£1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 UKIPT London

04-07-2022 20:10 UTC

Zervos Among the Leaders; Ferreira Pais and Wilson Chop

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dritan Arapi was nowhere to be found anymore while Alexios Zervos had leaped into a big stack on his former table. The action there saw Mauricio Ferreira Pais check-call a bet worth 4,500 by Dan Wilson on the flop. The turn was checked, as was the . Ferreira Pais tabled the and Wilson chopped with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexios Zervos	175,000	65,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	75,000	-5,000
Andy Wilson	70,000	-10,000
Dan Wilson	68,000	13,000
Kully Sidhu	40,000	18,000
Chris Da-Silva	40,000	20,000
Atanas Pavlov	18,000	-7,000
Dritan Arapi	Busted

Tags: Alexios Zervos Dan Wilson Dritan Arapi Mauricio Ferreira Pais

04-07-2022 20:05 UTC

Moses Doubles Through Lozano

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Raul Lozano opened the action on the button and then instantly called the shove by Vincent Moses in the big blind for 15,300.

Vincent Moses:
Raul Lozano:

The board ran out and a rather surprised Moses asked "wow, you really snap-called called me with that?" to which Lozano replied "what am I gonna do, fold an ace for 12 big blinds?".

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Lozano	125,000	-28,000
Vincent Moses	32,000

Tags: Raul Lozano Vincent Moses

04-07-2022 20:01 UTC

Vinnicombe Sent to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After losing a big pot just prior, Alan Vinnicombe was at risk before the flop and received two callers including Peter Baker and Yossef Levi. The two active players checked down the entire board of and Vinnicombe turned over the . Levi had that beat with the and Baker flipped over the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Yossef Levi	43,000
Peter Baker	32,500	32,500
Alan Vinnicombe	Busted

Tags: Alan Vinnicombe Peter Baker Yossef Levi

04-07-2022 19:54 UTC

Ferreira Pais Gets a Four-Bet Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dritan Arapi raised to 2,700 and Dan Wilson then three-bet to 6,700 from one seat over. Mauricio Ferreira Pais four-bet to 16,000 and earned a quick fold from Arapi. Wilson gave it some thought and eventually let go as well.

One hand later, Chris Da-Silva raised to 2,500 and Arapi said "I gonna make it easy for you" before pushing all-in. Da-Silva folded and was shown the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexios Zervos	110,000	76,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	80,000	6,000
Dan Wilson	55,000	-11,000
Dritan Arapi	40,000	-7,000
Atanas Pavlov	25,000	-12,000
Chris Da-Silva	20,000	-10,000

Tags: Chris Da-Silva Dan Wilson Dritan Arapi Mauricio Ferreira Pais

04-07-2022 19:48 UTC

Jung Gets Some Value From Jennings

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up to the turn, Alex Jennings checked and subsequently called a bet worth 3,000 by Sebastian Jung. The same action repeated on the river for 4,500 and Jung tabled the for a pair of tens. Jennings briefly flashed his cards but sent them to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Jennings	170,000	-20,000
Sebastien Jung	70,000	20,000

Tags: Alex Jennings Sebastian Jung

04-07-2022 19:43 UTC

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Benor	145,000	145,000
Antoine Saout	123,000	-13,000
Youness Barakat	120,000	83,000
Alex Goulder	117,000	42,000
Conor O'Driscoll	110,000	30,000
Alberto Speranzoni	100,000	100,000
Yucel Eminoglu	90,000	-60,000
Denas Pranaitis	85,000	-55,000
Ben Spragg	80,000	59,500
Andy Wilson	80,000	42,000
Nathan Lee	80,000	10,000
Eliran Argelazi	65,000	3,000
Parker Talbot	21,000	21,000
Julien Sitbon	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-07-2022 19:19 UTC

Break After Level Eight

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Upon completion of level eight, the 90 remaining players have been sent into a scheduled 15-minute break. So far, the field has already grown to 185 entries and the registration on Day 1a remains open for another two levels.

04-07-2022 19:16 UTC

Former Big Stack Arovaara No More

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Included in the latest batch of casualties was also Tom Arovaara, who was among the bigger stacks for most of the last few levels. However, he lost the vast majority of his chips to Raul Lozano and departed just before the end of the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Lozano	153,000	153,000
WIlhelm Isaak	Busted
Tom Arovaara	Busted
Dan Wagner	Busted
Justin Tsui	Busted
Nazim Cherkit	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted
Danny Pyke	Busted

04-07-2022 19:11 UTC

Talbot Receives Beer; Loses Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Parker Talbot had lost a ton of chips previously, apparently all to the same opponent according to the previous table chat. He then received a fresh pint of beer and was all-in moments later for 4,300 from under the gun. One player called and Antoine Saout then reraised to 12,000 for the third player to call.

On the flop, Saout bet 7,000 to receive a call and bet the turn again to force a fold.

Parker Talbot:
Antoine Saout:

"No, why do you have a ten in your hand?" Talbot inquired. When the fell on the river, Talbot then added "ah, that's why" before heading to the registration desk. He shall be back soon, arriving at his new table with the fresh pint of beer in the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	136,000	31,000
Parker Talbot	Busted

Tags: Antoine Saout Parker Talbot