The total number of entrants has risen to 147, upping the prizepool so far to a hefty £735,000. Two new tables have sprung up out of thin air in the corner of the upstairs area, featuring Julian Gardner, John Kabbaj, Tony Bloom, Peter Gould, Max Pescatori, Karl Mahrenholz, Jeff Lisandro and Jeppe Nielsen.
Not a great start for recent GUKPT winner Mahrenholz, who just paid off a river bet of a couple of thousand on a board of , passing when he was shown a winning .