2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

Final Results
Winner
Chris Brice
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
£187,500
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£1,000,000
Entries
1,076
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000

Anicito Scores Big Double

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a {6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop two players checked to Ronan Sweeney who bet 17,000. Davide Anicito was first to act and check-raised to 44,000. The third player folded and Sweeney called.

Anicito bet 61,000 on the {8-Hearts} turn and Sweeney called. The river was the {q-Spades} and Anicito moved all in for 150,500. After pondering his options Sweeney called. Anicito showed {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the nut flush and Sweeney was forced to show {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for trip sixes.

Player Chips Progress
Davide Anicito gb
Davide Anicito
520,000
Ronan Sweeney ie
Ronan Sweeney
160,000

Tags: Davide AnicitoRonan Sweeney

Everything Coming Fives for Loeser

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

Manig Loeser defended his big blind to a single open and the flop came {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. Aptly, Loeser check-called a bet of 5,000 and the turn was the {7-Clubs}.

Both players checked and the river was the {j-Hearts}. Loeser kept up the fives theme, betting 15,000. His opponent called and Loeser turned over {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for a rivered full house.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
290,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Manig Loeser

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Warburton Doubles Through Garland

Level 9 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Steven Warburton
Steven Warburton

We got to the table as Andrew Garland was muttering "I got a bit carried away," to Steven Warburton.

Warburton was sitting pretty with {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and having his double counted out by the dealer, with the board reading {8-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}. According to the table, Garland has queens and failed to best Warburton's pocket aces.

Garland now sits with just under 100,000 with Warburton making a push for the chip lead currently held be James Eftekhari

Player Chips Progress
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
380,000
138,000
138,000
Andrew Garland gb
Andrew Garland
70,000
-230,000
-230,000

Tags: Andrew GarlandSteven Warburton

Sidhu Eliminated by Liperis

Level 9 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Yiannis Liperis
Yiannis Liperis

Sidhu had clearly lost a big pot by the time we returned to check on him. Yiannis Liperis had opened to 7,000 from the hijack and Christian Thiry had called in the cutoff. Sidhu moved all in for under 100,000 from the button and the blinds folded.

Liperis thought before four-betting to 107,000 and Thiry shook his head before folding. He looked annoyed when Liperis turned over {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, ahead of the {a-Clubs}{6-Spades} of Sidhu.

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Sidhu was eliminated.

"Fold the winner?" a tablemate asked Thiry who nodded and explained that he folded pocket tens.

Player Chips Progress
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
275,000
Kuljinder Sidhu gb
Kuljinder Sidhu
Busted

Tags: Christian ThiryKuljinder SidhuYiannis Liperis

Eftekhari New Chip Leader

Level 9 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
James Eftekhari gb
James Eftekhari
650,000
650,000
650,000
[Removed:30] ml
[Removed:30]
325,000
35,000
35,000
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
242,000
132,000
132,000
Dritan Arapi gb
Dritan Arapi
242,000
92,000
92,000
Kuljinder Sidhu gb
Kuljinder Sidhu
200,000
105,000
105,000
Paul Leckey ie
Paul Leckey
164,000
119,000
119,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
150,000
-30,000
-30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Christian Thiry lu
Christian Thiry
95,000
28,000
28,000
Paul Jackson gb
Paul Jackson
53,000
-52,000
-52,000
Natalia Breviglieri gb
Natalia Breviglieri
Busted
partypoker
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

Morris Sniffs Out a "Never A Bluff"

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The cutoff raised to 6,500 and Steven Morris three-bet to 15,500 on the button. The big blind cold-called and the cutoff called as well.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. It checked to Morris who bet 21,000. The big blind check-raised to 61,000. The cutoff folded.

"He can never show a bluff," Morris said to the player in the cutoff. "Never a bluff!" he continued before eventually folding.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Morris gb
Steven Morris
170,000
-55,000
-55,000

Tags: Steven Morris