£1,100 Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 UKIPT Blackpool

07-14-2023 13:43 UTC

Davey Doubles With Aces Versus Kings

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Matthew Rowne raised to 1,000 from late position and Kieran Davey reraised to 4,200. A player who goes by MK then four-bet to 13,400 from the big blind. Rowne folded and Davey pushed all in, which MK called. Two players flipped their cards, with MK at risk from the all in.

MK: K♠K♥
Kieran Davey: A♠A♥

MK had pocket kings and Davey had pocket aces. The board ran out J♠A♣2♥8♦2♦. Davey further improved to a set of aces on the flop to win the pot. MK was eliminated from the tournament and stood up to take his leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kieran Davey	78,000 78,000	78,000
MK	Busted

Tags: Kieran Davey Matthew Rowne

07-14-2023 12:49 UTC

Steward Gets Three Streets From Walsh

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Kevin Steward raised to 700 from under the gun and was called by Tuan Le on the button and a player who goes by the initials Nicholas Walsh in the small blind.

The flop ran out 4♥A♣A♠. Walsh checked and Steward bet 1,100. Le folded and Walsh called.

The turn came the 7♠ and Walsh checked. Steward bet 2,200 and Walsh called. The river was the Q♠ and Walsh checked again. Steward bet out 8,000 and Walsh scratched his head and shrugged before throwing in a chip to call.

Steward showed A♥Q♥ and Walsh mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Steward	49,000 49,000	49,000
Nicholas Walsh	17,000

Tags: Kevin Steward Tuan Le Nicholas Walsh

07-14-2023 12:25 UTC

Mather Eliminates Evastratiev With Queens Versus Jacks

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Christopher Holmes open raised from middle position, Samuel Mather three-bet from the button, and Teodor Evstratiev four-bet from the big blind. Holmes folded and Mather five-bet all in. Evstratiev casually flicked a chip in to call and players flipped over their cards, with Evstratiev at risk.

Teodor Evstratiev: J♥J♣
Samuel Mather: Q♣Q♥

Evstratiev had pocket jacks and Mather had pocket queens. The board ran out 5♦5♥3♠8♥8♠ and neither player improved, so Mather held up to win the pot for a near-double up. Evstratiev was eliminated from the tournament early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Mather	49,000 49,000	49,000
Teodor Evstratiev	Busted

Tags: Christopher Holmes Samuel Mather Teodor Evstratiev

07-14-2023 10:21 UTC

Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event

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Matt Warburton

Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event, running at Grosvenor Casino at The Sandcastle. This is the second of three flights and will begin at 12 p.m local time.

In exchange for their buy-in of £1,100, players will recieve a 30,000 chips, which is a 300 big blind starting stack. Blinds start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and levels progress every 40-minutes, with regular breaks throughout the day.

Day 1b will play down to 15 percent of the field and those who survive will make it through to Day 2 and into the money. It is expected to be the busiest of the flights. Day 1c is also running tonight at 6 p.m. local time and will feature turbo 20-minute blind levels.

Players can opt to have up to three entries per flight.

Sam Grafton finished Day 1a as chip leader with 342,000, followed by Dale Hancock in second and Jessica Pilkington in third. Whether they remain at the top of the counts will depend on the outcome of the flights still to come.

The UKIPT Blackpool Main Event runs until Sunday night, at which point a new champion will be crowned.

PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1b straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.