The £1 million guaranteed £2,500+200 side event here at Dusk Till Dawn is getting to the latter stages, but there'll be no celebratory champagne for the James Bond fan tonight.
Lost all my bigs pots today and busted tens to aces in 18th place in the 2.5k @partypoker
— Tony Dunst (@TonyDunstWPT)
With just two tables left, we'll get chip-counts for you as soon as possible.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,600,000
22,000,000
|
22,000,000 |
|
297,100,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
253,800,000
-16,400,000
|
-16,400,000 |
|
218,900,000
-10,000,000
|
-10,000,000 |
|
98,000,000
-28,000,000
|
-28,000,000 |
The remaining five players are on a 15-minute break. Don't go too far, the action will be back underway before you know it.
Maria Lampropoulou raised to 12.5M from the button with the 
and that shut down all further action as she claimed the blinds and antes.
The next hand, Lampropoulou made it 12M to go from the cutoff with 
and Mateusz Rypulak defended the 
in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Rypulak checked, Lampropoulou bet 9M and claimed the pot.
Jon Spinks then got involved and raised the button to 10M with 
. Jacob Mulhern defended with the 
and the duo checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, Mulhern checked and Spinks called a bet worth 8.5M before the 
river paired the board for the second time and Mulhern checked, Spinks checked behind and Mulhern won the last hand of the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
297,600,000
23,300,000
|
23,300,000 |
Mateusz Rypulak made it 12M with 
from the cutoff, and Jacob Mulhern in the very next seat came back over the top for 27.5M with 
. Rypulak made the call.
Rypulak opted for a check on the 
, and back on Mulhern he cut out 27.5M and put it over the line. Rypulak called.
The 
turn prompted another check from Rypulak and the 53M second barrel from Mulhern got the desired fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
358,600,000
29,000,000
|
29,000,000 |
|
|
270,200,000
-67,600,000
|
-67,600,000 |
Maria Lampropoulou raised to 12M in first position with 
, and Jeremy Pantin reraised to 33M in the cutoff with . Lampropoulou considered her options for quite some time but ultimately decided to let it go.
The very next hand Jon Spinks moved all-in from the cutoff with 
, and this time Lampropoulou didn't waste much time before folding 
in the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
274,300,000
-7,300,000
|
-7,300,000 |
|
|
228,900,000
18,000,000
|
18,000,000 |
|
|
126,000,000
-4,500,000
|
-4,500,000 |
Maria Lampropoulou raised to 12.5M from under the gun with 
and Jacob Mulhern defended the 
in the big blind. On a flop of , Mulhern checked and folded to a bet of Lampropoulou.
One hand later, Mateusz Rypulak raised the button with 
and Lampropoulou defended the 
in the big blind. The duo checked the 
board and Rypulak claimed the pot with the ace.
Rypulak then made it 12M with the and Mulhern called with the , Jeremy Pantin also called with in the big blind. The flop of was checked to Rypulak and he continued for 14M, which triggered a fold by Mulhern and a call by Pantin.
The turn saw both players check and the river brought no betting action either and Pantin claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
337,800,000
-15,000,000
|
-15,000,000 |
|
|
210,900,000
41,500,000
|
41,500,000 |
Jeremy Pantin made it 11M to go with from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick wasted no time moving in for 146,500,000 out of the small blind with . Mateusz Rypulak in the big blind looked down and found the , and after a mandatory think, he shoved over the top for 192,300,000.
Pantin wanted nothing to do with it and made the fold, and it was heads up for the massive pot.
The flop 
was safe for Rypulak, so was the 
turn and river, and Rypulak raked in the pot while Chidwick headed for the rail.
With that run-out, the most decorated player of the final table is eliminated in 6th place, while the 23-year-old Rypulak has taken back the chiplead in the hunt for the £1 million first prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
352,800,000
159,500,000
|
159,500,000 |
|
|
169,400,000
-12,000,000
|
-12,000,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Katie Swift moved all in for 37.9 million chips from early position and the action folded to Maria Lampropulos on the button. Her cards were not showing and she gave it plenty of consideration, then folded.
Jeremy Pantin then moved all-in from the small blind and Jon Spinks let it go in the big blind.
Katie Swift:
Jeremy Pantin: 
The board ran out 
and Swift had been eliminated in 7th place for £100,000, while all remaining six players locked up £150,000 minimum.
Katie Swift's exit from the final table sees Maria Lampropulos as the last remaining female player, but Swift herself is proud of her efforts despite falling short in her bid to become MILLIONS Main Event champion.
"It was the hand before that was the pivotal hand. After losing that I was down, but still had 100 million chips and that's enough to recover. Then came the hand against Stephen."
Katie Swift's ace-king lost to Chidwick's ace-jack after being all-in pre-flop and it was obviously painful for the Kent based mum-of-one.
"It was tough, especially when my son's called Jack, and he's nine. It came nine-nine, jack jack! It is what it is; Stephen's not doing anything different there, he was short stacked. It plays itself, I've had times where I've done that to others, so it's fine. I can't moan about that. I had aces against a set of sevens and found a flush, so coming 7th in this tournament out of 7,000 isn't a failure."
Now she's gone, Katie can see another lady winning the title.
"Everyone on this final table is going for it now. Stephen could maybe have dominated, but I' hoping Maria will go for it, she's a lovely girl. They've all done well wherever they finish."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
329,600,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
281,600,000
-19,500,000
|
-19,500,000 |
|
|
193,300,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
181,400,000
58,400,000
|
58,400,000 |
|
|
132,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,500,000
-13,000,000
|
-13,000,000 |
|
Busted | |
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