After Steven Cheeke opened for 50,000 from the hijack, Daniel Tighe shoved all in from the small blind. The big folded and Cheeke wasted little time in calling off for roughly 180,000.
Tighe:
Cheeke:
It was a classic race, but things were looking good for Tighe on the flop. Much to his dismay, the dealer burned and turned the . "You run pretty good man," Tighe told Cheeke with a hint of disgust in his voice. Cheeke remained silent as the dealer completed the board with the river.
Tighe thought that he had been eliminated, but a quick check of the stacks revealed that he had 67,000 remaining. He moved all in the very next hand and took down the blinds and antes.
Thomas Ward, who hails from Scotland and has seven cashes on the UKIPT, was just eliminated in a blind-versus-blind hand against Benjamin Spragg.
It happened after action folded to Spragg in the small blind and he raised to 23,000. Ward was in the big and responded by three-betting all in for around 250,000. Spragg snap-called and Ward discovered that he was in trouble.
Spragg:
Ward:
The flop made things very interesting as it paired Spragg's queen but also gave Ward an open-ended straight draw. The turn was of no consequence, and neither was the river. Ward missed his outs, shook hands with few opponents and then took his leave in 46th 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.
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 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.”
flop. Much to his dismay, the dealer burned and turned the 
. "You run pretty good man," Tighe told Cheeke with a hint of disgust in his voice. Cheeke remained silent as the dealer completed the board with the 
river.
river. Ward missed his outs, shook hands with few opponents and then took his leave in 46th place.
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 
and Benjamin Spragg called with 
and Hamilton was eliminated.
while Murphy held top set 
. The river was the 
, no help for Haggan and he was out.
against Jack Young's 
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.
and in dire straits against Christopher Morkan, who held the 
flop gave both players a pair of aces, but Morkan's kicker had him well out in front. Neither the 
turn nor 
. The board ran out 
