2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships

Final Results
Winner
Chris Brice
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
£187,500
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£1,000,000
Entries
1,076
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Ludovic Geilich Takes the Chip Lead After partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championship Main Event Day 1B Concludes

Level 12 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

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.

End of Day Chip-Counts (full)

Level 12 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Day 1B Chip Leader
1,028,000
Steven Anderson us
Steven Anderson
840,000 840,000
Sylvia Hewitt gb
Sylvia Hewitt
785,000 785,000
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
680,000 680,000
Andreas Olympios gb
Andreas Olympios
649,500 649,500
Paul Rigg gb
Paul Rigg
637,000 637,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
572,000 242,000
Hossien Taki gb
Hossien Taki
531,000 531,000
Joe Parsons gb
Joe Parsons
426,000 -20,000
Ashley Marc Locker gb
Ashley Marc Locker
387,500 387,500
Conor O'Driscoll ie
Conor O'Driscoll
385,000 385,000
Patrice Brandt de
Patrice Brandt
373,000 53,000
Jamie O'Connor gb
Jamie O'Connor
372,000
Matthew Wood gb
Matthew Wood
366,500 366,500
Colin Gillon gb
Colin Gillon
330,500 330,500
Terry Carter gb
Terry Carter
318,000 318,000
Ashley Timms gb
Ashley Timms
290,000 290,000
Billy Chattaway gb
Billy Chattaway
285,000 165,000
Harry Dukes gb
Harry Dukes
274,500 274,500
Andreas Korn ar
Andreas Korn
271,500 271,500
Philipp Salewski us
Philipp Salewski
262,000 262,000
Stephen Nash gb
Stephen Nash
256,000 256,000
Anthony Gardner gb
Anthony Gardner
250,000
Dahe Liu gb
Dahe Liu
227,000 227,000
Birajay Paul Singh gb
Birajay Paul Singh
223,500 223,500

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Geilich Calls Fitzgerald's Big Bluff, Claims Chip Lead

Level 12 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

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 {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop and Fitzgerald's bet of 56,000 on the {4-Hearts} turn was called by Geilich.

When the {6-Diamonds} 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: {q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Ludovic Geilich: {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}

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.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Day 1B Chip Leader
1,000,000 700,000
Thomas Fitzgerald ie
Thomas Fitzgerald
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichThomas Fitzgerald

Level: 12

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Fitzgerald Claims Huge Pot After Another Battle With Brandt

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 {3-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} when Fitzgerald saw his three-bet on the turn called.

Brandt then decided to lead the {5-Hearts} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Fitzgerald ie
Thomas Fitzgerald
400,000 250,000
Patrice Brandt de
Patrice Brandt
320,000 -100,000

Tags: Patrice BrandtThomas Fitzgerald

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Brandt Wins Big Pot With Pocket Kings

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 {6-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} 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 {3-Spades} turn. He thought for some time before making the call and the {q-Diamonds} river was revealed. Both players checked to showdown.

Patrice Brandt: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Thomas Fitzgerald: {A-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Fitzgerald had hit top pair on the river but the pot was Brandt's with his overpair kings.

Player Chips Progress
Patrice Brandt de
Patrice Brandt
420,000 420,000
Thomas Fitzgerald ie
Thomas Fitzgerald
150,000 -250,000

Tags: Patrice BrandtThomas Fitzgerald

Confirmed Entries for Day 1b

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.