Level: 5
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level: 5
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
With all four starting day 1's having begun there was bound to be plenty of players trying to give themselves every chance of making Day 2.
Will Kassouf has reentered Day 1d, Charlie Godwin, Kelly Saxby and partypoker LIVE MILLIONS champion Maria Lampropulos have joined from Day 1c with Lauren Render also joining the action.
Total entries are up to 323 with 265 still playing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Will Kassouf |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Charlie Godwin |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Kelly Saxby |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Maria Lampropulos |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Lauren Render |
100,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
In the very last level of yesterday evening's Day 1b, Ludovic Geilich was able to catapult this chip count up to over a million thanks to a call against Thomas Fitzgerald.
Ireland's Fitzgerald, who has two partypoker LIVE Grand Prix final tables to his name, tried to bluff all-in but Geilich caught him out. Just 24 hours later, Fitzgerald is back in Main Event action and has taken his seat in the marquee for Day 1d.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Fitzgerald |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
With three players in action on the flop, Ben Shannon threw in one purple 5k chip and Ben Vinson was the only caller. A fourth club hit the turn in the form of the and both players checked.
When the hit the river Shannon decided to move all in for around 25,000. Vinson, who has $1,348,351 in recorded live tournament cashes, didn't immediately fold his hand and instead seemed to have a tough decision. After weighing up his options for nearly two minutes he slowed moved his hand over the pass line and Shannon swooped in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Vinson |
90,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Ben Shannon
|
55,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 1,400
The 257 remaining players in Day 1d have gone on their first 15-minute break. Entries are up to 286, of which 16 are re-entries.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Natalia Breviglieri |
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Ben Vinson |
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Hannah Swales
|
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
partypoker LIVE UKPC Super High Roller participants Tom Middleton and Martyn Frey have joined the Day 1d field and given themselves a final chance to build a day two stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Middleton |
100,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Martyn Frey | 100,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
With 40,000 already in the pot and the flop laid out , Will Kassouf faced a bet of 20,000 from his opponent in the small blind. Kassouf, who was in middle-position, had a stack of around 75,000 behind him and took his time to think.
"You must have ace-high?" he asked, but got no response.
He then announced all-in and was quickly called.
Will Kassouf:
Opponent:
Kassouf was behind and needed to catch up by the river. He called for one of his outs to hit but when the and were revealed he was left to ponder reentry.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Will Kassouf | Busted |