2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships

£560 UKPC Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
£84,875
Event Info
Buy-in
£560
Prize Pool
£556,780
Entries
1,148
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
6,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
169
Players Left
1

Houghton Cracks Wilson's Aces

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Simon Wilson
Simon Wilson

Online qualifier Simon Wilson raised to 120,000 from the hijack before Kevin Houghton three-bet to 275,000 on the button. Action folded back to Wilson who four-bet to 700,000. Houghton called.

The flop came {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Wilson bet 440,000. Houghton called.

The {j-Clubs} was the turn and Wilson moved all in for 1,200,000 effective. Houghton snap called.

Kevin Houghton: {j-}{j-}
Simon Wilson: {a-}{a-}

It was a dream turn for Houghton as he had hit a two outer against Wilson. The river came a brick {x-} which gave Houghton a massive double up.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Houghton gb
Kevin Houghton
4,500,000
2,600,000
2,600,000
Simon Wilson ie
Simon Wilson
1,500,000
-1,986,394
-1,986,394

Tags: Kevin HoughtonSimon Wilson

Adderley Eliminates Kelliher With Set

Level 14 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
John Adderley
John Adderley

There was around 480,000 in the pot. John Adderley was under the gun against Patrick Kelliher in the cutoff.

The board read {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and Adderley checked. Kelliher bet 50,000 before Adderley moved all in for around 600,000 effective covering Kelliher. Kelliher went into the tank using his time bank cards before calling. Adderley showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for a set which ensured Kelliher's elimination as he turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} for an overpair.

Player Chips Progress
John Adderley gb
John Adderley
3,200,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Patrick Kelliher gb
Patrick Kelliher
Busted

Tags: John AdderleyPatrick Kelliher

Packer Leads Final Day at the GGPoker £560 UKPC Main Event

Leslie Packer
Leslie Packer

Day 1a chip leader Leslie Packer leads the pack of 169 players at the start ofDay 2 of the GGPoker United Kingdom Poker Championship Main Event here in Nottingham at Dusk Till Dawn poker club.

The Welshman has over $77,000 in live tournament earnings and will be hoping to add to that number here at the GGPoker UKPC Main Event. He will face stiff competition as other notables in the field include online Day 1a chip leader Andrew Wilson (3,384,380), Ali Ayub (2,340,000), Waheed Ashraf (2,250,000) and Chris Da Silva (2,035,000), who all bagged over average.

Start of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts at the GGPoker UKPC Main Event

RankPlayerChip CountDay 2 Big Blinds
1Leslie Packer4,455,000178
2Marius Westlund4,150,000166
3Duncan McLellan3,650,000146
4Henrik Nowroozi3,580,000143
5Simon Wilson3,486,394139
6Andrew Wilson3,384,380135
7Seth Webber3,366,453135
8Francis Obadun3,200,000128
9Sandeep Shah3,055,000122
10Byron Borburg3,052,928122

Early in the day all attention will be on the final showdown between Team Firaldo and Team Robin. GGPoker ambassador Lukas Robinson (285,000) is the final member of his team and he will battle Team Firaldo's Gurvinder Shergill (400,000), who also had a below average stack, to see who can win the last longer contest.

The prizepool broke the £500,000 guarantee and generate a total prizepool of £556,780 which includes £95,000 for the champion.

Action will kick off at 12 p.m. local time with blinds being rolled back to 15,000/25,000 with an 25,000 big blind ante. Blinds will be 30-minutes in length with blinds being extended to 40-minutes for the final table. Action will also be live streamed on the Dusk Till Dawn YouTube channel from 7:45 p.m. on a delay.

Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action until a champion is crowned today.