Dimitri Joubert was getting to his feet having been eliminated from the EPT London Main Event. He got his last chips in with 
but had come off second best against the 
of Patrick Brooks.
Brooks had rivered a straight on the 
runout and Joubert was eliminated.
Mike Watson completed in the small blind and Jack Sinclair raised to 3,200 in the big blind. Watson called.
Watson checked on the flop of 
and Sinclair checked back. Both players again checked on the 
turn.
The river brought the 
and Watson led out for 2,500. Sinclair responded with a big raise to 15,000 and his Canadian opponent folded.
Matthew Davenport was all in from early position for around 15,000 against Kenny Hallaert, who was also in early position had Davenport well covered.
Matthew Davenport: 
Kenny Hallaert: 
The flop came 
to give Davenport the lead with a pair of aces and nothing changed on the runout of 
for Davenport to earn the double.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are on another 20-minute break from the Day 1a action.
Alexis Laroche opened to 2,200 from the cutoff and Paul Zehetleitner defended out of the big blind.
Zehetleitner checked on the flop of 
and Laroche continued for 1,500. Zehetleitner check-raised to 4,700 and Laroche took a moment and called.
The turn brought the 
and Zehetleitner sized up to 15,000, which got a fold from his heads-up opponent.
The seat previously occupied by another player was now filled with someone different and Kevin Allen filled us in on what happened. Allen had opened from under the gun and got two callers.
Anthony Kennedy was in the small blind and moved all in. Espen Jorstad called off for his stack and the remaining players folded.
Jorstad held 
but failed to overcome the 
of Kennedy and he was eliminated.
"Very sad, we are out of the tournament," he told his Instagram followers. "I had a lot but I then played a big squeeze spot with 
[...] I lost a big one there. Then we had 110,000 pot flip with ace-king against pocket sixes and then brick, brick, brick...
"Gonna come back tomorrow and try for Day 1b."
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