Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK
Buy-in
£2,000
Entries
450
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2015 WPT UK Main Event
At 12:00pm GMT on November 3, the £2,200 buy-in World Poker Tour UK Main Event kicks off and everything points towards it being an amazing tournament. With the prize pool set at a staggering £1,000,000, it is sure to attract some of the very best poker players in the business, including last year's champion Matas Cimbolas.
Cimbolas outlasted a field of 354 in 2014 to walk away with a cool £200,000 and the winner's trophy. The talented Lithuanian is in Nottingham, having played in the WPT500 earlier this week, so will be going all out to defend his title.
Players start with 30,000 chips and they are permitted to reenter, but only on the next starting flight. Late registration is open until the end of the fourth 60-minute level, and nine levels are scheduled for Day 1a.
Stick with PokerNews until Sunday 8 November as we bring you all of the action, as it happens, live from the 2015 WPT UK Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Day 1a has started with 40 players in there seats. This figure should rise during late registration thanks to the surviving 50 players competing in the WPT500 all have £2,200 WPT Main Event seats as part of their winnings.
Early Starters
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There are currently 45 players registered for Day 1a of the 2015 WPT UK Main Event and some of those buying in straight away include last night's High Roller bustee Richard Trigg, David Lloyd, Tom Kugelstadt, Sam MacDonald, the North East's Marc Foggin, local hero Stephen Ayres and Mrs Shola Akindele Deadman.
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More Early Level Grinders
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Here are some more names that you may be familiar with, all are in their seats and grinding away hoping to get their quest for gory off to the best possible start.
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Continuation Bet Works For Lovelady
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joseph Lovelady has helped himself to an early pot to get off the mark here in Nottingham.
Lovelady raised to 300 from early position and was called by Jefferson Dike in the hijack and Rapinder Cheema in the big blind. Cheema checked to the preflop aggressor on the 
flop and Lovellady continued with a 625 bet. Dike folded, as did Cheema, and Lovelady is up and running.
Jacks Good For Rosen
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Not all button raises are made with weak hands as Mats Rosen showed a few moments ago.
Rosen opened to 300 from the button, Shola Akindele Deadman called from the small blind and Jamie "Boz" O'Connor came along for the ride in the big blind. Both blinds checked the 
turn and Rosen bet 600. Only Akindele Deadman called.
The dealer placed the 
onto the turn and Akindele Deadman check-called again, this time a bet of 1,200. The 
completed the community cards and both players checked its arrival.
Rosen showed 
and Akindele Deadman lost the hand with 
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Patel Finds Aces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Stephen O'Keefe raised to 225 from middle position, Peter Wigglesworth called on the button and Suketu Patel flat called from the small blind. Ben Martin then squeezed to 1,300 from the big blind, only to see O'Keefe raise to 2,375.
Wigglesworth folded, but Patel 7,225! What started as a relatively straight forward hand had suddenly gone crazy. Martin folded and O'Keefe finally got out of the way. Patel showed 
voluntarily as he raked in the pot.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0