Tom Noble was all in preflop from the small blind against Paul Clements in the big blind. Clements was the player at risk as the cards were turned.
Paul Clements: A?K?
Tom Noble: K?K?
The board ran out 6?3?10?9?9?. Noble held with his pocket kings to win the pot. Clements was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,000 | |
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Busted |
Adam McKola raised from under the gun and Mengshi Tian made an early position reraise to 8,200. Action folded back around to McKola, who moved all in for 48,000. Tian made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Adam McKola: A?K?
Mengshi Tian: Q?Q?
The board ran out 2?A?9?5?J?. McKola hit a pair of aces on the flop. He held to win the pot and double his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
Thomas Gill raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Marle Spragg moved all in for 21,000 from middle position. Gill called and players flipped their cards, with Spragg at risk.
Marle Spragg: J?J?
Thomas Gill: 10?10?
The board ran out 8?K?K?A?8?. Spragg held with her pocket jacks to win the pot and double up her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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49,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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||
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18,000
-19,000
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-19,000 |
Deborah Worley-Roberts open limped, Mark Eadie raised to 4,500 from the button and Worley-Roberts called.
The flop came 5?J?4?. Worley-Roberts checked and Eadie bet 4,000, which Worley-Roberts called. The turn was the 5?. Worley-Roberts checked again and Eadie made it 6,500 to go. Worley-Roberts called again.
The river came the 8?. Worley-Roberts checked again and Eadie pushed out a bet of 25,000.
"Is reentry still open?", asked Worley-Roberts before calling the floor for confirmation. She then made the call.
Eadie showed K?Q? for a bluff and Worley-Roberts flipped over 8?7? for a pair of eights. She caught the bluff and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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129,000
-36,000
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-36,000 |
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90,000 |
Adam McKola raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Ankit Ahuja called. Kevin Frame then moved all in from the small blind for 34,600. McKola folded and Ahuja made the call with the bigger stack. The cards were turned.
Kevin Frame: A?K?
Ankit Ahuja: 10?10?
The board ran out 5?J?9?K?2?. Frame hit a pair of kings on the turn and held to win the pot. He doubled his stack and took a chunk from Ahuja.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
72,000
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72,000 |
|
67,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |
Mark Eadie raised to 1,400 from late position, Martin Driske called on the button and Casey Kastle called in the small blind. Martin Hammond then three-bet from the big blind, Eadie moved all in and the rest of the table folded, apart from Hammond who made the call.
Players flipped their cards, with Hammond at risk.
Martin Hammond: 10?10?
Mark Eadie: Q?Q?
The board ran out K?A?5?10?J?. Hammond made a set of tens on the turn to pull ahead, but the jack on the river gave Eadie the straight. He won the pot and added to his burgeoning stack. Hammond was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
90,000
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90,000 |
|
Busted |
Jamie Whyte raised from late position and Ankit Ahuja reraised to 2,700 from the button. Lewis Aikman then moved all in from the small blind. Whyte folded and Ahuja made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Aikman at risk.
Ankit Ahuja: Q?Q?
Lewis Aikman: 6?6?
The board ran out 7?4?8?Q?K?. Aikman did pick up a backdoor straight draw on the flop, but Ahuja hit trip queens on the turn and held. He won the pot and doubled his stack, leaving Aikman with just a few thousand behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
83,000
83,000
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83,000 |
|
|
3,200
3,200
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3,200 |
Action was on the river on a board of Q?J?Q?9?3?. Georgina James made a bet and Laurynas Jakutis moved all in. James made the call and players showed their cards.
Jakutis had Q?10? for trip queens. James flipped over 9?9? for a full house to win the pot and near-double her stack just moments after sitting down at the table. Jakutis was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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Busted | |
The PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has returned to Scotland for the first time in eight years. The UKIPT Edinburgh runs October 24-29 at Genting Casino Fountain Park. The ￡1,100 Main Event continues today with Day 1b starting at 1 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. Regular breaks are scheduled throughout the day, including a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8.
Day 1b is the second of three starting flights. A maximum of three entries per flight are allowed, with late registration open until the start of Level 11.
Day 1c, the turbo flight with 20-minute blinds, also runs today starting at 7 p.m. local time. Both flights will play down to 15 percent of the field. Those who make it through will return for Day 2 already in the money.
At the end of Day 1a, Daniel Gormley finished as the chip leader with 436,500 chips and Nohad Teliani bagged and tagged in second with 372,000.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Gormley | UK | 436,500 |
| 2 | Nohad Teliani | Canada | 372,000 |
| 3 | Alexander Gordon | UK | 206,500 |
| 4 | Mantas Urbonas | Lithuania | 182,500 |
| 5 | Jacques Mauron | Switzerland | 175,000 |
| 6 | Michael Kane | UK | 163,000 |
| 7 | Jun Beum Chun | South Korea | 140,500 |
| 8 | Andrew Hawksby | UK | 133,000 |
| 9 | Felix Schneiders | Germany | 121,500 |
| 10 | Elliot Hackney | UK | 118,000 |
| 11 | James Mclean | UK | 112,000 |
By Sunday night, a new UKIPT champion will be crowned. 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.
