2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

£5,300 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£70,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,300
Prize Pool
£200,000
Entries
40
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Leary Bluffs it Off

Level 11 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Hearts} flop Fabio Sperling check-called a bet of 15,000 from James Leary. The turn was the {10-Clubs} and both players checked. The river was the {k-Diamonds} and Sperling checked to Leary who nonchalantly threw out a 25,000 chip.

Sperling thought for a while before calling. Leary went to muck face down, but eventually turned over {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts} just in case it was good. It wasn't. Sperling showed {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for ace-high and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fabio Sperling de
Fabio Sperling
205,000 120,000
James Leary gb
James Leary
76,000 -174,000

Tags: James LearyFabio Sperling

Nitsche Applies the Pressure to Mitchell and Marsh

Level 11 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

James Mitchell raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and got calls from Dominik Nitsche on the button and Luke Marsh in the big blind.

On the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop Mitchell, who has $1,814,135 in recorded live tournament cashes, continuation bet for 21,000 with both his opponents made the call.

The action was checked around on the {6-Hearts} turn and when the river fell the {3-Spades} Nitsche moved all in after Mitchell and Marsh had checked.

Neither player wanted to make the call and the German moved up to 270,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
400,000 -50,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
270,000 95,000
Luke Marsh gb
Luke Marsh
250,000 -90,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Maini Secures a Treble in Chips

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Vishal Maini
Vishal Maini

Fabio Sperling raised to 8,000 from early position and Vishal Maini moved all in for 45,000.

James Leary called Maini's all-in before Sperling also called.

Both players checked to the river with the board showing {7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. Sperling then bet 15,000 after Leary had checked and the latter folded.

Maini: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Sperling: {j-Spades}{8-Spades}

Maini's trip nines were enough for him to treble his stack up to 140,000.

Player Chips Progress
Vishal Maini gb
Vishal Maini
140,000 101,000

Tags: James LearyVishal Maini

Jackson Doubles Through Leary

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

James Leary raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Ben Jackson called on the button and Nicholas Todd called in the small blind.

The flop came {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. Todd checked to Leary who continued for 15,000 and Jackson was the only caller. The turn was the {3-Spades} and Leary bet 20,000, with Jackson calling quickly.

The river was the {a-Diamonds}. Leary checked to Jackson who moved all in for 45,000. Leary snap-called with {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} but was shown the {a-Spades}{j-Spades} for a rivered pair and Jackson doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Jackson gb
Ben Jackson
190,000 70,000
James Leary gb
James Leary
180,000 -40,000

Tags: Ben JacksonNicholas ToddJames Leary

Recent Eliminations

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Keith Johnson was left with around ten big blinds, and was eliminated shortly before the break, and with no further registrations during that break the tournament broke to three tables.

A short while after returning from their final break of the day, Andreas Olympios was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Olympios gb
Andreas Olympios
Busted
Keith Johnson gb
Keith Johnson
Busted
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
Busted
Paul Jackson gb
Paul Jackson
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 9 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
450,000 30,000
Luke Marsh gb
Luke Marsh
340,000 35,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
308,000 -22,000
Steven Morris gb
Steven Morris
280,000 28,000
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
267,000 47,000
Chris Sly gb
Chris Sly
220,000 20,000
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
220,000 25,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
175,000 -65,000
Chi Zhang gb
Chi Zhang
170,000 170,000
Nicholas Todd gb
Nicholas Todd
165,000 55,000
James Leary gb
James Leary
148,000 58,000
Paul Jackson gb
Paul Jackson
125,000 20,000
Ben Jackson gb
Ben Jackson
120,000
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
120,000 -12,000
Xiaoyang Luo cn
Xiaoyang Luo
115,500 36,500
Nishid Hindocha gb
Nishid Hindocha
110,000 -15,000
Sebastian von Toperczer de
Sebastian von Toperczer
105,000 5,000
Anthony Clancy gb
Anthony Clancy
82,000 -18,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
81,000 -19,000
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
71,000 -29,000
Andreas Olympios gb
Andreas Olympios
64,000 -31,000
Martyn Frey gb
Martyn Frey
55,000 -45,000
Fabio Sperling de
Fabio Sperling
52,000 -30,000
Vishal Maini gb
Vishal Maini
39,000 -51,000