Davenport Among Chip Leaders Following GUKPT Coventry Primary Event Day 1a
The very first flight of the GUKPT Coventry Primary Occasion is in the books with 26 players advancing from a field of specifically one hundred. Plenty of players took it upon themselves to jump straight in at the first opportunity, which includes Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon.
Unfortunately for Nixon, he was eliminated just before the end of play but will have ample opportunity to safe his spot in Day two with two far more flights on Friday, March 4 here at the Grosvenor Casino Coventry.
The chip leader is Mitchell Hynam who bagged 169,700 ahead of anonymous player “G D” with 154,100. Matthew Davenport sits in third in chips and is the only other player above 150,000, following bagging 152,600. Other players who bagged above 100,000 chips incorporate Lee French (141,000), Dawid Chmiel (120,500) and Leon Campbell (108,000).
GUKPT Coventry Principal Event Day 1a Top ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell Hynam | United Kingdom | 169,700 |
| two | G D | NA | 154,100 |
| 3 | Matthew Davenport | United Kingdom | 152,600 |
| 4 | Lee French | United Kingdom | 141,000 |
| five | Dawid Chmiel |   | 120,500 |
| six | Leon Campbell | United Kingdom | 108,000 |
| 7 | Jay Yerby | United Kingdom | 106,500 |
| eight | Donald Jones | United Kingdom | 97,200 |
| 9 | Paulius Kostickis | Lithuania | 90,100 |
| 10 | I M | NA | 71,100 |
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Other players advancing to Day two contain Renee Xie, who bagged the Day 1a chip lead in the GUKPT London Principal Event final month, along with Yucel Eminoglu, Jack Allen, Simon Taberham, Ali Sarkeshik and Daniel Stacey.
They will return for Day two at midday on Saturday, March five. Meanwhile PokerNews will return on Friday for two far more flights in the GUKPT Coventry Major Event.
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