£560 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
£560 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
A long bruising Day 2 of the EAPT UK Main Event has come to a conclusion with 16 players from the original 140 bagging for the final day at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, Nottingham.
The overnight chip leader is Yanwen Li, who grabbed the lion share of her chips from Francis Obadun when her pocket kings beat his pocket jacks and will come back tomorrow with 22,450,000.
Coming back tomorrow in second place is Ionut Dumitrana, who was on the rampage after the three-table redraw. Dumitrana dispatched five opponents in the space of an hour and finished the evening with 21,500,000.
Rounding up the top three is Dusk Till Dawn regular Baktash Parsa with 15,600,000. He will be joined by DTD cash game commentator Ali Ayub, who we presume won’t be doing double duty tomorrow when the final table is streamed live!
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanwen Li | United Kingdom | 22,450,000 | 75 |
| 2 | Ionut Dumitrana | United Kingdom | 21,500,000 | 72 |
| 3 | Baktash Parsa | United Kingdom | 15,600,000 | 52 |
| 4 | Longmao Fan | China | 14,000,000 | 47 |
| 5 | Jason Riley | United Kingdom | 12,950,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Trevor Pearson | United Kingdom | 12,675,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Ben Clark | United Kingdom | 11,875,000 | 40 |
| 8 | Hong Pham | Vietnam | 10,100,000 | 34 |
| 9 | Ryan Cooper | United Kingdom | 8,450,000 | 28 |
| 10 | Lin Chen | United Kingdom | 8,225,000 | 27 |
| 11 | Foad Sattarzadeh | United Kingdom | 8,200,000 | 27 |
| 12 | David Langsdale | United Kingdom | 7,825,000 | 26 |
| 13 | Ali Ayub | United Kingdom | 6,750,000 | 23 |
| 14 | Yinchuan Liu | United Kingdom | 6,325,000 | 21 |
| 15 | Lewis Nuttall | United Kingdom | 3,800,000 | 13 |
| 16 | Jorge Palomino | Spain | 3,450,000 | 12 |
After a delayed start the man of the hour was Obadun whose fearless approach was putting his opponents to the ultimate test and saw him at the top of the standings throughout the day.
However Obadun hit a speed bump after two tussles with Dost Ghrabie. In the first encounter Obadun bet 700,000 to punish three limpers, but Ghrabie responded with a shove from the small blind which forced Obadun to fold and his opponent tabled queen-jack off.
The very next hand Obadun raised from the hijack and Ghrabie raised out of turn for 1,000,000. Obadun made the call, but Ghrabie shoved on the flop, which got a fold from Obadun. Ghrabie had pocket aces in this battle.
Once the field was whittled down to three tables, Dumitrana went on the sun run of his life. Starting with 12,600,000 Dumitrana knocked out Muhibur Rahman, Ben Fowler, Tony Horn, and Tom Runnacles and almost doubling his stack in the process.
But the hand of the day was one of the last of the night, where Obadun clashed with Li. Obadun four-bet shoved and was slightly covered by Li. Li went into the tank and used two time extensions before making the call.
There was a stunned silence when Li tabled pocket kings and some murmurings that it was a slowroll as Obadun had pocket jacks. Obadun couldn’t improve and with that, an astonished Li did a lap of honor with her arms in the air as if she scored a winning goal at Wembley.
The action will resume at 1 p.m. local time and will play on until a winner is crowned. Stick with PokerNews for all of the latest developments at the EAPT UK Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,450,000
3,950,000
|
3,950,000 |
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21,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
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15,600,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
14,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
12,950,000
6,050,000
|
6,050,000 |
|
|
12,675,000
5,875,000
|
5,875,000 |
|
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11,875,000
3,125,000
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3,125,000 |
|
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10,100,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
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8,450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
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|
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8,225,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
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|
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|
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8,200,000
3,300,000
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3,300,000 |
|
|
7,825,000
4,525,000
|
4,525,000 |
|
|
6,750,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
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6,325,000
9,875,000
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9,875,000 |
|
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3,800,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
3,450,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
The clock has been paused and the remaining 16 players are bagging their chips at the end of Day 2.
Due to the late finish, Day 3 has been pushed back to a 1 p.m. start to give players extra time to recover to battle for the top prize of £75,000.
Francis Obadun bet 1,000,000 from the cutoff and was met with a raise from Yanwen Li on the button for 3,500,000.
Obadun opted to move all in for 8,500,000 and Li went into the tank. Li used two time bank cards and meekly chucked in a chip to call.
Francis Obadun: J♣J♦
Yanwen Li: K♥K♠
There was some gasps at the table when Li turned over the cowboys, with a couple of voices saying it was a slowroll. Both players made a boat after the runout of A♦A♥Q♣7♦A♣, but it was Li who won out and couldn't contain her excitement who jumped out of her chair with her arms aloft.
A dejected Obadun was consoled by his rail after a day of dominance in the EAPT UK Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,500,000
9,500,000
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9,500,000 |
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Busted | |
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Manesh Mistry moved all in from the small blind for 1,075,000 and was called by Jorge Palomino in the big blind.
Manesh Mistry: A♠10♥
Jorge Palomino: A♣Q♥
Palomino dominated and Mistry bricked out on the runout and headed to the exit in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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Busted |
Tom Runnacles moved all in for 3,500,000 on a flop of A♦J♦3♦ and was called by Ionut Dumitrana.
Tom Runnacles: K♦Q♣
Ionut Dumitrana: A♣9♠
Dumitrana was ahead with top pair and Runnacles needed a diamond to stay in the event. The board ran out 2♣4♣ and Dumitrana held to send Runnacles to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
|
|
Busted |
David Ledden moved all in for 3,600,000 and was called by Yinchuan Liu.
David Ledden: A♣K♥
Yinchuan Liu: K♠K♦
Liu dominated and Ledden didn't find an ace on the 10♣8♣6♠10♥9♣ board and finished in 20th place
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,200,000
7,100,000
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7,100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Tony Horn shoved for 2,900,000 and was called by Ionut Dumitrana.
Tony Horn: A♣K♥
Ionut Dumitrana: Q♥Q♦
Dumitrana's streak of knockouts continued as Horn didn't connect on the 10♣10♦2♣3♦7♣ board and is sent to the rail in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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19,100,000
2,900,000
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2,900,000 |
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Busted |
Ben Fowler moved all in for 2,200,000 and was called by Ionut Dumitrana.
Ben Fowler: A♣6♦
Ionut Dumitrana: J♠J♦
Fowler couldn't improve to beat the dominant Dumitrana and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,200,000
6,800,000
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6,800,000 |
|
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Busted |