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

10-23-2022 22:44 UTC

Sklenicka Takes from Duta

Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Florian-Dimitrie Duta opened to 2,700 on the button and Michael Sklenicka three-bet to 12,000 out of the small blind. Duta called when the action got around.

The flop landed and Sklenicka continued with a bet of 13,600. Duta laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian-Dimitrie Duta	135,000 135,000	135,000
Michael Sklenicka	130,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Florian-Dimitrie Duta Michael Sklenicka

10-23-2022 22:43 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Fontan Castrillon	140,000 105,000	105,000
Ionut-Lucian Colciar	135,000 70,000	70,000
Alistair Moss	120,000 81,000	81,000
Jamie Flynn	85,000 51,000	51,000
Steve Watts	80,000 70,000	70,000
Gianluca Speranza	65,000 26,000	26,000
Borge Dypvik	60,000 45,000	45,000
Alex Peffly	40,000 2,000	2,000
Fabio Figurella	30,000 -15,000	-15,000
Lukas Zaskodny	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Kristoffer Mikael Hansson	25,000 -20,000	-20,000

Spraggy Eliminates Kamphues; Receives Beer

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ben Spragg had recently sent Timo Kamphues to the rail with against his opponent's after spiking a jack on the flop, and fellow PokerStars Team Pro Parker Talbot appeared at the tableside carrying beers.

He handed a beer out to both Spragg and tablemate Chris Maguire, and was left with a spare beer that was meant to be for Kamphues. He then realised that Spragg had eliminated Kamphues.

"Good job!" Talbot said, cheersing Spragg before exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	90,000 39,000	39,000

Timo Kamphues	Busted

Tags: Ben Spragg Chris Maguire Parker Talbot Timo Kamphues

10-23-2022 22:26 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Masaaki Maruyama	170,000
Euan McNicholas	95,000 30,000	30,000
Harry Lodge	83,000 8,000	8,000
Adrian Mateos	75,000 -45,000	-45,000

Peter Jaksland	50,000 28,500	28,500
Philippe Souki	45,000 29,000	29,000
Davidi Kitai	20,000 20,000	20,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	20,000 8,000	8,000
Mustapha Kanit	10,000 -40,000	-40,000

10-23-2022 22:25 UTC

Schemion Isn't Folding to Finck's Third Barrel

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jerome Finck opened to 2,600 and Ole Schemion called in the next position.

Finck bet 2,200 on the flop and 9,000 on the turn with Schemion calling both times.

The river was the and Finck bet 15,000.

"I'm not folding to you," said Schemion after a minute or so and called. Finck turned over with Schemion winning the pot with for trip aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	165,000 135,000	135,000

Jerome Finck	75,000

Tags: Jerome Finck Ole Schemion

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-23-2022 22:11 UTC

Eliminations from the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Berdah	Busted
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted
Kayhan Mokri	Busted
Brandon Sheils	Busted
Carl Shaw	Busted
Mike Villemin	Busted
Kenan Taylor	Busted
Vladimir Marchevici	Busted
Abu Hamza Khalek	Busted
Ori Haim Elul	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Monica Vaka	Busted
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted
Askar Bekbayev	Busted
Zak Lawson	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted

10-23-2022 22:10 UTC

Hannan Spikes Set to Crack Kings

Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nigel Hannan was all in and at risk for 47,200 from the small blind against the player in the big blind, who had him covered by a small amount.

Nigel Hannan:
Big Blind:

Hannan was in trouble as his overpair was pipped. However, the flop came to give him a commanding lead with a set and his opponent shook his head as the board finished out . The opponent was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nigel Hannan	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Nigel Hannan

10-23-2022 21:58 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Macdonnell	190,000 30,000	30,000
Florian Duta	170,000 20,000	20,000
Carl Probsting	150,000 25,000	25,000
Espen Oeye	145,000
Bruno Soutavong	145,000
Toby Joyce	105,000
Jon Kyte	70,000 25,000	25,000
Timothy Chung	60,000 35,000	35,000
Henrik Hecklen	45,000 15,000	15,000
Romain Lewis	25,000
Bruno Fitoussi	25,000 5,000	5,000
Chris Moorman	25,000 -2,000	-2,000

10-23-2022 21:57 UTC

Chuttani Extends Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was on a river of with Robin Fisher checking out of the big blind to Sahil Chuttani in the next position.

Chuttani agonized before eventually checking back a pot of over 30,000. Fisher tabled for ace-high with Chuttani showing for top pair and taking down the pot.