£1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 UKIPT Edinburgh

10-26-2023 16:34 UTC

Hand Wins Flip, Laghzaoui Busts

Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Tom Laghzaoui raised to 1,000 from middle position, Valeriy Hrachov called in late position, and Fintan Hand reraised to 4,000 from the button. Laghzaoui moved all in for a little less than 20,000 and Hand called with more chips.

Tom Laghzaoui: 6♥6♣
Fintan Hand: K♣Q♣

The board ran out K♠2♠2♣10♦5♥. Hand hit a pair of kings on the flop, two pair with the deuces on board. He held to win the pot and Laghzaoui was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fintan Hand	59,000 59,000	59,000

Tom Laghzaoui	Busted

Tags: Fintan Hand Tom Laghzaoui Valeriy Hrachov

10-26-2023 16:23 UTC

Docherty Clashes With Ahuja, Prevails

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

UKIPT leaderboard winner David Docherty raised to 1,100 and picked up a call from the player on the button before Ankit Ahuja, fresh off a third place finish in the High Roller today, reraised to 5,600 from the small blind. Docherty made the call and the button folded.

The flop came 4♠5♠4♣. Ahuja made a continuation bet of 3,500 and Docherty raised to 8,500. Ahuja took his time before moving all in. Docherty quickly called for 22,500 and players flipped their cards.

David Docherty: 10♥10♠
Ankit Ahuja: 8♦7♦

Docherty had pocket tens and Ahuja had a backdoor straight draw with overcards to the board. Still, Docherty was well ahead.

The turn came the K♦ and the river was the 7♠. Docherty held to win the pot and left Ahuja with just 4,000 chips left behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	56,000 27,000	27,000
Ankit Ahuja	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja David Docherty

10-26-2023 13:36 UTC

Urbonas Claims Four-Bet Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Daniel Gormley raised to 300 from late position, Andrew Fraser reraised to 1,200 from the button and Mantas Urbonas four-bet to 3,000 from the small blind.

The flop came J♣6♥7♥. Urbonas checked and Gormley put out a bet of 3,000. Fraser folded and Urbonas made the call.

The turn was the 5♥ and both players checked. The river came the 4♣. Urbonas bet 12,000, around three-quarters of the pot. Gormley went into the tank before eventually mucking his hand. Urbonas took down a decent pot early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mantas Urbonas	36,000 36,000	36,000
Daniel Gormley	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Andrew Fraser Daniel Gormley Mantas Urbonas

10-26-2023 10:33 UTC

PokerStars UKIPT Returns To Edinburgh, Main Event Starts Today

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Matt Warburton

The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has returned to Scotland for the first time in eight years. The UKIPT Edinburgh runs October 24-29 at Genting Casino Fountain Park. Today's schedule includes Day 1a of the £1,100 Main Event, which kicks off at 2 p.m. local time.

Players in the Main Event will start the tournament with a stack of 30,000 chips. Blind levels will run for 40 minutes and start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante.

There are three starting flights and a maximum of three entries per flight will be allowed, with late registration open until the start of Level 11. Day 1a will play down to 15 percent of the field, who will all make it through to Day 2 and into the money.

Recently, PokerStars Team Pro player Benjamin Spragg finished first in the 2023 UKIPT Brighton Main Event, earning his first series title and £69,120. In the latest UKIPT held in London, Dylan Bradley of Newcastle emerged as the outright winner to earn £71,650 in prize money and the PokerStars trophy.

A new UKIPT champion will be crowned on Sunday night.

There will also be plenty of off-felt activities to take part in, include bowling on Friday evening, mini golf on Sunday afternoon and Players Party on Saturday night

PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1a straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Dylan Bradley