{"id":32161,"date":"2013-10-26T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T08:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=32161"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:52:32","slug":"james-thompson-tops-second-flight-partypoker-wpt-national-uk-london-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/james-thompson-tops-second-flight-partypoker-wpt-national-uk-london-main-event.html","title":{"rendered":"James Thompson Tops Second Flight in partypoker WPT National UK London Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second of three starting flights in the \u00a3200 buy-in partypoker World Poker Tour (WPT) National UK London Main Event<\/strong>\u00a0took place on Friday afternoon and what a superb day of poker it was.<\/p>\n

By the time the registration desk at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City<\/strong>\u00a0pulled its shutter down and the last player was registered, the screens around the plush poker room read \u201c156 Entries,\u201d meaning 344 players have bought in over the first two starting flights, creating a prize pool that currently stands at \u00a361,920.<\/p>\n

Over the course of eight 30-minute levels, those 156 starters were whittled down to a more manageable 72, with James Thompson<\/strong>\u00a0accumulating more chips than anyone else on Flight 2. Thompson had the welcomed problem of trying to fit 162,500 chips into his overnight chip bag, some 15,600 more than second placed Catalin Cesuc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those of you who tuned into the partypoker blog on Friday morning and read our recap of Flight 1\u2019s action<\/a> will no doubt have seen the name of Catalin Cesuc in the top 10 chip counts. Cesuc ended Flight 1 with 102,500 chips, enough for fifth place on the leader board. Cesuc took advantage of the unique accumulator format of this tournament, bought into Flight 2 and finished it with 146,900. This means Cesuc takes 249,400 chips through to Day 2 \u2013 possibly more if Cesuc enters Flight 3 and progresses.<\/p>\n

Although Cesuc\u2019s Day 2 stack is massive, it is still smaller than that of <b>Ivars Muiznieks<\/b>. Aspers informed the partypoker blog that Muiznieks, who played on Flight 1, missed a zero from his chip bag and actually accumulated 268,000 chips and not 26,800! This means Muiznieks is the overall chip leader of the tournament so far.<\/p>\n

Partypoker WPT National UK London Main Event Flight 2 Top 10 Chip Counts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>\nJames Thompson<\/td>\n162,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\nCatalin Cesuc<\/td>\n146,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\nMatas Cimbalan<\/td>\n119,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\nA. Paltannala<\/td>\n110,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>\nJorge Barbosa<\/td>\n101,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>\nDamian Turnbull<\/td>\n99,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/td>\nArkadiusz Brzozowiec<\/td>\n98,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>\nDaniel Marks<\/td>\n93,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>\nStuart Nash<\/td>\n83,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>\nEamonn Gavin<\/td>\n81,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Keep your browsers locked to the partypoker blog as we continue to bring you updates from the WPT National UK London Main Event.<\/p>\n

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The second of three starting flights in the \u00a3200 buy-in partypoker World Poker Tour (WPT) National UK London Main Event\u00a0took place on Friday afternoon and what a superb day of poker it was. By the time the registration desk at Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City\u00a0pulled its shutter down and the last player was registered, the<\/p>\n

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