£1,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 GUKPT Coventry

03-05-2022 11:24 UTC

Field Returns for GUKPT Coventry Main Event Day 2

Will Shillibier

Welcome back to PokerNews for continued coverage of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event.

A field of just over 100 players are returning for Day 2, with late registration still open until five minutes before cards get in the air. Once they do at 12 p.m. local time, players will have ten 60-minute levels to ensure they're in with a chance of the big prizes on Day 3 tomorrow.

Payouts are yet to be confirmed, but we will bring you all the details as soon as they have been released.

Two anonymous chip leaders head the field after the opening flights, but all eyes will be on Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Richard Trigg who heads into Day 2 fourth in chips behind Rodrigo Hernandez.

Other notables to keep an eye out for include defending GUKPT Coventry Champion Steve Jelinek, GUKPT London champion Timothy Chung, WSOP bracelet winners Richard Ashby and Carl Shaw as well as Bhavin Khatri, Joe Hindry, and Renee Xie.

03-05-2022 12:28 UTC

Jordon Eliminated by Jelinek

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The flop was and Steve Jelinek checked. Shaun Walsh bet 3,000 and Terry Jordon called.

Jelinek check-raised all in, covering both opponents. Walsh folded and Jordon thought before slamming his stack in to make the call for his last 30,000.

Terry Jordon:
Steve Jelinek:

It was the battle of the draws, with Jordon's straight draw up against Jelinek's flush draw. Jordon got to his feet and left the tournament area after the turn left him drawing dead, with the completing the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Jelinek	85,000 21,500	21,500

Shaun Walsh	32,000 -5,800	-5,800
Terry Jordon	Busted

03-05-2022 12:38 UTC

Aces for Ashraf

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Cards were on their backs in a massive all-in between Jack Allen and Waheed Ashraf.

Allen held but was up against Ashraf's

The flop came and the turn increased the chances of a chop. However the river was the and Allen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Waheed Ashraf	170,000 90,500	90,500
Jack Allen	Busted

03-05-2022 15:38 UTC

Mulhern Extends Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jacob Mulhern just knocked out Peter Hackshaw on Table 23 to add yet more chips to his stack. According to Hendon Mob, Hackshaw has over $800,000 in total live earnings, the vast majority of which came in 2017 when he finished runner-up to Maria Lampropulos in the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event for £650,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Mulhern	450,000 40,000	40,000

03-05-2022 17:32 UTC

Kehoe into Monster Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Stephen Kehoe is the new chip leader with a stack of over 650,000 chips. He told us that in one of the first hands after the dinner break, and with four players including the small blind sitting out, Radu Danut raised to 5,000 on the button.

Kehoe held in the big blind and three-bet to 30,000. According to Kehoe, Danut then four-bet ripped for over 250,000 chips with off-suit and Kehoe called.

Pocket aces held and sent Kehoe soaring to the top of the pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Kehoe	660,000 285,000	285,000
Radu Danut	Busted

03-05-2022 19:21 UTC

Man Doubles; Hernandez Triples

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Chun Hao Man doubled through Rodrigo Hernandez when his spiked an ace to beat his opponent's on .

A short while later, Hernandez shoved for 17,500 and got called in two spots before eventually beating a single opponent's on with the chips going in on

The river was the and Hernandez doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Hernandez	45,000 -45,000	-45,000
Chun Hao Man	41,000 6,000	6,000

03-05-2022 19:28 UTC

Rodrigo Hernandez Bubbles GUKPT Coventry Main Event

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A short while after tables broke for five tables left, Paul Rigg was eliminated with the tournament now on the stone bubble. Rodrigo Hernandez still had fewer than 15 big blinds and got them in with against the of Mitchell Hynam.