Day 1d/e Runs Today, Final Opportunity for Players to Make Day 2
The UK and Ireland Poker Tour 2023 Season Finale continues today with Day 1d of the Main Event running at Dusk Till Dawn Poker and Casino in Nottingham. The flight kicks off at 12 p.m. local time.
Players in the Main Event will start the tournament with a stack of 30,000 chips. Blind levels will run for 40 minutes and start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante.
The Season Finale Main Event has a £1,000,000 guarantee. By Monday night, someone will have taken the lion's share of that prize pool.
Following an impressive third place finish at the UKIPT Brighton earlier in the year, Adam McKola finished Day 1b as chip leader with 518,000. He was overtaken yesterday by Jack Nolan, who emerged as Day 1c chip leader and took first place overall with 639,500.
Top Ten Day 1c Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nolan | United Kingdom | 639,500 |
| 2 | Jason Riley | United Kingdom | 458,000 |
| 3 | Fintan Hand | Ireland | 449,000 |
| 4 | Lewis Jeal | United Kingdom | 425,500 |
| 5 | Alex Wakeham | United Kingdom | 420,000 |
| 6 | Cong Bo Le | United Kingdom | 379,000 |
| 7 | Francis Obadun | United Kingdom | 366,000 |
| 8 | John Adderley | United Kingdom | 364,000 |
| 9 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 350,000 |
| 10 | Benedict Cullen | United Kingdom | 301,000 |
There are five local starting flights and players can take a maximum of three entries per flight, with late registration open until the start of Level 11. All flights will play down to 15 percent of the field and those who make it through will return for Day 2 already in the money.
Day 1e will also run today, starting at 7 p.m. local time. Day 1e has a turbo format and will be the last opportunity for players to seal their seat in Day 2.
PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1d straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.
