From under the gun, Matt Perrins raised to 900. Action folded to PokerStars qualifier from Slovakia Jozef Hancin Hentz in the small blind and he made the call. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called from the big blind as well and the flop came down .
On the flop, all three players checked to see the land on the turn. Hentz checked and Mercier bet 1,050. Perrins made the call and Hentz folded.
The river completed the board with the and both Mercier and Perrins checked. Mercier tabled the and Perrins mucked his hand.
When we got to the table, Keith Johnson and Noah Boeken were involved in a hand on the flop. We gathered that Boeken had raised under the gun, Johnson three-bet from the small blind and Boeken called prior to the flop.
On the flop, both checked and the turn brought the . Johnson tossed out a single yellow T5,000 chip and announced a bet for less than that amount, although we couldn't hear what he said. Boeken raised to 8,000 and Johnson called.
The river completed the board with the and Johnson checked with about 12,000 behind. Boeken fired 15,000 and Johnson quickly folded.
With registration closed after the fourth level, the numbers have been tallied and the prize pool and payouts information has been made available. The field grew to 411 players on Day 1b. Combine that with the 280 that played Day 1a and the you have a total field size of 691. It's much less than last year's 848, but still quite a large number. The total prize pool created was £3,351,350 and first place is worth a whopping £750,000. The top 104 places will be paid out and you can find all of the payouts on our payouts page.
Sarah Grant is on the prowl to find out the best places to play while in London. She corners Matt Perrins, break out perormance of the year at the British Poker Awards, to find out where to head for a night on the town.
Emil Mattson raised from under the gun to 800. Dominik Nitsche and Jean Fortin called from middle position, Joe Hachem called from the hijack seat and Miltiadis Kyriakides called from the small blind.
The flop came down and Kyriakides checked. Mattson bet 2,500 and Nitsche folded. Fortin called and then Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro, raised to 8,225. Kyriakides, Mattson and Fortin all folded and Hachem won the pot.
Andrew Feldman fired 1,525 on the flop and was called by his opponent before seeing the land on the turn. Feldman bet 3,925 and this time, his opponent gave it up.
Despite arriving a little bit late, Feldman is up to 65,000 in chips.
Alexander Millar took on Eddy Sabat and David Williams in a recent hand and here's how it went down.
The three had made it to a flop and Sabat led for 1,400 after Williams checked. Millar raised this up to 3,200 from middle position and Williams called. Sabat folded saying, “One of those days.”
The turn came and Williams checked to face a yellow-tower bet. The Brit had slid over eight T5,000 chips over the line to set the Team PokerStars Pro all in. Williams had 25,000 in front of him and could only admit defeat.
Toni Ojala checked the flop and Bill Chen bet 2,000. Vanessa Rousso called the bet and then Iigin Vyacheslav Alexandovich raised to 7,000. Ojala folded, but Chen and Rousso both called.
The turn was the and paired the board. Chen and Rousso checked. Alexandovich took a minute and then bet all in for approximately 21,000. Chen and Rousso quickly folded and Alexandovich won the pot.
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land on the turn. Hentz checked and Mercier bet 1,050. Perrins made the call and Hentz folded.
and both Mercier and Perrins checked. Mercier tabled the 
and Perrins mucked his hand.
flop. We gathered that Boeken had raised under the gun, Johnson three-bet from the small blind and Boeken called prior to the flop.
. Johnson tossed out a single yellow T5,000 chip and announced a bet for less than that amount, although we couldn't hear what he said. Boeken raised to 8,000 and Johnson called.
and Johnson checked with about 12,000 behind. Boeken fired 15,000 and Johnson quickly folded.
and Kyriakides checked. Mattson bet 2,500 and Nitsche folded. Fortin called and then Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and 
flop and was called by his opponent before seeing the 
land on the turn. Feldman bet 3,925 and this time, his opponent gave it up.
flop and Sabat led for 1,400 after Williams checked. Millar raised this up to 3,200 from middle position and Williams called. Sabat folded saying, “One of those days.”
and Williams checked to face a yellow-tower bet. The Brit had slid over eight T5,000 chips over the line to set the Team PokerStars Pro all in. Williams had 25,000 in front of him and could only admit defeat.
flop and Bill Chen bet 2,000. Vanessa Rousso called the bet and then Iigin Vyacheslav Alexandovich raised to 7,000. Ojala folded, but Chen and Rousso both called.
