£1,100 Main Event Jour 2 | 2023 UKIPT Nottingham

2023-11-12 11:09 UTC

UKIPT Season Finale Main Event to Play Down to Final Table, Teodor Evstratiev Leads

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It's time for Day 2 of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour 2023 Season Finale, running at Dusk Till Dawn Poker and Casino in Nottingham. The action kicks off at 12 p.m. local time.

A total of 1,227 entries have been made across all starting flights, meaning the Main Event has surpassed the guarantee and reached an incredible prize pool of £1,177,920. The winner is set to walk away with £201,700.

Day 1e leader Teodor Evstratiev of Bulgaria enters Day 2 as the overall chip leader with 768,000. Starting in second position is Jordan Bamford with 660,000. And in third place is PokerStars qualifier Jack Nolan with 639,500.

Top Ten Day 2 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1	Teodor Evstratiev	Bulgaria	768,000
2	Jordan Bamford	United Kingdom	660,000
3	Jack Nolan	United Kingdom	639,500
4	Tuan Le	United Kingdom	638,000
5	Marian Ionut Farcas	Romania	625,500
6	Jessica Pilkington	United Kingdom	524,000
7	Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier	France	521,000
8	Adam McKola	United Kingdom	518,000
9	Sandeep Gill	United Kingdom	467,000
10	Matthew Bonham	United Kingdom	463,000

Blind levels will continue at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante.

PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 2 straight from the tournament floor as the Main Event plays down to the final table.

Tags: Adam McKola Jack Nolan Jessica Pilkington Jordan Bamford Marian Ionut Farcas Matthew Bonham Sandeep Gill Teodor Evstratiev Tuan Le

2023-11-12 12:14 UTC

Full Payouts for UKIPT Season Finale Main Event

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Niveau 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The prize pool for the UKIPT Season Finale Main Event is £1,177,920. All players have already locked up a min-cash worth £1,650. The top prize is £201,700.

Here are the full payouts for the UKIPT Season Finale Main Event.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	£201,700	16-17	£8,300
2	£126,050	18-20	£6,900
3	£90,070	21-23	£5,820
4	£69,250	24-27	£5,050
5	£53,300	28-31	£4,390
6	£41,000	32-39	£3,810
7	£31,400	40-55	£3,320
8	£24,200	56-71	£2,890
9	£18,650	72-95	£2,510
10-11	£14,350	96-119	£2,180
12-13	£11,940	120-143	£1,900
14-15	£9,950	144-185	£1,650

2023-11-12 13:53 UTC

Fontan Makes Full House to Bust Barker

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Niveau 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action folded around to Isaac Barker, who moved all in from the button. Paul Fontan called in the small blind for 85,000 and was covered as players flipped their cards.

Isaac Barker: 5♠5♥
Paul Fontan: K♥Q♣

The board ran out A♥A♦A♣6♠K♣. Barker was in front on the flop and turn with his pocket fives. The river, however, brought Fontan the higher full house, aces full of kings.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Paul Fontan	180,000 57,500	57,500
Isaac Barker	125,000

Tags: Isaac Barker Paul Fontan

2023-11-12 14:51 UTC

Kennedy Triples Up Stack

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Niveau 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Richard Jones open raised to 19,000 from early position and Adam McKola called. Nicholas Kennedy moved all in from the small blind for 119,000. Jones went into the tank until floor was called, then finally made the call, leaving himself just 10,000 behind. Adam McKola also made the call.

The flop came 10♥8♣3♦ and both Jones and McKola checked back. The turn came the 6♠ and players checked again. The river was the J♣ and both players checked to showdown.

Jones showed A♠Kx and McKola showed A♣Qx. Both had not improved on the board. Kennedy showed J♠J♦ for a pair of jacks to win the pot and triple up his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nicholas Kennedy	330,000 168,000	168,000
Adam McKola	220,000 -298,000	-298,000

Richard Jones	10,000 -258,500	-258,500

Tags: Adam McKola Nicholas Kennedy Richard Jones

2023-11-12 15:23 UTC

Kennedy Cracks Aces to Double Again

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Niveau 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Adderley raised from under the gun and Nicholas Kennedy moved all in from the big blind for 198,000. Adderley called with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Nicholas Kennedy: 9♥9♦
John Adderley: A♥A♦

The board ran out 5♣5♠9♣K♠6♦. Kennedy had already stood up and started to put his coat on, turning around to see that he'd flopped a full house.

"See, nines are my favourite hand," he said.

Moments after tripling up his stack, Kennedy doubled up again to bring his stack up to around 410,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nicholas Kennedy	410,000 80,000	80,000
John Adderley	260,000 -104,000	-104,000

Tags: John Adderley Nicholas Kennedy

2023-11-12 15:48 UTC

Bamford Holds With Tens to Bust Obadun

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Niveau 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jordan Bamford raised from early position and Francis Obadun reraised to 70,000 from the button. Bamford then moved all in, which send Obadun into the tank.

"Sorry," said Obadun, "It's just so aggressive". He took his time and then eventually made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Obadun at risk.

Francis Obadun: 7♥7♣
Jordan Bamford: 10♥10♠

The board ran out 5♣5♥9♦K♠2♥. Bamford held with his pocket tens to win the pot. Obadun was eliminated.

"Nice hand," he said as he left the table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jordan Bamford	1,000,000 340,000	340,000

Francis Obadun	Eliminé

Tags: Francis Obadun Jordan Bamford

2023-11-12 15:53 UTC

Selvarajoo Eliminated, Hand Chips Up

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Niveau 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Niall Murray raised to 20,000 from late position and Harriwin Selvarajoo moved all in from the button with a short stack of around 26,000. Fintan Hand called in the big blind and Murray also called.

The flop came 8♠8♥2♣ and both Fintan and Murray checked. The turn was the 3♣ and both players checked again. The river was the 3♣. Fintan led out and Murray folded.

The all in player Selvarajoo showed Q♥Q♦ for two pair with the eights on board. Fintan showed 8♣7♦ for trip eights to win the pot. Selvarajoo was eliminated and Fintan chipped up to nearly 1,000,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Fintan Hand	1,050,000 601,000	601,000

Niall Murray	205,000 70,000	70,000
Harriwin Selvarajoo	Eliminé

Tags: Fintan Hand Harriwin Selvarajoo Niall Murray

2023-11-12 16:39 UTC

Allen Doubles to Close to 1M Chips

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Niveau 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a huge preflop clash, Kevin Allen was all in for 490,000 against Endrit Geci, who had him covered as players turned their cards.

Kevin Allen: A♥K♥
Endrit Geci: 9♥9♦

The board ran out 3♠5♦7♠A♠5♣. Allen made a pair of aces on the turn to get ahead and held to win the race. He doubled up to close to a million chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kevin Allen	990,000 683,000	683,000
Endrit Geci	210,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Endrit Geci Kevin Allen

2023-11-12 17:01 UTC

Hand Knocks Out Docherty

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Niveau 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Docherty has just come to the media room after being eliminated by Fintan Hand, who now sits on the chip lead.

Docherty defended in the big blind and Fintan made a flush on the turn to leave Docherty behind with the chips in the middle. Docherty may be eliminated, but he's sticking around to recieve his UKIPT leaderboard trophy and prize a little later on.

Fintan is now well on track for a second consecutive UKIPT final table finish.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Fintan Hand	1,500,000 450,000	450,000

David Docherty	Eliminé

Tags: Fintan Hand

2023-11-12 17:07 UTC

Find Out How Saunders and Davey Locked Up Free Main Event Seats

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Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Robbie Saunders qualified to UKIPT Nottingham for $1.50 via Power Path. Before he took his seat for Day 2 of the Main Event, he locked up a seat to next season’s UKIPT thanks to the magic of the flipout freeroll.

Read how both he, and Bradley Davey, are freerolling the next UKIPT Main Event here at psta.rs/FreeUK

Tags: Bradley Davey Robbie Saunders