Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 Lex Live London
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2019 Lex Live London
Buy-in
£230
Prize Pool
£177,800
Entries
889
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
889
Players Left
16
Sixteen Players Survive in the Hunt for £31,257; Arlie Shaban Nearly Bubbles
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Only sixteen players are left out of the original 889 entries that were made in the tournament. Kyle McCague is the chip leader after two days of play with 3,035,000. He is closely followed by Carl Von Dobeln (2,750,000) and Thomas Lewis (2,550,000). Jasper 'Oemtoeoemtoe' van der Veen is the last remaining Lex Veldhuis community member. He bagged 615,000 chips after a brutal day where almost every single community member was eliminated.
Others that made it through include Gareth Smith (2,460,000), Halil Gecaj (2,180,000), and Steve Berto (1,600,000). The players will continue tomorrow at 12 noon local time. The remaining 16 players are all guaranteed to take home at least £1,600. There are 38 minutes and 41 seconds remaining in the 25th level of the tournament, which has blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000.
Only three PokerStars Ambassadors started the day, but only one made it into the money. Mason 'Pyefacepoker' Pye, James Mackenzie, and Arlie Shaban all played, but only Shaban managed to sneak in a cash.
It was Hasan Gul who started the day as chip leader after he bagged 595,500 on the fourth starting day. Gul managed to get into the money but he wasn't able to make it to the second day.
Day 2 Action
The day started with 178 players remaining out of the 889 that showed up through eight different starting flights, starting from Friday, September 27th. Among those 178 are plenty of community members that tried their hardest during the starting days to make it to the second day. Unfortunately, there were only 107 places paid and it was a battle for the community to make it through to the money. Players who were eliminated before the money was reached include Nick 'Bizzo' Jenkins, Ben 'TheBenMartin98' Martin, Twitch streamer Henri 'Buehlero' Buehler, and PokerStars Ambassador Mackenzie of OP-Poker.
Mackenzie got his chips in the middle with no community cards on the table with ace-jack against five-four suited of community member Van der Veen. Van der Veen managed to river a straight flush to send Mackenzie to the rail only a few spots before the money was reached. Another PokerStars Ambassador, Shaban, was eliminated on the bubble. He was involved in a three-way all-in with pocket kings against pocket jacks of Roar Bonaunet and pocket sixes of Gareth Smith. Smith hit a set on the flop. Shaban and Bonaunet weren't able to catch back up and were both eliminated on the exact bubble. Shaban had the bigger stack and he secured a min-cash of £320.
The speed of play didn't really speed up after the bubble burst and the average stack dropped to a little over twenty big blinds. It is now back up to over 30 big blinds after the day had ended and the bust outs happened quicker and quicker. A couple of the players that were eliminated in the process were Peter 'Glaspeer' Glasbergen (88th - £391), Daniel 'Neryus' Moes (78th - £445), Rocco Blank (69th - £498), PokerStars Twitch & Ambassador Assistant Brandon Trong Nguyen (59th - £569), and Kevin 'Care_Teddy' van Veen (44th - £818) all were eliminated. All the way from Adelaide, Australia, was Damiano 'DAMMO_23' Aloi. Aloi busted out of the tournament in 38th place for £818.
One of the last players from the community still in was Glenn 'Letjal' Van Ingelghem. He was nursing a short stack for multiple levels already when he finally got his money in the middle in what turned out to be the last hand of the day. The player in the small blind jammed all in, covering Van Ingelghem, and the Belgian Veldhuis Moderator called with ace-queen. He was ahead against the ace-five of his opponent but he, unfortunately, wasn't able to hold on to the best hand when a five was dealt on the river.
Tom 'Predator410' Parsons Wins a Platinum Pass
During Lex Live 2 there was a scavenger hunt and visitors had to complete certain tasks to get stamps. If one had ten stamps you were eligible to win a special prize, but what that prize actually was? It turned out that 24 visitors had 10 or more stamps and they were put on a table in groups of eight. They would play two flips to determine two winners and the six players that survived got to play a timed tournament for a platinum pass.
England's Tom Parsons, in the community known as 'Predator410', was the lucky one to take home the special prize and he is on his way to Barcelona for the 2020 PSPC thanks to Veldhuis and his event in London.
The tournament will continue on October 6th, noon local time. PokerNews will be on site to deliver delayed coverage so the stream won't be spoilered.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,035,000 | 635,000 |
|
2,750,000 | 750,000 |
|
2,550,000 | 1,550,000 |
|
2,460,000 | 2,460,000 |
|
2,185,000 | 980,000 |
|
2,180,000 | 1,180,000 |
|
2,145,000 | |
|
1,650,000 | -750,000 |
|
1,600,000 | -75,000 |
|
1,435,000 | 235,000 |
|
|
1,190,000 | 600,000 |
|
970,000 | 195,000 |
|
820,000 | -630,000 |
|
615,000 | -85,000 |
|
595,000 | -705,000 |
|
60,000 | -535,000 |
Bagging Up
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Right after Van Ingelghem his exit another player was eliminated from the tournament. They are now down to sixteen and play has stopped for the day.
'Letjal' Eliminated
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
One of the last remaining community members is long time Lex Veldhuis moderator Glenn 'Letjal' Van Ingelghem. The moderator sat in the big blind when he was jammed upon. He found ace-queen in the hole and he called.
He had to win against the ace-five of his neighbor. The flop and turn were safe for the Belgian, but the five on the river ended the run for the online qualifier.
Van Ingelghem won his seat through an online satellite, but his run has come to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Ehmlin Eliminates Fletcher
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Lee Fletcher raised from middle position to 105,000 and he was three-bet by Valentin Ehmling to 265,000. The player on the button flat-called and Fletcher four-bet all in for 1,060,000. Ehmling then shoved as well for 1,115,000 and the player on the button tank-folded.
Lee Fletcher: 
Valentin Ehmling: 
The board fell 
and Fletcher was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000 | 1,300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Von Dobeln Wins With Jacks
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Carl von Doblen just took an opponent down with pocket jacks. He managed to win against ace-five of his neighbor and the field has now been reduced to 22 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | 1,090,000 |
Toporeanu Doubles Up
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jasper 'Oemtoeoemtoe' van der Veen raised to 80,000 from middle position but small blind Thomas Lewis had different plans. He pushed his last 465,000 to the middle with 
and he was called by 
from Alexandru Toporeanu. Van der Veen got out of the way.
The 
was very good for Lewis and the 
locked it up for him. The 
on the river didn't matter and Lewis secured a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000 | 460,000 |
|
|
700,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
525,000 | -590,000 |
Fletcher Doubles Through Ehmling
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Lee Fletcher moved all in from the cutoff for his last 605,000 with 
and he was called by Valentin Ehmlin from the big blind with .
The flop immediately brought 
and Fletcher was just down to one out. He didn't hit the case ten on the 
turn or the 
river and Fletcher managed to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 625,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -645,000 |