Main Event
Day 2d Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix UK
Main Event
Day: 2d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix UK
Buy-in
£200
Prize Pool
£1,028,600
Entries
5,143
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
300,000
Welcome to Day 2 of the £220 partypokerLIVE Grand Prix UK Main Event
With a million-pound guarantee and a packed house certain to be on the cards , we've jumped into the action on one of two live Day 2's here at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. This weekend sees the climax of the is the £220 entry Main Event, which provides a chance for players to reach Sunday's final and battle for a massive six-figure score for an extremely reasonable buy-in.
With £1,000,000 being paid out as a minimum, the battle for a Day 2 has been intense. Numerous Day 1 flights have been taking place both live and online all week. We'll be focusing on the Day 2 action for our live coverage, but players in the club can play a live Day 1 flight at 12 noon, 5pm and 9pm in a last in-club bid to make Day 2.
Play begins at Level 17, with 45-minute levels throughout Day 2 from 12 noon and blinds rolled back two levels. Those blinds begin at 4,000/8,000/1,000, so anyone making it through to Day 2 will have a more realistic shot at that top prize.
With celebrities such as former world boxing champion Carl Froch, former professional footballer Tony Cascarino and rugby superstars Ben Foden and Ugo Monye all pitching up to play, we expect a lively atmosphere and some fireworks for sure.
The players have their engines ready for the Grand Prix action!
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Day 2 Kicks Off
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With 77 players in seats, there are some big names in British poker amongst others who have qualified for just a few cents on partypoker online.
Florian Duta, Adam Bone and Rachel Heneghan all made their Day 2 stack by playing online and building a big stack in Heneghan's case a massive 830,000 pile.
Gardner Doubles Through Walsh
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kieran Walsh raised from early position pre-flop to 25,000 and got two callers in James Gardner and Tom Wallsgrove. The flop of 
saw both men check, but on the turn of 
, Walsh bet out 50,000 and when Wallsgrove folded, Gardner moved all-in and got a call.
Kieran Walsh: 
James Gardner: 
The river card of 
made no difference whatsoever and Gardner got a vital early double with interest to fight his way back up to around 55 big blinds from less than half that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
960,000
960,000
|
960,000 |
|
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Koper Cant Cope with Summers
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Former Dusk Till Dawn200 champion Alan Summers returned from his trip to Asia to play Day 2 of the partypokerLIVE Grand Prix and he sat down just in time to open under the gun on table 41 to 18k. Szymon Koper saw this as a great spot to shove his last 20 bigs from the small blind. Florian Duta instantly folded the big blind but Summers flicked in the call.
Koper couldn't wait to table his 
. Summers was in rough shape with 
, but only until he flopped the nut flush on a 
flop. Groans of sympathy resonated around the table, while Koper remained surprisingly calm. The turn paired the 
, giving Koper three outs going to the river, but the 
didn't help and the pot was shipped in Summers' direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
675,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
The Poker Masochist
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Former Genting Poker Series champion Ali Ayub has always shown up for the big tournaments at Dusk Till Dawn and the Grand Prix UK this weekend is no exception. He was one of our chipleaders going into this hand, opening under the gun to 21,000. Piotr Szymczak called next to act and, with the action folded all the way round, James Gardner called off the extra from the big blind.
Action checked round on the 
flop, and again on the 
turn. With Gardner and Ayub both having checked the 
river as well, Szymczak took a 50k stab. Gardner folded without too much hesitation, however Ayub was not so easily convinced.
He turned to his opponent. "It's either a backdoor flush or ace high, right? Do you have a flush, sir? You're allowed to have a flush."
"I have to do it; it's the masochist within," sigh Ayub as he called. Szymczak revealed the 
for the ace high blocker, but not much else. Ayub whipped over his 
, clearly gleeful after having made the correct read. He is now level for the chip lead along with Luke Fields and Ian Morris.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000 | |
|
|
765,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
McTaggart Plays the Margins
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
On table 22, one of six tables remaining in the Day 2 field, Paul McTaggart opened the cutoff to 25,000 with Peter Craw folding the button. Adam Maxwell counted and re-counted his stack before shoving all-in from the small blind for 320,000. McTaggart called somewhat hesitantly and rolled over his 
.
Maxwell's 
was in bad shape, and the 
flop did nothing to improve his situation. The turn meant McTaggart only needed to dodge two outs going to the river. He didn't just dodge, though, he improved when the landed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
870,000 | |
|
Busted |