Mariusz "Mariusz80" Srok won the first leg of the 2011-12 Sky Poker Tour at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham this weekend, beating 194 other players to the title in the Six Max No Limit Hold Em Event that was the centrepiece of the three day Sky Poker Tour festival that attracted nearly 600 runners across four events.
In an exciting final Mariusz knocked out four opponents before Nottingham veteran Basharat Mahmood accounted for Sky Poker regular Paul "Peg1" Green in third place. Srok began Heads Up play with a two-to-one chip advantage which he converted to victory when his Ace-Queen beat Mahmood's Jack-Nine on a three-Nine-Queen flop, with another Queen on the turn for good measure .
Srok, who qualified for the event for only £5 via Online satellites on www.skypoker.com and incredibly was playing his first ever live tournament, won £12,675 for his victory and immediately goes to the top of the Sky Poker Tour Leaderboard standings. The Leaderboard plays out across the seven legs and Grand Final of the 2011-12 tour with the winner receiving membership of Team Sky Poker and a full year of Tour buy ins.
The Sky Poker Tour now moves onto Leg 2 at Aspers Casino in Newcastle on 10th December. Information on entry to this tournament and Online satellites can be found in the tournament lobby on www.skypoker.com
Sky Poker Tour 2011-12 Leg 1
October 29th- 30th 2011
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Six Max NLHE
Buy In £200
Entries 195
Prize Pool £39,000
1 Mariusz Srok £12675
2 Basharat Mahmood £7410
3 Paul Green £4446
4 Shaun King £3120
5 Ben Nuttall £2340
6 Richard Horton £1755
7 Matt Russell £1365
8 Kyriacos Dionysiou £975
9 Johnny Parker £780
10 Liam Batey £546
11 Steven Ball £546
12 Ian Morgan £546
13 Pat Costello £ 546
14 Mark McCluskey £390
15 Grant Smith £390
16 David Nisbet £390
17 Colin Goldsmith £390
18 Richard Bristow £390
