The action folded around to Vikrum Mehta in the small blind, who raised it up to 15,000. Thomas Garment was in the big blind and shoved for 36,000, which Mehta called.
Thomas Garment: K♣10♥
Vikrum Mehta: 8♠6♦
Garment was the favorite to double up and despite Mehta flopped an open-ended straight draw, Garment's king-high held up on the 5x7xQx2♣3♣ runout to secure himself a much-needed double-up.
Lasse Jagd Lauritsen from the hijack and Artus Gimenez in the small blind ended up getting their stacks in the middle preflop, with the latter being at risk for his stack of around 100,000.
Artus Gimenez: A♥K♥
Lasse Jagd Lauritsen: A♦A♠
Gimenez had found himself on the wrong side of a cooler and despite flopping a pair on the 9♠2♠K♣ board, he couldn't catch up as the 7♣10♣ runout meant he was eliminated.
Both Philip Joyce and Lasse Jagd Lauritsen saw a flop of 5♥Q♥8♥ with around 80,000 in the middle where Joyce fired 9,000 from the small blind, and Lauritsen called on the button.
When the J♦ hit the turn, Joyce made another bet of 26,000, which again Lauritsen called.
A 2♣ filled out the board and Joyce checked it over to his opponent, who then shoved. It took a fraction of a second for Joyce to send his cards into the muck, and Lauritsen was pushed the pot.
Sergey Dunyushin limped in from the small blind and Vikrum Mehta checked his option in the big blind.
On the A♦9♦9♠ flop, Dunyushin checked it over to Mehta, who shoved for 20,000. Dunyushin thought about it for around a minute before he finally dropped in the call.
Vikrum Mehta: K♥4♠
Sergey Dunyushin: K♠J♣
Dunyushin had made the right call and was rewarded as the runout of 3♠2♦ couldn't keep Mehta alive.
"Cheers for the slowroll," were the parting words of Mehta as he left as the bubble boy.
Day 1b of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) £1,100 Main Event concluded with just 23 survivors from the 150 entries that showed up at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.
With two flights completed, the cumulative number of entries stands at 201, with 31 players already having punched their ticket into Day 2 on Sunday, November 18.
At the top of the counts sits Charles Combes with a whopping 516,000 chips, who is well clear of Danish Gandhi in second, who bagged 398,000. Raefe Tucker rounds out the top three with a stack of 357,000 to do battle with come Day 2.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Charles Combes
United Kingdom
516,000
2
Danish Gandhi
United Kingdom
398,000
3
Rаefe Tucker
United Kingdom
357,000
4
Lasse Jagd Lauritsen
Denmark
328,000
5
Barny Boatman
United Kingdom
306,000
6
Jason Barton
United Kingdom
232,000
7
Danielle Noja
Australia
230,000
8
Martyn Frey
United Kingdom
217,000
9
Thomas Clack
United Kingdom
217,000
10
Alex Romero
Spain
204,000
It was a stellar day for Pokerstars Ambassador Lasse Jagd Lauritsen, who closed out the day nicely to end with 328,000 chips, good for fourth on the leaderboard. The bulk of the Dane's chips came after he coolered Spain's Artus Gimenez in an aces-against-Big-Slick-showdown, that saw Gimenez soft bubble the flight.
Another member of Team PokerStars, Barny Boatman, also found a healthy bag with 306,000 chips, which leaves him fifth in the counts. Boatman sent Alan Carr to the rail with three-deuce during Level 9 and continued to build momentum all the way until the final bell to bag one of the top five stacks.
Rounding out the top ten is PokerStars Ambassador Alex Romero with 204,000 chips, who had spent a lot of the opening levels near the summit of the leaderboard after rivering Broadway against Raefe Tucker early on.
Alex Romero
The bubble was tense, prompting the floor to initiate hand-for-hand play early due to the excessive tanking that was slowing up the game. Shortly after, Paul Tait's short stack was collected by Christopher Johnson, which left the field one away from a guaranteed payday.
Unfortunately for Vikrum Mehta, he was the last player to leave empty-handed as he shoved the flop with king-high and got looked up by Sergey Dunyushin, who had a better kicker. Mehta failed to improve on the turn or river, which meant the remaining 23 players had made it into the money and ended the day's play.
Several other big names turned up to have a crack at making Day 2, but those that fell short include Yucel Eminolgu, Georgina James, Adam McKola, Benjamin Spragg, and Ryan Mandara.
Day 1c will kick off at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 15, and is the third of five opening flights in the Main Event. Two more flights will be played on Saturday, November 16, before Day 2 gets underway on Sunday, November 17.
Remaining Schedule
Date
Event
Time
15 November
Day 1c
12:00 p.m.
16 November
Day 1d
12:00 p.m.
16 November
Day 1e
7:00 p.m.
17 November
Day 2
12:00 p.m.
18 November
Day 3
12:00 p.m.
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