Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Hippodrome London
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Hippodrome London
Buy-in
£120
Prize Pool
£54,475
Entries
468
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
178
Players Left
28
Break
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Players are going on their second 15-minute break of the day. When they return the blinds will be 6,000/12,000.
A reminder that we will play down to 13 players on Day 1a and Day 1b starts at 18:00 local time. We will bring you a recap and full chip counts from that event as we focus on Day 1a.
Taylor Eliminates Christiansen
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The eliminations are starting to add up with just 47 players remaining in the Road to PSPC Main Event here at Le Meridien in Piccadilly.
One of the players recently eliminated was Toue Christiansen, who got her last 26,000 chips in with 
and was hoping to score a double back to average which stands at 53,000.
However, unluckily for her, Tristan Taylor had picked up 
and eliminated her on the 
board. Another recent elimination is Craig Sweden, with just 47 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Platinum Pass Profile: Vadim Gayduk
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
The first stop on Chris Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 tour was at EPT Open Sochi and topping the 909-player field to take home the Platinum Pass and $19,709 was Belarussian Vadim Gayduk.
"Before the event, I just wanted to play and to earn money," Gayduk told the PokerStars Blog. "It’s not a good idea to make plans for what you’ll do if you win. I hadn’t thought about winning the Platinum Pass when I started playing. It was a great bonus."
Gayduk was first introduced to poker ten years ago after watching his cousin playing in games. He said he became interested in poker as a kind of intellectual sport rather than a game of chance.
And Moneymaker himself can take credit for some of Gayduk's entry into poker.
"I began to watch various educational videos from famous poker players, and read Dan Harrington’s book. I also watched a video with Chris Moneymaker, in which he talked about block bets and all sorts of interesting moves.
"Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to play at the same table as him. That would have been such an interesting experience. But Chris and I took pictures together. I did not expect that something like this would happen in my life!"
Ross into the Chip Lead
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Jimmy Kebe had earlier broken the 100,000 chip mark, but has dropped back to around 85,000 in chips. Meanwhile, Connor Ross has taken over the lead with around 110,000 in chips.
Ross plays poker all over, but his best result came here in London at the PokerStars Live London Super Series Main Event final table in August 2017, finishing seventh for £4,971.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | |
|
85,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Registration Closes
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Registration has closed on Day 1a of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 with a total of 84 entries. Each Day 1 flight plays down to 15% which today means players will bag for Day 2 when we reach 13 players.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Updated Chip Counts
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
55,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
55,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
50,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
45,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
15,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Moneymaker Re-Enters
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
After running a bluff with ten-high, according to Moneymaker, the PokerStars Ambassador is jumping back into Day 1a with just 18 minutes left on the level before registration shuts.