Main Event
Day 1gh Completed
2019 Lex Live London
Main Event
Day: 1gh
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1gh
2019 Lex Live London
Buy-in
£230
Prize Pool
£177,800
Entries
889
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
221
Players Left
41
Kevin 'Care_Teddy' van Veen Bags Big on Penultimate Day 1
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The chips have been bagged in the penultimate starting flight of the £230 Lex Live Main Event at the Aspers Casino in London. The chip lead is for Norwegian Andreas Johannessen who bagged 520,000. Johannessen leads 41 survivors out of the 221 entries that were made. Close in second is community member Kevin 'Care_Teddy' van Veen who bagged 469,000. Both of them are close to the top of the overall leaderboard after seven starting days.
PokerStars Ambassador Arlie Shaban also managed to find a bag after eliminating Chris Moneymaker earlier in the day. Shaban ended the day as only surviving Ambassador after starting on a table with four PokerStars Ambassadors, including himself. He bagged 135,500. Community members Peter 'Glaspeer' Glasbergen (245,000) and Stefan Griesbeck (243,000) also bagged at the end of the seventh flight.
The total number of entries with just the turbo flight still going, but with late registration closed, is 990 and 142 already made it through to Day 2. More will make it through after the turbo flight wraps up right before midnight local time.
| Day | Players | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | 60 | 12 |
| Day 1b | 89 | 17 |
| Day 1c | 69 | 13 |
| Day 1d | 80 | 14 |
| Day 1e | 114 | 24 |
| Day 1f | 98 | 21 |
| Day 1g | 221 | 41 |
| Day 1h | 159 | 40 |
| Total | 887 | 182 |
Day 1g Action
The day started with about 50 people registered but there were already over 100 players in the tournament after about an hour. One of the players that gave it another shot was the 'Original Spragg', Dan Spragg, Benjamin 'Spraggy' Spragg his big brother. He fired two bullets but wasn't able to make a run in the Main Event. Others that gave it a shot but didn't make it include Wessel 'MPADAM' Keizer, 'Job Trekpop', Ger 'Eyesolator' Kamerling, Simon 'Mzzlaar' Steenstra, and Tjenno 'TjennoE' Eskes.
So many people wanted to play that the organization opened up new tables on the fly and four PokerStars Ambassadors were seated next to each other one of those new tables. Moneymaker, James Mackenzie of OP-Poker, Shaban, and Tom 'Pleb_Method' Hayward were all seated next to each other in that order and Shaban was the only Ambassador that found a bag at the end of the day.
Shaban actually eliminated Moneymaker after flopping a set in a four-way pot. Moneymaker turned two pair and the money got in. Moneymaker left the tournament defeated, only to eliminated from the turbo flight a couple of hours later by Adrian 'Croaks' Altgeld.
Other notables that made it through to the second day include Vamshi Vandanapu (99,000), Andrew Wilson (71,500), and Jarno Peeten (43,000)
Extracurricular Activities
The day started very early for most community members as Lex Veldhuis himself had bought up all the tickets to the new Joker movie in the movie theater next to the casino. The movie theater was filled with people from the community and a lot of them jumped into the Main Event after the movie was done.
That was not the only thing going on besides the Main Event. Patrick Winterbottom won a Platinum Pass in a special sit and go. 'Spraggy' had won a Streamer Showdown on Twitch and there was a freeroll in his community. Six players qualified for a Lex Live 2 as they won a package but they also had a very special opportunity to play a six-handed sit and go to win a Platinum Pass. The sit and go was streamed on the PokerStars channel.
When the sit and go wrapped up they held multiple community tournaments on the live stream that was broadcast on Veldhuis's own channel.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow with the coverage of Day 2 of the Main Event. Chip counts of Day 1h will follow as soon as they wrap up. Day 2 will kick off at 1 p.m. local time and the players start with blinds at 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.
Day 1h Chip Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
269,000 | |
|
||
|
241,000 | |
|
|
221,500 | |
|
|
205,000 | |
|
203,000 | |
|
195,000 | |
|
|
185,500 | |
|
|
170,500
170,500
|
170,500 |
|
||
|
|
166,500 | |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
129,000 | |
|
|
126,000 | |
|
|
123,500 | |
|
|
122,000 | |
|
|
122,000 | |
|
122,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
|
110,000 | |
|
|
101,000 | |
|
99,000 | |
|
|
93,000 | |
End-of-Day 1g Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | |
|
||
|
469,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
374,000 | |
|
|
340,000 | |
|
317,000 | |
|
281,000 | |
|
|
279,000 | |
|
|
261,500 | |
|
|
245,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
243,000
159,500
|
159,500 |
|
|
233,500 | |
|
|
197,000 | |
|
193,000 | |
|
|
188,500 | |
|
|
180,500 | |
|
|
162,000 | |
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
150,500 | |
|
|
143,500 | |
|
135,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,500 | |
|
|
120,500 | |
|
|
118,000 | |
|
|
115,500 | |
|
|
109,000 | |
Three More Hands
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The players have three hands left in the day before they bag up. Chip counts and a recap of the day will follow after.
Van Veen Eliminates Another
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Kevin van Veen is likely the chip leader of the seventh flight after he eliminated another player.
He got it in the middle with ace-ten against queen-ten on a flop with two tens. ''The rest is history'' Van Veen said after the hand.
Van Veen is up to 450,000 and is close to the top on the overall leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Glasbergen Eliminates Parsons
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Peter 'Glaspeer' Glasbergen eliminated Tom Parsons from the tournament. Parsons opened under the gun to 8,000 and he was called by his neighbor and by Glasbergen from the cutoff. The others folded before the 
flop was dealt.
Parsons continued to 11,000 and the third player folded. Glasbergen asked how much Parsons had behind before he jammed for effectively 54,000, covering Parsons. He called and they opened up.
Tom Parsons: 
Peter Glasbergen: 
The board ran out with the 
turn and the 
river and Parsons was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Last Level of the Day
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The last level of the day just started and there are 30 minutes left on the clock. The clock will be paused with ten minutes left and then they will draw for how many hands they have left to play at the end.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Jordan Eliminated in Three-Way All-In
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Terry Jordan was very short and all in with 
against 
and 
.
The board ran out 
and the player who was also at risk with won the pot to stay alive and eliminate Jordan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |