Martyn Frey has had quite the opening four levels and has seen his 20,000 chip stack more than quadruple to 92,000 and is the current Day 1a chipleader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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92,000
92,000
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92,000 |
The Main Event players are now on a 40-minute dinner break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Grosvenor Poker expects the tenth edition of the Goliath tournament to be the biggest on record with an estimated prize pool weighing in at £1 million! This August sees the Goliath return to a live setting after two years of online action, and Grosvenor Poker is pulling out all the stops to make it epic.
There are eight starting flights in total between August 27 and September 2, two of which have a turbo blind structure. Each flight costs £150 to enter (£120+£30) and play lasts for 16 levels. The first eight levels last 30-minutes with the second eight spanning 40-minutes; the turbo flights have 20-minute blinds throughout.
Players who make it through any of the flights return to the action at the Grosvenor Casino at the Coventry Building Society Arena on August 3. Here, the plan is to play another 16x 40-minute levels or until only four tables remain.
Day 3 commences at 11:00 a.m. on August 4 and continues until one player remains, the slayer of the Goliath.
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The board was down 
and with 14,000 in the middle, Martyn Frey checked from under the gun. Renee Xie paused for a minute before she moved all in for 8,900.
"River was a good card for you?" remarked Frey after a minute in the tank.
Frey then open-folded 
and Xie took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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86,000
-6,000
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-6,000 |
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23,000
1,000
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1,000 |
Trevor Pearson raised to 800 from the button and Alberto Speranzoni defended his big blind and checked in the dark before the flop fell 
. Speranzoni then called a 1,300 continuation-bet and checked on the turn. Pearson continued for 1,500 and Speranzoni called. The river was revealed to be the 
and Pearson triple barreled for 1,500.
Speranzoni gave himself around 45 seconds to think before he gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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27,000
6,000
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6,000 |
Francis Obadun raised to 800 from under the gun and saw three opponents call. The flop fell 
and Obadun continued for 1,600. After one player folded, the player on the button called as did Sonia Padovani from the small blind.
The action checked through on the 
turn before Padovani led out for 2,000 on the 
river. Obadun raised to 6,000 and the player on the button folded after some thought. Padovani instantly moved all in and was met nearly as quickly by a fold from Obadun.
Before Padovani collected the pot uncontested, she tabled her hand to reveal a straight flush with 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000 | |
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11,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Alberto Speranzoni raised to 1,000 from the hijack and received four callers. He continued on the 
flop for 1,700 and only Majid Nadeem called from the cutoff. Heads-up on the 
turn, both players checked, and Speranzoni checked again on the river.
Nadeem bet 7,500 into the 6,300 pot and Speranzoni called after a minute in the tank. Nadeem tabled 
for the straight, and Speranzoni mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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15,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
