£560 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
£560 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
The first-ever Eurasian Poker Tour UK Main Event is in full swing at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, Nottingham, with Day 1c due to start at midday local time.
Yesterday a total of 38 players advanced into Day 2 from 192 entries to ensure they will be getting a slice of the guaranteed prize pool of £500,000.
Local lad Jonathan Hanley was the overwhelming chip leader from Day 1a amassing an amazing 3,180,000 chips, while Lin Chen will bring the biggest stack from Day 1b with 1,890,000.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Hanley | United Kingdom | 3,180,000 | 159 |
| 2 | Lin Chen | United Kingdom | 1,890,000 | 95 |
| 3 | Yinchuan Liu | United Kingdom | 1,835,000 | 92 |
| 4 | Aqueel Butt | United Kingdom | 1,820,000 | 91 |
| 5 | Joshua Radley | United Kingdom | 1,730,000 | 87 |
| 6 | CL | United Kingdom | 1,725,000 | 86 |
| 7 | Jack Allen | United Kingdom | 1,680,000 | 84 |
| 8 | Ben Fowler | United Kingdom | 1,555,000 | 78 |
| 9 | David Langsdale | United Kingdom | 1,465,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Andreas Olympios | United Kingdom | 1,370,000 | 69 |
Play will commence at midday local time for Day 1c and a 5 p.m. start for Day 1d. Each player will receive 200,000 chips, with blinds starting with a 1,000 small blind, 1,000 big blind and 1,000 big blind ante. Day 1c’s blinds will increase every 40 minutes, while Day 1d’s blinds will increase every 30 minutes.
Players may re-enter once on both flights until the start of level seven. The play will continue until 20 percent of the field remains who will bag up and return for Day 2 on May 26 at 3 p.m. local time.
If players don’t advance today they will have one last chance on the turbo flight of Day 1e on May 26 which starts at 10 a.m. local time with 15-minute levels.
PokerNews will focus it’s coverage on Day 1c today and will provide the end-of-day chip counts for Day 1d.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Cards are in the air at Dusk Till Dawn for Day 1c of the EAPT UK Main Event.
So far 74 players have took a seat in this flight, with late registration open until the start of level seven.
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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Stephen Simons bet 4,000 from early position and was called by Paul Richards in middle position, Garry Spinks on the button and Luke Johnson in the big blind.
All four players checked the K♥8♠3♣ flop, but Simons continued for 8,000 on the Q♦ turn which garnered folds from the three remaining opponents.
Meanwhile the first casualty of the day is Andrew Lewis who lost out to Albert Sapiano who is playing in his usual unique way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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375,000
375,000
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375,000 |
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215,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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203,000
203,000
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203,000 |
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197,000
197,000
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197,000 |
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188,000
188,000
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188,000 |
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Busted |
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.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Paul Harrison bet 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Daniel Elder in middle position. Paul Haycock in the hijack raised to 12,500 and was called by Albert Sapiano in the cutoff. Harrison also called, but Elder folded.
The flop of A♦10♠5♥ saw Haycock down-bet to 8,500, which was immediately called by Sapiano while Harrison folded.
The 9♥ came on the turn and Haycock checked to Sapiano who shoved immediately, comfortably covering his opponent. Haycock burnt a time bank card and opted to fold K♦K♥ face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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320,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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203,000
203,000
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203,000 |
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196,000
196,000
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196,000 |
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191,000
191,000
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191,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |