Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
2024 UKIPT London
��1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 UKIPT London
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£696,000
Entries
725
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
13
Players Left
1
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,660,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
4,655,000
1,485,000
|
1,485,000 |
|
||
|
3,165,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
||
|
2,645,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
2,500,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
2,125,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
715,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
665,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
615,000
-495,000
|
-495,000 |
|
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Alex Romero was all in preflop and was looked up by Alessandro Pichierri. Players flipped their cards, with Romero at risk.
Alex Romero: 7?7? 
Alessandro Pichierri: A?10?
The board ran out K?Q?J?10?6?. Pichierri flopped a straight and held to win the pot. Romero was eliminated in 10th place for ��9,550.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
George Sandford open shoved from the button for 225,000. Artus Gimenez called in the big blind and had Sandford covered as players flipped over their cards.
George Sandford: K?3?
Artus Gimenez: A?2?
The board ran out 4?9?8?7?9?. Gimenez held with his ace high to win the pot. Sandford was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place for ��9,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,550,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Saigokul Kannan raised to 80,000 from early position, Jamie Geraghty three-bet to 235,000 from late position and Kannan called.
The flop came 5?8?4?. Kannan checked and Geraghty continued for 165,000, which Kannan called. Both players then checked it back on the 3? turn.
The river was the 6? and Kannan led out for 370,000. Geraghty then pushed all in for around 1,350,000. Kannan made the call. Geraghty showed A?J? and had made a huge river bluff. Kannan flipped over 8?8? for a set of eights to catch the bluff and win the pot.
Geraghty was eliminated in 12th place for ��7,950.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,600,000 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Over on the feature table, Boris Velev was eliminated in 13th place for ��7,950.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The announcement has been made. It's time to shuffle up and deal for the Final Day of the Main Event.
Reporting will be on a half hour delay to keep in line with the PokerStars Live stream.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
It's time for the Final Day of what has been an epic PokerStars UKIPT London Main Event. The Hippodrome Casino has been packed from floor to ceiling to accomodate 725 entries over the course of the tournament and there are now just 13 players remaining in contention for the title and their share of the ��696,000 prize pool.
Everyone who returns has already locked up at least ��7,950, with the eventual winner set for a payday worth ��127,600.
Gaspare Sposato of Italy returns as chip leader at the start of the Final Day after bagging 3,325,000 chips. Sposato is a poker pro who plays online and has more recently been trying his hand on the live circuit. He's now setup for his biggest recorded live cash of all time.
Close behind him in the counts is Alessandro Pichierri, also from Italy, who returns with 3,170,000. Starting in third place is Day 1b chip leader Saigokul Kannan of the UK with 2,725,000.
Alex Romero is the last PokerStars ambassador standing and will sit back down with 650,000.
Start of Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaspare Sposato | Italy | 3,325,000 | 83 |
| 2 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 3,170,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Saigokul Kannan | UK | 2,725,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Artus Gimenez | Spain | 2,375,000 | 59 |
| 5 | Colin MacAndrew | UK | 2,245,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | 2,210,000 | 55 |
| 7 | Jamie Geraghty | UK | 1,765,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Atanas Pavlov | Bulgaria | 1,110,000 | 28 |
| 9 | Joe Hindry | UK | 685,000 | 17 |
| 10 | Alex Romero | Spain | 650,000 | 16 |
| 11 | Conor O'driscoll | Ireland | 645,000 | 16 |
| 12 | Boris Velev | Bulgaria | 615,000 | 15 |
| 13 | George Sandford | UK | 225,000 | 6 |
When action resumes on the Final Day of the UKIPT London Main Event, blinds will be on 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Blind levels will continue at 60 minutes and the event will play down to a winner. The tournament recommences at 12 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be bringing you coverage of the Final Day straight from the tournament floor until a new UKIPT champion is crowned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,325,000 | |
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3,170,000 | |
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2,725,000 | |
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2,375,000 | |
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2,245,000 | |
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2,210,000 | |
|
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1,765,000 | |
|
|
1,110,000 | |
|
|
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|
|
685,000 | |
|
|
650,000 | |
|
|
645,000 | |
|
|
615,000 | |
|
|
225,000 | |