17:49: They negotiated a £600 saver with £200 taken from 1st, 2nd & 3rd places. On Table 1 the anonymous Deal/No Deal cards were unanimous for the Deal but on Table 2 there was 1 "No Deal" card so it's a No deal and play continues! Love the drama.


17:45: Saver agreed in principle. The Deal/No Deal cards are coming out 16 ways!

17:43: The players over 2 tables discussing a saver now!
17:41: 16 left now. Hand for Hand play on the Bubble. Average stack 295k. Total of 4.75 million in play. Here's a reminder of the prizes:
1st £11,350
2nd £7,370
3rd £4,730
4th £3,170
5th £2,190
6th £1,590
7th £1,250
8th £1,060
9th £940
10th £830
11th £760
12th £680
13th £680
14th £600
15th £600
17:34: Car crash on Table 2 as Stephen Ng (JJ) and Dan Gormley (KK) get it all in on the Turn with a KJ6-J board! Top House vs Quads. Dan is out and Stephen has a big stack now, maybe 400k.


17:32: Double for Jonny Gray. Looks like he has about 330k now.
17:29: The Final 17 now over 2 tables. Chip counts coming at the next break in 20 mins or so.
Table 1
Shaun Khan
Gary Gracey
Tom Gill
Peter Bethune
Murray Lorimer
Jonny Gray
Martin Hammond
Honkiu Lau
George Devine
Table 2
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Derek Gray
Dan Gormley
John McGlynn
Zengyi "Mr Chen" Huang
Adam Cowley
Lesley Devine
Stephen Ng
Ronnie Law
17:25: Gary Bertram out in 19th! Stephen Ng shoved the Button with 44 and Gary called in the SB with AK. The wee pair holds and Gary is heading for the door. 17th left.
17:20: 2 more exits at the same time, one on each table! Scott "Big Daddy" Lunn gone from Table 2 and Xia Ke away from Table 3. 18 left, 15 paid.
17:19: Jonny Gray opens to 16k, Gary Campsie shoves all in (about 100k) then Tom Gill also shoves from the SB (about 250k)! Jonny folds. It's AK (Tom) vs J9 (Gary). The Big Slick holds and Gary is out in 22nd.
17:18: Dennis now backing the entire remaining field to win...
17:17: Chip Leader, Honkiu Lau, opens to 18k. No interest.
17:16: The Final 21. Break after this level so will get full counts then.
Table 1
Gary Gracey
Tom Gill
Peter Bethune
Murray Lorimer
Jonny Gray
Honkiu Lau
Gary Campsie
Table 2
Gary Bertram
Derek Gray
Dan Gormley
Zengyi "Mr Chen" Huang
Adam Cowley
Scott Lunn
Stephen Ng
Table 3
Shaun Khan
John McGlynn
George Devine
Lesley Devine
Xia Ke
Martin Hammond
Ronnie Law
17:15: Murray Lorimer open-shoves 125k stack. No takers.
17:13: On Table 1, Tom Gill opens to 18k and Peter Bethune 3bet shoves for 91k. Tom has a think but decides to fold. Peter shows AK.
17:05: Blinds up. Break after this level.