Alexios Zervos open raised to 9,000 from early position and Philippe Souki reraised to 26,000. Todor Genov moved all in from the button for 83,000, Zervos folded and Souki made the call with the bigger stack.
Todor Genov: Q♣Q♦
Philippe Souki: A♦Q♠
The board ran out 4♠10♥9♦8♥6♣. Genov held with his pocket queens to take the pot and double up his stack, avoiding a late elimination.
There are now just 20 players remaining and 18 will make it through the flight.
Action folded around to Joe Hindry, who jammed all in from the cutoff. He was called by Nicholas Marchington on the button, who had the bigger stack as players turned their cards.
Joe Hindry: K♥K♠
Nicholas Marchington: Q♣Q♥
The board ran out A♣2♦9♦K♣J♠. Hindry held with his pocket kings against Marchington's queens to double up his stack.
Keith Hoang raised to 10,500 from late position and Yossef Levi moved all in from the button with a short stack. Hoang made the call and the cards were turned on their backs.
Yossef Levi: A♠10♣
Keith Hoang: 7♦7♠
It was a classic poker race. The board ran out J♥K♦6♥8♣6♠. Levi found no help on the board and Hoang held with his pocket sevens to win the pot and eliminate Levi.
Day 1a of the UKIPT London Main Event is now hand for hand. There are 20 players remaining and just one to bust before the flight wraps up. The 19 who survive will all make Day 2 and be in the money.
Dylan Bradley raised to 8,000 from late position and Yuxin Cao moved all in from the small blind for 39,500. Bradley made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Yuxin Cao: 3♥3♦
Dylan Bradley: 6♦6♠
The board ran out 7♠2♣J♦8♦K♠. Neither player improved and so Bradley held with his pocket sixes. Cao was eliminated on the bubble. The rest of the players bagged and tagged their stacks ready to return for Day 2.
Day 1a of the PokerStars UKIPT London Main Event, running at the Hippodrome Casino, has now concluded. A total of 123 entries were made to the flight and of those 18 players made it through to Day 2 and into the money.
Way out in front, Kieran Davey of the UK finished the flight as chip leader with 718,000 chips.
In second place was Alexios Zervos of Greece with 418,000. Finishing the flight in third place was Danny Pyke of the UK, who bagged up 316,000.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Kieran Davey
United Kingdom
718,000
2
Alexios Zervos
Greece
418,000
3
Danny Pyke
United Kingdom
316,000
4
Benjamin Goldstein
United States
252,000
5
Tom Burton
United Kingdom
232,000
6
Dylan Bradley
United Kingdom
222,000
7
Yao Sun
China
208,000
8
Adam McKola
United Kingdom
193,000
9
Joe Hindry
United Kingdom
184,000
10
Keith Hoang
United Kingdom
183,000
Fifth place Tom Burton won his seat by filling in a post event player survey and now has a shot at serious money when he returns.
Fresh off his third place finish in the UKIPT Brighton Main Event, Adam McKola also bagged up and will return for Day 2 with 193,000 chips after finishing the flight in eighth place.
The Main Event will continue with Day 1b, the second of three starting flights, which commences Friday at 12 p.m. local time. Day 1c will also be running later in the day, starting at 7 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1b straight from the tournament floor.