£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day 1c Completed
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
Buy-in
£140
Entries
436
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
130
Players Left
19
Daniel Stancer Claims Overall Chip Lead After Day 1c in Moneymaker Tour, Newcastle Main Event
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The third flight of the £140 Moneymaker Road to the PSPC Tour Main Event saw Daniel Stancer rise to chip dominance in the middle of the day, ending play as both Day 1c’s chip leader and in pole position overall with one start day left to go. His stack of 454,500 tops those of Day 1a’s leader William Robinson (433,500) and 1b’s Saifur Chowdhury (393,500). Joining the top spots is today’s second-in-chips finisher, Alan Surtees (406,000), who is playing his first live event at this buy-in level here at Aspers, Newcastle.
Surtees, understandably delighted to have made Day 2 so comfortably stacked, represents the players for whom the Moneymaker Tour provides an opportunity not only to compete in well-structured affordable events, but to vie for a PSPC Platinum Pass worth €26,000. Chris Moneymaker's own spin of a satellite win into the WSOP Main Event bracelet has inspired many new players; the man himself is already through to Day 2 and spent today playing £1/£1 cash with tournament bustees.
Today brought 130 further entries, combining with previous flights’ to set the total currently at 298. The Day 2 field is slowly taking shape, with 49 combined survivors already booked in to return to the tables on Sunday at noon.
Tomorrow’s Day 1d represents the final opportunity to start down the Road to the PSPC here in Newcastle. In a change from previous flights, play will start at 2pm local time. The same 14 half-hour levels are scheduled, with play finishing at a time more suitable for a 12pm Day 2 restart the following day. Rejoin the PokerNews blog tomorrow afternoon when the final bullets will be fired in the pursuit of a share of the Main Event prizepool and a shot at playing in the €22,500 PSPC 2020 event in Barcelona in August.
Day 1c Survivors' Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
454,500 | 134,500 |
|
|
406,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
320,000 | -20,000 |
|
265,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
226,500 | 113,500 |
|
|
200,000 | 114,000 |
|
196,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
193,000 | 127,000 |
|
190,500 | -39,500 |
|
183,000 | 53,000 |
|
|
179,500 | 103,500 |
|
|
170,500 | -4,500 |
|
158,500 | 6,500 |
|
|
154,500 | 113,900 |
|
145,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
140,500 | |
|
|
128,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
107,000 | 25,500 |
|
|
82,000 | 82,000 |
Day 1c Is Done and Dusted
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Play is paused until Sunday for the 19 survivors from Day 1c - chips are being counted and it's still tight at the top. Stand by for end of day counts, confirmation of today's leader and a recap of the third flight.
Fates Unkind To Short-Stacked Faetz
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
An open spot, 40,000 chips and 
- it was a ten big blind shove from Faetz that was looked up by Matthew Gray. Unfortunately for Faetz, he was up against 
. Chop hopes faded on the 
flop and the 
turn and river changed nothing. It didn't look like it half an hour ago, but we're going to end Day 1c with a similarly small number of survivors to previous flights, despite there having been more than a 50% increase in the number of entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Back To Back Busts Boost Burness
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Austen Burness has had a good last level so far, with two short stacks succumbing in succession to his premium hands. First David Ridout ran 
into his , then Mostafa Ghassemi ran into his 
(both preflop all-ins).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 | 117,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Jockeying for Pole Position
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
It's tight at the top of the chip counts, although it looks like Alan Surtees just holds the top spot currently - as he did in Level 2. This is the biggest buy-in live tournament that Surtees has played; at the last break he was holding steady on 200,000 with an optimistic eye on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
340,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
320,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
245,000 | 70,000 |
|
183,000 | 79,000 |
Birchnall Busts in Late Stage Cooler
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Hazel Birchnall moved all in for 26,000 over the top of Nikolay Ponomarev's preflop open to 6,500 and could not have been snapped off more quickly.
Birchnall: 
Ponomarev:
By the turn of the 
board she was standing up and took her leave in a cool spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
152,000 | 62,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Stringer Bluffed, Then Victorious with Three-Outer
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Christopher Stringer has flown under the radar somewhat today, action-wise, but his stack is now over 300,000 after his elimination of Will Lawrence.
The hand prior, he'd been check-raised off a heads up flop of 
by Nikolay Ponomarev (9,000 to 22,000) only to be shown 
for a bluff - apparently because the hand was being recorded.
Unfazed, and still with a stack of 280,000, Stringer called when Lawrence jammed preflop under the gun plus one (after a limp) for 23,500.
Stringer:
Lawrence: 
The flop was safe for the all-in player - 
- as was the turn, but the 
popped out on the river to bust him.
"F***ing hell, there's a lot of jacks, like," noted Lawrence, before wishing the table well and exiting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000 | 240,000 |
|
|
Busted |