2023 UKIPT Blackpool

£1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 UKIPT Blackpool

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£53,630
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£258,990
Entries
262
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
80
Players Left
12

Sam Grafton Leads After Day 1a of UKIPT Blackpool Main Event

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Day 1a of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event, running at The Sandcastle Grosvenor Casino, has now concluded. A total of 80 entries were made to the flight. Of those, 12 players made it through to Day 2 and into the money.

PokerStars Team Pro player Sam Grafton finished the flight as the chip leader with 342,000. Grafton was close to busting early on before accumulating a large stack midway through the day and building from there. He also eliminated Feridun Genyman on the bubble to wrap up the day.

Dale Hancock finished the day in second place with 269,000 chips. Hancock got his big break earlier in the year when he won £60,000 at the WPT at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. Hancock will be well positioned for a run at his next major cash come Day 2.

Dale Hancock
Dale Hancock

In third place, and not far behind Hancock was Jessica Pilkington with 249,500 chips. Pilkington is a regular on the circuit with $322,539 in recorded live tournament earnings.

Steven Mckeown and Ali Zia round out the top five. Two PokerStars qualifiers, Joshua Musson and Bradley King, also made it through to Day 2.

End of Day 1a Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Samuel GraftonUK342,000
2Dale HancockUK269,000
3Jessica PilkingtonUK249,500
4Steven McKeownUK238,500
5Ali ZiaUK219,500
6Bradley RawsonUK205,500
7Beihao WangChina195,000
8Joshua MussonUK173,000
9Bradley KingUK173,000
10John FarrellIreland129,000
11Neil MayUK116,000
12Maz BakoUK91,000

At the end of Day 1a, the prize pool in the UKIPT Blackpool Main Event stands at £89,240.

The Main Event will continue with Day 1b, the second of three starting flights, which commences Friday at 12 p.m. local time. Day 1c will also be running later on, starting at 6 p.m. local time.

PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1b straight from the tournament floor.

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Tags: Ali ZiaBradley KingBradley RawsonDale HancockFeridun GenymanJessica PilkingtonJohn FarrellJoshua MussonMaz BakoNeil MaySam GraftonSamuel GraftonSteven McKeown