2022 PokerStars EPT London

£5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£664,400
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,300
Prize Pool
£3,632,650
Entries
749
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
261
Players Left
83

Joubert Latest Elimination; 99 Players Remaining

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

Dimitri Joubert was getting to his feet having been eliminated from the EPT London Main Event. He got his last chips in with {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} but had come off second best against the {a-Spades}{4-Spades} of Patrick Brooks.

Brooks had rivered a straight on the {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} runout and Joubert was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Brooks gb
Patrick Brooks
105,000 45,000
Dimitri Joubert fr
Dimitri Joubert
Busted

Tags: Dimitri JoubertPatrick Brooks

Sinclair Raises Watson Twice

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

Mike Watson completed in the small blind and Jack Sinclair raised to 3,200 in the big blind. Watson called.

Watson checked on the flop of {7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Sinclair checked back. Both players again checked on the {j-Clubs} turn.

The river brought the {k-Spades} and Watson led out for 2,500. Sinclair responded with a big raise to 15,000 and his Canadian opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
75,000 -10,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
50,000 -30,000

Tags: Jack SinclairMike Watson

Chip Counts and Eliminations

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
85,000 55,000
Sebastian Gahl de
Sebastian Gahl
75,000 20,000
Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
70,000 30,000
Samuel Ju de
Samuel Ju
55,000 -11,000
Vicent Bosca Ramon es
Vicent Bosca Ramon
47,000 -13,000
Noah Novick us
Noah Novick
44,000 2,000
Leocir Carneiro br
Leocir Carneiro
42,000 -28,000
Daewoong Song kr
Daewoong Song
40,000 -5,000
Nuno Duarte pt
Nuno Duarte
39,000 16,500
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
30,000 30,000
Ryan Mandara gb
Ryan Mandara
25,000 4,000
Thomas Cazayous fr
Thomas Cazayous
18,000 -62,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
Busted
Rodrigo Sirichuk br
Rodrigo Sirichuk
Busted

Davenport Doubles Through Hallaert

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

Matthew Davenport was all in from early position for around 15,000 against Kenny Hallaert, who was also in early position had Davenport well covered.

Matthew Davenport: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Kenny Hallaert: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {5-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{7-Clubs} to give Davenport the lead with a pair of aces and nothing changed on the runout of {9-Spades}{7-Hearts} for Davenport to earn the double.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
72,000 4,000
Matthew Davenport gb
Matthew Davenport
33,000 13,000

Tags: Kenny HallaertMatthew Davenport

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Check-Raise from Zehetleitner

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

Alexis Laroche opened to 2,200 from the cutoff and Paul Zehetleitner defended out of the big blind.

Zehetleitner checked on the flop of {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Laroche continued for 1,500. Zehetleitner check-raised to 4,700 and Laroche took a moment and called.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and Zehetleitner sized up to 15,000, which got a fold from his heads-up opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Zehetleitner at
Paul Zehetleitner
80,000
Alexis Laroche ca
Alexis Laroche
60,000 8,000

Tags: Alexis LarochePaul Zehetleitner

Jorstad Another Elimination

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

The seat previously occupied by another player was now filled with someone different and Kevin Allen filled us in on what happened. Allen had opened from under the gun and got two callers.

Anthony Kennedy was in the small blind and moved all in. Espen Jorstad called off for his stack and the remaining players folded.

Jorstad held {a-}{k-} but failed to overcome the {6-}{6-} of Kennedy and he was eliminated.

"Very sad, we are out of the tournament," he told his Instagram followers. "I had a lot but I then played a big squeeze spot with {a-}{q-} [...] I lost a big one there. Then we had 110,000 pot flip with ace-king against pocket sixes and then brick, brick, brick...

"Gonna come back tomorrow and try for Day 1b."

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Player Chips Progress
Anthony Kennedy gb
Anthony Kennedy
190,000 190,000
Kevin Allen gb
Kevin Allen
10,000 10,000
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
Busted

Tags: Anthony KennedyEspen JorstadKevin Allen