There had been a little history between David Parkinson and Raul Paez. On the first level Parez had made a big shove over Parkinson’s open and it took a while for him to find the fold, doing his best to probe the taciturn Spaniard for information.
On this hand Parkinson opened and Paez raised. Parkinson suspected something was up and moved all-in. Paez quickly called. Parkinsons timing was a little off as his was in big trouble against the of Paez. The cards fell and David Parkinson was eliminated.
On the feature table Paul Glaister moved all-in and after a brief pause Paul Fevers made the call with . Glaister was in trouble with . The board ran out and that was it for Glaister. Commenting on his call Fevers said, “I’ve played with him before, he’s a good little player.”
In the last minutes of Level 19, two more players hit the rail in William Colin and Padraig Parkinson.
The former fell when he got his last 85,000 all in preflop holding the and was flipping against the of Dino Sabatini. Colin seemed confident with his two overs, but that confidence dwindled street by street as the board ran out . Sabatini made a wheel to run over Colin, who exited in 39th place.
A few moments later the dealer at the feature table called, "All in and a call." We arrived to find well-known pro and fan favorite Padraig Parkinson all in for his last 90,000 holding the and in dire straits against Christopher Morkan, who held the . The flop gave both players a pair of aces, but Morkan's kicker had him well out in front. Neither the turn nor river helped Parkinson and he left the stage in 38th place.
On a flop of Simon Brooks and Daniel Wilson were all-in. Brooks had the for the nut flush draw and Wilson had flopped a set with . The last two cards were . No help to Brooks and he was out.
Over on table 4 Gareth Hamilton was all-in with and Benjamin Spragg called with . The cards fell and Hamilton was eliminated.
All-in and calls were coming thick and fast. On table 6 the board was showing and Peter Murphy called the all-in of Gary Haggan. Haggan had a straight and a flush draw with while Murphy held top set . The river was the , no help for Haggan and he was out.