Albert had only just managed to order his first cup of tea and he was dealt . With the blinds at 25-50 Glenn Eriksson limps under the gun and Albert raises from the small blind to 350. When the blig blind The Bui calls, Glenn springs the trap and raises to 1050 total. They see a flop three way and Albert is looking a little wary of the betting pattern.

Glenn Erikkson

The flop comes
Albert and The check to the agressor Glenn who fires out a continuation bet of 1,825 which Sapiano calls and then fires out a bet on the turn. It’s not clear to us on the rail how much he has bet but he has used a 10,000 chip. Erikkson thinks a good a while before pushing all-in. Sapiano declares – “If you got the aces good luck to ya!” and puts his stack in and tables his Kings.

Erikkson says, “No aces, I’ve got trips” and tables .

The inconsequential on the river changed nothing. The table was full of analysis of the preflop action – “Well now we know!”. declares Miriam Segal pulling her attention from the movie script she appears to be reading.

Albert Sapiano - The First Casualty of the Day

Table 1 lines up with a few familar faces including Jen-Yue Chiang who is a serial casher in FPC Main Events including securing a three way chop a in the May FPC Main Event.

As we watch the action on Table 1 Omar Mohamud is playing a pot against West End regular Michael Asslanian. Omar has the nut flush and gets action from Michael who has an up and down straight flush draw before making a straight on the river. There seems to be a little confusion as Omar has check called Michael’s bets all the way to the river before making what is taken by the dealer to be a minimum raise on the river. It’s not clear whether Omar intended to bet more but Michael seems to be happy to have got away cheaply.

Omar Mohamud (left)

Players are still arriving and as the blinds increase to 50-100 the ranks have swelled to 104 players. We have a selection of cash games open and blackjack action too. £30,900 collected so far in the Main Event and late registration available until 5:30pm…

The players are on a break – when they return the blinds will be 75-150. We have 107 players currently and late registration for one more 45 minute level.

Here’s a selection of some of the players today…

Blinds are now going to be 100-200
101 players remain
Average Stack 23,900

The final count is 110 entrants making a £33,000 prize pool. The confirmed prizes are:

As we pass table 4, Peter Burford originally from Seattle who came 6th in July’s FPC Main Event is in a pot with Sir Clive Sinclair… Sir Clive makes a small bet into the orphaned pot on the river. Peter calls and when Sir Clive shows Seven-Deuce he almost reads it only as the bottom pair of deuces and begins to show his hand to claim the pot. He realises his mistake though in time – Sir Clive has rivered two pair.

Peter Burford