Packer Leads Pack at End of Day 1a of the GGPoker £560 UKPC Main Event
Leslie Packer bagged big as 32 players survived from the 216 entrants in Day 1a of the GGPoker £560 United Kingdom Poker Championship Main Event at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.
Packer won a huge pot towards the end of the day as he overbet all in on the river against Harry Eden. Eden made the call but it was no good as Packer turned over a full house to take the end of day chip lead.
GGPoker £560 UKPC Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leslie Packer | 4,455,000 | 178 |
| 2 | Henrik Nowroozi | 3,580,000 | 143 |
| 3 | Michael Skeldon | 3,000,000 | 120 |
| 4 | Gregory Fee | 2,835,000 | 113 |
| 5 | Anthony Gardner | 2,500,000 | 100 |
| 6 | Ali Ayub | 2,340,000 | 94 |
| 7 | Costas Michael | 2,335,000 | 93 |
| 8 | Martins Elksnis | 1,875,000 | 75 |
| 9 | Robert Bickley | 1,555,000 | 62 |
| 10 | Mingda Bi | 1,540,000 | 62 |
* - based on the end of Day 1a
Action of the Day
The GGPoker £560 UKPC Live Day 1a kicked off today with a bang as 216 entrants tried their luck to try and progress to Day 2. Gurdab Singh didn't make it to Day 2 but managed to chip up early as his opponent Mantas Buivydas rivered two pair against his turned straight..
Meanwhile, in the middle of the day Neil Van Der Merwe was the first to cross the million chip mark as he gathered momentum which allowed him to make it to Day 2.
Vermaut Arvid was lucky to bag as his pocket sixes managed to river a set to double against Buivydas's pocket jacks. Moreover Mingda Bi managed to build a big stack as he managed to near double with two pair in a huge pot midway through the day.
The bubble loomed and eventually burst in a dramatic fashion.Paresh Patel had check-raised all in from the big blind against Michael Skeldon from early position who called. Patel had flopped a set of fours against Skeldon's pocket kings on an eight-high flop. However, it would be a brutal turn for Patel as it came a king to give Skeldon top set and eliminate him from the tournament as the bubble boy.
Stayed tuned tomorrow to PokerNews for Day 1b as players will try to get their hands on their share of the £500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Be sure to be on the lookout as GGPoker ambassadors Niall Farrell and Lukas Robinson will be leading their respective teams of freeroll qualifiers in Day 1b of the GGPoker £560 UKPC Main Event.
before Paresh Patel had check jammed all in from the big blind. Skeldon had called and the players kept their cards hidden as the action on other tables concluded.
to put Skeldon in the lead. Patel however had a flush draw but it didn't come in as the river came the 
to eliminate Patel from the tournament as the bubble boy.
. There was around 1,000,000 in the pot. 
for a full house to leave Eden with just 125,000. 
and the river the 
.
and Mingda Bi bet 15,000 from the small blind. Only Gheorghe Ciubotaru called in the cutoff. 
was the turn and Bi bet 50,000 which prompted Ciubotaru to fold as Bi continued to add to his chip stack.
putting Buivydas firmly in the lead. The turn came the 
before the river came the 
and Van Der Merwe check called the 20,000 bet from Wright. 
for top pair as Van Der Merwe moved over 1,000,000 chips.
for a rivered two pair as Singh secured the double up.