£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day 1c Started
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1c
The Main Event Continues with Day 1c Kicking off at 6pm
The Moneymaker’s Road to the PSPC Tour is back for another leg, which means it’s time to rewind back to the beginning for Day 1c, here at Aspers Westfield Stratford City. A total of 12 players have made it through to Day 2 (six from each of the first two starting flights) and 121 entries have generated £14,520 towards the prizepool so far.
PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker finished top in Day 1a, netting 470,000 for his efforts. Edgar Drozdov is the man to catch now though, having surpassed Moneymaker yesterday to take a whopping 620,000 chips through to Day 2, which takes place at 2pm on Saturday 9th November.
Costing just £140, the tournament offers players the remarkable opportunity to win a Platinum Pass* package for the PSPC 2020 and live the poker dream of turning a small buy-in into life-changing money.
Once again players will receive 30,000 chips in exchange for their buy-in and there are unlimited re-entries available until the end of Level 12. Levels last 30 minutes and there will be a break every two hours, at the end of every fourth level. It all kicks off at 6pm local time and play will conclude at the end of Level 15, at around 2:15am.
PokerNews is here to guide you through all the action from the moment cards are in the air, until the the last chip has been bagged.
*Each Platinum Pass (worth approx. $30,000) includes:
Buy-in to the €22,500 PSPC 2020 event
Six nights’ hotel accommodation for two people in a 5* Barcelona Hotel
Airport transfers
Bespoke PSPC Merchandise
€1,250 to cover expenses
Platinum Pass winner experiences during the event
Slight Delay to Start
The tournament will get underway shortly with players entering the tournament area to take their seats.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There are 25 players in their seats as Day 1c of the Main Event gets underway.
Early Birds
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There are 12 levels of late registration but some of the players who wanted in from the start are noted below. Getnet Kassa and Celso Padilha are two players taking another stab after failing to make it through in Day 1b yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Padilha in Early Elimination
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There was a large pile of chips in the middle and two players facing a 
board. The two players still in were Pongsapak Himathongkom who checked to Celso Padilha who moved all in for around 20,000.
Himathongkom thought for about ten seconds before calling and turned over 
and Padilha showed 
for the attempted bluff. It flips the beginning of Day 1b on it's head, where Padilha was the player to double up in the first few hands of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Grozav Outflopped by Farzaliyev
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Kanan Farzaliyev opened the action in middle position and called Razan Grozav's 1,600 three-bet from the cutoff. No one else wanted to play so they went heads up to the flop.
It came 
and Farzaliyev checked to Grozav who continued for 1,500. Back on Farzaliyev and he raised to 5,500 and Grozav responded by re-raising all in. It was a snap call from Farzaliev and when the cards were turned over, it was clear why.
Kanan Farzaliyev: 
Razvan Grozav: 
It was set vs over pair and with no king on the 
turn or 
river, Farzaliyev eliminated Grozav.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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65,000 | |
|
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Busted |
Day 1c Proving Popular with Players
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Day 1c is proving to be popular with players and the number of entries has already exceeded those who registered for Day 1a. Another 21 players needed in order to make this the largest flight of the tournament so far. Given that late registration is open for another five hours, it is looking more than likely that will happen