£5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT London

10-22-2022 12:09 UTC

Updated Chip Counts; Ensan Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Romero	65,000
Espen Jorstad	50,000 15,000	15,000
Jamie Nixon	33,000 3,000	3,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000 30,000	30,000
Anton Wigg	30,000 -3,500	-3,500

Hossein Ensan	30,000 30,000	30,000

Antoine Labat	29,000 -8,000	-8,000
Joao Vieira	27,000 -8,000	-8,000
Francois Pirault	20,000 20,000	20,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

10-22-2022 11:59 UTC

"Cash Game Special" for Theuma

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Four players checked a flop and the turn was the .

Gao Xiang checked and Blaz Zerjav bet 600. Corel Theuma called, Enzo Vito folded and Xiang came along as well.

The river was the . Xiang led out for 2,600 and Zerjav folded. Theuma called.

Xiang showed for five-high and flicked his chips towards Theuma who turned over for bottom two pair.

"Cash game special," he said with a smile. "Sick that I said in my had four-five offsuit not even suited."

Player	Chips	Progress
Enzo Vito	36,000 36,000	36,000
Blaz Zerjav	25,000
Gao Xiang	25,000 25,000	25,000
Corel Theuma	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Blaz Zervaj Corel Theuma Enzo Vito Gao Xiang

10-22-2022 11:58 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	45,000 17,000	17,000
Antoine Labat	37,000 37,000	37,000
Ehsan Amiri	35,000 35,000	35,000
Joao Vieira	35,000 35,000	35,000
Anton Wigg	33,500 3,500	3,500

Barny Boatman	23,000 8,000	8,000

Paulina Loeliger	10,000 -12,000	-12,000

Big Pot, No Fireworks

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With over 5,000 chips in the middle, action was on a flop. Lin Chen sat with a bet of 1,800 in front of him and had called a raise from Mikael Ecanvil for 4,500.

The turn was the . Chen checked and Ecanvil eventually bet 5,000. Chen threw his hand into the muck with both players sitting below starting stack.

Meanwhile at the same table, Samuel Ju sits with a stack of close to 50,000 heading towards the end of the first level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Ju	46,000
Mikael Ecanvil	29,000
Lin Chen	27,000

Tags: Lin Chen Mikael Ecanvil Samuel Ju

10-22-2022 11:45 UTC

River Overbet Wins It for Jorstad

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Action was picked up on the river in a pot between Espen Jorstad on the button and Dragos Trofimov in the small blind with the board reading .

Trofimov checked on the river and Jorstad sat still before pushing out a stack of 24,100 with just a single 500-chip behind, a massive overbet into the pot of around 10,000.

Trofimov went in the tank for several minutes before folding to concede the pot to the latest WSOP Main Event champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	35,000 7,000	7,000
Dragos Trofimov	27,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Espen Jorstad

10-22-2022 11:40 UTC

Check Out Super High Roller Updates

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

The Main Event may have gotten underway today, but there's still plenty of other action to keep abreast of from EPT London right here on PokerNews:

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10-22-2022 11:36 UTC

Nakdali Bombs River

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Fabien Roussel opened pre-flop to 300 and found calls from Yaman Nakdali and Jack Sinclair in the blinds.

The trio checked the flop and the turn was the . Nakdali bet 400 and Roussel was the only caller.

The river brought the and Nakdali sized up, betting 3,000. Roussel contemplated his decision before eventually folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaman Nakdali	32,000
Fabien Roussel	29,000
Jack Sinclair	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Fabien Roussel Jack Sinclair Yaman Nakdali

10-22-2022 11:30 UTC

Wounded Middleton Finds a Small Double

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Tom Middleton took an early hit at Table 2 and PokerNews saw him getting his final 700 chips in the middle from the button in a heads-up pot against Jamie Nixon on the cutoff.

Thomas Middleton:
James Nixon:

Middleton had his opponent dominated and, miraculously, the flop landed give him trips and leave Nixon drawing to just a runner-runner flush before the board finished out to earn Middleton the small double and save him from behind the first elimination of the tournament.