Daniel Whitbread was all-in and at risk having been called by Yong Foo.
Daniel Whitbread: A♥8♥
Yong Foo: A♠10♠
Whitbread was in trouble with a dominated ace and the 6♠4♠2♠ flop gave Foo the nut flush leaving Whitbread drawing dead. The K♥ turn and J♦ river completed the runout and Whitbread headed to the payout desk.
Cards were on their backs after Dominic Cugudda had moved all in and was called by Philip Baker, with Cugudda at risk.
Dominic Cugudda: Q♦Q♥
Philip Baker: K♦J♥
Cugudda was in good shape with his pair of queens, and seemed set to take the pot after the 7♣9♥10♣3♠ board, however the Q♣ river gave Baker a straight and sent Cugudda to the rail.
Florian Duta opened to 500,000 under the gun and was called by Sunil Mistri in the cutoff and Anthony Brown in the big blind.
On the 3♥6♠Q♠ flop Brown checked to Duta, who continued with a bet of 475,000. Mistri called and Brown folded.
On the 7♣ turn Duta put out a bet of 1,025,000 and was faced with a three-bet jam by Mistri to 3,025,000. Duta reluctantly made the call to put Mistri at risk.
Sunil Mistri: 6♦6♥
Florian Duta: K♥Q♣
Mistri was in great shape with his set of sixes against Duta's pair of queens, with Duta drawing dead, and the 4♥ completed the runout.
Play has just commenced on the final day of the GG Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event. Stay tuned to PokerNews for your coverage of all the action.
22 players will return to Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham at noon local time today for the final day of the GG Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event, all vying for a shot at the title and the first place prize of £102,000.
The Main Event featured a £560 buy-in coupled with a massive guarantee of £500,000, attracting a total of 1,258 entries across four live flights and two online flights, resulting in a prize pool of £603,840.
237 players advanced to Day 2, with 188 players securing a minimum cash of £1,000. The players returning for Day 3 have already secured a minimum payout of £4,000.
Chris Da Silva (13,300,000) leads the way and will fancy his chances of securing the trophy, closely followed by Yong Foo (11,150,000) and Philip Baker (10,650,000).
Chris Da Silva
Notable names who remain in the mix for the crown include Florian Duta (5,625,000), Tom Middleton (3,075,000) and Guy Taylor (2,300,000).
Florian Duta
UKPC Main Event Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Chris Da Silva
United Kingdom
13,300,000
53
2
Yong Foo
United Kingdom
11,150,000
44
3
Philip Baker
United Kingdom
10,650,000
42
4
Daniel Woodford
United Kingdom
8,650,000
34
5
Jack Solomon
United Kingdom
8,025,000
32
6
Scott Boyle
United Kingdom
7,725,000
30
7
Anthony Brown
United Kingdom
7,375,000
29
8
Marc Foggin
United Kingdom
6,650,000
26
9
Jean-Emanuel Lhuillier
United Kingdom
5,775,000
23
10
Florian Duta
Romania
5,625,000
22
UKPC Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize(£)
Place
Prize(£)
1
£102,000
8
£10,500
2
£64,000
9
£8,500
3
£44,000
10-11
£7,000
4
£30,640
12-14
£6,000
5
£21,500
15-17
£5,000
6
£16,500
18-22
£4,000
7
£13,000
The players will be returning to 60-minute levels, with blinds starting at 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews will be covering all the action, so stay tuned to see who will be taking the title of 2024 GG Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event champion.
