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

New Entries and Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Several players have jumped into the Main Event on the break including 2006 EPT London champion Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Player Chips Progress
Lukas Zaskodny cz
Lukas Zaskodny
70,000
20,000
20,000
Enzo Vito gb
Enzo Vito
55,000
19,000
19,000
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
35,000
-10,000
-10,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bo Alm se
Bo Alm
33,000
-2,000
-2,000
Guy Taylor gb
Guy Taylor
33,000
3,000
3,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
30,000
EPT 2X Winner
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
30,000
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
30,000
30,000
30,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
25,000
-5,000
-5,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Break

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The tournament clock showed 138/147 players remaining and they are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day.

WSOP Main Event champ Espen Jorstad appears to be chip-leading early on and sits with a stack of around 90,000.

Boatman Barrels to Take from Amiri

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In a three-way pot on a board of {2-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Spades}, Ehsan Amiri and Paul Fontan Castrillon both checked from the blinds and Barny Boatman bet 2,800. Only Amiri called.

Amiri checked again on the {8-Spades} turn and Boatman bet 2,100. Amiri again called. Amiri checked a third time on the {j-Clubs} river and Boatman fired a third barrel worth 6,500. Amiri quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
45,000
22,000
22,000
EPT 1X Winner
Paul Fontan Castrillon es
Paul Fontan Castrillon
37,000
37,000
37,000
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
32,000
-3,000
-3,000

Tags: Barny BoatmanEhsan AmiriPaul Fontan Castrillon

Loeliger Eliminated by Alm

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Paulina Loeliger
Paulina Loeliger

Blind on blind both Bo Alm and Paulina Loeliger checked a {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop. Alm put out a delayed continuation-bet of 1,200 on the {a-Hearts} turn and Loeliger called.

The river was the {2-Hearts} and Alm checked. Loeliger shoved for 6,300 into a pot of around 3,000 and Alm called.

Loeliger showed {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and played the board, with Alm's {j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} making a flush and eliminating his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Bo Alm se
Bo Alm
35,000
35,000
35,000
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
Busted

Tags: Bo AlmPaulina Loeliger

Adinolfi Leads Into Loeliger

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Paulina Loeliger opened to 400 from the hijack and Mario Adinolfi and Samuel Gillis both called from the blinds.

Adinolfi and Gillis checked in turn on the flop of {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Loeliger continued for 300. Only Adinolfi called.

The turn brought the {9-Hearts} and Adinolfi led out with a bet of 1,300. Loeliger laid it down.

Player Chips Progress
Samuel Gillis gb
Samuel Gillis
28,000
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
9,000
1,000
1,000
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
5,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Mario AdinolfiPaulina LoeligerSamuel Gillis

Zaskodny With the Hero Call

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Lukas Zaskodny
Lukas Zaskodny

Action was on a river of {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and Lukas Zaskodny had checked a pot of around 6,000 to Mario Adinolfi who bet 4,500.

Zaskodny tank-called with Adinolfi tabling {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for king-high. Zaskodny showed {4-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a pair of fours and won the pot.

"Two and four," said Adinolfi. "That is a good hand!"

Player Chips Progress
Lukas Zaskodny cz
Lukas Zaskodny
50,000
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
15,000
Paulina Loeliger at
Paulina Loeliger
8,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Lukas ZaskodnyMario Adinolfi

Good Turn for Jorstad

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Espen Jorstad
Espen Jorstad

Espen Jorstad in a heads-up pot against button opponent Andrey Andreev with the board reading {2-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

Jorstad led out with a bet of 1,100 and Andreev called. The river brought the {a-Spades} and Jorstad bet 8,000 with less than that in the pot, another river over from the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ.

Andreev quickly folded {q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a flopped two pair that was counterfeited on the turn.

"Bad turn for you," Jorstad laughed. "Good turn for me."

Player Chips Progress
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
55,000
5,000
5,000
Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
32,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Andrey AndreevEspen Jorstad

Middleton Survives

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Tom Middleton and another player checked the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop. Middleton's bet of 500 on the {8-Diamonds} turn was called and the river was the {9-Diamonds}.

Middleton shoved for 1,900 and was quickly called. Middleton showed {a-Spades}{8-Clubs} for two pair, beating the {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} of his opponent to stay alive and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
7,000
-23,000
-23,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Tom Middleton