UKIPT Season Finale Main Event Heats Up, Day 1c Starts Today
The UK and Ireland Poker Tour 2023 Season Finale continues today with Day 1c of the Main Event running at Dusk Till Dawn Poker and Casino in Nottingham. The flight kicks off at 12 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.
The Season Finale Main Event has a £1,000,000 guarantee. By Monday night, someone will have taken the lion's share of that prize pool.
Following an impressive third place finish at the UKIPT Brighton earlier in the year, Adam McKola is currently chip leader after bagging 518,000 chips at the end of Day 1b. Brandon Sheils sits in second and Scott Margereson in third place.
Top Ten Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam McKola | United Kingdom | 518,000 |
| 2 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | 460,500 |
| 3 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 379,000 |
| 4 | Danny Pyke | United Kingdom | 370,000 |
| 5 | Benjamin Spragg | United Kingdom | 360,500 |
| 6 | Thomas Middleton | United Kingdom | 254,000 |
| 7 | Philip Clarke | United Kingdom | 245,500 |
| 8 | Elliot Hackney | United Kingdom | 206,500 |
| 9 | Ali Ahmed | United Kingdom | 204,500 |
| 10 | Roman Sembratovych | Ukraine | 197,500 |
There are five local starting flights and players can take a maximum of three entries per flight, with late registration open until the start of Level 11. All flights will play down to 15 percent of the field and those who make it through will return for Day 2 already in the money.
PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1b straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.