£560 Main Event Day 1ab | 2024 EAPT UK

05-24-2024 19:44 UTC

Chaplin Seeks Solace After Late Exit

Chris Bean

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With 130,000 in the middle, on a flop of Q♦8♣2♣, Tristan Chaplin moved all in for 243,000. Keith Johnson asked for a count and made the call.

Tristan Chaplin: K♣7♣ All in
Keith Johnson: Q♥J♥

Johnson was ahead with a pair of ladies, but Chaplain had a flush draw. The 2♦ paired the turn which proved to be consequential as the Q♣ completed the board to give Johnson a boat that sunk Chaplin's no-good flush. Chaplin headed to the exit and intends to play Day 1d on Saturday.

Shortly after Chaplin's elimination, Martin Olali also exited the competition.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Johnson	940,000 170,000	170,000
Tristan Chaplin	Busted
Martin Olali	Busted

Tags: Keith Johnson Tristan Chaplin

05-24-2024 19:31 UTC

Latest Chip Counts (full)

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Chris Bean

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Hanley	2,100,000 100,000	100,000

Jack Allen	1,350,000 220,000	220,000
Ben Fowler	1,250,000 290,000	290,000
Hok Lai	1,220,000 415,000	415,000
Lewis Nuttall	1,100,000 448,000	448,000
Gabriel Cogianu	1,060,000 308,000	308,000
Richard Shepherd	1,010,000 235,000	235,000
Pavel Dobrita	963,000
Adrian Cazacu	950,000 566,000	566,000
James Clarke	930,000 460,000	460,000
Song Hoi Sun	870,000 248,000	248,000
David Langsdale	860,000
Keith Johnson	770,000
Roberto Mantu	670,000 407,000	407,000
Manikandan Radhakrishnan	650,000 151,000	151,000
Martin Olali	640,000 377,000	377,000
Anthony Mallett	415,000
Thomas Garment	380,000 388,000	388,000
Gheorge Ciubotaru	364,000 278,000	278,000
Tristan Chaplin	330,000 125,000	125,000
Ben Squelch	260,000
Trevor Pearson	188,000 307,000	307,000
Jack McFadyen	170,000
Marius Varanavicius	Busted

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05-24-2024 19:15 UTC

Eight Eliminations Before Bagging

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Chris Bean

Level 12 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With only 26 players remaining, only eight more eliminations are required to reach the target of 18 players to bag and tag this evening.

Meanwhile, late registration has closed for Day 1b, with 97 players getting involved in the second flight of the day. Currently 71 players are still battling to make it to Day 2.

Level: 12

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

05-24-2024 18:54 UTC

Kang Doubles in the Battle of the Blinds

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Chris Bean

Level 11 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mandip Kang bet 35,000 from the small blind and was met with a raise from Roberto Mantu to 110,000. Kang responded with a shove for 267,000 and was called quickly from Mantu.

Mandip Kang: A♣Q♣ All in
Roberto Mantu: A♦K♣

A cooler situation with Mantu dominating with Big Slick, but the runout of A♠10♣7♣Q♠7♠ gave Kang top two pair to secure a vital double-up

Player	Chips	Progress
Mandip Kang	545,000 545,000	545,000
Roberto Mantu	263,000 263,000	263,000

Tags: Mandip Kang Roberto Mantu

05-24-2024 18:33 UTC

Hanley Takes Commanding Chip Lead

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Chris Bean

Level 11 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

After a titanic tussle with Gajanthan Kamalanathan, Jonathan Hanley has put clear daylight between himself and the rest of the field.

With over 400,000 in the pot on a completed board of A♦A♣4♣K♦6♣, Kamalanathan bet 175,000 and was shoved on by Hanley which put Kamalanathan at risk for a further 200,000 chips. After utilizing all of his time bank Kamalanathan made the call and was dismayed to see Hanley making a boat with K♣K♠ which beat his trips as he held A♥Q♦.

Hanley now has 11 starting stacks to his name and is putting himself in contention for a massive score.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Hanley	2,200,000 990,000	990,000

Gajanthan Kamalanathan	Busted

Tags: Gajanthan Kamalanathan Jonathan Hanley

Level: 11

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

05-24-2024 18:15 UTC

Latest Eliminations

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Chris Bean

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
George Demetriou	Busted
Iman Sarkeshik	Busted
Yordan Vasilev	Busted
Joe Smith (UK)	Busted
Simon Davidson	Busted
Colin MacAndrew	Busted
Dragos Bulgarea	Busted
Francis Obadun	Busted

05-24-2024 18:11 UTC

Pearson Grabs Pot

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Chris Bean

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With 260,000 in the middle, three players saw a completed board of 8♠4♣2♦5♥9♣. Jeremy MacGhilles in the big blind which got a fold from Chris Da-Silva in the hijack.

Trevor Pearson on the button made the call and tabled J♣J♦ which bettered MacGhilles Q♦8♥ and Pearson scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Trevor Pearson	495,000 75,000	75,000
Chris Da-Silva	325,000 125,000	125,000
Jeremy MacGhilles	220,000

Tags: Chris Da-Silva Jeremy MacGhilles Trevor Pearson

05-24-2024 18:04 UTC

WATCH: Loose Cannon Nikki Limo Talks Big Game | PokerNews Podcast #831

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Chad Holloway

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In the 831st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined by Nikki Limo, who is filling in for Mike Holtz, at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about her time as the Loose Cannon on the PokerStars Big Game. The first two episodes recently dropped featuring Limo squaring off against Phil Hellmuth, Alex Keating, Arden Cho, Lex Veldhuis, and Jennifer Tilly.

Limo discusses how she got cast for the show, what happened when she played "Two Truths and a Bluff," and then Kyna & Chad surprise her by offering up some bluffs of their own. Limo also delves into a big hand that she played against the "Poker Brat" that went poker viral.

The crew then talked about the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) being less than a week away, and take a look at some of the "Best Without a Bracelet" including Maria Ho, Seth Davies, and Bin Weng, just to name a few. Plus, will Phil Ivey be at the 2024 WSOP? Find out what the hosts think in this episode.

From there, they take a look at Jessica Vierling winning the WSOP Commerce $1,700 Main Event for $328,273, plus all the big winners from the Triton Montenegro including Mike Watson, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Adrian Mateos, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who all won seven-figure scores!

Finally, Kyna and Nikki play a game of #PokerThrift in which they have to guess whether or not Chad bought some random poker items he found in secondhand stores in Las Vegas. Oh, and there's a preview of Raminder Singh's appearance on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker show hosted by Connor Richards.

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