£2,200 UKIPT High Roller Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT London

10-21-2022 16:41 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	155,000 60,000	60,000

Pedro Neves	150,000 150,000	150,000
Colton Blomberg	135,000 135,000	135,000
Vegard Andreassen	115,000 115,000	115,000
Ashleigh Naisbitt	95,000 95,000	95,000
Ehsan Amiri	85,000 45,000	45,000

Turned Set Saves Hong

Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Steven Jones Jr completed in the small blind and Jinho Hong raised from the big blind. Jones responded with a limp-jam and Hong called off with his stack of 33,700.

Jinho Hong:
Steven Jones Jr:

The flop came to pull Hong out of his seat as his opponent had gotten there, but the then peeled off on the turn to give Hong a set and have Jones drawing dead headed to the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinho Hong	67,400 29,400	29,400
Steven Jones Jr	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Jinho Hong Steven Jones Jr

10-21-2022 16:48 UTC

Brechot Busts to Strickling

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Brandon Bloom

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Bastian Strickling opened to 2,000 from early position, and after a middle position flat, Pascal Brechot moved in his 19,000 chips from the small blind. Strickling was the lone caller.

Pascal Brechot:
Bastian Strickling:

The flop gave each player a bit of something and provided chip outs, but the and completed the board to give Strickling a boat and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bastian Strickling	97,000 97,000	97,000
Pascal Brechot	Busted

Tags: Bastian Strickling Pascal Brechot

10-21-2022 16:52 UTC

Sandev's Stack Sliced

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Daniel Williams

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Over on table 33, a raising war saw Ramon Colillas and Georgi Sandev get their stacks in preflop, with Colillas the one at risk.

Ramon Colillas:
Georgi Sandev:

Sandev's jacks looked good on the flop, but the turn saw Colillas take the lead. The river completed the board and Colillas secured a healthy double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	100,000 60,000	60,000
Georgi Sandev	8,500 8,500	8,500

Tags: Georgi Sandev Ramon Colillas

10-21-2022 17:03 UTC

Morstol Wins Classic Race

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Brandon Bloom

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

John Mooney ended up getting his approximately 45,000 chips in from the hijack and was at risk against Thor Morstol in middle position.

John Mooney:
Thor Morstol:

It was a classic race, and the flop kept the ladies ahead. However, the hit the felt on the turn to vault Morstol into the lead, and the completed the board to confirm the result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thor Morstol	120,000 120,000	120,000
John Mooney	Busted

Tags: John Mooney Thor Morstol

10-21-2022 17:08 UTC

Fraser Rewarded for Bold Preflop Play

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Christopher Fraser raised in early position and John Adderley three-bet shoved a small stack from the blind. Fraser had his opponent well-covered but was reluctant in calling, and his table mates saw why when he revealed his holding.

John Adderley:
Christopher Fraser:

"You opened with that?" laughed a player at the table.

"I'd have to ramble to explain the preflop action," Fraser replied as he took a swig from his Peroni.

But Fraser was rewarded as the flop landed to give him a big lead with top pair and Adderley hit the rail as the board finished out .

"Can we pretend that got in on the flop?" Fraser asked PokerNews.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Fraser	80,000 80,000	80,000
John Adderley	Busted

Tags: Christopher Fraser John Adderley

10-21-2022 17:12 UTC

Break Time

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on their second 20-minute break of the day in the £2,200 UKIPT High Roller.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-21-2022 17:49 UTC

Papadopoulos Leads Latest Round of Counts

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Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	180,000 65,000	65,000

Ramon Colillas	115,000 15,000	15,000
Parker Talbot	75,000 80,000	80,000

Ehsan Amiri	70,000 15,000	15,000
Christopher Fraser	65,000 15,000	15,000
Sylvain Loosli	55,000 3,000	3,000

Alejandro Lococo	30,000 24,000	24,000
Mustapha Kanit	16,000

10-21-2022 18:00 UTC

Benitez Busts Glaser

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Daniel Williams

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Benny Glaser opened to 2,500 from early position and Francisco Benitez reraised to 6,000. The rest of the table folded back to Glaser.

After a small pause, Glaser elected to four-bet shove and Benitez called.

Benny Glaser:
Francisco Benitez:

The board ran out and Glaser was eliminated from the tournament.

Benitez, who recently won over $1.1 million at EPT Barcelona, has continued his strong form here in London and now sits amongst the bigger stacks in the room.