Britain’s Alex Goulder claimed the WPT Prague title and €105,000 after a gruelling 115-hand heads-up battle with Sweden’s Niclas Adolfsson. A total of 19 players returned for Day 3 at the King’s Casino in Prague, with World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Simeon Naydenov the chip leader on 821,000 and Goulder with just over half his…
Paul McTaggart claimed the 25/25 Series crown in Edinburgh after agreeing a three-handed deal with Chun Lee and Tommy Noble at the Maybury Casino. The deal saw McTaggart take the title and £10,400, with Lee the runner-up for £9,160 and Noble third for £8,900. Joyce Fleming picked up £3,660 for fourth place after shoving all-in…
Martynas Valkyunas has won leg 12 of the 888 Super Stack Series event at the Genting Cromwell Mint in London from 28-30 November, scooping a £5,750 first prize. A total of 118 entries generated a £18,450 prizepool, with 39 players making it through to Day 2. Valkyunas started the day as one of the shorter…
Ben Elms became the fourth Welsh Poker Series champion of 2014, when he took down the year’s second final in Swansea on 30 November. Elms amassed a stack of 197,150 on Day 1A in Cardiff on Friday to head into Day 2 at the Grosvenor Casino third in chips, behind John Cann and Leslie Tucker,…
Iaron Lightbourne has walked away with the 2014 Unibet Open London main event and £70,000 for his efforts at the Aspers Westfield Stratford City. Lightbourne was 14th of the 16 players who returned for the final day on 477,000 chips, about a third of the stack of chip leader John Yadgar at the start of…
The €25,000 guaranteed Boylepoker Masters attracted 226 entries, with Adrian Tracey scooping €6,040 as champion at the Maldron Hotel in Dublin on 30 November. The €130 + €20 one-day event generated a total prize pool of €29,380, with Tracey doing a deal with John Weafer heads-up to take the title. When the nine-handed final table…
Colourful Irishman Charlie Carrel is the new GUKPT Grand Final champion after surviving a field of of 212 entrants at The Poker Room at the Victoria Casino to earn himself a £108,625 payday. The final nine included 2010 GUKPT Bolton winner Priyan De Mel, 2013 World Series of Poker Europe winner Adrian Mateos, 2013 GUKPT…
London-based Lithuanian Matas Cimbolas became the latest name to be etched into the World Poker Tour’s Champions Cup after defeating Ben Warrington heads-up to win the 2014 Partypoker WPT UK main event at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. Cimbolas took his seat at the six-handed final table with 3,534,000 chips to lead the way from…
The 25/25 Series made its first ever visit to the Grosvenor Leo Casino in Liverpool from 21-23 November, with Warren Aspey emerging as the winner from a field of 124 entries after a four-way deal. Aspey took the lion’s share of the prizepool (£5,920) in the deal, with the other three players – Roy Atherton,…
It was an Autumn Classic for Sean Williams at London’s Hippodrome Casino from 21-23 November as he collected £12,503 after beating Kelly Saxby heads-up for the title. The final hand saw Saxby move all-in with pocket sevens and Williams call with A-9. The J-6-6 flop was good for Saxby but the ace on the turn…
The PaddyPowerPoker Madchester festival has concluded with Shah Athar winning £27,000 and an Irish Open seat at the Manchester 235 casino. The £500 + £50 main event, from 21-23 November, attracted 169 entries, just shy of the £100,000 guarantee, with 18 places officially paying out. Down to 19 players shortly before the end of Day…
Eleanor Gudger won her first major live tournament by beating Matthew Noonan heads-up to claim the WPT500 title and a top prize of £140,000 at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham. The final hand of the tournament saw Noonan shove with A-9 only to find Gudger with A-Q. After the applause stopped, Gudger was in shock…