Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2022 UKIPT London
£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 UKIPT London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£619,200
Entries
645
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
191
Players Left
31
Laming Eliminated by Sakhai
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
In the last hand of the previous level, Joe Laming faced a min-raise from early position and moved all-in for 7,100 on the button. David Sakhai moved all-in for the last 8,100 in the small blind and the initial raiser asked for a count. "I should call but I won't, I have king-queen," he said and mucked the cards thereafter.
Joe Laming: 
David Sakhai: 
The board ran out 
and the ace on the turn spelled the end for Laming.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Lalor on the Rise; Busts Another
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
By accident, Joseph Lalor raised to 6,000 and then looked up an opponent with 
. The player at risk turned over the 
and found no help on the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
PolkerNews Podcast: $500K Bitcoin Scam & Sean Winter Wins US Poker Open
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss the recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, which you can read about in full here, as well as the PolkerNews April Fool's Day prank.
They also talk about poker player Filippos Liakounakos allegedly being involved in a $500K Bitcoin scam, highlight early Triton Cyprus winners, Sean Winter winning the US Poker Open, Matt Berkey blinking a BetMGM March Poker Mania Main Event, and highlight this weekend's WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.
Finally, Chad offers an update on Dan Bekavac making players whole in the Midway Poker Tour payout debacle, and the crew remembers poker columnist George Epstein, who recently passed away at 95.
Grafton Up and Running; Talbot Short
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The £2,200 High Roller is down to the final eight players including the PokerStars ambassadors Ramon Colillas and Ben Spragg. Also still in contention are Jamie Nixon and Jack O'Neill.
In the meanwhile, the fellow red spade representatives Sam Grafton and Parker Talbot have jumped into Day 1a of the £1,100 Main Event. They had mixed success with Grafton holding nearly two times the starting stack while Talbot was last spotted all-in with a short stack. He got it all-in with eights versus eights and chopped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
||
|
9,000 | |
|
|
||
Minko Felted by Dando
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
A short-stacked Vladimir Minko was at risk for just 12,100 with the 
and Paul Dando looked him up with the . Minko was excited for a second when he saw an ace in the window on the 
flop but Dando was in the lead with two pair. Nothing changed on the 
turn and the river, sending Minko to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | |
|
Busted |
Lopez Llacer Bad Beas Ilyukhin
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Victor Ilyukhin was all-in with a shorter stack of 11,100 and David Lopez Llacer looked him up with the 
. That was well behind the 
of Ilyukhin but the Spaniard got there on the 
board with a pair of treys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | |
|
Busted |
Recent Eliminations
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jordan Bamford had previously doubled to nearly two times the starting stack but his media ticket was just handed over and the seat on his former table was empty. Now holding a bigger stack on it is Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos, who was also on Day 2 of the High Roller as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Talbot Doubles Through Rauhut
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Parker Talbot was once more with a short stack of just 9,300 and Thomas Rauhut looked that up.
"You have the winner," Talbot was certain of as he feared the worse with his versus . However, the prediction of Talbot turned out to be wrong on the 
runout to keep the PokerStars ambassador in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
22,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
Stapleton Short; Lehrer Doubles
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Joe Stapleton raised to 1,600 off a short stack and Toby Wilkins called out of the big blind. They checked all the way to the 
river on which Wilkins bet. With a smile on the face, Stapleton folded and added "I had the only pair you cannot call with."
One hand later, a short-stacked Benjamin Lehrer was all-in with 
against the of Costin-Geani Manole. The pocket pair held on the 
board and Lehrer staved off elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
8,400
-19,100
|
-19,100 |
|
|
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