2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
£22,500
Event Info
Buy-in
£200
Prize Pool
£106,920
Entries
594
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Successful Start into the 2015 partypoker WPTN London Accumulator

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
WPT president Adam Pliska delivered shuffle up and deal
WPT president Adam Pliska delivered shuffle up and deal

The first starting day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National London £200 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator drew a total of 193 entries. Once the bagging and tagging took place, just under have the field was gone with the screens showing 94 players left. WPT president Adam Pliska delivered the "shuffle up and deal" announcement at Aspers Casino in Stratford, and some notable names of the poker circuit had made it to the East End of London.

Lucio Pacifico and his stack of 104,000 finished Day 1a atop the pack, while Vasile Cosmin Stancu advanced with 93,700 thanks to cracking pocket aces in a crazy hand. Other big stacks include Erion Tota (92,000), Laurence Essa (81,200) and Jeraint Hazan (78,800).

Surinder Sunar advanced to Day 2 with 42,300 in chips, and James Akenhead busted towards the end of the first flight. Tamer Kamel bagged up 55,900 and will be returning with exactly that stack on Saturday to blinds of 600/1,200 and a running ante of 200, as the Brit cannot participate in any of the two remaining flights in this special accumulator event. Defending champion Gabriel Tuna advanced with 29,100, but he still has the opportunity to increase that amount in the two remaining starting flights on Friday.

WPT champions club member Tony Dunst has made the trip over to Europe and will play on Day 1b at 2 p.m. UK time Friday, as well as Day 1c at 8 p.m. Once again, eight 30-minute levels are scheduled and everyone can acquire further chips in the remaining two accumulator heats.

Day 1a saw 21 online qualifiers take their seats, and there are yet another 72 left to battle on the tables. The event's main sponsor, partypoker, provided a lounge with ping pong as well as free drinks pizza and hoodies, which was a treat for everyone involved.

The PokerNews team will be back just after lunch time on Friday for Day 1b and Day 1c, so make sure to tune back in and follow along what's happening at Aspers Casino.

Tags: Adam PliskaGabriel TunaJames AkenheadLaurence EssaSurinder SunarTamer KamelTony DunstVasile StancuWPT

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Lucio Pacifico it
Lucio Pacifico
104,000 104,000
Vasile Stancu ro
Vasile Stancu
93,700
Erion Tota
Erion Tota
92,000 92,000
Laurence Essa gb
Laurence Essa
81,200 6,200
Jeraint Hazan gb
Jeraint Hazan
78,800 78,800
Martin Kollmann cz
Martin Kollmann
77,100
David Haynes
David Haynes
76,800 76,800
Deividas Peleckas
Deividas Peleckas
76,200
Daniel Sormainis
Daniel Sormainis
75,600
James Parker gb
James Parker
71,700
Stuart Hulston gb
Stuart Hulston
71,700
Alexandra O'Brien gb
Alexandra O'Brien
71,100 1,100
Martynas Vitkauskas lt
Martynas Vitkauskas
69,500 69,500
Jamal Gormati gb
Jamal Gormati
69,000 69,000
Paul Siliceo gb
Paul Siliceo
68,000 68,000
Saulius Tumosa lt
Saulius Tumosa
66,400 66,400
Umberan Akhtar gb
Umberan Akhtar
64,200 64,200
Paolo Niri
Paolo Niri
63,100 63,100
Yue Tu
Yue Tu
62,300 62,300
Mohammed Ullah gb
Mohammed Ullah
60,200 60,200
Jonathan Brock
Jonathan Brock
59,000 59,000
Michel Melkert gb
Michel Melkert
58,700 58,700
Rovertos Zodiatis
Rovertos Zodiatis
58,300 58,300
Ali Zihni gb
Ali Zihni
57,800 12,800
Henrik Nielsen dk
Henrik Nielsen
57,800

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End-Of-Day Notables and Big Stacks

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Some of the bigger stacks may still be missing, the player with the most chips thus far has been Vasile Cosmin Stancu. James Akenhead appears to have busted in the last few hands of Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Vasile Stancu ro
Vasile Stancu
93,700 22,700
Martin Kollmann cz
Martin Kollmann
77,100 7,100
Deividas Peleckas
Deividas Peleckas
76,200 19,200
Daniel Sormainis
Daniel Sormainis
75,600 15,600
James Parker gb
James Parker
71,700 1,700
Stuart Hulston gb
Stuart Hulston
71,700 26,700
Henrik Nielsen dk
Henrik Nielsen
57,800 3,800
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
55,900 5,900
Alexander Jager de
Alexander Jager
45,700 700
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
WPT 1X Winner
42,300 12,300
Gabriel Tuna gb
Gabriel Tuna
29,100 -12,900
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
Busted

Tags: James AkenheadVasile Cosmin Stancu

Harrison's Stack Melted

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Marc Jonathan Harrison was down to around 15,000 in chips and got them in preflop. Alexander Jager isolated successfully to get all other players out of the way and Harrison flipped over {10-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}. Jager had his opponent dominated with {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} and claimed the pot after a board of {A-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Jager de
Alexander Jager
45,000 18,000
Marc Jonathan Harrison
Marc Jonathan Harrison
Busted

Tags: Alexander JagerMarc Jonathan Harrison

O'Brien has Decent Stack

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

"I have about 70,000 chips now, that is good right?", Alexandra O'Brien said after the last of four hands was played on her table. She had called a raise to 2,500 and Daniel Sormainis did so as well out of the blinds. On the {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} flop, O'Brien's bet of 5,000 would be enough to win the pot and she flashed the {A-Spades} {J-Clubs} after the preflop raiser had mucked his {5-Spades} {5-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandra O'Brien gb
Alexandra O'Brien
70,000 70,000

Tags: Alexandra O'BrienDaniel Sormainis

Price Busts to Essa

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

This time Paul Price didn't have a huge draw, rather bottom pair when the chips went in. He had raised to 2,300 and received two callers out of the blinds. On a flop of {8-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {J-Hearts} the action folded to Price and he moved all in for 13,000. Laurence Taufik Essa called whereas the player in the big blind folded.

It was the {4-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} for Price and the {K-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} for Essa. Neither the {Q-Clubs} turn nor the {A-Clubs} river changed anything and Price headed to the rail while finishing his beer.

Player Chips Progress
Laurence Essa gb
Laurence Essa
75,000
Paul Price gb
Paul Price
Busted

Tags: Laurence Taufik EssaPaul Price