£1,000 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
£1,000 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
Day 1b of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event attracted a total of 219 entries, with just 59 players advancing from a field of 219 to Day 2 here at the Grosvenor Casino at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
This brings the total number of players through to Day 2 to 85 with the Turbo Day 1c still to come.
Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Richard Trigg bagged a healthy stack of 173,900, good enough for third in chips behind anonymous player L M (219,600) and Rodrigo Hernandez (187,400).
Defending champion Steve Jelinek survived through to Day 2 with a stack of 63,500 while fellow WSOP bracelet winner Carl Shaw also made it through with 37,300. GUKPT London champion Timothy Chung (24,500) is also through, as well as Joe Hindry, Sinem Melin and Bhavin Khatri.
Players who failed to make it through include Terry Jordon, Katie Swift, Guy Taylor and Waheed Ashraf.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L M | NA | 219,600 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Hernandez | United Kingdom | 187,400 |
| 3 | Richard Trigg | United Kingdom | 173,900 |
| 4 | Andrew Bak | United Kingdom | 160,100 |
| 5 | Sinem Melin | United Kingdom | 133,200 |
| 6 | Jacob Mulhern | United Kingdom | 123,000 |
| 7 | Alan Stearn | United Kingdom | 116,100 |
| 8 | Gary Whitehead | United Kingdom | 114,700 |
| 9 | Chun Hao Man | United Kingdom | 110,600 |
| 10 | Tai Hoang | United Kingdom | 110,500 |
All those who made it through will return at midday on Saturday, March 5 with ten more 60-minute levels scheduled.
Ashleigh Naisbitt opened to 2,000 and called the shove from Robert Jackson for his last 12,200.
Robert Jackson: ![]()
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Ashleigh Naisbitt: ![]()
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gave Jackson an unlikely lead having flopped a pair of eights, but Naisbitt had flopped a flush draw. The turn
and river
changed nothing however, and Jackson doubled up.
Jerome O'Shea shoved for 20,000 from under the gun. It folded to Nealkantha Abhyankar in the cutoff who reshoved for around 40,000. The button and blinds folded.
Jerome O'Shea: ![]()
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Nealkantha Abhyankar: ![]()
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It was a flip for O'Shea to stay alive, but the ![]()
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saw him drawing dead after Abhyankar flop a set. The turn and river ![]()
sent O'Shea to the rail in the last level of the day.
James Clarke raised to 2,200 on the button and Kevin Parkes defended his big blind.
Parkes check-called 2,500 on the ![]()
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flop and the turn was the ![]()
Parkes and Clarke checked and the river was the
. Parkes checked again and Clarke bet 3,700.
Parkes threw out chips to call and Clarke mucked his hand, awarding Parkes the pot.
Deborah Worley-Roberts has had a rollercoaster of a day, and it's come to an end just short of the end of Day 1b.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The tournament clock shows 44 of 62 players remaining in the Turbo Day 1c. Players currently seated include Day 1b eliminations such as Waheed Ashraf, Danny Pyke and Anthony Gardner.