£1,100 Main Event | 2024 UKIPT Nottingham

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Flashback: Vincent Meli Wins 2023 UKIPT Nottingham Main Event

Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Last year in the PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham Main Event at Dusk Till Dawn, Vincent Meli of France emerged as the champion following a heads-up deal against Patrice Brandt.

A total of 1,227 entries were made across five starting flights, which generated a prize pool of £1,177,920. Of those, 185 players made it through to Day 2 to lock up the £1,650 min-cash. Ten players returned on Day 3 to compete for the title.

As soon as the tournament reached the final two players, a deal was made. Brandt came into the heads-up as chip leader and so took slightly more from the chop. The pair decided to leave £2,000 behind to play for, as well as the coveted PokerStars trophy.

2023 UKIPT Nottingham Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Vincent Meli	France	£159,325*
2	Patrice Brandt	Germany	£168,425*
3	Andrew Tuxworth	United Kingdom	£90,070
4	Thomas Middleton	United Kingdom	£69,250
5	John Farrell	Ireland	£53,300
6	Jack Nolan	United Kingdom	£41,000
7	Matthew Bonham	United Kingdom	£31,400
8	Niall Murray	United Kingdom	£24,200
9	Guillermo Nuez	Spain	£18,650

* Denotes heads-up deal

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12 minutes ago

Packer Finds a Two-Outer to Survive

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Leslie Packer shoved from the hijack for 11,600 and the action folded around to Alexander Johnson in the big blind, who looked down at his cards and made the call.

Leslie Packer: 6♣6♥ All in
Alexander Johnson: J♠J♥

Packer stood up with his elimination being imminent, but was rewarded by the dealer as he improved to a set on the 6♠K♥4♦5♥3♠ runout, which kept him alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vikrum Mehta	165,000 25,000	25,000
Alexander Johnson	30,000
Leslie Packer	26,000 -29,000	-29,000

Tags: Alexander Johnson Leslie Packer

20 minutes ago

Swann Gets a Bluff Through on Spragg

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a flop of 9♥6♠J♥, Benjamin Spragg in the big blind check-called a bet of 4,400 from Nicholas Swann, who was under the gun.

The two saw a Q♠ fall on the turn and again Spragg went into check-call mode when Swann fired 10,600.

An 8♦ on the river put four to a straight on the board and again Spragg checked, then Swann shoved for just under 30,000. Spragg had around 35,000 remaining in his stack and kept looking over to his opponent, trying to get a read. However, Swann remained motionless and after rechecking his cards several times, Spragg elected to fold.

Swann wasted no time in showing the TV cameras that he had bluffed the PokerStars Ambassador with K♣7♣, then raked in the pot

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Spragg	130,000 60,000	60,000
Danish Gandhi	80,000 -45,000	-45,000
Nicholas Swann	65,000 65,000	65,000
Artus Gimenez	60,000 -25,000	-25,000
Benjamin Spragg	35,000 35,000	35,000

Ryan Mandara	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Nicholas Swann

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

35 minutes ago

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Dale	Busted
Michael Casson	Busted
Gary Miller	Busted
Simon Stringer	Busted
Adam McKola	Busted
Jamie Holland	Busted
David Lhonore	Busted
Michael Ray	Busted
Arian Kashani	Busted
Hasmukh Khodiyara	Busted
Sam Netzer	Busted
Georgina James	Busted

Carlo Solazzo	Busted
Koyes Miah	Busted
Dominic Cullen	Busted

41 minutes ago

Lewis Has Kicker Problems, Arapi Chips Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier opened to 2,500 from early position and Dritan Arapi called in the hijack. Andrew Lewis also called from the button.

They went to a flop of 4♥6♦J♦ which checked through to the A♠ turn. Lhuillier checked, and Arapi fired 3,400. Lewis called, and Lhuillier folded.

On the 6♠ river, Arapi checked it over to Lewis, who stuck out a bet of 8,000. Arapi didn't need to think for too long before he tossed in a chip to signify a call.

Lewis then confidently flipped A♥5♥ for a pair of aces, but Arapi showed A♣Q♣ for a pair of aces with a better kicker to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lewis	90,000 -10,000	-10,000
Thomas Ross	75,000 -35,000	-35,000
Dritan Arapi	60,000 25,000	25,000
Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier	35,000

Tags: Andrew Lewis Dritan Arapi Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier

57 minutes ago

Boatman Flops Bottom Two, Stacks Carr

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Barny Boatman raised to 2,600 from early position and Adam McKola three-bet the hijack to 7,000. When it got to Alan Carr on the button, he shoved for 8,700. Boatman and McKola both called.

On the 2♦3♣J♣ flop, Boatman checked and McKola fired 3,500. Boatman quickly raised to 15,000, and after some time in the tank, McKola folded.

Alan Carr: A♠10♥ All in
Barny Boatman: 3♠2♠

Boatman had flopped bottom two pair, which left Carr drawing extremely slim. By the time the 6♠ hit the turn, Carr was drawing dead, with a meaningless 7♣ completing the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	85,000 54,000	54,000

Adam McKola	45,000 -45,000	-45,000
Alan Carr	Busted

Tags: Adam McKola Alan Carr Barny Boatman

1 hour 7 minutes ago

Some of the Top Stacks at the Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Trevor Reardon	180,000 180,000	180,000
Alex Romero	160,000 40,000	40,000

Vikrum Mehta	140,000 65,000	65,000
Andrew Lewis	100,000 100,000	100,000
Martyn Frey	100,000 100,000	100,000
Martin Donoghue	90,000 10,000	10,000
Nicholas Fellone	85,000 45,000	45,000
Artus Gimenez	85,000 85,000	85,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

1 hour 29 minutes ago

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break.