Unlike at WSOP and WPT events, where the final ten players condense to a single table, here at the Crown, they are playing hand-for-hand at two five-handed tables. This will, no doubt force the action a bit more.
Marc Goodwin went from 2,500 to 20,000 inside of a few hands. He tripled up when he flopped trips with . A couple of hands later, he outflopped Ivan Sop's with .
Ben Edwards got the rest of his chips in the middle vs. Mark Goodwin, with Goodwin covering him only slightly.
Edwards 4-4
Goodwin Q-Q
The flop was A-J-J, Goodwin keeping his substantial lead, but a 4 spiked on the turn making Edwards' set. The river was a 6 and Edwards doubled up, while Goodwin was left with only 4,000 in chips.
Martin Cardno and Jamie Pickering capped the betting to a flop of . Pickering led out from the small blind, Cardno raised, and Pickering called. The turn was the . Pickering checked and Cardno bet 6,000.
"S**t! S**t! S**t!" spat Pickering as he hemmed and hawed over his decision.
"I'm sorry sir, s**t is a swear word" admonished the dealer, gently.
"Poo! Poo! Poo!" replied Pickering as he shuffled his chips disgustedly.
"Oh well, Merry Christmas!" he said, as he finally tossed in the call.
The river was the . Pickering check-called a bet from Cardno.
Cardno turned up while Pickering tossed his across the table with a sigh. He was left with 34,000 in chips after the hand while Cardno's stack grew to 65,000.
Joe Cabret was a shortstacked and made a move. Unfortunately, he was busted by James "Welcome Back" Potter.
Potter:
Cabret:
The flop was . The turn was the and Cabret picked up outs for a gutshot. He didn't get there when the fell on the river. Joe Cabret headed to the rail in 11th place. He won $1,538.