5.31pm: Break time!With 19 players left, the tip of level 21 means the players have fifteen minutes to collect their thoughts and lock their targets on that final table.
We'll be back shortly!
5.25pm: Majewski doubleMario Trattou is apparently in every pot right now.
Most recently he tangled with Piotr Majewski, the Pole calling his shove on a 9♠8♣6♦ board with 9♦7♦.
Trattou could only table A♠8♥ for second pair and when turn and river bricked, he was left turning in 271,000 of his stack to his foe - Majewski as much as 550,000+ Trattou right down to 280,000...
5.18pm: Murphy bowsers MarioMario Trattou just raised the cut-off with A♠T♣, just for Darren Murphy to transport all-in for 309,000.
Trattou vocalised his potential decisions before creating a peach of a decision with a slim edge - Murphy turning up K♥Q♦.
A board of Q♠2♣2♦6♠8♦ was met with an angry table thump from Trattou as he was outdrawn. Murphy quietly stacked his new 625,000 stack.
"How are you able to shove K-Q there?!" asked Trattou.
"Well you took the gamble," Murphy replied. Trattou wasn't pushing up the daisies just yet though and recovered a few of those chips, knocking out Michael Lee AK v A6 a couple of hands later. Trattou still has 380,000...
5.02pm: Re-draw!WIth 24 left, Luca is re-drawing the remainder players onto three 8-handed tables. Normal service may be resumed shortly...
4.56pm: The following echelonThese players pipped the boys below, having squeezed through to the upper cash tiers. That's an additional few drinks they may be able to enjoy in celebration. 26 players remain now...
32nd Farhan Khan £550.0033rd Clyde Rimando £550.0034th Eric Laboreux £550.0035th Joseph Craig £550.0036th Willie Tann £550.0037th Gladys Long £550.0038th Simon Randall £550.0039th Sandiep Khosa £550.00
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 8,000-16,000-2,000
4.42pm: Faces and placesHere are the primary men to line up and claim their booty from the money desk. Well played sirs!
40th Mark Thomas £500.0041st Michael O'Brien £500.0042nd Kelvin Mullis £500.0043rd Sundeep Sandhu £500.0044th Daniel Toffel £500.0045th Nicolas Berry £500.0046th Thomas Grundy £500.0047th John Crouchley £500.00
4.28pm: Awesome Wells caning citizensDominic Wells has just scooped a mighty pot to send him thundering up the leaderboard with a 400,000 stack in tow.
A four way pot preflop saw him duke it out with Niazi Suleman (K♠8♠), Leon Campbell (K♣J♣) and a 3rd player holding pocket fives. Wells though had A♥A♣ and although he was about to take a dip within the murky waters of variance, he re-surfaced safe and sound over the 7♣3♥8♥J♠3♦ board.
"I was waiting to pick out the easiest spot," said Wells as he collected his bounty. Meanwhile Suleman shocked to the money desk telling everyone he'd have won the pot if aces and king-jack had folded. Good game!
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 6,000-12,000-2,000
4.10pm: Chiang - fours to be reckoned withJen-Yue Chiang just swerved potential elimination. Having shoved for 95,000, the big-stacked Juan Ignacio Sanchez flat-called with around 400,000 behind.
This sent Mario Trattou into consternation. He clearly desired to become involved but was wary about tangling with a fellow big stack, eventually folding pocket jacks.
When Chiang opened pocket fours and SanchezA♠J♠, it turned out he would has been in great shape, but having folded it was left to Chiang to gather the pot over the 9♦7♦3♦T♥T♠ board.
Chiang doubles to 220,000 and with Trattou debating his fold, Chiang offered some words of encouragement.
"You made the appropriate decision," he said with a grin on his face and a twinkle in his eye.
4.01pm: Majewski at the upPiotr Majewski is showing his fellow shortstacks the best way to turn an uneviable shortstack into something challenging as he has risen to around 350,000 lately. Winning flips helps of course...
First off he removed a bit from Farhaan Khan when his T♥T♦ held versus Khan's A♣J♣ on a worrying-looking-but-ultimately-safe board of 5♥4♥2♣9♣K♦ Khan lasted only some more hands before being eliminated.
Next up Majewski saw Eric Laborieux on his way - isolating the Frenchman's shove with A♣Q♦ and besting his pocket threes when an ace hit the flop.
Good times for the Pole - the poker gods love him right now.
3.35pm: The floodgates have openedThe pressure is off, the sword of Damocles now not hangs over the shortstacks with some type of cash payout assured. In consequence they're gambling with gay abandon, trying to chip up and provides themselves a shot on the bigger payouts on offer or go home.
Sundeep Sandhu and Kelvin Mullis are two who've succumbed recently - either one of them to the rampaging Spaniard Juan Ignacio Sanchez, who's accumulating an ever-increasing stack (around 460,000 at present).
Sandhu shoved A♥4♠ and lost out to Sanchez' A♠J♣ over a 8♥6♦3♦3♠7♣ board whilst Mulllis was unable to flip the appropriate side of variance - his A-Q losing out to Sanchez' pocket eights on a child board.
Good game, both can return home with a tangible cash for his or her efforts.
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 4,000-8,000-1,000
3.23pm: Rob Ayton bubblesSadness for Rob Ayton, contrasting cheers from the rest competitors, all of whom have become paid!
Ayton's exit was somewhat cruel, having shoved his last 36k into the center with A♣7♦ and been called by A♠J♦, he looked to have slipped the noose, the board peeling off 8♦8♣4♥7♥ - leaving him taking a look at a welcome double-through.
"Ooooh" the group gushed as that seven spiked to apparently save him. More drama was to return however because the J♣ arrived at the river to scupper his attempted recovery. The gang were stunned.
The ignominy of 48th spot for Ayton then and the remainder of the sector are happy to be getting paid. Congratulations all!
2.58pm: Dewan delivered painful exitKarun Dewan has just departed in painful circumstances. Having shoved with pocket K♥K♦, he found Rahul Sachdev calling within the blinds with A♣5♦.
"Don't worry, you'll hit your ace," Dewan told Sachdev and this proved prophetic because the board fell J♥2♣5♥6♣A♦ - elimination delivered with the last card.
Dewan walked away shaking his head.
"It's always the best way isn't it. The rag ace always hits the river!" a tablemate commented, echoing the lament of 1,000,000 poker players worldwide.
That hand leaves us with just 48 players left. Only one more elimination till the money and we're now hand for hand...
2.55pm: Jordana crushedJoel Visa Jordana has also missed out at the payouts, going for broke with pocket jacks and succeeding when Khashayar Zarghampour called him with aces.
A board of 4♠2♥9♠8♠K♣ saw the Spaniard hit the rail in 50th spot. Ouch, so close
2.52pm: Bad times for Wright and WatersNick Wright and Brent Waters have both busted just shy of the cash - Wright departing when his ace-king lost out in a flip to Aleksandar Spadijer's pocket eights whilst Waters desperate shortstack shove with J♠9♠ was picked off by Farhad Jahanshahi's Q♠T♦.
No improvement for both sees us draw ever toward the money. Just 50 remain now with 47 paid...
2.44pm: Back on the felt. Let's get paid!This is among the tensest periods of a poker tournament. 53 players remain but just 47 may be paid. The quick stacks can be silently hoping they are able to negotiate this era into the cash and the large stacks is normally wielding their chips like sledgehammers, applying maximum pressure to the medium and short stacks.
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PokerStars Blog reporting team at UKIPT Series 6- London: Rod Stirzaker. Photos by Neil Stoddart.
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