Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships
Main Event
Day: 1c
98 Advance from partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships £1,100 Main Event After Day 1c
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
It was a jam-packed day of action at Dusk Till Dawn Casino in Nottingham as a total of 389 players came together for Day 1c of the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships £1,100 Main Event, eclipsing the total for both of yesterday's flights.
After 12 levels there was no runaway chip leader among the remaining 98 like in the previous flights, with several players clustered around and just over the 800,000 mark.
However, there had to be one overall chip leader and that fell to Andrew Laurie who bagged 891,000, narrowling pipping David Clarkson who bagged 887,000. Seated next to him was Robert Buky (773,000), with other big stacks including Martin Olali (807,000), Jamie McCormack (796,000) and Matthew Eardley (720,200).
Not far behind was partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships £5,300 Super High Roller final tablist Chris Sly with 676,500. Other notables making it through to Day 2 include Chris Brammer (622,000), Paul & Ben Jackson (431,500 & 225,000 respectively), Guy Taylor (192,500), Nicholas Todd (146,500) and Paul Leckey (139,000).
Day 1c recap
By the time the first level of the day was barely halfway done, there were already more players than in either of yesterday's flights. It was a sign of things to come, with several big names either entering or trying another time to make it through to Day 2 and lock up a share of the £1,000,000 GTD prize pool.
The likes of Christian Thiry, Martyn Frey, Tom Middleton, Andrew Garland and Guy Taylor were back for more, with Nicolas Le Floch, Kelly Saxby, Tobias Mathaess, and partypoker Ladies Ambassador Louise Butler joining for the first time.
Just like yesterday, there was early action. Gary Spinks got in Kings against the Aces of Tyler Goatcher on the very first hand, and was eliminated. Tom Middleton's stack was also booming after eliminating a player, but after faltering both Goatcher and Middleton were sent to the rail.
They were joined by Thiry, Saxby, Sander van Wesemael and Ben Winsor on the rail. 2017 MILLIONS UK winner Maria Lampropoulos made a visit, but was eliminated before she could make more than a fleeting impression on this particular Main Event.
As is customary, the big stacks did begin to emerge, but there were no huge confrontations to "create" a chip leader such was the case with Adam Neal on the end of Day 1a.
In the end, it was Laurie who saw off competition from a cluster of players to grab the outright chip lead with 891,000. He will still have some ground to make up on others on Day 2, but from the 98 players advancing from Day 1c, he is best placed.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships with Day 1d ongoing, and Day 2 starting tomorrow at 12 pm.
End of Day Chip-Counts (full)
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
891,000 | |
|
887,000 | 887,000 |
|
872,500 | |
|
807,000 | 807,000 |
|
796,000 | 796,000 |
|
|
773,000 | 138,000 |
|
767,000 | |
|
766,500 | |
|
725,000 | |
|
720,000 | 720,000 |
|
|
719,500 | |
|
678,000 | |
|
676,500 | 226,500 |
|
638,000 | 178,000 |
|
622,000 | |
|
611,500 | |
|
603,000 | 103,000 |
|
603,000 | -77,000 |
|
602,500 | -177,500 |
|
|
600,000 | |
|
|
598,000 | |
|
|
585,500 | |
|
|
582,500 | |
|
|
562,500 | 352,500 |
|
559,000 |
Baker Sent Packing
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Leslie Packer raised on the button. Matthew Baker three-bet and Packer four-bet. Baker five-bet all in and Packer called.
Leslie Packer: 
Matthew Baker: 
The board ran out 
and Baker was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000 | |
|
Busted |
Maxwell Eliminated by Ayub
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Adam Maxwell moved all in for 69,500 from the cutoff and Ali Ayub three-bet to 150,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Maxwell turned over 
and was up against the 
of Ayub.
The board ran out 
.
"A pair," said Maxwell, laden with irony, "I rivered a pair." The river had in fact given Ayub a flush, and Maxwell was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
460,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Swapping Super High Roller Final Table for the Main Event
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | |
|
275,000 | -40,000 |
|
185,000 | -35,000 |
|
185,000 | -95,000 |
Tzimas Misses Out on a Million
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
On a 
flop Konstantinos Tzimas bet 24,000 and his opponent, Osman Mustanoglu, called.
The river was the 
. Tzimas checked and Mustanoglu bet 40,000. If Tzimas called and won the pot, it would take his stack over one million chips. However, as it was he called and was wrong, getting shown for top pair and rivered flush.
Tzimas still has a healthy stack of 780,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000 | |
|
370,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 270,000 |
|
|
315,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
310,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
280,000 | -60,000 |
|
270,000 | 70,000 |
|
270,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 50,000 |
|
155,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000