£1,250 Main Event
Day 3 Started
£1,250 Main Event
Day 3 Started
Welcome to the final day of the GUKPT London £1,250 Main Event, which is taking place at the Victoria Casino London. Day 3 gets underway at 12 p.m. GMT and will play down to a winner.
The 702-entry field has been whittled down to just 33 players, with Ludovic Geilich (918,000) as the chip leader.
A large slice of the £722,200 is still up for grabs with the champion taking home a cool £185,560 with the runner-up also taking home a six-figure prize of £128,650.
A long session is expected as it wasn't imagined there would be this many players still in the event. Blinds will resume at 6,000/12,000/12,000a with the average stack being 425,455 (34.5 big blinds).
Place | Prize (GBP) |
---|---|
1 | £185,560 |
2 | £128,650 |
3 | £76,850 |
4 | £48,050 |
5 | £29,900 |
6 | £21,550 |
7 | £14,750 |
8 | £12,500 |
9 | £10,200 |
Punters and players alike now have the opportunity to make a bet on who they think will win the Main Event, with Geilich being the favourite at 8/1. Poker fans can bet on all 33 participants.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on deck, keeping you up to date with everything that takes place inside The Poker Room, so be sure to stick around.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The remaining players have taken their seats and play has begun!
Elie Dib moved all-in for his last 246,000 and was called by Nick Marchington, who had moved all-in himself in the previous hand.
Elie Dib:
Nick Marchington:
Dib remained in front after the flop buut his opponent paired up on the turn. The river gave Marchington trips to scoop the pot and claim the first scalp of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nick Marchington | 610,000 | 266,000 |
Elie Dib | Busted |
Yudhishter Jaswal shoved for 156,000 from the button and Colin Gillon called in the big blind.
Yudhishter Jaswal:
Colin Gilllon:
There was no help on the board and Jaswal was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Colin Gillon | 360,000 | 153,000 |
Yudhishter Jaswal | Busted |
GUKPT last longer winner was all-in and at risk against Lewis Spencer.
Ciaran McCullagh:
Lewis Spencer:
McCullagh would double following the run out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lewis Spencer | 640,000 | -230,000 |
Ciaran McCullagh | 505,000 | 271,000 |
Benjamin Bond was all-in preflop with for 215,000 but had run into the of James Crawleyboevey
The flop gave Bond no help as he began to get to his feet. The turn was the and the river the as he rivered trips to stay alive.
"You know why," said tablemate Lewis Spencer. "It's because you got up!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Benjamin Bond | 450,000 | |
James Crawleyboevey | 340,000 |
Danny Pyke was all in for around 185,000 with against the of Timothy Chung.
Chung spiked a king on and Pyke was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Timothy Chung
|
910,000 | 27,000 |
Danny Pyke | Busted |
Joshua Boulton opened to 25,000 under the gun before Nick Marchington three-bet to 75,000 in early position. Matthew Bonham called in late position and Boulton matched the bet as well.
Marchington bet 60,000 on the flop for only to Bonham to call. Bonham called another bet on the turn which brought in the river.
Marchington jammed his stack and was snap-called. Marchington had aces but his opponent's was the winner with a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Bonham | 1,600,000 | 726,000 |
Nick Marchington | Busted |