£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Dia 1c Iniciado
£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Dia 1c Iniciado
The £1,100 UKIPT Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London continues at the Hilton Park Lane with the third opening day flight. Players will have another chance to advance at the flagship tournament of the series, which will crown a champion on October 22.
Day 1c will once again feature 40-minute levels and players starting with 30,000 chips, and blinds beginning at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante.
Two reentries are allowed during the registration period until the start of Level 11, and the action will play down into the money with 15% of the field remaining.
Days 1a and 1b saw a total of 528 entries, with 79 players bagging chips and advancing to Day 2. Among the notable names was PokerStars team pro Benjamin Spragg, who finished ninth in the opening flight as the day concluded. The chip leaders were David Gassian and Vladas Tamasauskas, leading the final 15% of the field into the second day of action on October 20.
Play begins at noon local time, with 20-minute breaks after every three levels and a 75-minute dinner break after the end of Level ten.
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Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Day 1c has started, with 133 entrants taking their seats to begin play.
Johannes Dragoy and Mathieu Pontin were heads up on a flop, with Pontin checking from the big blind. Dragoy bet 1,000 and was quickly called to see the turn. Dragoy bet 3,300 chips, which was again check-called by Pontin.
The river saw both players check to showdown, where Pontin revealed . Dragoy turned over , awarding the pot to Pontin.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mathieu Pontin
|
35,200 | 35,200 |
Johannes Dragoy | 25,600 | 25,600 |
The Day 1c field has already grown to 165 entrants early on Level 1.
The total field has now surpassed the 645 entries from the 2022 UKIPT London Main Event back in April.
Tom Orpaz recounted the action after scoring the first knockout of Level 1.
After seeing a raise and two calls in front of him, Orpaz three-bet to 2,100 from the small blind. The first two opponents folded before Kamal Kasim made the call.
Orpaz led out for 1,500 on the flop, only to see Kasim raise to 5,000. Orpaz then moved all in, followed by a quick call from Kasim.
Kamal Kasim:
Tom Orpaz:
Orpaz was trailing after Kasim flopped a flush, and stayed behind after the turn. The river rescued Orpaz, making a king-high flush to score the early double up.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Tom Orpaz | 62,000 | 62,000 |
Kamal Kasim
|
Eliminado |
Dominic Salvisberg led out from the small blind after the turn of a board showing , and was raised by John Ishak in the big blind.
Salvisberg called to see the river, before leading out again. Ishak called to showdown, where Salvisberg tabled for two pair. Ishak turned over for a bigger two pair, scooping an early pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
John Ishak
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
Dominic Salvisberg | 25,500 | 25,500 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The action was three-way on a board showing , when Lei Wang's bet of 1,500 was check-raised to 3,400 by Jen-yue Chiang in the small blind. John Field got out of the way, while Wang made the call.
Chiang led out on the river for 3,600 and was called by Wang, who mucked his cards once Chiang flipped over to score a sizeable pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jen-yue Chiang | 39,000 | 39,000 |
John Field | 27,200 | 27,200 |
Lei Wang | 21,500 | 21,500 |