Victoria Coren Mitchell opened to 5,000 from early position and Tommy Nguyen three-bet to 13,500 in the small blind. Preben Stokkan four-bet to 30,000 in the big blind and Coren Mitchell folded. Nguyen moved all in and Stokkan snap-called for his 116,000 chips.
Preben Stokkan:
Tommy Nguyen:
It was the classic cooler, and the board ran out to improve Stokkan to a boat, confirming his double.
Action folded to Aditya Systia, who made it 8,000 from the cutoff only to be met by a button reraise, to 25,000, from Thor Morstol. Systia decided that this was the time to take a stand and replied with a four-bet all in, for 194,000 total, covering Morstol.
Morstol snap-called and the players tabled their hands:
Thor Morstol:
Aditya Systia:
Morstol was at risk but was on the right side of this cooler and the board ran out for a full double up, whilst Systia was left licking his wounds and around 4 big blinds to work with.
Roman Hrabec opened to 10,000 in the hijack and Anthony Gardner moved all in for 46,000 in the big blind. Hrabec thought about it and ultimately called.
Anthony Gardner:
Roman Hrabec:
Gardner was a good favorite for a double, but the 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.
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).
PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot
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.
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