Day 1c of the Main Event Draws Biggest Crowd So Far; Miskelly Bags Biggest
At the end of 15 half-hour levels here at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City, William Miskelly made a late run for the chip lead and takes 470,000 through to Day 2 of the Main Event. That is precisely the same number of chips that PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker accumulated in Day 1a on Monday when he too finished the day as chip leader.
It was a closely fought battle up top for the last few levels and in the end, Miskelly knocked Timotheos ‘Tim Tim’ Timotheou off the top spot in the last 30 minutes. Timotheou still ended the day on a very healthy 447,000, which was good for second place. UK poker circuit regular Gary Miller (353,000) finished third and Stefan-Fabian Jivoin was a single chip away from hitting the 300k mark, taking through 299,000 for his efforts. Pongsapak Himathongkom (235,000) completed the top five.
Simon Green is still in contention, albeit with a short-stack of just 56,000. Green finished 7th in the London Hippodrome Leg of Moneymaker’s Road to the PSPC 2020 last month. He may be short stacked but he managed to survive where fellow final tablist Justin Bateson didn’t. Bateson took runner up position in the same tournament but will have to play another flight if he is to try and go one step further and win a Platinum Pass, after his exit earlier in the day.
All in all, there were 116 entries (70 unique) today and they generated £13,920 towards the prizepool, which makes a running total of £28,440. The 18 who survived when the curtain fell will return at 2pm on Saturday to play Day 2, with the third and final day taking place at 12pm on Sunday.
Tomorrow sees a slight change to the proceedings, with two flights taking place here in London (one at 12pm and one at 6pm), plus an additional flight at Aspers Casino Milton Keynes, which kicks off at 7pm. Stay tuned to PokerNews to keep up with all the action from tomorrow onwards, until a winner is crowned at the end of the week.