Main Event Day 1b | 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour United Kingdom

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

11-19-2014 22:31 UTC

Final Break

[user76023]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day.

11-19-2014 22:28 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Fox	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted
Bryn Kenney	Busted
Patrick Leonard	Busted
Alli Mallu	Busted
Rob Sherwood	Busted
Ram Vaswani	Busted
Sam Grafton	Busted

It's a Sin

[user76023]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Craig McCorkell opened to 1,500 preflop before Sin Melin made it 2,900 from the blinds. McCorkell called to see a flop which both players checked.

The on the turn saw Melin lead for 2,500 and McCorkell called. The river did not seem to change too much and Melin bet around 6,000 but McCorkell folded so quick that no-one had time to count it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sin Melin	52,000 5,000	5,000
Craig McCorkell	23,200 -800	-800

Tags: Craig McCorkell Sin Melin

11-19-2014 22:21 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brammer	80,000 15,000	15,000

Saout's Check-Raise Gets Through

[user76023]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

On the turn of a board, the action was checked to Sam Grafton on the button who bet 2,050. Ben Vinson flat-called before Antoine Saout made it 7,900 to play. Grafton folded fairly speedily but Vinson gave the raise some serious consideration before he too folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Vinson	46,000 17,000	17,000
Antoine Saout	45,000 22,000	22,000
Sam Grafton	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Ben Vinson Sam Grafton

11-19-2014 22:03 UTC

Some Chip Counts

[user76023]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Mannion	130,000 90,500	90,500
Caicai Huang	120,000
Chris Brammer	65,000 38,000	38,000
Jack Ellwood	58,000 23,000	23,000
Sylvain Loosli	48,000 32,500	32,500
Sofia Lovgren	40,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jon Kalmar	37,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jack Salter	31,000 7,500	7,500
Iaron Lightbourne	28,000 4,500	4,500

Nik Persaud	25,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jim Moult	22,000 -28,000	-28,000
Gaelle Baumann	20,000 -25,000	-25,000

Kevin Allen	17,500 2,500	2,500

11-19-2014 21:53 UTC

Vaswani Misses Draw

[user76023]

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Francis Thomas opened to 1,500 from early position and was called by Ram Vaswani in the small blind and Jon Spinks in the big blind.

The flop came and it was checked to Thomas who bet 2,500. Vaswani check-raised to 7,000 (in effect, putting Thomas all in) and Spinks folded. Thomas quickly called all in and both players tabled their hands.

Vaswani:
Thomas:

The on the turn didn't change anything and while the river was black, it was the - a blank that allowed Thomas to double up. Vaswani has been knocked down to 8,000 as a result.