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£560 Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
2024 EAPT UK
£560 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2024 EAPT UK
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
£560
Prize Pool
£480,000
Total Entries
858
Level
31
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
666
Players Left
132
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Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Day 1c of the first-ever Eurasian Poker Tour UK Main Event has concluded with a new overall chip leader Foad Sattarzadeh.
Sattarzadeh steamrollered over his opponents to amass a massive stack of 3,340,000 to overtake Day 1a chip leader Jonathan Hanley on top of the chip standings at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham.
In second place is Yorkshireman David Ledden, who gathered 2,320,000 throughout the day and is in a prime position to make a deep run in the tournament.
Rounding off the top three is the infamous Will Kassouf, who bagged 2,145,000 despite entering the fray at the very last moment before registration closed at the start of level seven.
Day 1c EAPT UK Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foad Sattarzadeh | United Kingdom | 3,340,000 | 167 |
| 2 | David Ledden | United Kingdom | 2,320,000 | 116 |
| 3 | Will Kassouf | United Kingdom | 2,145,000 | 107 |
| 4 | Luke Johnson | United Kingdom | 2,125,000 | 106 |
| 5 | Arran Fletcher | United Kingdom | 1,700,000 | 85 |
| 6 | Jamie Geraghty | United Kingdom | 1,600,000 | 80 |
| 6 | Jorge Palomino | Spain | 1,600,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Dost Ghrabie | United Kingdom | 1,555,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Longmao Fan | China | 1,540,000 | 77 |
| 10 | Zhehao Ma | United Kingdom | 1,530,000 | 77 |
Day 1c Highlights
The star of the show at the start of the day was Albert Sapiano. The veteran player who made his money in honey played with his usual reckless abandon and terrorized his fellow players.
After busting Andrew Lewis in the first level in the day, Sapiano put Paul Haycock to the ultimate test by moving all in for 191,000 on an ace-high board, with only 50,000 in the pot. Haycock used a time bank card before folding pocket kings face up.
Sapiano caused further carnage before running out of chips during level four and was seen to fire another bullet in the Day 1d flight.
The volume in the room increased when Will Kassouf sat down and managed to increase his stack sixfold in the space of an hour.
Kassouf who still haunts Stacy Matuson’s dreams, applied his table talk which backfired in a big hand against Steven Frew.
On an all-diamond flop Kassouf claimed to have the ‘coconuts’ with a big raise on a brick turn. Frew called and the ace of diamonds landed on the river to debunk Kassouf’s proclamation. Despite this Kassouf continued the story with a big bet, but Frew called with the second nuts to take down the pot.
But the man of the hour was Sattarzadeh who gained the majority of his stack in a huge pot against Paul Leckey. Leckey shoved with the nut flush draw on the turn for 635,000 chips and Satarzadeh made the call with top pair. Leckey couldn’t connect and Satarzadeh dragged in a near 2,000,000 pot.
The 45 players who advanced from Day 1c will reconvene at 3 p.m. local time on May 26. Stick with PokerNews for all of the latest developments from the EAPT UK Main Event.
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Lars Torngren bet 65,000 from the cutoff and was met with a shove from Mohamed Dagia in the small blind for 280,000. Torngren made the call and a flock of spectators surrounded the table.
Mohamed Dagia: K♠K♦
Lars Torngren: A♦A♣
A huge cooler on the bubble as Dagia ran into Torngren's blades. The runout of J♠8♠7♦6♦5♦ proved no help for Dagia who was the last to exit Day 1c without a guaranteed payout.
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Play is now hand for hand, one more elimination is required before the bubble bursts.
Level 14
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Four players saw the turn with a board of J♣8♦6♣A♦ and 225,000 in the middle. Foad Sattarzadeh bet 80,000 from middle position and was called by Wesley O'Neill on the button.
Paul Leckey moved all in from the big blind for 635,000. Sattarzadeh burnt a time bank card and made the call. O'Neill used a time bank card and opted to fold.
Paul Leckey: K♦10♦ 
Foad Sattarzadeh: A♥J♥
Leckey shoved with a flush draw and a gutshot and made an unwanted pair on the 10♠ river. Leckey headed to the exit and the rest of the field are one elimination away from a payday.
Level: 14
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 13
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Only three eliminations are required before players can bag and tag to secure a place in Day 2 of the EAPT UK Main Event.
Colin MacAndrew, Leslie Lamena and Michael Skeldon are among the players to bust close to the bubble.
