Foad Sattarzadeh Takes Overall Chip Lead After Day 1c of EAPT UK Main Event
Day 1c of the first-ever Eurasian Poker Tour UK Main Event has concluded with a new overall chip leader Foad Sattarzadeh.
Sattarzadeh steamrollered over his opponents to amass a massive stack of 3,340,000 to overtake Day 1a chip leader Jonathan Hanley on top of the chip standings at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham.
In second place is Yorkshireman David Ledden, who gathered 2,320,000 throughout the day and is in a prime position to make a deep run in the tournament.
Rounding off the top three is the infamous Will Kassouf, who bagged 2,145,000 despite entering the fray at the very last moment before registration closed at the start of level seven.
Day 1c EAPT UK Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foad Sattarzadeh | United Kingdom | 3,340,000 | 167 |
| 2 | David Ledden | United Kingdom | 2,320,000 | 116 |
| 3 | Will Kassouf | United Kingdom | 2,145,000 | 107 |
| 4 | Luke Johnson | United Kingdom | 2,125,000 | 106 |
| 5 | Arran Fletcher | United Kingdom | 1,700,000 | 85 |
| 6 | Jamie Geraghty | United Kingdom | 1,600,000 | 80 |
| 6 | Jorge Palomino | Spain | 1,600,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Dost Ghrabie | United Kingdom | 1,555,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Longmao Fan | China | 1,540,000 | 77 |
| 10 | Zhehao Ma | United Kingdom | 1,530,000 | 77 |
Day 1c Highlights
The star of the show at the start of the day was Albert Sapiano. The veteran player who made his money in honey played with his usual reckless abandon and terrorized his fellow players.
After busting Andrew Lewis in the first level in the day, Sapiano put Paul Haycock to the ultimate test by moving all in for 191,000 on an ace-high board, with only 50,000 in the pot. Haycock used a time bank card before folding pocket kings face up.
Sapiano caused further carnage before running out of chips during level four and was seen to fire another bullet in the Day 1d flight.
The volume in the room increased when Will Kassouf sat down and managed to increase his stack sixfold in the space of an hour.
Kassouf who still haunts Stacy Matuson’s dreams, applied his table talk which backfired in a big hand against Steven Frew.
On an all-diamond flop Kassouf claimed to have the ‘coconuts’ with a big raise on a brick turn. Frew called and the ace of diamonds landed on the river to debunk Kassouf’s proclamation. Despite this Kassouf continued the story with a big bet, but Frew called with the second nuts to take down the pot.
But the man of the hour was Sattarzadeh who gained the majority of his stack in a huge pot against Paul Leckey. Leckey shoved with the nut flush draw on the turn for 635,000 chips and Satarzadeh made the call with top pair. Leckey couldn’t connect and Satarzadeh dragged in a near 2,000,000 pot.
The 45 players who advanced from Day 1c will reconvene at 3 p.m. local time on May 26. Stick with PokerNews for all of the latest developments from the EAPT UK Main Event.