Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Despite the competing attractions of the World Series a healthy field of 47-runners was on hand for the latest leg of the £1,000 buy-in Big Game at London's Palm Beach Casino.
In the end it was Grant Allen who took the honours, outlasting a final table that included Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers and PokerStars Baltic Festival winner Tom Partridge before beating Kamal Choraria heads up.Allen, who had reached the final table at the Palm Beach Big Game on three previous occasions, pocketed £11,150 for his efforts, best ever live score to date.The final table positions and payouts were as follows:1st Grant Allen £11,1502nd Kamal Choraria £9,503rd Arron Woodcock £7,0004th Andy Efstathiou £7,000 5th Thomas Partridge £7,0006th Asim Mumtaz £2,3507th Carlo Fernandez £1,0008th Joe Beevers £1,0009th Christos Kyprianou £1,000Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
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