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UKIPT5 Series 3 Day 2: Level 13-25 updates (20,000 - 40,000, 5,000 ante)

Unofficial final table time! Nine players remain and you can see the current chip counts right here.

Check out who's finished where so far here

7:55pm: Unofficial final table line-up
Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

It's the 'photo bubble' the nine remaining players have made the unofficial final table, when one more player is knocked out the action will be paused and the official final table photos will take place.

Seat	Name	Country	Chips
1	Marco Erasmo	Spain	425,000
2	William Funnell	United Kingdom	470,000
3	Kwokwah Man	United Kingdom	830,000
4	Gerald Candy	United Kingdom	320,000
5	Dean Perry	United Kingdom	550,000
6	Azarya Levy	Israel	1,000,000
7	Michael Matar	United Kingdom	455,000
8	Elliott Panyi	United Kingdom	2,300,000
9	Nicholas Case	United Kingdom	555,000

7:45pm: Jen-Yue Chiang eliminated in 10th place (£1,430) Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

Dean Perry shoved all in from early position with [Js][Ts] and Jen-Yue Chiang called all in for right on 225,000 with [7s][7h].

A [6h][8h][Qs][Jh][Ad] board gave the pot to Perry. He had just over 300,000 to start the hand and so Chiang is out in tenth place and the unofficial final table is now set.

Whilst he was losing that hand, William Funnell doubled through Elliot Panyi with [Ac][Qd] against [Ks][Qs]. Funnell had 235,000 to start the hand.

7:35pm: Timothy Timotheou eliminated in 11th place (£1,430)
Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

Down to around eight big blinds Timothy Timotheou shoved all in from the small blind with [6c][5d] and Azarya Levy woke up with pocket queens in the big blind. The [7h][4s][Ks] flop gave Timotheou a straight draw, but he missed it on the [9d] turn and [Ac] river.

We're now on the unofficial final table bubble.

7:30pm: Samuel Hunt eliminated in 12th place (£1,260)
Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

Azarya Levy limped from mid position, Sam Hunt then shoved all in for about 350,000 and Levy made the call.

Hunt: [9s][7s]
Levy: [As][5s]

The [Ac][4d][8s][Kc][3s] board meant Levy's hand held and he just had Hunt covered.

7:30pm: Back at it
Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

Cards are back in the air.

7:25pm: Chip counts of the final 12
Level 25, Blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (5,000 ante)

As you can see below Elliot Panyi still has a big chip lead with more than three times his closest challenger. Everyone bar him and Kwokwah Man have under 20 big blinds. The final table may not be far off.

Name	Country	Chips
Elliott Panyi	United Kingdom	2,500,000
Kwokwah Man	United Kingdom	830,000
Nicholas Case	United Kingdom	590,000
Michael Matar	United Kingdom	455,000
Marco Erasmo	Spain	425,000
Timothy Timotheou	United Kingdom	400,000
Samuel Hunt	United Kingdom	390,000
Dean Perry	United Kingdom	380,000
Azarya Levy	Israel	365,000
Gerald Candy	United Kingdom	320,000
William Funnell	United Kingdom	285,000
Jen-Yue Chiang	USA	105,000

6:45pm: Dinner break
Level 24, Blinds 15,000 - 30,000 (4,000 ante)

The players are now on a 40 minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7.25pm.

6:40pm: Case can't rest yet
Level 24, Blinds 15,000 - 30,000 (4,000 ante)

Another double up to tell you about now, this time it was Nicholas Case who got a boost.

It folded to Gerald Candy on the button and he shoved for an effective 319,000 with [Qc][Ts], the small blind folded but Case called all in with [As][Jh]. The board came [3d][2h][Kc][4h][Ad] and Case doubled to around 650,000 whilst Candy dropped to about 350,000.

6:35pm: Panyi powers on
Level 24, Blinds 15,000 - 30,000 (4,000 ante)

Elliot Panyi has a ridiculously big chip lead at the moment. He's got almost two million more than his nearest competitor as he won a big pot against Samuel Hunt, who was the second biggest stack in the room. This is how the final 12 stack up, all counts are approximate. We'll be getting 100% accurate counts on the next break in 10 minutes.

Name	Country	Chips
Elliott Panyi	United Kingdom	2,600,000
Gerald Candy	United Kingdom	660,000
Kwokwah Man	United Kingdom	525,000
Dean Perry	United Kingdom	520,000
Timothy Timotheou	United Kingdom	420,000
Samuel Hunt	United Kingdom	330,000
Azarya Levy	Israel	325,000
Michael Matar	United Kingdom	280,000
William Funnell	United Kingdom	270,000
Nicholas Case	United Kingdom	232,000
Jen-Yue Chiang	USA	230,000
Erasmo Marco Crespo	Spain	200,000

Timothy Timotheou

6:25pm: Double up for Candy
Level 24, Blinds 15,000 - 30,000 (4,000 ante)

Whilst Elliot Panyi is dominating proceedings on table 1, Dean Perry is doing likewise on table two. He bluffed Jen-Yue Chiang off a pot to climb to 850,000 but then lost some back to Gerald Candy. Perry opened to 75,000 with pocket nines, Candy shoved for 319,000 with [Kd][Qh] and Perry called it off.

The [6h][3c][Qd][Ad][Qs] board doubled Candy to 660,000 and amazingly that's good for second spot right now.

6:15pm: Payouts page
Level 23, Blinds 12,000 - 24,000 (3,000 ante)

We've just updated the prize pool and payouts page. Check it out here.

5:55pm: Elliot Panyi scores double knockout; now massive chip leader
Level 23, Blinds 12,000 - 24,000 (3,000 ante)

Oh boy. How'd you like to hear about a 1,500,000 chip pot? Thought so.

From under-the-gun Huy Nguyen opened to 55,000, Elliot Panyi then three-bet to 123,000 from under-the-gun+2 only for Krishna Nagaraju to four-bet all in for just over 500,000. Action passed pack to Nguyen, who had about 485,000 in total. He tanked for about five minutes before calling all in. Panyi, who had both players covered with about 850,000, took a look back at his cards and called.

Panyi: [Ah][As]
Nagaraju: [Kc][Kd]
Nguyen: [Jc][Jh]

"I don't even want these spots," said Panyi. "This is an ICM disaster, I'm not even favourite to win the hand."

What Panyi meant was that between the other two players they had as much equity as he did. He was wrong about that though as he still had 66% equity in the hand and held up on the [6c][7c][Ts][2c][2h] board to send two players out and climb to around 1,800,000. By virtue of having more chips Nagaruju finished 16th and Nguyen 17th.

Whilst that hand was playing out Andrew King (18th) was eliminated on the other table and Vincent Moses (19th) is also out.

Panyi has over 25% of the chips in play

5:45pm: Gordon's run ends in 20th place
Level 22, Blinds 10,000 - 20,000 (3,000 ante)

It's been a good first outing as a member of Team PokerStars LIVE at The Hippodrome Casino but it could've been even better had he managed to get there in a hand against Kwokwah Man. The latter opened to 45,000 from late position, Gordon three-bet shoved for 353,000 from the big blind with [As][Td] and Man called off with pocket kings.

The [4s][5s][Jh][5d][2s] board kept Man in front and left Gordon will less than a big blind. Despite getting a triple up on the very next hand, he couldn't repeat the trick and was eliminated a hand later in 20th place.

5:40pm: Sweeting's tournament soured
Level 22, Blinds 10,000 - 20,000 (3,000 ante)

Down to just 83,000 Alexander Sweeting moved all in with [Ks][4c] and Elliot Panyi gave him a spin from the big blind with [Ah][2c]. The [Qh][Ac][3c][8h][Kh] board kept Panyi in front and sent Sweeting to the rail in 21st place.

5:35pm: Samani out, Hunt over one million
Level 22, Blinds 10,000 - 20,000 (3,000 ante)

Jay Samani was the chip leader. I say was because he lost a huge pot to Samuel Hunt to all but bust and propel Samuel Hunt into the chip lead.

Hunt opened to 45,000 with [Qd][Qs], Samani shoved for 515,000 with [Ad][Tc] and Hunt called all in for 484,000 total.

The [3d][Ah][Qc][5c][Js] board gave Hunt a huge pot, left Samani short and he was out the next hand in 22nd place.

Samuel Hunt - chip leader

5:25pm: Cagey stuff
Level 22, Blinds 10,000 - 20,000 (3,000 ante)

Despite the average stack being about 16 big blinds the action is still pretty cagey here. Any shoves aren't getting called and with the stacks quite bunched most pre-flop raises are getting the job done.

5:20pm: Expensive
Level 22, Blinds 10,000 - 20,000 (3,000 ante)

The price of poker has just gone up and the big blind is now the equivalent of what the starting stack was in this tournament.

5:15pm: Chip Funnell
Level 21, Blinds 8,000-16,000(2,000 ante)

William Funnell has been playing a short stack for most of the day and although he just got a much needed double up he's still in short stack territory.

Action folded to Jay Samani in the small blind and the chip leader moved all in for an effective 77,000 with [6d][2s]. Funnell had less than five big blinds so [Ad][6h] was more than enough to call with and his hand held on the [Kh][4h][Qc][As][Qh] board.

5:05pm: Orledge out in 23rd
Level 21, Blinds 8,000-16,000(2,000 ante)

We've lost the Day 1A chip leader as Sam Orledge just went out in 23rd. We missed the action but Chris Gordon told us that Orledge moved all in from early position for around 15-20 big blinds with [A][J] and Krishna Nagaraju called from the small blind with [K][Q].

The flop came king high, but all spades giving Orledge a flush draw. He missed it on the turn and river though. That left him with around three big blinds and he was out shortly after.

4:55pm: Chip counts
Level 21, Blinds 8,000-16,000(2,000 ante)

Below are the chip counts of the 23 remaining players. It's still Jay Samani who leads, he, Elliot Panyi and Samuel Hunt at this point are the other players who've cracked the 500,000 chip barrier. At the other end of the scale there are four players who've got sub 10 big blind stacks.

Name	Country	Chips
Jay Samani	United Kingdom	618,000
Elliott Panyi	United Kingdom	530,000
Samuel Hunt	United Kingdom	508,000
Andrew King	Ireland	475,000
Azarya Levy	Israel	455,000
Timothy Timotheou	United Kingdom	448,000
Dean Perry	United Kingdom	375,000
Erasmo Marco Crespo	Spain	350,000
Huy Nguyen	United Kingdom	339,000
Kwokwah Man	United Kingdom	316,000
Michael Matar	United Kingdom	305,000
Samuel Orledge	United Kingdom	296,000
Christopher Gordon	United Kingdom	263,000
Krishna Nagaraju	India	255,000
Gerhard Lillie	United Kingdom	234,000
Jen-Yue Chiang	USA	230,000
Michael Cowper-John	United Kingdom	223,000
Vincent Moses	United Kingdom	208,000
Gerald Candy	United Kingdom	200,000
Daniel Cariello	United Kingdom	156,000
Alexander Sweeting	United Kingdom	142,000
Nicholas Case	United Kingdom	140,000
William Funnell	United Kingdom	78,000

Jay Samani

Chris Gordon

4:47pm: We're off again
Level 21, Blinds 8,000-16,000(2,000 ante)

Players are back in their seat and action is back under way. The average stack is currently around 20 big blinds.

4:25pm: Break it up
Level 20, Blinds 6,000-12,000(2,000 ante)

Level 20 has just ended and the players are now on a 20 minute break.

4:15pm: Big blind special for Perry
Level 20, Blinds 6,000-12,000(2,000 ante)

On a [6c][Kh][3d] flop Vincent Moses bet 30,000, Jay Samani smooth called on the button only for Dean Perry to check-raise all in from the big blind for around 230,000. Moses tanked before folding and Samani released his hand straight away.

Perry showed [6s][3d] as he took the pot.

4:05pm: Panyi eliminates Crossan in 27th
Level 20, Blinds 6,000-12,000(2,000 ante)

It's always the river.

Elliot Panyi opened to 28,000 from early position, John Crossan then moved all-in and it folded back to Panyi. He asked for a count - the shove was for 88,000 - Panyi didn't seem to like the situation but knew well enough that he was likely priced in as he was getting around 2.5 to 1 on the call.

Call he did, "you're in front," he said as he showed [Jh][Th], Crossan did indeed have the best hand, [Ad][9h] to be precise. The [Qd][4c][7h][4s][Td] board meant Panyi spiked the river to eliminate Crossan and he's up to 540,000 as a result.

Cloudio DeVito is also out, he finished in 26th place and Phil Baker has gone in 25th place.

Panyi is picking up plenty of pots

3:55pm: Down to 27
Level 19, Blinds 5,000-10,000(1,000 ante)

Just 27 players remain now in this UKIPT Series tournament. The latest players to exit are: Colin Couldrey (28th), Fotis Stoupis (29th), Tom Waterman (30th), Jamie Sanders (31st), Christian Juksch (32nd), James Millman (32nd), David Percik (34th) and Simon Brooks (35th).

The next player out will win £710.

3:45pm: Three (almost four) way all in!
Level 19, Blinds 5,000-10,000(1,000 ante)

Andrew King waved me over to his table and said: "I think this is going to be a good one." It was a solid read by the Irishman.

By this point a lot had already happened. Colin Couldrey had raised to 25,000 from under-the-gun, Christian Jucksch had re-raised all in for 126,000 from under-the-gun+1, King had shoved over the top of that for 140,000 and then Phil Baker had put both of them at risk by re-raising all in for about 250,000.

Action was now back on Couldrey who'd raised from a stack of about 18 big blinds and been shoved on in three spots! He tanked for ages, even flipping a coin, before folding what he said was pocket queens.

Jucksch: [Ah][Ks]
King: [Ac][Ad]
Baker: [Kd][Kh]

Three big hands had collided with King having the best of it. It only got better for him on the [Th][8d][As][Ts][Tc] board as he made a full house. He tripled up to about 480,000, Baker dropped to aroun d 100,000, Jucksch was eliminated in 32nd place and Couldrey lived to fight another day with a stack of 140,000.

3:30pm: Orledge and King still in
Level 19, Blinds 5,000-10,000(1,000 ante)

It's rarer than you'd think for both the Day 1A and Day 1B chip leaders to make the money, but that's what's happened here at The Hippodrome. Sam Orledge - who was the Day 1A chip leader - is still right at the top of the chip counts as he's got 560,000. However his Day 1B counterpart isn't doing as well. Andrew King has roughly 140,000.

3:20pm: New chip in town
Level 18, Blinds 4,000-8,000(1,000 ante)

A 25K chip was introduced at the break, it's a lovely yellow colour making it stand out from the red and blue chips that are also in play.

3:05pm: Out, but in the money
Level 18, Blinds 4,000-8,000(1,000 ante)

We're down to just 35 players now with the average stack at 200,500. The latest in the money finishers are: Seb Parsons (41st), Carlos Del Vigo Gonzalez (40th), Leslie Rycroft (39th), Pradyumna Chand (38th), John O'Donnell (37th) and Daiva Barauskaite (36th).

Parsons and Gonzalez min-cashed for £480, whilst the others picked up £540.

Daiva Barauskaite

2:50pm: A few chip counts
Level 17, Blinds 3,000-6,000(1,000 ante)

Here are a few chip counts from around the room:

Chris Gordon - 120,000
Daiva Barauskaite - 58,000
Vincent Moses - 240,000
Timothy Timotheou - 275,000
Dean Perry - 93,000
William Funnell - 52,000

2:40pm: First in the money finishers
Level 17, Blinds 3,000-6,000(1,000 ante)

We've already had six in the money finishers in the opening 15 minutes of this level: Francis Hazelwood (47th), Tingjun Ye (46th), Robbie O'Brien (45th), David Buckley (44th), George Evans (43rd) and Mike Lee (42nd) have all cashed for £480.

2:30pm: Chips
Level 17, Blinds 3,000-6,000(1,000 ante)

We've just updated the chip counts page. It's Jay Samani - who burst the bubble - who leads with 570,000.

2:06pm: Break time
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

Right. Time to get our breath back. The players are on a 20 minute break.

2:05pm: Shane D'Moirah bubbles the UKIPT Series; O'Brien survives all in on same hand
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

Almost a double bubble here but Shane D'Moirah is the last player to leave empty handed but there were two all ins on different tables at the same time.

The first involved Robbie O'Brien, who with just 3,500 was forced all in from the big blind. Andrew King raised to 12,000 from early position and everyone else folded to leave them to it. They then had to wait an age for showdown as a big pot involving D'Moirah was brewing on another table.

Robbie O'Brien waits for his showdown

In that hand Elliot Panyi opened to 12,500, D'Moirah smooth called and Jay Samani then three-bet to 35,700 from the button. Panyi folded but D'Moirah called. On the [9s][Ad][7d] flop Samani c-bet 41,100 and D'Moirah check-called. The [8h] fell on the turn and D'Moirah moved all in for around 110,000 and Samani snap called.

Back to O'Brien's table as his showdown was first. He was all-in with [Jc][2c] and King held [Kc][8c] the [Jh][2s][Ad][7c][Js] board meant O'Brien made a full house to survive. The pressure was now on D'Moirah.

Samani was first to show, he had [Ac][Th] but was behind to D'Moirah's [9c][8c], which had turned two pair. "I've never wanted to bust someone so much," said Samani. The dealer then revealed the river card which was the [Td].

D'Moirah took the beat incredibly well and shook Samani's hand before leaving the table.

Shane D'Moirah (standing - left) watches on as his fate is dealt

1:58pm: Parsons, Timotheou and Crossan survive, Rees exit takes us to the bubble
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

So much action!

First Seb Parsons moved all in for 28,500 with pocket kings. A fine hand but Vincent Moses had the only one that could beat him - pocket aces. The [Kh][8d][9h][8c][6s] board meant Parsons stayed alive.

So there were still 49 players left when Timothy Timotheou three-bet all-in for 113,200. The action had been opened by Robbie O'Brien, who'd been called in two spots before Timotheou shoved. O'Brien re-raised all in and everyone else folded.

O'Brien: [Jc][Jh]
Timotheou: [Kh][Kd]

The kings held on the [4d][Qc][2h][3d][9d] board and O'Brien was left with just 4,000 and he had just one hand until he'd be forced all-in from the big blind.

Meanwhile though John Crossan had three-bet shoved for 73,800 with [8s][8h] and got a call from Tingjun Ye, who held pocket fours. A [6d][2h][Kh][7d][6s] board meant Crossan also survived.

However, George Rees would not be so lucky his [Q][J] flopped best against Nicholas Case's [K][Q] but a king on the river sent him to the rail.

We're on the bubble.

1:50pm: Phil Baker is in!
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

Apologies to Phil Baker's mum. Earlier we reported that he was out when he is in fact very much in. Sorry Mrs Baker.

1:45pm: Almost bubble time
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

We're oh so close the bubble here. 50 players remain and 47 get paid. There's 16 minutes until the first break, will it burst before then?

1:40pm: Getting closer to the money
Level 16, Blinds 2,500-5,000(500 ante)

The bubble gets ever closer as: James Price, Pierre Khoury, Vimal Patel, Mark Hitchens, Daniel Bland, Bujar Rajta, Thomas Willoughby, Mia Liu, Stefanos Moysidis, John-Paul Santos, Dominic Wells. William Lewis, David Tompkins, Julian Daley and Maxim Syn have all been knocked out.

1:25pm: Vinnicombe vanquished by Tom Waterman
Level 15, Blinds 2,000-4,000(500 ante)

Tom Waterman is up to 160,000 after winning a race to eliminate James Vinnicombe. The short stack got it in good with pocket sixes against the [A][Q] of Waterman but an ace on the board sent him to the rail.

1:10pm: Lots of exits; 65 players left
Level 15, Blinds 2,000-4,000(500 ante)

Many exits to tell you about now. For fans of: Mirko Mostaccio, Leslie Lamnea, Tom Dickenson, Mark Jefferies, Onur Guven, Thomas Bloomfield, Rahim Tadj-Saadat, Rob Munro, Fernando Berlanga, Anthony Wickert, Karol Podsiadio, Chris Gilbert, Philip Marcu, Noel Broadbent, Stuart Bayford, Steven Mayne, Steve Goose, Justin Kyrakidas and Barry Warden it's bad news as they're all out.

65 players remain.

1pm: Huge double for Stoupis
Level 14, Blinds 1,500-3,000(300 ante)

Day 1A chip leader Samuel Orledge just took a big hit that in the process doubled Fotis Stoupis to almost 200,000.

Orledge opened to 6,600, Stoupis re-raised to 24,000, Orledge tanked and then moved all in and Stoupis snap called.

Orledge: [Ad][Jc]
Stoupis: [Ac][Ah]

The Greek player was all in for 95,800 and the aces held on the [7h][2h][7d][Jd][9d] board. Orledge had gained some chips today but drops back to around 105,000 as a result of that hand.

12:50pm: Funnell felts Taylor
Level 14, Blinds 1,500-3,000(300 ante)

Down to just 21,700 Simon Taylor moved all in from middle position for 21,700 and William Funnell - who was to his immediate left - re-raised all-in for about 50,000 and everyone else folded.

Funnell: [Qd][Qh]
Taylor: [8s][7s]

Both players stood as the [Kh][9d][7c][3c][Td] board came down and they shook hands as Taylor departed.

12:40pm: More fallers
Level 14, Blinds 1,500-3,000(300 ante)

There was no way back for Luke Cameron after he doubled up William Funnell (see 12:10pm post). He's one of the early fallers here on Day 2 and joins: Mark Williamson, David Barnes, Ricky Davies, John Lucarotti, Jamie Pugh, Andrea Scappazzoni, Chaminda Tennakoon, Rob Crawford and Joshua Varghese on the rail.

12:30pm: Ace double for Rees
Level 13, Blinds 1,200-2,400(300 ante)

In level one of this tournament George Rees caught lightning in a bottle when he made a royal flush. In level 13 he found aces to double up.

Shane D'Moriah opened from the hijack, Rees shoved for 38,500 from the cut-off and when it folded back to D'Moriah he called with pocket eights. The [3c][9h][Js][6d][Kc] board kept the aces in front and kept Rees in the tournament.

Aces kept Rees in it

12:20pm: Exits
Level 13, Blinds 1,200-2,400(300 ante)

The start of Day 2 is usually carnage and in the opening 20 minutes 10 players have been eliminated. They include: Jeff Barron, Line Olsen, Carl Davies, Philip Baker and Adriano Soares.

12:10pm: Funnell gets chips
Level 13, Blinds 1,200-2,400(300 ante)

From early position John O'Donnell opened to 5,500, Luke Cameron then three-bet to 12,500 and action passed to William Funnell. He asked Cameron how much he was playing and then moved all-in for 28,800, That got rid of O'Donnell but Cameron thought for a bit before making the call.

Funnell: [As][Ac]
Cameron: [9h][9c]

The board came [Kd][2d][Ks][7h][7c] and Funnell more than doubled up to around 65,000 whilst Cameron is down to about 17,000.

"Were you thinking about folding?" asked Funnell.
"I was, but I was priced in," replied Cameron.

12:02pm: Action is go
Level 13, Blinds 1,200-2,400(300 ante)

Almost bang on time the action has started.

11:50am: The Series is about to get serious
The prelims are over, this is the real thing. Sure the 106 players who've made it to Day 2 can give themselves a pat on the back for outlasting the 245 players who've been eliminated but that's about it. 59 of those who're back today will suffer the same fate, that is they'll leave empty handed.

For the other 47 they'll have some financial reward for their efforts, a minimum of £480, rising all the way to £16,590 should they be the last man or woman sitting. You can see the You can see the entire payout structure here.

The man who's sitting in pole position right now is Andrew King. He won a 160,000 chip pot on the final hand of Day 1B to finish on 201,600. He was the only player to break the 200,000 chip mark, but others who'll be back today include: Sam Orledge (170,900), Chris Gordon (148,000) Elliot Panyi (139,300) and Daiva Barauskaite (78,700).