2024 EAPT UK

��560 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info

2024 EAPT UK

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
£67,400
Event Info
Buy-in
£560
Prize Pool
£480,000
Entries
858
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1ab
Entries
192
Players Left
38

Jonathan Hanley Looking Handy After Day 1a of EAPT UK Main Event

Level 14 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Jonathan Hanley
Jonathan Hanley

The first-ever Eurasian Poker Tour Main Event in the United Kingdom has got off to a flying start with Jonathan Hanley locking up a humongous chip lead.

The local hero bagged an impressive 3,180,000 chips, which equates to 159 big blinds when the players reconvene on May 26.

Hanley has secured a number of cashes at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, with his biggest-ever recorded score of ��7,000 at the WSOPC event held here earlier in the year. He will be looking to add handsomely to that come Sunday.

Second in the standings is the experienced Jack Allen who banked 1,680,000 chips. Allen has recorded an impressive $570,000 in prize money over the years, including a six-figure run at the 2022 WSOP Main Event where he finished 69th for $121,500. In third place is Ben Fowler who will come back with a stack of 1,555,000.

EAPT UK Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Stacks

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Jonathan HanleyUnited Kingdom3,180,000159
2Jack AllenUnited Kingdom1,680,00084
3Ben FowlerUnited Kingdom1,555,00078
4David LangsdaleUnited Kingdom1,465,00073
5Song Hoi SunSouth Korea1,275,00064
6Lewis NuttallUnited Kingdom1,180,00059
7James ClarkeUnited Kingdom1,075,00054
8Richard ShepherdUnited Kingdom1,075,00054
9Pavel DobritaRomania1,070,00054
10Manikandan RadhakrishnanUnited Kingdom1,055,00053

Best of Day 1a Action

There can only be one choice for hand of the day which came in level five of the tournament which produced an incredible five-way all in scenario. Four of the players had pocket pairs while Timothy Slater had ace-queen.

Preflop, Hok Lai was the favorite to take down the pot with pocket kings, but it was the worst hand preflop which ended up taking a significant chunk of the pot. Richard Shepherd��s pocket sixes managed to connect on a low board to make a seven-high straight to drag in a pot of 684,000.

Despite calling himself a fish after the hand, he managed to build a handsome stack and will return on Sunday with 1,075,000. Lai managed to recover and will come back with 565,000.

But the star of the day has to be the overwhelming chip leader Hanley, who collected almost 20 percent of the chips in play. The catalyst for his success was making a huge call against Darren Jarvis who moved all in for 285,000 on a paired board.

Hanley used all of his four allotted time bank cards and made the call with ace-jack for two pair, while Jarvis tabled ace-ten of spades for a busted flush draw.

From there Hanley was a chip magnet and was not afraid to clash with other monster stacks, especially when he held pocket kings. He slayed Gajanthan Kamalanathan after making kings full of aces for a seven-figure pot and dispatched Adrian Cazacu after the Romanian shoved over 50 big blinds preflop and ran into Hanley��s cowboys.

At time of writing Day 1b is on the verge of conclusion and as soon as the information is available the chip counts will be published on PokerNews.

The action continues tomorrow with Day 1c starting at midday local time, followed by Day 1d at 5 p.m. local time. PokerNews will be concentrating on Day 1c, with end-of-night chip counts for Day 1d. Coverage will continue until May 27 when a winner will be crowned.

Tags: Adrian CazacuBen FowlerDarren JarvisDavid LangsdaleGajanthan KamalanathanHok LaiJack AllenJames ClarkeJonathan HanleyLewis NuttallPavel DobritaRichard ShepherdSong Hoi SunTimothy Slater