£1,100 Main Event | 2022 UKIPT London

04-10-2022 12:33 UTC

Liudas Didenka Eliminated in 12th Place (£7,102)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With action happening on both tables, the floor staff monitored the pace of play on the pay jump. The sudden burst of excitement got underway when Liudas Didenka pushed for 755,000 in the cutoff and Lorenc Boci called on the button with the covering stack.

They had to wait for the other table to finish in which Joshua Boulton won a multi-street pot against Dongze Hao with versus to pull further ahead of the pack. The other showdown then unfolded as follows.

Liudas Didenka:
Lorenc Boci:

"Lots of outs," Didenka told the rail but there were barely any outs left on the flop. It was all over on the turn to make the river a formality and Didenka headed to the payout desk to collect £7,102 for his 12th place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Boulton	5,300,000 325,000	325,000

Lorenc Boci	2,100,000 875,000	875,000
Dongze Hao	1,450,000 -50,000	-50,000
Liudas Didenka	Busted

Tags: Dongze Hao Joshua Boulton Liudas Didenka Lorenc Boci

04-10-2022 12:42 UTC

Ben Slack Eliminated in 11th Place (£8,520)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Kully Sidhu raised it up to 80,000 and Ben Slack then got the last of his 230,000 in from two seats over for Sidhu to snap-call.

Ben Slack:
Kully Sidhu:

The flop gave both players a straight draw and it was Sidhu who got there with the on the turn. Slack needed a king to chop but the river was the to end his run in 11th place for £8,520.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kully Sidhu	2,050,000 600,000	600,000
Ben Slack	Busted

Tags: Ben Slack Kully Sidhu

04-10-2022 12:47 UTC

Three-Bet by Saout Gets Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Lorenc Boci raised to 80,000 in the hijack and Julien Sitbon called in the cutoff. Antoine Saout then three-bet to 355,000 on the button and Boci tanked for two minutes to fold. Sitbon gave it some brief consideration and came to the same conclusion as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	2,750,000 40,000	40,000

Julien Sitbon	1,950,000 -375,000	-375,000

Lorenc Boci	1,900,000 -200,000	-200,000
Alexios Zervos	1,225,000 -25,000	-25,000
Rickie Vedhara	750,000 -565,000	-565,000

Tags: Lorenc Boci Julien Sitbon Antoine Saout

04-10-2022 12:53 UTC

Boulton Still With a Comfortable Lead; Hao Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Perhaps one of the very few setbacks for Joshua Boulton took place during the three-bet hand on the other table as Dongze Hao claimed a showdown pot versus Boulton.

Hao then jammed in a battle of the blinds against Lukas Dimsa and three-bet jammed into a cutoff min-raise by James Rann, who let go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Boulton	4,850,000 -450,000	-450,000

Dongze Hao	2,100,000 650,000	650,000
Kully Sidhu	1,955,000 -95,000	-95,000
Lukas Dimsa	1,450,000 250,000	250,000
James Rann	550,000 -450,000	-450,000

Tags: Dongze Hao James Rann Joshua Boulton Lukas Dimsa

04-10-2022 12:59 UTC

Vedhara Doubles Through Sitbon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rickie Vedhara had won a pot off Antoine Saout in the previous hand when he bet the flop for 100,000 and Saout check-folded.

The next hand brought a raise to 80,000 in the cutoff by Julien Sitbon and Vedhara jammed for 820,000 in the small blind. Within one second, Sitbon flicked in a single chip for the call.

Rickie Vedhara:
Julien Sitbon:

The flop improved Vedhara to two pair but Sitbon still had a flush draw to go with his pocket kings. Nothing changed on the turn and the river secured the double up for Vedhara.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rickie Vedhara	1,720,000 970,000	970,000
Julien Sitbon	1,420,000 -530,000	-530,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Julien Sitbon Rickie Vedhara

04-10-2022 13:01 UTC

Vedhara Also Doubles Through Saout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Antoine Saout opened to 80,000 and Rickie Vedhara then three-bet to 230,000 from one seat over. Saout four-bet to 650,000 and Vedhara then five-bet jammed for 1,720,000 to receive the call by Saout.

Rickie Vedhara:
Antoine Saout:

The board secured back-to-back double ups for Vedhara, sending Saout below one million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rickie Vedhara	3,540,000 1,820,000	1,820,000
Antoine Saout	975,000 -1,775,000	-1,775,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Rickie Vedhara

04-10-2022 13:06 UTC

Break For the Final Ten

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dongze Hao kept up his aggressive play and opened to 180,000 while in the small blind. Lukas Dimsa then three-bet to 450,000 to force a fold from Hao.

In the last hand on their table, Joshua Boulton raised to 80,000 in the cutoff. Dimsa three-bet to 500,000 for one third of his stack while in the big blind only to then face the shove by chip leader Boulton. The tank-fold followed and Dimsa went into the first 15-minute break of the day with a headache.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Boulton	5,300,000 450,000	450,000

Dongze Hao	1,500,000 -600,000	-600,000
Lukas Dimsa	950,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Joshua Boulton Lukas Dimsa

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

04-10-2022 13:20 UTC

Updated Counts on the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Boulton	5,325,000 25,000	25,000

Rickie Vedhara	3,540,000
Lorenc Boci	1,875,000 -25,000	-25,000
Kully Sidhu	1,875,000 -80,000	-80,000
Julien Sitbon	1,335,000 -85,000	-85,000

Dongze Hao	1,335,000 -165,000	-165,000
Antoine Saout	940,000 -35,000	-35,000

Lukas Dimsa	940,000 -10,000	-10,000
Alexios Zervos	780,000 -445,000	-445,000
James Rann	545,000 -5,000	-5,000

04-10-2022 13:23 UTC

Rann Doubles Through Boulton

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In the first hand coming back from the break, Joshua Boulton raised to 100,000 from under the gun. James Rann then jammed for 495,000 in the big blind, which earned a call from Boulton after a brief spell in which the chip leader pondered about his decision.

James Rann:
Joshua Boulton: