£1,100 Main Event Day 1c | 2024 UKIPT Nottingham

11-15-2024 17:07 UTC

Menchella Doubles With Quads, Ellison's Big Slick No Good

Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With around 15,000 chips already in the pot on a board of K♥2♣5♦J♥, Alexander Ellison fired out a bet of 5,500. Franco Menchella then ripped his stack of 15,400 into the middle, and Ellison made a quick call.

Franco Menchella: J♦J♠ All in
Alexander Ellison: A♥K♣

Ellison was drawing dead and was already asking the dealer for a count before she dealt the river. Menchella improved to quads when the J♣ filled out the board, and his stack grew to almost 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Ellison	75,000 5,000	5,000
Franco Menchella	45,000

Tags: Alexander Ellison Franco Menchella

11-15-2024 16:56 UTC

Higgins' Stack Starts to Rise

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With around 6,000 chips in the pot on a board of A♠2♥J♥8♠, Oliver Braddock and Gareth Devereux checked it over to Simon Higgins, who fired 5,500. Braddock called, and Devereux folded.

A K♣ dropped on the river and after Braddock checked, Higgins bet 8,000. Braddock quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Higgins	90,000 30,000	30,000
Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier	70,000 10,000	10,000
Oliver Braddock	45,000 45,000	45,000
Gareth Devereux	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kenny Hallaert	20,000 10,000	10,000

Deborah Worley-Roberts	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Gareth Devereux Oliver Braddock Simon Higgins

11-15-2024 16:48 UTC

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Kwiatkowski	135,000 5,000	5,000
James Bott	110,000 110,000	110,000
Victor Pinna	100,000 100,000	100,000
Benjamin Preece	100,000 25,000	25,000
Guy Taylor	85,000 85,000	85,000
George Demetriou	80,000
Jacob Mulhern	80,000 80,000	80,000
John Farrell	75,000 45,000	45,000
Yinchuan Liu	70,000 70,000	70,000
Benjamin Spragg	35,000 5,000	5,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-15-2024 16:23 UTC

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The players are heading on a 20-minute break.

11-15-2024 16:21 UTC

Rampage Poker Scammed… Again?!? Patrik Antonius Wins $5.1M | PokerNews Podcast #865

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the 865th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to talk about Ethan "Rampage" Yau admittedly getting scammed again! Find out what happened and what Rampage says he's going to do about it.

They also wrap up the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) including Jason Koon & Caitlin Comeskey becoming PokerStars US Ambassadors, Jeff Madsen making a deep run in the Main Event before suffering a bad beat, and Nick Marchington emerging victorious after a single cooler hand during heads-up play.

Other highlights include Sam Soverel winning the NAPT High Roller, Jared Bleznick defeating Patrik Antonius in High Stakes Duel 5 (a rematch is in store), Antonius turning right around and winning the Triton Poker Invitational for $5.1 million after besting Vladimir "Gambledore" Korzinin, and Bryn Kenney becoming the first player in history to cross $70 million in tournament earnings. Oh, and Kristen Foxen, Jeanne David & Starla Brodie are this year's Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductees.

Finally, the crew draws a contest winner for a seat into the $5M Freeroll at WPT World Championship, Kyna and Mike go heads-up in trivia to compete for a seat of their own, and fans of the PokerNews Podcast get yet another opportunity to win another seat! Find out how in the latest episode.

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11-15-2024 16:16 UTC

Cullen Check-Shoves Turn

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Dominic Cullen made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and Kelvin Cheng three-bet from middle position to 3,500. When the action got back to Cullen, he called.

They went to a monotone flop of 7♦4♦10♦ where Cullen check-called a bet of 2,500 from Cheng to the 8♥ turn. Again, Cullen tapped the table and Cheng put out a bet of 6,000. Cullen then shoved for around 18,000, and Cheng took a glance at his cards before sending them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Harris	80,000 50,000	50,000
Dominic Cullen	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ryan Mandara	35,000 10,000	10,000
Kelvin Cheng	32,000 3,000	3,000
James Hartigan	30,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dominic Cullen Kelvin Cheng

11-15-2024 16:10 UTC

Wilson Rivers a Flush

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 9,000 chips in the middle and five players seeing the 10♠6♠5♠ flop, the action checked around to Chase Wilson in the cutoff, who bet 3,500. Only Matthew Bonham called.

A 3♦ dropped on the turn where Bonham check-called a bet of 6,500 from Wilson to see the K♠ fall on the river. Both players checked it down and Wilson showed a flush with J♠10♦, which was good for the pot as Bonham mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Myers	60,000 30,000	30,000
Matthew Bonham	55,000
Chase Wilson	45,000
Sinead Priestley	20,000

Tags: Chase Wilson Matthew Bonham

11-15-2024 15:59 UTC

Did Stearn Just Fold Top Set?

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Alan Stearn just claimed to have made quite the laydown.

On a flop of 10♥K♥J♦, there were around 7,000 chips in the middle when Benjamin Preece checked from the big blind and Stearn fired 5,000 on the button. Preece then made a raise to 16,100, which sent Stearn deep into the tank.

After rechecking his cards countless times for around two minutes, Stearn was still unsure on how to proceed.

"They still haven't change," said Preece in reference to Stearn's cards.

"Only ace-queen beats me," replied Stearn.

"You've got pocket kings?" remarked Preece.

Another minute went by and Stearn finally decided to lay his hand down, and Preece was pushed the pot.