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After exploding out of the blocks like Carl Lewis with a rocket up his rear, Frank Kassela's stack has gradually headed south, currently as low as 4,700.
The latest munch of his chips came on an 
board, Kassela calling bets of 800 and 1,500 on the final two streets.
Kassela showed an ace, but his opponent held 
for the turned trips and the two-time bracelet winner was forced to relenquish the pot.
Erik Seidel just took a small pot off Stephen Chidwick to move up to 13,000. A player limped in mid-position and Seidel completed from the SB and Chidwick checked his option. The flop came 
and Seidel's lead for 400 was only called by Chidwick. The turn came 
and Seidel took the pot control route when he check-called Chidwick's 1,100 bet.
Both players checked the 
river and Seidel took the pot with his 
as Chidwick mucked. Chidwick still cruising on 25,000 though.
Our big-pot bugle (a.k.a. Phil Laak) alerted us to a "three-way minimum" all-in on the table nearest the bar, the decision resting on Surinder Sunar on the button who was contemplating joining the party and throwing his remaining 2,750 into the mix.
With reluctance, Sunar made the fold and three sets of cards were revealed, Ollie Nelson (
) and Freddy Deeb (
) in need of divine assistance against the small blind's 
.
For Deeb at least, the Poker Gods were wide awake as the flop came 
to send him into the lead with three knaves. Although the 
turn teased a cheeky flush, the river bricked out with the and Deeb tripled through.
As Simpson and a stunned small blind rose from their seat, a disgruntled Sunar revealed that he folded a would-have-been-triumphant 
. But you have to be in it to win it, and that mantle ultimately went to the two-time bracelet winner. He was all in for 6,175, and now has around 20,000 as a result.
"What a great dealer you are," he smiled as the dealer pushed him the pot.
Most of the players are back from dinner break. Regardless, we carry on. Three more levels of play before we're done for the night. With the rate they were falling before dinner I hope we have some players left by end of level nine.
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
A 90 minute break is starting so all our American friends can go off and catch up on all the Football action from across the pond. Play will resume about 8.15 BST
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
|
20,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
16,200
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
12,800
-3,400
|
-3,400 |
|
||
|
11,500
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
11,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
9,200
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
||
|
8,800
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
||
|
7,800
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
|
7,700
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,700
-300
|
-300 |
|
|
7,700
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
6,700
-200
|
-200 |
|
||
|
|
5,800
-1,950
|
-1,950 |
|
5,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
5,300
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,800 | |
|
|
||
|
4,500
900
|
900 |
|
4,500
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
2,600
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
|
1,200
-550
|
-550 |
|
|
||
No relation of Harry, Maria Demetriou is actually the niece of poker player Peter Costa and is keen to carry on the family tradition. She opened to 600 from the button and Nikolay Evdakov made the call out of the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop and the turn before Evdakov also checked the 
river. Demetriou now fired out 1,000 on the river and the Russian made the call only to tap the table when she showed 
Levi Twinley and Kamal Choraria have been trading blows again. Allen Cunningham was also involved although as he recently joined the table he wouldn't have known the history between the two. The river was already out to give the board a 
look. Twinley led for 1,750 and without seeing this bet Choraria threw out a bet that was more than 50% bigger than Twinley's. A floor-man ruled that the bet had to be a raise to to 3,500 and this was enough to discourage Cunningham. Twinley called and announced "flush" but soon mucked upon seeing Choraria's 
for a flopped full-house.
Twinley down to 9,000 but Choraria's up to 35,000.
