Action was on the river on a board 7♥A♦A♣8♣3♣. Teodor Evstratiev bet out for around 200,000 and Jacob Mulhern reraised. Evstratiev made the call and players turned their cards.
Mulhern showed 7♣4♣ for a flush. Evstratiev, however, had A♠3♠ for a full house. He won the pot and added to his growing stack.
Ali Zia completed his small blind and Beihao Wang raised to 55,000 from the big blind, which Zia called. The flop came A♠7♠3♦. Zia checked and Wang bet 45,000, which Zia called.
The turn was the 2♥. Zia checked again and Wang bet 80,000, which was nearly half his stack. Zia reraised to 160,000 and Wang went all in for 200,000 total. Zia made the call and players flipped their cards.
Zia showed Q♣7♥ for a pair of sevens and Wang showed A♣K♣ for a pair of aces to double up his stack.
Teodor Evstratiev raised to 25,000 and was called by Tuan Le in the small blind and Jacob Mulhern in the big blind.
The flop came 8♠K♥6♠ and action checked to Evstratiev, who continued for 50,000. Mulhern reraised to 160,000 and Teodor Evstratiev called.
The turn was the 7♦. Mulhern led for 190,000 and Evstratiev called. The river was the 3♦ and Mulhern led again for 350,000, which was most of his stack. Evstratiev made the call. Mulhern showed 8♥6♥ for a straight and won the pot to chip up.
Jacob Mulhern raised to 40,000 from the button and was called by Daniel Jackson in the big blind.
The flop came 6♠8♦10♠. Jackson checked and Mulhern bet 25,000, which Jackson called. The turn was the 7♠. Jackson checked again and Mulhern bet 60,000, which Jackson called.
The river was the 5♥. Jackson checked for a third street and Mulhern bet 225,000, which Jackson called. Mulhern showed 8♠6♠ for two pair and Jackson mucked his hand. That left Jackson with just a few hundred thousand behind.
The following hand, Ali Zia raised from the button and Jackson moved all in from the small blind for 295,000. Zia made the call and players flipped their cards, with Jackson at risk.
Daniel Jackson: 9♥9♣
Ali Zia: A♠10♠
The board ran out 2♥6♣K♥A♦Q♠. Jackson had pocket nines and Zia turned a pair of aces to win the pot. Jackson was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place for £10,800.
It's time to shuffle up and deal. The Final Day of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event is now underway. Play will resume part way through blind level 15.
It's time for the Final Day of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event, running at the Grosvenor Casino at The Sandcastle. There are now just six players remaining in contention for the title and the tournament will play down to a winner today.
The Main Event attracted a total of 262 entries, which made for a prize pool of £254,140. The next player to be eliminated will take £10,800 and the outright winner is set for a payday of £53,630.
Manchester-based Tuan Le is the Day 2 leader with 2,161,000 chips. Right behind him is Teodor Evstratiev of Bulgaria with 1,838,000 chips. Ali Zia is in third place with 1,300,000.
Full Day 3 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Tuan Le
UK
2,161,000
2
Teodor Evstratiev
Bulgaria
1,838,000
3
Ali Zia
UK
1,300,000
4
Beihao Wang
China
1,042,000
5
Daniel Jackson
UK
871,000
6
Jacob Mulhern
UK
830,000
Day 3 kicks off at 12 p.m. local time. Blinds will resume part way through the level at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante. Levels will run for 60-minutes with regular breaks throughout the day.
Stacks are relatively deep and so the event is still anyone's for the taking. By this evening, a new UKIPT champion will be crowned.
PokerNews will be bringing you coverage straight from the tournament floor, catching every elimination along the way until the winner emerges.
