Following an open raise from late position, Alessandro Spina called in the small blind and Adam McKola called in the big blind.
The flop came 10♠7♣9♦. Spina checked and McKola moved all in for 730,000. The original raiser folded and Spina flicked in a chip for the call. Players showed their cards.
Alessandro Spina: K♠K♦
Adam McKola: 8♠7♠
Spina had pocket kings and McKola had a pair of sevens and straight draw. The turn came the 8♣ to give McKola two pair. The river was the 4♠. McKola held and won the pot to double his stack.
It's time for the Final Day of the PokerStars UKIPT Brighton Main Event, running at the Rendezvous Casino. There are now just six players remaining in contention for the title and the tournament will play down to a winner today.
The Main Event attracted a total of 352 entries, which made for a prize pool of £337,920. The next player to be eliminated will take £13,700 and the outright winner is set for a payday of £69,120.
The players who remain are a high profile bunch. PokerStars Team Pro player Benjamin Spragg and PokerStars ambassador Adam McKola are in with a shot, although they currently sit in fifth and sixth, respectively, and will need to spin up their stacks to reach the top spots.
Dominik Nitsche, who is fifth on Germany’s all-time money list with over $20 million in live tournament cashes, is out in front with over a million chips more than second place Sebastian Gohr, who qualified for the event via satellite.
Alessandro Spina is in second place and Oliver Hutchins, who got through to the event by winning a Silver Power Pass on PokerStars, currently sits in third place.
Dominik Nitsche
Start of Day 3 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Dominik Nitsche
Germany
3,195,000
64
2
Sebastian Gohr
United Kingdom
2,100,000
42
3
Alessandro Spina
Italy
2,000,000
40
4
Oliver Hutchins
United Kingdom
1,460,000
29
5
Benjamin Spragg
United Kingdom
1,160,000
23
6
Adam McKola
United Kingdom
655,000
13
When action resumes, blinds will be on 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante. Blind levels will continue at 60 minutes.
PokerNews will be bringing you coverage of the final table straight from the tournament floor as the event plays down to a winner.
