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Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
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£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day 1gh Completed
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
It was another action-packed day here at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City with the last 15 minutes proving to be the most dramatic of all. It looked to be a certainty that Getnet Kassa would finish as chip leader but a huge clash with Vitali Taschi changed everything.
Yesterday Kassa busted in the last hand of the day with his pocket-aces losing to ace-ten suited all in preflop. Today the final hand of the night proved to be his undoing after he lost full house to full house for almost 450,000 chips. Taschi advances with 446,500 – over 100,000 more than his closest rival Patrick Clouden (339,500). Two late doubles secured Xuequn Zhu third place for 296,500; Josep Vives (251,500) took fourth; and Dan Spataru (233,000) rounded out the top five.
In total there were 164 entries (108 unique), of which 33 were left standing once the dust had settled. They generated £19,680 for the prize pool bringing the running total to £69,000, with one starting flight left to play out. If the prize pool wasn’t enough of a draw, there is also a coveted Platinum Pass to the PSPC 2020 to be won (worth around $30,000).
There were other notables including Jen-Yue Chiang (162,000), Ben Winsor (127,000) and Marc Inizan (63,00) who made it through. Not everyone fared so well, with Antonis Poulengeris, James Mitchell, Jimmy Kebe and Richard King all exiting before the end.
Tonight sees the eighth and final flight take place, providing the last opportunity for hopefuls to try their hand at taking a stack through to Day 2. Play will resume for the second day tomorrow, Saturday, November 9th at 2pm. Levels will remain at 30-minutes long and the tournament will play down to either the final table or the end of 15 levels, whichever comes first.
PokerNews will be on-site providing coverage with live updates for the duration, in what is expected to be yet another exciting day of poker.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
It has been an incredible end to the night, with Getnet Kassa's hopes of holding the chip lead when players bag and tag dramatically destroyed in the last hand.
Kassa had suffered a few blows in the preceding hands, but none hurt as much as the one that just played out against Vitali Pasci.
Action was on the turn with 
down and Pasci check-raised Kassa's 20,000 bet to 40,000. Kassa used a time bank card and flat called.
The river came a 
and Pasci used another time bank card before checking. Kassa moved all in at this point and it was snap-called by Pasci with a huge cooler revealed when players turned over their cards.
Vitali Pasci: 
Getnet Kassa: 
It was full house vs a better one and Pasci takes the chip lead at the last. Kassa was left reeling, unable to believe what has just happened.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
In the closing stages of the night, Xuequn Zhu has found a huge double up that cements her place up near the top of the counts with one more hand to go before play concludes. The chips came via a full house with Zhu holding 
on a 
board.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The clock has been paused, with just three more hands before all remaining survivors bag and tag for the day.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With less than 20 minutes to go until the end of the day, the chips continue to go all in and Sinead Priestly and Dean Robertson were the most recent players to do so.
Robertson opened the hijack to 11,000 and Priestly shipped 64,000 for her all in. Robertson called and was behind, but only slightly, with two live cards in play.
The flop fell 
, giving Priestly top and bottom pair and Robertson middle pair and a gutshot for Broadway. The turn was the 
and the river the . Robertson's two pair wasn't good enough to win the pot and he is down to just ten big blinds now.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
