{"id":37279,"date":"2014-07-04T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=37279"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:30:08","slug":"wpt-national-uk-london-main-event-flight-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-uk-london-main-event-flight-1a.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National UK London Main Event – Flight 1a"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mok On Top\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With over 200 entrants, Flight 1a has come to a conclusion with Peter Mok top of the leaderboard. \u00a0Natalie Sadri (above right), who had such a strong opening flight with her ‘single bullet’ is the only other player to break the six-figure chip-count so far…<\/p>\n

Flight 1a Chip-counts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Mok 127,300
\nNatalie Sadri 125,900
\nAhmed Rasull 97,900
\nKaran Kayastha 92,600
\nAnne Loughlin 84,400
\nANOOJ SAREEN 78,200
\nTristan Chaplin 77,800
\nZanas Lubys 77,400
\nKhadir Khoshawy 77,200
\nQUOC NONG 76,800
\nGeorge Alexander 75,600
\nVladimir Marchevici 75,000
\nMihaly Rusu 74,800
\nGeorge Achillea 74,400
\nUmberan Akhtar 74,000
\nVachand Nankoosing 71,300
\nMohammed Ali 71,200
\nElio Saade 70,900
\nNuno Miguel Duarte 69,800
\nPhilip Gould 68,800
\nRussell Brooks 68,100
\nJan Andersen 66,400
\nBenjamin Howell 65,400
\nJames Parker 62,200
\nHyeo Ahn 61,300
\nThe Dang 60,000
\nSteven Alper 59,300
\nDavid Orrin 58,500
\nJoe Phillips 58,500
\nCasper Holmberg 57,800
\nMarius Zalpys 57,100
\nCarl Spicer 55,600
\nPhilip Butt 53,300
\nCristian Pall 51,900
\nVictor Ilyukhin 50,400
\nRoss Mannion 50,000
\nAgron Gjergji 49,500
\nRicky Pike 48,500
\nDarren Hand 46,500
\nYilfer Shevket 45,800
\nBalint Pusztai 45,000
\nJAIME HOLT 44,000
\nJaan Fiddian 43,700
\nJames Osullivan 43,000
\nLeo Lim 41,700
\nDaniel Bushell 40,700
\nRolf Hansen 40,500
\nHuseyin Houssein 39,600
\nKi Thuong Duong 38,900
\nAlexander Jager 38,600
\nJames Charlton 38,200
\nRichard Thomas 37,700
\nDuncan Gareth Wilkie 36,700
\nBobbie Brummitt 34,800
\nJohn Gilbert 34,600
\nLuke Slisz 33,000
\nYusuf Osman 32,200
\nNigel Berg 31,800
\nPaal Haandlykken 30,600
\nMortaza Sahibzada 30,300
\nKevin Howrad 29,600
\nDwight Scott 28,500
\nGABRIEL TUNA 28,300
\nMohammed Suhail 28,200
\nBernard Litman 27,000
\nJon Aldalur Arrospide 26,000
\nMarios Andreas 26,000
\nVan Vu 24,500
\nKatie Swift 24,300
\nAnthony Taylor 23,400
\nPeter Fodor 23,100
\nTimotheos Timotheou 22,700
\nWlodzimierz Cymbalko 22,000
\nAlin Torjoc 21,700
\nRicardo Campanario 21,400
\nSiegfried Hodgson 19,900
\nIan Fung 19,400
\nAlexandru Marcu 19,100
\nAziz Kara 17,700
\nJames Mitchell 15,000
\nCharlambos Hadjicharalambous 14,700
\nVadim Seriozeckin 14,600
\nRobertas Vaitkevicius 13,700
\nThomas Denis 13,600
\nWilliam Gravell 13,200
\nWilliam Whicher 13,200
\nDavid Phethean 12,100
\nDennise Frost 11,100
\nGraham Hawkes 10,500
\nGraham Carson 9,600<\/p>\n

Sadri Looking Strong <\/strong><\/p>\n

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We’re letting the dealers do their counting, but it looks like Natalie Maria Sadri might be top of the shop with 125,900. \u00a0Maybe someone had a stellar last few minutes, but the self-confessed ‘single bullet’ girl has had a brilliant evening, playing her ‘freeroll’ of a qualification entry, spinning a $2 ticket into hundreds of thousands of chips!<\/p>\n

Last Ten<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Players are being hustled into moves and the Twitter competition reaches its climax in the next few minutes.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of our players telling us about their experience so far:<\/p>\n

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Bust-Outs Begin <\/strong><\/p>\n

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They’ve taken their time, this group, but players are now dropping like England footballers in the World Cup heat. \u00a0Johnny Kelly bought a ticket when he 3-bet shoved pre-flop with and was min-click raised by one player with and further raised all-in by a lady with (they can’t have seen Johnny play for five minutes, ladies and jellyspoons). \u00a0The flop came (good) (fine) (not brilliant, but flush draw chance). \u00a0Two bricks send ‘JK’ out with his head spinning, they attacked his all-in like they’d seen he had !<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Paul Whyman departed when his all-in when short with was called by an opponent with – the flop of never got any better. \u00a0Both men will return tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Still tie to win a pair of\u00a0Monster Headphones\u00a0<\/strong>by tweeting a picture of your stack using #WPTNUK and @partypoker !<\/p>\n

Level 6: Blinds 300\/600\/100 ante – 145 Players remaining – Average 28,100 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chips Stacking Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the numbers starting to drop, chip-stacks are starting to take on significance, with APAT world Champion describing for us in his usual eloquent, self-deprecating manner.<\/p>\n

“I had pocket sevens, he had pocket fives, and the flop comes ten-seven-five. Yup, that’s pretty much how I got these.”<\/p>\n

He’s a lovely chap is Chaplin, and an absolute beast of a player. \u00a0Every chance, as they say.<\/p>\n

Chip-counts: <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tristan Chaplin 61,400<\/p>\n

Ross Mannion 55,500<\/p>\n

Tim Timotheu 55,000<\/p>\n

Katie Swift 53,000<\/p>\n

Mr. Bond 28,000<\/p>\n

Margarita Stoychkova 27,000<\/p>\n

Paul Whyman 15,000<\/p>\n

Dennis Frost 14,300<\/p>\n

William Gravell 13,600<\/p>\n

Jamie Patterson 13,500<\/p>\n

Marios Andreas 11,400<\/p>\n

Monster Headphones Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They can’t stop giving goodies away! \u00a0Yes, partypoker are giving away a brand new pair of Monster Headphones each FLIGHT here in London. \u00a0Day 1a’s set is up for grabs, all you have to do is take to Twitter, tell us your chip-sctack, take a picture of your chip stack and use the hashtag #WPTNUK and then put @partypoker at the end of your tweet. \u00a0Be sure not to start with that, by the way, Twitter-noobs, as it won’t come up in our run-down to be decided by random to find the winners! Good luck…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s how your tweet should look:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/gazthehippy\/status\/484821398167101441<\/p>\n

Super Mario Needs A Power-Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Table 12 has been full of action tonight, with ‘Super’ Marios Andreas (right) and Jamie Patterson (pictured, left) clashing on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n

“He plays every hand.” says Mario, more than a little tongue-in-cheek, given that he has more front that Brighton Pier pre-flop.<\/p>\n

An opponent raised to 1300 pre-flop, Jamie Patterson the only caller to a flop of . \u00a0He led 1200, calling out loudly, “1200, yeah?” to his more mature opponent, who called. \u00a0both players checked through the turn of and and Jamie’s was good enough to take it. \u00a0That emboldened him to call another similar raise next time round with and he was one of five to a flop of . \u00a0A 5k flop-pot was taken by a bet of Peter Fodor, whose 3.8k lead was enough to rake it in.<\/p>\n

Jamie has plenty, above average, but Marios holds just 9.5k….time for ninja-mode!<\/p>\n

Level 5: Blinds 200\/400\/75 \u00a0– 165 Players – Average 25,000 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Drinks On Us<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Those lovely people at partypoker have certainly pulled out all the stops – the players are loving the lounge and relaxing in their break. \u00a0They’re heading back to the tables now…<\/p>\n

Break Time <\/strong><\/p>\n

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While the players enjoy some complimentary beers and food in the exclusive partypoker lounge, we’ve had a head-count and there are 168 players remaining. \u00a0They’ll be coming back to a new level of blinds at 200\/400\/75 ante, and with an average stack of 24,500, that’s still a very healthy 60+ big blind average. \u00a0Viktor Ilyukhin and\u00a0Ciprian Paunescu are hovering at the top of the chip-counts, both over 45,000.<\/p>\n

One man who is here for the long haul is party qualifier Phil Green, who reckons he has played over 14,000 tournaments on partypoker – an impressive hand history if ever there was one! \u00a0He’s won tickets via the $2 qualifiers for this tournament to\u00a0all three flights<\/em>, and is not afraid to bully his opponents into submission…<\/p>\n

Almost Famous <\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s almost a case of players weighing each other up at the moment, finding a spot to make a move before the flight gets towards the end, but waiting for their time to do so. \u00a0They don’t have as long as they might think, with 30-minute blinds meaning that the last few levels really test the 25-30 big blind level and lower. \u00a0For now, there is a whopping field filling the cardroom, and plenty of our players are female. \u00a0We’ve never had a WPT-National winner from the fairer sex, so could this be the weekend?<\/p>\n

Use Twitter? \u00a0Coin in with your chip stacks via the hashtag #WPTNUK and we’ll put your name up in lights!<\/p>\n

Level 4: Blinds 150\/300\/50 ante – 181 Players – Average 22,500 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Rockets Cause Havacs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leo Lim has caused massive damage to the stack of Zoltan Havacs in another huge ‘Premium vs. Premium’ clash at the WPT National UK Main Event here in London’s stunning Aspers Cardroom. \u00a0We’re almost halfway through tonight’s flight, with almost all the players still involved, although Havacs may not last much longer after the last hand. \u00a0All-in with on a flop of , he thought he was way ahead, even when Lim called. \u00a0But the Chinese player held to leave Havacs thumping the table in dismay. \u00a0the turn ended the drama befor the completed the board. \u00a0Lim politely nodded his commiserations to a distraught Havacs, who has just 4,000 at the new blind level. \u00a0Lim has 42,000.<\/p>\n

Qualifiers Clash <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Waiting for a big hand in poker can be the extinction of many a qualifier, but thankfully, early doors in this tournament has seen the online players survive to enjoy a little more of the live experience. \u00a0One player likened his first visit to Aspers Casino today as ‘just like Vegas, but brighter, Vegas is in the dark!’.<\/p>\n

We’ve seen two big clashes between partypoker qualifiers leave one player shaking his head and on another table, people taking cameraphones out to get a snap of an incredible board.<\/p>\n

First to the all-in and call, as our heroic qualifier first tried to table-talk the wrong player off a fold and then missed seeing the caller. \u00a0He was in terrible shape, with thoroughly dominated by of a player hailing from Eltham. \u00a0The flop came a juicy , top pair for the worst hand but two cards to come for the flush-drawing ‘Big Slick’. \u00a0The turn of and river condemned A-K to defeat and gave the all-in player a lifeline, doubling him from 5575 to around 12k – a huge difference.<\/p>\n

One the other table, no-one was all-in, with just a big bet on the flop and river being called by the worst hand. \u00a0This time, the worst hand was again, but in the pre-flop dominant position against . \u00a0The frankly ludicrous board of led to gasps…yet somehow not an all-in. \u00a0Only the early level stopped that happening!<\/p>\n

Level 3: Blinds 100\/200\/25 ante – Average Stack 20,850 – 188 Players from 196 remain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuna Caught In The Net…Eventually!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It took a call of the clock from an opponent, but Gabriel Tuna has lost a 19,000 pot to Ciprian Paunescu (pictured) after the latter was faced with an agonising decision on the river. \u00a0The action didn’t really pick up until the turn on a board of , but it looked like both players were well committed to it when the river of dropped. \u00a0In many ways, this card was a nightmare for Paunescu as the hand played out, with Tuna leading a bet of 5500 into a pot of 8,000. \u00a0A horrible position for Paunescu, who eventually, with just a dozen or so seconds of his time remaining, made the call and turned over and Tuna nodded, announcing he had ‘Ace-high’.<\/p>\n

Impressive from Paunescu, who had a stack of 30,000 before that hand. \u00a0Did that make the call easier… or harder? \u00a0What’s for sure is that he has nearer 40k now!<\/p>\n

Level 2: Blinds 100\/200 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktor Victorious<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Viktor Ilyukhin (above) was devastatingly honest about why he was here instead of Vegas when w greeted him warmly before kick-off.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t feeling great and didn’t want to tilt – Vegas can get you like that, and with Wimbledon back home, and the World Cup, well, London is the place to be.”<\/p>\n

It certainly will be for Viktor if the weekend continues in this vein for the dynamic player. \u00a0He saw his opponent, Andrei Maximiuc, raise to 350 at the old blind level pre-flop – Viktor didn’t hang about, re-raising to 1050, a quick call from Maximiuc.<\/p>\n

The flop came and Andrei checked to Viktor, who bet 1500. \u00a0This was min-clicked to 3000 which Viktor called. \u00a0the turn led to two checks, but the river lit the blue touch paper. \u00a0Andrei bet 6000, Viktor raised all-in and got a call from his beaten opponent, who turned over for t0p set on the flop, but Viktor held and the nine on the river completed his straight…and has given him a full double-up to 40,000, eliminating Maximiuc!<\/p>\n

Sensational.<\/p>\n

Tim Tim Quietly Confident<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Tim Timotheu is one of the most effervescent personalities here in Aspers, or indeed any cardroom. \u00a0He’s off to a good start and feeling great…<\/p>\n

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Mitchell’s Moves <\/strong><\/p>\n

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We love to see so many familiar faces at the WPT National events, with several of the players who performed so well up in Newcastle making the long journey in a hot car\/train\/plane down to London to take part. \u00a0One of these is James Mitchell, pictured here with his arms in the air up in Newcastle. \u00a0He rocked the partypoker moves so well at the Player’s Party that he walked away with the prize for dancing his derriere off, two tickets to watch Manchester United in Barclays Premier League action this season.<\/p>\n

That’s a real investment, with United having signed Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and perhaps most importantly, new supremo Louis van Gaal in the interim period. \u00a0Things are looking up for James too, as he likes the look of his table draw and is off to a good start.<\/p>\n

All players start with 20,000 chips here in Flight 1a, and Dr. Ash has just taken a thousand chips off tablemate Arlos. \u00a0Pre-flop, he was giving the needle to Arlos, it must be said, getting him to unplug the headphones and engage. \u00a0Dr. Ash took a familiar position of the passive player with the more aggressive talk. \u00a0It seemed to work through the board of , which was checked to the river. \u00a0Dr. Ash showed and Arlos . \u00a0It begins…<\/p>\n

Level 1: Blinds 50\/100 <\/strong><\/p>\n

In It To Win It <\/strong><\/p>\n

With an expected 200+ players for each flight of this weekend’s WPT National UK Event here in Aspers Cardroom, London, you don’t need us to tell you that we’re looking at flying past the \u00a3120k mark if we continue as hoped. \u00a0We’ve 168 in their chairs for kick-off, and a queue still registering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With Dennise Frost, Viktor Ilyukhin and Paul Whyman each bringing something different to the ‘party’ atmosphere, all sorts are here to enjoy the huge value of a tournament that you could pay just \u00a3200 to enter and win the biggest chunk of \u00a3100k+! Amazing.<\/p>\n

If you’re planning to play another stop on the tour, why not look at the WPT 500 event? \u00a0It’s taking pace in Nottingham’s Dusk til Dawn club between November 11-16th later this year…and its unmissable!<\/p>\n

Ready For Action <\/strong><\/p>\n

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We’re about to get under way here in East London as the WPT National UK London begins, with plenty of well-known players in the cardroom. \u00a0William Gravell and tim Timotheu both qualified for all three Flights online via partypoker, and they are joined at the felt by James Mitchell, Margarita Stoychkova, Dr. Ash, ‘Super’ Marios Andreas and Paul Woloszyn. \u00a0
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Let’s shuffle up and deal…<\/p>\n

Who’s Next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Darren Mapley (pictured above) took down WPT UK Newcastle what seems like ages ago, but was in fact just three months back, up at Aspers Newcastle. \u00a0with Darren pledging to invest his winnings in a Vegas buy-in spree, the way is clear for a new name in the WPT history books…but who will it be?<\/p>\n

If you’re playing tonight’s Flight 1a, let us know how you are doing via the Twitter hashtag #WPTNUK – we promise to be sensitive to bad beat stories and always capture you in your best light courtesy of our exclusive tournament photography this evening!<\/p>\n

WPT National London – Aspers Awaits Drama!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome to London and the latest leg of the WPT National Tour here in England’s capital. \u00a0It’s a sweltering day in the Plaza outside but here in the stunning (and air-conditioned) cardroom of Aspers Casino, the action is about to get even hotter.<\/p>\n

With over eighty online qualifiers coming into the Main Event from partypoker.com and a further two hundred from Aspers’ own live satellites, it’s going to be a bumper prize-pool and we expect it to exceed the massive \u00a3100,000 GUARANTEED Prize-Pool that’s at stake. \u00a0Just \u00a3200 is the buy-in for each accumulative flight, which begin today, and continue tomorrow with Flight 1b (2pm) and 1c (8pm) bringing Day 1 to a close on Friday.<\/p>\n

The cards are in the air at 8.00pm BST, in around 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Mok On Top\u00a0 With over 200 entrants, Flight 1a has come to a conclusion with Peter Mok top of the leaderboard. \u00a0Natalie Sadri (above right), who had such a strong opening flight with her ‘single bullet’ is the only other player to break the six-figure chip-count so far… Flight 1a Chip-counts: Peter Mok 127,300 Natalie<\/p>\n

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