Espen Jorstad was all in for his last 5,000 from early position. Charlie Hawes then made it 18,000 from the cutoff before Jinho Hong raised to 50,000 from the big blind.
Hawes responded by jamming as the bigger stack and after a few moments, Hong flicked in the call.
Espen Jorstad:
Jinho Hong:
Charlie Hawes:
The pocket tens remained best on the runout. Hong found a double up through Hawes while also busting the 2022 WSOP Main Event Champion.
Welcome to the second and final day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour London £2,200 UKIPT High Roller. Day 2 gets underway at 12 p.m. BST and sees 105 players returning to the live felt at the wonderful Hilton Park Lane.
Yesterday's action saw 701 entries across the two starting flights, and those players generated another seven-figure prize pool of £1,345,920.
The United Kingdom's Martin Hellmuth (763,000) bagged and tagged the biggest stack heading into Day 2, narrowly edging out Christian Dressler (734,000) and Gary Miller (655,000), who round off the top three chip counts.
Alejandro Lococo (L) Parker Talbot (R)
Some of the notable names from the Day 1 qualifiers include PokerStars Ambassadors Alejandro Lococo (482,000) and Parker Talbot (179,000). 2022 WSOP Main Event Champion Espen Jorstad (5,000) also managed to squeak into Day 2, but quite literally has a chip and a chair.
All the players who have made this far have locked up the min-cash. Payouts have not yet been announced but PokerNews will relay that information when it has been released.
Arie Kliper was the unfortunate Day 1 bubble, after he was unable to improve on his flush draw versus the pocket aces of Atanas Pavlov. 2022 EPT Barcelona High Roller Champion Leonard Maue also left just before the money as he was the last player eliminated in Day 1b.
A lengthy session is expected as the UKIPT High Roller will be playing down to a winner. Play will resume on Level 17, where the blinds will be 3,000/6,000/6,000.
Start of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Name
Country
Chip count
Big Blinds
1
Martin Hellmuth
United Kingdom
763,000
127
2
Christian Dressler
Austria
734,000
122
3
Gary Miller
England
655,000
109
4
Leon Sturm
Austria
644,000
107
5
Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
583,000
97
6
Christopher Maguire
England
570,000
95
7
Charlton Hawes
New Zealand
570,000
95
8
Tamer Kamel
England
487,000
81
9
Alejandro Lococo
Argentina
482,000
80
10
Ladislao Dalfo
Spain
454,000
76
Make sure to keep it locked in with the PokerNews live reporting team, who will be keeping up with all the action as the event reaches its conclusion.
runout. Hong found a double up through Hawes while also busting the 2022 WSOP Main Event Champion.
