£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day 4 Started
£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day 4 Started
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 6,550,000 | 44 |
2 | Martin Caride | France | 2,775,000 | 19 |
3 | Vincenzo Schiavottiello | Italy | 2,700,000 | 18 |
5 | Olivier Arnault | Spain | 1,850,000 | 12 |
6 | Conor Beresford | England | 25,700,000 | 171 |
8 | Martin Jacobson | England | 4,175,000 | 28 |
The final six will battle for the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event title at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London. The field is led by runaway chip leader Conor Beresford, who carries more than half of the chips in play in search of the first-place prize of £232,300 at the Hilton Park Lane.
Beresford scored a flurry of knockouts on Day 3, including the final two eliminations of the night that set the stage for today’s action. The Englishman has 171 big blinds, amassing a dominant 59 percent of the chips as play begins. Among the names giving chase is Martin Jacobson, who climbed from last in chips with 28 players remaining to third position entering Day 4.
Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Conor Beresford | England | 25,700,000 | 171 |
2 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 6,550,000 | 44 |
3 | Martin Jacobson | England | 4,175,000 | 28 |
4 | Martin Caride | Spain | 2,775,000 | 19 |
5 | Vincenzo Schiavottiello | Italy | 2,700,000 | 18 |
6 | Olivier Arnault | France | 1,850,000 | 12 |
Norway’s Jon Kyte enters the final day second in chips, while the field is rounded out by Spain’s Martin Caride, Italian Vincenzo Schiavottiello and France’s Olivier Arnault. The latter three all begin play south of 20 big blinds, needing to make an early move to challenge for the title.
The tournament saw a record field this week, becoming the largest UKIPT London in history with 1,458 total entries generating a prize pool totaling £1,399,680. All remaining players are guaranteed £47,190, with the largest share of the money still to be handed out.
Position | Prize |
---|---|
1 | £232,300 |
2 | £145,120 |
3 | £103,650 |
4 | £79,740 |
5 | £61,330 |
6 | £47,190 |
The final table will resume at 12 p.m. local time, picking up the action at the start of Level 31. Blinds will be 100,000/150,000 with a 150,000 big blind ante and 20-minute breaks scheduled after every two levels.
As always, the PokerNews team will have full reports on the way to crowning a new champion at EPT London.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
After a few minutes of delay for final table pictures and the new 500,000 chips being introduced, play is now underway on the final day of the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event.
Chip leader Conor Beresford opened the first two hands of the day by raising to 375,000.
The blinds folded behind, and Beresford extended his lead early.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford | 26,400,000 | 700,000 |
Jon Kyte | 6,250,000 | -300,000 |
Martin Jacobson | 3,775,000 | -400,000 |
Martin Caride | 2,775,000 | |
Vincenzo Schiavottiello | 2,700,000 | |
Olivier Arnault | 1,850,000 |
Conor Beresford raised to 300,000 from the cutoff. Martin Jacobson jammed from the button which cleared everyone else out.
On the next hand, Olivier Arnault jammed from under the gun and got no callers as play continues to be tepid for the first few orbits with very few flops being seen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford | 26,800,000 | 400,000 |
Martin Jacobson | 4,075,000 | 300,000 |
Olivier Arnault | 2,150,000 | 300,000 |
The top two stacks at the table battled on a pair of hands, as Jon Kyte and Conor Beresford each opened to 300,000 only to see the other move all in.
Both shoves produced folds, as well as some smirks at the table with several shorter stacks watching on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford | 27,700,000 | 900,000 |
Jon Kyte | 5,100,000 | -1,150,000 |
Olivier Arnault jammed from the small blind for about 2,500,000. Conor Beresford gave a bit of a wry smile as he called and rolled over the . Arnault threw his head back before turning over the as he was on the wrong end of a big blind-on-blind cooler.
Beresford was anti-sweating himself as he called for a jack and sure enough there was a jack in the window but the dealer fanned out to reveal an ace as well to make Arnault sigh with disappointment.
The turn was the and the river the to end the run for Arnault as the first victim of the day in sixth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford | 29,300,000 | 2,500,000 |
Olivier Arnault | Busted |