Hellmuth Leads 76 Survivors of Day 1a of EPT London £2,200 UKIPT High Roller
The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour London continued today and the two starting flights of the £2,200 UKIPT High Roller played out on the felt at Hilton Park Lane.
There were 507 entries on Day 1a and players played down to 15% of the field. The number they played down to was 76 players, and they will all be in the money when they return for Day 2 and combine with the 29 survivors from Day 1b.
The two flights created a total prize pool of £1,345,920 from 701 total entries and the payouts will be announced before Day 2 for the 105 total players in the money.
£2,200 UKIPT High Roller Day 1a Top Ten Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Hellmuth | United Kingdom | 763,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Christian Dressler | Germany | 734,000 | 122 |
| 3 | Gary Miller | United Kingdom | 655,000 | 109 |
| 4 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 644,000 | 107 |
| 5 | Tamer Kamel | United Kingdom | 487,000 | 81 |
| 6 | Ladislao Dalfo | Spain | 454,000 | 75 |
| 7 | Jamie O'Connor | United Kingdom | 449,000 | 74 |
| 8 | Daniel Melten | Germany | 433,000 | 72 |
| 9 | Fabian Bernhauser | Austria | 433,000 | 72 |
| 10 | Jen-yue Chiang | United States | 416,000 | 69 |
United Kingdom’s Martin Hellmuth bagged the top stack of Day 1a and will take 763,000 into the second day. Christian Dressler (734,000), Gary Miller (655,000), Leon Sturm (644,000), and Tamer Kamel (487,000) round out the top five stacks from the flight.
Others to bag a stack in Day 1a include Jamie O'Connor (449,000), Jinho Hong (273,000), Preben Stokkan (239,000), Antoine Saout (216,000), PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot (179,000), Roland Rokita (179,000), Dimitar Danchev (97,000), and Stefan Schillhabel (21,000).
Arie Kliper was eliminated on the money bubble when his flopped flush draw failed to improve against aces. Espen Jorstad squeaked into the money with a single T-5,000 chip, while Michael Schmitz made it with a single T-1,000 chip. Day 1a ended with 10:05 remaining in Level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000.
Day 2 will restart at 12:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, October 22. Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to provide updates until a champion is crowned, along with coverage of other events from EPT London.
flop instantly put him behind by giving Hrabec a flush. The 
turn left Gardner needing a diamond to survive with a superior flush, but the 
river bricked out to send him to the rail short of a cash.
for a full double up, whilst Systia was left licking his wounds and around 4 big blinds to work with.
and the two players saw the 
to improve Stokkan to a boat, confirming his double.
flop and Hong checked. Talbot bet 10,000 and Hong called.
completed the board and Hong checked once more. Talbot fired out another bet, this time for 75,000. Hong went into the tank and deliberated for some time, but ultimately folded to concede the pot to the Canadian.
to give Amiri the lead and Jung was eliminated when the board finished out 
to improve his Australian opponent to two pair.
and Glaser was eliminated from the tournament.
, Alexandre Reard got his stack of 7,000 in the middle and was called by Min Ji, while the third player in the hand folded. 
to improve the Frenchman to a meaningless two pair and mark his elimination, though he bought back in shortly after.
