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Day 1b Completed
2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships
Main Event
Day: 1b
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Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1b of the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships £1,100 Main Event concluded with 119 entries and at the end of 12 levels of play 32 have survived the action and move forward to Friday's Day 2.
Ludovic Geilich is the only player to have built a chip stack of more than a million after finishing proceedings with an impressive 1,028,000.
The later start time of 5 pm attracted a field that included partypoker sponsored pro Natalia Breviglieri and fellow well-known British players Tom Middleton and WSOP bracelet winner Chris Brammer, but they all fell before the end of the day's play. Hannah Swales, Karol Radomski and Nathan Webb all started well in the early play but they had all exited the tables before the end of level eight.
Big names to enter the fray and bag chips include Steven Warburton (154,000), Sylvia Hewitt (785,000) and Billy Chattaway (285,000).
The big battle of the day was between Ireland's Thomas Fitzgerald and Germany's Patrice Brandt. There were two significant pots between the two of them with Brandt claiming the first by winning pocket kings against ace-queen. Fitzgerald then moved Brandt off a big hand where the German spent eight minutes in the tank on the river.
Fitzgerald's activeness eventually became his demise against Geilich, when the Scotsman picked off a bluff that was pivotal to his end-of-day chip lead. On a ten-ten-eight-four-six board, Fitzgerald shoved for 250,000 and Geilich called with just a mere pair of fives. Fitzgerald knew he was beaten and stood up from the table as the dealer turned over his queen-five hand.
Tomorrow sees the final two Main Event Day 1's when play gets underway at Noon for Day 1c and 5 pm once again for Day 1d. Be sure to check back to PokerNews as we cover the partypoker UK Poker Championship Main Event start-to-finish.
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich raised from middle position and was three-bet by Thomas Fitzgerald to 52,000 in the small blind, which he called. The players checked the 
flop and Fitzgerald's bet of 56,000 on the 
turn was called by Geilich.
When the 
was shown on the river Fitzgerald announced all in for almost 250,000. Geilich gave himself some thinking time before making the call.
Thomas Fitzgerald: 
Ludovic Geilich: 
Geilich saw his two pair was the best hand and he swooped in the huge 500,000 chip pot with Fitzgerald sent to the rail.
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Thomas Fitzgerald and Patrice Brandt were involved in another big pot together, but it was Fitzgerald who got the better of his opponent this time around.
The board fell 
when Fitzgerald saw his three-bet on the turn called.
Brandt then decided to lead the river for 56,000. Fitzgerald again three-bet, this time to 184,000. Brandt asked for a count and went into the tank. As the clocked ticked over into the final level of the day, Brandt had been thinking about his move for almost eight minutes before another player called the clock on him.
During his final minute of thought before his hand would be automatically mucked he recounted his chips but eventually decided to fold and Fitzgerald won back most of the chips he had lost to Brandt earlier on.
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jessica Pilkington was amongst the last small batch of players to depart the partypoker UKPC MainEvent Day 1b field before the final level of the day.
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 10
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich opened the action with a raise to 9,000 before Patrice Brandt three-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Fitzgerald cold-called from the small blind and Geilich folded.
The flop came down 
and Fitzgerald bet 22,000 which was called by Brandt.
Fitzgerald then check-raised to 100,000 after Brandt had bet 40,000 on the 
turn. He thought for some time before making the call and the river was revealed. Both players checked to showdown.
Patrice Brandt: 
Thomas Fitzgerald: 
Fitzgerald had hit top pair on the river but the pot was Brandt's with his overpair kings.
Level 10
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1b has achieved a total of 119 entries, which combined with the 193 from the earlier Day 1a means a total of 312 entries into the partypoker UKPC £1,100 Main Event during the first of two starting days.
