Over on the feature table, Paul Byrne raised from late position and short stack Dean Lyall shoved from one seat over in the hijack. The action folded back to Byrne and he quickly called.
Dean Lyall:
Paul Byrne:
After a board of [8h7h54s8c7d], Lyall found no help and had to settle for 44th place and £20,000.
Stephen Chidwick pictured during Day 3. He already has double what he started with on Day 4.
Stephen Chidwick was down to fresh air just two hands ago, now the legendary British High Roller is back amongst the counts with 25 big blinds.
All the money went in pre-flop, and it wasn't just from Chidwick. Ben Farrell was shortest with just six million chips, and he committed all of them with . Chidwick was all-in with and both those players were at risk of elimination from Jeremy Pantin, who had the leading hand with .
The flop of saw Pantin maintain his lead and leave Farrell chasing a minor miracle. Chidwick still had outs, but they weren't helped by the river. Only an ace or king would do, but one of those six available cards came on the river. Farrell was out of the door, but Chidwick suddenly has just under 20 million chips from nowhere.
Thomas Dunwoodie pictured in Day 3 in appropriate mood for the hand he just lost 11 million chips in
Xia Ke moved all-in from the hijack position for 11.15million and was called by Thomas Dunwoodie in the cut-off. But when Tommaso Briotti moved all-in over-the-top for over 40million on the button Dunwoodie, who has a Golden 'Last Longer' chip, had to fold it away.
Tommaso Briotti:
Xia Ke:
Thomas Dunwoodie stood up out of his chair and talked with friends, looking pained to have folded. He looked even more so after the board played out which flirted with a miraculous four-flush sweat for Ke, but ended in a chop pot.
David Peters and Ashley Williams got into a raising war and the latter ended up being the one at risk, while Peters had just over half of his stack in the middle and the dominating hand.
Ashley Williams:
David Peters:
The board ran out and Williams exploded, jumped out of his chair and celebrated with friends on the rail before then apologizing. "Sorry for this celebration David, I was just too excited," the local player said and doubled for 23,365,000.
Starting the day with 2.5 big blinds, UK Pro Stephen Chidwick has got his work cut out for him. He is off to a good start, however, as he managed to more than triple his stack in the very fist hand of the day.
Action folded around to Vicente Delgado in the hijack, and he made a min-raise of 1,600,000. Daniel Wilson made the call from the cutoff, before Chidwick came in for an incomplete raise from the big blind, putting his 2,005,000 at risk. The two players both made the call.
Delgado and Wilson proceeded to check down the flop, turn and river. Neither Delgado's or Wilson's connected with the board, and Chidwick got the triple with .
In one of the first hands of the day over on the feature table, Thomas Boivin got his short stack in with the and Sergio Castelluccio reshoved in the small blind with . The board came and the pot was chopped.
Then, Castelluccio raised from the button and Paul Byrne defended the big blind. Byrne check-called a bet of 2,400,000 on the []Ac8c2c] flop and did so again for 4,000,000 on the turn. After the river, Byrne checked and then folded to a bet worth 10,000,000. Byrne let go and Castelluccio raked in the pot.
After last night's ICED Player's Party, Dusk Till Dawn was drunk completely dry, with not a single beer left in the cellar by dawn. A great time was had by all, especially as there was a free bar throughout and a selection of ice-themed cocktails available.
The 45 players here for the penultimate day of the £6 million guaranteed prize-pool MILLIONS Main Event may be the only ones who weren't taking advantage of it!
Moritz Dietrich holds the chiplead after Day 3 of the partypokerLIVE Millions Main Event
After four days of heated poker action at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, only 45 players remain in the hunt for the winner of the 2017 partypokerLIVE Millions Main Event.
Yesterday's action saw Austrian Moritz Dietrich surge to the top of the leaderboard as he bagged up 78,115,000 chips, but he is closely trailed by the £550 Phase 1 Online qualifier Katie Swift. Swift managed to end the night in 74,040,000 and will be in good shape to make a deep run for the title in one of the biggest live tournaments the UK has ever seen.
The plan for today is to play down to a final table, which shouldn't be more than eight levels of play. With the hectic pace of eliminations yesterday, the remaining players are expected to settle in for the night no later than midnight.
Day 4 Level structure
Level
Clock
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
46
75
400,000
800,000
80,000
47
75
500,000
1,000,000
100,000
48
75
600,000
1,200,000
100,000
49
75
800,000
1,600,000
150,000
50
75
1,000,000
2,000,000
200,000
51
75
1,200,000
2,400,000
250,000
52
75
1,500,000
3,000,000
300,000
53
75
2,000,000
4,000,000
400,000
The remaining 45 players have locked up £20,000 for their efforts, but with a cool million pound sterling for the winner, every single player is hoping to make it to the elusive final table on Sunday afternoon.
Action will be back underway at 1 pm local time, and as always the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you every bit of the action from the floor at the Dusk Till Dawn. Settle in for another epic day of tournament poker.
. Chidwick was all-in with 
and both those players were at risk of elimination from Jeremy Pantin, who had the leading hand with 
. 
saw Pantin maintain his lead and leave Farrell chasing a minor miracle. Chidwick still had outs, but they weren't helped by the 
river. Only an ace or king would do, but one of those six available cards came on the 
river. Farrell was out of the door, but Chidwick suddenly has just under 20 million chips from nowhere.
which flirted with a miraculous four-flush sweat for Ke, but ended in a chop pot.
and Williams exploded, jumped out of his chair and celebrated with friends on the rail before then apologizing. "Sorry for this celebration David, I was just too excited," the local player said and doubled for 23,365,000.
flop, 
river. Neither Delgado's 
connected with the board, and Chidwick got the triple with 
. The board came 
and the pot was chopped.
