Handy Andy Hammers Bumper Field at the Blackpool GUKPT
Andy Peters has won £72,020 and Leg 6 of the GUKPT in Blackpool after a hard-fought Main Event final table which saw the chip lead changing hands more times than a magician’s coin.
This victory represents more than ten times his best ever live tournament result and a cracking win over a field of 262, including some of the UK’s veteran pro players and rising stars - Jake Cody, Julian Thew, Ash Hussain, Matt Perrins and father and son players Paul and Ben Jackson among them. Jackson (the younger) finished runner-up in the Main Event, netting himself £47,820, while in total a prizepool of £262,000 was paid out among 25 players.
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Blackpool's side events saw an increase in both the buy-ins to several tournaments and the number of runners taking to the felt near the sand. Main Event runner-up Ben Jackson won £20,980 beating a field of 142 in the £500 No Limit Hold’em freezeout, while Roy Finlay and Grant Benson each won a £100 side event – the former outlasting 236 other competitors to take home £6,480. Meanwhile one of the largest fields for a re-entry event seen on the tour competed in Saturday’s £250 NL event, generating a prizepool of £39,000 and paying £11,540 to the winner, Marcin Milde.
Details of all events including their structure and GUKPT Rankings points allocation are available on
www.gukpt.com.
Next up is the big one – the Grand Final, to be held at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino from the 21st November-4th December, with the £2,500 Main Event running from the 1st-4th December