Second Starting Flight of 888poker UKPL Coventry Main Event Gets Underway at 1 P.M.
With dark clouds hovering above the Coventry Building Society Arena, and a steady downpour forecasted, it is a perfect day to head inside the Grosvenor Casino and play some cards, and with Day 1b and Day 1c of the 888poker UK Poker League Coventry £560 Main Event on the schedule, there will be plenty of poker action taking place.
Day 1b of the £100,000 guaranteed Main Event will start at 1 p.m. local time and features 40-minute levels, while the evening flight of Day 1c kicks off at 6 p.m. and has a slightly faster structure with levels of 30 minutes. Those who make it through one of the starting flights will join the six players who have already progressed to Day 2 via Day 1a, including overwhelming chipleader Ding Fan and UKPL Reading champion Dale Wilson.
Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ding Fan | United Kingdom | 842,000 | 84 |
| 2 | V.P. | 399,000 | 40 | |
| 3 | Graham Carter | United Kingdom | 341,000 | 34 |
| 4 | Ling Chen | United Kingdom | 276,000 | 28 |
| 5 | E.C. | 245,000 | 25 | |
| 6 | Dale Wilson | United Kingdom | 223,000 | 22 |
Those wishing to overtake Fan on Day 1b will have 15 levels of play to do so, starting with a stack of 50,000. Level 1 knows blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante, and twelve levels of late registration and unlimited reentries are available, at which point the blinds will be at 2,500/5,000 (5,000). A small break is planned after every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled.
UKPL Coventry Day 1b Structure
PokerNews will be live reporting Day 1b's action straight from the tournament floor, and provide the chip counts of Day 1c once play has wrapped up. Stay tuned for all the latest from the final 888poker UKPL Main Event of the year.