Play stopped with 26 minutes left on the clock during level 8. Three-time GUKPT main event finalist Roberto Romanello leads the way, by a significant margin.

Player  - Chips
Spencer Lawrence  - 40,950
Priyan Demel  - 49,600
Roberto Romanello  - 113,450
Albert Sapiano  - 59,950
Alan Mansbridge  - 13,275
Adam Vinson  - 21,950
Steven Watts  - 29,700
Anthony Adderley  - 37,225
Peter Abela  - 17,300
Jeff Kimber  - 39,275
Robert Topp  - 19,225
Anthony Thorpe  - 21,400
Glen Altham  - 18,450
Saranta Kyriacos  - 11,100
Shana Casaletto  - 7,150
 

In quickfire succession to bring an end to the evening’s proceedings we lose Bambos Xanthos, Sami Yusuf and Martin Green, in a reverse of the order I’ve just given you (:O))

Bambos lost the battle of wills with Roberto Romanello after they got it all-in on a 442 flop, Bambos holding 53 and Roberto 77.  The veteran’s elimination takes us down to 15 players and the clock is stopped.

The Day 1B players will finish at the same time tomorrow.  So, that’s it for today.  Hope you enjoyed the updates and we’re looking forward to some internet-hassle-free blogging tomorrow (unlike today) .. g’night !

Steve Watts raises with TT’s and is disappointed he gets no callers, winding the table up he wants a double up to make it worthwhile coming back on Saturday.  He has over 15k chips.

He moves in with JhTh and gets a call from Sami Yusuf holding AJ.  He’s all over the flop with straight draws and ends up making a back door heart flush.  Bambos up to 23k and Sami down to 6k.

Priyan DeMel (AK) takes out Paul Ephremson (AQ); Kevin Traunton is ecstatic to find pocket KK’s but runs into AA’s of Tony Adderley and is out.

3 players to go before beddie byes.

Blinds 400-800 ante 50

Roberto calls from the BB holding deuce-3 and flops two pair to eliminate Mackay who’d raised with KT.

Down to 21 players : 2 levels to play or down to 15 players, whichever is soonest.

Spencer Lawrence is the chip leader.

Table  - Seat  - Player  - Chips
2  - 6  - Spencer Lawrence  - 59400
1  - 5  - Priyan Demel  - 36825
3  - 8  - Roberto Romanello  - 35975
2  - 9  - Albert Sapiano  - 33950
3  - 7  - James Williams  - 33125
1  - 2  - Alan Mansbridge  - 28000
1  - 1  - Adam Vinson  - 27950
2  - 8  - Steven Watts  - 26250
3  - 4  - Anthony Adderley  - 25100
3  - 2  - Peter Abela  - 22875
1  - 4  - Jeff Kimber  - 19825
3  - 9  - Charalambos Xanthos  - 18175
2  - 3  - Robert Topp  - 17400
1  - 9  - Paul Ephremsen  - 15425
3  - 5  - Kevin Taunton  - 15250
2  - 1  - Sami Yusuf  - 14775
1  - 7  - Anthony Thorpe  - 13100
2  - 4  - Glen Altham  - 12200
1  - 8  - Kyriacos Saranta  - 10775
3  - 1  - Martin Green  - 9650
2  - 2  - Shana Casaletto  - 9200
3  - 3  - Anthony Mack  - 8950
1  - 6  - Aman Atwal  - 6825

His QT takes out the AK of Aman Atwal, all-in preflop.

23 players made it to the end of level 6. Here are their chip counts, in table order.

Table  - Seat  - Player  - Chips
1  - 1  - Adam Vinson  - 27950
1  - 2  - Alan Mansbridge  - 28000
1  - 4  - Jeff Kimber  - 19825
1  - 5  - Priyan Demel  - 36825
1  - 6  - Aman Atwal  - 6825
1  - 7  - Anthony Thorpe  - 13100
1  - 8  - Kyriacos Saranta  - 10775
1  - 9  - Paul Ephremsen  - 15425
2  - 1  - Sami Yusuf  - 14775
2  - 2  - Shana Casaletto  - 9200
2  - 3  - Robert Topp  - 17400
2  - 4  - Glen Altham  - 12200
2  - 6  - Spencer Lawrence  - 59400
2  - 8  - Steven Watts  - 26250
2  - 9  - Albert Sapiano  - 33950
3  - 1  - Martin Green  - 9650
3  - 2  - Peter Abela  - 22875
3  - 3  - Anthony Mack  - 8950
3  - 4  - Anthony Adderley  - 25100
3  - 5  - Kevin Taunton  - 15250
3  - 7  - James Williams  - 33125
3  - 8  - Roberto Romanello  - 35975
3  - 9  - Charalambos Xanthos  - 18175