Alessandro Pagliuso raised to 60,000 from under the gun with K♣Q♣ and Gaspare Sposato called in the cutoff with A♥Q♥.
The flop came K♠Q♠A♣. Alessandro Pagliuso continued for 70,000 and Gaspare Sposato called. The turn was the 5♦ and Pagliuso checked. Sposato bet 210,000 and Pagliuso called.
The river came the 2♥ and Pagliuso checked again. Sposato pushed all in and Pagliuso went deep into the tank. He eventually made the call for 730,000.
Pagliuso had two pair, but Sposato had a better two pair with aces and queens to win the pot. Pagliuso was eliminated from the tournament in 14th place for £6,600.
It's been a quiet few orbits on the outer table, most pots taken down with raises or single bets postflop and a few small pots going to showdown with not much change in chip counts.
It's fair to say that the PokerStars UKIPT London has been a roaring success. Main Event numbers hit nearly double those of last year, with 725 entries packing out the Hippodrome Casino across four starting flights.
The field has now been reduced to just 13 hopefuls who are playing for the lion's share of the £696,000 prize pool. The next payout is worth £7,950 and the overall winner set to walk away with £127,600.
Gaspare Sposato of Italy finished Day 2 as the chip leader with 3,325,000. Sposato is a poker pro who plays online and has more recently been trying his hand on the live circuit. He's already had decent results and is now setup for his biggest recorded live cash of all time.
Close behind him in the chip counts is Alessandro Pichierri, also from Italy, himself no stranger to final tables with a touch over $1 million in live cashes on Hendon Mob.
In third place is Day 1b chip leader Saigokul Kannan, who has maintained his position near the top of the counts throughout the day and is on track to compete for the final table prizes.
After Barny Boatman busted in 21st place, Alex Romero is the last PokerStars ambassador standing and returns with 650,000.
Alex Romero
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Gaspare Sposato
Italy
3325000
83
2
Alessandro Pichierri
Italy
3170000
79
3
Saigokul Kannan
UK
2725000
68
4
Artus Gimenez
Spain
2375000
59
5
Colin MacAndrew
UK
2245000
56
6
Candido Cappiello
Italy
2210000
55
7
Jamie Geraghty
UK
1765000
44
8
Atanas Pavlov
Bulgaria
1110000
28
9
Joe Hindry
UK
685000
17
10
Alex Romero
Spain
650000
16
11
Conor O'driscoll
Ireland
645000
16
12
Boris Velev
Bulgaria
615000
15
13
George Sandford
UK
225,000
6
When action resumes on the Final Day of the UKIPT London Main Event, blinds will be on 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Blind levels will continue at 60 minutes and a new champion will be crowned. The tournament recommences at 12 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be bringing you coverage of the Final Day straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.
