Fabio Miranda raised from the hijack and John Garratt reraised from the big blind. Miranda called and the flop came . Garratt continued with a bet of 7,500, which Miranda called.
The turn was the . Garratt slowed down with a check and Miranda picked it back up again with a bet of 15,000. Garratt called.
The river came the and Garratt checked again. Miranda made a huge shove all in, which sent Garratt into the tank. He asked the classic question, "Will you show?" before making the fold.
Scott Margereson raised to 5,500 from the hijack and Mariusz Wiszowaty called in the small blind. The player in the big blind tossed in a chip to make the call.
The flop came . Margereson bet 5,000 and Wiszowaty called. The turn came the and both players checked.
Both players checked again on the river. Wiszowaty showed for a pair of jacks.
Three players were all in preflop and cards were on their backs. Both Jawad Talib and Paul Coughlan were at risk.
Jawad Talib:
Paul Coughlan:
Antonius Samuel:
With all three players holding pocket pairs, Samuel was well ahead as the cards were dealt.
The board came . The king on the flop further improved Samuel's hand, his set of kings almost impossible to break. The set of nines on the river for Talib was irrelevant, as Samuel had both players covered.
Both Talib and Coughlan were eliminated from the tournament. Samuel, meanwhile, moved up the ranks to become one of the chip leaders.
Day 1a of the WSOPC UK £1,100 Main Event has now concluded. Out of 187 entries, 65 players have made it through the flight and will return for Day 2. Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Day 1a of the WSOPC UK £1,100 Main Event, held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, has now concluded. A total of 187 entries were recorded and, of those, 64 players will return for Day 2.
After 12 levels of play, Aleksandrs Golubevs finished the day at the top of the table with 370,000 chips.
Golubevs is a regular on the UK circuit and has $411,616 in live tournament earnings. His biggest score so far was at the GUKPT Luton in 2019, where he finished second for £33,900. He’s also previously locked up a first place finish at the Dusk Till Dawn 8-max series, worth £23,855.
Closely behind in joint second place are Bhavin Khatri and Jack McDermott, who are both sat on the exact same amount, 342,000 in chips.
Khatri so far has $614,242 in live tournament earnings to his name. Jack McDermott, meanwhile, will be looking to record his first live result since 2011. He’s now in a solid position to make an impactful return to the felt.
Joining them in the top five chip count, both with over 300,000 chips, are Andrew Tuxworth and Fabio Miranda. Other notable players who made it through Day 1a include Jack O’Neill, Julien Sitbon and Ian Hamilton.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
Day 2 Big Blinds
1
Aleksandrs Golubevs
370,000
92
2
Bhavin Khatri
342,000
85
3
Jack McDermott
342,000
85
4
Andrew Tuxworth
319,000
79
5
Fabio Miranda
301,000
75
6
Antonius Samuel
296,000
74
7
Alexander Everitt
293,000
73
8
Yucel Eminoglu
292,000
73
9
Khurram Javed
283,000
70
10
Nick Conlon
275,000
68
Day 1a Recap
The tournament room continued to fill up during the first couple of blind levels. In a game changing hand early on, Khatri found himself all in against two players and hit a set of queens to knock both players out of the game. The pot proved crucial to Khatri gaining his position at the top of the chip counts.
The day saw heated discussions as well as interesting hands. At around the half way point, Roberto Romanello made a mistimed preflop bluff attempt and ran into Hong Pham’s pocket aces. That hand has helped give Pham a solid stack of 226,000 chips and a healthy position to start on Day 2.
Eliminations came in fast and plenty towards the latter end, including a double elimination that contributed to sixth place Antonius Samuel’s stack.
Bhavin Khatri
The Main Event will continue with Day 1b, the second starting flight, which commences tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. PokerNews will be bringing you live updates straight from the tournament floor.
. Foggin failed to improve and was eliminated by Jelinek holding pocket nines.
. Garratt continued with a bet of 7,500, which Miranda called. 
. Garratt slowed down with a check and Miranda picked it back up again with a bet of 15,000. Garratt called. 
and Garratt checked again. Miranda made a huge shove all in, which sent Garratt into the tank. He asked the classic question, "Will you show?" before making the fold. 
for a bluff.
. Margereson bet 5,000 and Wiszowaty called. The turn came the 
river. Wiszowaty showed 
for a pair of jacks.
