LIVE UPDATE WCOAP #11 NLHE Main Event - Day 2.

[Matt D]

The last 20 minutes has seen lots of raising from the button, with both blinds folding.

[Ourkid888]

Blackbelt may be no more but Tristan is one the finest of the flock. Gold to go with our Gold in the team big lad!!!! Wish I was there...

[Matt D]

Tristan raises to 245k from the button. Anthony makes it 650k to go.



Anthony checks. Tristan slides 655k across the line in one smooth motion. Anthony re-reraises all-in. Tristan massages his brow, and dwells over the potentially massive, game changing, decision he is about to make.

It"s not long before he makes the call. "You have a pair?" he asks. The answer is no, as is tabled. Tristan shows for 2 pair.

The turn and river both brick ( ) and the biggest pot of the tourney by a stellar mile heads over to Tristan.

Tristan now has 5.9m of the 6.6m in play. Levente Varga has the other 700k in play.

[Ourkid888]

Wow

[Matt D]

Anthony Gale is our 3rd placed finisher, taking home £3,400 and an APAT Bronze Medal.

[Matt D]

It"s not long to wait until we have our winner.

Tristan puts Levente all-in from the button. Levente has no choice but to make the call with any two cards. He does so, tabling .

Tristan"s has Levente"s holding completely dominated.

The flop brings

and Levente gets up to leave.

"Hang on. There"s always the gutter ball" says Tristan.

The turn is giving Tristan 2-pair.

The river is an innocuos and we have our champion!

[Matt D]

Levente Varga is our second placed finisher.

Levente wins £5,000 and an APAT Silver Medal.

[Matt D]

[Matt D]

After a disappointing start to his WCOAP journey, losing a 220k pot 3 off the money in the 6-max running Ace-King into Aces, and just limping into the cash, Tristan has truly redeemed himself with a fantasic performance in the Main Event.

[Dawnie]

Top top bloke and team mate. Really well done mate and see you in vegas weeeeeeee

[Claw75]

Very well done Tristan, and congrats to the other medalists also  

[Matt D]

I"d like to extend a massive thanks to Aspers for their hospitality this week, and their flexibility in being able to run all the different forms of the game we selected for this week.

Special thanks to John Scanlon, and to Adam Crouch who TDed the vast majority of the events, to Ian and the rest of the cardroom staff and managers.

Thank you also to our sponsors Coral, who provided some very generous added value, gave away a metric tonne of hooded sweatshirts, and helped make the whole event possible.

It"s been a memorable WCOAP.

[CincinnatiKid]

Congrat to the new APAT World Champion Tristan Chaplin and both medalists on 2nd and 3rd., well played!

[reevio]

Very well done Tristan, and congrats to the other medalists also  

Yep well done everyone - was a fun event played in good spirits.

Nice to meet you Claire. I was the guy who never passed a big blind to you all Day 2. Pretty sure I lost out in those battles though!

[Matt D]

I know he"ll kill me for saying it, but I"d like to say a massive thanks to Mark "The Shark" Rowbottom. Top bloke, and him deciding to stay and cover an extra night than initially booked in for, despite being absolutely shattered himself, made the final day much more manageable.

One more thanks to Leigh Wiltshire, who created the MAX POINTS part of the spreadsheet for the team event. Made that *a lot* easier to relay info to the teams.