Main Event
Day 2e Started
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix UK
Main Event
Day: 2e
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 2e of the £1million Guaranteed Grand Prix UK Main Event!
We're back in Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham for the start of 2e and a spectacular day of poker, fun and partying the like of which Nottingham or anywhere may not have seen!
With Day 2e due to begin at 12 noon, the period of late registration will last just 45 minutes before players are locked into another 14-level shootout for a place in the final day's seat draw.
That's not all, however, as the LVL UP Players' Party is sure to make the night go off with a bang for everyone's buck. Many players have entered for a tiny amount online and will continue to do so in Day 1 and Day 2 flights online today rounding off the entries. While that means we won't know the final day line-up until just before it begins tomorrow what that means for players is something really very special.
Anyone can enter today for fractions of the £200+20 buy-in of a Day 1 on partypoker online. They can then play tonight's online Day 2 and make tomorrow's final, where they can shoot for the biggest slice of £1,000,000. A major title, a huge top prize and all for a tiny buy-in? This weekend could see a very special poker story play out.
President Cuts Tape
A few words from partypoker President John Duthie have kicked off proceedings on Day 2e.
"Well done everyone for getting this far. I tried three times and failed so it's cash games for me! With blinds at 4,000/8,000/1,000 , dealers, shuffle up and deal."
Half the Day 2e field will cash, and with late reg to absorb the final few Day 1 qualifiers for 45 minutes, we'll have some precise numbers for on that as soon as we can.
Massive Day 2e Field
Yesterday's Day 2d began with 77 players, but today we already have 251 players in seats and that is over three times yesterday's field.
Even with 14 levels of play, we'd expect a lot more players to make it through to Day 3 and cash for £2,000. The minimum cash is £400 and half the Day 2e field will cash....who will make the cut?
More Than One Shot
Not everyone playing today's Day 2e only has that shot to make Day 3. Incredibly, some have built stacks in separate flights.
Feel The Power (Ranger)
Professional comedian Ben Shannon called me over to "watch his bustout hand."
I arrived to see him table 
, which had Paul Preis' 
in super bad shape, for 210,000 each. The 
flop meant that this was highly unlikely to be Shannon's exit hand, with the 
turn confirming those assertions. The 
river was dealt as a mere formality and Shannon picked up the full double.
Meanwhile, Preis was left with a small handful of chips, which went in the very next hand to no avail, and we lost him very early on in Day 2E.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
425,000 | 425,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Flip Flop
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Layton Grafton opened the action with a min-raise to 20,000 UTG+1. Carl O'Flaherty called in the hijack, before Łukasz Prejs moved all-in from the big blind for a total of 168,00. Grafton gave it some thought, but never really looked like he would commit the extra, and eventually folded.
With action back on O'Flaherty, he confirmed with the dealer that he was allowed to discuss the contents of his hand heads up. The rule here at Dusk Till Dawn is that speech play is allowed, even multi-way, so long as not to influence the action of other players.
"I've got 
. I think I'm in front. Do you want a call? Do you want to flip?"
Prejs just shrugged. O'Flaherty called.
Prejs' 
was way out in front, but that was changed on an 
flop. The 
turn missed O'Flaherty, and so did the 
river, awarding Prejs the full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
675,000 | 675,000 |
|
|
380,000 | 380,000 |
Big Names Building Stacks
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Day 2e has kicked off with a mixture of short-stacks busting and mid-range stacks doubling up. The latter scenario has repeatedly featured some of the biggest names in British poker.
Leo McClean sat down with 574,000 and has already added a blue chip worth 100,000 in his climb up the leaderboard. Ashraf Wahid came into play with 400,000 but has vaulted to 640,000 in the blink of a few big blinds.
Local professional Chris Sly began Day 2e with 340,000 but now has almost double that with 610,000 to his name. Finally, James Mitchell (pictured) sat down with 460,000 but has already turned that into a million chips.
"I had queens against jacks, and then won with 
against 
to go just over a million."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
675,000 | |
|
|
640,000 | |
|
600,000 |
Millionaire's Club
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Even at this early stage, some players have amassed over a million chips. With an average stack of 403,000, one million is an incredible feat! Not only that, but some of our players have over 100 big blinds!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,650,000 | |
|
|
1,600,000 | |
|
|
1,370,000 | |
|
1,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
|
|
1,152,000 | |
|
|
1,150,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
1,150,000 | |
|
|
1,150,000 | |
|
1,100,000 | |
|
1,100,000 |