From middle position, Jonny Chapman raised to 400 and was called by Vahid Amirzahiri on the button. Chapman led for 500 and was called.
Chapman then checked the 
turn and called when Amirzahiri made it 1,150 to go. The 
river saw similar action with the main difference being Amirzahiri making it 5,025 to see a showdown.
Amirzahiri showed 
and Chapman mucked.
Tom Kugelstadt opened to 400 from middle position and was called in the first instance by Basharat "Bash" Mahmood (a DTD regular) and then Mark Payne in the big blind.
Payne checked the 
flop, Kugelstadt continued with a 1,000 bet and only Mahmood called. The 
saw Kugelstadt lead for 1,000 again and then call a raise to 2,625 from Mahmood.
On the 
river Kugelstadt checked, Mahmood bet 3,075 and Kugelstadt looked him up with the 
and was goo because Mahmood mucked.
Peter Wigglesworth called a raise to 300 from early position and then the 1,200 squeeze from Ben martin in the cutoff. The initial raiser folded to leave it heads-up to the 
flop, a flop that both players checked.
Wigglesworth check-called a 1,500 bet on the 
turn and the a 3,500 bet on the 
river. We don't know what Wigglesworth held because he mucked when Martin revealed the 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Stephen O'Keefe raised to 225 from middle position, Peter Wigglesworth called on the button and Suketu Patel flat called from the small blind. Ben Martin then squeezed to 1,300 from the big blind, only to see O'Keefe raise to 2,375.
Wigglesworth folded, but Patel 7,225! What started as a relatively straight forward hand had suddenly gone crazy. Martin folded and O'Keefe finally got out of the way. Patel showed 
voluntarily as he raked in the pot.
Not all button raises are made with weak hands as Mats Rosen showed a few moments ago.
Rosen opened to 300 from the button, Shola Akindele Deadman called from the small blind and Jamie "Boz" O'Connor came along for the ride in the big blind. Both blinds checked the 
turn and Rosen bet 600. Only Akindele Deadman called.
The dealer placed the onto the turn and Akindele Deadman check-called again, this time a bet of 1,200. The 
completed the community cards and both players checked its arrival.
Rosen showed 
and Akindele Deadman lost the hand with 
.
Joseph Lovelady has helped himself to an early pot to get off the mark here in Nottingham.
Lovelady raised to 300 from early position and was called by Jefferson Dike in the hijack and Rapinder Cheema in the big blind. Cheema checked to the preflop aggressor on the 
flop and Lovellady continued with a 625 bet. Dike folded, as did Cheema, and Lovelady is up and running.
Here are some more names that you may be familiar with, all are in their seats and grinding away hoping to get their quest for gory off to the best possible start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
There are currently 45 players registered for Day 1a of the 2015 WPT UK Main Event and some of those buying in straight away include last night's High Roller bustee Richard Trigg, David Lloyd, Tom Kugelstadt, Sam MacDonald, the North East's Marc Foggin, local hero Stephen Ayres and Mrs Shola Akindele Deadman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Day 1a has started with 40 players in there seats. This figure should rise during late registration thanks to the surviving 50 players competing in the WPT500 all have £2,200 WPT Main Event seats as part of their winnings.
