Of the field that began 111 strong 49 started made it through to Day 2 and started today at 2:30pm.

Here are the starting chip counts:

38 player have just come back from the break in which the 25 chips were removed from play. Play resumes over 4 tables in the heart of the West End and there’s cash action a plenty for anyone on the rail.

Blinds: 800-1600
Ante: 100
Average Chips: 59,500 (2.26 million in play)

Last month’s main event finished in a chop between Steve Watts and Kirit Patel who is still in the field today. Kirit is finding some form after playing this FPC-ME fresh from cashing in the Fox’s Bank Holiday Special on Monday which attract 115 players and a prize pool of over £17,000. The next £150+£10 Bank Holiday Special is May 30th at 3pm.

Total Prize Pool: £33,300
1st £11,150
2nd £6,660
3rd £4,000
4th £3,000
5th £2,330
6th £1,660
7th £1,330
8th £1,000
9th £670
10th £500
11th £500
12th £500

Kirit Patel Currently Sits on Just Under 100k

Kirit has won a few pots since we took this photo and also lost one, he opened and his immediate neighbour Steve Howell three bet. Kirit folded and showed the Jack of Hearts claiming he was folding Jacks. Steve nodded “good fold” and tabled Ace-King of Hearts. Kirit stack is around 99,300, he chopped last month’s FPC-ME after knocking out the Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers.

FPC Regular - Katt Wan

A hand from the rail:

Blind on Blind, Katt Wan makes up the SB and the BB raises to 4,200. Kat clearly doesn’t think much of this raise and so pumps it up to 19,000. BB thinks for a while before calling. Then check it down to the river which brings an the Ace of Spades. Katt moves All-In for around 61k. His opponent folds giving the Fox Poker Club regular a stack of 104k – one of the biggest in the room.

UTG raises to 3,700, Andrew Tracey in the cut-off calls and he doesn’t look so happy when things don’t go to plan when the button also calls. Matt Voller in the SB thinks for a while before pushing All-In for 29,100 total. The BB dwells but doesn’t manage to find a call with what from the rail we can see was pocket nines. The original UTG raiser suddenly finds that it’s got too expensive for him too and folds his hand.

Andrew Tracey calls for about 60% of his stack and tables Kh Jd and gets a good result when Matthew tables pocket sevens. A King on the flop sends Voller to the cash games.

Andrew Tracey who just knocked out Matthew Voller

Blinds: 1,000-2,000
Ante: 100
Players remaining 28 – average stack 80,700.

Players still in include:
James Greenwood sitting on 151,900
Jono O’Mara 140,000
Kirit Patel 116,000
and our chip leader is Neil Suarez with 187,200.

A face familiar to most on the London Poker scene has just gone out of the FPC-ME. Marius was one of the short stacks and moved all-in over the top of mid-position raiser Mehdr Senhaji who called the 29,300 total bet. Marius tabled two black tens against his opponents red off-suit Ace-Queen. Marius remarked: “I run so bad at coin-flips”.

Marius Eliminated from this Month's FPC-ME

When the flop came down with no Ace or Queen and all clubs it looked like Marius was going to be fine. But the Ace of Spades fell on the river to give Mehdr the winner with a lowly pair of Aces. Unlucky Marius – see you for PKR Live that starts at the club on May 19th and 20th – £750 buy-in and an estimated prizepool of £200,000, we just heard that there are already over 100 players qualified through PKR.

Mehdr Senhaji

Joe managed to get his pocket Queens All-In preflop against tens but a ten on the board did for him.

Joe Grech made it to the final four tables

Neil has managed to keep hold of one of the biggest stacks today and remains the chip leader with a stack that is close to breaking the 200k mark. Neil would have an even biggest stack but he just had QQ all-in pre-flop against AQ and the board managed to bring a chop. I think he’s in the seat vacated by Joe Grech. Queens are no good in that seat.

Chip Leader Neil Suarez