£1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 UKIPT London

04-09-2022 14:30 UTC

Down to the Final Nine Tables

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mike Panteli walked into the tournament area to bump fists with several players and wished them good luck including current big stack James Rann. There was only one reason for that as Panteli had been among the last four casualties and the field was reduced to 72 players, spread evenly over the last nine tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Efstathios Bantounos	Busted
Mike Panteli	Busted
Eirimas Tomkevicius	Busted
Alberto Hernandez Gomez	Busted

Tags: James Rann Mike Panteli

04-09-2022 14:35 UTC

Sharda and Progner Bow Out in Quick Succession

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ravi Sharda ended up all-in and at risk for what appeared to be 60,000 and he was snap-called by Tim Slater in the big blind.

Ravi Sharda:
Tim Slater:

The board kept the superior hand in the lead throughout as Slater scored the knockout with the superior flush.

Also no longer in contention is Boris Progner, who departed right after on the same table. Down to a short stack he got it in with the only for Youness Barakat to snap him off with the . The board left Progner drawing dead on the turn while Barakat chipped up further after the earlier setbacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	470,000 270,000	270,000
Tim Slater	445,000 35,000	35,000
Ravi Sharda	Busted
Boris Progner	Busted

Tags: Boris Progner Ravi Sharda Tim Slater Youness Barakat

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

04-09-2022 14:45 UTC

Bashlawi Doubles Through Jennings

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a battle button versus small blind, Alex Jennings bet the flop and Max Bashlawi called. The followed on the turn and Jennings check-shoved for Bashlawi to call all-in for 156,000.

Max Bashlawi:
Alex Jennings:

Jennings needed a nine or six to avoid a major blow to his stack but the river bricked as he was left with around four blinds.

The new bigger stack on the table is Kully Sidhu, who has been steadily building chips in the first three hours of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kully Sidhu	510,000 280,000	280,000
Max Bashlawi	350,000 252,500	252,500
Alex Jennings	25,000 -245,000	-245,000

Tags: Alex Jennings Max Bashlawi

04-09-2022 14:50 UTC

Saade Felted by Trotter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

"Good game, unlucky man," the consolation came for Eddie Saade who had just bowed out on one of the corner tables. Paul Trotter had dealt the final blow as his had made trips jacks on the board. Saade was at risk preflop with fives and became the 70th place finisher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Trotter	295,000 72,500	72,500
Eddie Saade	Busted

Tags: Eddie Saade Paul Trotter

04-09-2022 14:56 UTC

Pavlov Loses Flip to Saout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The action kicked off with a cutoff raise to 13,000 by Antoine Saout and Atanas Pavlov then three-bet to 48,000 out of the small blind with a stack of around 220,000. Saout then moved all-in and Pavlov called it off to create the following showdown.

Atanas Pavlov:
Antoine Saout:

The flop gave Saout trips aces and he retained the lead throughout the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	740,000 340,000	340,000

Atanas Pavlov	Busted

Tags: Antoine Saout Atanas Pavlov

04-09-2022 15:01 UTC

Jennings Still in the Mix

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Alex Jennings had doubled his very short stack when his dominating ace fell behind. He vaulted out of the chair but spiked his kicker to stay in contention. Only a few minutes later, he got it in again for 37,000 with the and Alberto Speranzoni looked him up with .

The board awarded yet another double up to Jennings. In the meanwhile, Stephen Lockett was spotted at the payout desk as the field was whittled down to the final 67 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Speranzoni	260,000 -280,000	-280,000
Alex Jennings	90,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Lockett	Busted

Tags: Alberto Speranzoni Alex Jennings

04-09-2022 15:03 UTC

Saout Knocks Out Ene

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Florian Duta doubled through Antoine Saout and the next Romanian to get his chips in was Gabriel Ene, who three-bet jammed for around 90,000. Saout instantly flicked in a single chip for the call to put Ene at risk.

Gabriel Ene:
Antoine Saout:

The flop left Ene on the brink of elimination and he had zero equity on the turn, which made the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	785,000 45,000	45,000

Florian Duta	100,000 -85,500	-85,500
Gabriel Ene	Busted

Tags: Antoine Saout Florian Duta Gabriel Ene

04-09-2022 15:06 UTC

Essex Has the Field Advantage

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Richard Essex was the player at risk preflop for the final 130,000 with the and had the best of it against Daniel Field with the . The board was not without sweat but the superior pair held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Field	410,000 256,500	256,500
Richard Essex	280,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Daniel Field Richard Essex

04-09-2022 15:10 UTC

Duta Left Short; Wang Hits Miracle River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Angelos Nastos Megas has become the next player to run out of chips while Florian Duta was left very short and Lei Wang nailed a two-outer to escape from elimination.

Duta flipped with the against Lukas Dimsa with the . The Lithuanian got there on the and doubled for 123,000.

Moments later, Wang's last 62,000 went in preflop with . Alex Whitenstall had him pipped by a notch with the but saw the board run out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Whitenstall	600,000 299,000	299,000
Lukas Dimsa	260,000 146,000	146,000
Lei Wang	140,000 -66,500	-66,500
Florian Duta	20,000 -80,000	-80,000
Angelos Nastos Megas	Busted

Tags: Alex Whitenstall Angelos Nastos Megas Florian Duta Lei Wang Lukas Dimsa