The Final Two Tables

Play is back underway after an extended dinner break and the table draw is now as following with 21 total entries and 11 remaining players. Seat Table 1 Table 2 1 Elio Fox Robert Flink 2 Luc Greenwood Cary Katz 3 Jake Schindler Mike Watson 4 Stephen Chidwick Sam Soverel 5 Manig Loeser Sam Grafton 6 Steve O'Dwyer

Updated Counts Before Dinner

The remaining 8 players just completed Level 9 and are now on a 90-minute dinner break. Registration will remain open through the recess and when play resumes, just before 8:00 PM local time, the field will be finalized. When play does resume, we expect Event #1 to expand back to two

Top-Ten at Second Break

The first six levels of the British Poker Open is in the books. Mike Watson still leads, but there has been movement below him on the leaderboard. Most of that movement has occurred on Table 1, where Robert Flink and Cary Katz have built their stacks over 200,000. At Watson's table, Stephen Chidwick,

Katz Raises Loeser on the Turn

Cary Katz raised under the gun to 6,000 and Jake Schindler called on the button after which Manig Loeser called in the small blind. Joao Vieira folded the big blind and the flop brought out [As7h9s] and all three players checked. On the turn the [7d] hit and Loeser bet 5,000

Katz vs. Soverel

Cary Katz raised to 4,500 from the button and both blinds, Sam Soverel and Jake Schindler, made the call. The flop brought out [Ac6s2h] and Katz continued for 6,000 only to be called by Soverel. On the turn, the [Kc] popped up and both players checked. The river was the [6c] and

Loeser Doubles Through Aldemir

Manig Loeser in action during the 2019 U.S. Poker Open.

Manig Loeser was just spotted sitting on a big stack and he informed of us a double up he managed to secure through Koray Aldemir. Loeser relayed to us that was it was Cary Katz who raised to 2,000 before Aldemir three-bet to 7,000 from the cutoff before the action got