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4.58pm: Exits
They'll be no back to back UKIPT final tables for Alex Ferguson, the ninth place finisher in Brighton has taken a one way ticket to bustoville. Rachael Costa is another early exit on Day 1A -- NW
4.53pm: Burland bounces back
"Better be lucky than good sometimes, tweeted UKIPT season one champion Jamie Burland. "Double twice when crushed 18k."
4.50pm: Boeree has best seat in the house
I caught up with Liv Boeree on the break and she told me: "I've got 19,000 but I might just have the best seat in the house. The player to my right is beyond aggro and is trying to win every pot, so I'm just waiting." - NW
4.48pm: The Moneymaker machine
Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker's solid start had pushed him up to 37,000 but after "two brutal rivers" had dropped down to 7,000. With half his starting stack gone I thought it was time to get some World Champ railing in before he bust. I shouldn't have worried.
By the time I arrived at the table at the end of last break Moneymaker was back up to 16,000. He was soon up even more winning the next three hands back to back.
Hand one: Moneymaker opened to 525 under-the-gun and was called in one position before Alan Fitzpatrick shoved all-in for 6,500. Moneymaker quickly made the call showing [8d][8h] to Fitzpatrick's [ah][kh]. The board rivered a boat for Moneymaker. Up to 23,000.
Hand two: Three limps reach Moneymaker in the big blind who checks. Moneymaker check calls 500 on the [ad][js][2s] flop against early position limper Sunil Moti. The American check-called 575 on the [7s] turn before both players checked the [9h] river with Moneymaker outkicking Moti with [as][8c] to [ac][6h]. Up to 24,500.
Hand three: Moti limps under-the-gun and picks up one caller before Moneymaker pumps it up to 800. Both limpers call. Moneymaker c-bets 1,100 into the [jh][js][qc] flop. Both fold. Up to 26,200.
Active? You bet. -- RD
4.45pm: The Moneymaker machine