Record turnout at Dusk Till Dawn.
Despite being the first weekend in August traditionally the lowest turnout for the Deepstack weekend at Dusk Till Dawn this weekend saw record fields in both the £300 and £150 events.
In February the biggest field to date in the £300 was set at 360 for a £108,000 prizepool , this weekend saw 385 players vying for a total prizepool of £115,500 and a potential first prize of £34,466 !
Clearly the new start time of 2pm and 12 levels played on day 1 is proving popular with the players.
65 returned Sunday and by 9.30pm we had our final 9 which included Kyriacos Dionysiou better known as Greek Jack who recently finished 302nd in the $10,000 WSOP event .
Two players were making the final for the second time in 2 months , Ashley Mason who in June took a share of a 5 way split and £12,000 and today added a 6th place worth £4772 but even more impressive was Richard Morton , he had finished 2nd in June for a £14,000 payday and today matched that placing but this time netting £26,000 after a deal heads up when chip leader that guaranteed him £26,000 and a possible £5000 more !
Our winner was Fraser Bellamy who having started the final with below average chips overcame a 2 -1 deficit heads up to claim a healthy total of £28,000.
In Sundays £20,000 guaranteed £150 event again a new record was set of 190 players creating a £28,500 prizepool , with no deals done the outright winner was Craig Taylor receiving £9263.
With our 3 standard weekend events there were a total of 843 players across 5 events.
Traditionally our busiest months are September onwards so it is looking highly likely that we could be seeing prizepools in excess of £150,000 for our two Deepstack tournaments , unbelievable money for a monthly event that is fast becoming a must play in every poker players diary.
Simon Trumper
Live Poker Director