UKIPT3 Bristol: Day 1B level 1-4 updates (blinds 100-200)
4.35pm: Break it up Every so often the world needs to pause for breath and so does this tournament. The end of level 4 signals one such juncture, so the players now have 20 minutes to rest their weary...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Day 1B level 5-8 updates (blinds 300-600 ante 75)
9.20pm: Play is over for the day Play is done for the day and Marinos Mina is the overnight chip leader with 138,300. Whilst one player lucky to still be in is Chris Dowling, on the very last hand he...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Mina bulldozes Day 1B field
UKIPT Bristol moved serenely into the second of its two opening days today. Following Day 1A, The Gala Harbourside Casino opened its doors once more today, welcoming 315 new participants to the felt to...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Day 2 level 9-12 updates (blinds 800-1,600 ante 200)
4.29pm: Break Time! Level 12 is in the bag. It's time for a short pause while everyone takes stock of how they have performed today - and bores their friends with the usual brag posts and bad beat...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Day 2 level 13-16 updates (2,000-4,000 ante 400)
9.07pm: End of day two That dramatic confrontation was one of the last acts of note on day 2 here at UKIPT Bristol. Come the close of play, 45 players had negotiated their way through the day with...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Bull takes tournament by horns to lead final 45
As is always the case on Day 2 of the UKIPT, it was moving day as over eight levels of play a field of 239 was reduced to just 45, that's one elimination every two and a half minutes! The player who...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Day 3 level 17-20 updates (blinds 5,000-10,000 ante 1,000)
4.43pm:Break Time! A dramatic moment caps the first four levels of the day and with that we take a short recess. Back in 15 minutes for the playdown to the final! The updates from level 21 onwards will...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Day 3 level 21-22 updates (blinds 8,000-16,000 ante 2,000)
7.02pm: End of day 3 That was a breathtakingly swift day. 45 players took to the felt but within 6 levels there were just 8 remaining still vying for the title. Possibilities abound for potentially...
View ArticleUKIPT3 Bristol: Wojtek Barzantny goes for second UKIPT title; leads final table
I don't think even in Wojtek Barzantny's wildest dreams he could've imagined how his week would've turned out when he set out from Kaiserslautern to play UKIPT Online and UKIPT Bristol. Not content...
View ArticleUKIPT Bristol: Final table, level 22-24 updates (12,000-24,000, ante 3,000)
2.50pm: Break! That's the end of the level. The players will be taking a 20 minute break to freshen up then war will begin again as they continue six-handed. See you in a moment. Updates from level 25...
View ArticleUKIPT Bristol: Final table, level 25-28 updates (30,000-60,000, ante 10,000)
7.45pm: End of the level That's the end of level 28, you'll find level 29 updates in a new post shortly. -- NW 7.35pm: Greenwood makes good call down James Greenwood just made a great call on the river...
View ArticleUKIPT Bristol: Final table, level 29-30 updates (50,000-100,000, ante 10,000)
10pm: Wojtek Barzantny wins UKIPT Bristol (£90,400); James Greenwood eliminated in second place (£54,500) It's all over here in Bristol and Wotjek Barzantny has done the unthinkable and pulled off an...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 1A, level 1 - 4 updates (Blinds 100-200)
4.22pm: Break it up in there We've reached halfway point of the day and it's time for another break. Updates from here on in will be in new post. -- MC 4.15pm: More chip counts Some more counts for you...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 1A, level 5 - 8 updates (blinds, 300-600, ante 75)
9.05pm: Done for the day Play has ended for the day, a wrap of the day's play is on the way. Day 1B starts at noon tomorrow. -- NW 8.50pm: Last three hands The tournament clock has been paused and each...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Liam Batey best placed after Day 1A
Over the near three seasons of the UKIPT it's hard to think of a stop that's taken place in a more picturesque venue than The Princes suite here at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. Chandeliers - check,...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 1B, levels 1 - 4 updates (Blinds 100 - 200)
4.20pm: Half-time break Oranges for all. You'll find new updates in a brand new post. -- MC 4.15pm: Final number is in We have the final numbers for UKIPT Edinburgh and we've broken through the...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 1B, level 5 - 8 updates (Blinds 300 - 600, ante 75)
9.20pm: Done for the day That's the second starting day of UKIPT Edinburgh in the books, 358 players took to the felt today to swell the total number of runners to 612. A full wrap of what transpired...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Horgan pips Yong to claim overall lead heading into Day 2
A total of 358 players turned up to play Day 1B of the UKIPT Edinburgh in the Balmoral Hotel, making the final number a record breaking 612, beating last year's 519. That means someone will walk away...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 2, level 9 - 12 updates (Blinds 800 - 1,600 ante 200)
4.22pm: Break time The players are on a 15-minute break. The next level updates will appear in a new post. 4.20pm: Kay firing blanks Dominic Kay's day has taken a dramatic downward turn after he...
View ArticleUKIPT Edinburgh: Day 2, level 13 - 16 updates (Blinds 2,000 - 4,000 ante 400)
9.10pm: Play has ended Play has now finished for the day, we think 49 players in total made it through, news on the chip leader and the rest of today's action coming up in a wrap shortly. -- NW 8.55pm:...
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