£560 UKPC Main Event
Day 1a Started
2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships
£560 UKPC Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships
Buy-in
£560
Prize Pool
£556,780
Entries
1,148
Level
38
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
6,000,000
Entries
216
Players Left
32
Welcome to the GGPoker £560 United Kingdom Poker Championship Day 1A
Welcome to the GGPoker £560 United Kingdom Poker Championship Day 1A in Nottingham at Dusk Till Dawn poker club. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time.
Players from all over the country will gather to try to get their hands on the trophy as well as claim some of the huge £500,000 prize pool. This live Day 1a follows the online day 1's in which 32 players advanced from the 223 entrants. This tournament features a 200,000 starting stack and a 30-minute clock.
Blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and late registration will stay open until Level 9 at approximately 4:30 p.m.
There will be a 15-minute break every four levels.
Players are allowed one reentry per flight. Poker professional Andrew Wilson bagged big online as he ended the day with 3,384,380 for 135 big blinds.
Play will continue until 15% of the field remain, in which those who survive will secure a place on Day 2 and will be in the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action until a winner is crowned on Monday 16th January.
Shuffle Up and Deal
Cards are in the air for the GGPoker £560 UKPC Main Event Day 1A as the tournament director announces "Shuffle up and deal".
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Arvid Takes Early Pot
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Joining the action on the flop of 
with around 16,500 in the pot.
Matthew Bird was in the small blind against Vermaut Arvid in the cutoff. Bird checked to Arvid who bet 5,000. Bird quickly called.
The turn came the 
and Bird checked again. Arivid fired 23,000 which prompted the swift fold from Bird.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | |
|
|
185,000 |
Perry Takes Pot on the Flop
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action folded to Dean Perry in the cutoff who raised to 2,500. He was called by Stacy Coore and Lloyd White in the blinds.
The flop came 
and Perry bet 6,000 when checked to which caused both Coore and White to muck their hands as the chips went to Coore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | |
|
|
190,000 | |
|
|
190,000 |
Talica Chips Up with Top Pair
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Harrison Herbert raised to 3,000 from under the gun before he was three-bet by Vlad Talica in middle position to 8,000. Kyle Pakey cold called in the hijack before Herbert called when the action folded back to him.
Action was three ways to the flop of 
. Talica continued for 7,000 when checked to and both Pakey and Herbert called.
The 
was the turn and Talica bet 17,000. Only Herbert called.
Action checked through on the 
river and Herbert revealed 
which couldn't beat Talica who tabled 
for top pair to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | |
|
|
215,000 |
Benosenko Chips Up With Kings
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Airidas Benosenko raised from under the gun and was called by Ali Sakallioglu in middle position. Daniel Parsonage came along in the big blind.
The flop came 
and action checked through.
The 
was the turn and Benosenko bet 10,000 when checked to. Only Sakallioglu called.
Action checked through on the river and Benosenko tabled the winner as he turned over 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000 | |
|
160,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Timms Gets Value From Talica
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
There was 12,000 in the pot. Vlad Talica was in early position against Ashley Timms on the button.
The board read 
and action checked through.
The was the river and Talica checked to Timms. Timms bet 6,500 and Talica thought for a small while before calling. Timms showed 
for two pair to take down the pot as Talica mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | |
|
|
230,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |