Fintan Hand has just reported that he busted his second bullet in record time. Without even taking his seat at the table, Fintan picked up pocket queens and got it all in against his opponent's pocket aces, losing the pot and his entire stack.
Fintan was sat with his vial of lucky heather, the one that saw him through the final table of the UKIPT Edinburgh. He has now given that lucky charm away to Steve Warburton, claiming it is cursed. Perhaps the charm only works in Scotland, its place of origin.
Fintan has now sat back down for his third bullet of Day 1c.
Marcin Zawadzski raised to 2,500 from late position and Richard Jones reraised to 6,500 from the button. Ian Drake then moved all in from the big blind. Zawadzski folded and Jones made the call.
Ian Drake: 9♥9♠
Richard Jones: A♠K♦
The board ran out 10♥4♥K♠10♣7♦. Jones flopped a pair of kings and held to win the pot. Drake was eliminated from the tournament.
Yiannis Liperis open raised from middle position and David Ledden reraised to 6,800 from the small blind. Liperis moved all in for 30,000 and Ledden called with the bigger stack. Players turned over their cards.
Yiannis Liperis: A♣J♠
David Ledden: 10♠10♣
The board ran out 7♥9♣K♥Q♠6♣. Liperis didn't manage to improve and so Ledden held with his pocket tens to win the pot. Liperis was eliminated from the tournament.
Michael Corrigan moved all in preflop for 13,800 and Lee Richardson called with slightly less chips. Players flipped their cards.
Lee Richardson: 7♠5♠
Michael Corrigan: K♣K♠
The board ran out 9♦9♣8♦Q♣10♠. Corrigan held with his pocket kings and the nines on board to win the pot. Richardson was eliminated from the tournament.
Paul Allen raised to 1,500 from early position, Wayne Watson called in late position, and Christopher Ralston called on the button.
The flop came 8♠9♦Q♦. Allen continued for 2,000 and Watson moved all in with a short stack. Allen quickly made the call and players flipped their cards.
Wayne Watson: 8♦6♦
Paul Allen: Q♠J♠
Watson had a pair of eights with a flush draw and Allen had a pair of queens. The turn came the 3♣ and the river was the Q♥. Allen further improved to trip queens to win the pot. Watson was eliminated.
The UK and Ireland Poker Tour 2023 Season Finale continues today with Day 1c of the Main Event running at Dusk Till Dawn Poker and Casino in Nottingham. The flight kicks off at 12 p.m. local time.
Players in the Main Event will start the tournament with a stack of 30,000 chips. Blind levels will run for 40 minutes and start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante.
The Season Finale Main Event has a £1,000,000 guarantee. By Monday night, someone will have taken the lion's share of that prize pool.
Following an impressive third place finish at the UKIPT Brighton earlier in the year, Adam McKola is currently chip leader after bagging 518,000 chips at the end of Day 1b. Brandon Sheils sits in second and Scott Margereson in third place.
Adam McKola
Top Ten Day 1b Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Adam McKola
United Kingdom
518,000
2
Brandon Sheils
United Kingdom
460,500
3
Scott Margereson
United Kingdom
379,000
4
Danny Pyke
United Kingdom
370,000
5
Benjamin Spragg
United Kingdom
360,500
6
Thomas Middleton
United Kingdom
254,000
7
Philip Clarke
United Kingdom
245,500
8
Elliot Hackney
United Kingdom
206,500
9
Ali Ahmed
United Kingdom
204,500
10
Roman Sembratovych
Ukraine
197,500
There are five local starting flights and players can take a maximum of three entries per flight, with late registration open until the start of Level 11. All flights will play down to 15 percent of the field and those who make it through will return for Day 2 already in the money.
PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 1b straight from the tournament floor and following the event all the way down to a winner.
