

Zinhi is Skinned<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ali Zinhi has busted the tournament in 22nd place after he lost his final hand in a cooler situation. Raising it to 350k with A-K off-suit, and getting two callers to a flop of A-7-5. Amazingly, all three players checked here, but the money went in from Ali and his opponent, who held pocket sevens , on the turn of . The river was a meaningless brick and Ali walked away, his dream over.<\/p>\n

Level 23 \u2013 Players Remaining = 21 \u2013 Blinds 80k\/160k\/20k \u2013 Average Chips = 4 million<\/p>\n

Caunce Shove Gets Through<\/strong>
\nOne of The Ninja Turtles, Tom Simm, raised to 325,000 from middle position and was initially called by Paul Johnson in the cutoff. Nicola Caunce, on the button, moved all-in for around 2.5 million putting the action back onto Simm. He sat looking at the ceiling while he calculated if he was getting the correct prize to call before deciding he wasn’t and folding. A little speech pay by Johnson was ultimately followed by a fold.<\/p>\n

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Everybody Loves a Chopped Pot<\/strong>
\nPoker can be a funny old game. With hold’em having community cards, anything can and does happen when all five are seen. One such selection of community cards came to the rescue of Vamshi Vandanapu who raised to 350,000 before calling off his last 1.3 million when Sylvia Hewitt set him all-in from her seat in the big blind.<\/p>\n

Vandanapu turned over and was way behind the of Hewitt. A few moments later and the board read , and Vandanapu stood to leave the table, thinking he’d bust, but was pulled back by one of the players who informed him of the chopped pot.<\/p>\n

Clossick Busts Body<\/strong>
\nDaniel Body\u2019s tournament has been brought to an abrupt end by Jamie Clossick. Body pushed his final seven big blinds into the middle of the partypoker-branded felt with and Clossick called from the big blind with the dominated .<\/p>\n

Body\u2019s hand remained best on the flop, then fell behind on the turn and remained so on the river. Game over for Body.<\/p>\n

Good Call, Sir!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With 29 players remaining, Adam Bone has just clashed with Jay Scott in one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far. Betting 1.2m on a board of , Bone was faced with a massive all-in shove from Scott, to the total of 7 million chips! Bone deliberated.<\/p>\n

\u2018You could have pocket eights or pocket sixes. They beat me. Or Ace-Queen.\u2019<\/p>\n

It was at this point of proceedings that maybe Jay Scott felt like he\u2019d swallowed something jagged. But the man himself was implacable. A granite rock rebounding any plaintive attempts from Bone at finding a tell.<\/p>\n

\u2018I call\u2019 said Bone, turning over and looking relieved to see Jay Scott\u2019s hand \u2013 just . A gut-shot re-draw but just a great bluffing spot\u2026and the jack did not come, with the landing on the river and sending the pot of 7.1m towards Adam Bone, who moves second in chips.<\/p>\n

Chip-count Highlights<\/p>\n

Gordon McArthur – 9 million chips
\nAdam Bone \u2013 7.1m
\nPaul Johnson \u2013 5.6m
\nTom Simm \u2013 4.5m
\nSylvia Hewitt \u2013 4.0m
\nJames Gadd \u2013 3.2m
\nAli Zinhi – 3m
\nMatt Hays \u2013 2.1m
\nBen Kett \u2013 2.1m<\/p>\n

Under Pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Play is now starting to get pretty tense, with money places only for the final eight players left… and final five teams. We\u2019re getting closer and closer to the money, so every decision is pivotal.<\/p>\n

Our last team with four players were Nits & Natter, but as of the latest break, they are left with just two members of the team. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and BRS Sprawlers also have a duo remaining\u2026will anyone get to the final table with an amigo?<\/p>\n

Level 22 – 31 Players Left – Blinds 60k\/120k\/20k – Average Stack = 3.07m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jones Heads for the Showers<\/strong>
\nA raise to 275,000 from Matt Hays in middle position looked set to claim the blinds and antes until Phil Jones called from the big blind. Jones then led for 250,000 on the flop, Hays raised all-in and Jones called.<\/p>\n

Jones’ was trailing the of Hays and that fact remained true when the turn was followed into play by the river, sending Jones home and leaving only 30 players in the hunt for the title of champion.<\/p>\n

Vandanapu Wins Battle of the Blinds<\/strong>
\nBattles between the blinds can throw up some crazy hands and we thought there was one such hand brewing when Vamshi Vandanapu raised to 265,000 from the small blind and Tom Simm called in the big blind. Vandanapu fired a 525,000 continuation bet on the flop but just as things started to grow interesting, Simm let his hand go.<\/p>\n

Hays Makes a Hero Call<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Matt Hays has not had the easiest tournament, never seeing to be up above average in chips but somehow managing to survive. Has he timed his rise to prominence just right?<\/p>\n

Raising it up pre-flop with , Matt got one caller and saw a flop of . Both players checked to a turn of which saw Matt\u2019s opponent bet 205,000, which he called. On the river of a complete brick, Matt faced another bet \u2013 this time to a whopping 605,000!<\/p>\n

\u2018If I lost the pot after calling, I wouldn\u2019t even be left with a big blind.\u2019 said Matt. He was proud of this call, which he did make and his opponent had \u2018absolute air\u2019. Matt\u2019s queens and sixes ride home and he now sits behind a stack of 2.3 million chips.<\/p>\n

The Rich Get Richer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gordon McArthur is rapidly approaching 10 million chips after claiming the stack of Leigh Wiltshire.<\/p>\n

Bryan Tismond started the preflop betting action with a raise to 215,000 from under the gun and after one player folded Leigh Wiltshire called. To Wiltshire\u2019s immediate left was Gordon McArthur and his towers of orange 25,000 chips and he put in a raise of his own, setting the price to play at 775,000.<\/p>\n

Tismond folded, but Wiltshire moved all-in for 2.1 million and was instantly called by McArthur.<\/p>\n

Wiltshire:
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\u201cCome on the clubs,\u201d said Wiltshire. The deck had different ideas as the flop fell . The turn gave Wiltshire a glimmer of hope, although the river was not one of his remaining two outs and he is now heading home while McArthur is sat with approximately 9.4 million chips.<\/p>\n

Heneghan Takes a Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rachel Heneghan (pictured) has survived many scrapes over the course of the last two days, but the latest hand may see her unable to recover. On a board of , she saw Tom Simm (a.k.a Donatello in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who have lost Michaelangelo \u2013 Vinnie Moran \u2013 from their team) fire a bet of 650,000 into a pot of around 1.05m.<\/p>\n

Heneghan thought for a very long time, but eventually called it off. She saw Tom Simm turn over and mucked as she contemplated how many chips she has left, not much more than a million to our eyes.<\/p>\n

Durkin Doubles Through Vandanapu<\/strong>
\nDavid Durkin has doubled his stack after finding pocket kings in a hand with Vamsh Vandanapu.<\/p>\n

The latter opened to 210,000 from early position and David Durkin called from the button. A flop reading saw a flurry of action that resulted in Durkin being all-in and at risk of being sent into the cold Nottingham afternoon.<\/p>\n

Durkin flipped over and Vandanapu the . The turn was followed into play by the river and Durkin\u2019s double was complete.<\/p>\n

Linsdell Shoves on Wiltshire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone folded to Leigh Wiltshire on the button and after a peek at his hole cards he raised to 180,000. Jeff Linsdell was next to act and he announced his was all-in, instantly folding out the big blind. Wiltshire wasn\u2019t prepared to invest any more chips and he flicked his cards back to the dealer.<\/p>\n

Turtley Radical<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With three members of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles still in play, we caught up with them to find out their current chip-counts and also which Turtle they would represent. Amazingly (worryingly?) each player had already decided which turtle they would be and why! Ben Kett has 2.4m chips and would be Michaelangelo, wheeling his nunchuks around all over the place. Vinnie Mohan (1.45m) would be Leonardo \u2013 and we\u2019ve seen some creative moves from Vinnie this weekend! Finally, Tom Simm, currently sat on 2.3m chips, would be Donatello. Legends, the lot of them!<\/p>\n

Big Stacks<\/strong>
\nThere are some pretty big stacks out there at the moment including:<\/p>\n