£5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT London

10-22-2022 17:06 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Channell	120,000
Atanas Malinov	108,000
Luis Faria	100,000

Hossein Ensan	60,000

Pedro Garagnani	55,000
Sam Grafton	35,000

Ramon Colillas	25,000 -2,000	-2,000

Harry Lodge	Busted

Adams Raises Pham

Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Barny Boatman, Timothy Adams and Alan Pham were in a three-way pot on a flop of . All three players checked on the flop and the same action took place on the turn.

Boatman checked a third time on the river and Pham took a stab with a bet of 2,500. Adams raised to 7,800 and quickly folded. Pham took slightly longer to make a decision but also opted to lay it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Pham	70,000
Timothy Adams	40,000 -5,000	-5,000
Barny Boatman	25,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Alan Pham Barny Boatman Timothy Adams

10-22-2022 16:50 UTC

Keating Eliminates Veksler

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A player opened to 1,300 and got two calls including Alex Keating. Pavlo Veksler then three-bet to 5,300. The initial raiser folded and Keating peered at Veksler's stack before four-bet shoving for around 35,000.

It folded to Veksler who called for his last 26,000.

Pavlo Veksler:
Alex Keating:

It was a flip that Veksler would need to win, but the board saw Keating's pocket pair hold to secure the pot.

"Do you cover?" Veksler asked.

"Yeah, I've got a bunch of [5,000 chips]," replied Keating.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	60,000 10,000	10,000
Pavlo Veksler	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Pavlo Veksler

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-22-2022 16:41 UTC

Jensen Takes from Arnault

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ivan Deyra opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Olivier Arnault flat-called in the small blind. Frederik Jensen three-bet to 5,000 out of the big blind and only Arnault called.

Arnault checked on the and Jensen continued with a bet of 3,500. Arnault called. Arnault checked again on the turn and Jensen checked back.

Arnault checked a third time on the river and Jensen also checked. Arnault tabled for a pair of eights, but it was no good against the top pair of Jensen with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Jensen	45,000

Ivan Deyra	17,000
Olivier Arnault	12,000

Tags: Frederik Jensen Ivan Deyra Olivier Arnault

10-22-2022 16:36 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Navarro Arrocha	70,000
Matthew Davenport	65,000 38,000	38,000
Fabian Gumz	42,000
Guy Taylor	35,000 -2,000	-2,000
Sam Grafton	35,000 5,000	5,000

Benjamin Pollak	30,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell	27,000 -8,000	-8,000

Antoine Labat	Busted

10-22-2022 16:35 UTC

Schillhabel Shoves on Pirault

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Francois Pirault opened from the cutoff to 1,200 and called a three-bet from Stefan Schillhabel on the button to 3,600.

Pirault check-called 2,800 on the flop and 9,500 on the turn. The river saw Pirault check a third time and Schillhabel shoved for 24,000 into a pot of around the same.

Pirault contemplated for a moment or two, but soon folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	60,000 15,000	15,000
Francois Pirault	45,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Francois Pirault Stefan Schillhabel

10-22-2022 16:15 UTC

Chip Counts and Eliminations

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabien Roussel	100,000 71,000	71,000
Samuel Ju	66,000 20,000	20,000
Vicent Bosca Ramon	60,000 28,000	28,000
Noah Novick	42,000 3,000	3,000
Christopher Puetz	36,000 11,000	11,000
Corel Theuma	35,000 16,000	16,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000
Parker Talbot	30,000

Mikael Ecanvil	10,000 -19,000	-19,000
Andy Wilson	Busted
Yaman Nakdali	Busted
Dragos Trofimov	Busted
Lin Chen	Busted

10-22-2022 16:12 UTC

Martin Jacobson Goes From Short Stack to Champion in UKIPT Main Event (£232,300)

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The £1,100 UKIPT Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London from the Hilton Park Lane hotel has come to an end after just over three hours of play on the final day.

The finale of UKIPT's flagship event saw Martin Jacobson conquer the 1,458-entry field and win the grand prize of £232,300 which was the lion's share of the £1,399,680 prize pool.

Read the full recap here!

Tags: Martin Jacobson

10-22-2022 16:09 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	117,000 17,000	17,000
Hossein Ensan	60,000 -2,000	-2,000

Samantha Abernathy	55,000 5,000	5,000
Alex Keating	50,000 50,000	50,000
Timothy Adams	45,000 10,000	10,000
Daewoong Song	45,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell	35,000 8,000	8,000

Dario Sammartino	25,000 9,000	9,000
Jack Sinclair	25,000 3,000	3,000
Alex Kulev	16,000 16,000	16,000
Barny Boatman	13,000 -45,000	-45,000

Anton Wigg	13,000 -22,000	-22,000

Ehsan Amiri	13,000 -19,000	-19,000