Alex Foxen Eliminated by Luc Greenwood
A few hands after the elimination of Cary Katz, another player hit the rail to drop Event #1 of the British Poker Open down to seven players.
Action started with Luc Greenwood raising to 16,000 from the button. Steve O’Dwyer folded his small blind, before Alex Foxen called in the big.
Foxen check-called a bet of 26,000 after the [Js6d3d] flop and check-called 60,000 after the [Ah] fell on the turn.
The [9s] completed the board and Foxen checked for a third time. Greenwood used a time extension before firing another bet, this time putting Foxen all-in.
After cutting down his close to 100,000 chip stack, Foxen used a time extension of his own and called before he had to use a second, only to see Greenwood table [As5d]. Foxen flashed [6s4s] and Greenwood’s turned pair turned the reigning GPI Player of the Year to the rail in 8th place.
The remaining seven players are scheduled to play until two more eliminations are registered.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Luc Greenwood | 540,000 |
220,000  |
| Alex Foxen | Busted |
-215,000  |
Cary Katz Eliminated by Steve O’Dwyer
Steve O’Dwyer raised to 16,000 from early position and the action folded to Cary Katz who called from the small blind to create heads-up action.
The flop brought out [Kc6d5c] and both players checked.
On the turn the [Jd] hit and Katz lead out for 23,000, O’Dwyer called.
The river brought the [3c] and Katz moved all in for 73,000. O’Dwyer thought for 20 seconds and made the call.
“Jack high is good,” Katz said as he flipped over [AdTd] for a missed combo draw.
O’Dwyer showed [QsQh] and his pair was enough to bring the final table down to eight players.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Dwyer | 320,000 |
220,000 |
| Cary Katz | Busted |
-165,000 |
Final Table Counts
Event #1 of the British Poker Open is down to the final table. The remaining nine players, their chip counts, and position after the redraw is provided below:
- Stephen Chidwick – 135,000
- Luc Greenwood – 375,000
- Steve O’Dwyer – 205,000
- Alex Foxen – 215,000
- Sam Grafton – 795,000
- Chin Wei Lim – 235,000
- Mike Watson – 240,000
- Robert Flink – 210,000
- Cary Katz – 190,000
The plan is to play down to the final five players tonight, with the first BPO bubble set to burst tomorrow live on PokerGO.
Fox Falls to Foxen Before Final Table
The opening event of the British Poker Open is down to the final table, after Elio Fox busted to Alex Foxen in 10th place.
The battle of late entrants ended with Foxen calling Fox’s 53,000 chip shove, after the reigning GPI Player of the Year opened to 12,000 from middle position. Fox was ahead, but flipping with [5s5d] against Foxen’s [7c6c].
The flip went Foxen’s way on the flop and held through the [Ad8d6s2hQh] runout. Fox joins Jake Schindler and Manig Loeser on the rail, while the nine remaining players are redrawing for their seats at the Event #1 final table.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 215,000 |
115,000 |
| Jake Schindler | Busted |
-80,000 |
| Elio Fox | Busted |
-120,000 |
| Manig Loeser | Busted |
-90,000 |
Payouts Announced
The first event of the inaugural British Poker Open drew a total of 26 entries creating a prize pool of £260,000 which breaks down to the following four payouts.
- £119,600
- £72,800
- £41,600
- £26,600
Right now there are 10 players remaining.
Danny Tang Eliminated
Down to just 9,000 chips, Danny Tang was just sent to the rail. Sam Grafton raised to 12,000 and was called by Cary Katz in the small blind before Tang committed his last chips from the big blind.
The board ran out [8cKc5c6dQs] on which both Katz and Grafton checked all streets.
Grafton showed [QdTc] and took down the pot as Tang flashed [4x3x] and Katz flashed [JxTx].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Grafton | 780,000 |
-5,000 |
| Danny Tang | Busted |
-100,000 |
KK vs. AA: Grafton and Watson Clash Big
Robert Flink raised to 12,000 after which Cary Katz called before Mike Watson three-bet to 45,000 on the button. Sam Grafton was sitting in the small blind and he moved all in for 375,000.
The action folded back around to Watson who made the call right away.
Watson: [AxAx]
Grafton: [KcKd]
The board ran out [8d6d5d9hQd] and Grafton made a flush to win the biggest pot of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Grafton | 785,000 |
370,000 |
| Mike Watson | 292,000 |
-393,000 |
Soverel Ousted by Grafton
Sam Grafton raised under the gun and was only called by Sam Soverel from the big blind as we picked up the action on the [Jc5h3h] flop. Soverel checked to Grafton who bet 12,000 and leader in the High Roller Player of the Year race check-raised to 32,000.
Grafton called the raise and the [Ad] hit on the turn.
Soverel bet 16,000 on the turn and Grafton moved all in after which Soverel called for his tournament life worth 63,000 right away.
Grafton: [JdJs]
Soverel: [Ah7h]
The river brought the [As] and Soverel was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Grafton | 415,000 |
285,000 |
| Sam Soverel | Busted |
-135,000 |
Grafton Goes Early, Doubles Through Flink
Shortly after Manig Loeser doubled back to a starting stack against Steve O’Dwyer, Sam Grafton and Sam Soverel tangled on Table 2.
Picking up the action on [Th9d6c], Soverel bet 7,000 from the button. Grafton, who was in the small blind, called before Robert Flink check-raised to 80,000 from the big. Soverel went into the tank and slid a time extension into the middle, before putting his head in his hands.
Grafton then asked if the clock had been reset, before pushing a full stack of 100,000 in the middle while announcing “all-in”. There was a brief pause before Grafton realized Soverel still had cards and the floor was immediately called.
The dealer explained the situation to British Poker Open Tournament Director Paul Campbell and he confirmed that if Soverel called Flink’s raise, Grafton would not have the option to change his action. If Soverel moved all-in, Grafton would not be held to his out-of-turn all-in.
Soverel took a few more seconds to think before he eventually folded, meaning Grafton was held to his all-in. Flink threw in calling chips and then got an official count of Grafton’s 127,000 chip stack.
“That sucks.” Flink said, describing not only the situation, but the hands as well.
Grafton had turned over [QhJd] and the Swede tabled [Qd8d]. Flink needed to hit to score the knockout and he could not.
The [Ah] and [3d] completed the board and Grafton’s double which has him among the chip leaders with close to 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Flink | 110,000 |
-45,000 |
New Faces
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 100,000 | - |
| Danny Tang | 100,000 | - |
| Chin Wei Lim | 100,000 | - |
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