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

10-22-2022 20:49 UTC

Recent Eliminations

Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Ivan Banic	Busted

Pablo Jimenez Puerta	Busted
Michael Dwyer	Busted

Simon Higgins	Busted
Carl Shaw	Busted
Joao Vieira	Busted

Kayhan Mokri	Busted
Alex Kulev	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Corel Theuma	Busted
Byron Kaverman	Busted
Mikael Ecanvil	Busted

10-22-2022 20:49 UTC

Check-Raise from Zehetleitner

Connor Richards

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 and Laroche continued for 1,500. Zehetleitner check-raised to 4,700 and Laroche took a moment and called.

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

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

Tags: Alexis Laroche Paul Zehetleitner

10-22-2022 20:55 UTC

Break Time

Connor Richards

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

Players are on another 20-minute break from the Day 1a action.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-22-2022 21:23 UTC

Chip Counts and Eliminations

Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Malinov	140,000 32,000	32,000
Andrey Andreev	100,000 55,000	55,000
Pedro Marques	100,000 81,000	81,000
Michel Dattani	75,000

Pablo Brito Silva	25,000
Michael Kane	25,000 10,000	10,000
Matthew Davenport	20,000 7,000	7,000
Rodrigo Sirichuk	14,000 -18,000	-18,000
Timothy Adams	Busted

10-22-2022 21:35 UTC

Davenport Doubles Through Hallaert

Connor Richards

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:
Kenny Hallaert:

The flop came to give Davenport the lead with a pair of aces and nothing changed on the runout of for Davenport to earn the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	72,000 4,000	4,000

Matthew Davenport	33,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Matthew Davenport

10-22-2022 21:45 UTC

Chip Counts and Eliminations

Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	85,000 55,000	55,000

Sebastian Gahl	75,000 20,000	20,000
Jamie Nixon	70,000 30,000	30,000
Samuel Ju	55,000 -11,000	-11,000
Vicent Bosca Ramon	47,000 -13,000	-13,000
Noah Novick	44,000 2,000	2,000
Leocir Carneiro	42,000 -28,000	-28,000
Daewoong Song	40,000 -5,000	-5,000
Nuno Duarte	39,000 16,500	16,500
Timothy Adams	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ryan Mandara	25,000 4,000	4,000
Thomas Cazayous	18,000 -62,000	-62,000
Anson Tsang	Busted

Rodrigo Sirichuk	Busted

10-22-2022 21:47 UTC

Sinclair Raises Watson Twice

Connor Richards

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

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 and Sinclair checked back. Both players again checked on the turn.

The river brought the 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	75,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jack Sinclair	50,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Jack Sinclair Mike Watson

10-22-2022 21:58 UTC

Joubert Latest Elimination; 99 Players Remaining

Will Shillibier

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 but had come off second best against the of Patrick Brooks.