£560 UKPC Main Event
Day 1c Started
2023 The GGPoker UK Poker Championships
£560 UKPC Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
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
428
Players Left
64
Welcome to the GGPoker £560 United Kingdom Poker Championship Day 1C
Welcome to Day 1c of the GGPoker £560 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 have their last chance to join the 74 survivors from Day 1a and 1b, 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.
Yesterday Duncan McLellan bagged biggest with 3,650,000. He will be joined by Day 1a chip leader Leslie Packer in Day 2, who ended Friday with 4,455,000, as well as poker professional Andrew Wilson who bagged 3,384,380 in the online flight. GGPoker ambassador Lukas Robinson also managed to bag yesterday but will return to Day 2 with just over 10 big blinds.
Play will continue until 15% of the field remain, in which those who survive will secure a place in 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
The tournament director has announced shuffle up and deal as a big field of 156 players have entered Day 1c for the final chance to make Day 2 of the GGPoker UKPC Main Event.
Jansco Wins Early Pot
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
It was a blind vs blind battle between Christopher Johnson in the small blind and Mihaly Jansco in the big blind.
The board read 
and there was around 20,000 in the pot. Johnson checked to Jansco. Jansco bet 7,500. Johnson went into the tank, using a time bank card, before folding as the chips went to Jansco.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
190,000 |
Sapiano Eliminated Early
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Albert Sapiano limped from under the gun before Natalia Breviglieri raised to 3,500 from early position. Khadir Khoshawy called on the button and Sapiano called.
The flop came 
and Sapiano moved all in for 6,500. Breviglieri called and Khoshawy folded.
Albert Sapiano: 
Natalia Breviglieri: 
Sapiano has two pair but was in rough shape as Breviglieri had flopped trips. The turn came the 
and the river the 
to ensure Sapiano would be having an early bath.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | |
|
Busted |
Robbins Rivers Straight
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was three ways to a flop. Catalin Zamfir was in early position against Eugen Margarit in the hijack and Fraser Robbins in the big blind.
The flop came 
with 10,000 in the pot. Zamfir bet 3,500 when checked to and only Robbins called.
Action checked through on the 
turn.
The river came the 
and Robbins bet 5,000. Zamfir quickly called. Robbins turned over 
for a straight which beat Zamfir's set of eights .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000 | |
|
|
185,000 |
Wan Chips Up With Jacks
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
There was 23,000 in the pot heading into the turn. Allan Wan was in middle position against Nathan Herbert in the small blind.
The board read 
and Herbert check called the 10,500 bet from Wan.
The river came the 
and Herbert checked. Wan fired 15,000 and Herbert pondered before making the call. Wan showed for the overpair to take down the pot as Herbert mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 | |
|
|
210,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
"I Just Want to Survive Until Five O'Clock"
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action was five ways to the flop with 37,500.
The flop came 
and action checked to Stephen Hay in the hijack who bet 15,000. Only Albert Sapiano called from early position.
The 
was the turn and Sapiano led for 35,000. Hay called.
The river came the and Sapiano checked. Hay bet 35,000 and Sapiano moved all-in. Hay snap called. Sapiano turned over 
which chopped with Hay's 
as Sapiano had rivered a full house to survive.
Sapiano, already on his second bullet, said "I just want to survive until five o'clock".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |