Daniel Morgan Advances to Day 3 as Chipleader of the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships ￡1,100 Main Event
After eight 60-minute levels, Day 2 of the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships ￡1,100 Main Event has been concluded with 78 players coming back at noon tomorrow for Day 3.
Daniel Morgan (5,015,000) advances as the chip-leader with Alex Harrison (4,600,00), and Jamie O'Connor (3,300,000) close behind.
Other notable names coming back tomorrow are Manig Loeser (3,080,000), Michael Chi Zhang (2,425,000), Anthony Elliott (2,410,000), Ali Ayub (2,620,000), Enzo Del Piero (1,625,000), Chris Sly (1,550,000) and UKPC Super High Roller winner Steven Morris (2,900,000).
Before play begun, the prize pool information was released and announced that the winner would be taking home ￡187,500, with 119 players receiving a minimum cash of ￡2,500. All remaining players are now guaranteed at least ￡3,500.
Only two players came into today's play with over a million in chips but neither will be back for Day 3. Alex Luz had several important pots during the day with his biggest hand coming against Thomas Hemming. Luz bet 58,000 with the flop reading queen-jack-four and Hemming raised to 180,000. Luz was not prepared to call and instead moved all in. Hemming called and turned over queen-jack for top two pair, with Luz holding ace-ten and the nut flush draw. Hemming's hand improved to a full-house on the river to put a massive dent in the stack of the Day 2 chip-leader who could not rebuild.
Day 1b chip-leader Ludovic Geilich started well and was up to 1,800,000 chips at his peak, but his elimination was confirmed by the midpoint of the day.
When hand-for-hand play got underway, there were several short stacks around the tables looking to hold out for a place in the money. The first player to fall was Mark Mccluskey who held pocket-aces and was up against pocket-kings, only to see a king hit the flop and eliminate him.
The man to bubble the money was Dahe Liu. Like Mccluskey, he was also ahead of his opponent before the flop was dealt but had lost by the river. Liu moved all in from the small blind and was called by Ali Ayub in the big blind. Liu waited in anticipation to find out his fate while play at other tables had been completed. When the dealer was told to turn over their hole cards he saw his pocket-jacks were ahead of queen-deuce. However, the board ran out ace-queen-deuce-king-five, and he was awarded a UKPC Finale ticket as a consolation prize. The field then decreased rapidly after the bubble, and the big stacks started to emerge as the day drew to a close.
PokerNews coverage will continue in the partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships at noon tomorrow as the field compete to make Sunday's final table.