£560 UKPC Main Event
Day 1b Started
2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships
£560 UKPC Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
281
Players Left
42
Welcome to the GGPoker £560 United Kingdom Poker Championship Day 1B
Welcome to Day 1B of the GGPoker United Kingdom Poker Championship Main Event here in Nottingham at Dusk Till Dawn poker club.
Cards go in the air from 12 p.m. local time as players will be hoping to join the 32 survivors from yesterday along with the survivors from the online flights. This tournament offers a huge £500,000 prizepool guarantee and players will start with 200,000 chips.
Blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and blinds will increase every 30-minutes. Late Registration will remain open until Level 9 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Players will also be given five 20-second time bank cards at the start of the day. Players are allowed one reentry per flight.
Leslie Packer bagged biggest at the end of Day 1a as he doubled up with a full house in the last level of the day to end with 4,455,000 chips. In the online flight poker professional Andrew Wilson also bagged big with 3,384,380 chips respectively followed by a sixth place finish in yesterday's £1,100 UKPC High Roller for £7,500.
Be sure to be on the lookout as GG ambassadors Niall Farrell and Lukas Robinson will be leading their respective teams of freeroll qualifiers.
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
With all players now seated, the tournament director has announced "Shuffle Up and Deal!"
Toogood Wins Early Pot
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Online freeroll qualifier and member of Team Robin, Phil Toogood was in action. He raised to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Stephen Hay in the hijack and Mason Lloyd on the button. Eugen Margarit came along in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Margarit led for 2,500 before Toogood raised to 10,000. Only Margarit called.
Action checked through on the 
turn.
The river was the 
and Margarit bet 7,500. Toogood pondered before making the call. Margarit turned over 
for top pair but he was outkicked by Toogood who turned over 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
222,500 | |
|
||
|
197,500 | |
|
|
197,500 | |
|
|
170,000 | |
Georgescu Wins Big Pot Early
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was five ways to the flop with 10,000 in the middle.
The flop came 
and action checked to Matthew Veall ,who was under the gun, who bet 3,000. Georgian Georgescu and Mark Bamber called in the blinds.
The 
was the turn and action checked to Veall who bet 10,000. Georgescu put in the check raise to 23,000. Only Veall called after using a time bank card.
The river came the 
and Georgescu bet 36,000. "You got a flush? Good one!" Veall said before folding. Georgescu showed 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Mclellan and Aspinall Chop
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Andrew Aspinall raised to 2,500 from early position and was called by Duncan Mclellan in the cutoff.
Action checked through on the 
flop.
The turn was the 
and Aspinall bet 3,000 before Mclellan raised to 11,000. Aspinall called.
Action quickly checked through on the river. Mclellan tabled 
and chopped with Aspinall's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 | |
|
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|
160,000 | |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Barbu Wins Small Pot on Turn
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
David-Adrian Barbu raised to 3,500 from early position and was called by Jurek Jamrozy in the small blind.
Action checked through on the 
flop.
The turn was the and Jamrozy checked. Barbu bet 6,000 and Jamrozy quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Akhtar Enjoying Healthy Start
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
There was 31,000 in the pot heading to the flop. Leo Farodoye was on the cutoff, Aurangzeb Akhtar on the button and Samuel Austin in the small blind.
Action checked through on the 
flop.
The turn was the and action checked to Akhtar who fired 25,000. Both Austin and Farodoye folded, conceding the pot to Akhtar.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000 | |
|
|
195,000 | |
|
185,000 |