POKER NEWS

15 May 2010

Dinner Break/Down to 15
Dinner Break/Down to 15

The players having not eaten in close to seven hours have revolted and a 45 minute dinner break has been declared at the end of the current level, so let’s look at who's destined for the final table and who's likely not to see the oh-so-nice leather seats.

Andros sends Keith Johnson out and we're down to two tables
Andros sends Keith Johnson out and we're down to two tables

Andros calls short stacked Keith's all in to put him out in 19th place

Mark Aldridge takes out John Burberry to create the Godzilla of stacks
Mark Aldridge takes out John Burberry to create the Godzilla of stacks

John bet 55K in SB, Aldridge jammed all in with AK just covering him and Burberry called (Blinds 6K - 12K, ante 1K).

Stephen Holloway and John Eames out
Stephen Holloway and John Eames out

John Eames shoved in mid-position for 170K with 99 and was called by John Burberry with AK (6K - 12K, 1K ante)

Only 34 players remain at the Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham
Only 34 players remain at the Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham

Many of the players who started the tournament are now gone including Pippa Flanders the last woman in the tournament leaves the tournament in 35th place (blinds 5K - 10K ante 500).

Peter Charalambous, you ain't no Andros!
Peter Charalambous, you ain't no Andros!

Pete bet 20K on the button with TJ and got a min-raise from John Burberry(AK) to 40K, Charalambous tanked then called.

Andros: The Blessed Man
Andros: The Blessed Man

The players are currently on a break so let me enterain you with a story of the miracle man Andros.

Super Gay Ladies Event
Super Gay Ladies Event

An old journalist friend of mine Jenny is playing in the Ladies Event for Diva, a gay lifestyle magazine, her mission - to gay it up (blinds 3000 - 6000, ante 500).

Short Stack Blitz
Short Stack Blitz

Not surprisingly the short stacks that were folding anything but the nuts to make the money having now made it are pushing in and getting pushed out (blinds 2500 - 5000, ante 500).

Day 3 soon to begin at the Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham
Day 3 soon to begin at the Pokerstars UKIPT Nottingham

The players who've made the money are starting to mill around as the minutes tick away to the start of Day 3 and for some the biggest cashes of their lives.