WPTDS #28 - $1,000,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2021 888poker WPTDeepStacks London Online

12-20-2021 00:03 UTC

Second to Last Day 1 Qualifies 30 More Players for Day 2 of WPTDS #28

Lyle Bateman

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

The penultimate starting day for WPTDS #28 - $1,000,000 Main Event is now complete, and a total of 30 players out of 191 entries booked a seat for Day 2 on Dec 20. "AGelenski" bagged the biggest stack of this Day 1 with 166,576, but that only puts them in 6th place overall in the Day 2 standings.

They played the full 18 scheduled levels today, but they came very close to the 14% end-point. There were a total of 191 entries today, made up of 170 players combining for 21 rebuys, which meant that if they'd played down to 27 remaining, the day would have ended early.

Among the 30 players to move on to Day 2 today was 888poker ambassador Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba, who will start Day 2 with 59,984. Canadian streamer Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield also moved on to Day 2 with a stack of 83,557.

That makes 153 total players left in action for Day 2 at this point, with one more Day 1 to play. In total, there have been 821 entries, but if the final Day 1 is the same size as today, it should break the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Come back tomorrow for full coverage on Day 2 of the WPTDS #28 - $1,000,000 Main Event. Cards go in the air at 2 pm ET on December 20 and PokerNews will be there with all the coverage.

12-19-2021 23:28 UTC

"SerhioMD" Gets There with Under Pair

Lyle Bateman

Level 18 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

The money was in before the flop after "Draxalen" raised the hijack to 4,000 and then called with the biggest stack when "SerhioMD" shoved for 30,379 from the small blind.

"SerhioMD":
"Draxalen":

"Draxalen" was in great shape to eliminate a player, but "SerhioMD" hit a miracle on the river of .

Player	Chips	Progress
SerhioMD	65,008 34,779	34,779
Draxalen	13,373 -1,696	-1,696
shadinho888	Busted
SHERIFFmd	Busted

12-19-2021 22:47 UTC

"Otkazal" First over 100,000

Lyle Bateman

Level 15 : 600/1,200, 150 ante

"Otkazal" rocketed to the first stack over 100,000 after they raised to 2,400, then called of a shove for about 30,000 from "UmadBro10" in the small blind.

"UmadBro10":
"Otkazal":

The board ran out to leave the pair of jacks ahead, and "Otkazal" was the first to stack up more than 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Otkazal	103,536 31,998	31,998
UmadBro10	Busted

12-19-2021 22:30 UTC

"Draxalen" Doubles Through "Otkazal"

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

"Otkazal" raised the cutoff to 2,000, then called when "Draxalen" shoved 6,222 from the button.

"Draxalen":
"Otkazal":

The board of ran pure for the all-in player, and "Draxalen" scored a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Otkazal	55,348 46,243	46,243
Draxalen	15,069

12-19-2021 21:33 UTC

The Rich get Richer

Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : 200/400, 50 ante

"sheikkkeri" added to their chip lead by winning a race. "sheikkkeri" raised to 920 from the middle, and after one player called from the cutoff, small blind "raw_dawg" shoved for 18,479. Only "sheikkkeri" called to set up a race between their ace-king and the pocket nines of "raw_dawg".

"sheikkkeri" hit their king on the flop, then ran out to four clubs to give them a nut club flush. "raw_dawg" clicked the rebuy button for a fresh stack of 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
sheikkkeri	58,901 18,949	18,949
raw_dawg	10,000

12-19-2021 20:55 UTC

"lShortl" Rivers Chip Leader

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 125/250, 30 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, "sheikkkeri" gave up some chips in a blind-on-blind confrontation. They raised to 700 and got called by "lShortl" in the big blind. "lShortl" called 736 on the flop and they both checked the turn. "sheikkkeri" slowed down on the river, check-calling for 1,022. They mucked when "lShortl" showed down kd8h] for the rivered pair.

Also spotted at the same table was 888 streamer Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield with more than a start stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
sheikkkeri	39,600 -1,983	-1,983
Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield	14,232
lShortl	13,009

12-19-2021 19:57 UTC

"Inflaatio" Inflates Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 2 : 40/80, 10 ante

"ura2143" raised the button to 160, and "Inflaatio" called the small blind. They check-called a bet of 325 on the flop, then check-shoved fro 3,802 over a bet of 650 on the turn. "ura2143" called with more.

"Inflaatio":
"ura2143":

The river was a brick, and "Inflaatio" picked up a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Inflaatio	8,744
ura2143	7,088

12-19-2021 18:29 UTC

Day 1 Main Event Action on Deck

Lyle Bateman

The field for Day 2 of the World Poker Tour DeepStacks (WPTDS) London Main Event is nearly set, with just two more Day 1s to complete. The second to last Day 1 kicks off at 2:30 pm eastern time today, with another slate of players looking to add their names to the 123 players who have already booked a Day 2 seat in one of the previous qualifying days.

There is $1 million guaranteed in the Main Event, and they'll need more than 300 extra entries to make it that total. So far, a total of 674 entries have been recorded through the completed Day 1s, and with $1,000 of the $1,050 buy-in going to prizes, that means they will need another 326 entries between the final two flights to pay off the promised total.

Day 1 of the Main Event is scheduled to last 18 levels of 12 minutes each, but there is also an early escape clause. If they play down to 14% of the field remaining, they will bag up early for the night.

Players start the opening day with 10,000 chips, which works out to 166.7 big blinds to start the day, and late registration is open for nearly 3 hours after the cards go in the air. Players who lose all their chips before registration closes can also rebuy up to three times if they choose.

Cards for the second to last Day 1 of the WPTDS London Online Main Event gets underway at 14:30 ET (19:30 GMT), and PokerNews will be there to find out who bags a stack for Day 2, which runs Dec 20 starting at 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT). Stay tuned here for all the Day 1 action today from WPTDS London Online.