Day 2 UK Team Updates

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Saranne further increases her stack.

She raises pre flop to 55k and Brian calls.

We see a flop of

Brian checks and Saranne moves all in.

Brian thinks for a while and eyes her stack up, getting a rough count. He eventually shows a 10 and folds.

Saranne flips her and scoops the pot!

She is now on around 400k.

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After a request from the players, there will be a fifteen minute break at the end of this level - less than one minute.

We will be back in fifteen minutes.

[IrishTom]

On a 15 min break latest chip counts:

Paul Pitchford	APAT Fish With Chips	852k
Glenn Townsend	Blonde Poker	359k
Mark Lassman	Edgworth Cricket Club	374k
Brian Yates	Midlands Ballbusters	995k
Sarrane Branter	Blackbelt Poker	392k
Martin Sieder	Sutton Poker	643k

[Luthee13]

Another all in pre flop from Glenn.

Martin raised and Glen pushed over the top.

Martin fairly quickly made the call with
Glenn shows

The flop brings and interesting giving Glenn the lead but giving Martin a couple of straight outs - slightly restricted by Glenn"s flush draw.

The turn is a improving Glenn"s hand unnecessarily and leaving Martin still needing a 5 or a 3

The river is and Glenn gets the double up.

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Only a few hands later and we see Mark push all in from the button.

Brian, in the small blind, makes the call and Sarranne in the big blind folds.

Mark has and Brian has As

The flop is

The turn is

Mark needs to avoid a 9, 4, 10 and ace to avoid elimination...

But the on the river brings many groans from the rail and means his time at this final table is done.

Mark Lassman finishes in 6th place and goes home with £265, well played to him.

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Couple of interesting plays but no real significant hands.

Brian led out having flopped a set of queens and Paul found a fold.

Brian and Martin tangled pre flop and Brian ended up folding to Martin"s all in showing the As as he did. Martin announced he "had a better kicker then"

Saranne has made a few shoves and Paul has gathered a few more chips.

Glenn has yet to speak since his last double up...

[Luthee13]

Chip stacks as we come towards the end of Level 22 are roughly:

Paul: 500k
Glenn 500k
Brian 1.4m
Sarranne 650k
Martin 480k

Blinds in the next level (around ten mins time) will be 20k/40k with a 4k ante and the average stack is 720k.

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It folds round to Surranne in the small blind, she raises to 82k.

Martin, in the big blind, moves all in and Surranne instantly makes the call.

Surranne has
Martin shows

The flop comes down with Surranne now looking for a Q or a 10 to save her tournament life...

The turn is and the river is As

We lose the last standing female player, Surranne Branter in 5th place. She receives £385, very well played to her.

[Luthee13]

The last hand has put Martin above 1 million in chips and leaves us with 4 players.

That means we have reached that point...the medal bubble! Top three will receive bronze for third, silver for second and gold for first.

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Folds to Paul in the small blind, he quickly shoves and Glenn in the big blind quickly makes the call.

Paul has
Glenn has

The board runs out as

After a count, we find Glenn has Paul slightly covered.

Paul Pitchford is the medal bubble boy and goes out in 4th place for £470, well played to him.

[Luthee13]

I am informed that no player has ever done the double gold medal win in a team event - winning team and winning individual...

Glenn has a chance of being the first...and now, with a stack of around a million following his all in win against Paul...

Could history be made?

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Big pot for Brian here, Martin raised to 100k and Brian called in the big blind.

The flop came down

Both players check.

The turn is

Brian bets 130k
Martin raises to 280k and Brian makes the call.

The river is the

Brian checks and Martin thinks and eventually checks behind.

Brian shows for the rivered flush and Martin says "I knew it" and mucks his hand.
Brian adds that pot to his stack.

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Martin get a nice double up from Glenn.

Glenn raises pre flop from the button and Martin moves all in for around 540k, Glenn calls.

Glenn shows
Martin has

The flop brings a 9 and no more help for Glenn.
Martin is back around the 1 million mark and Glenn is around 640k.

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Martin adding more chips to his stack.

He raises pre flop to 85k

Brian makes it 185k and Martin calls.

The flop is

Brian bets 185k

Martin moves all in and Brian thinks for a minute and folds.

Martin scoops a sizeable pot.

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Martin and Brian seem to just be swapping chips around!

Brian raises to 90k and Martin calls.

The flop comes on

Both players check.

The turn is and both check again.

for the river.

Brian bets out 100k

Martin announces that he has a "bluff catcher" and eventually makes the call.

Brian shows and Martin sighs and mucks.