raise from ram reraise to 110k from barny with , and ram calls... ... check from barny, ram bets 100k, barny moves all-in... and ram calls... ... AND BARNY BOATMAN WINS THE SECOND HEAT OF THE FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX with Ram Vaswani getting a second crack in the runners-up heat in October. We're back again tomorrow around 10am for the third heat.

limp from barny otb with , ram with pocket sevens... raises 120k...barny folds

flop, 50k from barny with ... ram with ... raises to 170k... barny reraises all-in and ram folds

tens for barny... bet 95k, ram raises to 260k with ... barny reraises all-in... ram folds...

limp from barny with ... ram ... ... checked... 40k from ram, called... .. ram checks, 125k from barny...ram folds

just 10k in it now in Ram's favour

ram limps with , barny with ... raises... called... .. barny bets 140k, called... .. barny checks, ram checks... ... barny checks, ram bets 150k and instacalled...

1595 Barny, 805 Ram

all-in otb from nick with , barny with ..., red ducks for ram behind him... barny calls... ram... folds...

... .. and NICK SCHULMAN FINISHES IN THIRD SPOT IN THE SECOND HEAT OF THE FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX

The Hendon Mob boys are heads up!

1220 barny, 835 ram, 335 nick

blinds to 20/40k

b-on-b nick all-in with A 7, barny folds

limp from Ram with , nick with too wants to see a flop..

... checks, .. check from nick, then from ram, blank river is checked too.

nick otb with ... all-in... takes

barny with raises otb to 70k... for nick in the BB... it's the old think'n'fold

otb nick moves all-in with Ace something or other, and takes...

all-in 10 7 for nick in the SB takes...

for the chip lead to take on Ram - nick as a few back...

> .. .. ... Barny takes down a 1,250,000 pot... Barny takes the chip lead for the first time in the 140th hand of the night...

1250 barny, 935 ram, nick 215

raise from nick otb with to 50k, reraise all in from barny in the SB with ... ram gets outta the way... nick calls...

for ram, raises the button, nick's SB with A 10 - raises to 240k... ram folds...

1045 ram, 715 nick, 640 barny - just a lil tech problem at the table being sorted as we speak...

> for Ram, raises to 70k, nick with ... reraises all-in, barny folds... ram passes

.. 30k from ram with , call from nick with .. .. ram checks, 50k from nick, called... ... check from ram, and nick follows behind

limp from barny in the SB with , for ram... , Check from barny, 30k from ram, called... ... 50k from barny and ram folds

for nick, limps in the SB... barny with .. raises 50k and nick folds

nick with raises to 70k, ram calls in the BB with . .. check from ram, check from nick... ... 50k from Ram, nick folds

blinds 15/30k...

barny raises otb , reraise all-in from ram with AQ and he takes

flop, barny and Nick .. checked, ... nick bets 60k... barny reraises all-in... and nick folds

1040 Ram, 880 Nick, 480 Barny

nick raises with tens and darren calls with ... flop, check from darren, nick bets 55k... darren raises it up to 175k... nick moves all-in and darren calls...

.. .. ... and DARREN ELIAS IS THE FIFTH PLAYER OUT OF THE SECOND HEAT OF FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX

on the cut off is enough for the all-in... barny with the fives is all-in and "we're flipping" says Barny...

... ... ... AND NEIL CHANNING IS THE FOURTH PLAYER OUT OF HEAT TWO OF THE FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX...

b-on-b limp from nick, barny with .. raises 45k and takes it

ram opens to 45k with tens... no takers

darren raises to 45k with black fours... no sireee

neil shoves with K 6 otb and takes the blinds

barny raises with the eights, nick has the queens and reraises 130k... and barny lays the snowmen down

feldman shoves again channing raises a grin as he looks at ace-six too but folds... for nick on the button, barny waiting in the SB with pocket fives... nick folds... barny calls...

- Barny has a club - ... ... AND ANDREW FELDMAN IS THE THIRD PLAYER OUT OF THE SECOND HEAT OF THE FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX...

feldman shoves the ... and gets it through

darren with ...45k raise... nobody wants to play...

ram raises with .. round to neil, decision time with K nope...

cheeky lil break for the players at the moment

kings for nick, raises to 34k... barny otb with reraises to 89k, nick moves all-in... barny folds

channing shoves on the button with K10... no takers

nick raises with .., darren moves all-in with ... back to nick who asks for a count... then folds

feldman open shoves with the ladies... but no-one wants to get involved... channing held KQ

... checked by neil with then nick with on the turn gets 22k from neil which takes it

barny raises to 30k... we dont see his cards... or anyone elses for that matter as he takes it down

SB limp from ram with , darren in the BB with raises to 50k... takes

channing limps with in the SB, nick with ..

... checked, checked, .. 22k from channing takes

for feldman in the SB - limps... channing with ...

> ... check from feldman, 22k from channing... feldman folds

darren with K A, raises 35k in the SB... feldman looks at 94 off and folds

b-on-b... limp from barny with , for ram in the BB... checked as is the ... ... checked...

darren open shoves with K J, and takes...

end of the level, blinds up to 7/15k

1099 ram, nick 390, 346 barny, 208 feldman, 197 darren and 160 neil

barny opens to 25k with , darren with .. reraises all-in on the cut-off... back to Barny... folds

andrew up to 213k...

limp from ram otb with ... feldman otb raises 37k with ... call from ram... ... feldman bets 27k and takes it

red threes for andrew but he bins them... 24k from nick with A 8... barny folds A 7... nick takes

feldman raises with on the cut, channing with the sevens otb moves all in, back to feldman who is having a long think...... and he lays it down

193 feldman, 157 darren

1136 ram, 390 nick, 386 barny... 138 neil at the bottom

ram opens with 9 7 to 20k, smith moves all-in with K 10, folded back to ram... who calls... .. .. AND GAVIN SMITH IS THE SECOND PLAYER OUT OF THE SECOND HEAT OF FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX

K 9 is more than enough for Smith to move all-in... only enough for the blinds of feldman and channing though...

ladies for feldman raises to 30k... but they get no action

1088k ram, 439k schulman, 362k barny... the rest under 170k

b-on-b = blind on blind

> ... ... AND ERIK CAJELAIS IS THE FIRST PLAYER OUT OF HEAT TWO OF THE FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION IX.

erik with the tens raises, round to ram who picks up the jacks and reraises... back to erik... who moves all-in... and ram makes the call

barny with A 9 raises 20k... and takes it

nick raises with Ad Kd, ram with red tens... reraises to 100k... nick reraises to 300k... ram calls... ... .. ... the tens hold, nick with 439k now, ram with the chip lead with 713k...

action flop here... ... smith bets 37k with ... call from Erik .. is checked, ... 143k out there already, 65k from Erik... and smith calls... he's down to 63k now...

b-on-b erik raises to 30k with , call from nick . , check from erik, then from nick... , check from erik, 37k from nick, called... ... 62k from Nick, call from erik...

blinds now 5/10k

players are back in their seats...

erik 361k, neil 168k, feld 163k, darren 157k, smith 192k, ram 341k, barny 362k, nick 656k

While we're off, why not have a peek at the pics from yesterday's heat here:

http://www.matchroompoker.com/gallery/fulltiltpokercom_poker_million_ix_heat_one.htm

last hand of the level...

nick raises with , ram with ... bins it... bb for erik with ... calls... ... checked, ... 20k from erik, folded...

end of the level, players are on a one hour lunch break so we'll be back around 3.15pm... will try to get some chip counts in the mean time.

ram with .. raises to 17k... no takers....

close to the one hour break here and the end of the 3/6k level...

kings for nick who limps, ram reraises with , reraise from erik with ... pot up to 98k... erik makes it 147k, nick moves all-in, ram folds... as does erik

670k now for nick... erik in second with 344k

raised by erik with , ram in the SB with for gavin in the BB, ... checked, check from erik, 30k from ram, gavin calls... erik folds... ... 45k from ram takes it

b-on-b for the mobsters... ... 6k from ram with for barny... he folds...

for smith who raises, erik's button and he has the black jacks and calls... ... 23k from gavin, called... ... check from gavin, check from erik... ... checked...

erik limps in the SB with nick in the BB with ... ... checked, 7k from erik, called... ... check from erik, nick with 12k... takes it

erik chip leader with 472k

raise from nick with , darren calls with , erik in the BB with ... ... check from nick, 26k from darren, erik calls, nick folds... ... checked... ... 80k from erik... and darren calls.

barny raises to 16k with ... ducks for feldman in the SB, folds... neil with .. .. neil checks... 20k from barny, call... ... 26k from Neil, barny folds

neil with raises, call from ram with otb, smith calls with in the SB... .. checked to neil, he bets and takes

nick raises with call from gavin with pocket fives... ... nick bets 16k, called... ... checked by gavin, .. 34k from nick... gavin folds

darren with raises to 16k... round to ram's BB - calls with ... .. check from ram, then from darren, check from ram, 23k from darren... ram calls, ... checked

raise otb from erik with A 3, takes

15k raise from feldman with in the cut off, erik with in the SB... reraise to 50k... back to andrew... who folds

smith raises , round to neil with in the sb with .. moves all-in...gavin folds

erik raises to 16k with 67 off... and takes it

blinds up to 3/6k...

top four is - 496k nick, 395k ram, 348k gav, 318k erik... neil at the bottom with 91k

erik raises to 50k with on the flop... on darren with . moves all-in and erik passes...

nick with the chip lead holding 498k...

flop... 15k from ram with 88, call from feldman with sixes, and from nick with Q8, checked to feldman, bets 42k... nick raises to 68k, ram folds, feldman folds...

chip counts soon... we can only tell you them when Sky put them up :)

neil limps with J8 in the SB, erik with raises 20k more and takes

10k raise from barny, call from ram with jacks, smith with raises 50k , neil moves all in with ... and smith calls... ... ... ... neil had smith covered and is down to 95k...

darren with in the SB limps, feldman with in the BB, raises and gets called... ... check from darren, feldman too, .. check from darren, feldman bets 18k and takes

erik raises with sixes, for ram who calls otb, smith in the SB calls with , 87 suited in the BB for darren... who moves all-in... and it's passed round to him

b-on-b... walk for smith

neil 258k - top of the four guys below their starting stack

neil with ... limps... round to the blinds... for ram... .... checked, 11k from neil, up to 18k from ram, river... ram checks, neil bets 18k... ram calls

smith raises call from nick with .. ... 40k from nick takes it

red sevens for smith, raises on the cut off, takes the blinds

darren down to 146k

threeway to the flop ... checked to ram with , bets 23k, darren with ...raises to 60k... feldman with folds... ram calls... on the turn... ram bets 50k... darren folds

erik raises , reraised by barny with .. called... check from erik, barny bets 50k... and takes

smith with AQ utg raises... and takes

ram raises utg with 8 6, no takers

raise from neil otb, nick calls with in the BB...

... checked, ... nick bets 15k and takes it

erik is the new chip leader with 412k.

neil raises , erik reraises with , neil calls

... erik bets 18k and neil calls, .. erik bets 45k... neil folds

Blinds up to 2/4k

darren otb with KJ, raises to 10k... neil calls in the BB with .. ... 14k from neil, reraises to 40k and takes it

Gavin Smith to Neil Channing: "You'd think after waiting all that time to play a hand you would at least play it well."

smith raises with Q8 suited otb... takes

nick raises on the cut off with , barny calls otb with

> ... 7k from nick... barny calls... ... check from nick, then from barny, .. 16k from nick, barny calls...

5k raise from feldman with call from nick with otb... barny three-bets with ... feldman folds... as does nick

6k raise with from erik otb, reraise to 20k from nick in the SB with erik calls... ... nick bets 28k... erik calls... ... nick checks... 55k from erik... fold from nick

.. check from schulman, 7k from ram with the ducks takes it

ram raises to 9k with , smith reraises to 17k with A K, and its passed around to ram who bins it

6k raise from barny with , darren otb with calls... feldman finds in the SB, reraises to 22k... barny and darren fold

KJ raise from erik on feldman's BB... he folds

nick with 448k, 408k for Ram

erik raises to 6k with , nick calls with , darren in the BB with - , 13k from darren, erik folds, nick calls... ... darren bets 32k, called... - called the doom card earlier by Jesse - darren fires 55k out there, nick raises to 130k... and darren folds

6k raise from erik in the cut off, call from smith in the BB with , check from smith, 8k from erik takes it

> for feldman who raises to 5k, erik otb reraises with to 17k, round to feldman...call... .. feldman checks, erik bets 23k, feldman lays it down

darren picks up the red aces and raises, feldman with K6 reraises in the cut-off to 17k, back to Darren who reraises to 48k and feldman passes

feldman raises his button to 5k with J8 off and takes it

6k raise from erik with K10, round to the blinds, who fold

schulman raises , reraise from barny with pocket nines, schulman calls... .. check from schulman, 18k from barny, schulman raises to 50k, barny folds

gavin raises to 5k with , darren calls with ... ram in the BB with ... .. 10k from smith, darren folds, ram raises to 25k, smith calls... turn is ... 25k from ram, smith calls... on the river... 50k from Ram... and smith calls it... Ram's full house in the second hand sees him with a big chip lead early doors - 411k already

little tech issue has stopped play here...

smith picks up pocket sevens in the opening hand, raises it up... call from erik with , blinds pass... checked, checked by gavin, erik bets and takes.

the players are at the table - Robert Williamson III is in the commentary box with Jesse May

Seat draw:

1 Nick Schulman
2 Barny Boatman
3 Ram Vaswani
4 Gavin Smith
5 Darren Elias
6 Andrew Feldman
7 Neil Channing
8 Erik Cajelais

The second heat of the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX gets underway in, ooooh, about an hour... just waiting on Andrew Feldman and Ram Vaswani at the moment. They will be lining up next to Gavin Smith, Barny Boatman, Neil Channing, Erik Cajelais, Nick Schulman and Darren Elias.