£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day 1c Completed
£1,100 UKIPT Main Event
Day 1c Completed
The third flight of the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London in the Hilton Park Lane hotel has come to an end for the day after almost 14 and a half hours of play.
The flight attracted the largest amount out of all of the flights as a whopping 703 entries entered. The field played down to 105 before the remaining players bagged up their chips to advance to Day 2. Those players will join the survivors from Days 1a, 1b and 1d to make for 218 total advancing to Day 2.
Leading the way after Day 1c was Kayhan Mokri who bagged up 605,000. The Norwegian made a big splash back in August in the EPT Barcelona Main Event where he finished in sixth for over € 330,000.
Right after Mokri was Ludovic Geilich with 592,000, then a bit of a drop off before Julien Loire with 553,000 and Daniel Ghionoiu with 549,000 right behind him.
Well-known UK player, Conor Beresford was able to finish with the fifth biggest stack of 531,000 after he had a strong last couple of levels to swell his stack heading into Day 2.
Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 605,000 | 101 |
2 | Ludovich Geilich | United Kingdom | 592,000 | 99 |
3 | Julien Loire | France | 553,000 | 92 |
4 | Daniel Ghionoiu | Canada | 549,000 | 92 |
5 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 531,000 | 89 |
6 | Kevin Allen | United Kingdom | 477,000 | 80 |
7 | Denas Pranaitis | Lithuania | 473,000 | 79 |
8 | Gergo Szabo | Hungary | 454,000 | 76 |
9 | Renee Xie | United Kingdom | 450,000 | 75 |
10 | Ambrose Ng | Canada | 440,000 | 73 |
A few of the other players who moved on from the fray of the huge Day 1c field were Jack Hardcastle (163,000), Gianluca Speranza (142,000) and Aaron Duczak (138,000).
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The money bubble was breached with 8:20 remaining in Level 17 as two players were knocked out on the same hand at different tables to bring the field down to its desired mark of 105.
PokerNews will be back on the scene tomorrow for Day 2 at noon local time to cover all of the action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kayhan Mokri |
605,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Ludovic Geilich |
592,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
Julien Loire |
553,000
427,000
|
427,000 |
Daniel Ghionoiu |
549,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Conor Beresford |
531,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Kevin Allen |
477,000
477,000
|
477,000 |
Denas Pranaitis |
473,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Gergo Szabo |
454,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
Renee Xie |
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
Ambrose Ng |
440,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Blaz Zerjav |
416,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
Luke Porter |
415,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Michael Chetrit |
405,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Christopher Turnbull |
353,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
Ian Fieldhouse |
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Samuel Ju |
346,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
Igor D'Ursel |
340,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Richard Harrison |
331,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle |
325,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Dragos Trofimov |
315,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
Stephen Kehoe |
313,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
William Tansley |
300,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
Thomas Middleton |
298,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
Pasquale Grimaldi |
293,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Roura Comas |
287,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
Sahil Chutani and Thomas Gibson were eliminated on the same hand to bring the field from 107 down to 105 and start the bagging and tagging process with 8:20 remaining in Level 17.
Full chip counts and recap to come within the coming hour when available.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sahil Chuttani | Busted | |
Thomas Gibson | Busted |
Yucel Eminoglu was in trouble near the bubble as he held the up against the of Conor Beresford.
But the flop put him into the lead as it came to pair the queen. The turn was the and the river the to secure him the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford |
510,000
456,000
|
456,000 |
Yucel Eminoglu |
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
The board read on the river. Kayhan Mokri made a bet and was called quickly by Parker Talbot.
"Straight" Mokri announced instantly and showed the as he pulled in more chips to his large stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kayhan Mokri |
510,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Parker Talbot |
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The last break of the night is upon the field as five eliminations still need to happen before the flight is ended.
The board read on the river. The pot had about 75,000 in it. From middle position, Daniel Ghionoiu bet 21,000.
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle considered it for quite some time before he eventually called. Ghionoiu showed the which was the winner as Batlle mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Ghionoiu |
435,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle |
345,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
The flop showed . From the button Ambrose Ng bet 28,500. Marc Foggin raised to about 58,000 from under the gun. Ng thought for a bit before jamming all in and Foggin snap-called.
Ng had the for the lead while Foggin had the big combo draw with the . The turn brought in the flush for Foggin but it also gave Ng a set as the came off and the river was the to fill up Ng and keep him alive late in the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ambrose Ng |
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Marc Foggin |
138,000
85,000
|
85,000 |