* Read a whole report of Day 1C here* Day 2 starts tomorrow at 11am* 176 players will return

10.05pm: It's overLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

Read a whole report of Day 1C here. --JS

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9.50pm: Four more handsLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

We'll play four more hands tonight before the chips are bagged. --JS

9.48pm: Such a lot of big stacksLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

More players means more chips, which in turn mean far more big stacks. It's hard to figure out at the moment who exactly is the chip leader, or even harder to foretell who will finally end up the Day 1C chip boss when all is claimed and done. Don't go anywhere, the clock's about to be paused after which we'll be back with official counts. --JS

9.40pm: McLean outLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

And identical to that, we've lost Leo McLean from the primary Event. He got it in with Q♠T♠ against another player's pocket jacks and couldn't hit anything. --JS

9.32pm: McLean approaching the chance zoneLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

We hadn't checked in with Leo McLean for some time so we popped over to his table and caught him in a hand.

During the last level McLean had opened to 3,500 and it got one caller - Stephen O'Keefe out of the large blind. The flop showed the 4♥3♦Q♣ and O'Keefe checked, allowing McLean to c-bet for 4,400. It was called once more.

An identical pattern happened again at the J♥ turn, but this time the bet was 9,200. The betting lead switched after the 2♦ river, as O'Keefe then shoved all-in, putting McLean's entire stack in danger. McLean gave his hand up and is left with 39,000, good for twenty-four big blinds. --JS

9.20pm: Last level of the dayLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (200 ante)

9.18pm: Charalambous survives three-way all inLevel 11 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)

Peter Charalambous flopped big but needed to fade a flush draw before he could relax within the knowledge that he had greater than tripled up.

He opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was called in four spots before an A♠8♥7♥ flop was dealt. Charalambous checked before Lucas Reeves bet and Geir Havard Hanssen moved all in for 50,600. Charalambous called all in for 42,500 and Reeves, who had both players covered by around 50,000 called as well.

Charalambous: A♥A♦ for prime set.Hanssen: 7♦7♠ for bottom set.Reeves: K♥T♥ for a flush draw.

Charalambous was happy to peer Hanssen's hand but not such a lot Reeves'. The board ran out 3♣6♦ to look Charalambous scoop the lot. Hanssen had 8,100 left after he paid Charalambous and that was doubled by Reeves. -- MC

Good news for Charalambous

9.09pm: The lowdown on how Xiaoyang Luo took the chip leadLevel 11 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)

Well, I DID NOT see the action because it happened, but I did catch the aftermath - that being Xiaoyang Luo stacking mountains of chips.

The guys at his table - including the person who was chip leader only some minutes ago, Antonio German - just ran me during the action.

Luo kicked off the pot with an open to 3,300, which German bumped as much as 8,500. Antoine Saout then got involved with a chilly 4-bet to 23,500, which was nothing in comparison to former chip leader Abalsteinn Karlsson's cold 5-bet jam for 75,000. It folded back to Lou who apparently tanked for a while before making the decision. Everyone else folded and the cards were revealed.

Karlsson had pocket jacks, while Lou had ace-king. The flop came ace-high, and a king at the turn and blank at the river gave the large pot to Lou, while Karlsson headed for the exit. German didn't reveal his hand, but he did say that he would have flopped a collection had he called.

Luo is now our big chip leader with 285,000. --JS

Xiaoyang Luo, right before this hand

9pm: Late casualtiesLevel 11 - Blinds 800-1,600, 200 (100 ante)

Day 1C, after greater than ten levels of play, has almost shrunk enough to slot in one room. The exits of the next has helped that cause: Jack O'Neill, Gerhard Robert Lillie, Morgan Sorfleet, Viktor Einarsson, Wai Kiat Lae, Ravi Sharda, Mark Oliver, Jordan Conroy, Ben Smith, Craig Newton, Renee Xie, Robert Davies, Juan Gozalo, Logi Laxdal, James Huggins, Peter Rolstad Haugnaess, Jack Sambrook, Anotnios Onoufriou, Sung Hee Yun, David Welch, Jose Godin, Paul Campbell, Salvador Avid Htdaico Martine, Erasmo Marco Crespo and Darren Oldaker. -- MC

8.44pm: November Niners visit battleLevel 11 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)

Antoine Saout (2009 WSOP Main Event 3rd place finisher) and Felix Stephensen (2014 WSOP Main Event runner up) was going face to face a variety of times since they were both moved directly to the OTD (original table of death).

One hand I just caught involved a 3,000 open from Saout, which Stephensen 3-bet to 8,000. When the action was back on Saout he installed a 4-bet for 22,500, only to peer Stephensen jam for around 50,000. Saout gave it up and still has a healthy 120,000 stack, while Stephensen moves as much as just over 80,000. --JS

8.36pm: Level upLevel 11 - Blinds 800-1,600, 200 (100 ante)

8.30pm: Last level (street), boss v bossLevel 10 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)

Rainer Kempe, as we wrote earlier, had had an important breakout year and Tom Hall was bossing for many years now and is a one-time winner and one-time runner up within the UKIPT Player of the Season race. The 2 tangled in a pot and Hall, seeing as that is more his turf, won the boss battle.

Tom Hall's best boss pose

An A♥6♦J♥9♠5♥ board rested between the 2 players and around 35,000 chips needed to be claimed. Kempe only had 23,000 left, a couple of thousand not up to Hall. It was the latter who struck the overall blow, moving all in from the small blind. Kempe was within the cutoff and tanked for several minutes before admitting defeat with a fold.

Talking of bosses: While Kempe was tanking, Vicente Delagado had time to eliminate an opponent on an adjacent table. He held A♠K♥ to Gavin Keane's A♥Q♥ and the 2 got their stacks in preflop. The board ran 9♣K♦2♥3♠Q♣ to send Keane to the rail and Delgado's stack grew to 130,000. -- MC

8.10pm: Notable chip stacksLevel 10 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)

Antonio German - 199,000Usman Siddique - 169,000Martin Bader - 142,000Antoine Saout - 135,000Joe Grech - 130,000Frank Bastow - 125,000Craig Sweden - 94,000Diego Gomez - 92,000Felix Stephensen - 83,000Soren Jensen - 82,000Abalsteinn Karlsson - 74,000Paul Vas Nunes - 56,000Joe Grech - 47,000Tom Hall - 47,000Rainer Kempe - 34,000Patrick Clarke - 24,000 --JS.

7.50pm: We're backLevel 10 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)

Players are back from break - three more levels for day the day. --JS

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7.35pm: Last break of the nightThe players are on a 15-minute break. They'll play three more levels after they return.

7.34pm: News from the OTDLevel 9 - Blinds 500-1,000 (100 ante)

It's all change from today's original table of death. Richard Milner has gone, Antoine Saout is crushing on 170,000, and previous chips leader Abalsteinn Karlsson has dropped even further - all the way down to 37,000 after folding at the river.

Saout at the up and up

Jack Sambrook opened from the cutoff and Karlsson defended his big ignorant of see an A♥7♠3♠ flop appear. Sambrook continued for 2,300 and Jack Karlsson check-called to the Q♠ turn where he called another 8,000. The board completed with the 9♣ and Karlsson checked again then shook his head ever so slightly when he saw Sambrook look down and reach for chips. Sambrook barely had his 17,000 bet in contention and Karlsson's cards hit the muck. -- MC

7.25pm: This hand had it allLevel 9 - Blinds 500-1,000 (100 ante)

A double elimination, a clock being called, a final second decision...this hand had everything.

It started with an open from Neil Slade to 2,300, which Carlo Citrone called. It folded around to Lawrence Bayley who shoved from the small blind for 23,000, just for Slade to transport all-in himself for 49,300. That had Citrone covered (who only had 35,600 behind) and here's where the tanking started.

Citrone was thinking for no less than five minutes before the clock was called, standing up in his chair and staring constantly at Slade's chips. When he had one minute to make up his mind he apologised to the table. "It's OK," said Bayley. "You're in pain!"

"I'm in real pain!" replied Citrone, because the clock counted down. At one point, with about 30 seconds left, he picked his cards up - giving his round the corner neighbours a transparent peek. One player squirmed as he saw them, prompting Bayley to indicate that despite the fact that he now folded Citrone's hand must be revealed to the entire table.

"5,4, 3..." went the floor, and when the clock hit '1' Citrone splashed his chips within the middle, KGB-style. It was not the suitable decision.

Slade - A♦A♥Bayley - A♣K♣Citrone - Q♦Q♠

Both Bayley and Citrone needed help, however the 3♠2♣8♠3♦2♦ meant the pocket rockets held up. Both were eliminated, and Slade now sits with an excellent 112,000 stack. --JS

7.12pm: When a nasty board run out is a great board run outLevel 9 - Blinds 500-1,000 (100 ante)

Sometimes, when in the midst of a hand, you'll be able to curse the best way a board develops over the streets as you're thinking that your possibilities of winning the hand are diminishing. What should you were always behind though? That's when a nasty run out can prevent a number of chips.

A pile of chips sat in the course of the table and 3 players were still within the hand. The flop read 5♦4♦9♦ and John Linton was the primary to bet, for 8,200. Sebastian Malec was sat behind in position and called, whereas the third player check-folded from under the gun. The board ran out 5♥3♦ and both players checked it down.

Linton opened T♣T♠ and lost out to Malec's J♥J♦. A FEW low non diamond cards could've cost Linton much more than he lost. -- MC

7pm: Bust-out bonanzaLevel 9 - Blinds 500-1,000 (100 ante)

Here's just a few of the handfuls of bust-outs we've had during the last few levels:

Martins Adeniya, Richard Milner, Munaaf Ghumra, Oscar Antonio Romero Rodriguez, Barry Laen, Florin Calin, Danny Blair, Peter Petrov, Geoffrey Dartford, William Kassouf, Alin Rapoport, Carl Nordin, Alan Gurdeep S Dhillon, Steven Game, Raymond Caabay, David Penly, Adel Kabbani, Chuc Gia Khuu, Lars Isaksen, Dinh Doat Le, Peter Jaksland, Jeffrey Michael Kimber, Lucian Tartan, Alexandru Tibulca, Jerome Patrick O'Shea, Stefan Jansson, and Mark Oliver. --JS

6.56pm: Level upLevel 9 - Blinds 500-1,000, 100 (100 ante)

6.55pm: Karlsson drops back but still has a FortuneLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Abalsteinn Karlsson's stack has dropped to 103,000 after he doubled up Andrew Fortune.

The Icelander raised to 2,000 from early position and was called in two spots before Fortune squeezed to 5,200 from the cutoff. All three opponents called to the J♣T♥4♦ flop where Karlsson led out for 11,000. Two folds came before Fortune raised all in for 16,600. Karlsson called off the additional with Q♠J♠ for high pair but he was crushed by Fortune's T♣T♠ for a suite. The board ran out 3♠Q♣. -- MC

6.50pm: Felix Stephensen - great for the gameLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Felix Stephensen is a Norwegian poker legend. Not only because he finished 2nd within the 2014 WSOP Main Event for $5,147,911; not only because he's primary at the all-time Norway money list; but in addition because in November last year he won the primary ever legal poker tournament on Norwegian soil.

The Norwegian Championships of poker was an excessively big deal indeed, boosting the sport and promoting the skill element that's so often overlooked. By topping the large 1,974-player field, Stephensen proved that it's no coincidence the large names rise to the highest so often.

Adding $161,842 to his career winnings was good for Stephensen, but him winning the development was invaluable for Norwegian poker.

I just caught a hand between him and the present chip leader, Iceland's Adalsteinn Karlsson. Stephensen opened to 1,800 and it folded around to Karlsson within the big blind, who made the decision. The primary three community cards were the T♠K♦8♥, and it was checked to the raiser. Stephensen continued for 2,200 and Karlsson called another time. When the 3♦ fell at the turn, the similar thing happened again but this time Stephensen's 5,000 bet was enough to take down the pot. He's currently sitting with 57,000. --JS

6.30pm: Punsri as much as his old tricksLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Back in Level 1, Punnat Punsri eliminated the primary player of the day (Chris Da Silva), and he's been at it again to peer his stack rise to 120,000.

Around 5,500 lay in the course of the table as an A♠5♠K♣ flop appeared; Punsri was heads up with Alex Bounsall and led for 5,000 from the small blind. Punsri raised to 11,100 and Bounsall called to the 9♣ river where he shoved for 31,200. Punsri called and the cards were flipped up.

Bounsall: 6♠8♠ for a flush and straight draw.Punsri: K♠4♠ for a greater flush draw and a pair.

Bounsall thought he was drawing dead until a tablemate talked about a non-spade seven would do the job. The 3♦ river wasn't it and he hit the rail. -- MC

6.16pm: Cody waiting for a large weekend of sportLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody stopped by during dinner. He was very disappointed to bust, especially after just doubling up, but put it behind him and is asking forward to taking in the entire football, golf and boxing that's occurring over the weekend.

His exit hand saw him raise to 1,300 with ace-king and he picked up two callers before a 3rd player squeezed to 7,200. Cody jammed for 22,000 and his opponent called with pocket tens that held up. --MC

6.11pm: Biggest stacks within the tournament right nowLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Here's a run-down of the present special occasion 1C stacks:

Adalsteinn Karlsson - 157,000Antoine Saout - 112,000Mian Wei - 110,000Antonio German - 106,000Paul Campbell - 95,000Byynjar Bjarkason - 92,000Diego Gomez - 85,000Erasmo Marco Crespo - 80,000 --JS

6.05pm: After-dinner play beginsLevel 8 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Players are back from dinner break and Level 8 is set to kick off. --JS

4.55pm: Dinner timeLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

The players are on a 70-minute dinner break. -- MC

4.50pm: From high to lowLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

The PokerStars Live @Hippodrome room, situated at the top deck of the casino, only has a few tables left and they're going to soon be broken into the opposite room.

Some of the players, excluding Kelly Saxby, to bust from up there include: JP Kelly, Davide Magnan, Stephen Miles, Graham Murray, Kfir Ivgi, Erik Hemminghytt, Qixiang Jing, Douglas James Henshall, Dennis Henn, Vegard Andreassen, Nicholas Maimone, Miltiadis Kontis, Michael Doyle, Steffen Sontheimer, Rudoslaw Zajdel, Braz Borges and Ankit Ahuja. -- MC

4.33pm: Bad beat corner claims McCullochLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

Roll up, roll up - all bad beats listened to

If you've suffered a nasty beat today or simply need to moan about luck, the universe, or whatever, there is a place for you simply. head to the Cocktail Bar at the first floor of the casino and sense the table with the darkest mood.

Neil McCulloch (right of picture) was latest to enroll in the wake and his story was pretty brutal. His exit happened at the final hand of Level 6.

He raised the 400 big blind as much as 1,025 and was called in two spots before the villain on this story clicks it to 1,650. McCulloch comes back with a four-bet to 4,000 and only said villain calls. The fanned 9♠9♦3♣ and McCulloch led for 5,000. His opponent tanked after which moved all in. McCulloch snap called all in.

McCulloch opened pocket kings, way sooner than his opponent's T♠3♠ however the board came with running spades to crush him, only leaving him with a narrative to inform. -- MC

4.30pm: Double up for CodyLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

We haven't been capable of catch Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody in a hand for many of the day, but what lets see is that his stack was dwindling. However, he's just secured himself a far needed double to climb out of the immediate danger zone and back as much as 30 big blinds.

Marc Hunter min-opened at the button to 1,200 and Cody called out of the massive blind, taking us to the 2♠9♠T♣ flop. Cody checked it, allowing Hunter to place out a c-bet of 1,800. Jake then stacked up his remaining chips and moved all of them over the line, and Hunter quickly called the 7,000 or so more.

Cody had the flush draw with the 5♠6♠, and would have to hit to outlive against Hunter's T♠2♣ - a flopped two-pair with the Doyle Brunson. The turn was the 3♠ giving Cody the flush and the lead, which he'd hold onto when the A♦ completed the board.

Looks like Jake's going to be sticking around some time longer, as he now has 18,000. --JS

Jake Cody - repping the Golden State Warriors

4.17pm: Talented tableLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

We have a brand new contender for the 'table of death' title, and it's currently hosting Rainer Kempe (45,000), Diego Gomez (50,000), and latecomer here today Tom Hall (25,000). --JS

4.10pm: Blinds up - registration closedLevel 7 - Blinds 300-600 (75 ante)

We've moved into Level 7, and that suggests registration is bureaucratic closed for the primary Event. At this time it seems like we've had 642 total entrants over the 3 starting days, making a prize pool of £449,400. We'll have the official word on that soon though. --JS

4.07pm: The large stacksLevel 6 - Blinds 250-500 (50 ante)

We've got a large number of players in action at this time (260 of 335 on the time of writing) and the largest stack of all of them at the moment belongs to Iceland's Adalsteinn Karlsson, sitting with 133,000. It's possible you'll remember Karlsson from his 4th place finish at UKIPT5 Dublin in February, where he took home €56,470 for his efforts.

"I hope I WILL BE ABLE TO make another deep run!" he told the PokerStars Blog initially of the day. Well, he's certainly not off course so far.

Other big stacks presently include Aaron Lincoln with 89,000 and Chuc Gia Khuu with 85,000. There are dozens of players with 60,000 - 70,000 stacks, so it is just an issue of time before more players break during the 100,000 mark. --JS

Adalsteinn Karlsson leads right now

4pm: A cruel strategy to goLevel 6 - Blinds 250-500 (50 ante)

Gavin Keane and Matthias Mordhorst both had around 20,000 once they ended up all in preflop and the previous knew he was in terrible shape. His A♠K♠ was a significant dog to Keane's pocket aces and the Irishman was out of his seat and preparing to depart after a 6♣Q♣5♦ flop appeared in from of them. Poker generally is a cruel game now and then though and the T♦J♣ proved that. It's brought within the back door straight for Keane and it was Mordhorst's turn to rise (permanently) from his seat. -- MC

3.48pm: They goneLevel 6 - Blinds 250-500 (50 ante)

There's always next time, Jerome

More than 40 players have busted already here on Day 1C. Included within the unfortunate are: Brett Angell, Jerome Bradpiece, Brian Ryan, Gladys Long, Angel Perez De Petinto Imedia, George Hughes, Javier Zapatero, Eldad Korn, Asaf Turgeman, Jose Godin, Christopher Brown, Alexandros Papadopoulos, Sacha Brookes, Peter Flynn, Ben Winsor, Neophytos Neophytou, Jordan King, Gary Blackwood, Ovidiu Bara, Daks Kevin R Davis, Yue Tu, Anthony Marks, Rajesh Verma, Ian Otobo, Nick Bell, Marc Daubach, Christopher England, Najib Tahiri Hassani, Jorn Solem, Vamshi Vandanapu, Jim Van Hal, Mohammed Suhail and Fahir Han. -- MC

3.27pm: More on Saxby's exitLevel 6 - Blinds 250-500 (50 ante)

We bumped into Kelly Saxby at the break and she or he filled the blog in one of the crucial gaps on her bust out.

Before her exit hand she (annoyingly) got her stack in from the button with pocket aces, just for the small unaware of have aces in addition! Shortly after, she did have the ability to get her stack in with ace-jack and was called by an opponent holding pocket nines. Saxby managed to flop top two pair but unfortunately for her the third card was a nine, making her opponent a collection and she or he was drawing dead by the turn.

Saxby could be hanging about all weekend to play the side events. -- MC

2.25pm: Level upLevel 6 - Blinds 250-500 (50 ante)The players are back of their seats for an additional two levels after which they'll be a 60-minute dinner break.

3.05pm: Take a breakLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

Players and dealers have gone on a 20-minute break. --JS

2.53pm: WowLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

We've had 321 entries here on Day 1C - greater than Day 1A and Day 1B's fields combined! There's still yet one more level before registration is closed for the day, after which we'll have the ability to get some official numbers for you. --JS

2.50pm: O'Kearney and Saxby are goneLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

Both Dara O'Kearney and PokerStars Live on the Hippodrome ambassador Kelly Saxby suddenly have free afternoons to fill, as they've both been eliminated from the primary Event.

O'Kearney open shoved for 5,650 before John Watkin made the decision at the button. Antoine Saout then jammed excessive for 8,625, Watkin called and the cards were at their backs.

O'Kearney - 4♠4♣Watkin - A♥T♠Saout - K♣K♦

O'Kearney needed help but couldn't find any on the J♠6♣7♦3♠6♥ run-out, which saw Saout as regards to treble as much as around 21,000. Watkin had a tight stack previous to this hand, so remains relatively unscathed.

Meanwhile, I DID NOT catch Saxby's bust-out, but I did see her come to mention goodbye to the Hippodrome team before making her exit. Good game to both. --JS

2.40pm: Reeve Mcleaned upLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

It really sucks when you are short stacked, discover a pair to make a move with, just for an opponent to get up with aces behind. Daniel Reeve felt that pain just before.

He was in early position and slid his last 5,000 (or so) over the road with 6♠6♥. Leo McLean was within the cutoff with A♥A♣ and went into overkill by hitting quads on a A♣3♦9♦A♦9♣ board. He ,oved as much as 39,000. -- MC

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2.25pm: O'Kearney at the gurneyLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

It's been a coarse begin to the day for Dara O'Kearney, as you'll be able to see:

We just caught him pick up some chips though after he shoved over Antoine Saout's open. He's now sitting with around 7,000. --JS

2.20pm: Blinds and antes increaseLevel 5 - Blinds 200-400 (50 ante)

It's all gone up - we're now playing 200-400 with a running 50 ante. --JS

2.18pm: Sunar in preference to laterLevel 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)

UK poker legend Surindar Sunar has wasted no time in building his stack, having just picked up one more healthy pot.

It started with a hijack min-open to 600 from Adel Kabbani, before Sunar min-raised to 1,200 from the button. It folded back around to Kabbani and he made the call.

The dealer put out the 7♠T♦8♠ flop and Kabbani checked, allowing Sunar to continue for 1,400. Kabbani went nowhere, so we saw the 3♣ hit the turn. Again Kabbani checked, and this time the bet from Sunar was 2,500. There has been a pleasing pot within the middle now after Kabbani called again, and the action didn't change at the 5♠ river. Another check, and a big gamble of 6,900 from Sunar was then ok to get Kabbani to fold.

Sunar is as much as around 40,000 now. --JS

2.12pm: Saxby pays BaderLevel 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)

Kelly Saxby, who recently returned from a visit home to the States, is having difficulty in gaining traction today.

"Why didn't you come back up here once I had chips?" she asked.

Saxby has work to do

She had less by the point we left.

Martin Bader opened from the hijack and was called by Saxby (small blind) and the large blind. The flop fanned Q♥3♦6♣ and Bader continued for 650. Saxby check-called and commented, "THAT IS it Martin!"

Both players checked the 7♣ turn before the board completed with the A♥. "I got there," said Bader before he bet 500.

"I know you probably did but I'll call anyway," replied Saxby. Bader wasn't lying as he opened A♠2♦. Saxby mucked and dropped to around 7,000. -- MC

2pm: Splitting on the seamsLevel 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)

It's figuring out to be tricky to suit everyone in here on Day 1C at London's Hippodrome Casino. The clock says there are 270 entrants but we suspect that figure has passed the 300-mark by now. The players were spread across four different areas but a fifth is being utilised now - the Poker Deck where cash games can normally be found.

Up at the deck you'll discover PokerStars Live on the Hippodrome's Ambassador Kelly Saxby; double WSOP bracelet winner JP Kelly; two-time UKIPT Champion Duncan McLellan; Spanish star Vicente Delgado; poker legend Surinder Sunar and previous UKIPT London champion Brett Angell. -- MC

1.45pm: McLean takes a couple of hitsLevel 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)

Leo McLean's stack has taken a slight knock to this point today. In a hand I just caught, a player had opened to 700, which got callers in Leo and another opponent. The flop came all hearts - the Q♥6♥4♥, and the unique raiser continued for 700 again, which only Leo would call. That took us to the 8♣ turn, and now it was checked to Leo who bet 2,200. It turned out to be a minimum check-raise to 4,400 though, and McLean quickly let his hand go. He's slipped to 15,000, but with 50 big blinds he's in no rush. --JS

1.35pm: Play resumesLevel 4 - Blinds 150-300 (25 ante)

1.15pm: Break timeIt's the primary break of the day, so we'll be back in 20 minutes. --JS

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1.12pm: A FEW new arrivalsLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (25 ante)

Former 2009 November Niner and all-around live crusher Antoine Saout has taken a seat at the 'table of death' alongside Dara O'Kearney, Richard Milner and Adalsteinn Karlsson. The Frenchman has just shy of $4.4 million in live earnings, and currently sits 6th on France's all-time money list.

Elsewhere, Dan Stacey is now within the field. Stacey took down the UKIPT5 stop within the Isle of Man for £24,170, and can be trying to pick up his second title this weekend. --JS

1.07pm: Massive Day 1C fieldLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (25 ante)

The queue to snatch a seat on this tournament was just snaking out of the tournament room and into the bar, in order expected now we have a jumbo-field here on Day 1C.

Although the tournament boards are currently showing 143 players, the full amount of players within the field right is 290 consistent with Tournament Director Luca Vivaldi.

Players have until the tip of the extent 6 to register, so if you are deliberating playing get all the way down to the Hippodrome now! --JS

1:03pm: The king is dead, long live the kingLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (25 ante)

A new UKIPT London champion might be crowned after Rapinder Sheema, the Season 5 winner, bluffed off his stack in a battle of the blinds versus Wai Kiat Lae.

Lae led for 3,000 at the river of a 3♥4♣6♥6♣A♥ board before Sheema raised all in for around 8,000. Lae called with J♥7♥ for a flush beating out Sheema's Q♥5♠. The flop offered a large number of potential for Sheema's hand however the draws did not are available and his bluff was a case of bad timing. -- MC

No double for here Cheema

12.57pm: Van Nunes within the mixLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (25 ante)

After a brisk stroll over to at least one of the opposite tournament rooms I clocked Paul Vas Nunes amongst the action. If you are not accustomed to the talented pro, here is a run down of a few of his biggest accomplishments:

- 1st within the SCOOP $2,100 8-Max for $403,617- 2nd within the Estrellas Barcelona Main Event for $273,676- 1st within the Sunday Million for $233,944- 2nd within the $530 WCOOP for $218,732- 1st within the Sunday Warm Up for $116,370- 1st within the Sunday 500 for $71,010- A COMPLETE of $3,539,369 in live and online winnings

Quite a sick resume, I'm sure you'll agree. We'll keep an in depth eye on his progress today. --JS

Paul Vas Nunes in da house

12.48pm: Doke's going to win UKIPT6 London!Level 3 - Blinds 100-200 (ante 25)

Sometimes flattery gets you everything you need in life:

--MC

12.44pm: Spencer hits the rail earlyLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (ante 25)

Alex Spencer is a well-respected UK tournament grinder with $364,190 in live tournament cashes but he's didn't make the primary break today.

He was short and made his move with K♠2♠ and located a customer in Johannes De Hond and his T♥T♠. Spencer actually took the lead at the K♥6♠A♠ flop but De Hond made a suite because the board ran out T♣3♥. -- MC

12.35pm: A near-muck experienceLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (ante 25)

I just caught a captivating hand at the 'table of death' between Adalsteinn Karlsson and Rimantas Rusys that I ASSUMED was worth mentioning. There have been an open before Rusys put out a 3-bet, just for Karlsson to 4-bet to 2,200. The unique raiser folded, and Rusys almost did too as he hadn't spotted Karlsson's raise and went to present the dealer his cards. When he realised, he pulled his hand back after almost mucking it, and everybody on the table agreed it was a decent mistake. He then completed the bet and we went to a flop.

It came the 4♠6♠2♠ and Rusys led for 3,500 which got Karlsson to fold. To turn he wasn't angle-shooting, Rusys flipped over pocket kings before raking within the pot. --JS

12.29pm: Level upLevel 3 - Blinds 100-200 (25 ante)

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12.22pm: Not lucky to get drawn at Table 7Level 2 - Blinds 75-150

Table 7 has put itself forward to be nominated as an early contender for the "Table of Death" title.

The second player to bust today - Anthony Marks - used to name it home and passing by you'll also notice UK starlet Richard Milner; UKIPT5 fourth-place finisher Adalsteinn Karlsson and ultra runner/boss Dara O'Kearney.

Marks busted to George Hughes after calling all in at the river of a 4♣8♦4♠9♦6♥ board. Hughes opened K♥K♣ and Marks mucked before leaving the room in a haste. -- MC

12.10pm: First player out newsLevel 2 - Blinds 75-150

The first player to bust on Day 1C happened back in Level 1 and news has reached us of ways that happened.

Apparently, Chris Da Silva and Punnat Punsri tangled in a preflop raising war that saw Da Silver three-bet after which five-bet all in with ace-ten suited from the small blind. Punsri had opened from early position, four-bet after which called the shove holding a dominating ace-jack that held up. Some hand for the primary level of a deep-stacked tournament! -- MC

12.05pm: Cody returns to his lucky buildingLevel 2 - Blinds 75-150

There was a time period when Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody couldn't lose on this building. The person with greater than $4 million in live tournament winnings took down the first actual UKIPT Series event on this very room on the Hippodrome back in 2013, in addition to winning the coveted PokerStars media event here in the course of the EPT that year. He even cashed in both the UKIPT5 London Main Event and last year's UKIPT Series event too.

Well, he's back within the room here on Day 1C and we'll be following his progress closely within the day, so stick around to determine how he gets on. --JS

11.55am: Remembering Femi Fakinle

As well as being busy and exciting, today the UKIPT could also be a bit sad and reflective as we remember considered one of our own, Femi Fakinle.

Femi, who would have turned 32 today, was one of the most early stars at the tour and took down UKIPT Killarney in Season 1. His journey in this earth came to a sad end last year and everybody involved at the UKIPT has him, his young friends and family in our minds and our hearts today.

Fakinle showed an enormous amount of skill and heart as a player and by all accounts, the day he won in Killarney was a marvelous day. The Wexford man took home €63,400 for his win and out-lasted tour regulars Mike Hill and Peter Barrable from that final table en path to victory.

Read all about his win that day by clicking here. -- MC

11.45am: Blinds upLevel 2 - Blinds 75-150

That's one level within the books already! Eleven more to move. --JS

11.40am: A NUMBER OF THE notablesLevel 1 - Blinds 50-100

Players are arriving the entire time, but listed here are some of the faces we will be able to see within the field right now.

Leo McLean is here, without his famous yellow hoody covering his face. The Brit, who finished 3rd at EPT10 London for just shy of £250,000, is fresh off a large £83,500 live tournament score in February, and can be seeking to ride that wave of fine form to a lead to this event.

McLean's friend and UKIPT regular Richard Milner has cards in front of him right now, as do other stalwarts in this tour including Jerome Bradpiece, Dave Stonehouse and Ali Zihni.

Daiva 'BalticBlonde' Barauskaite, another UKIPT regular who has a scattering of cashes from stops-gone-by, might be seeking to continue the fashion set by the women here on Day 1B, who dominated the chip lead all day long. You'll be able to read more about 'ladies day' in our wrap up of Day 1B's action here. --JS

11.20am: Where am I sitting?Level 1 - Blinds 50-100

This is a matter being asked so much this morning. As we alluded to within the opening post, today is a hectic day. So busy, in fact, that four different rooms/areas are choked with tables in anticipation of the busiest starting flight.

One of the areas - the primary to damage thankfully - is the entire far more than the opposite side of the casino, and up the steps that transcend throughout the middle of the fantastic Helliot Steak House. The walk isn't a problem, getting back without stopping for a steak is! -- MC

11am: Shuffle up and dealLevel 1 - Blinds 50-100

Cards are within the air!

10.45am It's busy busy busy on Day 1C

Morning all! Entering the wonderful Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square this morning, there is a hustle and bustle in regards to the place which we have not seen to this point. We're poised for a large field here on Day 1C of UKIPT6 London, and there is going to be some big names in there too.

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody could be amongst the action today, as will last year's London winner Rapinder Cheema, tour regular Angelo Milioto, PokerStars Live on the Hippodrome's ambassador Kelly Saxby, and European Poker Awards nominee Rainer Kempe.

Dara O'Kearney and Patrick Clarke could be repping the Irish contingent, while Diego Gomez is flying the Spanish flag (via the united kingdom.) Lawrence Bayley, who finished 3rd within the High Roller on Wednesday night, can be taking his Main Event seat today.

All could be seeking to build a large stack that they may be able to take with them into tomorrow's Day 2 - that's currently led by Xizhe Yuan (286,400) and Irina Nikolaidi (277,900), our Day 1A and Day 1B end-of-play chip leaders.

It's certain to be an ideal day of action, so you'll want to keep hitting the refresh button for all of the latest . --JS

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Key UKIPT6 London Facts:

- 25,000 starting stack- Blinds starting at 50-100 for 250 big blinds- Levels are 45 minutes on Day 1 and they will be 12 of them. From Day 2 onwards levels increase to 60 minutes. - Day 1A and Day 1B are over. The sphere will then combine for the primary time on Saturday for Day 2. We'll reach the money through the 10 levels of play on Day 2 after which play right down to a last table, that allows you to happen on Sunday. - Full UKIPT6 London schedule here.- Other tournaments today include a £210 NL Holdem Turbo at 8.15pm.

PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT6 London: Marc Convey and Jack Stanton. Photos by Mickey May. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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