Stephen Cherry, Steven Warburton End in Style on Day 1c of the 888poker Live Manchester Main Event
Stephen Cherry and Steven Warburton waited until near the end of the night to make a big move up the leaderboard on Day 1c of the £1,100 888poker Live Manchester Main Event.
Cherry, who earlier picked up aces over kings twice in the span of an hour, busted Cong Le with a set of jacks in a 10-minute hand as he ended up with 231,000. Warburton, meanwhile, busted Christopher Johnson in a massive pot on the last hand of the night when he flopped a set of nines to crack Johnson’s queens. The British poker superstar, who has more than $2.5 million in live earnings, finished with 266,000 and in second place on the leaderboard.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neville Betty | United Kingdom | 323,500 | 108 |
| 2 | Steven Warburton | United Kingdom | 266,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Andy Calderwood | United Kingdom | 241,000 | 80 |
| 4 | Stephen Cherry | United Kingdom | 231,000 | 77 |
| 5 | Yuet Wong | United Kingdom | 202,000 | 67 |
| 6 | Jamie Walden | United Kingdom | 170,500 | 57 |
| 7 | Christian Cernaianu | United Kingdom | 133,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Gerald McInally | United Kingdom | 132,000 | 44 |
| 9 | James Bott | United Kingdom | 127,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Sohail Manavi | United Kingdom | 123,500 | 41 |
They’re both looking up at Neville Betty, who ended up as chip leader of the surviving 33 players with 323,500. Andy Calderwood (241,000) and Yuet Wong (202,000) round out the top five. Newly-crowned WSOP bracelet winner Jamie Walden (170,500), poker streamer Gary “GazzyB” Blackwood (82,500), 888poker’s Andrei Cosmin (63,500), Jamie Dwan (62,000), Guillermo Sanchez Otero (57,500), and UFC fighter Terence Etim (45,000) also bagged up at the end of the night.
Players who weren’t as fortunate included Dean Hutchison, Calogero Morreale, Michael Kane, and Michael Allen. Jack McDermott's day couldn't have begun any better as he busted Thomas Clack on the first hand with quads, but he couldn't continue that momentum and busted later in the day.
Day 1c attracted 125 entries, more than the first two starting flights combined, building the field up to 232. Just 57 have booked their tickets for Day 2, with a turbo Day 1d flight still in progress. There are currently 20 players remaining out of 34 entries in that flight with around an hour of play left.
Day 2 begins tomorrow at noon local time. Late registration remains open until the start of play, so there is a chance the field can grow even larger. The action picks up on Level 15 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. Levels will be extended to 60 minutes beginning on Day 2.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow providing all the live updates as the race for the money and the final table begins.