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
Dale Wilson
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
Level
Duration (Min)
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
40
100
200
200
2
40
100
300
300
3
40
200
400
400
Break
15
4
40
300
600
600
5
40
400
800
800
6
40
500
1,000
1,000
Break
15
7
40
600
1,200
1,200
8
40
800
1,600
1,600
9
40
1,000
2,000
2,000
Break
15
10
40
1,500
3,000
3,000
11
40
2,000
4,000
4,000
12
40
2,000
5,000
5,000
Break
15
13
40
2,500
5,000
5,000
14
40
3,000
6,000
6,000
15
40
4,000
8,000
8,000
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.
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