2022 PokerStars EPT London

£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
£232,300
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£1,399,680
Entries
1,458
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
344
Players Left
52

O'Neill Raises the River

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Jack O'Neill
Jack O'Neill

Jack O'Neill and Julien Loire were heads up on the river of a board showing {q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

Loire fired a bet of 10,000, only to be raised all in by O'Neill. After taking some time, Loire made the call and showed {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a straight. O'Neill turned over {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a flush, scoring the knockout and adding to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jack O'Neill gb
Jack O'Neill
63,000
63,000
63,000
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
Busted

Tags: Jack O'NeillJulien Loire

Set of Aces Good for Eldar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A hand had already been completed as the dealer was stacking up the chips and sending them over to Alon Eldar as his winning hand of {a-}{a-} was showing on a board of {6-}{j-}{8-}{a-}{5-}.

Roiy Bar was the player standing up and busted as his defeated hand had already been discarded and walked away.

Player Chips Progress
Alon Eldar il
Alon Eldar
90,000
90,000
90,000
Roiy Bar il
Roiy Bar
Busted

Tags: Alon EldarRoiy Bar

Beckford Rivers the Knockout

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Cameron Beckford
Cameron Beckford

Cameron Beckford raised from early position and was called by Dan Samson immediately to his left. The two players saw the {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, where Beckford check-called a bet of 1,500.

The action repeated on the {q-Hearts} turn, with Samson firing 2.500 to the {a-Diamonds} river. Beckford checked one last time, and called instantly as Samson committed the rest of his short stack.

Beckford turned over {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for the nut flush, and Samson could only muck his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Cameron Beckford gb
Cameron Beckford
58,000
58,000
58,000
Dan Samson gb
Dan Samson
Busted

Tags: Cameron BeckfordDan Samson

Khatri Gets One Through

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The board read {q-Hearts}{7-Spades}{j-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} on the turn with three players contesting a hand and a pot of around 25,000 sitting in the middle.

From middle position, Bhavin Khatri put together a bet of 10,300. Liece El Berrak folded from the big blind.

David Docherty was under the gun and counted out the chips at first but then thought for a while and checked his cards. Eventually after several moments, he also decided to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Bhavin Khatri gb
Bhavin Khatri
68,000
68,000
68,000
David Docherty gb
David Docherty
24,000
24,000
24,000
Liece El Berrak fr
Liece El Berrak
12,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Bhavin KhatriDavid DochertyLiece El Berrak

Trattou's Aces Conquer Queens

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicholas Trattou and Ahmad Abdelhadi were all in preflop, with both stacks close enough that it unclear who was at risk.

Ahmad Abdelhadi: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Nicholas Trattou: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Trattou was ahead with pocket aces, and the {j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{7-Clubs} runout was no help to Abdelhadi. After counting both stacks, it was Abdelhadi slightly short while Trattou doubled his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Trattou gb
Nicholas Trattou
76,000
76,000
76,000
Ahmad Abdelhadi gb
Ahmad Abdelhadi
Busted

Tags: Ahmad AbdelhadiNicholas Trattou

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Chetrit Clears the Hand

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the river with the board reading {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The pot had about 11,000 in it.

From the big blind, Michael Chetrit bet 3,500 which cleared out his opponents, John Kitchen who was under the gun and Steven Watts from early position to send Chetrit the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Chetrit fr
Michael Chetrit
48,000
48,000
48,000
John Kitchen gb
John Kitchen
44,000
44,000
44,000
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
43,000
43,000
43,000

Tags: John KitchenMichael ChetritSteven Watts

Schwaederle Scores Value

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Cedric Schwaederle (at another event)
Cedric Schwaederle (at another event)

Cedric Schwaederle asked for chip count from Victor Ilyukhin on the board showing {k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{k-Spades}.

After taking a moment, Schwaederle decided on a bet of 2,400 and was quickly called. Schwaederle turned over {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a full house, while Ilyukhin quickly showed {k-}{j-} as he mucked his cards.

At a nearby table, Barny Boatman wished everyone good luck and made his way out of the room to re-enter the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Cedric Schwaederle fr
Cedric Schwaederle
63,000
63,000
63,000
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
30,000
-52,000
-52,000
EPT 1X Winner
Victor Ilyukhin gb
Victor Ilyukhin
18,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Barny BoatmanCedric SchwaederleVictor Ilyukhin

Bailey Takes One From Da Silva

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Andrew Bailey raised on the button and Chris Da Silva defended his big blind.

The flop came down {4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. Bailey continued for 1,500 and Da Silva called.

The turn was the {4-Spades}. Both players checked it. The river was the {6-Spades}. Da Silva led for 1,200 and Bailey called.

Da Silva showed the {7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} which was bested by the {k-Spades}{10-Spades} that Bailey rolled over.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Bailey gb
Andrew Bailey
35,000
35,000
35,000
Chris Da Silva gb
Chris Da Silva
32,000
32,000
32,000
PokerStars

Tags: Andrew BaileyChris Da Silva

Spragg Surrenders on the River

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Benjamin Spragg
Benjamin Spragg

PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg raised to 1,200 from under the gun and found a call from Joseph Bardakji in the big blind.

Spragg continued for 800 on the {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop, which Bardakji check-called. Both players then checked the {4-Spades} turn before Bardakji led out for 1,200 on the {q-Hearts} river. Spragg found the fold, and Bardakji took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
83,000
83,000
83,000
PokerStars
Joseph Bardakji fr
Joseph Bardakji
16,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Benjamin SpraggJoseph Bardakji