Steve Jelinek Leads After GUKPT London Main Event Day 1b
After Day 1b of the GUKPT London Main Event, 98 players advanced from a field of 373. The chip lead is held by Steve Jelinek (240,000) ahead of Ciaran McCullagh (231,500).
Further back is Terry Jordon who, barely 24 hours since his son won the GUKPT London High Roller title, bagged a strong stack of 172,500.
Other big stacks include Leon Campbell (141,100), Guy Taylor (129,000), Gary Miller (119,700) and Kuljinder Sidhu (107,500).
Grosvenor Poker 2021 National League Champion Euan McNicholas also bagged ahead of Day 2, with his stack of 59,700 below average but still 50 big blinds.
Players who were unfortunate to miss out include Grosvenor Sponsored Pros Katie Swift and Jamie Nixon, along with Chris Da Silva, Francois Pirault, Ludovic Geilich, Sam Grafton, Niall Farrell and Muskan Sethi.
The tournament resumes at 12 p.m. on Saturday, February 5 with the survivors from the Turbo Day 1C which at the time of writing is reaching its conclusion. We will post a full list of players advancing from that flight after its conclusion later tonight.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of the GUKPT London Main Event.
against the 
of Sidhu. There was a ten on the flop of 
giving Sidhu a set. The turn 
and river 
weren't enough to save Nixon, and after a quick count by the dealer he was eliminated.
up against another opponent 
who was all in for 13,000.
, with Taylor's queens holding and Poulengeris bemoaning having folded his nines.
and Goodman bet 1,100. Farrell called. The turn 
was checked by both players and the river was the 
. Goodman bet 3,500 and Farrell lifted his cards before folding.
for a flush, but Miller had that beat with 
as Miller moved up to around 55,000 in chips.
