£1,100 Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
£1,100 Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
Day 1c of the PokerStars UKIPT London Main Event, running at the Hippodrome Casino, has now concluded. It was by far the busiest and most bustling flight of the tournament, with 334 entries and 50 of those making it through to Day 2.
Atanas Pavlov of Bulgaria topped the flight with 867,000, while Vitalie Grecul finished Day 1c in second place with 693,000. In third was Tobias Kirby-Hogarty with 512,000.
PokerStars ambassadors Alex Romero (98,000) and Marle Spragg (237,000) also bagged for Day 2.
Rank | Name | Country | Chips |
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1 | Atanas Pavlov | Bulgaria | 867,000 |
2 | Vitalie Grecul | Ukraine | 693,000 |
3 | Tobias Kirby-Hogarty | United Kingdom | 512,000 |
4 | Kent Roed | Norway | 442,000 |
5 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 433,000 |
6 | George Sandford | United Kingdom | 407,500 |
7 | Louis Francis | England | 365,000 |
8 | Adam Jon Bell | United Kingdom | 296,000 |
9 | Johnson Kitete-Kikumba | England | 283,000 |
10 | Noah Novick | United States | 274,000 |
Day 1d also concluded tonight. Victor Caballero Pinna of Portugal came first in the flight with 882,000, giving him the overall chip lead.
All four starting flights have now concluded and combined entries totalled 725. This made for a prize pool of £696,000, which will be shared among the 108 players who return for Day 2 already in the money. The top prize has already been confirmed at £127,600.
Day 2 commences Saturday at 12 p.m. local time. Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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867,000
659,500
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659,500 |
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693,000
623,000
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623,000 |
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512,000
284,000
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284,000 |
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442,000
442,000
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442,000 |
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433,000
293,000
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293,000 |
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407,500
37,500
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37,500 |
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365,000
365,000
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365,000 |
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296,000
296,000
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296,000 |
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283,000
283,000
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283,000 |
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274,000
274,000
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274,000 |
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273,500
273,500
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273,500 |
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260,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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251,000
251,000
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251,000 |
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237,000
117,000
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117,000 |
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235,000
-165,000
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-165,000 |
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215,000
26,500
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26,500 |
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215,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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209,000
-251,000
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-251,000 |
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176,000
-14,000
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-14,000 |
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163,500
58,500
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58,500 |
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163,000
-77,000
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-77,000 |
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157,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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152,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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139,500
139,500
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139,500 |
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135,000
135,000
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135,000 |
Action folded around to Oliver White, who moved all in from the small blind with a short stack of around 40,0000. Alessandro Pagliuso called in the big blind with just slightly more chips.
Oliver White: A♥6♣
Alessandro Pagliuso: J♠9♦
The board ran out 5♠5♥6♥8♣9♥. Pagliuso rivered a pair of nines, making two pair with the fives on board. White was eliminated on the stone bubble. The rest of the 50 players bagged and tagged for Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000 | |
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Busted |
Action was on the river with around 110,000 already in the pot on a board of 6♦3♥A♠Q♣7♥. Haitao Wu moved all in and Alessandro Pichierri went deep into the tank before eventually making the call.
Wu flipped 9♥5♦ for a complete bluff and Pichierri had A♣5♠ for a pair of aces.
"Nine five off!", shouted a neutral player.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
365,000
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365,000 |
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100,000 |
Day 1c of the Main Event is now hand for hand with 51 players remaining and 50 set to make Day 2.
Shan Jiang was all in from under the gun for 15,500 and Gaspare Sposato called in the big blind.
Shan Jiang: K♥9♣
Gaspare Sposato: A♦6♠
The board ran out 4♠6♣Q♠7♦6♥. Sposato made trip sixes and Jiang slammed his ticket on the table and walked off. He busted just one off the stone bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Tobias Kirby-Hogarthy raised from late position and Alex Romero moved all in from the big blind with a relatively short stack. Kirby-Hogarthy called and had Romero covered as players flipped their cards.
Alex Romero: A♣5♦
Tobias Kirby-Hogarthy: K♣10♥
The board ran out Q♠4♣A♠A♥Q♥. Romero made a full house, aces full of queens to win the pot and double his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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325,000 | |
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90,000
-190,000
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-190,000 |
Action was on the turn on a board of 4♠5♦2♠9♣ when Ramon Barmettler shoved all in for 38,500. That sent Carmine Belvedere deep into the tank. He eventually folded and Barmettler took the pot, showing 5♥5♣ for a set of fives.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000 | |
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45,000 |