David Marley wins the second Leg of the 2009-10 Sky Poker Tour
David "Daveyzz" Marley won the second leg of the 2009-10 Sky Poker Tour at Newcastle's Aspers Casino on Saturday 9th January, beating David "Raffles" Evans, into second place. David beat 149 other players, who qualified on www.skypoker.com for as little as £2.40, to the first prize of £4,000 and also wins a seat into next September's SPT Grand final at DTD.
The final table line up was as follows:
Seat 1 Daveyzz David Marley from Bridlington 96,000
2 Kevilfish Kevin Wood from S Queensferry 42,500
3 Burders Andrew Burden from S Shields 48,000
4 JohnPick John Pickering from Chester-leStreet 145,500
5 Raffles Dave Evans from Sunderland 97,500
6 Mick Jenn Mick Jennings from Crewe 94,000
7 Hairybot Helen Rideout from Brighton 46,500
8 Fanndango Carl Teasdale from Durham 62,500
9 GeordieGaz Gary Graham from Newcastle 53,500
10 riverrobbo Richard Robinson from Carlisle 70,500
2 Kevilfish Kevin Wood from S Queensferry 42,500
3 Burders Andrew Burden from S Shields 48,000
4 JohnPick John Pickering from Chester-leStreet 145,500
5 Raffles Dave Evans from Sunderland 97,500
6 Mick Jenn Mick Jennings from Crewe 94,000
7 Hairybot Helen Rideout from Brighton 46,500
8 Fanndango Carl Teasdale from Durham 62,500
9 GeordieGaz Gary Graham from Newcastle 53,500
10 riverrobbo Richard Robinson from Carlisle 70,500
Several Hours later Daveyzz triumphed, his key hand being when he was all-in versus JohnPick with five players remaining with Pocket Nines against Pocket Jacks and his tournament life at stake. A miraculous Queen-Nine-Nine flop gave him Quads, doubled his stack up and from that point on he secured victory. On the final hand he took second pair and an up-and-down straight draw against Raffles' flopped top pair, and rivered a straight to win the tournament.
The event throughout was played in a superb atmosphere and players can qualify to participate in Leg 3 at Luton's G Casino on 6th March 2010 via satellites on www.skypoker.com which begin shortly. Please see the Sky Poker Lobby for details.
The full result was as follows
1st David Marley £4,000
2nd David Evans £2,600
3rd Richard Robinson £1,800
4th John Pickering £1,350
5th Gary Graham £1,050
6th Carl Teasdale £900
7th Helen Rideout £750
8th Mick Jennings £600
9th Andrew Burden £450
Also cashing, winning £250: Kevilfish, Quietman, Bennett78, Woody2008, Rocker, Brass.
Eleanor Brannigan reporting.