£1,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 GUKPT Coventry

03-04-2022 00:00 UTC

Davenport Among Chip Leaders After GUKPT Coventry Main Event Day 1a

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The first flight of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event is in the books with 26 players advancing from a field of exactly 100. Plenty of players took it upon themselves to jump straight in at the first opportunity, including Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon.

Unfortunately for Nixon, he was eliminated before the end of play but will have ample opportunity to secure his spot in Day 2 with two more flights on Friday, March 4 here at the Grosvenor Casino Coventry.

The chip leader is Mitchell Hynam who bagged 169,700 ahead of anonymous player G D with 154,100. Matthew Davenport sits in third in chips and is the only other player above 150,000, after bagging 152,600. Other players who bagged above 100,000 chips include Lee French (141,000), Dawid Chmiel (120,500) and Leon Campbell (108,000).

GUKPT Coventry Main Event Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Mitchell Hynam	United Kingdom	169,700
2	G D	NA	154,100
3	Matthew Davenport	United Kingdom	152,600
4	Lee French	United Kingdom	141,000
5	Dawid Chmiel		120,500
6	Leon Campbell	United Kingdom	108,000
7	Jay Yerby	United Kingdom	106,500
8	Donald Jones	United Kingdom	97,200
9	Paulius Kostickis	Lithuania	90,100
10	I M	NA	71,100

Other players advancing to Day 2 include Renee Xie, who bagged the Day 1a chip lead in the GUKPT London Main Event last month, along with Yucel Eminoglu, Jack Allen, Simon Taberham, Ali Sarkeshik and Daniel Stacey.

They will return for Day 2 at midday on Saturday, March 5. Meanwhile PokerNews will return on Friday for two more flights in the GUKPT Coventry Main Event.

03-03-2022 21:21 UTC

Wendy, Meet the 'Mad Turk'

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

"What's your name?" Yucel Eminoglu asked Wendy Watson. "They call me the Turk."

On the very next hand, John Bousfield opened and Wendy Watson called in the small blind.

"I'm going to raise because I haven't played a pot with this guy in a long time," said Eminoglu in the big blind. "I play big pots against good players and small pots against bad players." He raised to 5,200. Bousfield folded but Watson called.

"You call!" said Eminoglu. "I guess that makes you a good player."

The flop came and Watson immediately bet out 5,000 and Eminoglu looked stunned.

"Sorry!" she said. "Do what you like," she said to Eminoglu.

"Bloody hell Wendy!" said Eminoglu, who folded. Watson showed and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wendy Watson	50,000	5,000
Yucel Eminoglu	13,000	13,000

03-03-2022 20:25 UTC

Davenport Soaring After Liperis Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 200/500, 500 ante

Yiannis Liperis had opened and Mitchell Hynam had three-bet to 3,300. Matthew Davenport flat-called and Liperis four-bet all in for 22,000. Hynam folded and Davenport quickly called.

Yiannis Liperis:
Matthew Davenport:

The flop gave Liperis a flush draw, but the runout bricked and Davenport's full house sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davenport	125,000	100,000
Mitchell Hynam	75,000	45,000
Yiannis Liperis	Busted

03-03-2022 17:37 UTC

Jones Reads Watsons Hand to Perfection

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Five players saw a flop of and it checked to Wendy Watson who bet 1,500. She got three callers including Donald Jones, who was first to act on the turn. He checked and Watson bet 5,000.

The two other players folded and action was back on Jones.

"Big bet," he mused. "I don't think I'm able to fold a flush draw here. Did you flop a pair and a flush draw?"

He continued to mull it over before eventually folding.

"Show me how big," he said, with Watson turning over for a flush, having flopped a pair and a flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Jones	45,000	8,000
Wendy Watson	35,000	9,500

03-03-2022 17:30 UTC

London Champ Chung Up and Running

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Timothy Chung took home a career-best score last month after winning GUKPT London for £185,560 and is in action again here in Coventry.

He has already chipped up to double starting stack, having held on a board to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chung	38,000

03-03-2022 16:21 UTC

Nixon: "Numbers Have Been Really Good on Tour"

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

We caught up with Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon on break who said that with the GUKPT's return, it's been nice to swap a computer chair for a seat at the live felt.

"It's just weird not being sat in front of the computer," he told PokerNews. "The tour's been back 9-10 months now and it's good to see familiar faces instead of familiar screen names.

"It's also nice just to have chips back in your hands! Numbers have been really good on the last couple of stops, so I think everything's getting back to normal."

03-03-2022 14:46 UTC

Grosvenor Team Pro Nixon Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon had a successful trip out in London at the last leg on the GUKPT, cashing in both the Mini Main Event and narrowly missing out on making the High Roller final table, finishing in 11th place.

He's just taken his seat on Day 1a of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event, and will be looking to improve on his 45th place finish in the same event last year.

Read more about Nixon's experience playing in an online $25,000 Super High Roller - "I Literally Can't Ever Moan About Running Bad Again"

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Nixon	20,000

03-03-2022 13:47 UTC

Queens Hold for Jones to Eliminate Sarkeshik

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Ali Sarkeshik was all in for around 12000 against Donald Jones.

"You cover me, don't you?" asked Sarkeshi who held and was hoping to overcome the of Jones.

The board came and Sarkeshik was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Jones	37,000
Ali Sarkeshik	Busted

03-03-2022 13:25 UTC

Three and Out for Jordon

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Zi Yuan Tang had earlier sent Terry Jordon to the rail, with Jordon's second bullet seeing him sat at the feature table.

In a hand on stream, Jordon raised to 700 with and called a three-bet from Oliver Hutchins to 1,700.

The flop came and Jordon check-called 3,200. The turn was the giving Jordon even more outs.

Jordon checked and called a shove from Hutchins for his last 8,000.

The river was the and Jordon was eliminated.

For his third bullet of the day, he was again seated at the same table as Tang. Jordan was eliminated when his failed to outrun his opponent's on with the chips going in on the turn.