£1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 UKIPT London

08-10-2024 20:43 UTC

Hutchins Busts After Shoving Semi-Bluff

Matt Warburton

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 4♣2♣K♥ and Oliver Hutchins shoved all in for around 300,000. Artus Gimenez made the call.

Hutchins flipped over 5♥3♥ for a straight draw with backdoor flush outs. Gimenez turned over A♦A♣.

The turn came the 7♥ and river the 5♠. Gimenez held and Hutchins was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artus Gimenez	1,850,000 445,000	445,000
Oliver Hutchins	Busted

Tags: Artus Gimenez Oliver Hutchins

08-10-2024 20:17 UTC

Yong Makes Trips, Cai Makes Full House

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Matt Warburton

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Haoran Cai raised to 55,000 from the button and Cassandra Yong moved all in from the small blind for 130,000. Cai called and players flipped their cards.

Cassandra Yong: Q♣J♦ All in
Haoran Cai: 7♥7♣

The board ran out 8♥Q♠6♣Q♥7♦. Yong made trip queens and it looked like a done deal for the double up, until Cai rivered the seven to make a full house. He won the pot and Yong was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoran Cai	785,000 -740,000	-740,000

Cassandra Yong	Busted

Tags: Cassandra Yong Haoran Cai

08-10-2024 17:27 UTC

Velev Triples Up in Three Way All In

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Over on the feature table, action folded around to Michael Foster, who pushed all in from the button with 435,000 chips. Boris Velev called in the small blind for 146,000 and Jaivin Uthirapathy called in the big blind for 113,000.

Jaivin Uthirapathy: J♦J♣ All in
Boris Velev: K♥Q♣ All in
Michael Foster: 6♠6♦

The board ran out K♣A♣A♦A♠10♠. All three players made a full house with the three aces on board and their respective pocket pairs. Velev had the best hand with aces full of kings. He won the pot to triple up his stack, eliminating Uthirapathy and taking a chunk from Foster.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Velev	415,000 185,000	185,000
Michael Foster	289,000 -161,000	-161,000
Jaivin Uthirapathy	Busted

Tags: Michael Foster Boris Velev

08-10-2024 17:26 UTC

Watch the UKIPT London Main Event Live Stream Now

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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The UKIPT London Main Event live stream is running now on Spraggy and Lex's Twitch channels, as well as on the PokerStars UK Youtube. You can also find the link by clicking on the "More" tab on PokerNews and then "Live Stream".

08-10-2024 17:02 UTC

Gocer Doubles Through Cai

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alper Gocer raised to 20,000 from middle position, Haoran Cai three-bet from the small blind and Gocer called.

The flop came 9♣7♠4♣. Cai continued with a large bet of 185,000. Gocer responded by moving all in for 421,000. Cai got the count and then quickly made the call.

Cai flipped over 10♥10♦ for pocket tens, an overpair to the board. Gocer turned J♣8♣ for a flush draw with backdoor outs for a straight.

The turn was the K♥ and river the K♣. Gocer rivered a flush to win the pot and double his stack to over one million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alper Gocer	1,050,000 790,000	790,000
Haoran Cai	700,000 -540,000	-540,000

Tags: Alper Gocer Haoran Cai

08-10-2024 15:31 UTC

Sandford Cracks Set With Backdoor Straight

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Matt Warburton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kallum Bascombe open raised from late position and George Sandford moved all in from the next seat across for around 25 big blinds. Bascombe made the call with the bigger stack and players turned their cards.

George Sandford: 6♥6♦ All in
Kallum Bascombe: Q♣Q♦

The board ran out 7♣5♦Q♥3♣4♠. It was a sick runout. Bascombe made a set of queens on the flop, leaving Sandford drawing very thin. Sandford picked up a backdoor straight draw on the turn and completed his straight on the river.

He let out a cheer as the four fell on the river, scooping a double up and leaving Bascombe short.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Sandford	450,000 42,500	42,500
Kallum Bascombe	110,000 42,000	42,000

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08-10-2024 14:11 UTC

Boatman Rivers Full House to Crack Popov's Straight

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Barny Boatman raised from early position and Angel Popov called from the big blind.

The flop came Q♣J♦K♥. Boatman continued for 14,000 and Popov raised to 40,000. Boatman reraised to 100,000, Popov moved all in for around 240,000 and Boatman called.

Boatman showed Q♦Q♠ for a set of queens, but Popov had A♣10♦ for the straight.

The turn came the 8♥ and the J♣ river gave Boatman a full house to crack Popov's straight and win the pot. Popov was eliminated from the tournament.

The hand brought Boatman into the top ten players in the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	780,000 492,000	492,000

Angel Popov	Busted

Tags: Angel Popov Barny Boatman

08-10-2024 13:20 UTC

James Flops Set and Doubles Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following an under the gun raise to 11,000, Gary Bluston called and Bobby James three-bet to 40,000 from the button. The original raiser folded and Bluston called.

The flop came 4♣J♦10♥ and Bluston checked. James bet 20,000 and Bluston called.

The turn was the 9♥ and Bluston pushed all in for 132,000. James made the call and flipped over J♣J♥ for a set. Bluston had A♦Q♣ for a straight draw.

The river was the 4♠ and James held to win the pot, doubling up his stack and leaving Bluston short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby James	410,000 288,000	288,000
Gary Bluston	70,000 -145,000	-145,000

Tags: Bobby James Gary Bluston

08-10-2024 11:58 UTC

Boatman Wins Huge Pot With Full House, Then Loses Small Pot

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Matt Warburton

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

Action was picked up on river on a board of 3♥2♣5♠8♣3♦. Barny Boatman jammed from under the gun for 182,000 and was called by his opponent, who had him covered. Boatman showed 2♦2♥ for a full house to win a huge pot early.

A couple of orbits late, action was on the flop on a board of K♠4♣3♠. Boatman shoved the flop against his short stacked opponent and Angel Popov called. Boatman had 9♥9♠ and Popov flipped over A♦A♠. The turn came the 10♦ and river the K♣. Popov held to double his stack.

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Tags: Angel Popov Barny Boatman

08-10-2024 11:20 UTC

UKIPT London Payouts

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The UKIPT London Main Event payouts are all set. The min-cash is worth £1,700 and the top prize is set for £127,600.

PLACE	PRIZE	PLACE	PRIZE
1	£127,600	14 – 15	£6,600
2	£79,400	16 – 17	£5,750
3	£56,700	18 – 20	£5,000
4	£43,600	21 – 23	£4,350
5	£33,600	24 – 31	£3,800
6	£25,900	32 – 39	£2,900
7	£19,900	40 – 55	£2,500
8	£15,350	56 – 71	£2,200
9	£11,800	72 – 95	£1,900
10 – 11	£9,500	96 – 108	£1,700
12 – 13	£7,950