Dexter Turnbull Chip Leads Day 1b of the PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham Main Event
Play concluded as the money bubble burst after over 13 hours of play. Dexter Turnbull leads at the end of Day 1b of the PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham Main Event.
Turnbull emerged as the biggest stack after the dinner break and managed to maintain it for the rest of the day as the bubble approached. He ended Day 1b atop of the 65 players who survived from the huge Day 1b field of 433 bagging a total of 736,000. Jonathan McCann made a late surge to overtake Turnbull but fell just short as he bagged 708,000.
Day 1b UKIPT Nottingham Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dexter Turnbull | United Kingdom | 736,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Mccann | United Kingdom | 708,000 |
| 3 | Adam Maxwell | Ireland | 515,000 |
| 4 | Philip Clarke | United Kingdom | 461,000 |
| 5 | Jack Hardcastle | United Kingdom | 430,000 |
| 6 | Stephen Woodhead | United Kingdom | 423,000 |
| 7 | Mark Liles | United Kingdom | 405,000 |
| 8 | Alan Vinnicombe | United Kingdom | 347,000 |
| 9 | Aaron Khera | United Kingdom | 328,000 |
| 10 | Tan Luan Le | United Kingdom | 322,000 |
Notables who also bagged included PokerStars Team Pros Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg (85,000) and Mason Pye (40,000) as well as Jack Hardcastle (430,000). They will join the 21 survivors from Day 1a.
Play will resume at 12 p.m. local time from the where level 17 finished with the blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Levels will extend to 60-minute blinds from level 18 onwards as the final 86 continue battle.
That concludes Day 1b of UKIPT Nottingham Main Event, follow PokerNews as the action from Day 2 on Saturday 30th July and of course the final day, on Sunday, where a champion will be crowned the latest UKIPT winner.