£1,000 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
£1,000 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Day 1b of the WSOPC UK £1,100 Main Event, held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, has now concluded. A total of 252 entries were recorded for the second flight and, of those, 76 have made it through to Day 2.
Following 12 levels of play, Jack Allen finished the day as the chip leader with over 500,000 chips. Allen has had some serious cashes in the World Series of Poker, including a finish in the $10k Main Event to the tune of $121,500.
In second place is Jiaze Li, followed by Zak Carson in third and Chris Sieder in fourth.
Joining them towards the top of the table are Ryan Spittles and Rupinder Bedi, both with close to 350,000 chips. Both are regulars on the UK live circuit who have many significant cashes to their names.
Timothy Chung, Marian Butu, Paul Hizer, Garry Spinks and Nick Hicks are also among the top chip leaders from Day 1b.
Position | Name | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Jack Allen | 520,000 |
2 | Jiaze Li | 430,000 |
3 | Zak Carson | 428,000 |
4 | Chris Sieder | 411,000 |
5 | Rupinder Bedi | 403,500 |
6 | Sean Belton | 397,000 |
7 | Timothy Chung | 393,000 |
8 | Marian Butu | 349,000 |
9 | Lee French | 345,000 |
10 | Ryan Spittles | 336,000 |
The action kicked off with some early bust outs. James O'Brien hit top two pair to knock Astijus Saulinskis out of the tournament, and shortly after Vladim Gercev eliminated Simon Higgins.
Bixi Yao cracked Vincent Meli’s straight with her full house. She chipped up early and still has a playable stack. Later on in the night, Terry Carter held up with aces to to triple him up and eliminate Ryan Eborall.
Remaining players from Day 1a and Day 1b will merge tomorrow, meaning a total of 140 players will return to the felt for Day 2. There will also be a change to the structure of the event. Blind levels are set to increase to 60 minutes and the tournament will play for 10 levels, with a break every two levels.
Day 2 will commence at 12 p.m. local time. PokerNews will be there to bring you live updates from the tournament floor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jack Allen | 520,000 | 10,000 |
Jiaze Li | 430,000 | 430,000 |
Zak Carson | 428,000 | 428,000 |
Chris Sieder | 411,000 | 347,000 |
Rupinder Bedi | 403,500 | 63,500 |
Sean Belton | 397,000 | 162,000 |
Timothy Chung | 393,000 | 393,000 |
Marian Butu | 349,000 | 54,000 |
Lee French | 345,000 | 345,000 |
Ryan Spittles | 336,000 | -4,000 |
Youness Barakat | 334,000 | 334,000 |
Ali Ayub | 310,000 | 70,000 |
Sohail Hussain | 309,000 | 119,000 |
Simon Higgins | 308,000 | 308,000 |
Matthew Gray | 305,000 | 305,000 |
Gary Miller | 303,000 | 303,000 |
James Bott | 291,000 | 291,000 |
Paul Haycock | 288,000 | 288,000 |
Lung To | 280,000 | 280,000 |
Parminder Kandola | 277,000 | 277,000 |
Ben Winsor | 270,000 | 270,000 |
Paul Hizer
|
268,000 | -2,000 |
Umar Khan | 261,000 | 261,000 |
Keith Johnson | 242,000 | -8,000 |
Adam Holmes
|
236,000 | 236,000 |
Day 1b of the WSOPC £1,100 Main Event has now concluded. Out of 252 entries, 77 players have made it through the flight. They will join 64 players from Day 1a, meaning 140 players will return to the felt for Day 2.
Stay tuned for a full recap.
William Kassouf raised to 7,500 from under the gun and Frank Bastow moved all in for his remaining 11,500 chips. Thomas Powell called in the big blind and Kassouf also called.
The flop came . Powell checked, Kassouf bet 16,000 and Powell folded. Players flipped their cards.
Frank Bastow:
William Kassouf:
Bastow had a pair of sevens and Kassouf had ace high. The turn came and the river was a . Bastow held for the double up.
The next hand, the final hand of the night, Bastow shoved again, this time for around 38,000, but all players folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jack Allen | 510,000 | 405,000 |
Thomas Powell
|
280,000 | 280,000 |
William Kassouf
|
148,000 | 148,000 |
Frank Bastow | 41,000 | -52,000 |
Three players were all in preflop, with Ryan Eborall and Terry Carter both at risk.
Ryan Eborall:
Terry Carter:
Tan Le:
The board ran out . Carter hit a set of aces on the flop to lock up the pot and a huge triple up as the day draws to a close. Ryan Eborall was eliminated for the tourney.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Terry Carter | 185,000 | 109,000 |
Tan Le | 183,000 | -87,000 |
Ryan Eborall | Busted |
Action folded around to Ryan Spittles, who open shoved from the small blind. Gintautas Razma called in the big blind for his remaining 29,000 chips. Players flipped their cards, with Razma at risk.
Gintautas Razma:
Ryan Spittles:
The board ran out . Razma was already well ahead. He paired up his jacks on the flop and then made two pair on the river to double up just moments away from the end of Day 1b.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Spittles | 340,000 | |
Gintautas Razma
|
63,000 |
Min Ji pushed all in preflop with a short stack and got called by Mark Dyson. Players flipped over their cards.
Min Ji:
Mark Dyson:
The board ran out . Neither player improved and so Dyson's ace high held up to eliminate Ji.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Dyson | 245,000 | |
Min Ji | Busted |
Terry Carter raised preflop and Tan Le reraised. Carter made the call and two players went to the flop, which came . Carter bet out 5,000 and Le called.
The turn was the . Carter checked and Le bet 7,500, which Carter called. The river was the and Carter checked once again. Le responded by pushing all in and for the rest of Carter's chips. Carter made the fold and Le continued to chip up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tan Le | 270,000 | |
Terry Carter | 76,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000