After a long period of inactivity - mostly raise and take-it - two of the remaining eight players were finall involved in an all-in, and it was exactly the sort of cooler you would expect.
Kfir Ivgi was down to his last 2,600,000, and shoved from mid position, getting called by Richard King next to act. Everybody else quickly got out the way and the cards were on their backs.
Ivgi showed , with King holding in a classic coinflip encounter. King remained in front on a flop, with the turn, river runout being of no help to Ivgi.
William Kassouf endured a miserable 5pm flight, but he's not giving up on the Day 2 dream.
William Kassouf (pictured) was one of three players all-in on the flop of a huge pot worth 400,000 in the 5pm Day 1 flight.
On a flop displaying , Paul Lyons had the made hand, turning over with the biggest pile of chips. He was up against Kassouf with and another opponent with . Kassouf was dead on the turn, and so too was Lyons' other victim on the river, meaning Paul Lyons stacked up what is possibly the chip lead in the Day 1 5pm flight.
William Kassouf was eloquent in his appraisal of his hopes in the Grand Prix UK Main Event.
Having spent almost the entirety of Day 2D at the front of the pack, Richard King concluded Level 30 as our official chipleader, with 13,390,000 - almost half the chips that were left in play.
King's journey to an almost-certain chipleader going into the final day was a remarkably easy one, as he busted player after player to bully his way into a lead he never relinquished and only ever strengthened.
Adam Hilton, the nearest challenger to King in the chip-counts, took through 5,025,000 chips, itself a highly respectable amount, but it was all about Richard King.
Play returns to action on Day 2d at 12 noon tomorrow and with an online surge of late entries, there is still every chance for a surprise player to eclipse King's incredible Day 2d effort. It'll take some doing, however.
Stay tuned for live updates from Nottingham tomorrow in the Main Event, £50,000 Gtd side event and of course the spectacular LVL UP Players Party. It promises to be an amazing day on and off the felt!
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, with King holding 
in a classic coinflip encounter. King remained in front on a 
flop, with the 
turn, 
river runout being of no help to Ivgi.
, Paul Lyons had the made hand, turning over 
with the biggest pile of chips. He was up against Kassouf with 
and another opponent with 
turn, and so too was Lyons' other victim on the 
river, meaning Paul Lyons stacked up what is possibly the chip lead in the Day 1 5pm flight. 
