2015 UKIPT Isle of Man

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 UKIPT Isle of Man

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
£24,170
Event Info
Buy-in
£400
Prize Pool
£135,412
Entries
349
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Saxby Got the Ace

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

On a flop of {A-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} both Kelly Saxby in the small blind and Liv Boeree in the big blind checked. Michael Severyn under the gun made a bet of 3,000 and Cam Law Hung folded from the button. Saxby and Boeree both called.

All three of them checked the {8-Spades} on the turn and {A-Spades} on the river. Severyn said he had two pair with a hopeful voice, but Kelly Saxby woon admitted she had the ace. She showed {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} and Boeree and Severyn mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Saxby us
Kelly Saxby
66,000 36,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
31,225 -24,975

Staudenmaier Loses Some Ground

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Gary Blakemore, of the Isle of Man, limped in for 600 from early position and then made the called when Luke Staudenmaier raised to 2,100. Blakemore proceeded to check-call a 3,200 bet on the {7-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop and then check-call a 7,500 bet on the {3-Clubs} turn. The river was the {A-Hearts} and Blakemore instantly moved all-in for 15,600 and Staudenmaier folded equally as fast.

Player Chips Progress
Luke Staudenmaier us
Luke Staudenmaier
19,500 -1,500

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PokerStars Sponsor Top British Snowboarder Zoe Gillings-Brier

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Sarah Herring interviewing Zoe Gillings-Brier
Sarah Herring interviewing Zoe Gillings-Brier

PokerStars today announced that it will be sponsoring Isle of Man Olympic Snowboard Cross champion Zoe Gillings-Brier, who's competing in the UKIPT Isle of Man Main event right now.

Zoe has seven World Cup podiums, three Winter Olympic Games, among many other multinational titles to her name; resulting in her being Great Britain’s most successful Snowboard Cross athlete ever. Zoe is currently Isle of Man Sports Woman of the Year, an accolade she has now won five times.

PokerStars is playing a significant part in Zoe’s Olympic programme by supporting her to train and compete towards the biggest competition of her career to date – the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, which is being held in Pyeongchang; South Korea.

Zoe will be bringing her skills to the poker table during the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Isle of Man Festival where she will be competing in the Main Event and the Charity Tournament. This year’s charity tournament will help to raise funds for local charity, Craig’s Heartstrong Foundation.

Zoe Gillings-Brier said, “I am extremely grateful to PokerStars for supporting me on my journey to the 2018 Olympic Games. The Isle of Man is a small Island in the Irish Sea so it makes me so proud to be supported by a local Manx company while representing the Isle of Man training and competing around the world. I love the adrenaline rush I get from snowboarding and often get the same sense of that when playing poker. I love the chance to compete and improve my skills so I’m looking forward to wearing the PokerStars patch on home soil next week.”

PokerStars Director of Corporate Communications, Eric Hollreiser said “We are delighted to be able to support Zoe as she prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Zoe is an extremely focused and determined athelete and we are excited to be a part of her latest quest for Olympic success. ”

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Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Dacey Caught Red Handed

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Rick Dacey
Rick Dacey

On a flop of {4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} Craig Sewell bet out 1,200 from the big blind. Rick Dacey called from the button en both players continued to check the {Q-Hearts} on the turn. The river {10-Clubs} made Sewell check. Dacey fired 3,650 but was called rather quickly. Dacey had the look on his face of a guy who was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and Sewell just turned over {A-Spades}{8-Spades} to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
56,200 31,200
Rick Dacey gb
Rick Dacey
36,000 -19,000

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Harris Busts Robinson

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Peter Robinson (small blind) and Carl Harris (big blind) got their chips in the middle before any community card was shown.

Peter Robinson: {A-Spades}{J-Spades}
Carl Harris: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

Harris politely asked the dealer for not too many spades, and got his wish. The board ran out {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, giving Harris the better two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Carl Harris gb
Carl Harris
29,000 4,000
Peter Robinson gb
Peter Robinson
Busted

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Cody Back Near Starting Stack

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Team PokerStars Pro, Jake Cody, is climbing back towards the starting stack of 25,000. We arrived at his table to see his last 10,425 chips at risk with {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and him being in a good spot to double versus his opponent's {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. A final board reading {8-Spades}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} saw Cody double his stack, giving himself some more breathing room.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
22,600 -1,000

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189 Remain

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

A total of 238 players signed up for Day 1b, and just 189 of them remain at the start of level 6. That makes for an average stack of 31,481, or 60 big blinds.