Day 1b of the Main Event Concludes with Edgar Drozdov Taking Through Resounding Chip Lead
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Another set of hopefuls descended on Aspers Westfield Stratford City in order to take their shot at winning an illustrious Platinum Pass worth €26,000 today. In the end, it was Edgar Drozdov who went through as chip leader, finishing on a massive 620,000 (124 big blinds).
Today had a few elements in common with yesterday’s flight, aside from the structure that is. Firstly, when the clock was paused for the evening, there were six players left. Secondly, today’s chip leader took through almost a third of the chips, as did PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker, who finished top of the counts in Day 1a.
In total 71 (39 unique) entries generated £8,520 towards the prize pool, which when added to the £6,000 collected yesterday brings the running total to £14,520. Of the remaining six survivors, Nikolay Ponomarev (476,000) finished in second place despite holding the chip lead in the run up to the final table. Umberan Akhtar (378,000) goes through in third. Notably Akhtar climbed up the counts after hitting a lifetime-first royal flush in the last level of the day. Artan Dedusha (286,000), Chia Fu Hsu (282,000) and Ionut Dragomir (88,000) complete the final six.
Tomorrow sees it all happen again with the third of seven starting flights (with an additional one taking place in Milton Keynes on Thursday) getting underway. The structure will be an exact replica of today’s, with another set of hopefuls taking to the felt in order to try and be part of poker history in Barcelona at the PSPC 2020 next year.
PokerNews will be on hand for the duration, with live updates of all the action as it unfolds from the moment cards are in the air at 6pm, until the last chip has been bagged.