In the first two levels of 75 minutes each, the field of hopefuls has been reduced from 45 to the last 29, and they have been sent on a 20-minute break. Some smaller chips will be raced off as well to make the three-bet shoves somewhat less difficult to count.
Javier Gomez has been the last casualty of the second level, and he lost a battle of pocket pairs against Andrew Tuxworth. Gomez moved in for the last 11.5M from late position and Tuxworth reshoved from the cutoff to isolate successfully.
Javier Gomez:
Andrew Tuxworth:
The board of gave Gomez a sweat with the turned flush draw, but ultimately the Spaniard had to settle for a payday of £22,500.
We joined the action on a pot which really only saw post-flop action on the river but could yet prove pivotal in the shakedown of this historic partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Main Event.
On a board of , Stephen Chidwick bet five million chips into a pot of 13,500,000. Katie Swift called it and was shown by Chidwick, who has somehow got himself to within betting distance of the chip lead. An hour ago, he was one card from the door and the lowest stack in the room, now, seemingly at all four tables, he is the man to be feared.
David Peters made it 2.2 million to go from the cutoff and Jake Cody shipped it in for 23 million and change. Back on Peters, then, and he made the call with , way ahead of the Cody held.
Peters kept the lead on the flop and the turn, but as the dealer turned over the on the river, Peters was forced out of his chair and to the cashier, leaving Cody behind to stack his new-found wealth.
Over on the feature table, two players ran out of chips in quick succession to reduce the field to the last 31 hopefuls. First it was Ben Morrison, who defended the big blind with a stack of 16M and then check-shoved an flop with . Initial raiser Jacob Mulhern had for two pair and that was that.
Soon after, short stack Paul Byrne shoved his last few big blinds in with pocket deuces and Mulhern woke up with the from one seat over. On a board of , Byrne found no help and had to settle for 32nd place and a payout of £22,500.
The £100,000 Last Longer promotion that Dusk till Dawn have been running is at a pivotal stage, with only three players of the remaining 31 in the tournament still with chips.
Jacob Mulhern has the current lead, but with Matuesz Rypulak (pictured) and Thomas Dunwoodie both desperate for the victory too, the sweat on who will win the equivalent of 7th-place money will be one of the biggest features of the day.
Ben Jackson moved all-in pre-flop over Thomas Dunwoodie's opening bet of 3.5m chips and Dunwoodie called the shove worth just under 13 million chips after a few moments.
Ben Jackson:
Thomas Dunwoodie:
The board of saw Jackson double-up and damaged Thomas Dunwoodie's chances of winning the £100,000 Golden Chip Last Longer.