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6.10pm: Andrew Couldridge wins UKIPT Nottingham and £80,000 Oliver Schaffmann out in second, winning £46,700 Oliver Schaffmann had won the first two hands of heads-up play but the third and decisive final hand did not go his way. Andrew Couldridge limped from the small blind and Schaffmann made it 350,000...more

3.55pm: Break time Players are now taking a sort-of dinner break. "Sort-of" meaning that they've only got 30 minutes, so good luck with dinner. We'll be back with their full counts in a moment. -- HS 3.35pm: Majewski moving on up The shortest stack at the table, Piotr Majewski moved...more

The final table line up for the UKIPT Nottingham event at Dusk Till Dawm is as follows: Seat 1, 639,000 chips Piotr Majewski, 28, Poland, PokerStars qualifier Piotr Majewski is a familiar face at PokerStars events, having blogged on the European Poker Tour for a number of years. But he...more

Ever since the schedule changed mid-way through day two, a lot of vagueness entered UKIPT Nottingham. We might have reached our final table anywhere between about 4pm today and 4pm tomorrow, such had been the haste, then slow, then haste, then slow of the action. No one minded much because...more

10.50pm: Chips That wrap is on its way. Here are the final table counts: Owen Robinson, Ireland, 2,414,000 Graham Giles, UK, 1,807,000 Andros Spyrou, UK, 1,407,000 Andrew Couldridge, UK, 1,206,000 Oliver Schaffmann, UK, 1,018,000 Piotr Majewski, Poland, 639,000 Gareth Walker, UK, 506,000 Nicholas Gavriel, UK, 494,000 -- HS 10.20pm: It's...more

6.40pm: Break time And with that, we're on a 45-minute break. We've just taken a full chip count, which will appear on the chip count page in a moment. Sneak preview: Mark Aldridge has 1.4million and is leading. Oliver Schaffmann has 1,175,000 and is next. -- HS 6.30pm: Wing drowned...more

No one ever really minds precisely how they win a poker tournament. The big comedy cardboard cheque in their mitts is the substance that supersedes the style. But going pillar to post, leading on every day, definitely earns some extra credit, and here in Nottingham, Aman Atwal could pull off...more

8.150pm: Unofficial top five The players have finished bagging and tagging their chips and tournament staff are importing all the chip counts. Here by our reckoning is the top five in chips. Aman Atwal: 386,500 Paul Ephremsen: 363,500 Oliver Schaffman: 313,500 Parminder Kandola: 304,000 Nicholas Gavriel: 298,500 All five of...more

That's the end of that level - back in 15 minutes. 6.45pm: Ladies not hooked Matt Heasman moved all-in from under the gun+2. Next to act was Helen Turner and she threw her head back and shuffled about a bit before leaning back and agonising over the decision she had...more

Day 1B at UKIPT Nottingham has now come to a close, and the sigh of satisfied relief around Dusk Till Dawn could blow over even this neighbourhood's most sturdy resident, Little John. This was a breakout day for even this mighty successful young tour, with 394 merry men and women...more

9.05pm: Day1b is done The second day one has come to an end, and around 160 players have advanced. During the last couple of hands Team PokerStars Pro Julian Thew doubled up with aces and ended the day with 39,700. Julian's stack is above average but he's not troubling the...more

6.40pm: Fry cooked EPT Budapest winner Will Fry is out. He lost his last 4,000 to Joseph McCormick. Fry shoved over the top of McCormick's raise with the Doyle Brunson hand 10-2. McCormick called with pocket sevens the flop was pretty conclusive as it gave McCormick a set. McCormick...more

Whenever a poker tour rolls into a new destination, there's always a slight shiver of apprehension; these things are only natural. Yet by all accounts circling the poker world, there should never have been any fear about arriving to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, which was installed as one of...more

8.30pm: Day done It's the end of the day and the full wrap of proceedings is here: . See you tomorrow. 8.20pm: Winding down Tournament officials have announced that we're playing the final five hands of the night. Where people will stand and what they have in front of them...more

6.30pm: Over That's the end of level six. It's level seven next. Then eight. (Then home.) -- HS 6.25pm: The old five bet with air This is the kind of stuff we poker watchers like. Karl Snow opened from the hijack, making it 825 to go. James Williams, in the...more