Bartolomeo Tato's shove had been snap-called by Jamil Wakil, with Tato letting out a disappointed sigh as he turned over
Wakil showed and held despite Tato flopping a pair on . The turn left him drawing dead and he was already getting to his feet by the time the came on the river.
Other early eliminations include Chris Moorman and Bruno Lopes.
The button opened to 3,000 and Sam Greenwood three-bet to 11,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the button four-bet all in for 54,500. Greenwood called and was all in for 53,000.
Sam Greenwood:
Button:
The board ran out clean and Greenwood secured an early double up to start the day.
Alistair Moss had gotten his 40,500 chips in from the hijack against Alistair Hill in early position, while Darius Bucinskas was all-in for his remaining 2,000 in the big blind.
Darius Bucinskas:
Alistair Moss:
Alistair Hill:
The flop made Bucinskas likely to earn a short-stacked triple, but the and completed the board, and Moss was the Alistair to take the main and side pot with his boat.
Conor Beresford raised from under the gun to 3,000 and was called by Reza Tabatabaei to his left. Ole Schemion also called from the big blind, and the action went three-handed to the flop.
Beresford continued for 7,500 and Tabatabaei called while Schemion folded. Beresford led out again for 17,000 on the turn, and Tabatabaei asked for a count of his remaining stack before raising to 34,000. Beresford moved all in for 21,500 more, and Tabatabaei took some time before making the call.
Conor Beresford:
Reza Tabatabaei:
Beresford was in front with his pair of tens, and remained ahead on the river to double up, leaving Tabatabaei with 37,000 chips.
Shortly after, Tabatabaei was all in and at risk against Orpen Kisacikoglu after the flop.
Reza Tabatabaei:
Orpen Kisacikoglu:
Tabatabaei's pocket pair was in the lead, and both players missed the straight draw on the turn and river to recover his lost chips.
Ole Schemion was in the cutoff and peered across at Charles Whitehouse's stack in the big blind. SChemion raised to 4,500 and called the shove from Whitehouse for 16,000.
Charles Whitehouse:
Ole Schemion:
Whitehouse had woken up in the big blind with a reputable hand and held on the runout and doubled up. Schemion still sits with over 300,000 in chips.
Tournament officials have confirmed the payouts for EPT London. The tournament attracted 749 entries generating a prize pool of £3,632,650. A total of 111 places will be paid, with a min-cash worth £8,500.
The winner will walk away with £664,400. Here is a full breakdown of the prizes: