{"id":41849,"date":"2016-02-05T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=41849"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:22:36","slug":"wpt-national-event-london-day-1b-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-day-1b-live-updates.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National Event London Day 1b Live Updates!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1b Chip-counts <\/strong><\/p>\n

With 72 players still active on the big screen, we have confirmed numbers and chip-counts for you, with Sam Macdonald the overall chip-leader across the first two flights.<\/p>\n

Who else has survived?\u00a0Read on…!<\/p>\n

Sam Macdonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 145000<\/p>\n

David Gassian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 125700<\/p>\n

Kenneth Lemchi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 124800<\/p>\n

Julien Sitbon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 113800<\/p>\n

Dervis Sam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 101000<\/p>\n

Shefali Depala\u00a0\u00a0 94500<\/p>\n

Edgar Drozdov\u00a0\u00a0 93600<\/p>\n

Timotheos Timotheou\u00a0\u00a0 92700<\/p>\n

Jamal Gormati\u00a0\u00a0 88100<\/p>\n

Benjamin Boulden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87300<\/p>\n

Berivan Dag\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82800<\/p>\n

Stuart Bromley\u00a0 81100<\/p>\n

Paul Newland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73200<\/p>\n

Yaron Kuznik\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73200<\/p>\n

Detelin Hristov\u00a0 73100<\/p>\n

Philippe Ewert\u00a0\u00a0 72100<\/p>\n

Wei Mian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 71000<\/p>\n

Graziano Pirovano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 69300<\/p>\n

Thomas Eaves\u00a0\u00a0 68000<\/p>\n

Ali Enver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61900<\/p>\n

Xuan Nguyen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60000<\/p>\n

Simon Green\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58900<\/p>\n

Amir Brizman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55900<\/p>\n

Antto Sober\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55800<\/p>\n

Graham Hiew\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55400<\/p>\n

Graham Wilson 55100<\/p>\n

Angelo Milioto\u00a0 54700<\/p>\n

Yung Cheung\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53600<\/p>\n

Peter Jaksland\u00a0\u00a0 52100<\/p>\n

Mikkel Lind\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 51700<\/p>\n

Daniel Hardy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49700<\/p>\n

Chinthaka Fernando\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48700<\/p>\n

Andreas Nordbek\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 47500<\/p>\n

Chan Ha\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45100<\/p>\n

Christopher Richards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44600<\/p>\n

Margarita Stoycheva\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43500<\/p>\n

Daniel Lowe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41500<\/p>\n

Richard Baker\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40500<\/p>\n

Paul Russell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39100<\/p>\n

Demetris Theophanous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37800<\/p>\n

Jen Chiang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37400<\/p>\n

Baktash Parsa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35300<\/p>\n

William Funnell 34900<\/p>\n

KONSTANTIN SAGANIS 34100<\/p>\n

Dean Craddock 32900<\/p>\n

Tsz Ho\u00a0\u00a0 32200<\/p>\n

Gilles Perez\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31000<\/p>\n

Charles Akadiri\u00a0 30500<\/p>\n

Roei Dahan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30200<\/p>\n

Daiva Barauskaite\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29200<\/p>\n

Anooj Sareen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28800<\/p>\n

Carl Harris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28000<\/p>\n

Christopher Gordon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24300<\/p>\n

Eric Ramkeesoon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23500<\/p>\n

Timothy Dearing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22800<\/p>\n

James Gray\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22000<\/p>\n

Jan Hansson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21000<\/p>\n

Thomas Edwards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20800<\/p>\n

Bogdan Gheorghita\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19900<\/p>\n

Mudassar Khan 19800<\/p>\n

Etai Muallem\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19500<\/p>\n

John Thompson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15400<\/p>\n

Nikolaj Zeuthen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14200<\/p>\n

Vladimir Marchevici\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14000<\/p>\n

Granville Mitchell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11800<\/p>\n

Andrey Dimitrov\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4300<\/p>\n

Edmondson Hits Bottom <\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Edmondson qualified for this tournament via partypoker, so he has one of the most valuable seats in the room. He’s just been involved in a big pot, too. We joined the action on the turn, as Sam Macdonald bet 13,900 into an 18,000 chip pot on a board of . Edmondson was the only caller, and the river came .<\/p>\n

This time, Macdonald checked, but so too did Edmondson, whose decision was proved very wise when Macdonald turned over for the rivered nut flush. Edmondson loses a biggie, but breathes a sigh of relief, turning over . Given the way Macdonald played that hand, Edmondson just made a terrific fold.<\/p>\n

You can join Richard and many other in the forthcoming Powerfest festival of online poker on partypoker. Why not read all about it right here?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hardy Boys Enjoying the Adventure <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan Hardy is playing this Day 1b flight, and so too is his famous father, known as ‘The Booky’, Anthony Hardy.<\/p>\n

While Daniel has been in his seat for a while and is up to 45,000 and merrily playing his usual game, Tony has only been in play since the end of late registration. He went all-in against the short-stacked Margarita Stoycheva, but she had aces while Tony only 5’s, and she held to double. That put Tony in trouble, but he just got back to starting stack after shoving pre-flop with and being called – for their whole stack – by a man with . Hardy doubled without trouble, and is back up to 20,400. Stoycheva currently has 24,000.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, James Akenhead is out of the second flight after flopping a straight, but seeing Kenneth Chukwuemeka flush him away on the river. Ken has 80,000 now, one of the biggest stacks in the room.<\/p>\n

‘Who’s the chip-leader?’ is a popular question in the room, but the answer changes so frequently at the current level, there’s no answer that is correct for long.<\/p>\n

Pole Position<\/strong><\/p>\n

From mid-position, Chris Richards raised it up to 1500, a standard raise both at this level and his table. Albert Sapiano in the small blind and last year’s runner-up Simon Green in the big blind were the only two to call his bet, and the trio saw a flop of . Albert and Simon checked to Chris, who led for 2,600. This time, only Albert called, and the two players saw a turn card of . Both men checked that card, but on the river of , Albert tossed out a big bet of 8,000 chips.<\/p>\n

Chris called and Albert turned over with a slam of his fist onto the table. Chris flipped and collected a very nice pot indeed.<\/p>\n

Albert now has 19,000 chips, but Chris sits behind 52,000, well above the 30,777 average.<\/p>\n

Rolled Macdonald <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh from a massage, Sam Macdonald had plenty of chips at the start of this hand and it was a case of Sam vs. Sam as the former took on Dervis Sam at new blinds of 300\/600\/75.<\/p>\n

Pre-flop, Dervis re-raised to 3200,with only MacDonald in the small blind, calling to see a flop of .Dervis made it 4700, with Macdonald calling slowly. On the turn of Dervis made it 9,000, again, Macdonald calling it off. On the river of ,\u00a0both players checked, but not before Dervis Sam had checked what Macdonald’s stack was. Dervis himself had slightly more, just 37,000 (still well above the average 28,000) and elected to go to a free showdown. Macdonald turned over , which was good.<\/p>\n

‘I should have shoved. You call?’ asks Dervis Sam. the Macdonald variety nods with a grin. Macdonald has over 74,000 chips and is in complete command of his table.<\/p>\n

We have 122 players still in seats from a confirmed number of entries this flight of 169, two more than in last night’s flight. We will need 219 entries in tonight’s final Day 1c flight to hit the guarantee of \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\n

Chipcounts at the Break <\/strong><\/p>\n

With the first four levels in the past, here are some selected chip-counts from Day 1b players. They’ll play 4 more levels (if they can!) before Day 1b ends and there is an hour’s clear break between Day 1b and the start of Day 1c.<\/p>\n

Chip-counts:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Enzo Del Piero 64,000<\/p>\n

William Funnel 56,000<\/p>\n

James Akenhead 55,000<\/p>\n

Charles Akadiri 54,000<\/p>\n

Tim Tim Timotheu 53,000<\/p>\n

Angelo Milioto 37,500<\/p>\n

Sebastian Rojek 28,000<\/p>\n

Joe Laming 25,000<\/p>\n

Simon Green 23,000<\/p>\n

John Thompson 22,000<\/p>\n

Chris Gordon 20,000<\/p>\n

Albert Sapiano 16,000<\/p>\n

Daiva Baruskaite 12,500<\/p>\n

Mike Panteli 8,100<\/p>\n

Jordon is Conquered\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terry Jordon has busted his second bullet in this WPT Accumulator, having departed early on Day 1a last night as well as Day 1b this afternoon.<\/p>\n

‘I had a set of queens cracked.’ he told us, before getting his last 5k chips into themiddle with . Up against two callers, he could treble up, but on a board of he somehow found a way to lose, with one of the two enemies shoving all-in on the river and eventually getting a fold before showing . Ouch!<\/p>\n

Nong Makes Hay <\/strong><\/p>\n

On a flop of , James Akenhead, Albert Sapiano and Quoc Nong were three of five players who check round with around 5k in the pot. The turn card of stirred a bet of 1800 from Akenhead, which was raised to 7,000 by Sapiano. Quoc Nong re-raised to 15k from a 17k stack, and Akenhead and Sapiano got out of the way.<\/p>\n

Huge Three-Way Pot <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is plenty of action at a table involving Charles Akadiri, Daiva Baruskaite, and one of the most successful Day 1a players, Sonny Tant.<\/p>\n

Pre-flop, the action was raised by Sebastian Rojek to 1050 after some limping, and Daiva, Akadiri and Tant all called that raise, along with the big blind, who was getting pot odds of around 9\/1 just to see three community cards. When they came , everyone checked to Rojek, who continued for 1600. That was called by just Tant and Akadiri, and the trio saw a turn of . Again, Rojek took the lead, betting 3300 which was again called in two spots. A furrowed brow from Rojek suggested\u00a0either<\/em> strength or weakness, and everyone seemed tense before the river of fell.<\/p>\n

Now the momentum swung, with Tant changing tack, leading out from UTG with a chunky bet of 6600 (just under half his remaining stack) going into the middle. Cool as ice, Akadiri in the next seat raised all-in for 11,600, and Rojek snap-called for a third of his stack. Tant now clearly had a horrible position to extrapolate himself from. Call and he would in line for a 50k+ pot. Fold, and he’d have just 24 big blinds to his name. But in the end, he thought better of calling, and threw away his cards face-down. Akadiri<\/p>\n

Akadiri quickly showed for the rivered flush, enough to beat Rojek’s hand, , which he too turned over. While Tant has just 6800, and Rojek just over starting stack with 21,000, Charles Akadiri may have taken the lead in the room, up to just over 50,000 chips.<\/p>\n

Smirthwaite Totalled by TimTim <\/strong><\/p>\n

Gareth Smirthwaite already took a stack through to Day 2 in last night’s first flight, but he’ll have to enter tonight third flight if he wants to add to that stack after losing all of his Day 1b chips.<\/p>\n

Open-shoving pre-flop with , Gareth was re-raised all-in for around 15,000 by Tim Tim Timotheu\u00a0, with . The flop was immediately fanned to which Timotheu moaned ‘Why didn’t everyone call?!’ but when the landed on the turn, Smirthwaite gave thought to returning to his seat, one of several players to call for a king on what has been a fun table, shared with the likes of Vinnie Anderson and Angelo Milioto.<\/p>\n

The river crushed Smirthwaite’s dreams, however, at least until 8pm when the third and final Day 1 flight begins.<\/p>\n

Akenhead vs Albert 2: Niners Revenge <\/strong><\/p>\n

It isn’t that the only action going on is at their table, but all the action there is so good. Albert Sapiano with chips is not just a dangerous opponent, but he’s wet dynamite on the rest of the table, seeming to spark wild play among others.<\/p>\n

On a board of , Akenhead calls Albert’s bet of 5,000. On the river of , Akenhead led for the same amount, and when Albert quickly called him, showed for flopped trips.<\/p>\n

Albert tossed towards the dealer and sighed, Akenhead is all smiles and over 30,000, faring much better than he did yesterday…so far.<\/p>\n

Also sitting down to late reg this \u00a3100,000 guaranteed WPT Accumulator National event are Sam Macdonald (who finished as one of the higher stacks of Day 1a) and Daniel Hardy, who is playing his first flight of the tournament so far. Both are up to around 25,000 already.<\/p>\n

Tant vs Lohia <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonny Tant made it through last night’s Day 1a flight with over 90,000 chips, enough for a Top 5 stack of the 67 players who survived. He’s undeterred from the action and resting on not a single laurel as he is back at the baize today for Day 1b.<\/p>\n

We joined Sonny as he was pondering an interesting hand. With a pot of 11,000 in the middle, Sher Lohia led for 2,325 on the river, with Daiva Baruskaite also in the hand, until she folded on the river. Tant could not resist calling, however, and was shown the nut flush by Lohia, who held . Tant mucked his cards, but looked disgruntled to lose the hand. He still has more than the 20,000 chips he started with, however, and with 146 entries so far this afternoon, blinds are up to 100\/200 in Level 2.<\/p>\n

Albert & Akenhead <\/strong><\/p>\n

James Akenhead shares the felt with Albert Sapiano this afternoon, who has been involved from the get-go, as you might imagine. As a loose calculation, there’s been a very high VPIP % at their table, and Albert is chief amongst the players for trying to control what is an entertaining group to watch.<\/p>\n

Having already won small pots from Akenhead and Kyzysztof Pregowski, Albert calls only from the big blind, and is up against the blinds. On a flop of , all three players check, so Albert bets 700 on the turn of which is only called by Sam Hurlock in the big blind. On the river of Albert check-calls a bet of 1800 from Hurlock, who, once called, turns over for the turned straight (and straight flush draw) . Albert nods in approval.<\/p>\n

Hurlock is above the average of 20,296. Albert Sapiano may be our chip leader in the room of 132 players on around 41,000 chips.<\/p>\n

Green is Back For More<\/strong><\/p>\n

We already have 95 players in their seats on what we’re sure will be a busy Day 1b, with luminaries\u00a0such as James Akenhead, Danny Laming, TimTim Timotheu, Angelo Milioto, Raheem Tadj-Saadat, Vinnie Anderson, Gareth Smirthwaite, John Thompson, Chris Gordon and Simon Green all in their seats.<\/p>\n

‘Has last year’s winner turned up?’ Green asked us. Simon was runner-up to Irina Nikolaidi\u00a0of course, with both of them winning their career-high scores after their eventful heads-up.<\/p>\n

‘It was a great final table, I met the guy who finished third and he was also knocked out yesterday,’ Simon continued. ‘I have a few things to do later, so I’d love to just get through this flight.’<\/p>\n

Everyone at the felt will be hoping the same.<\/p>\n

Back to Stack <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome back to Aspers Casino in Stratford for the second flight of three on this Day 1. We’re in the heart of East London, the Westfield Shopping Centre, where you can follow the action from the felt as a fresh batch of players join several playing their second flight in trying to accumulate as bigger stack as they can in the WPT National Accumulator format.<\/p>\n

Players can buy-in for \u00a3200 (\u00a3180+20) and play all three flights if they like, with any chips they survive each eight-level flight with growing into their Day 2 stack. From yesterday’s 166 entries, 67 players survived the day with chips, including Chris Gordon, Alexis Savvides and chip leader Paul Damian.<\/p>\n

Who will win this afternoon’s flight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 1b Chip-counts With 72 players still active on the big screen, we have confirmed numbers and chip-counts for you, with Sam Macdonald the overall chip-leader across the first two flights. Who else has survived?\u00a0Read on…! Sam Macdonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 145000 David Gassian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 125700 Kenneth Lemchi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 124800 Julien Sitbon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 113800 Dervis Sam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 101000 Shefali Depala\u00a0\u00a0 94500 Edgar<\/p>\n

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