£1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 UKIPT Brighton

09-07-2023 14:00 UTC

Gibson Chips Up With Set

Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Manish Rawal raised to 500 and was called by Andrew Teng, Michael Gibson and Cesar Rincon.

The flop came 2♠4♦8♦. Rincon checked and Rawal bet 1,500. Only Gibson made the call. The turn was the 3♠. Rawal bet 3,500 and Gibson called.

The river came the K♣. Rawal checked and Gibson bet 6,000. Rawal made the call. Gibson showed 4♥4♠ for a set of fours. His opponent mucked and Gibson scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gibson	47,000 47,000	47,000
Manish Rawal	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Andrew Teng Cesar Rincon Manish Rawal Michael Gibson

09-07-2023 13:56 UTC

Harding Wins One on Flop

Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Daniel Henriques raised to 400 from early position and Daniel Harding raised to 1,100. Henriques made the call.

The flop came 2♦4♥5♦. Henriques checked and Harding bet 1,400. Henriques folded and Harding won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Henriques	28,000
Daniel Harding	25,000

Tags: Daniel Harding Daniel Henriques

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

09-07-2023 13:37 UTC

Jenkins Takes Pot With River Bet

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Liam Johnston raised to 300 and was called by Rodger Parr, Elliot Jenkins on the button and the player in the big blind.

The flop came Q♥3♥Q♣ and all four players checked. The turn was the 5♣. Action checked to Parr, who made it 400 to go. Jenkins called and so did Johnston.

The river was the J♣. Players checked to Jenkins, who bet 1,500. The rest of the table folded and Jenkins won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Jenkins	32,000
Liam Johnston	28,000
Rodger Parr	27,500

Tags: Elliot Jenkins Liam Johnston Rodger Parr

09-07-2023 13:15 UTC

Bastow Tables Pocket Jacks

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Frank Bastow raised to 400 and picked up calls from four players, including Beihao Wang in the small blind.

The flop came 5♠5♦9♦. Action checked to to Bastow, who made it 1,600. Only Wang made the call. The turn came the 4♣ and both players checked back.

The river was the 8♦. Wang checked and Bastow bet out. Wang folded and Bastow tabled J♦J♥ for two pair with his pocket jacks and the fives on board to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Bastow	34,500 34,500	34,500
Beihao Wang	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Beihao Wang Frank Bastow

09-07-2023 13:02 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

The tournament director has made the announcement. It's time to shuffle up and deal. The Main Event is underway.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

09-07-2023 11:59 UTC

Welcome to Day 1a of the PokerStars £1,100 UKIPT Brighton Main Event

Matt Warburton

The PokerStars UKIPT is back for the fourth stop of the season. This time, the tour is being held at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton. Day 1a of the Main Event kicks off today, starting at 2 p.m. local time.

The buy in for the Main Event is £1,100. Players will start the tournament with 30,000 chips and can take a maximum of three entries per flight.

Blinds start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante and levels progress every 40-minutes. There will be regular breaks throughout the day, including a 45-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6.

A total of 15 percent of the field will make it through each flight and to Day 2. Those who do so will be in the money.

Earlier in the year, David Docherty took down the Irish Open Main Event for €365,000. Docherty is now at the top of the UKIPT leaderboard. More recently, Simone Andrian won the Main Event in Malta for €153,610. At the latest UKIPT stop in Blackpool, Tuan Le took the Main Event top prize of £53,630.

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

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