After a raise by Philip Hepburn, Adrian Mateos shoved for his last 260,000 with and initial raiser Hepburn called with the . The board came and that was it for Mateos.
One table over, fellow Spaniard Carlos Sanchez Diaz opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Tobias Reinkemeier called in the cutoff. The flop of saw both players invest 35,000 before the was checked. On the river, Diaz bet 75,000 and Reinkemeier raised to 225,000 in order to claim the pot uncontested.
In a previous hand, Brett Schuman apparently three-bet all in for more than 2m after a raise and two callers, according to Orpen Kisacikoglu, and showed the .
Just now, Steven Warburton opened to 54,000 and picked up a caller in the cutoff. Schuman moved all in again for massive 2.5m from the small blind and Warburton took a long time before announcing all in himself with a very similar stack. The cutoff joked that he had some equity to call, but shook his head and folded.
Brett Schuman:
Steven Warburton:
The showed up right in the window, and the rest of the board ran out . The stacks were counted and Warburton had just over 2.6m to win a huge flip and eliminate Schuman.
According to the screens, some 250 players out of a 479-entry strong field remain and they play the penultimate level of the night before taking a short break, play one more level and bag and tag. All those that fail to claim chips for Day 2 can still enter the competition again during the first two levels and subsequent break tomorrow, and the single re-entry rule applies there as well.
German Anton Morgenstern got his last chips in with only to be looked up by . The flop didn't help his cause, neither did the turn nor river.
Ultimately Morgenstern did gain some chips on the all-in, exactly one million as a matter of fact. He got them in the cashier, and they cost him £5,300.
235 players are still going at it here at Dusk Till Dawn Nottingham.
Among those to bust out lately were Joris Ruys, Simon Higgins, Jonathan Slater and Usman Siddique. More than half the field has already been eliminated and among the 479 entries for 1e thus far, there were 34 players that opted to re-enter.
A massive pot of more than 1.7m was brewing between Iaron Lightbourne in the cutoff and Philip Hepburn in the big blind, the board was showing . Hepburn checked and Lightbourne moved all in, his stack was counted and the shove was for 1,509,500.
Hepburn ultimately called and then sighed when he spotted the cards of his opponent.
Iaron Lightbourne:
Philip Hepburn:
The on the river was a brick and Hepburn lost a big chunk of his stack. Two years ago, Lightbourne won the £2,200 WPT Nottingham Main Event here in the Dusk Till Dawn for a career-best score of £200,000 and the Brit is looking for an even bigger payday in this week.
Christoffer Stahle raised to 65,000 from under the gun and Michal Danka called, as did Sohnke Jahn on the button. Bryan Ruiter then moved all in for 357,000 out of the big blind and Stahle called, Danka and Jahn folded.
and initial raiser Hepburn called with the 
. The board came 
and that was it for Mateos.
saw both players invest 35,000 before the 
was checked. On the 
river, Diaz bet 75,000 and Reinkemeier raised to 225,000 in order to claim the pot uncontested.
and Carr took the flip with 
, then spiked the 
.
only to be looked up by 
. The 
flop didn't help his cause, neither did the 
turn nor 
. Hepburn checked and Lightbourne moved all in, his stack was counted and the shove was for 1,509,500.
and Ruiter more than doubled.
