APAT Cardiff - Day 2.

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Gavin Jones has stood up from the table and handed over his player tracking card.

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Warren Jones adding over 10k to his stack when his all in gets the blinds and two limpers to fold.

He is now on around 60k.


Warren Jones. Previous winner of the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship.

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Lewis Tucker moves all in from under the gun.

Luke Jenkins makes the call of 28,600 the rest fold.

Lewis has
Luke has



Luke"s King kicker means that Lewis is eliminated from the tournament.

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Two down in one hand!

Exact details unknown but:

Wynne Gibson raises.
Rais Khan flats.
Richard Rudling-Smith moves all in.
Wynne Gibson calls with less chips.
Rais Khan calls and has them both covered.

Jack high board comes out...

Wynne has pocket queens.
Richard has pocket Aces.
Rais has the pocket Jacks and takes the lot!


Richard Rudling-"Rudders"-Smith (right)

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Warren Jones has on a flop with two diamonds.

All the chips go in, not sure of the villain, but he has Kings and the turn and river are black and not Aces...

Warren is now out of the tournament.

[Matt D]

Current Table	Current Seat	Forename	Surname	Chips
1	1	Mark	Porter	52k
1	2	Richard	Evans	93k
1	3	Mark	Morris	46k
1	4	Rais	Khan	183k
1	5	Stuart	Astbury	50k
1	6	Wai	Gao	55k
1	7	Luke	Jenkins	132k
1	8	Jeffrey	Hemmerman	88k
1	9	Diane	Chevrier	160k
1	10	Tom	Clark	88k
2	1	Alan	Vinnicombe	100k
2	2	Nigel	McDonald	35k
2	3	David	Kingswell	140k
2	4	James	Lewis	44k
2	5	Keith	Thomas	110k
2	6	Frazer	Bolt	60k
2	7	David	Reed	52k
2	8	Michael	Gale	50k
2	9	Alex	Toporeanu	30k
3	1	Jason	Stephens	105k
3	2	Lukman	Islam	26k
3	3	Paul	Mearns	26k
3	4	Steve	Redfern	186k
3	5	Gareth	Brideaux	134k
3	6	Mark	Trodd	43k
3	7	Darren	Coleman	180k
3	8	Thomas	Lynch	116k
3	9	Anthony	Gregg	135k

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Michael Gale moves all in after a limp from Alex Toporeanu.

Alex makes the call and has

Michael has



Alex hits the rail.

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Not long after and Lukman Islam moves all in and is called by Mark Trodd.

Lukman has
Mark has

Lukman is at risk.

and Lukman doubles up to around 55k

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Frazer Bolt quietly departs

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Tom Lynch and Steve Redfern get them all in pre flop.

Steve has Tom covered and is ahead with
Tom has



Tom is sent to the rail and Steve adds another elimination to his count and a chunk of chips to his stack.

[Matt D]

Steve Redfern is on 322k chips. Approximately double of his next nearest rival.

[Luthee13]

Approaching the table and all the chips are in and cards are on their backs with a flop

Not sure who or how or when but Gareth Brideaux is showing
Mark Trodd has and is the player at risk.



Mark is sent to the rail.

[Matt D]

20 players have sat down to contest the Destination Vegas Tournament. Those playing include Ger Smythe, Craig Dawson, Terry Evans, John Murray (satellite winner), Karen Mead (won 2 satellites earlier), Shirley Cole, Liam Alcock, Don Roberts, Ollie Clark (satellite winner).

We"ve had 3 rebuys in the first few levels. There are alternates until end of level 4, so plenty of time to join if you"d like a crack at winning this amazing prize!


John Murray - satellite winner.

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Mark Porter makes two all in bets over the top of raises, gets them both through and adds a decent amount of chips to his stack each time, he is now on around 65k...ish

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Tom Clark makes the move from the button, all in.

MarK Morris looks at his cards and flicks a chip in to make the call.

Tom has Mark covered.

Mark has
Tom has

As flop puts Tom out in front but gives Mark options.

and the turn is one of them.

The river means no chop and Mark doubles his 33k stack plus blinds to around 70k