Sam Razavi has won the Portsmouth leg of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series. Razavi outlasted a field of 264 runners at the city’s G Casino from 21-23 February 2014 to take top honours. With the clock just past 3am Razavi sealed the win, hitting his flopped open-ended straight draw on the turn to beat Manuel Bardon’s…
Birmingham’s Faisal Shabbir won the opening leg of the Genting Poker Series at Star City from 12-16 February 2014. But, with a top prize of £40,215 on the line, there was no room for brotherly love as the final-day action got underway, with both Chaz and Sunny Chattha amongst the 17 starters. However, neither would make it as…
There was a home win in the opening International Poker Open event of 2014 with John O’Shea taking the honours in Galway. Between 6-10 February the Boylepoke-sponsored pro battled his way through a 606-runner field at the city’s Radisson Blu Hotel and pocketed €21,780 for his efforts. O’Shea started the final table with almost half the…
Oliver Price became the first champion of the GUKPT’s eighth season after taking down leg one at the Victoria Casino in London from 7-9 February. Some of the UK’s best players turned out, together with GUKPT and Vic regulars to create a prizepool of £323,000. Smashing the £200,000 guarantee. The final day’s play in the…
Blackbelt Poker won the APAT UK Team Championship at the Genting Club, Stoke, from 1-2 February 2014. Blackbelt saw off competition from 29 other teams to take the crown in the 240-player, two-day deepstack event. Individual honours went to the Gambling Network Forum’s Rob Hallworth, who triumphed in his heads-up battle with Nick Mazur (Blackbelt…
Marc Leishman won the 25/25 Series event in Dundee from 31 January to 2 February. Leishman had to work hard for his £12,000 first prize after enduring an epic 16-hour final day to claim the money. The clock was approaching 4am when Leishman finally sealed the victory, establishing a crucial lead when his A7 held…
Aleem Kanji won a first prize of £7,290 after winning the Rainbow Masters main event in Bristol from 31 January to 2 February 2014. Paul Chesser finished runner-up for £4,100 and Shabir Hussain third for £5,700. Dave Harris picked up £2,630 for winning the £100 side event on 2 February, with James Tierney second and…
Maqbool Hashim beat Christopher Cooper heads-up to scoop the Luton leg of the 25/25 Series from 31 January to 2 February 2014. Champion Hashim took home a cheque for £12,030; with runner-up Cooper pocketing £8,180 and £5,260 going to third-place finisher Stephen O’Keefe.
Alan Dean outlasted a field of 102 runners to earn £5,020 for taking down the WSOP.com Brighton Open main event at the Rendezvous Casino from 1-2 February 2014. Dean beat Oscar Tompsett heads-up for the title, with James Dempsey coming third. Ian turner collected £1,905 after winning the £100 side event on 30 January.
Albert Sapiano was declared the winner of the first leg of the 2014 Super Stack Series at the Mint Casino in London from 24-26 January after he agreed to share the spoils with Andy Middleton and Peter Djordjevic. Chip leader Sapiano claimed the trophy, with the three final players each taking home £4,030.
Local-lad Alex Spencer won the Sheffield leg of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series from 24-26 January 2014 to claim a top prize of £13,150. Spencer beat Michael Kossov heads-up, with Spencer going into two-handed play with a 3.5m to 2.4m chip lead. But with blinds at 30k-60k there was still plenty of room for manoeuvre although…
The winner of the Birmingham leg of the 25/25 Series from 17-19 January 2014 was Tai Hoang, who turned his buy-in of just £200 into £14,000 after beating David Halliday heads-up. A field of 318 entries at the city’s G Casino created a prize pool of £63,600 with Hoang taking the biggest chunk of it…