Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK
Buy-in
£2,000
Entries
450
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Michael Mizrachi Finishes on Top of the WPT UK Main Event Day 1b
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1b of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK Main Event saw 302 players pile into the Dusk Till Dawn casino in Nottingham. After 10 hour-long levels of intense poker action, that crowd of players had been whittled to a more manageable 115 with nobody bagging more chips that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.
With more than $14.6 million in live tournament winnings, Mizrachi easily has the most impressive resumé of any remaining player. He already has two WPT titles — having won the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic and 2006 Borgata Winter Open — and is now in good shape to add the 2015 WPT UK Main Event to complete his hat trick.
Mizrachi didn’t enter the fray until during the late registration period, yet still managed to turn his 30,000 starting stack into a tournament leading 359,200.
Only one other player managed to finish the night with more than 200,000 chips. Marc Foggin is a highly-rated grinder from the North East of England who has almost $300,000 in live tournament winnings. Foggin’s largest cash came in 2010 when he won a £336 buy-in event for £31,184, which incidentally was at Dusk Till Dawn. Foggin will no doubt be hoping for a repeat performance five years on.
Also returning to the action with ample chips is Billy Chattaway with 197,800. Chattaway may be more accustomed to plying his trade online where he has enjoyed massive success, but after a sixth-place finish in the 2015 WPT UK High Roller earlier in the week, will be full of confidence in pursuing his first six-figure live score.
Some other notable players to punch their tickets to Wednesday’s Day 2 include Iaron Lightbourne (167,000), Matthew Davenport (122,700), Andrew Hulme (115,000), Kuljinder Sidhu (100,300), Ireland’s Andrew Black (72,400), Roberto Romanello (60,000), Tamer Kamel (52,000), Simon Trumper (29,500), and Antoine Saout (26,800).
Play resumes at 12:00 p.m. GMT and continues until the completion of five 90-minute levels, which gives players the opportunity to head to the exclusive players party where there is free food, free drinks, a live band, and DJ, plus a fireworks display to mark November 5 – Bonfire Night in the UK.
End of Day 1b Official Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Here are the official end of Day 1b chip counts from the 2015 World Poker Tour UK Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
359,200 | 133,200 |
|
231,500 | 121,500 |
|
197,800 | 29,800 |
|
185,600 | |
|
170,900 | |
|
167,000 | |
|
|
159,700 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
147,600 | |
|
133,400 | |
|
|
129,800 | |
|
|
129,600 | |
|
127,400 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
123,700 | |
|
|
123,200 | |
|
|
123,000 | |
|
123,000 | |
|
122,700 | 68,700 |
|
|
119,200 | -2,800 |
|
|
117,300 | |
|
|
116,900 | |
|
115,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
111,000 | |
|
107,100 |
Play Has Ended For the Day; Recap to follow
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1b is complete, full recap to follow...
Three More Hands
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Three more hands will be dealt before Day 1b draws to a close.
Chi Zhang Stacks Rhys Jones
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chi Zhang raised to 2,200 and Rhys Jones three-bet to 25,000. Thinking that Jones was all-in, Zhang tossed forward a handful of chips and turned over 
, but Jones still have three or four thousand behind. The floor was called and ruled that Zhang had to call the 25,000 bet but had the option to bet or fold after the flop.
The flop came 
and Zhang bet nough to set Jones all-in. Jones called and showed 
and didn't catch up on the 
turn or 
river. Game over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Viscomi Slays Sly
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris Sly's Main Event run is over after a clash with Luigi Viscomi.
All the chips went piling into the middle with the board reading 
, Sly holding 
and Viscomi the 
for a straight. The 
was not what Sly needed to stay in the tournament and he shook hands with Viscomi before exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kassouf Knocked Out
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Will Kassouf's attempts to claw his way back into contention in the main event have been futile as he's now sitting on the sidelines with a drink in his hand.
Kassouf informed us that after doubling once more, he got his chips in with 
versus 
. The player with the jacks flopped a set, but Kassouf picked up an open-ended straight draw. Sadly for Kassouf, and fans of his, the board bricked off and his run in the 2015 WPT UK Main Event ended.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Chattaway and Mizrachi Flying High
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
As the tenth and final level rapidly approaches completion, both William Chattaway and Michael Mizrachi find themselves in the envious position of have oodles of chips in front of them. Chattaway had 168,000 while Mizrachi has almost a quarter of a million chips at his disposal.
Roberto Romanello is doing great too, having turned 30,000 into 65,000 in less than four levels having only sat down after the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
226,000 | |
|
|
168,000 | 68,000 |
|
65,000 | 43,200 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100