Ryan O'Donnell raised to 40,000 from early position, followed by Lander Lijo moving all in. Danny Pyke covered them both, and put Lilo at risk by moving in himself. O'Donnell quickly called off the rest of his stack, and the hands were turned up.
Lander Lijo:
Ryan O'Donnell:
Danny Pyke:
Pyke instantly took the lead with the flop, but the turn brought some hope for Lilo. The river was a blank, and Pyke scooped the whole pot while knockout out both opponents.
There was a big preflop all in that occurred in which Dragos Trofimov raised to 40,000. Jorge Palomino Rebolleda three-bet to 120,000, Michael Chetrit then jammed all in which Trofimov called and Palomino Rebolleda folded to. Trofimov found himself at risk but ahead with the against the of Chetrit.
The board ran out to give Trofimov the set of kings and the huge pot.
A couple of hands later Chetrit was decimated further as his ran into the of Roura Comas. The board would not help Chetrit as it came to send him his once large stack down to a tiny one.
Alexandros Dranovitsas raised to 45,000 from the hijack before Julien Sitbon three bet to 125,000 from the cutoff. Dranovitsas called.
The flop came and Dranovitsas check called the 100,000 continuation bet from Sitbon.
The was the turn and Dranovitsas checked again. Sitbon slid out a lofty 275,000 bet. Dranovitsas paused before making the call.
The river was the and Dranovitsas checked for a third time. Sitbon completed the triple barrel as he bet 500,000 forcing Dranovitsas all in. Dranovitsas called for his tournament life but would be exiting the tournament area in brutal fashion as his was no match for Sitbon's who had made broadway with the straight to move over 2,000,000 chips.
Rohit Mariwalla was all in for his last 500,000 from the button against Robin Scheidegger in the cutoff.
Rohit Mariwalla:
Robin Scheidegger:
Mariwalla was in bad shape as his pocket jacks were dominated by Scheidegger's pocket kings.
There would be no drama as the flop came which left Mariwalla near drawing dead. The turn was the and the river was overkill for Scheidegger as it came the to eliminate Mariwalla from the tournament.
Danny Pyke raised to 55,000 from under the gun before Adrian Cazacu three bet to 140,000 from the cutoff. Pyke called.
The flop came and action checked through.
The was the turn and Pyke bet 120,000 before Cazacu raised to around 400,000. Pyke moved all in which caused Cazacu to quickly fold. Pyke showed the goods as he has the board on lock with for the nut straight and nut flush draw.
Mohamed Aissaoui raised to 60,000 from under the gun before Denas Pranaitis three bet to 150,000 from early position. Pedro Neves four bet all in for 1,020,000 from the hijack before Jon Kyte five bet all in for more from the cutoff.
Aissaoui and Pranaitis quickly moved out the way.
Pedro Neves:
Jon Kyte:
Neves and Kyte had been battling hard against each other all day but it was Neves who was way out in front in this huge pot. The flop came which kept Neves ahead. The turn was the which gave Kyte a flush draw. The river was the which gave Kyte the flush and eliminated his nemesis Neves in brutal fashion.
The final numbers are in for the UKIPT Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London, as it becomes the biggest UKIPT London in history with 1,458 entries.
The event is now the second-biggest UKIPT Main Event overall, trailing only UKIPT Nottingham 2012 with 1,625 entries.
The UKIPT London field was represented by 62 different countries, and the event included 793 unique players with 665 reentries.
As expected, the United Kingdom (317 players dominated the player pool, with France (75 players), Romania (34 players), Italy (32 players) and Germany (28 players) rounding out the top five.
Spain and the United States were next on the list with 23 players each, followed by Israel (20 players), China (18 players), Ireland (18 players), Greece (16 players), Norway (15 players) and Canada (11 players) as the other nations to be represented by 10 or more.
Fabrice Bigot raised to 65,000 from middle position and was called by Adrian Cazacu on the button before Olivier Arnault three bet from the small blind to 225,000. Only Cazacu called.
The flop came and Arnault moved all in for 770,000. Cazacu went into the tank standing up before calling.
Olivier Arnault:
Adrian Cazacu:
Arnault had the overpair while Cazacu had the nut flush draw. The turn was the meaning that Arnault only needed to had a heart to survive. The river was a safe which ensured the double up for Arnault and left Cazacu with little.
There was around 600,000 in the pot. Chip leader Julien Sitbon was on the button against Robin Scheidegger in the small blind.
The board read and Scheidegger checked to Sitbon who bet 670,000. Scheidegger asked for a count before calling. Sitbon showed for a rivered full house much to the visibly frustrated Scheidegger who turned over for trips.
Sitbon has now gone from chip leader to overwhelming chip leader in the room as the last couple of hands get played out.