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

Price Gets There on the River

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

"I think I got the best draw," Paul Price said after getting his last 5,900 chips in out of the small blind after a flop of {4-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts}. "But you don't have the best hand yet," an opponent replied as he was looked up by another player with {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}. While the {A-Hearts} turn was a blank, the {A-Clubs} river surely wasn't, giving Price the flush and double up.

He is at a table with Alexander Jager and almost even in chips with the German now.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Jager de
Alexander Jager
16,000 -7,500
Paul Price gb
Paul Price
15,000 15,000

Tags: Alexander JagerPaul Price

Sormainis' Strong Draw

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Joining the action on the {Q-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} turn with three players in the pot, Tamer Kamel faced a bet of 6,200 into a pot of 15,000. The Brit folded but Daniel Sormainis called to see the {K-Clubs} on the river. Both remaining players checked and the opponent of Sormainis showed {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} for third pair. Sormainis had that beat and the whole table sighed when he tabled the winning {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for an open ended straight and royal flush draw on the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Sormainis
Daniel Sormainis
42,000 42,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
27,000 -9,000

Tags: Daniel SormainisTamer Kamel

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Old School Poker

Level 5 : 200/400, 75 ante

From what we have seen at the tables so far, Henrik Klinge Nielsen has been playing straight forward and avoided difficult spots. The most recent hand was no different when the Dane opened to 1,200 and received three callers. After a flop of {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds}, Nielsen folded to a 3,400-bet of the player in the cutoff and that was a good decision, as he would have made up his mind about a check-raise all in for 15,075 by another opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Henrik Nielsen dk
Henrik Nielsen
54,000 -4,000

Tags: Henrik Klinge Nielsen

193 Players for Day 1a

Level 5 : 200/400, 75 ante

The tournament staff has just verified that 193 players signed up for Day 1a, of which less then 150 currently remain. This level and another three are still scheduled before we know who is enjoying a decent start into this accumulator event.

Kamel on the Rise

Level 5 : 200/400, 75 ante

Before the break, Tamer Kamel defended his big blind to see a flop of {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {4-Spades}. Both him and the opponent checked and Kamel then bet the {8-Clubs} turn, which was called. The Brit fired 2,000 after a {6-Diamonds} river and called the shove of 13,000 by the opponent with {4-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} for a winning flush.

After the break, he just defended his big blind against a raise of Gabriel Tuna. Kamel then check-folded the {4-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} flop and flashed his {3-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}. The next hand he got involved in another pot and checked down the board of {7-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {2-Hearts} after preflop raise. His opponent was not willing to give any action and also mucked when Kamel showed the {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} after the river.

Player Chips Progress
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
36,000 20,800

Tags: Gabriel TunaTamer Kamel

Bounty for Harrison

Level 5 : 200/400, 75 ante

The screens have been updated and revealed 150 players remaining. One of them with a bigger stack is Marc Jonathan Harrison, who called the four-bet shove of a short stack with {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}. The opponent was at risk with {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} and got some sweat after the {10-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} turn with a flush draw. However, Harrison would score the knockout with the {K-Clubs} river as final community card.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Jonathan Harrison
Marc Jonathan Harrison
45,000

Tags: Marc Jonathan Harrison

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 75

Assorted Bigger Stacks

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

More than 30 players have been eliminated within the first four 30-minute levels and the screens still show 192 entrants for the first flight. Out of those, we have caught some of the bigger stacks and notables below.

Player Chips Progress
John Thompson au
John Thompson
57,500
Ali Zihni gb
Ali Zihni
45,000
Richard Wheatley gb
Richard Wheatley
45,000
Domas Rutkevilis
Domas Rutkevilis
42,000
Aziz Kara tr
Aziz Kara
37,500
Gabriel Tuna gb
Gabriel Tuna
37,500 17,500
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
WPT 1X Winner
33,500 13,500

First Break on Day 1a

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Once the current hand is finished, all players have been asked to leave the tournament area and head into a 23-minute break. Some of them take advantage of the table tennis plate in the partypoker lounge and battle it out away from the poker tables.