��1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 888poker LIVE Manchester
��1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 888poker LIVE Manchester
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£265,050
Entries
279
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
23
Players Left
3
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jonathan Roberts had a day on the felt that most poker players can only dream of on his way to bagging up the massive chip lead on Day 1a of the ��1,100 888poker Live Manchester Main Event.
Roberts went on a rush of eliminations and big pots as he built up a stack of around 450,000 at one point during the day. A few late hits dropped him to 376,500 to end the night, but still far away the chip leader of the three players who managed to survive the day.
Roberts�� day began when he cracked Stephen Cherry��s aces on the river. He then picked up aces against Craig Rimmer��s queens to earn a double up that put him into the chip leader. He busted Oliver Hutchins by spiking a flush on the river to beat top two pair, hit a queen to crack Lin Chen��s eights to hit the 300,000 milestone, then rivered trips to bust Leslie Kearney and pull clear of the field.
Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Roberts | United Kingdom | 376,500 | 126 |
| 2 | David Kingsley | United Kingdom | 166,000 | 55 |
| 3 | Zhicheng Miao | United Kingdom | 147,500 | 49 |
It took Zhicheng Miao five tries before he managed to bag up for Day 2. Miao busted four times earlier in the day, but on his fifth bullet doubled up with a full house against Roberts�� flush to finish with 147,500. David Kingsley, who doubled up off Roberts on one of the last hands of the night when he picked off a bluff with a pair of aces, rounds out the field with 166,000.
Day 1a attracted a total of 23 entries. Several big names spent the day playing the High Roller event, including 888poker Ambassadors Ian Simpson, Vivian Saliba, and Lucia Navarro. They��ll have to wait for another day to make an appearance in the Main Event. There are still three opening flights remaining. Day 1b begins tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time, while Day 1c is on August 23 at noon. There is also a turbo Day 1d flight later that day at 8 p.m. with 20-minute levels. Players can also register at the start of Day 2 on August 24 at noon.
Just three remain, but there are still plenty of opportunities for the field to grow larger here in Manchester. PokerNews will be back tomorrow providing all the live coverage from the second starting flight.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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376,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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166,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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147,500
2,500
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2,500 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1a has ended and the final three players are bagging up their chips for the night.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jonathan Roberts raised to 8,000 on the button and David Kingsley called in the big blind.
Roberts bet another 8,000 on the A?8?2? flop and Kingsley called. Both players then checked the 5? turn.
The river was the 3? and Roberts moved all in. Kingsley spent several minutes in the tank but eventually called for his last 65,000. Roberts showed J?5? for a pair of fives, but Kingsley turned over A?6? for a pair of aces to win the pot and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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375,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
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160,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jonathan Roberts limped in from the small blind before Zhicheng Miao raised to 12,000 in the big blind. Roberts called and they both checked to the river on a board of 9?4?3?4?J?.
Roberts then led out for 28,000 and Miao moved all in for 60,400. Roberts snap-called with K?6? for a flush, but Miao showed 9?9? for a full house to win the pot and double up.
On the next hand, Lin Chen was all in with sixes against Roberts�� eights and failed to improve on his way to the rail.
��Got it back next hand,�� Roberts said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
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145,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Lin Chen raised to 6,000 on the button and Jonathan Roberts called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 10?2?7? flop. The turn was the 4? and Roberts led out for 4,500.
Chen spent nearly a minute in the tank before emerging with a raise to 13,500. Roberts snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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430,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
|
|
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|
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55,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
In a limped pot between the blinds, Jonathan Roberts and Zhicheng Miao checked to the turn on a board of J?Q?J?J?. Miao then bet 3,500 and Roberts called.
The river was the 5? and Miao bet 16,000 this time as Roberts began kneeling on his seat and shuffling around the chips to call in his hand.
"Ace-four? Do you have a jack," Miao said as the two players discussed the hand for several minutes while Roberts continued to tank. He eventually folded and Miao took the pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
455,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Leslie Kearney raised to 5,500 under the gun, Jonathan Roberts three-bet to 16,000 in the small blind, and Kearney called.
The flop came A?5?3? and Roberts continued for 12,000. Kearney called and the K? fell on the turn. Roberts then bet 27,000 and Kearney called.
The 5? fell on the river and Roberts tossed out enough to put Kearney all in. Kearney quickly called for his last 70,000 with A?Q?, but Roberts showed Q?5? for rivered trips to win the massive pot and send Kearney to the rail.
"You probably weren't going to pass, anyway. I'm surprised it wasn't a spade," Kearney told him on his way to the exit.
Zhicheng Miao recently fired his fifth bullet of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
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|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Busted | |