Geilich is the person to catch
Day 2 at the UKIPT are always essentially the most fun to hide. The action on Day ones can take a little time to get going as a result of small blinds or even stacks, whereas their disparity on Day 2 creates a number of action, and therefore, bust outs. Then there's the bubble; that usually happens on Day 2. And lastly is the race for the overall table. We do not always make it (like today) but knowing it's close piles the pressure at the players; decisions get tougher, and we love the content that provides.
Nine levels were played out today and at bagging up time, 22 remained. The player with the heaviest bag heading into the general day of the last ever UKIPT is Ludovic Geilich with 697,000. He's being chased by a large number of talented players as you'll find from this list:
| Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 697,000 | |
| David Clarkson | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 498,000 |
| David Wilkes | United Kingdom | 428,000 | |
| Nathan Manuel | USA | 369,000 | |
| Jake Cody | United Kingdom | Team PokerStars Pro | 368,000 |
| Krishna Nagaraju | India | 342,000 | |
| Jeremy Wray | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 320,000 |
| Timothy Chung | United Kingdom | 304,000 | |
| Teymour Sabet | United Kingdom | 281,000 | |
| Adam Owen | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 276,000 |
| Graham Parkin | United Kingdom | 262,000 | |
| Nathan Webb | United Kingdom | 250,000 | |
| Edward Jackson-Spivack | United Kingdom | 226,000 | |
| Jamie Bott | United Kingdom | 212,000 | |
| James Rann | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 210,000 |
| Ben Morrison | United Kingdom | 210,000 | |
| Ali Zihni | United Kingdom | 203,000 | |
| Tony Harman | United Kingdom | 192,000 | |
| Neil Raine | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 149,000 |
| Konrad Zalewski | Poland | 123,000 | |
| Dominic Kay | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 119,000 |
| Dillion Chua | Singapore | 88,000 |
So among the above players have expressed how much they would like to win this event as they'll be a reigning UKIPT forever more, the one one. Geilich is in pole position to win and could also be the one former winner left within the field, so he has multiple reasons to near it out. He's in great form too after having an ideal WCOOP series where he landed the largest score of his career - $462,182.17 - for winning Event #70, $21,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Max, High-Roller).Geilich spoke to the blog after he bagged up his monster stack, "It feels good. I WOULD LIKE to get Jake heads-up. I came back with 20K and chipped up with a cooler early after which went from there."
Cody had his game face on today, and it worked
Cody has this to mention on the end of the day, "Today went amazing, I BEGAN with 20k. I floated between 15-25 big blinds for the primary 1/2 the day after which in a single level I doubled up and won a large pot when a player tried to bluff me. I ACTUALLY really need to win it. It'd be the very best ending. I'd use my one time for this. I've never used it actually."
You won't find Mark McCluskey on that list, and also you won't find him at the payouts page either. That's because he was the unlucky bubble boy. When hand for hand play started he was the shortest stack within the room with just over seven big blinds, and likewise found himself within the big blind. After the big-stacked Adam Owen raised at the button and was called by the small blind, McCluskey looked down at A-J and squeezed all-in. Owen desired to get it heads up so he raised again and got the small ignorant of fold. He opened a live K-4 and spiked a four at the turn to burst the bubble straight away.
Other players who didn't make the money today were the PokerStars Live on the Hippodrome's Kerryjane Craigie, Kelly Saxby and Chris Gordon; Team PokerStars Pros Liv Boeree and Chris Moneymaker; WSOP Main Event finalist Griffin Benger, in conjunction with tour regulars Sam Grafton, Joe Hindry, Carl Harris, Louis Salter, Alex Spencer, Jonathan Rees, Jonathan Gill and Yucel "Mad Turk" Eminoglu.
Grafton (left) & Moneymaker (right) hit the rail today
Boeree made a preflop move with 5-6 suited but was taken out by Geilich and his A-K. Moneymaker busted in a three-way all-in, his K-T unable to overcome Caicai Huang (QQ) or Luke Marsh (A-K). Huang flopped a set, Marsh turned the nut straight, but Huang scooped after filling up at the river.
The final day will kick off at midday and we'll play right down to a last table of eight, pause for a fast picture, and continue until the last ever UKIPT champion is crowned. It promises to be an emotional day for all who've been a part of this amazing tour, and with a potentially star-studded final table to seem forward to, we are hoping to look it off in real style.
Goodnight from Genting Casino Star City, see you all tomorrow. --MC
9pm: Play concludesLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
No more players busted within the last four hands. Ludovic Geilich leads - a wrap of the day arising very soon. --MC
8:52pm: Final four handsLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
The clock have been paused and they will be four more hands before play is finished for the day. --NW
8:45pm: Harman gets paidLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
From under-the-gun Adam Owen limped in, Tony Harman followed suit, David Clarkson made up from the small blind and Ludovic Geilich checked his option. At the 3♣5♠A♥ flop Owen c-bet 9,000 and only Harman called.
The 7♣ fell at the turn and Owen check-called a gamble of 16,000 and the 3♦ rounded off the board. Again Owen checked and again Harman bet. This time the cost was 27,000 and Owen tanked for over a minute before calling. Harman showed A♠J♠ and it was good. --NW
8:35pm: It is all gone quietLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Not much significant action to report, with most three-bets going uncalled and any that do failing to spiral into big pots and even get to showdown. 22 players left and there is a similar collection of minutes left within the level. --NW
8:25pm: Morrison doubles through OwenLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
From the cutoff Ben Morrison moved his stack of 71,000 around the line and seconds later a large red 'all-in triangle' landed next to it. It gave the impression of he'd pick up the blinds and antes until Adam Owen asked for a count. It is advisable see Owen's mental cogs turning over this borderline decision, his face expressing that he didn't love life but he had a hand that he suspected was doing ok against the hands Morrison would shove here. Call was his ultimate decision and it was time for showdown.
Owen: A♣8♣Morrison: A♦K♠
Morrison had him dominated and only improved because the board came 9♣3♠2♦K♦K♥. He doubles to around 150,000 while Owen still has chunks, around 530,000 to be precise. --NW
8:15pm: Cowboys send Straghalis to the railLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Chris Straghalis is without doubt one of the few players who genuinely appear to enjoy every moment on the poker table. Perhaps that's because it is very much a hobby for the PokerStars employee but he's been smiling the entire day despite being almost permanently short stack. Sadly he was filling in a kind by the payouts desk indicating his tournament had come to an end.
"I never got any chips, I USED TO BE never above average but it surely was great fun," he told the PokerStars Blog. "SUCH A LOT play, this type of fun event to play, but if Ludo hits what you gonna do?"
He's having fun, honest!
He was relating to Ludovic Geilich, the Scotsman was in earshot and rotated to listen. "I raised to 13,500 with pocket kings, Ludo three-bets to 35,000 with A-Qo, I went all-in for 109,000 and Ludo called."
At this point Geilich offered his tackle the hand. "That's why I tanked see you later before three-betting," he explained. "I DO KNOW if I three-bet I HAVE to name it off but I AM NOT going to love it. I DO KNOW I'm behind and i am hoping you have got tens or jacks."
An ace at the flop means Geilich is as much as 700,000 and Straghalis is off to play the Win the Button tournament. "I got to cash the last ever UKIPT that's great, but man I NEEDED to final table it," said Straghalis as he headed off. --NW
8:12pm: UKIPT6 London Champion departsLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Ludovic Geilich is now the one player left in that may become a double UKIPT champion after the elimination of Usman Siddique.
The UKIPT6 London champion three-bet all-in for 126,000 after Edward Jackson-Spivack had opened to 12,500. The latter tank-called.
Jackson-Spivack: T♦T♣Siddique: 8♣8♦
The board ran 9♠J♣7♥3♠J♦ to look the tens hold.
After a countdown of the stacks, Siddique was left with just three antes. He busted the very next hand. --MC
8pm: Final three tablesLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Here's how the general three tables line up:
| 1 | Edward Jackson-Spivack | Jamie Bott | Adam Owen |
| 2 | James Rann | Teymour Sabet | Krishna Nagaraju |
| 3 | Usman Siddique | David Wilkes | Tony Harman |
| 4 | Konrad Zalewski | Nathan Webb | Dominic Kay |
| 5 | Timothy Chung | Nathan Manuel | Ben Morrison |
| 6 | Jake Cody | Ali Zihni | Chris Straghalis |
| 7 | Neil Raine | Jeremy Wray | David Clarkson |
| 8 | Dillion Chua | Graham Parkin | Ludovic Geilich |
7:45pm: Webb doubles againLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
It's a easy game while you keep winning flips and two in a row have boosted Nathan Webb to 400,000.
He'd moved table by the point this hand occurred, he opened the button to 21,500, Ali Zihni three-bet to 63,500 from the small blind, Webb moved all-in for 189,000 total and Zihni called.
Zihni: J♥J♠Webb: A♥K♣
A king at the flop gave Webb the lead and the turn and river both bricked for Zihni and he drops to around 50,000. --NW
7:42pm: UKIPT memories in briefLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
Time to listen to from a couple of people who've been connected with the UKIPT over its six years in existence.
Team PokerStars Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo, "Best memory of UKIPT was the primary time it was hung on the Isle of Man. I STOPPED up doing rather well and feeling the support of the 'home crowd' as a result of the entire PokerStars employees, but additionally Isai and Mark Scheinberg who were there for the overall table."
Fatima playing UKIPT Isle of Man
Two-time champion Joeri Zandvliet, "For me, the UKIPT's were super fun trips to head on with a bunch of friends, a visit to truly look ahead to for plenty of reasons. Visiting a brand new city, meeting fun locals and poker players from everywhere in the world, super professional and friendly staff: all in all great events that came all the way down to a lot more than simply playing poker. With the ability to qualify online affordably, really made it a tour with a distinct mixture of players. A tour without an excessive amount of seriousness within the game, like headphones, tanking, verbal abuse, arrogance, but only a place for professionals, recreational players, locals and travellers from distant to come back down and feature fun!
"I can't really say one specific memory stands proud. Obviously the wins were really cool and a good way to be informed about life as a tender adult, and a few of the nights out on tour were memorable. But what stands proud for me is the really cool atmosphere while you were around a UKIPT event. I'll miss it!"
Season one Player of the Year Chris Brammer, "Dean Lyall knocking back double vodka red bulls at UKIPT Manchester final table, lol."
7:25pm: Rinkevicius shown the Wray to the door by ZihniLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
"Good luck everybody!" said Deivis Rinkevicius after he busted to Ali Zihni. It was the former hand that was the true damage to the Lithuanian's stack.
He had opened to 11,000 from under the gun and called after Jeremy Wray three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind. The flop fell 9♦T♠Q♥ and Wray moved all-in for 116,000. Rinkevicius tanked for some time before asking his opponent if he'd like a call.
Wray said he really didn't mind, as though he was called and busted he could always go home and watch the britain game on Match of the Day. Rinkevicius said that he could do this to and made the decision with K♣Q♣. Wray opened A♣A♠ and survived the 4♠T♣ turn and river.
That left Rinkevicius with crumbs and he was all-in within the big blind the following hand. Zihni raised to 20,000 and nobody else was interested.
Rinkevicius: 6♠2♥Zihni: T♣T♠
The board ran 6♣5♦T♥9♠Q♠ to settle matters. --MC
7:20pm: Webb doubles through JonesLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
From early position Teymour Sabet opened to 12,000 just for Nathan Webb to jam for 63,500. Richard Jones seemed interested, he got a count after which re-raised all-in for around 75,000 total. That forced Sabet off the hand and it was time for showdown:
Jones: 9♦9♠Webb: K♣Q♠
A J♦4♠7♦Q♣2♣ run out doubled Webb and left Jones very short. He was out soon afterwards. -NW
7:07pm: Owen's got the axe out againLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
There's no stopping Adam Owen nowadays. He burst the bubble before the break and now he's looked after Patrice Brandt in 31st place post break.
The Brit, who came third within the recent EPT Barcelona Main Event, opened to 11,000 from under the gun before Krishna Nagaraju three-bet to 26,000 from the following seat. The action folded around to Brandt within the big blind who shipped all-in for 146,500. Owen took a glance at Nagaraju's 260,000 chips he had back and moved all-in in addition. Nagaraju open-folded T♠T♣.
Brandt: J♣J♠Owen: Q♠Q♣
The board ran 3♦K♥5♠4♦A♣ to enhance neither player. Owen's stack grew to around 545,000. --MC
6:55 pm: Magnificent dozen for CodyLevel 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
He battled a brief stack for far of the day but Jake Cody now has a large number of chips and a 12th UKIPT Main Event cash. That attracts him level with Thomas Ward on the top of the all time list. Can he put the cherry at the cake with a win? --NW
6:41pm: Last break of the dayLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
The players are taking a 15-minute break before the last two levels of the day play out. --MC
6:40pm: Mark McCluskey bubbles UKIPT BirminghamLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Well, that was quick! The bubble burst at the first actual hand of hand for hand play, and the shortest stack within the field - owned by Mark McCluskey - was the only to go.
Adam Owen open-raised to 10,000 from the button and was called by the small blind before McCluskey squeezed all-in for 31,000 from the large blind. Owen then successfully raised agin to isolate.
McCluskey: A♥J♣Owen: K♦4♦
The board ran 9♥3♥T♣4♠8♦ to pair Owen's four.
Owen (left) eliminating McCluskey (right)
All 31 players left in are actually guaranteed £1,460. --MC
6:35pm: Bubble timeLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
We're at the pure bubble here in Birmingham.
Florian-Dimitrie Duta exited in 34th, he three-bet all-in for 63,900 from the massive blind with pocket threes and Jake Cody, who'd raised from the button with A♥6♠ got a count after which called. A A♠K♦Q♥Q♠A♣ run out saw Cody climb to around 330,000.
Shortly afterwards an identical situation occurred one table over. Jamie Bott opened pocket queens at the button, Robert Shiell shoved for roughly 50,000 and Bott called. A 3♠3♣7♦J♠T♠ board kept Bott in front and it's bubble time for the last time at the UKIPT. --NW
6:27pm: Eccleshall just misses outLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Simon Eccleshall knew he'd backed himself right into a corner but made a decision all-in saying he hoped that he was in a race. He wasn't and he busted.
He was under the gun and open raised to 16,000. Adam Owen installed a large raise from late position, which he said was effectively an all-in move. Eccleshall tanked before calling off the 54,000 he had behind.
Eccleshall: 3♣3♦Owen: T♠T♣
The board ran J♣4♣9♣2♥A♣ to make both players a flush. Eccleshall's was no good and he went in 36th place. --MC
6:10pm: You guysLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
"They've got a large number of history," whispered Chris Straghalis to me a secure distance from the table as Dillion Chua tanked over an overly big decision that he faced. He'd bet 21,000 at the river of a J♥T♠4♠4♣7♦ board just for Krishna Nagaraju to boost all-in. Chua had about 105,000 back and Nagaruju covered him.
"Chua raised, pre-flop, bet the flop and checked the turn," Straghalis told me because the tank continued. "Will you show if I fold?" asked Chua to Nagaraju. No response was forthcoming. A SHORT WHILE later Chua folded aces face-up and Nagaraju showed pocket jacks as he took the pot. "You guys," said Straghalis because the players took their seats for the following hand. --NW
6:10pm: Five off the moneyLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
The bubble is definitely and really in sight now because the eliminations of Brian Frecnh, Junqiu Li, Gareth James and James Kerrane mean just 36 players remain. --NW
6:05pm: End of the street for JaroszLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Pawel Jarosz was super short and put his stack in on a flop with some back door outs, but they did not come in.
A J♦7♠2♦ flop was out and 4 players (or three in case your name is David Clarkson) were still involved. Clarkson led for 7,500 from the small blind before Jarosz moved all-in for 10,000 from the large blind. Konrad Zalewski was under the gun and raised to 25,000 which was enough to fold out David Wilkes (UTG+1) and Calsrson, who said, "Thought we were three-handed - that's annoying!"
Jarosz: Q♥T♦Zalewski: K♥K♦
The board ran out 4♣A♠. --MC
5:45pm: 10 off the moneyLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
The final 42 players are spread across five tables but sadly for fans of Deborah Worley-Roberts, Eleanor Gudger, Ryan Hassett, Noel Broadbent, Jen-Yue Chiang, Yew Kah Ooi, Arron Fletcher, Smit Trivedi and Breixo Pena they are not among them as they've all been recently knocked out. --NW
5:40pm: Ludo crushing; Hindry bustsLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Ludovic Geilich has become the primary player (so far as we will see) to pass the half 1,000,000 mark after he rivered a straight in a hand versus Joe Hindry, and got paid.
He opened to 7,000 from the hijack and Hindry defended his big blind before both checked the 7♠5♣8♠ flop. The turn was the T♥ and Geilich's delayed 9,000 c-bet was check-called by Hindry. The board completed with the J♦ and Hindry checked to stand a 30,000 bet. He tank-called and mucked upon seeing the Scot's 9♠7♥ for a straight to drop to fewer than 40,000.
Edit: Hindry busted soon after.-- MC
Hindry looked sad after he called and saw the bad news
5:30pm: Gordon gobbled up by the riverLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
A double KO spells excellent news for those still within the tournament, but bad news for Chris Gordon and Mark Wagstaff, who were both eliminated by Graham Parkin.
Wagstaff was the primary to to move, shoving for 40,000 with Q♣J♠, Parkin called with A♥Q♥ and Gordon, who had about 35,000 left, called all-in with pocket kings.
A 3♥7♦T♣ flop kept the kings within the front, the 7♣ turn was a brick however the A♠ river gave the pot to Parkin. --NW
5:25pm: One Team Pro up, one downedLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Polarizing fortunes for the Team PokerStars Pros post break. As we briefly mentioned, Liv Boeree has hit the rail while Jake Cody had doubled up twice.
Boeree fell to Ludovic Geilich who has a stack approaching 450,000. He told the blog that he'd been three-betting her quite a bit and her exit hand was her creating a stand. The issue was that Geilich had a hand he, "Didn't even wish to get a count before calling!" in step with table mate Timothy Chung.
She opened to 7,000 from the cutoff before Geilich three-bet to 22,500 from the button. Boeree jammed for over a 100,000 with 5♥6♥ and Geilich called with A-K. Boeree tunred a flush draw but couldn't get there at the river.
Cody's gotten his stack as much as 160,000 after doubling twice. The second one double was way to a holding of pocket kings. He said the chips went in on a the turn of an eight high board. -- MC
Cody the last Team Pro still in
5:15pm: Raine gives one upLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Interesting hand this one. Neil Raine opened to 6,400 from the cutoff, James Rann smooth called from the button and Usman Siddique installed the additional from the massive blind. At the A♣6♥7♦ flop Raine bet 8,300 and Siddique was the one caller. The 5♥ turn checked through and the T♥ completed the board and put a possible flush on board.
"All-in," announced Siddique and Raine wanted a count. It was 44,600 and he gave it an even think before flashing the A♥ as he folded. He's still well stacked though, while Siddique is as much as around 85,000. --NW
5pm: GoneLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
John Littler, Barry Stansbie, Ben Jackson, Athir Ali and Liv Boeree are some of the level 14 fallers. We'll try to get details of her exit hand ASAP. --NW
4:55pm: UKIPT Memories, a letter from two-time champion Nick Abou RiskLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Unlike our big sibling (the EPT), the UKIPT did not have an issue finding a double champion; in reality we've had four of them - Joeri Zandvliet, Duncan McLellan, Wojtek Barzanty and Nick Abou Risk. Unfortunately none of them are here this week however the latter of those penned a letter we need to share:
"While I HAVE NOT really played the UKIPT over the past few years, I USED TO BE quite saddened to listen to that it's coming to an end. Admittedly, most of my nostalgia is reserved for retro games but I'll now always keep a spot in my heart for the UKIPT as well.
Nick (right) battling heads up for the UKIPT1 Edinburgh crown
"There has been such a lot of people through the years who've made my - and surely many others' - experiences on the UKIPT events incredibly special.
"Thank you to these excited about the web organization; you enabled me to bump into cheap satellites to play my first event - all while sitting in my proverbial boxers!
"Thank you to the entire dealers, floor staff, tournament directors, and cashiers. You were all incredibly professional and personable. Just deliberating your many smiles through the years makes me very happy!
"Thank you to the entire bloggers, photographers, and television crew, and commentators. You all do amazing jobs along with your incredibly hard work, long hours, and a focus to detail. Oh, and *amazing* puns!
"Thank you to all the marketers, promoters, and organizers. The expansion of the tour really speaks for itself. Also, you throw great parties and party greatly!
"Finally, thanks to all the amazing people and players that I met at all of the stops (and pubs!) along the way in which. I'm very grateful that I USED TO BE capable of become friendly, and make friends, with such a lot of of you and to continue strengthening relationships with existing friends. Your energy, love for the game, and willingness to easily rejoice made all the atmosphere and experience like none other.
Thanks for the nice craic, y'all! You may be missed.
Sincerely, Nick"
4:40pm: Raine brings the painLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Neil Raine is as much as 290,000 after eliminating Xiaoyang Luo in a large pot. It was a button versus big blind encounter with Raine in position opening, Luo three-betting to 18,700 and Raine calling. At the J♠4♠A♦ flop Luo bet 15,000 and Raine smooth called. At the 8♠ turn Luo fired another salvo, this time 28,000 was the associated fee. Raine paused a couple of beats before he moved all-in and Luo did likewise before calling all-in for around 80,000 total.
Raine: A♥J♣Luo: A♠K♥
Luo had flush and pair outs but missed the lot at the 4♣ river. --NW
4:32pm: Top ten countsLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
The players are back of their seats for level 14, below are the highest ten counts. For a whole list, click here.
| Florian-Dimitrie Duta | Romania | 450,000 | |
| David Wilkes | United Kingdom | 305,000 | |
| Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 290,000 | |
| Nathan Manuel | USA | 186,000 | |
| Neil Raine | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 170,000 |
| James Rann | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 167,000 |
| Bartosz Wegrzyn | Poland | 160,000 | |
| Caicai Huang | China | 160,000 | |
| Teymour Sabet | United Kingdom | 150,000 | |
| Martin Olali | Ireland | 137,000 |
4:16pm: Break timeLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
The buzzer has sounded, it is time to take a break. --NW
4:15pm: An Angell fallsLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
We're one UKIPT champion lighter on this tournament as Brett Angell was just eliminated by Florian-Dimitrie Duta. The action folded to the button and, with two short stacks behind, Duta open shoved. Angell was quick to slip his 12 big blind stack around the line and the large blind folded.
Duta: A♦5♣Angell: A♥9♦
The 5♠K♣Q♠ flop was bad news for Angell and it didn't get any better at the 7♥ turn or T♠ river. Duta is as much as 250,000 because of this. -- NW
4:10pm: Close but no cigar for...Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
There are 65 players remaining in most cases Event, the next aren't amongst them: John Bradley, Daniel Stanway, Nicholas Bass, Louis Salter, David Docherty, Peter Vu, Christopher Stafford-Nelson, Arkadiusz Kowalczyk, Bobby Zhang, Mian Wei, Romaine Morin, Osman Mustanoglu, Yucel Eminoglu, Ian Otobo, Connor Ross, Sanjay Patel, Erik van den Berg, Steven Game and Luke Marsh. --MC
They'll be no third final table for Docherty
3:57pm: Four-betting FTWLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Neil Raine's stack has grown to 168,000 after a chilly four-bet worked out okay for him.
James Rann opened to 5,000 from under the gun and the action folded all of the way around to Day 1A chip leader Breixo Pena within the small blind, who three-bet to 15,000. Raine was within the big blind and tanked before four-betting to 31,000. Rann made a rapid fold and the Spaniard called to peer a 6♥T♣T♠ flop. Raine continued for 24,000 and Pena snap mucked to drop to 140,000. -- MC
3:50pm: Grafton goneLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Sam Grafton was perched near the high roller tournament having a talk with Griffin Benger. A sure sign he'd exited the principle Event. He was happy to tell us of his exit and explained it in his usual enigmatic style. He started the hand with 27 big blinds. "I opened in trap one with pocket queens and Dave (Wilkes) a wonderful guy from Kenilworth, who lives in Marbella, three-bet me in a few quarter of a second. It folds back to me and that i call.
"The flop was jack high, he snap shoves and is the happiest looking man within the world, he isn't stressed within the slightest and appears very confident that he has the most productive hand. I take long enough to let the table know I AM NOT particularly happy about calling off, but call and he's got the aces and that is the reason all she wrote." --NW
3:40pm: Siddique survivesLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
It folded to Usman Siddique, who was within the small bind, and the UKIPT6 London champion shoved all-in for 33,100 total. Mian Wei, who had the same stack, eyed up the bet after which decided to call.
Siddique: K♠8♠Wei: 5♦5♣
The board ran Q♥2♦T♠Q♦K♣ to double Siddique to around 68,000. When the stacks were counted down Wei was left with just 200 and was eliminated at the next hand. --NW
Siddique hanging in there
3:32pm: Tough table just got slightly easierLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Steve Warburton has departed from table six to make things a bit easier for anyone who's unfortunate enough to be sat there. It took a nasty beat to do away with him though. Ludovic Geilich did the wear and tear and recounted the hand for the bog.
It happened within the last moments of level 12 when the massive blind was 2,000. Warburton opened to 4,500 from second position after which four-bet all-in for 52,000 after Geilich three-bet to 14,000 from the small blind. The Scot called with pocket sevens, dominated by Warburton's queens, however the window card was a seven and that was all she wrote for Warburton. --MC
3:20pm: Raise the blinds (and the clock)Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
We're into level 13 in Birmingham and that means, in addition to the blinds rising, the length of the degrees have also shifted upwards. Each level will now last 60 minutes versus the 45 minutes of the former dozen levels. --NW
3:15pm: Moneymaker departsLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
We didn't catch Chris Moneymaker's exit live but Sam Grafton became a part-time blogger to fill us in at the details. The pertinent details are that Moneymaker shoved for 10 big blinds from under-the-gun with K-10, Caicai Huang flat called with pocket queens, Luke Marsh then re-shoved with ace-king and when it folded back to Huang she called.
No money made today
A Q-J-6 flop (with two diamonds) made Huang top set, gave Moneymaker an open-ended straight draw and Marsh a gutshot. The T♦ turn put Marsh within the lead with the nut straight but a jack at the river made Huang a full-house. She eliminated both players and is as much as 205,000. --NW
3:07pm: Benger bustedLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
What a terrible year Shark Cage winner Griffin Benger is having. He wasn't allowed to complete off some tournament within the desert over the summer, and now he's busted UKIPT Birmingham before the money.
Peter Vu raised to 5,000 from the hijack before Benger three-bet all-in for 33,700 from the following seat. PokerStars' Teymour Sabet asked for a count within the small blind, then called, which was enough to scare off Vu.
Sabet: Q♦Q♣Benger: 7♠7♦
The board ran T♠8♦4♣5♠5♥ to overlook both players.
Benger immediately went and registered for the High Roller tournament that's running alongside the primary Event. --MC
2:50pm: Tough crowdLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Table six has a fair shout at being the hardest table within the room. It contains an EPT winner (Liv Boeree) an EPT runner-up (Steve Warburton) and EPT finalist/UKIPT champion (Ludovic Geilich) and a Genting tour winner (Tim Chung).
The latter was busy getting a massage however it didn't stop him raising to 4,000 from the button. Steve Warburton stuck in a three-bet from the small blind and it got the job done. --NW
2:46pm: Tommy and others taken outLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Tommy Taban called for a jack nevertheless it never came and he was shown the door. He was all the way down to around 32,000 when he made his move from under the gun. Ryan Hassett was sat a few seats along and made the call.
Taban: K♦J♣Hassett: A♠K♣
The board ran 2♠6♣A♦3♣A♥ to make Hassett trips. He moved as much as 96,000.
Taban joined the next at the rail: Carl Harris, John Ventre, Ronit Chamani, Alex Spencer, Majid Iqbal, Joseph Pritchard, Ben Farrell, Richie Lawlor, Christopher Weatherall, Samy Salah, Tomasz Maciorowski, Joseph Lalor and Mark Frith. --MC
2:32pm: Chips ahoy!Level 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
As level 12 gets underway these are the highest 10 stacks within the room.
| Florian-Dimitrie Duta | Romania | 230,000 | |
| Liv Boeree | United Kingdom | Team PokerStars Pro | 190,500 |
| David Wilkes | United Kingdom | 180,000 | |
| Javier Zarco Sanchez | Spain | 157,000 | |
| Nathan Webb | United Kingdom | 130,000 | |
| Claudio Renzo Cambianica | United Kingdom | 127,800 | |
| Adam Owen | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | 122,000 |
| Breixo Pena | Spain | 119,400 | |
| Xiaoyang Luo | United Kingdom | 115,000 | |
| Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 111,500 |
2:16pm: Break timeLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
First 15-minute break for one and all.
2:10pm: Siddique shovesLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
UKIPT6 London champion Usman Siddique got off to a super start but has since been pegged back. Breixo Pena, who was the Day 1A chip leader, opened to 3,600, he was flat called and Siddique then shoved for 36,800 total. He got it through and stacked up some much needed chips. --NW
2:14pm: UKIPT memories, with Rick DaceyLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
For the primary three and a little seasons of the UKIPT Rick Dacey was part of the live reporting team. He played an important role in shaping the tone of the blog and witnessed numerous memorable moments during his tenure. Nowadays you'll discover him within the PokerStars office at the Isle of Man where he has an entire time role as a company Writer. Rick kindly dropped us a line to share his favourite UKIPT memory:
"The UKIPT was fantastic breeding ground for up and coming poker talent - in addition to a great spot for all players, dabblers, enthusiasts and I'll-have-a-go-at-that-poker-thing'ers to meet, play and laugh into the early hours.
"I've got many fond memories of the folk and places, but my standout memory remains Richard Evans' win. A friendly and humble guy, that you must tell that the win meant the arena to him, and the raw emotion was contagious. I still get a small lump in my throat excited about it now. I've obviously got soppy in my dotage.
"Best wishes to all that play on this last UKIPT - and that extra bit of run good to anyone that took the day trip to conform to an interview, help fill in on something that we reporters missed or just played the sport within the correct spirit. May your hero calls be correct and your light jams breeze through."
It's okay Rick, PokerStars Festivals are on their way!
2pm: Chiang almost triples as Gillon departsLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Jen-Yue Chiang found a ravishing spot to get his 23,000 chips in, and he won the pot, eliminating Colin Gillon within the process. We aren't sure exactly how, but all of the chips went in preflop. Gillon was all-in from cutoff, Chiang from the massive blind and James Kerrane was involved from the small blind.
Gillon: A♣6♠Kerrane: 8♣8♦Chiang: A♥K♣
The board ran 9♠Q♠A♦7♥2♠ to send all of the chips Chiang's way. Gillon wished everyone luck before departing, and Kerrane was left with around 40,000. --MC
1:50pm: Selected chip countsLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Here's how one of the vital big stacks, names and notables have become on:
David Wilkes - 160,000Nathan Webb - 142,000David Clarkson - 130,000Steve Warburton - 127,000Breixo Pena - 116,000Teymour Sabet - 110,000Ludovic Geilich - 99,000Adam Owen - 90,000Caicai Huang - 82,000Deborah Worley-Roberts - 72,000Usman Siddique - 67,000Ben Jackson - 66,000Ben Morrison - 63,000Eleanor Gudger - 62,000Chris Gordon - 61,000Yucel Eminoglu - 53,000Dominic Kay - 53,000Jeremey Wray - 53,000Sam Grafton - 49,700Louis Salter - 48,200Joe Hindry - 48,000Brett Angell - 44,000Tim Chung - 40,000Richard Jones - 37,000Jake Cody - 34,900David Docherty - 33,000Mark McCluskey - 33,000Ali Zihni - 29,000Chris Straghalis - 19,000
Keep an eye fixed at the chip counts page for updates inside the day. --NW
1:40pm: Check you laterLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
It's always the way in which early on Day 2, they simply can not seem to bust quick enough. There's always the Birmingham Cup to leap into (it's underway at the lower floor) for: Joseph Johnson, Javier Zarco Sanchez, Ishbel Leedy, Dariusz Fistek, Paul Brown, Jonathan Gill, Matthew Pierre, Parham Ahoor, Terence Etim and Hasan Shahid. -- MC
1:28pm: Where you from mate?Level 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Thanks to UKIPT Media coordinator Jen Mason for breaking down where some of these fine players hail from. I BELIEVE she likes her stats to be accurate! --MC
| United Kingdom | 177 | 72.54098361 |
| Ireland | 10 | 4.098360656 |
| Poland | 8 | 3.278688525 |
| USA | 7 | 2.868852459 |
| Spain | 6 | 2.459016393 |
| France | 5 | 2.049180328 |
| China | 4 | 1.639344262 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1.639344262 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1.229508197 |
| Canada | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| India | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| Japan | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0.819672131 |
| Australia | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Germany | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Romania | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Russia | 1 | 0.409836066 |
| Grand Total | 244 |
1:18pm: Benger bails as Brandt trips up ZalewskiLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Three-way action over on table 8 featuring WSOP finalist Griffin Benger, albeit in a supporting role.
Konrad Zalewski opened the pot with a raise from the hijack, picking up calls from Benger (button) and Patrice Brandt (big blind). The flop fanned K♦9♣K♥ and the action was checked around to Benger who bet 3,100. Brandt called but Zalewski check-raised to 9,200. Benger made a rapid fold before Brandt tank called. Not more chips made it into the center because the T♣A♣ turn and river were checked through. Brandt opened K♣J♠ and Zalewski mucked.
Zalewski - 84,000Benger - 82,000Brandt - 77,000--MC
1:05pm: Good start for Team ProLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
There were three members of Team PokerStars Pro in action initially of Day 2 and midway throughout the second level of the day all three still retain an interest on this tournament. Leading the charge is Liv Boeree. She started the day with 57,100 but has all but tripled that and sits with an excessively healthy stack of 165,000.
Barnstorming start for Boeree
Chris Moneymaker was best placed of the 3 at first of play and he's carried on where he left of by turning his stack of 63,100 into about 90,000. Jake Cody was short on chips originally of play and while that's still the case, he has turned his 21,000 into 29,000 in the course of the opening hour of play. --NW
12:58pm: Neil raining chipsLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
It's tough to get Neil Raine off top pair. Anthony Kennedy just found that out the pricy way.
He opened from the cutoff and was only called by Raine within the small blind. The board rolled out as 3♥6♣A♣T♠6♠ with Raine checking each street to stand bets of 3,400, 5,700 and 8,500. He called every bet with A♠9♠, beating out Kennedy's K♦J♥. Raine moved as much as around 85,000. --MC
12:47pm: First level of the day fallersLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
There were 27 eliminations in the course of the opening level, in addition to those we caught live we will let you know that: David Gallagher, KerryJane Craigie, Martin Zoeller, John Kitchen, Joe Brindle, Dariusz Fistek, Mudasser Hussain, Brandon Sheils, Viesturs Baumanis, Michael Jones, Michael Kane, Stephen Pearce, Joel Beverley and Chao Xia also are out. --NW
Deb's delivering the kiss of death
12:40pm: Moneymaker wins the Grafton lotteryLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
If he wants a quiet life David Wilkes will need to beg steal or borrow some headphones. He's sandwiched inbetween Sam Grafton and Chris Moneymaker on table one that( won't break all day).
To be fair it's pretty great things if he does need to take heed to the Moneymaker and Grafton show because the two are discussing the worldwide Poker League. Moneymaker is the Team Captain of the Las Vegas Moneymakers while Grafton provides commentary at the matches for the GPL on Twitch.
The two were discussing's Grafton's role and a few of the precise issues faced when commentating at the matches. The entire players having microphones and trying to not talk over them was the problem handy once we last stopped by. --NW
12:35pm: Make Gordon's a doubleLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Chris Gordon was considered one of 24 players who punched their ticket to Day 2 via the Day 1C turbo flight. He started the day with just 13,300 but has found a double. "Jacks against ace-queen, pretty standard," he told the PokerStars Blog. --NW
12:32pm: UKIPT memories, with David DochertyLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Time for a memory from probably the most tour's regulars, and one of the vital nicest people it is advisable to hope to fulfill. Over to you David Docherty:
"I've been playing live tournament poker for nearly a decade now and no tour has seen me take part in its events greater than the UKIPT.
"Birmingham by my calculations marks my 26th Main Event and despite a slow start, I did finally end up with some great poker-related memories from the tour. I made it to 2 Main Event final tables and one High Roller final table over time and on each of these finals, I played with no less than one player who already was or has gone directly to become among the best poker players the united kingdom has ever produced. I DID NOT realise it on the time, but just attending to battle on final tables with Max Silver, Jack Salter, Jake Cody and the legendary Devilfish are memories I'll treasure for a very long time to come, although the effects weren't always what I wanted.
"Despite those experiences, I'd still say my most treasured memories from the UKIPT have come from the friendships I've forged as a right away results of it existing.
"I met some people through seasons 1-3 who remain a few of my closest friends to this day, despite not they all even playing the sport regularly themselves any more, all because we shared a typical interest at a specific moment in time.
"I got to rail two friends to lofty five-figure scores at the tour, being there for Sam Razavi's win in Cork and Joe Roberts' Galway podium finish.
"And I just generally had one of the most most delightful times of my life travelling the UKIPT circuit with those guys and others.
"I'm really sad to look the UKIPT go, but can only hope the brand new tour incarnations can do exactly nearly as good a role and supply the similar form of great memories as this photo evokes. Featuring (from left to right) Simon Hawkins, myself, Dan Morgan and Ben Martin, we love to consult it because the 2010 UKIPT Coventry under 14's tournament."
12:25pm: A tale to inform the kidLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Coming into play Nathan Webb was the person to catch. The proud dad of 1 could be very much a recreational player for whom poker is a hobby. The person to his direct right falls right into a different category. Griffin Benger is a renowned poker pro, what's more he's made the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table, where he'll start 7/9.
As I watched on it folded to Benger within the small blind, he completed and Webb tapped the table. At the 9♠8♣K♦ flop Benger check-folded to a gamble of 2,200 and Webb took the pot. So a possible 'I took a pot from the arena champion' tale for Webb to inform his daughter then. --NW
12:20pm: Double KO for BottLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Kelly Saxby and Mahmood Rasheed both started the day with a 25-30 big blind stack. When Saxby found ace-king and Rasheed jacks there has been just one outcome. Unfortunately for both it wasn't a race as Jamie Bott found aces jointly and held up on a 8♥K♣3♦4♠8♣ board to eliminate both players. He's now as much as 115,000. --NW
12:15pm: One champ up, three downLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Tomasz Wrobel, Neil Ryder and Masafumi Saito all came back with a sub 15,000 stack today but none of them managed to show it around. They were the primary three players to leave here on Day 2.
No such problems for UKIPT6 London champion Usman Siddique. He was battling in a large pot with Mian Wei and got a 32,500 value bet paid. The board read 7♦K♣5♥J♣5♣ and Siddique bet from the cutoff, receiving a check-call from the small blind. He opened A♠A♦ and Wei mucked. -- MC
12pm: Shuffle up and dealLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Right on time Day 2 action is go. --NW
11:50am: Welcome to Day 2, aka moving day
It's time to make a move people. As you already know by now PokerStars tours are evolving and can fall under the Championship/Festival banner going forward. But that is not any such move we're talking about here in Birmingham. Day 2 has long been referred to as moving day in this tour as it is the day when stacks are built and the rules for winning a UKIPT title are laid.
They'll be nine levels played today, the primary four of that allows you to be 45 minutes long, before levels increase to 1 hour for the duration. We suspect the bubble will burst sometime around level 15 to 16 after which the march to the overall table begins.
We'll have coverage every step of the way, regulate the @PokerStarsBlog and @UKIPT twitter accounts for important tournament information.
PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT6 Birmingham: Marc Convey and Nick Wright. Photos by Mickey May. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog
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