WCOAP Day 5 - MAIN DAY 2, HEADS UP

[Des]

Thanks to Chris for the guest updates

Shortly after Dann Williams busts, I bump into fellow South-West Player James Newman, who has also bust out, running his short-stack of Ace 3 into sixes.

James Newman

[Fatcatstu]

can someone pass on massive hugs to Carl "ALready a world champ, might as be another england player to be a double bracelet holder" Pilgrim please.

[Des]

55 of 64 seats currently filled in the heads up.

We"ve started by running 8 matches side by side, so there is still time for some late entrants.

The draw at the moment features byes for several players, but that will change if we do get late walk ups.

31 - 1 - John Murray

32 - 1 - Bryn Green

33 - 1 - Dan Dennehy

34 - 1 - Dann Williams

35 - 1 - Iain William Ayre

36 - 1 - Liam Batey

37 - 1 - Liam Crawford
37 - 2 - Greg Hill

38 - 1 - Patrick Hudson
38 - 2 - Stefan Roder

41 - 1 - Gordon Mcarthur
41 - 2 - Chris Webber

42 - 1 - Ben Andrews
42 - 2 - William Webster

43 - 1 - Nazar Wrigley
43 - 2 - Matthew Carter

44 - 1 - Kevin O Hanlon
44 - 2 - Chris Peers

45 - 1 - Weswell Ellis
45 - 2 - Andrew Jones

46 - 1 - Mark Lassman

47 - 1 - Christopher Kelly

48 - 1 - Gabriel Iemmito

51 - 1 - Giuseppe Maggisano
51 - 2 - Simon Hyde

52 - 1 - David Pilkington
52 - 2 - Samuel Fossat

53 - 1 - John-paul Round
53 - 2 - Peter Thorpe

54 - 1 - Ian Gascoigne
54 - 2 - Juan De Diego

55 - 1 - Tony Trippier
55 - 2 - Steve Redfern

56 - 1 - Sean Lassman
56 - 2 - Amjad Mohammed

57 - 1 - Laura Cantero
57 - 2 - Jonathan Woodfield

58 - 1 - Richard Sheils
58 - 2 - Kayleigh Bate

61 - 1 - Antony Wolsey
61 - 2 - Paul Haycock

62 - 1 - Anonymous
62 - 2 - Grant Gardner

63 - 1 - Adam Small
63 - 2 - Vikrum Mehta

64 - 1 - Ben Burnhill
64 - 2 - David Howard

65 - 1 - Luca Cannella
65 - 2 - Harald Gaerttner

66 - 1 - Nick Secker
66 - 2 - Rupinder Bedi

67 - 1 - Liam Alcock
67 - 2 - Michael Perry

68 - 1 - Joanna Sharp
68 - 2 - Vivenne Barber

[TallPaul]

I know this will probably sound like sour grapes (as I busted on the last hand of the night last night), but I think it"s very disappointing that we were playing on the bubble last night (and indeed the night before) without knowing it.  There was a lot of speculation about how many players would be paid without any definitive answers.

The bubble is an integral part of any tournament and affects how everyone plays, so for the tournament to effectively not have a bubble is regrettable.  Hopefully this won"t happen again in future events.

Good luck to Andy Hayes today!

[Matt D]

Short-stacked Carl Pilgrim surives an early scare. All-in on table no. 14, the small blind of Andrew Hayes dwells for a few minutes, but finds a fold. The big blind of Jo Harris also folds.

We are down to 45 players.

[Matt D]

List of today"s exits:

47    Brian Frew
48    Elaine Cockburn
49    Daniel Brown
50    Andrew Mcbean
51    Ryan Kilbey
52    Greg Hill
53    Dann Williams
54    William Greenwood
55    Dean Pearson
56    Trevor Roberts
57    Warwick Brindley
58    Patrick Costello
59    Darren Robinson
60    James Newman
61    Damien Bailie
62    Luca Cannella
63    John-paul Round
64    Patrick Hudson

[Des]

I know this will probably sound like sour grapes (as I busted on the last hand of the night last night), but I think it"s very disappointing that we were playing on the bubble last night (and indeed the night before) without knowing it.  There was a lot of speculation about how many players would be paid without any definitive answers.

The bubble is an integral part of any tournament and affects how everyone plays, so for the tournament to effectively not have a bubble is regrettable.  Hopefully this won"t happen again in future events.

Good luck to Andy Hayes today!

Point taken and for what it"s worth, I completely agree with you Paul.  This was allowed to slide with so much going on and for that you have my apologies.  We will ensure; alongside any venue we use, that it won"t happen again.

[Des]

David Denny pictured, has just knocked out Michael Holmes...Matt to update details.

[Matt D]

David Denny shoves all in from utg with .

Michael Holmes makes the call with



The turn falls ....

"Ahhhhh"....

The river:



"ohhhhh".....

Micheal leaves us in 46th.

[TallPaul]

Thanks Des.

Just to be clear, it"s not the fact that I was the bubble boy that bothers me (it"s happened often enough that I almost expect it!).  It"s that I didn"t know that everyone coming back for day 2 would be paid - if I did I might have folded my 12k stack on the last hand of the night and taken the cash.  The other Paul Taylor being chip leader going into day 2 was just an extra rub down!

Aside from this issue I really enjoyed the weekend.

[Matt D]

Some stack on stack action of the big variety over at Table #1.

Natalia Breviglieri raises to 15k from under the gun. Seat 9, Jean-michel Ballocchi, makes the call. Paul Taylor in big blind comes along for the ride.



All check



Checked to Natalia, she leads out for 22k. Jean-michel makes the call, and Paul folds.



Natalia checks. Jean-michel makes it 36k, and Natalia finds the fold.

[Des]

The Heads Up is now sold out and the full draw is as follows:-

John Murray
Ryan Kilbey

Bryn Green
Daniel Brown

Dan Dennehy
Daniel Marks

Dann Williams
Vaino Tiik

Iain William Ayre
David Burghardt

Liam Batey
Paul Lambert

Liam Crawford
Greg Hill

Patrick Hudson
Stefan Roder

Gordon Mcarthur
Chris Webber

Ben Andrews
William Webster

Nazar Wrigley
Matthew Carter

Kevin O Hanlon
Chris Peers

Weswell Ellis
Andrew Jones

Mark Lassman
Andrew Hayes

Christopher Kelly
Michael Holmes

Gabriel Iemmito
Luigi Belleri

Giuseppe Maggisano
Simon Hyde

David Pilkington
Samuel Fossat

John-paul Round
Peter Thorpe

Ian Gascoigne
Juan De Diego

Tony Trippier
Steve Redfern

Sean Lassman
Amjad Mohammed

Laura Cantero
Jonathan Woodfield

Richard Sheils
Kayleigh Bate

Antony Wolsey
Paul Haycock

Hertz VanRental
Grant Gardner

Adam Small
Vikrum Mehta

Ben Burnhill
David Howard

Luca Cannella
Harald Gaerttner

Nick Secker
Rupinder Bedi

Liam Alcock
Michael Perry

Joanna Sharp
Vivenne Barber

[HaworthBantam]

HU - Table 48: Luigi Belleri goes through to the next round, beating Gabriel Iemmito.

[Matt D]

The reigning WCOAP Champion, Chris Peers, has just left us.

APAT "Player of the Year" Carl Pilgrim has busted in 41st place.

[Matt D]

Recent exits in the main:

40    Piotr Sudnik
41    Carl Pilgrim
42    Andrew Hayes
43    Marc Purvis
44    Alan Bowman
45    Paul Murphy
46    Michael Holmes