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6.25pm: BreakThe players are racing off their chips and taking a brief twenty minute break on the end of level eight. We'll be back shortly for the resumption!
6.20pm: Official numbersThe final tally is in and a whopping 163 players have turned as much as take their shot on the title today. With tomorrow's field more likely to eclipse this, we will be able to expect a 350+ field in total, building an excessively healthy prize pool.
6.10pm: Bowtell wins monster; Tann regrets passing huge drawA giant hand played out at WIllie Tann's table - three players moving allin at the flop of a A♠T♦8♦ board. WIllie Tann elected to fold 7♦9♦ for an open ended straight flush draw..."I knew I USED TO BE up against pocket eights and a larger flush draw so I folded - but a jack came at the turn and that i would have won a monster pot."
Instead, it was left to Keith Bowtell to showdown pocket eights (up against A♦3♦ and A♣T♠) and when the river bricked, he collected the 80,000 + pot, putting him because the likely chip leader at this point.
Willie Tann meanwhile was understandably aggrieved at having missed out in this opportunity to acquire an enormous stack...
6.01pm: Gone but not forgottenVariance is usually a cruel master; these players has been beaten by its rough end today. We're sure you may be back for glory at a later date however.
Youssef DarwichFinn StewartKevin AbecassisChristopher Charles MccallFabiano Junior OzelameMarc Sanchez IbernAlain LogboMark Prescott
5.46pm: Slick move holds up for CamilleCamille Harriet Abram has accumulated an excellent stack of 35,000 within the opening levels - most recently eliminating a tablemate when her A♠K♣ held versus his K♦Q♦ of her opponent.
The pair went to war on a K♥6♥4♠ board and when it ran out the 5♠, then 9♦ Abram had bested her foe and was busy stacking chips.
"I was sure she had queens," her opponent offered as he shook hands and departed...
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 400-800-100
5.32pm: Mario mushrooms upHe hasn't quite collected the star of invincibility just yet but Mario Trattou is riding a crest of fine fortune nonetheless. Mark Norman played the role of vanquished Bowser, suffering a brain-freeze by calling with pocket threes on a 2♠K♣K♦5♥5♣ board, despite having had his pair counterfeited.
Trattou was delighted, having been bluffing with Q♠T♠ and picked up the pot with queen-high with a gleeful smile.
"It's all a barrel of guffaws anyway," said Trattou as he rises to 30,000.
Norman meanwhile looked slightly shell-shocked at his decision, right down to 12,500.
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600-75
5.18pm: Fallen WarriorsThere may also be just one - these men might not be it. Bad luck fellas - benefit from the sunshine!
Jerome BradpieceJon Koldo Berastegui Gal Dos-Joe JohnsonMarco Lo CiceroRobert DrummondJames KoumisJan Mohammad Nader ZadehDavid Dean
4.50pm: Double trouble for IlyukinIf you were going to pick out a probable name to crop up twice on this field Victor Ilyukhin may not spring readily to mind.
Well, you would be mistaken as there are, or a minimum of were, two players sporting this name within the field.
Victor Nikolaevich Ilyukhin is the person to depart, his exit seeing him run bullets right into a flopped set of nines. Sad for him, even though it saves the prospective confusion the media might face if the pair went heads up.
4.32pm: Convey exits in ignominious styleNo one loves to get one outed, but a minimum of it provides you with a narrative to inform. That is the shred of comfort Marc Convey can take from his painful elimination. Admittedly, it is not much!
His exit saw him overlimp with pocket nines, following a spate of calls, including Adam Kossew - all of the players seeing a board of K♥9♥2♠ peel off.
A beautiful flop for Convey, he was yet more delighted when Kossew led for 800 and an additional player called behind. Convey had earlier joked with Kossew about how he was going to boost to urge and with the easiest situation presenting itself, he popped it to 2,600.
Kossew refused to back off, making it 5,000, Convey finally firing his remaining 10,000 into the pot.
WIth Kossew showing down an inferior pair of deuces, it gave the impression of the double up was done and dusted however the fickle poker gods intervened - a two spiking at the river to depart Marc with an interesting story to inform but no chips.
Kossew as much as 32,500...
Unfortunately for Mr Convey, there has been an extra beat attached to his exit. He was enthusiastic about a final longer with Sin Melin and Jake Cody - the loser of which needed to wear an outfit in their opponents' choosing within the coming UKIPT Isle of Man event.
Outfits including telly tubbies, man-kinis and other such disastrous sartorial choices was banded about. Remember to tune into the coverage at this event to peer Marc in all his glory!
4.20pm: Level 5 in effectCIgarettes smoked, capuccinos drained and effort reserves restored, the players are back on the felt resuming on level 5.
Good luck one and all!
PokerStars Blog reporting team at UKIPT Series 6- London: Rod Stirzaker. Photos by Neil Stoddart.
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