Action was on the turn on a board of J?Q?A?6?. Doron Ferenbach checked and Ali Zia bet out 30,000. Ferenbach moved all in for 101,000.
Zia weighed it up and enquired about his opponent's hand. "Have you got ace jack?", he asked, before making the call.
Ferenbach showed A?7? for a pair of aces and Zia flipped over A?K? for a pair of aces with king kicker. The river came the 8? and Zia held. Ferenbach was eliminated from the tournament.
On the adjacent table, Wendy Watson was all in and also busted.
Welcome to Day 2 of the PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event, running at Grosvenor Casino at The Sandcastle. The event resumes at 12 p.m. local time.
A total of 262 entries were made to the event across three starting flights, which made for a prize pool of ￡254,140. Of those, 40 players have made it through to Day 2 and are now in the money.
The chip leader heading into Day 2 is Jacob Mulhern. He's followed by UK player and PokerStars qualifier Dan Laidlaw. Craig Watson is currently third place.
PokerStars Team Pro player Sam Grafton finished Day 1a on top and joins Day 2 fourth in chips.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Jacob Mulhern
UK
590,000
2
Dan Laidlaw
UK
405,500
3
Craig Watson
UK
355,500
4
Sam Grafton
UK
342,000
5
Tuan Le
UK
316,000
6
Dale Hancock
UK
269,000
7
Constantin Erhan
Moldova
267,500
8
Matthieu Chan
Mauritius
260,500
9
Martin Kradlak
Slovakia
251,000
10
Jessica Pilkington
UK
249,500
Jacob Mulhern
Blind levels on Day 2 will run for 60-minutes, with regular breaks throughout the day. It's expected that the event will run deep into the money. By the time the day ends, there will be just a few players left in contention for the top prizes.
Payouts are yet to be announced, but they will be available here as the information becomes available.
PokerNews will be bringing you live updates of Day 2 straight from the tournament floor and then following the event all the way down to a winner on Day 3.
