{"id":41876,"date":"2016-02-05T21:04:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=41876"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:22:35","slug":"wpt-national-event-london-live-updates-day-1c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-live-updates-day-1c.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National Event London LIVE Updates Day 1c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Day 1c Chipcounts <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cristinel Costin\u00a0 136600<\/p>\n<p>Thang Nguyen\u00a0\u00a0 124700<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Parsons\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 123600<\/p>\n<p>Martinha Pereira\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 120100<\/p>\n<p>Atiquzzaman Atiquzzaman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 116200<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Saout\u00a0\u00a0 106700<\/p>\n<p>Brian Sidhu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 103100<\/p>\n<p>Lok Tsui\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 102100<\/p>\n<p>Steven Jorgensen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 86100<\/p>\n<p>Marcin Grzybowski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80800<\/p>\n<p>Yefet Chin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 78500<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Marchevici\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75600<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Bithell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 74200<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Levy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70200<\/p>\n<p>Mark Barlow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 69900<\/p>\n<p>James Manlove\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65600<\/p>\n<p>Serban Rotariu\u00a0 64500<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Okeeffe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 63400<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Kadji\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61900<\/p>\n<p>Simon Green\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61600<\/p>\n<p>Charles Akadiri\u00a0 60800<\/p>\n<p>Martynas Vitkauskas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59200<\/p>\n<p>Thales Anis Salomao Filho\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59100<\/p>\n<p>Grant Rayner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58000<\/p>\n<p>Ivelin Ganev\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 57400<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Chaplin\u00a0 56700<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Dearing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 56600<\/p>\n<p>Dalius Balciunas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55300<\/p>\n<p>Denis Prickett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54400<\/p>\n<p>Tony Doggett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53800<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Shah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53300<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Van Der Meer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50600<\/p>\n<p>Laszlo Balogh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50600<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Goodings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50300<\/p>\n<p>Jose Martinez\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50100<\/p>\n<p>Aleksandar Kotsev\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49900<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Nederlof\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49800<\/p>\n<p>Peter Jaksland\u00a0\u00a0 48400<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Gordon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48100<\/p>\n<p>Haresh Thaker\u00a0\u00a0 46200<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Zahour\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 46100<\/p>\n<p>Carl Harris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45700<\/p>\n<p>Jan Hansson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45400<\/p>\n<p>Elad Kubi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45300<\/p>\n<p>Michael Panteli 44500<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Smirthwaite\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44200<\/p>\n<p>Daniel-Alexandru Craciun\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43700<\/p>\n<p>Santhi Thiyagarajah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43700<\/p>\n<p>Alistair Yarwood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43100<\/p>\n<p>Ricki Valencia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43100<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Manning\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41900<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Cooledge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41500<\/p>\n<p>Mark Salmons\u00a0\u00a0 40500<\/p>\n<p>Arturas Drepinas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40200<\/p>\n<p>Panagiotis Papaioannou\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37800<\/p>\n<p>Laurentiu Radulescu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37000<\/p>\n<p>Mauro Suriano\u00a0 35700<\/p>\n<p>Claus Mikkelsen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35300<\/p>\n<p>Leo Madden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35000<\/p>\n<p>Florin Ignat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33000<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Stylianou\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32800<\/p>\n<p>Keith Miller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32500<\/p>\n<p>Rytis Danilevicius\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32000<\/p>\n<p>Andrius Stepaitis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29900<\/p>\n<p>Louis Tozer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29900<\/p>\n<p>Sang Ngo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29000<\/p>\n<p>Yung Cheung\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28900<\/p>\n<p>William Funnell 26700<\/p>\n<p>Ded Kalaj\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24800<\/p>\n<p>Hanan Barzel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23500<\/p>\n<p>Demetris Theophanous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23400<\/p>\n<p>JAMES BEIRNE\u00a0\u00a0 23200<\/p>\n<p>Dean Hyde\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22400<\/p>\n<p>Adam Prickett\u00a0\u00a0 22300<\/p>\n<p>Nicolae Cristea\u00a0 22100<\/p>\n<p>Stuart St Jean\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21900<\/p>\n<p>Christos Xanthopoulos\u00a0 21300<\/p>\n<p>John Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21300<\/p>\n<p>Giang Hong\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21000<\/p>\n<p>William Whicher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20900<\/p>\n<p>Celal Geyik\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20500<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Cazzador\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20000<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Bourici\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19500<\/p>\n<p>Nicolae Cernea 18600<\/p>\n<p>Lior Markov\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18100<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Gascoine\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17700<\/p>\n<p>James Guy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17500<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Skowron\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17500<\/p>\n<p>Neil Barron\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16800<\/p>\n<p>Artur Chrebor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16500<\/p>\n<p>Richard Edmondson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15000<\/p>\n<p>Robert Drummond\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14100<\/p>\n<p>Leo Lim 13400<\/p>\n<p>Gary Valencia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13100<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Manuel Fernandez\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13000<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Richards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12400<\/p>\n<p>Sayil Zulhayir\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11600<\/p>\n<p>Roei Dahan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8400<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Napoutano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5500<\/p>\n<p>Petrit Papushi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5500<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the Leader <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are players who&#8217;s survived, others who haven&#8217;t, but it doesn&#8217;t look as if anyone has enjoyed the kind of consistent run that Sam Macdonald has to date in this \u00a3100,000 Guaranteed WPT Accumulator. Having already bagged up 210,000 or so from the first two flights, Sam has 22,000 going into the last few hands of Day 1c, so looks near certain to be our overnight chip leader.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have today&#8217;s chip-counts as soon as possible for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How&#8217;s Your Luck?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The answer to that question if you&#8217;re Raj Nandhagopal is &#8216;rotten&#8217;. Carl Spicer shoved for around 7,400 (at blinds of 5,000\/10,000\/100) from UTG and was immediately re-raised from UTG+1 by Raj, who got folds from everyone else at the table and flipped over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> .<\/p>\n<p>It was well ahead of Carl&#8217;s <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, but the board ran out an incredible <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> that saw Spicer turn quads and double up to around 15k. Raj is left with around the same, but by the looks of their expressions, that amount of chips feels rather different ot him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barlow Gets it Back <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark Barlow has just managed to get the chips he lost earlier right back, having won a dramatic play-out from an all-in confrontation pre-flop. Barlow had the goods, going into the deal of the five cards which would seal Levon Jabourian&#8217;s fate with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> .\u00a0Jabourian himself held <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> , but that was looking a little stronger on the flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> despite Barlow hitting his set. The turn card was <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and<\/p>\n<p>The turn card was <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Lebourian moved ahead&#8230;but the river card of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> gave Barlow a full house and won him the pot, busting Lebourian and sending his table into predictable rapture! Barlow has over 33,000, just on average, while Jabourian departs.<\/p>\n<p>We have 136 players still in their seats, with a level and a half left. We&#8217;re told that with three Day1&#8217;s to amalgamate, chip-counts for Day 2 wil come through in the morning, so it will be worth looking at the individual chip-counts for Day 1a and Day 1b if you&#8217;re following friends in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Celebrate Too Soon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the golden rules in live poker should be not to celebrate before your hand has won and all five community cards have been dealt.<\/p>\n<p>All the chips were in the middle pre-flop, with Nicolae Cernea shoving for around 25,000, slightly more than Margarita Stoycheva called it off with, although one hand was way ahead. Stoycheva held <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, while Cernea turned over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, but \u00a0while he did that with a resigned smile, Stoycheva curled both hands into fists and punched the air in front of her cards.<\/p>\n<p>The flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> put Cernea ahead, and when he stayed there through the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river, Stoycheva was out of her seat and muttering something unintelligible as she walked away from the table, her chips all moved over to Cernea, who leaps above the average of 36k, quite politely it has to be said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Value Hand <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A decent guide to how things are progressing was in evidence here in Level 6 as Adolf Vertel\u00a0shoved all-in pre-flop with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for 10,500 and was &#8216;called&#8217; by a re-shove (the action was first) from Mark Barlow, who got around 25k into the middle with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> . The board of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">2h]<img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> gave both players a sweat, but saw Vertel double at Barlows expense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Numbers Are In <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With 222 entries in Day 1c, we&#8217;ve had a total of 558 buy-ins over the three flights, meaning we&#8217;ve just exceeded the whopping \u00a3100,000 that was in place for this incredible tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With 379 &#8216;unique&#8217;entries (i.e. physical people in seats), we&#8217;d imagine somewhere similar to last year&#8217;s cash amounts and places paid will be mirrored. For your information, 2015 saw 42 places paid, with the minimum cash amount at \u00a3670, however we have nothing confirmed for this tournament and won&#8217;t until the morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s No for Noonan <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Noonan has a great record in WPT events, cashing for over \u00a380,000 in the WPT500 back in November 2014. He won&#8217;t be going any further here after\u00a0he lost out in Level 5 of the eight we&#8217;ll play today on Day 1c.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The guy trapped me with pocket queens. I had pocket tens.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miller Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keith Miller was one of two callers of a raise to 1100 by another player at his table, along with partypoker qualifier Gareth Smirthwaite. The flop came <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> , with Miller taking over the betting lead by poking 2200 into the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Smirthwaite folded, but Keith&#8217;s opponent shoved for 8,700, and Miller looked down at his hand, <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> decided it was fine to call it off. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on the turn didn&#8217;t help him, but the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> on the river did &#8211; it gave Keith the straight flush and byumped his stack up to 35,000. His opponent was a Hanna Barbara cartoon-blur as they made for the door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold Deck for Rytis as Rayne Looks &#8216;Clairevoyant&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grant Rayner (Yes, he&#8217;s been asked if it&#8217;s the same spelling as the Horoscope<a title=\"legend\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claire_Rayner\" target=\"_blank\"> legend<\/a>\u00a0a number of times) managed to get into a pretty sweet spot in this Day 1c melee. He check-raised all-in with a set of sevens on a flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and was up against <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Two streets of sweat later, he had doubled his 15k stack and was looking down at better than average, with 31k with average at 22,474. Rytis Danilevicius, on the other hand, still has 23,125, but wears a frown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordon Surviving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terry Jordon may be down to fumes, but he&#8217;s surviving&#8230;somehow! On a raised flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, he and James Guy went at it. Jordon bet 2,000, Guy raised to 4,000. A very quick call. On the turn of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, the same bet, the same raise, the same call. On the river of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> a check from each player, with Guy out of position checking <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Jordon showing <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> first, and he had an agonising wait to find out he was losing. Jordon is don to fumes, just 4,000 at 150\/300\/50.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kozak Eliminated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maria Kozak is here with Terry Jordon, the popular London circuit player. She&#8217;s just left the tournament after a three-way all-in at her table. Also involved were Vinne Anderson, who was all-in pre-flop with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Charles Akadiri, holding <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Maria had <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and would need some serious help, but didn&#8217;t get enough of it on the dry board of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, which sent her and Vinnie to the rail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gang Wang Up, Down &amp; Out <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gang Wang won a big four-way pot against JJ Hazan and two others at the &#8216;Sam Macdonald&#8217; table, chipping up to over 25,000. He&#8217;s just lost the lot in a post-flop three-way all-in that again confirms this table as\u00a0<em>the<\/em> action table here on Day 1c.<\/p>\n<p>This might be the last chance players have to book a Day 2 seat, but rather than tightening up, there seems to be an almost kamikaze attitude to the play! The flop read <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and along with Wang who held <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, another player held\u00a0<img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Justin Tsui <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Tsui was well in front, and the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn kept that the case. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river saw him bust both Wang and an unnamed enemy, who left directly following the hand. Tsui has over double-average, with over 59,000 chips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*** End of Day 1b Chip-counts are now fully updated in Day 1b Blog Post &#8211; Click <a title=\"HERE!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-day-1b-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE!<\/a> *** <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 3 Blinds 100\/200\/25 &#8211; 189 Players Remaining from 193 Entries Grzyowski\u00a0Wins Epic All-In<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grzyowski\u00a0Wins Epic All-In <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam Macdonald&#8217;s table, also featuring Jeraint &#8216;JJ&#8217; Hazan, has started like a train, and it&#8217;s no surprise that Macdonald himself predicts that someone on his table, not necessarily him, will &#8216;have 50k by\u00a0the end of the second level&#8217;. Given that players only start with 20,000 and blinds are 100\/200 with 16 minutes left in Level 2, it may seem unlikely, but the last hand proved that the action is hotter than a fast food chain&#8217;s apple pocket in the Sahara.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Martin Grzyoswki raise to 550 pre-flop and get two callers including JJ Hazan, one player decided to re-raise up to 3,000. That saw only Grzyowski call, and the pair saw a flop of <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> .\u00a0Seat 7 open-shoved for the rest of his average-sized stack, and got a snap-call from Grzyowski, the latter flipping <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and delighted to see the raiser turn over <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> . The turn and river came <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and we lost Seat 7, who flew out of his chair and the tournament area so fast we couldn;t even catch his name. Grzyowski has around 40,000. Maybe Sam was right!<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Their Seats <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have 162 players sitting down already on Day 1c, with 219 needed to hit the guarantee of \u00a3100,000. It could be a close-run thing, with the cash tables full too here, Aspers Poker Room is Stratford is absolutely rammed.<\/p>\n<p>Taking part in Day 1c from the off are several big names, plenty of huge characters, and more one chip leader, with Sam Macdonald joined by Gabriel Tuna, Mike Panteli, JJ Hazan, Raheem Tadj-Saadat, Vinnie Anderson, Daiva Baruskaite, Chris Gordon, Tristan Chaplin and Terry Jordon\u00a0<em>all<\/em> in the mix!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Macdonald on the Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam Macdonald is the unofficial chip leader from the first two flights, having bagged up 65k on Day 1a and 145k on Day 1b, creating a 210,000 chip mountain that is unlikely to be topped after all three flights.<\/p>\n<p>That hasn&#8217;t stopped him playing the third and final flight, however, and he has almost doubled up in two hands against the same player.<\/p>\n<p>First, he got into a raising war with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> which flopped an open straight draw, but missed the flush draw, as Sam check-raised until the river, whereupon he shoved with jack-high. His opponent asked if he&#8217;d show his hand should he fold, and when Sam replied that he&#8217;d be happy to if it was a two-way street, Sam and his opponent (and the table) saw that he&#8217;d bluffed two-pair away from a juicy pot. The same hand paid off for Sam again to bust his new-found and<\/p>\n<p>The same hand paid off for Sam again to bust his new-found and quickly-busted friend as it hit the nuts on the turn to leave Macdonald our early pace-setter in this final flight, up to 37,000 at 50\/100. With the stack he has already amassed, he could have the whole table running scared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Furlong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to our live coverage of all the action at Aspers Casino in Stratford, where the players have been battling to build an accumulative WPT Accumulator stack over two flights already. You can read all about <a title=\"Day 1a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-day-1a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Day 1a<\/a> and <a title=\"Day 1b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-day-1b-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\">Day 1b <\/a>by clicking on them, but here in London, we&#8217;re back to blind levels of 50\/100 for 8 more levels of fun and frolics.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;ll bag a Day 2 seat or add to their pile of chips already in the bank? We&#8217;re about to find out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1c Chipcounts Cristinel Costin\u00a0 136600 Thang Nguyen\u00a0\u00a0 124700 Sebastian Parsons\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 123600 Martinha Pereira\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 120100 Atiquzzaman Atiquzzaman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 116200 Antoine Saout\u00a0\u00a0 106700 Brian Sidhu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 103100 Lok Tsui\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 102100 Steven Jorgensen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 86100 Marcin Grzybowski\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80800 Yefet Chin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 78500 Vladimir Marchevici\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75600 Oliver Bithell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 74200 Daniel Levy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70200 Mark Barlow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 69900 James Manlove\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65600 Serban Rotariu\u00a0 64500 Stephen<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-event-london-live-updates-day-1c.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":41817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[627,610,324,630],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41876"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41898,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41876\/revisions\/41898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41876"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}