Tuesday, 23 February 2016
The latest leg of the Grand Prix Poker Tour took place over the weekend and saw British competitor Nathan Farnaby transform his $109 buy-in into a $35,000 pay-day.
A product of partypoker and Nottingham casino Dusk Till Dawn, the Grand Prix Poker Tour held its most recent event at St James Park, which is the home stadium of English Premier League soccer side Newcastle United, and saw 246 runners make it through to the second day of action.The $250,000 guaranteed main event saw Farnaby defeat Brazilian Thales Salomao heads-up while every one of the competitors that made it as far as the second day were additionally handed a $109 ticket for an upcoming Grand Prix Poker Tour event of their choice.As the number of runners continued to dwindle, all eyes were on Sunil ‘Sunny’ Mistri as the Englishman was still in with a realistic chance of completing a memorable double after winning the previous Grand Prix Poker Tour event held at London’s Stamford Bridge. However, he was eventually eliminated in tenth spot after he pushed all in from the small blind with a J9 only to see this defeated by a QJ.Although Salomao started the final table brightly with the eliminations of Lee Kipling and Bryan Tismond, Farnaby soon gathered momentum and knocked out Darren Knaggs and David Ridout before adding the scalp of Nadeem Hussain to his collection soon after.This flurry of action ensured that Farnaby began heads-up play holding 27 million chips to Salomao’s eight million and he only had to wait a few hands before claiming the rest. After his opponent moved all-in with 9s 8s, Farnaby made the call with Jh Td while a ten-high flop made matters official.The next stop on the Grand Prix Poker Tour calendar is a $109 buy-in online event at partypoker on March 20 featuring a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000 while the land-based action resumes on April 9 from Elland Road in Leeds.Grand Prix Poker Tour Newcastle Results:1 Nathan Farnaby - $35,0002 Thales Salomao - $24,0003 Nadeem Hussain - $16,0004 Peter Craw - $12,0005 Darren Knaggs - $9,0006 David Ridout - $6,5007 James Ablott - $5,0008 Bryan Tismond - $4,0009 Lee Kipling - $3,000Photo courtesy of partypoker
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
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Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
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