Good luck Paul Pitchford

[Des]

Absolute calamity here.

Waiter taking drinks orders has just fallen over a photographer"s tripod and onto the table.

Chips everywhere!  

[coprey]

Paul now 1million in chips???

[Des]

Not really!

Paul back on BB.

Seat 5 raises to 20k UTG.

Paul looks..dwells...and releases.

Suspiciously small raise.

[Des]

Paul takes around 30k going AI over the top of an earlier raiser.

It"s textbook. Pitchford.

Should have an aPAT branded facemask.

[TightEnd]

Great start Paul

Des, I am taking the weekend off. Will send you details of hotel in Dublin and then you can update there too.....

[Des]

Paul raises 25k one before button.

Seat 5 calls on the button.

BB completes.  Big Pot here.

10 2 6

Paul checks.

S5 raises 51k

BB reraises to 141k

Paul releases...hurt but still in.

S5 all in and a call.

S5 JJ
BB 10 9 for top pair.

And S5 wins a massive pot!

[Foggy]

Great start Paul

Des, I am taking the weekend off. Will send you details of hotel in Dublin and then you can update there too.....

I believe that they have contracted extra catering staff, so that will be a NO then

[Paulie_D]

Is he looking confident in his APAT apparel? Have you got him wearing a shirt / hoodie and beanie hat combination Des?  

Not quite...but he is "branded"..

[Des]

Paul loses monster hand against seat 1, despite having a serious amount of outs.

Around 55k left

Needs to see something shortly.

Hand details as per PokerNews.  Could someone post please.

[Paulie_D]

First in from the cutoff seat, Paul Pitchford raised to 24,000. Jeppe Bisgaard called from the button, and big blind Kaveh Payman also came along to go three-handed to the flop.

It brought  th: ::   , and Payman checked first. Pitchford did as well, and Bisgaard took his cue to bet 51,000 at the pot. Payman promptly check-raised to 141,000 straight, getting Pitchford out of the way and sending the decision back to Bigsaard. He knew what to do. All in came the rest of his chips, a bit less than 200,000 total, and Payman called off the extra bit to put him at risk.

Showdown

Bisgaard:   jd jh

Payman:    ts

Bisgaard"s overpair was looking good to double him up, and the turn and river locked it up. The  kd and  js filled out the board, and a set of jacks means we have a new chip leader.

Bisgaard - 430,000

Payman - 180,000

[Des]

Paul all in with A 8 and is doubled up by the SB with 6 3 of spades.

Back in! But still short with 125k.

[Cyntaf]

Good stuff Des. Cheers

                                         C"mon Paul

[Mikeyboy9361]

Come on my son!!!!

[jbworldwide]

Tell him to hold on I am on my way!

[Paulie_D]

That hand...

Under the gun, Karim Jomeen open-shoved all in for 68,000. Paul Pitchford re-shoved all in, isolating himself against Jomeen with a chance at the knockout. And it was a race:

Jomeen:  

Pitchford:   ac qc

Jomeen would be a big fan of the board, as it saved his tournament life. It came  td   :: kd    to keep him afloat, doubling him up to 157,000. Pitchford, on the other hand, is in quite a bad way with just 60,000 left.