£1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 UKIPT Brighton

09-09-2023 22:47 UTC

Hutchins Doubles With Set

Matt Warburton

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action folded around to Dominik Nitsche, who pushed all in from the small blind against the shorter stacked opponent. Oliver Hutchins made the call in the big blind and the cards were turned on their backs.

Oliver Hutchins: 7♦7♥
Dominik Nitsche: Q♥J♣

The board ran out 8♥3♥A♣7♠4♦. Hutchins made a set of sevens on the turn and doubled up his stack to stay in the game.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	3,400,000 400,000	400,000

Oliver Hutchins	720,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Oliver Hutchins

09-09-2023 22:41 UTC

Stewart Kirby Eliminated in 8th Place (£8,690)

Matt Warburton

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Stewart Kirby moved all in from late position for 390,000. Adam McKola announced his call and pushed his chips in the middle. Players flipped over their cards, with Kirby at risk.

Stewart Kirby: A♣7♦
Adam McKola: K♥K♦

The board ran out 5♥5♦J♠9♠9♦. McKola held with his pocket kings to win the pot. Players tapped the table and wised Kirby "good game" as he left the table.

Kirby was eliminated in eighth place for £8,690.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam McKola	1,700,000 100,000	100,000
Stewart Kirby	Busted

Tags: Adam McKola Stewart Kirby

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

09-09-2023 21:40 UTC

Oscar Tompsett Eliminated in 9th Place (£7,240)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Adam McKola raised from early position and was called by Oscar Tompsett in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠5♥6♥. Tompsett checked and McKola bet 90,000. Tompsett then moved all in for around 550,000, putting McKola to the test. McKola sat back on his chair and pondered his decision before making the call with the bigger stack.

Oscar Tompsett: 10♦7♥
Adam McKola: K♣10♣

Both players had a pair of tens and McKola had the king kicker. The turn came the A♦ and river was the Q♥. He held and won the pot.

Tompsett was eliminated from the tournament in ninth place for £7,240.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam McKola	1,600,000 585,000	585,000
Oscar Tompsett	Busted

Tags: Adam McKola Oscar Tompsett

09-09-2023 21:30 UTC

Final Table Chip Counts (full)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	3,000,000 400,000	400,000

Alessandro Spina	2,070,000 -330,000	-330,000
Benjamin Spragg	1,440,000 540,000	540,000

Adam McKola	1,015,000 -685,000	-685,000
Jun Beum Chun	945,000 685,000	685,000
Oscar Tompsett	760,000 -490,000	-490,000
Sebastian Gohr	550,000 -250,000	-250,000
Oliver Hutchins	500,000 -180,000	-180,000

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09-09-2023 21:29 UTC

Final Table Redraw

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
11	1	Oscar Tompsett	United Kingdom	760,000	25
11	2	Alessandro Spina	Italy	2,070,000	69
11	3	Adam Mcilroy	United Kingdom	1,015,000	34
11	4	Benjamin Spragg	United Kingdom	1,440,000	48
11	5	Jun Beum Chun	South Korea	945,000	32
11	6	Sebastian Gohr	United Kingdom	550,000	18
11	7	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	3,000,000	100
11	8	Oliver Hutchins	United Kingdom	500,000	17
11	9	Stewart Kirby	United Kingdom	445,000	15

Tags: Adam Mcilroy Alessandro Spina Benjamin Spragg Dominik Nitsche Jun Beum Chun Oliver Hutchins Oscar Tompsett Sebastian Gohr Stewart Kirby

09-09-2023 21:23 UTC

Oliver Kong Eliminated in 10th Place (£6,040)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

As relayed by the players, Dominik Nitsche raised preflop and was called by Oliver Kong.

The flop came 4♦7♦5♦. Nitsche bet the flop and was called. The turn came the 5♥. Nitsche bet again and Kong called. The river was the Q♥. Nitsche put Kong all in and Kong made the call.

Kong showed Q♦7♠. He'd hit a pair of sevens on the flop and made two pair on the river. Nitsche showed 8♦6♦. He'd flopped the straight flush and managed to get three streets of value out of the hand.

Kong was eliminated from the tournament in 10th place for £6,040.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	2,600,000 100,000	100,000

Oliver Kong	Busted

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Oliver Kong

09-09-2023 21:09 UTC

How Did Adam Mcilroy Get so Good at Poker so Quickly?

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In just two years, popular football influencer Adam Mcilroy has gone from "not having a clue" about poker to a regular on the circuit.

But how did he do it so fast?

PokerStars Blog speaks to him at UKIPT Brighton — where he's currently battling for the Main Event title — to find out.

Read the full article here:

https://www.pokerstars.uk/poker/learn/news/ukipt-brighton-coverage/#mckola

Tags: Adam Mcilroy

09-09-2023 21:06 UTC

Ji Yuzheng Eliminated in 11th Place (£6,040)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Ji Yuzheng, who raised from the button. Dominik Nitsche reraised to 300,000 from the small blind and Yuzheng moved all in for a touch over 800,000. Nitchse made the call and players flipped their cards, with Yuzheng at risk.

Ji Yuzheng: A♥K♥
Dominik Nitsche: 7♥7♠

The board ran out 2♣7♣8♣9♣9♠. Nitsche made a set of sevens on the flop and a full house on the river. He won the pot and chipped up to around 2,500,000.

Yuzheng was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place for £6,040.