Relishing the quick pace of the PPT London is Pawel Chmiel, who sits among the bigger stacks in the room on around 40,000 chips.The Polish player (pictured) is a familiar face from live poker events all over Europe and he was enjoying putting his experience to good use against the remaining field.
"I've been lucky because I have a very soft table, with several players playing their first live tournament," he smiled, "It makes it easier to play when you've got an edge on your opponents - and I've had some big hands.
"The 45 minute blinds and 10k starting stack make for a quicker structure than some of the deep stack tournaments I'm used to playing in, but it's good that we don't have to play nine hours to lose 20% of the field!"
Among those on the wrong end of the rising blinds was Johan Bindner - our bubble boy from the PPT Portugal - and he was even more frustrated than two months ago after the river cost him his tournament life.
"I had around 25,000 and picked up Aces, so when the button - who had been very aggressive - raised, I three-bet and he called.
"The flop looked pretty safe, JJ5, I c-bet and he called. A seven came on the turn and he put me all in, showing 89o when I called, and he hit his runner runner straight on the river.
"I think this is worse than Vilamoura where I was bubble boy, because I chose to put it all in there with a small pair, hoping to get a 50/50 shot and that's what happened.
"This hand was frustrating because I got him to do exactly what I wanted him to, but he hit the river when it looked like I would become a big stack."
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