£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT London
£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£1,399,680
Entries
1,458
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
184
Players Left
27
Tamasauskas Bags Chip Lead at End of Day 1b of the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The first day of action from the PokerStars European Poker Tour London at the Hilton Park Lane has wrapped up and Day 1b of the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event saw Lithuania's Vladas Tamasauskas bag the chip lead after more than ten hours of play.
Tamasauskas bagged 564,000 chips which resulted in him leading the pack of the 27 players Day 1b survivors. Tamasauskas already has an UKIPT Main Event wrafaein under his belt having won the Dublin edition back in 2016 for €188,157 and will be hoping for a repeat performance.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithunia | 564,000 | 56 |
| 2 | Mauricio Pais | Germany | 530,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Diego Zeiter | Argentina | 421,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Carl Probsting | Germany | 408,000 | 41 |
| 5 | George Demetriou | United Kingdom | 404,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Thales Salomao | Brazil | 403,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Pavlo Veksler | Ukraine | 306,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Mateusz Wozniak | Poland | 277,000 | 27 |
| 9 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 263,000 | 26 |
| 10 | Dalibor Mijic | Croatia | 195,000 | 20 |
Other notables who bagged included Harry Lodge (104,000), Carl Shaw (102,000) and Kyriakos Papadopoulos (48,000).
Maurico Pais was using his aggression on the bubble when he bluffed fellow compatriot Carl Probsting in a three bet pot with ace-king. Probsting wouldn't be too unhappy though, as a few levels earlier he scored the double knockout of Rafael Navas and Nicola Benedetto as his pocket kings held against their ace-king and ace-queen respectively.
End of Day 1b chip leader Tamasauskas was able to build momentum as he hero called correctly with ace-king in a three-bet pot mid way through the day which propelled his stack in the right direction.
Notable names that fell just before the bubble included Jack Sinclair as well as joint bubble boys Seyed Sajadian and Maksym Sheingart. However, they will get more chances tomorrow as Day 1c kicks off at 12 p.m. local time followed by Day 1d at 6 p.m. They will hope to join the 79 players who have already made it to Day 2 on Thursday 20th October.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all that action tomorrow and continued coverage until a winner is crowned on Saturday 22nd October.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
564,000 | 164,000 |
|
530,000 | 30,000 |
|
421,000 | |
|
408,000 | 58,000 |
|
404,000 | 54,000 |
|
403,000 | 403,000 |
|
306,000 | |
|
277,000 | 277,000 |
|
263,000 | 71,000 |
|
195,000 | 45,000 |
|
184,000 | -81,000 |
|
|
167,000 | 4,000 |
|
160,000 | -50,000 |
|
144,000 | -38,000 |
|
|
137,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
136,000 | 80,000 |
|
109,000 | -1,000 |
|
104,000 | 104,000 |
|
102,000 | -40,000 |
|
101,000 | -94,000 |
|
100,000 | 47,500 |
|
86,000 | 86,000 |
|
78,000 | 56,000 |
|
48,000 | -67,000 |
|
45,000 | -28,000 |
Sajadian and Sheingart Both Eliminated on the Bubble
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Seyed Sajadian was all in on the bubble for his tournament life against Diego Zeiter.
Seyed Sajadian: 
Diego Zeiter: 
It was a flip to end the day and burst the bubble. The flop came 
which put Sajadian ahead. The turn was the 
which didn't change anything however the river was the 
which counterfeited Sajadian to eliminate him on the bubble.
Meanwhile Maksym Sheingart was also eliminated on the same hand meaning he also went home with nothing. The remaining 27 players will return for Day 2 on Thursday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
421,000 | 351,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Pais Puts Pressure on Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Carl Probsting raised from under the gun before Mauricio Pais three bet from the cutoff. Probsting called.
There was 130,000 in the pot on the flop of 
. Action checked to Pais who bet 55,000. Probsting paused then made the call.
The turn was the 
and Probsting checked to Pais again. Pais bet 115,000. Probsting paused for a while before deciding to fold in which Pais showed 
for the bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 313,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 70,000 |
Hand For Hand
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Hand for hand has now commenced as players are on the bubble.
Joyner Doubles With Queens on the Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
There was an all in and a call with Timothy Joyner all in and at risk against George Hassabis.
Timothy Joyner: 
George Hassabis: 
Joyner was at risk but way ahead. The board ran out 
to give Joyner the double up and leave Hassabis with around five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -63,500 |
O'Donnell Doubles on the Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ryan O'Donnell moved all in for 85,000 from early position and was called by Dalibor Mijic in the big blind.
Ryan O'Donnell: 
Dalibor Mijic:
O'Donnell was all in and at risk but behind.
The flop was no help as it came 
. However the turn came the to put O'Donnell firmly in control. The river was the which secured the double up for O'Donnell.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | 58,000 |
Gumz Three Bets on the Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Carl Shaw raised to 16,000 from early position before Fabian Gumz three bet from the cutoff to 38,000.
Action folded back around to Shaw who went into the tank before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
142,000 | 127,500 |