£1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 UKIPT London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 UKIPT London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£696,000
Entries
725
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
108
Players Left
13
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
It's fair to say that the PokerStars UKIPT London has been a roaring success. Main Event numbers hit nearly double those of last year, with 725 entries packing out the Hippodrome Casino across four starting flights.
The field has now been reduced to just 13 hopefuls who are playing for the lion's share of the £696,000 prize pool. The next payout is worth £7,950 and the overall winner set to walk away with £127,600.
Gaspare Sposato of Italy finished Day 2 as the chip leader with 3,325,000. Sposato is a poker pro who plays online and has more recently been trying his hand on the live circuit. He's already had decent results and is now setup for his biggest recorded live cash of all time.
Close behind him in the chip counts is Alessandro Pichierri, also from Italy, himself no stranger to final tables with a touch over $1 million in live cashes on Hendon Mob.
In third place is Day 1b chip leader Saigokul Kannan, who has maintained his position near the top of the counts throughout the day and is on track to compete for the final table prizes.
After Barny Boatman busted in 21st place, Alex Romero is the last PokerStars ambassador standing and returns with 650,000.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaspare Sposato | Italy | 3325000 | 83 |
| 2 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 3170000 | 79 |
| 3 | Saigokul Kannan | UK | 2725000 | 68 |
| 4 | Artus Gimenez | Spain | 2375000 | 59 |
| 5 | Colin MacAndrew | UK | 2245000 | 56 |
| 6 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | 2210000 | 55 |
| 7 | Jamie Geraghty | UK | 1765000 | 44 |
| 8 | Atanas Pavlov | Bulgaria | 1110000 | 28 |
| 9 | Joe Hindry | UK | 685000 | 17 |
| 10 | Alex Romero | Spain | 650000 | 16 |
| 11 | Conor O'driscoll | Ireland | 645000 | 16 |
| 12 | Boris Velev | Bulgaria | 615000 | 15 |
| 13 | George Sandford | UK | 225,000 | 6 |
When action resumes on the Final Day of the UKIPT London Main Event, blinds will be on 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Blind levels will continue at 60 minutes and a new champion will be crowned. The tournament recommences at 12 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be bringing you coverage of the Final Day straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,325,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
|
3,170,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
|
2,725,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
||
|
2,375,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
2,245,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
2,210,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
1,765,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
1,110,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
||
|
685,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
650,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
|
645,000
-655,000
|
-655,000 |
|
615,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
|
225,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Players are bagging and tagging for the end of Day 2 with 13 players set to return for the finale to play down to a winner.
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
It's been a quiet few orbits on the outer table, most pots taken down with raises or single bets postflop and a few small pots going to showdown with not much change in chip counts.
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Alessandro Pagliuso raised to 60,000 from under the gun with K♣Q♣ and Gaspare Sposato called in the cutoff with A♥Q♥.
The flop came K♠Q♠A♣. Alessandro Pagliuso continued for 70,000 and Gaspare Sposato called. The turn was the 5♦ and Pagliuso checked. Sposato bet 210,000 and Pagliuso called.
The river came the 2♥ and Pagliuso checked again. Sposato pushed all in and Pagliuso went deep into the tank. He eventually made the call for 730,000.
Pagliuso had two pair, but Sposato had a better two pair with aces and queens to win the pot. Pagliuso was eliminated from the tournament in 14th place for £6,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000
1,420,000
|
1,420,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Artus Gimenez raised from late position and Joe Hindry called in the big blind.
The flop came K♣A♠4♥ and Hindry checked. Gimenez bet 45,000 and Hindry called. Both players then checked it back on the K♦ turn.
The river was the 4♠. Hindry led out with a large bet of 225,000. Gimenez folded and Hindry won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,350,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
900,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
It has been confirmed that this will be the final level of Day 2 before play pauses for the evening.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Joe Hindry raised to 50,000 from early position and Ido Alon moved all in from the small blind for around 450,000. Hindry called and players flipped their cards, with Alon at risk.
Ido Alon: A♠K♦ 
Joe Hindry: K♣K♠
The board ran out 4♣Q♣Q♦4♦7♥. Hindry held with his pocket kings and Alon was eliminated from the tournament in 15th place for £6,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Busted |