6.27pm: BreakdownThe players are only colouring up their soon-to-be-redundant 25 chips, following which they are going to be streaming out for a twenty-minute break. We'll be back shortly for the resumption to play out the general four levels of the day. It'll be fun - see you soon!
6:17pm: Official numbersThe entrants has been tallied, cross-checked and verified and now we have the official selection of entrants. 193 registrants today join the 163 who played yesterday to make 356 total players, the prize pool coming to an outstanding £86,330.
The full prize pool payouts could be posted shortly...
6.05pm: Pettit takes Kyriacou scalpForced right into a move by the rising blinds, Demetrios Kyriacou just went for a double-up with Q♠5♠ only to run into the A♠T♦ of Trevor Pettit.
He had live cards but an ace spiked to send his chances tumbling down the rabbit hole. When he emerged, the rail beckoned as he became the newest casualty of the day.
130 remain now...
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 400-800-75
5.53pm: Ground down by variancePoker takes no prisoners. You're either within the thick of the action or watching enviously from the rail. These are the most recent men to be far from proceedings. Apologies if the list incorporates a friend or friend. They tried hard!
Martin HellmuthSadman ShefanMarc HunterPhilip BarnesLotfi BoughanmiStephen WilliamsErnest WaczkowRichard ChappellAttila CsakaGiovanni Borzello MiceliNick GreenJames Herraghty
5.30pm: 150 remain...With the increasing pressure at the players, shouts of "Allin on table X " are increasing in regularity, shortstacks bidding to double up or go home trying.
Thirty minute blinds mean the poker landscape is becoming increasingly tumultuous and we must always be in for a thrilling finale to the day.
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 300-600-75
5.22pm: Two ships come sailing in
Table two is a shove-fest just nowadays. Listed below are the 2 most up-to-date all-in confrontations to be rocking that a part of the poker room.
Part 1 : Hallam doubles through Clements.
After Bruce Clements had opened to 1,200, Paul Hallam shoved for around 5,500. Clements made a rapid call with A♦J♣ and when Hallam turned up pocket threes, a coin-flip race was within the offing.
The equity balance all changed at the J♦3♦6♦ board - Hallam spiking a collection to offer him a good edge, although a diamond could still have turned the tables.
Nothing of note transpired over the 7♠A♠ turn and river however and Hallam was left sporting a still-below-average but much healthier stack of 11,600.
Clements meanwhile falls to roughly the same.
"Glad I passed pocket fours!" announced a relieved William Funnel.
5.36pm: Part 2: Beardsmore back to 20,000Another shortstack to get promotion back into contention is James Beardsmore, also at table two.
This time we saw a raise from early position, followed by a flat call and a re-raise to 3,175 from Colin Marks at the button.
Beardsmore now shoved for 8,500 from the blinds and once everyone else had folded, Marks announced "I raised foolishly there," before feeling priced in to calling the extra 5,000 along with his likely-behind K♣9♣.
Indeed he was, although live, as Beardsmore showed down A♦Q♠.
A board of 7♦7♠2♠J♦4♥ held few demons for Beardsmore however and he vaults over the 20,000 mark for the primary time shortly. Marks meanwhile drops to 12,000.
5.02pm: Akhtar snaps off big moveUmberan Akhtar just made a fast call to good effect, building a big stack within the process. He was heads up along with his opponent on a A♠J♣7♥ board - leading out for 2,500, just for his opponent to shove for 15,000.
Akhtar felt confident his A♣K♥ was good and quickly called, leaving his red-faced opponent to show over the surprisingly weak 8♥9♠ for an insignificant gutshot draw.
Akthar still needed to fade four outs, but did so -improving to 2 pair over the K♦ 5♠ turn and river. As his opponent exited quickly a smiling Akhtar swept up the pot to transport to 43,000. Poker's easy sometimes!
LEVEL UP: BLINDS 200-400-50
4.49pm: Reisner receives welcome boonThe early levels have proved a tricky nut for Timothy Reisner to crack - his chip stack charting a downward curve. He has just put the brakes in this slide however, his negative trajectory arrested courtesy of Ilana Belsky, who took on Reisner with Q♦K♦ at the Q♥3♠2♥ board - only to seek out herself critically out-kicked by his 10,000 shove with A♣Q♠.
The 2♣J♣ on turn and river changed nothing and Reisner rises above his starting stack to 24,000 whilst Belsky has joined the critical list with around 10,000 or so.
4.32pm: Lady luck deserts MurrayWith the blind pressure rising, it's hard to not put the whip on your big hands. Niall Murray did just that a moment ago, finding pocket queens and going to war with Vamshi Vandanapu preflop.
When the cards were tabled, he got the bad news that Vandanapu had him crushed with A♦A♠.
There was to be no redemption over the K♣T♦4♦5♣5♠ and Murray's tilt on the title leads to inglorious defeat, although he was the model of respectability as he wished his table good luck and departed amiably on his demise.
4.25pm: The sport begins anewThe players have finished their break and brought to the felt over again to do battle. Level 5 is in effect; the blinds are 150-300-25 and the stress is starting to ratchet up...
To read updates from levels 1-4, click here.
PokerStars Blog reporting team at UKIPT Series 6- London: Rod Stirzaker. Photos by neil Stoddart.
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