Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships
Main Event
Day: 1b
Geilich Calls Fitzgerald's Big Bluff, Claims Chip Lead
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
End of Day Chip-Counts (full)
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,028,000 | |
|
|
||
|
840,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
785,000
785,000
|
785,000 |
|
680,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
|
649,500
649,500
|
649,500 |
|
|
637,000
637,000
|
637,000 |
|
572,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
531,000
531,000
|
531,000 |
|
|
426,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
387,500
387,500
|
387,500 |
|
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
||
|
373,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
372,000 | |
|
366,500
366,500
|
366,500 |
|
|
330,500
330,500
|
330,500 |
|
|
318,000
318,000
|
318,000 |
|
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
285,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
274,500
274,500
|
274,500 |
|
271,500
271,500
|
271,500 |
|
262,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
|
|
256,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
250,000 | |
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
223,500
223,500
|
223,500 |
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
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.
Main Event
Day 1b Completed