£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC Day 1ab | Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Hippodrome London

10-24-2019 17:12 UTC

Gusetoiu Triples Up After Three-way All-in

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player opened to 6,000 off of a 11,000 stack and Gabriel Gusetoiu moved all in for 10,600. Daniel Burrow then moved all in for 33,000. The original raiser moved all in for around 10,000.

Gabriel Gusetoiu:
Daniel Burrow:
All-in Player:

The flop gave the shortest stack a straight draw and the improved him to a flush draw. The river was the and Gusetoiu tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Gusetoiu	40,000
Daniel Burrow	30,000

Tags: Daniel Burrow Gabriel Gusetoiu

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-24-2019 16:49 UTC

Moneymaker Eliminated from Day 1a

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker was spotted exiting the tournament area. He was kind enough to explain the key hands that resulted in his elimination.

Firstly after two limps, he raised from the small blind with . The big blind called as did the limpers. After a single opponent called Moneymaker's 8,000 bet on the flop, he continued for 15,000 on the turn.

His opponent shoved for 50,000 and Moneymaker called, only to be shown for a straight.

He was down to around six big blinds, and got them in over three limpers with only for the first limper to have

"I'll be back in 15 minutes," said Moneymaker, who will try his luck in the Day 1c flight which gets underway at 18:00.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	Busted

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

10-24-2019 16:46 UTC

Davis Extends Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player shoved from the button and Jason Davis - already on a big stack - called in the small blind. The big blind folded and the cards were turned over.

All-in Player:
Jason Davis:

The board ran out and the player was eliminated, with Davis moving above 200,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Davis	210,000	55,000

Tags: Jason Davis

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-24-2019 16:22 UTC

Creanga Cracks Aces to Double

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

A player opened under the gun and got calls from Chris Moneymaker in middle position. Laurentiu Creanga called on the button as did the small blind.

The flop came and it checked to the pre-flop raiser who bet 10,000. Moneymaker folded and Creanga then shoved all in for 36,500. The small blind folded and the initial raiser called.

Laurentiu Creanga:
Opponent:

Creanga had flopped two pair and held on the runout to double to over 80,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurentiu Creanga	85,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Laurentiu Creanga

10-24-2019 16:20 UTC

2019 Platinum Pass Winner Warris Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Asif Warris won a Platinum Pass for the last PSPC, but won't be winning another one this time after being eliminated.

Under the gun limped and Jimmy Kebe raised to 5,000. Warris then jammed 26,000 with ace-king. The original raiser folded and Kebe called with pocket tens.

"You shouldn't race with me!" Kebe said after the hand to Warris, laughing with his opponent.

Warris has three more chances here at Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 with the second flight getting underway in less than an hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Kebe	130,000	5,000
Asif Warris	Busted

Tags: Asif Warris Jimmy Kebe

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

10-24-2019 16:03 UTC

Big Stacks Begin to Emerge

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Davis	155,000
Colin Lovelock	145,000	90,000
John Crossan	140,000	90,000
Connor Ross	130,000	20,000
Jimmy Kebe	125,000	40,000

10-24-2019 15:46 UTC

Find out more about the 'Ladies that poker at the Hippodrome' group

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Organised by Kerryjane Craigie, the Hippodrome's Head of Poker, and Kelly Saxby, a PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome sponsored player, the 'Ladies that poker at the Hippodrome' group formed back in 2015 with a clear goal in mind: get more women playing poker, regardless of their experience level.

“We meet most months and start off with a chat and catch up over a glass of fizz or a cocktail,” Craigie tells PokerStars Blog. “We discuss successes, near misses, specific hands and general poker gossip.”

Tags: Kelly Saxby Kerryjane Craigie