Jack Allen Leads After Day 1b of WSOPC UK £1,100 Main Event
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.
. 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.
. Runcan checked and Sheena continued for 16,000. Hizer called and Runcan folded. The turn was the 
and both players checked. 
. Hizer checked again and Sheena bet 26,500. Hizer then moved all in with a check raise and forced Sheena to fold to pick up a significant pot that brought his chip count close to the 200k mark.
and action checked to Yao, who made it 4,000 to go. Paul Grummitt called, as did Vincent Meli. The turn was the 
for the straight, a hand which looked to be unbeatable, until Yoa flipped over 
for a full house. She scooped the pot and Meli made a hasty exit from the table. 
. Action checked to Hicks, who bet out for 3,200. Foggin raised to 12,000 and the players in the blinds both folded. Hicks took a sip of his drink and looked across the table before making the call. 
. Hicks checked and Foggin moved all in. Hicks quickly called. Foggin showed 
for a turned set. 
. Hoang bet again for 6,500, a decent chunk of his stack. 
. Hoang moved all in for 13,200. Brown thought for a while but, at this stage in the hand, had decent odds to make the call, which he did. Hoang showed 
