James Mitchell has added the GUKPT Edinburgh title to his impressive tournament CV, topping a field of 234 entries in the Scottish capital from 19-26 April to turn his \u00a3550 buy-in into a cool \u00a333,930 first prize.<\/p>\n
Mitchell returned for Sunday’s final day with the chip lead and made steady progress towards a heads-up confrontation with day-one chip leader Colin Wu. As two-handed play started both players were extremely deep and it looked like it could turn into a very cagey battle. <\/p>\n
And it took about two hour for the winner to be crowned, the chips going all-in on a 6D-3S-8H-9C board with Wu tabling an over pair with pocket jacks. But he was well behind as Mitchell revealed pocket threes for a set. The miracle jack failed to appear giving Mitchell his first GUKPT victory after three previous final table appearances.<\/p>\n
GUKPT Edinburgh<\/b>
\n1st James Mitchell \u00a333,930
\n2nd Colin Wu \u00a322,230
\n3rd Paul Strachan \u00a313,920
\n4th Mindaugas Kriauciunas \u00a39,130
\n5th Richard Cylde \u00a36,320
\n6th Stephen Wood \u00a34,560
\n7th Usman Ulhaq \u00a33,740
\n8th David Maclean \u00a33,160
\n9th Gary Bertram \u00a32,690
\n10th Steven Duncan \u00a32,230<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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