12:30am: Stian Knutsen leads UKIPT6 Super Series final table
Over 11 levels of play were needed today to shrink the field down from 129 to the official final table of eight players. It was a frantic day full of coolers, multi-way all-ins and huge pots. The chip lead changed several times including on the very last hand.
Stian Knutsen just beat Adam Maxwell to the end of day chip lead after he eliminated Jen-Yue Chiang on the last hand of the day (see 12:10am post). Here's how the final eight will line up tomorrow:
| Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Sapiano | 1,133,000 |
| 2 | Stian Knutsen | 2,096,000 |
| 3 | Chris Da-Silva | 1,411,000 |
| 4 | Alexander Fradlin | 1,363,000 |
| 5 | Henry Ribby | 564,000 |
| 6 | Adam Maxwell | 2,087,000 |
| 7 | Valdir Cordeiro | 1,811,000 |
| 8 | Dara O'Kearney | 869,000 |
Ever player remaining is guaranteed a £4,000 payday, which is an amount Gheorghe Macarin can only dream of after he bubbled midway through today's play. He moved his short stack in with J-T and was called in two spots, one of which was Chiang who flopped top pair and burst the bubble. The fact that Chiang then went onto bubble the final table was almost foreshadowing on his part.
The final table's two biggest names are undoubtedly Albert Sapiano and PokerStars qualifier Dara O'Kearney. The former is a long-time, loved legend of the UK poker scene and satellite king O'Kearney has finally made a UKIPT final table after making his 11th cash, just one behind Thomas Ward's record (thanks to UKIPT friend Willie Elliot for tweeting this fact).
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody also recorded his 11th cash today, but fell in 42nd place for a £1,010 cash. Other players who cashed but failed to make the final table included: Matt Perrins, Will Kassouf, David Crane, Marc Hunter, Felix Stephensen and Dag Berivan.
The final will get underway at 12pm BST so make sure you join us back here them to see who will become the UKIPT Super Series champion for 2016.
12:10am: Jen-Yue Chiang bubbles UKIPT Super Series final table
Level 23 - Blinds 15,000/30,000 (ante 4,000)
Jen-Yue Chiang was very philosophical after he became the official final table bubble boy. He knew the hand played itself and that was enough for him.
He was short stacked and woke up with [ad][js]. He moved all-in and was unfortunate that Stian Knutsen was at behind with [ah][kc]. The final board of the day ran [kh][2c][jc][ks][4d]. That victory took Knutsen back up to almost 2.1 million.
12:02am: The last redraw
Level 23 - Blinds 15,000/30,000 (ante 4,000)
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Sapiano |
| 2 | Stian Knutsen |
| 3 | Chris Da-Silva |
| 4 | Alexander Fradlin |
| 5 | Henry Ribby |
| 6 | Adam Maxwell |
| 7 | Valdir Cordeiro |
| 8 | Jen-Yue Chiang |
| 9 | Dara O'Kearney |
11:55pm: Down to the unofficial final table
Level 23 - Blinds 15,000/30,000 (ante 4,000)
Mikołaj Kwiatkiewicz busted in 10th place meaning the final nine players will redraw for the last time. It won't be the official final table until one more player busts though.
Valdir Cordeiro opened to 75,000 and then called after Kwiatkiewicz three-bet all-in for 120,000.
Kwiatkiewicz: [as][6d]
Cordeiro: [qh][th]
"Good luck, I hope you win!" said Kwiatkiewicz trying to tempt fate.
It didn't work as the board ran [4c][qc][7h][qs][6d] to bust him.
11:46pm: Still no sign of warming up
Level 23 - Blinds 15,000/30,000 (ante 4,000)
Another cold hand but this time it ended in a double up rather than a bustout.
Henry Bibby was first to act and moved all-in for 317,000. Chip leader Stian Knutsen was on the button and made the call.
Bibby: [ah][ad]
Knutsen: [qc][qh]
The board ran [9h][js][9s][3d][7s]. Knutsen dropped to around 1.8 million.
11:30pm: Yet another cooler costs Morrison
Level 22 - Blinds 12,000/24,000 (ante 3,000)
Today's play has been littered with coolers and the hand that busted Benjamin Morrison was no different.
Chris Da-Silva raised from the button and snap called after Morrison moved all-in for 753,000 from the big blind. Da-Silva has just 20,000 more chips than his opponent.
Morrison: [ad][qs]
Da-Silva: [as][ac]
The board ran [jd][jc][8h][7h][qd]. Morrison looked a little dazed, then wished everyone good luck before heading off to get paid.
11:18pm: River folds with Doke
Level 22 - Blinds 12,000/24,000 (ante 3,000)
Dara O'Kearney lost a big pot after folding on the river but got a lot of those lost chips back the very next hand.
He and Stian Knutsen made it to the river where a [3h][2c][jc][8d][qh] board rested. A huge pile of chips had already found their way into the middle and Knutsen committed another 350,000 from the big blind. O'Kearney tank folded and was shown the [7d]. Knutsen's stack rose to around 2 million.
The very next hand Jen-Yue Chiang raised to 55,000 from first position and was called by Albert Sapiano on the button and O'Kearney in the big blind. The flop fanned [9d][8h][4c] and the action was cheked to Sapiano who bet 110,000. Both opponents called before all three checked the [qd] turn. The river was the [5c] and O'Kearney led out for 200,000. Chiang tank folded and Sapiano open folded [3c][4c]. That put O'Kearney back up to around 1.3million.
11:04pm: Pez parts ways with the Main Event
Level 22 - Blinds 12,000/24,000 (ante 3,000)
Matt Perrins made a move with an over card, gutshot and backdoor flush draw on the flop but ran into Adam Maxwell and his top two pair.
The flop read [th][8s][6d] and the chips went it. Perrins opened [qd][9d] and soon saw he was in trouble as Maxwell tabled [th][8s]. The board ran out [2c][3d].
10:55pm: Six-max all round as Mason falls in 13th
Level 22 - Blinds 12,000/24,000 (ante 3,000)
Each table has six players apiece after the super short stacked Darren Mason called all-in from big blind.
The action folded around to Jen-Yue Chiang in the small blind and he set Mason all-in for his last 86,000. Call.
Chiang: [js][7d]
Mason: [6d][4s]
The board ran [5h][td][9s][as][tc] missing both players.
10:50pm: Full chip counts for the final 13
Level 22 - Blinds 12,000/24,000 (ante 3,000)
| Name | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Stian Knutsen | 1,650,000 | |
| Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos | 1,600,000 | |
| Dara O'Kearney | PokerStars Qualifier | 1,550,000 |
| Alexander Fradlin | 1,400,000 | |
| Adam Maxwell | 1,210,000 | |
| Benjamin Morrison | 1,100,000 | |
| Albert Sapiano | 770,000 | |
| Chris Da-Silva | 580,000 | |
| Jen-Yue Chiang | 545,000 | |
| Matthew Perrins | 374,000 | |
| Mikolaj Kwiatkiewicz | 260,000 | |
| Henry Bibby | 260,000 | |
| Darren Mason | PokerStars Qualifier | 95,000 |
10:30pm: Time for a break
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
After the frantic action, we're all in need of a 15-minute break.
10:28pm: Maskill busts in 15th place; Berivan follows in 14th
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
Jack Maskill was the next player to hit the rail after losing a big flip versus Dara O'Kearney.
He opened to 42,000 before O'Kearney three-bet to 105,000. Maskill jammed for 334,000 with [js][jd] and his Irish opponent called with [ad][kh]. The board ran [ac][as][9h][5h][td] to make O'Kearney trips.
Just 13 players remain after Dag Berivan followed soon after. She was short and made her move after finding [ks][6s] in the hole. Adam Maxwell found [ad][jd] in the small blind, called, and survived a [4s][7c][5h][5c][qc] board.
10:22pm: Big action continues
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
It seems as if the players are trying to get to a final table as quick as possible as the chips continue to fly.
Alexios Zervos was left short after his last encounter and got the last of his chips in with [kh][8h]. Matt Perrins called with [ac][5h] and the board ran [jd][2s][jh][as][6s] to send him to the rail.
Dara O'Kearney has enjoyed a blessed life post bubble and the good form continued with a double up courtesy of Albert Sapiano. It was a bit of a cooler as both players had flushes on a [jc][2d][7h][2h][3h] board but Sapiano's [6h][th] was lower in value that O'Kearney's [kh][jh]. "I never hit flushes and when I do....." bemoaned Sapiano.
Alex Bounsall was short and hit the rail in 16th place after his pocket sevens failed to hold against an opponent's [kc][jc] that went on to make a flush.
10:10pm: Two table redraw
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
| Table | Seat | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alex Bounsall |
| 1 | 2 | Alexios Zervos |
| 1 | 3 | Dag Berivan |
| 1 | 4 | Matt Perrins |
| 1 | 5 | Benjamin Morrison |
| 1 | 6 | Lorenzo Nesti |
| 1 | 7 | Valdir Cordeiro |
| 1 | 8 | Chris Da-Silva |
| 1 | 9 | Adam Maxwell |
| 3 | 1 | Henry Bibby |
| 3 | 2 | Albert Sapiano |
| 3 | 3 | Stian Knutsen |
| 3 | 4 | Dara O'Kearney |
| 3 | 5 | Jen-Yue Chiang |
| 3 | 6 | Jack Maskill |
| 3 | 7 | Darren Mason |
| 3 | 8 | empty |
| 3 | 9 | Mikołaj Kwiatkiewicz |
10pm: Three way all-in sees Jen-Yue Chiang nearly triple up
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
The board had reached the turn and Jen-Yue Chiang called for a king on the river. It came and secured him a big pot, but it also sent Marcus West to the rail and Alexios Zervos down to just 70,000.
The latter open shoved for 288,000 before West moved all-in for 170,000 and Chiang called all-in for 218,000.
Zervos: [ac][7c]
West: [jd][jc]
Chiang: [ad][qd]
The board ran [9c][td][4h][qh][ks] to make a happy Chiang a straight. After another all-in at the same time on another table, the tournament has shrunk to 17 players and a full redraw is taking place and will be posted shortly.
9:47pm: A huge pot over here and a couple of huge pots over there
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
Tables 1 and 3 both just had an aces versus A-K set up. A Norwegian Champion busted over on one side, and a new huge chip leader emerged on the other side.
The player to hit the rail was none other than Felix Stephensen. He had the A-K and walked into the bullets belonging to Benjamin Morrison. The aces held and Morrison's stack grew to 970,000.
Over on table number 1 it was Matt Perrins in the middle of two big pots where he took from the right and gave to the left. First up, he doubled through former chip leader Dag Berivan. His A-T hit a ten on the flop and another on the river to see her stack shrink to 230,000.
Then moments later it was he who had the [ah][kh] that ran into Alexander Fradlin's [ac][ad]. The board ran [8h][jh][6c][ts][js] and Perrins dropped to 200,000, whereas Fradlin's all-in was for 819,000.
9:35pm: Updated payouts
Level 21 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
| POSITION | NAME | COUNTRY | STATUS | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Oliver White | £1,600 | ||
| 25 | Jack Nolan | £1,600 | ||
| 26 | Danny Laming | £1,600 | ||
| 27 | Nicos Nicolaou | £1,600 | ||
| 28 | Aviad Regev | £1,380 | ||
| 29 | Jorge Ellena Vega | £1,380 | ||
| 30 | Jon Ander | £1,380 | ||
| 31 | Victor Victorovich Ilyukhin | £1,380 | ||
| 32 | Richard Hoadley | £1,160 | ||
| 33 | Andrew Christoforou | £1,160 | ||
| 34 | Stephen O'Keeffe | £1,160 | ||
| 35 | Danny Tran | £1,160 | ||
| 36 | Dmitri Shchepkin | £1,160 | ||
| 37 | Do Tran | £1,160 | ||
| 38 | Wilson Leung | £1,160 | ||
| 39 | Jonatan Martinez Casero | £1,160 | ||
| 40 | John Divers | £1,010 | ||
| 41 | Billy Chattaway | £1,010 | ||
| 42 | Jake Cody | Team PokerStars Pro | £1,010 |
9:20pm: Nolan busts in 25th place
Level 20 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Valdir Cordeiro has soared past a million (almost 1.1m) chips after he eliminated the chatty Jack Nolan in a big, cold pot.
The chips were already being passed to Cordeiro but some of the pieces were put together for the blog by Steve the floor man and tablemate Chris Da-Silva. Nolan had K-J and Cordeiro had A-Q. Some chips went in on a K-J-8 flop before the rest went in on a T turn. Cordeiro's straight held as Nolan failed to fill up on the river.
9:11pm: Laming laments as a three-outer hits the river
Level 20 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Day 1B chip leader Danny Laming's ride has come to an end at the hands of Alexander Fradlin. Matt Perrins kindly filled the blog in on the details.
Laming opened from under the gun with queens and then four-bet all-in after Fradin three-bet from the big blind. The latter called with A-J and an ace hit the river.
8:56pm: Copy and paste doubles
Level 20 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Mikołaj Kwiatkiewicz is, to be a honest, a name that I copy and paste from the player list every time. It looks like I'll be doing that for a while longer as well, seeing as he found a great spot to double up.
He was in the big blind and three-bet all-in for 189,000 after a cutoff raise to 40,000 from Andy Bell. Call.
Kwiatkiewicz: [ah][ks]
Bell: [ac][js]
The board ran [5c][4h][8h][ad][3c] to see Kwiatkiewicz's hand hold. Bell dropped to 110,000.
8:30pm: Break time counts
Thanks to the Hippodrome staff for their assistance.
| Name | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Dag Berivan | 862,000 | |
| Benjamin Morrison | 800,000 | |
| Stian Knutsen | 785,000 | |
| Alexios Zervos | 640,000 | |
| Matthew Perrins | 614,000 | |
| Dara O'Kearney | PokerStars Qualifier | 600,000 |
| Albert Sapiano | 600,000 | |
| Jack Nolan | 540,000 | |
| Felix Stephenson | 520,000 | |
| Jack Maskill | 520,000 | |
| Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos | 500,000 | |
| Alexander Fradlin | 447,000 | |
| Nilay Ganatra | 420,000 | |
| Daniel Laming | 403,000 | |
| Adam Maxwell | 362,000 | |
| Oliver White | 325,000 | |
| Darren Mason | PokerStars Qualifier | 280,000 |
| Henry Bibby | 255,000 | |
| Sanjay Thapar | 250,000 | |
| Marcus West | 240,000 | |
| Michael Brisley | 224,000 | |
| Mikolaj Kwiatkiewicz | 195,000 | |
| Glen Davage | 165,000 | |
| Chris Da-Silva | 160,000 | |
| Jen-Yue Chiang | 120,000 | |
| Terence Donakey | 109,000 |
8:21pm: Break time
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
The remaining 26 players are taking a 15-minute break.
8:20pm: Sapiano grumpy despite a win
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Albert Sapiano was very grumpy despite winning a pot to get up to around 550,000.
Dag Berivan opened from early position and was called by Terence Donakey (button) and Sapiano (big blind) en route to a [6d][as][6h] flop. The action checked to Donakey who bet 35,000. Only Sapiano called and he called another 52,000 on the [3d] turn before the [5s] river was checked.
Sapiano opened [ac][ts] beating out Donakey's [jc][jd].
"Nice hand Albert," said Berivan.
"Shut up, stop talking to me!" barked Sapiano. "I told you I don't like you."
It seemed that Sapiano didn't fully mean it, he was just still remembering being "shafted" by Berivan a few times today.
8:08pm: Laming slips
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Danny Laming has dropped back down to around 300,000 after doubling up neighbour, Alexander Fradlin. Matt Perrins has gotten his stack back up to 620,000 and it's likely that Laming had a hand in that as well.
A [2c][3d][th] flop was out and Fradin moved all-in for 160,000 and was called by Laming who held [js][ts]. Fradin opened [kd][td] and the board only got better for him as it ran out [8d][kc].
7:57pm: Maskill rips and flips
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Jack Maskill is back on the up after doubling through Andy Bell.
He was in middle position and open ripped 184,000 straight into the pot. Bell was in the small blind and made the call.
Bell: [9d][9s]
Maskill: [ad][tc]
The board ran [td][8c][2s][4h][as] to make Maskill two pair.
7:42pm: Shchepkin dominated and busts
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Dmitrii Shchepkin was left very short after an earlier bad beat and managed a couple of double ups, but couldn't do it for a third time.
He got his last 132,000 in preflop with [kh][qh] and found a willing customer in Darren Mason who held a dominating [ac][kc]. The board ran [9s][ah][4s][jd][8c] to pair Mason's ace.
7:31pm: Payouts up to 43rd
Level 19 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
There are 36 players remaining in the Main Event. Here's who has collected their money so far.
| 43 | Benjamin Winsor | £1,010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Vadim Cojocaru | £1,010 | ||
| 45 | Davlos Benakis | £1,010 | ||
| 46 | Mark Goodchild | PokerStars Qualifier | £1,010 | |
| 47 | Will Kassouf | £1,010 | ||
| 48 | Stelyan Gerogiev | £1,010 | ||
| 49 | Mark Metsla | £1,010 | ||
| 50 | David Crane | £1,010 | ||
| 51 | Mason Hyatt | £1,010 | ||
| 52 | Plamen Yakimov | £1,010 | ||
| 53 | Barry Donovan | £1,010 | ||
| 54 | Niccolo Cassettari | £1,010 | ||
| 55 | Paul Tirnovean | £1,010 | ||
| 56 | Marc Hunter | £935 | ||
| 57 | Hristo Georgiev | £935 | ||
| 58 | Giulio Mascolo | £935 | ||
| 59 | Ronen Mozeson | £935 | ||
| 60 | Nisan Arieli | £935 | ||
| 61 | Maziar Seirafi | £935 | ||
| 62 | Alexander Zeligman | £935 | ||
| 63 | Gerhard Lillie | £935 |
7:18pm: Laming scores huge double through Pez
Level 18 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
"Nice hand mate," said Matt Perrins to Danny Laming after the latter doubled to over 600,000 after a big preflop confrontation.
The action was already completed and the dealer was counting that Laming had 305,000. Perrins A-J was already in the muck but Laming's [qh][qc] were still proudly on display, next to a board that rested as [kd][5c][jc][ks][9d]. Perrins was left with 240,000.
7pm: Cody canned
Level 18 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody had left the building after falling for the old limp under the gun with aces tactic.
Valdir Cordeiro played the villain/hero in this piece and started thing off with that limp. He picked up two calls along the way before Cody moved all-in from the button for 141,000 with pocket fives. Cordeiro re-shoved with his aces and successfully isolated before surviving the board.
6:50pm: Short stack war
Level 18 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Mikołaj Kwiatkiewicz and Dmitrii Shchepkin both came back from dinner with short stacks and needed to get a move on. They both found pairs, went with them, and one of them was left super short after getting unlucky.
Shchepkin opened from under the gun and called after Kwiatkiewicz three-bet all-in for 100,000 from the small blind.
Kwiatkiewicz: [8c][8d]
Shchepkin: [qc][qs]
The board ran [6c][4c][8s][5h][4s] to make Shchepkin a full house. Kwiatkiewicz was left with just 38,000.
6:45pm: Full chip counts from the break
Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (ante 1,000)
Thanks to the dealers for helping with the counts.
| Name | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Da-Silva | 640,000 | |
| Dag Berivan | 610,000 | |
| John Divers | 570,000 | |
| Dara O'Kearney | PokerStars Qualifier | 500,000 |
| Matthew Perrins | 475,000 | |
| Jack Nolan | 465,000 | |
| Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos | 430,000 | |
| Jen-Yue Chiang | 430,000 | |
| Stephen O'Keeffe | 374,000 | |
| Oliver White | 338,000 | |
| Jorge Ellena | 330,000 | |
| Daniel Laming | 310,000 | |
| Adam Maxwell | 305,000 | |
| Felix Stephenson | 296,000 | |
| Albert Sapiano | 290,000 | |
| Alex Bounsall | 284,000 | |
| Nicos Nicolaou | 270,000 | |
| John Ander | 255,000 | |
| Danny Tran | 240,000 | |
| Jack Maskill | 235,000 | |
| Henry Bibby | 230,000 | |
| William Chattaway | 230,000 | |
| Marcus West | 226,000 | |
| Andrew Christoforou | 215,000 | |
| Glen Davage | 206,000 | |
| Sanjay Thapar | 200,000 | |
| Benjamin Morrison | 200,000 | |
| Nilay Ganatra | 198,000 | |
| Richard Hoadley | 195,000 | |
| Victor Victorovich Ilyukhin | 180,000 | |
| Stian Knutsen | 173,000 | |
| Jake Cody | Team PokerStars Pro | 172,000 |
| Terence Donakey | 165,000 | |
| Aviad Regev | 162,000 | |
| Dmitri Shchepkin | 133,000 | |
| Jonathan Somekh | 130,000 | |
| Wilson Leung | 130,000 | |
| Darren Mason | PokerStars Qualifier | 121,000 |
| Alexios Zervos | 110,000 | |
| Mikolaj Kwiatkiewicz | 96,000 | |
| Alexander Fradlin | 65,000 | |
| Do Tran | 59,000 |
5:52pm: Dinner time
Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (ante 1,000)
The players are on a 50-minute dinner break.
5:47pm: Doke was close to being broke but then.....
Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (ante 1,000)
Squeak thru bubble with 9 bbs. Then double twice. 250k now, average 198k. Easy game #UKIPT
— Dara O'Kearney (@daraokearney) September 3, 2016
440k after more post bubble jollity #UKIPT
— Dara O'Kearney (@daraokearney) September 3, 2016
5:38pm: And then there was silence. Kassouf busts
Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (ante 1,000)
Will Kassouf and Andrew Christoforou were the last two Brits to bust in the WSOP Main Event this summer, falling in 17th and 18th place respectively for lifetime high scores of $338k. They both made it into the money today and found themselves drawn next to each other for a touch of irony. Even more so when Christoforou took out his neighbour.
"At least I outlasted him the World Series!" said Kassouf as departing words.
Christoforou opened to 17,000 from under the gun and was called by both blind, including Kassouf in the big blind. The flop spread [4s][9c][8s] and the small blind led for 27,000. Kassouf only had 37,000 and put them over the line after some speech play. Christoforou then moved in behind and the small blind open-folded tens.
"Big blind special!" shouted Kassouf as he opened [9s][3s] for top pair and flush draw. Christoforou tabled [ah][ac] and survived the [jc][qd] turn and river.
5:20pm: Chiang's at it again
Level 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (ante 1,000)
Not content with bursting the bubble, Jen-Yue Chiang has gone after more scalps, namely Barry Donovan.
The latter raised from the hijack and Chiang defended his big blind before a [9h][6s][5h] flop was dealt. Both players checked and a Donovan delayed 20,000 c-bet on the [9s] turn was treated to a check-raise all-in. He didn't have many chips behind and decided to call off with [ad][ks]. Unfortunately for him he was drawing dead as Chiang opened [9d][8h] for trips and that was that.
5pm: Cody doubles down and back up again
Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (ante 1,000)
Jake Cody was cololered in a hand to go relatively short but responded with a quick double up.
Jack Nolan told the blog that he squeezed all-in for around 150,000 with pocket queens after Cody had raised and received two callers. Cody called with jacks and couldn't improve.
A couple of hands later Cody and two opponents had made it to the turn where the board read [qc][6c][ks][3s]. The action was checked to Vadim Cojocaru in the hijack who bet 39,000. Cody check-raised all-in for 108,000 from the big blind and Cojocaru tank called after the third party had folded. Cody opened [kc][ts] and survived the [5s] river after Cojocaru opened [th][ts].
4:45pm: Macarin bubbles UKIPT Super Series
Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (ante 1,000)
After a few hands of non-events and double ups, the bubble finally burst with the exit of Gheorghe Macarin.
He was down just 27,000 when he moved all-in from under the gun. Victor Ilyukhin called from the hijack and Jen-Yue Chiang did likewise from the small blind. The flop spread [qd][7c][js] and both of Macarin's opponents checked before Chiang led out for 37,000 on the [8d] turn. Call. The [6h] competed the board and both players checked again.
Macarin opened [jh][th] for second pair, which was behind to Ilyukhin's top-paired [ks][qs], but Chiang had them both beat with [ad][qc]. All remaining 63 players are all guaranteed a payday of £935.
4:12pm: The tenseless few
Level 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (ante 1,000)
The players are back in their seats for the continued bubble period. The following probably enjoyed their break seeing as they're the big stacks:
| Name | Status | Chips L16 |
|---|---|---|
| Dag Berivan | 605,000 | |
| Alexios Zervos | 370,000 | |
| Dmitri Shchepkin | 360,000 | |
| Daniel Laming | 340,000 | |
| Richard Hoadley | 335,000 | |
| Aviad Regev | 330,000 | |
| Victor Victorovich Ilyukhin | 320,000 | |
| Albert Sapiano | 320,000 | |
| Chris Da-Silva | 318,000 | |
| Jake Cody | Team PokerStars Pro | 305,000 |
| Felix Stephenson | 300,000 | |
| Matthew Perrins | 300,000 | |
| Jack Maskill | 290,000 | |
| Darren Mason | PokerStars Qualifier | 275,000 |
| Alex Bounsall | 250,000 | |
| Vadim Cojocaru | 245,000 | |
| Sanjay Thapar | 241,000 | |
| John Ander | 240,000 | |
| Benjamin Winsor | 230,000 | |
| Nilay Ganatra | 215,000 | |
| Davlos Benakis | 205,000 | |
| Henry Bibby | 200,000 | |
| Glen Davage | 195,000 | |
| Andrew Christoforou | 170,000 |
3:52pm: Tense break
Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (ante 500)
The bubble failed to burst before the level ended so 64 tense players are off on a 15-minute break.
3:30pm: Captain America soft bubbles
Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (ante 500)
Edmund Anderson, who's down as Captain America in the Hippodrome system, has busted in 65th place after losing two flips. Before his last hand, he had apparently lost a 200k flip.
Dag Berivan opened to 14,000 and then called after Anderson three-bet all-in for 72,500.
Berivan: [jd][jc]
Anderson: [ad][kd]
The board ran [jh][4d][qc][qh][8d] to make Berivan a full house. She's closing in on 600,000 (good for the chip lead) after an amazing couple of levels. Only one more player will leave with nothing and the tension has been ramped up to 11.
3:05pm: So close but no cigar
Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (ante 500)
There are 68 players remaining and play will go hand for hand when 65 remain, which will be just two off the money. The following will be very disappointed at just missing out on a cash:
Paul Skipper, Julien Michaud, Tony Ringe, James Mitchell, Vasile Stancu, Shouvik Pal, Rory Campbell, Paul Brown, Joe Hindry, Christoffel Van Kraayenburg, Phil Souki, Hamish Morjaria, Florian Duta, Grant Fox, Julien-Pierre Jolivet, Bobby Sohal, Andre Loua, Apollo Enriquez, Michel Brisley and Angelos Nastos Megas.
2:49pm: Saxy flushed away
Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (ante 500)
PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome team member Kelly Saxby has hit the rail after being flopped dead.
Jake Cody informed the blog that she moved all-in for her last 35,000 with [ad][2d] and was called in one spot before Dmitrii Shchepkin successfully isolated with a reraise. He opened a dominated A-K suited and flopped a flush.
2:35pm: Why is Jack Maskill so happy?
Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (ante 500)
Because he knocked out two players in back to back hands to close in on a 300k stack is why!
Maskill opened from mid position with [6h][7h] and called after the very short stacked Zahir Aslam three-bet all-in from the big blind with [ad][7d]. The board ran [3h][7s][qh][4s][8h] to make Maskill a flush. "Almost a case of too many outs!" he commented as he raked in the pot.
The very next hand saw Ole Nedreboe three-bet all-in for 49,000 from the button after another Maskill opening raise. The latter called with [as][9s] and paired up on a [js][9d][2s][2c][4s] board to beat Nedreboe's [7h][7d].
2:25pm: Classic Albert
Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (ante 500)
Got a love a bit of Albert Sapiano action. The UK legend has passed 300,000 after getting Edmund Anderson of a claimed two pair.
Sapaino limped in from middle position and went to a [5s][2h][6h] flop with Julien Michaud and Anderson from the blinds. Anderson led out for 7,000 before Sapiano moved all-in for 285,000. Michaud folded and the decision was on Anderson and the 185,000 he had back.
"You actually have me covered now?" asked Anderson.
"Bit more than last time," responded Sapiano.
Anderson shook his head and f-bombed to himself.
"I hope you win!" goaded Sapiano.
"How good is two pair?" asked Anderson.
Sapiano didn't reply immediately and ate some food before saying, "Sounds like you've only got one pair!"
Eventually Anderson admitted defeat and folded his hand.
2:05pm: Chip daddies
Level 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (ante 500)
Thanks to the Hippodrome team for counting the following counts in the break:
| Name | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Felix Stephenson | 370,000 | |
| John Divers | 310,000 | |
| Danny Laming | 290,000 | |
| Berivan Dag | 286,000 | |
| Mason Hyatt | 275,000 | |
| Matt Perrins | 250,000 | |
| Dmitri Shchepkin | 250,000 | |
| Stian Knutsen | 240,000 | |
| Victor Victorovich Ilyukhin | 230,000 | |
| Jake Cody | Team PokerStars Pro | 230,000 |
| Ben Winsor | 215,000 | |
| Jorge Ellena | 205,000 | |
| Danny Tran | 205,000 | |
| John Ander | 190,000 | |
| Vadim Cojocaru | 185,000 | |
| Albert Sapiano | 183,000 | |
| Hossein Sharif | 180,000 | |
| Richard Hoadley | 180,000 | |
| Jonathan Somekh | 175,000 | |
| Barry Donovan | 172,000 | |
| Terence Donakey | 172,000 | |
| Edmund Anderson | 171,000 | |
| Jack Maskill | 170,000 | |
| Giulio Mascolo | 170,000 | |
| Alexander Zeligman | 169,000 | |
| Alexios Zervos | 160,000 | |
| Plamen Yakimov | 156,000 | |
| Mark Metsla | 155,000 | |
| Alex Bounsall | 140,000 | |
| Andrew Christoforou | 140,000 | |
| Sanjay Thapar | 140,000 | |
| Wilson Leung | 110,000 | |
| Will Kassouf | 110,000 | |
| Chris Da-Silva | 106,000 |
1:42pm: Final 100 on break
Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (ante 400)
Around 100 players made it to the first break of the day. The following have a longer break than they would like:
Fernando Bento, Daiva Barauskaite, Mark Mcvey, Roar Flotre, Wai Lee, Craig Sweden, Federico Quevedo, Patryk Slusarek, Naor Slobodskoy, Jonathan Somekh, Craig Newton, Luke Williams, Anmol Srivats, Ricardo Valim, Vamshi Vandanapu, Simon Dryan, Malcolm McDougall, Hilmi Ture, Christoph Maximowitz and Robert Heidorn.
1:30pm: Huge cooler pot win for Felix
Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (ante 400)
Felix Stephensen has a stack approaching 300,000 after a big three-way all-in that saw Tim Wright hit the rail and Valdir Cordeiro take a big hit.
There was a raise and call before Stephensen three-bet squeezed. Wright then four-bet all-in fro 43,000 and Cordeiro five-bet all-in for chunks. The first two players folded and that left the Norwegian who called all-in for 112,600.
Stephensen: [kc][ks]
Wright: [jh][jd]
Cordeiro: [qc][qd]
The board ran [7c][8h][7d][3d][3s] to see the kings hold up. Cordeiro dropped to 130,000.
1:12pm: Kassouf takes from neighbour Christoforou
Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (ante 400)
"I played it like a boss!" declared the shy and retiring Will Kassouf after he (correctly) talked himself into calling in a hand versus Andrew Christoforou.
The latter opened from under the gun and was called by the button and Kassouf in the big blind. The flop fanned [tc][as][5c] and Christoforou continued for 7,000. Kassouf check-called before both players checked the [kd] turn. The river was [2d] and Christoforou bet 8,000 when he was checked to. Kassouf went into his standard chat mode and then made the call with [ac][jh]. He was correct, and moved up to 150,000, as Christoforou opened [kh][jd]. --MC
12:56pm: No level 14 for.....
Level 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (ante 400)
Level 14 has started but will not feature the following players: Leonardo Armino, Ian Otobo, Charles Harrison, Lorenzo Nesti, Andy Bell, Chris Simpson and Richard Paul.
12:45pm: Felix knows how to play Wright
Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (ante 300)
The 2015 Norwegian Poker Champion Felix Stephensen has moved up to around 165,000 after (successfully) using the old check-raise manoeuvre on Tim Wright.
The flop was out as [6c][ac][8d] and the Norwegian checked from the small blind and then raised Wright's 11,200 c-bet up to 35,000. It did the job as Wright tank folded to drop to 65,000.
12:20pm: Who's followed Jordi?
Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (ante 300)
Those who have joined Mathias for an early bath on Day 2 are: Robert Shiell, Matthew Pierce, Charu Vikram, Justin Kyriakides and Paul Dunne.
12:10pm: Great start for Pez
Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (ante 300)
Matt Perrins has gotten off to a great start by taking all the chips off neighbour, Mathias Jordi, to move up to around 275,000.
The two players were heads-up and the chips went it on the turn with a board reading [5s][qc][5c][9h]. Jordi opened [ks][qs] but had serious kicker issues as Perrins' [ah][qh] was dominating. The river came as the [jh] and Jordi made an early exit.
12:02pm: Shuffle up and deal!
Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (ante 300)
11:45am: Day 2 about to commence
Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (ante 300)
Welcome back to PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome for what promises to be an action-packed day of poker. All three starting flights of the UKIPT Super Series Main Event have been completed - with 129 making it through - and today's plan is to try and whittle them down to a final table of eight. Twelve 50-minute levels are locked and loaded and the structural pressure on those short stacks should see a steady flow of people leave the scene throughout the day.
Day 1C (turbo) was a great success last night as 83 more entries were added to the pile. They were made up of 68 unique players and 15 re-entries. Stian Knutsen ended the flight as chip leader on 158,200 and leads 28 survivors into today.
Those extra entries late last night helped push the total number of entries for the event up to 453 (up from last year's 291), and they created a £219,705 prize pool. The top 63 players will be guaranteed a minimum payday of £935 and those who make tomorrow's final table will leave with no less than £5,000. The winner? He or she will take home a cool £42,500. For a full breakdown, click here.
Here are the top five counts heading into the day:
| Name | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Ellena | 280,800 | |
| Daniel Laming | 275,800 | |
| Albert Sapiano | 219,800 | |
| Alexander Zeligman | 203,000 | |
| Valdir Cordeiro | 202,200 |
PokerStars Blog reporting team at UKIPT6 Super Series: Marc Convey. Photos by Mickey May.