Alessandro Pichierri was all in preflop for 42,500 against Abraham Van Huyssteen, who had the bigger stack as the cards were turned.
Alessandro Pichierri: Q♦Q♠ 
Abraham Van Huyssteen: K♥J♥
The board ran out A♣9♦8♠8♥2♠. Pichierri held with his pocket queens, making two pair with the eights on board to win the pot and double his stack.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Ka Chun Yuan was all in preflop for 45,000 against Jeremy Chan Min, who had him covered as players turned their cards.
Jeremy Chan Min: A♦K♠
Ka Chun Yuan: Q♦Q♥
It was a classic poker race. The board ran out 10♥3♦4♣4♦8♦ and Yuan held with his pocket queens to double up his stack.
Late registration has closed in Day 1d, which means there will be no more entries to the UKIPT London Main Event. Numbers have been comfirmed with a total of 725 entries contributing to a prize pool of £696,000.
Action folded around to Neil Wallace, who raised to 11,000 from the small blind. Nicola Montalbano moved all in from the big blind for 68,000 and Wallace made the call with a slightly bigger stack.
Nicola Montalbano: A♥6♣
Neil Wallace: A♠3♠
The board ran out 7♦J♣5♦4♣Q♦. Neither player improved and Montalbano's six kicker played to give him the pot. He doubled his stack and left Wallace short.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players in Day 1c of the Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break.
Karl Robinson moved all in from middle position for 11,000 and Paul Vas Nunes isolated from the small blind. The two players flipped their cards, with Robinson at risk.
Karl Robinson: 8♦8♠
Paul Vas Nunes: 9♠9♥
Robinson wasn't in good shape. The board ran out 6♦4♠Q♦J♠2♦ and Nunes held with his pocket nines to win the pot, sending Robinson to the rail.
The next hand on the same table, Marle Spragg won a small pot from Juan Ares Gonzalo after raising the button and betting the flop.
Players are dropping quick in Day 1c of the Main Event. In one such hand, Firat Basbaydar open shoved from late position with just 12,000 and was called by Simon Dunevein in the big blind.
Firat Basbaydar: 7♦6♦
Simon Dunevein: K♥5♠
The board ran out K♦Q♣7♥2♦8♥ to give Dunevein a pair of kings on the flop. Basbaydar joined the droves of recent eliminations.
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