£1,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

07-21-2022 20:05 UTC

Ene Wins With 80 Percent Of a Straight Flush

Phil Toogood

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With a board of on the felt, Jamie Nixon had checked to Gabriel Ene who moved all in for around 13,000 with around 4,000 in the pot.

Nixon threw his cards away after going into the tank, to be kindly shown by Ene that he had for nines-up and an open-ended straight flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Nixon	69,000 11,000	11,000
Gabriel Ene	18,000 1,300	1,300

07-21-2022 19:45 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Jung	Busted
Jan Naderzadeh	Busted
Andrew Wilson	Busted

Anthony Gardner	Busted
I. E.	Busted
Danny Pyke	Busted

Wang Turn Bet Good Enough To Take It

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Phil Toogood

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up between Lei Wang on the button and the early position Paul Vanwalsemv, with 15,000 in the pot, Vanwalsemv had checked to Wang on a board of .

Wang counted out 6,500 and quickly fired it into the pot, which got a very quick fold from Vanwalsemv.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vanwalsemv	60,000 5,000	5,000
Lei Wang	46,000 19,000	19,000

07-21-2022 19:21 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Phil Toogood

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Laidlaw (UK)	120,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Wigglesworth	80,000 19,100	19,100
Jamie Nixon	80,000 10,000	10,000
Jacque Ramsden	70,000
Paul Vanwalsemv	65,000 45,500	45,500
Gaurav Gupta	60,000 18,000	18,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-21-2022 18:55 UTC

Laidlaw Laying Down the Law, Puts Danny's Head On a Pyke

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Phil Toogood

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Danny Pyke was involved in back-to-back action, after he moved all in for around 10,000 from the big blind versus the early position open of Jack Hardcastle, who called to put Pyke at risk.

Danny Pyke:
Jack Hardcastle:

It was looking good for Hardcastle, if not for 'it always coming seven', as Pyke flopped a set on . The did give Hardcastle heart outs but the completed the board to give Pyke the double.

In the very next hand, Danny Pyke moved all in under-the-gun and Daniel Laidlaw moved all in from the small blind. Vaidas Siriunas tanked but eventually folded his bug blind. Pyke was the player at risk.

Danny Pyke:
Daniel Laidlaw:

Laidlaw had Pyke pipped and held up on the run out to send Pyke to the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Laidlaw (UK)	150,000 97,000	97,000
Jack Hardcastle	23,000 10,000	10,000
Danny Pyke	Busted

07-21-2022 18:36 UTC

Ramsden Holds to Bust Bryant

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Phil Toogood

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

PokerNews joined the action on a turn with a board of with Jacque Ramsden all in from the button covering Jacob Bryant, for Bryants last 12,000 or so. With 16,000 already in the middle, the cutoff of Bryant called after a little bit of deliberating.

Jacob Bryant:
Jacque Ramsden:

Ramsden was well ahead and just had to dodge any nine or eight. The river secured him the win, knocking Bryant out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacque Ramsden	70,000 20,000	20,000
Jacob Bryant	Busted

07-21-2022 18:25 UTC

Ellis Takes a Little from Nixon

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Phil Toogood

Level 7 : 200/500, 500 ante

Grosvenor sponsored player Jamie Nixon has been quietly chipping up since he entered the event earlier today, but in the latest hand, it was Mike Ellis that took just a few of Nixon's growing stack away from him.

After Ellis opened in the the cutoff, it was a three-bet of 3,000 from Nixon that got a call from Ellis.

On to a flop of , actioned slowed down, going check-checked.