The third leg of the 2010-11 Sky Poker Tour held at Luton's G Casino was won by Casino dealer Simon Jack from Southend, who defeated Swindon's Jonathan "5toneface" Titcombe Heads-up at the end of twelve hours of tournament play. In a superb atmosphere Sky Poker Players from all over the country descended on the event in Luton, which attracted an eventual field of 172 runners, many of whom had qualified for as little as £2.40 on www.skypoker.com. Amongst the runners were EPT Champion Julian Thew and professional Ian Frazer.
As the final table began Titcombe was the chip leader ahead of Birmingham's Ashley "ChirpyChip" Taylor, who was to finish fourth. Simon Jack was third in chips and overcame his opponents after prolonged short-handed play. In the final hand Jack took King-Ten against Titcombe's Pocket Eights, and hit a ten on the flop to secure his victory and first prize of £5,000
The next leg of the 2010-11 Sky Poker Tour will be held at the Grosvenor Casino, Leeds on Saturday 7th May. Entry for this event is by Online Qualification on www.skypoker.com. Please see the site this week for details of the Satellites, which start shortly.
Sky Poker Tour 2010-11
G Casino Luton
12th March 2011
£100 NLHE Freezeout
Entries 172
Prize Pool £17,200
1st Simon Jack PSymon7s £5,000
2nd Jonathan Titcombe 5toneface £3,460
3rd Ellis Croome 4KingPoker £2,190
4th Ashley Taylor ChirpyChip £1,330
5th George Devine GlencoeLad £1,030
6th Vince Calenti Vinnybhoy £820
7th Geoff Melton M4verick £640
8th Graham Smith TempusFuge £470
9th Barry Moody Monkey123 £340
10th Peter Easy Dooney £300
11th Dean Morris RsingH3ll £260
12th Stuart Lumsden Stuart1979 £260
13th Jason Bass RIVRD £220
14th David Llewellyn Daiboot £220
15th Steve Murray ElHorno £220
16th Steve Garner £220
17th Robert Small Small Dog £220