Final Flights of PokerStars £1,100 UKIPT London Main Event Running Today
The PokerStars United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour continues today with the final flights of the Main Event. Running at Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square, Day 1c gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, while Day 1d, which will be the final opportunity for players to bag, kicks off at 7 p.m.
Starting stacks for the tournament are 30,000, a generous 300 big blinds deep for the first level of 100/100/100. Blind levels are set to increase every 40 minutes, with a short break every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break following Level 6.
Players can take a maximum of two entries per flight and late registration remains open until approximately 10.15 p.m. All flights play down to 15 percent of the field and those who make it through will return to Day 2 in the money.
Across the first two flights, 259 entries have already been made. Saigokul Kannan was the overall chip leader by the end of Day 1b, bagging 533,000 chips.
Paul Carr is not far behind with 500,000, while Oliver Hutchins bagged in third place overall with 467,500.
Top Ten Chip Counts Day 1a/b
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saigokul Kannan | United Arab Emirates | 533,000 |
| 2 | Paul Carr | Ireland | 500,000 |
| 3 | Oliver Hutchins | United Kingdom | 467,500 |
| 4 | Simon Turner | Scotland | 458,000 |
| 5 | Haoran Cai | China | 453000 |
| 6 | Jamie Geraghty | England | 365,500 |
| 7 | Lin Chen | United Kingdom | 319500 |
| 8 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 288,000 |
| 9 | Allan Dyrstad | Norway | 274,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Brown UK | Scotland | 254,000 |
Dylan Bradley was last year's UKIPT London Main Event winner. He recorded his first-ever live victory worth £71,650. This year's event concludes on Sunday night, at which point a new champion will be crowned.
PokerNews will bring you live updates of Day 1c straight from the tournament floor and follow the event all the way down to the winner.