James Williams wins the Sky Poker Tour Grand Final
James "LJamesL" Williams of Team Sky Poker won the Sky Poker Tour Grand Final this weekend at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, the event concluding the 2010-11 Sky Poker Tour. Williams, from Swindon, beat Birmingham's Astel Cowan to the title and over £22,000 for first place at the end of two days which saw 374 players compete for the event.
Williams had returned as one of fifty-seven players for Day Two as one of the very shortest stacks but after an early double-up he never looked back, beginning the final table second in chips behind Kristian Downer, who was to eventually finish third. The final table highlighted the enormous diversity of players in the event with two sponsored professionals, Williams and Jamie Burland, battling with the likes of Daniel Green ( in only his second ever live game )and two ladies Saifon Lambe ( a live satellite qualifier ) and Sian Yorke.
With the conclusion of the 2010-11 tour our attention now turns to the 2011-12 Sky Poker Tour, details of which has just been announced. The tour begins on 29th-30th October with a 180 runner Six-Max event at Dusk Till Dawn, the first of seven legs offering a total of £250,000 in guaranteed prize pools. Satellite qualification of the first event begins this week on
www.skypoker.com, where you will find details of the whole of new tour.
Sky Poker Tour 2010-11 Grand Final
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Entries 374
Buy In £220
Prize Pool £74,800
1 - James Williams £22264
2 - Astel Cowan £13015
3 - kristian downer £7809
4 - alan jenkinson£5480
5 - Saifon Lambe £4110
6 - Daniel Green £3082
7 - Sian Dyson £2397
8 - Jamie Burland £1712
9 - Richard Beauchamp £1370
10 - Anthony East £959
11 - Geoff Melton £959
12 - Paul Pitchford £959
13 - Mohammed Shoahebe £959
14 - David Reed £685
15 - Weswell Ellis £685
16 - Nathan Hope £685
17 - John Anderson £685
18 - Trevor While £685
19 - Matt Brough £400
20 - Barry Carter £400
21 - Chay Murphy £400
22 - Alex Goulder £400
23 - Leon Blaber £400
24 - Roy Wild £400
25 - Kate Langshaw £400
26 - Lewis Brown £400
27 - John Yeardley £400
28 - Valerie Ring £300
29 - John Shilleto £300
30 - Carlo Citrone £300
31 - Michael Crosland £300
32 - Naomi Hopkins £300
33 - Scott Wyatt-Sugg I£300
34 - Adrian Lambe £300
35 - Ralph Shalson £300
36 - Carl Taylor £300
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