Players who were eliminated yesterday have the chance to fire another £700 + £70 bullet today. Before play started we spoke to one of those players, David K Lappin a member of the Irish poker collective “The Firm.” Lappin busted just before the end of play last night when he squeezed all in with for 25 big blinds and got called by .
Lappin admitted that he would rather have had the day off and be returning to grind a short stack on Day 2. He would have had a nice lie in and played the chess tournament but the Main Event represented such good value eh couldn’t pass it up. Suck is the life of a poker pro.
It's Groundhog Day here at the Villa Marina on the Isle of Man as the second start day will get underway at 12pm local time. With 145 players having entered yesterday, the tournament will need 355 players today to make the £350,000 guarantee. The re-entry format with no doubt ensure a bigger field than yesterday, but the question remains, how big will the field be?
Among those playing today will be Team PokerStars Pros Vicky Coren and Jake Cody, while we are also expecting many of the players who were eliminated yesterday to take a second shot at the tournament. Donald Rae was the chip leader with 154,900 after the first day and his chip count is what everyone will be looking to beat.
Like yesterday, there will be ten one-hour levels with a dinner break after level six with play scheduled to finish at around 11.45pm tonight. Stay tuned for all the action as the UKIPT 'Home Game' continues!
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