£1,100 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2022 UKIPT London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 UKIPT London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£619,200
Entries
645
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
16
Players Left
1
A Champion Will be Crowned in the 2022 PokerStars UKIPT London £1,100 Main Event
The 2022 PokerStars UKIPT London £1,100 Main Event will draw to a conclusion today at the Hippodrome Casino in the heart of the English capital. Out of a field of 645 entries, only 16 players remain and they will aim to secure the biggest slice of the £619,200 prize pool.
Leading the way to claim the first UKIPT Main Event title in almost five and a half years is the UK's Joshua Boulton with a stack of 3,350,000. There is already a notable gap to second-placed Julien Sitbon (2,385,000) and Antoine Saout, who occupies the final spot on the overnight podium with a stack of 2,185,000.
Local resident Alexios Zervos is also among the bigger stacks 1,580,000 and cash game specialist Dongze Hao (1,535,000) follows fewer than two blinds behind.
As can be expected, most of the finalists are hailing from the UK and that does also apply for the former EPT London Main Event finalist Kully Sidhu (840,000) and PokerStars ambassador Ben Spragg (540,000).
Seat Assignments for the Final Day
| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rickie Vedhara | United Kingdom | 1,315,000 | 44 |
| 2 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 1,580,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Liudas Didenka | Lithuania | 345,000 | 12 |
| 4 | Ben Spragg | United Kingdom | 540,000 | 18 |
| 5 | Lukas Dimsa | Lithuania | 890,000 | 30 |
| 6 | Lorenc Boci | Albania | 810,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Julien Sitbon | France | 2,385,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Antoine Saout | France | 2,185,000 | 73 |
| Seat | Table 2 | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | James Rann | United Kingdom | 905,000 | 30 |
| 2 | Joshua Boulton | United Kingdom | 3,350,000 | 112 |
| 3 | Kully Sidhu | United Kingdom | 840,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Dongze Hao | China | 1,535,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Ben Slack | United Kingdom | 970,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Sorin Pruteanu | Romania | 735,000 | 25 |
| 7 | Michael Ramiro | United Kingdom | 320,000 | 11 |
| 8 | Robert Boon | United Kingdom | 590,000 | 20 |
The final day is scheduled to get back underway at noon local time and the blinds in level 24 will be 15,000-30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000. All levels last 60 minutes each and there will be a break every two levels.
The remaining 16 finalists have £5,146 locked up and the next pay jump to £5,920 awaits once the next hopeful runs out of chips. Reaching the nine-handed final table comes with a payday of £11,028 and the winner is slated to earn the top prize of £119,270.
Stay tuned for all the action from the Hippodrome Casino right here on PokerNews.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in GBP) | Place | Prize (in GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £119,270 | 9 | £11,028 |
| 2 | £74,539 | 10 | £8,520 |
| 3 | £53,245 | 11 | £8,520 |
| 4 | £40,960 | 12 | £7,102 |
| 5 | £31,511 | 13 | £7,102 |
| 6 | £24,242 | 14 | £5,920 |
| 7 | £18,644 | 15 | £5,920 |
| 8 | £14,341 | 16 | £5,146 |
Jack O'Neill Wins Record-Setting UKIPT £2,200 High Roller
Ten day of live poker action come to an end later today at the Hippodrome Casino in London. It was a glorious return for the PokerStars sponsored United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) after a hiatus of nearly five and a half years with decent numbers across the board in the former theatre near Leicester Square.
The poker action was bustling and Day 1a of the £1,100 Main Event reeled in 297 entries, as the new tournament area at Lola's was put to a test. One day prior, the marquee tournament on the schedule had kicked off while another highlight of the series played down to a winner.
A total of 95 unique players and 36 re-entries in the £2,200 High Roller created a record field of 131 entries, surpassing the previous biggest field for the UKIPT tour by 17 entries. The top 17 spots were paid a portion of the £251,520 prize pool and it was the UK's Jack O'Neill who came out on top of a short-lived heads-up duel with Grosvenor sponsored pro Jamie Nixon to claim the top prize of £64,520.
O'Neill was among the bigger stacks towards the bubble and remained at the top of the leaderboard for most of the final table. Two PokerStars ambassadors were also among the final nine players but bowed out early on. Ramon Colillas finished in 8th place for £8,635 followed by Ben Spragg in seventh place for £10,363.
Among the notable contenders on the final table were also Christopher Williams and Brazilian online grinder Belarmino De Souza as well.
Spragg then went on to reach Day 3 of the £1,100 Main Event as one of the shorter stacks with a shot at the UKIPT Main Event title. He is joined there by Joshua Boulton, who bubbled the final table of the £2,200 High Roller but bagged the biggest stack for the final day of the flagship tournament.
Final Result 2022 UKIPT London £2,200 High Roller
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack O'Neill | United Kingdom | £64,520 |
| 2 | Jamie Nixon | United Kingdom | £40,323 |
| 3 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | £28,802 |
| 4 | Christopher Williams | United Kingdom | £22,154 |
| 5 | George Pop Cuc | Romania | £17,040 |
| 6 | Belarmino De Souza | Brazil | £13,109 |
| 7 | Ben Spragg | United Kingdom | £10,363 |
| 8 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | £8,635 |
| 9 | Alex Peffly | United States | £7,196 |
| 10 | Joshua Boulton | United Kingdom | £5,996 |
| 11 | Justin Tsui | United Kingdom | £5,996 |
| 12 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | £5,214 |
| 13 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | £5,214 |
| 14 | Terry Jordon | United Kingdom | £4,535 |
| 15 | Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos | Brazil | £4,535 |
| 16 | Christopher Maguire | United Kingdom | £3,944 |
| 17 | Louis Wong | United Kingdom | £3,944 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Ramiro Wins One; Loses One
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Michael Ramiro jammed the first hand from under the gun and it folded to Sorin Pruteanu, who tank-folded in the big blind.
Both were in the blinds the next hand and a limped pot led to the 
flop. Pruteanu check-called for 50,000 and the 
turn was checked by both. Pruteanu led the 
river for 85,000 and Ramiro folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 65,000 |
|
300,000 | -20,000 |
Didenka Doubles Through Boci
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Liudas Didenka pushed from an early position and Lorenc Boci in the cutoff asked for a count. Once the all-in was deemed to be for 435,000, Boci went all-in for two times as many chips to force out all opponents behind.
Liudas Didenka: 
Lorenc Boci: 
The board ran out 
and Didenka doubled to trade spots with Boci.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
945,000 | 600,000 |
|
465,000 | -345,000 |
Boulton Pays Off Rann
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn with a small pot until then, James Rann bet 100,000 out of the small blind and Joshua Boulton called in the big blind.
Rann then bet another 350,000 on the 
river and Boulton was sent into the tank for nearly two minutes and called, getting shown the 
for two pair by Rann as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000 | -650,000 |
|
1,350,000 | 445,000 |
Robert Boon Eliminated in 16th Place (£5,146)
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Robert Boon raised from the hijack and called a three-bet on the button by chip leader Joshua Boulton to then check-call a continuation bet on the 
flop. On the 
turn, Boon jammed all-in for what appeared to be 350,000 and Boulton snap-called.
Robert Boon: 
Joshua Boulton: 
"Nice hand," Boon sighed and immediately stood up from his chair. The 
river only improved Boulton to fives full of jacks and Boon was eliminated in 16th place for £5,146.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,350,000 | 650,000 |
|
Busted |
Boulton Barrels Into Slack
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Joshua Boulton was the initial raiser from the cutoff with Ben Slack still involved out of the big blind on a turn reading 
. Slack opted to check and Boulton made it 140,000 to go for Slack to call.
After the river, Slack checked once more and Boulton bet 450,000. That represented more than half of the stack of his opponent, who cut out the remaining chips carefully and then sent the cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,550,000 | 200,000 |
|
800,000 | -170,000 |
Dimsa Jams Into Sitbon and Zervos
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Lukas Dimsa chipped up through several small pots and then raised to 65,000. Julien Sitbon called in the hijack and Alexios Zervos on the button then three-bet to 250,000. Dimsa took 30 seconds before four-bet jamming for around 1.1 million and Sitbon gave it just brief consideration before folding.
"It is good for you that I don't snap ... I have ace queen suited," Zervos said with a smile on the face. He took a minute to mull over it and mucked the 
face up.
"It is either a flip or you are behind ... good fold Alex," Dimsa replied while Sitbon chimed in and mentioned that he had folded better than ace-queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,450,000 | 65,000 |
|
1,450,000 | 560,000 |
|
1,250,000 | -330,000 |