Jamie Nixon reeled within the largest stay poker event rating of his profession when he got here out on prime of the £1,250 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour GUKPT London Essential Occasion. The event, a part of the 2022 GUKPT Grand Remaining competition, drew in 347 entrants and awarded its champion, the Grosvenor Poker-sponsored Nixon, a powerful £93,970.
Nixon’s victory and the prize cash stemming from it pushes his stay poker event earnings by the $500,000 barrier.
2022 GUKPT London Essential Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
| 1 | Jamie Nixon | £93,970 |
| 2 | Kully Sidhu | £64,980 |
| 3 | Phil Clarke | £39,630 |
| 4 | Mitch Hynam | £24,995 |
| 5 | Antoine Labat | £16,780 |
| 6 | Justin Tsui | £12,140 |
| 7 | Ryan Mandara | £9,285 |
| 8 | Nikolai Mamut | £7,855 |
| 9 | Yucel Eminoglu | £6,425 |
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The highest 34 finishers gained a slice of the prize pool, with the likes of Kevin Allen, Lee French, Timothy Chung, Yiannis Liperis, James Rann, and Chris Johnson cashing however failing to succeed in the nine-handed last desk; Johnson popped the ultimate desk bubble.
Yucel Eminoglu, affectionately often known as the “Mad Turk” busted in ninth place in a merciless trend. Eminoglu dedicated his final seven massive blinds with ace-queen of hearts and located himself up towards the ace-queen of diamonds within the hand of Justin Tsui. A chopped pot appeared most certainly till the board ran out with three diamonds, gifting Tsui a flush, and sending a mad Mad Turk to the rail.
They are saying you need to win your flips if you wish to win poker tournaments, which is precisely what Nixon did in a hand towards Nikolai Mamut. Down to 10 massive blinds, Mamut open-shoved with ace-king, and Nixon appeared him up with pocket sevens. A queen-high board was no assist to Mamut, and his event led to eighth place.
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Seventh place and the final four-figure rating went to Ryan Mandara. From beneath the gun, Mandara min-raised to 50,000, and Kully Sidhu known as within the massive blind. Mandara wager 70,000 on the deuce-nine-five flop, and Sidhu known as. The flip was a ten, and Mandara shoved for 270,000. Sidhu snap-called and revealed a slow-played pair of aces within the gap, which crushed Mandara’s pocket jacks. No jack on the river meant Mandara was gone.
Tsui was subsequent to fall after a transfer towards Phil Clarke didn’t have its desired impact. Clarke opened from the hijack and Tsui known as within the massive blind. A jack-nine-four flop with two hearts noticed Tsui check-shove for 400,000 with solely nine-seven offsuit, just for Clarke to snap him of with the queen-jack of hearts. Tsui failed to attach with the flip or river, and was gone in sixth.
The ultimate 5 turned 4 when Antoine Labat misplaced to a suckout/re-suckout towards Clarke. Labat was all-in for ten massive blinds with ace-eight towards the dominating ace-queen of Clarke. An eight on the flop appeared to trigger an upset, however Clarke spiked a flush on the river to ship Labat to the showers.
Mitch Hynam was the shortest stack firstly of four-handed play, so it was unsurprising to see him bust in fourth. Hynam’s final 9 massive blinds went into the center holding king-nine, and had been handed over to Sidhu when his pocket nines held.
Heads-up was set quickly after when Clarke crashed out by the hands of Nixon. Clarke min-raised to 120,000, and Nixon known as. A five-ace-eight flop noticed Nixon check-raise a 110,000-continuation wager to 305,000, and Clarke known as. Nixon led for 400,000 on the king flip, and Clarke caught round. A 4 on the river was greeted by an all-in shove of 860,000 from Nixon, and Clarke known as. Clarke confirmed ace-trey however was destroyed by Nixon’s ace-eight.
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Sidhu held a 3,700,000 to three,300,000 chip lead over Nixon going into heads-up however was left with solely two massive blinds virtually instantly after the one-on-one battle ensued. Sidhu raised to 150,000, and Nixon known as. A six-five-seven flop noticed Nixon verify, Sidhu wager 175,000, and Nixon check-raised to 450,000. Sidhu went into the tank and remained immobile as much as the second the shot clock ran out, which is when he introduced all-in. Nixon beat him into the pot with a name, and turned over eight-four for a flopped straight. The hand was not over as a result of Sidhu held eight-seven for prime pair and an open-ended straight draw. Nonetheless, tens on the flip and river all however eradicated Sidhu.
Sidhu was all-in on the very subsequent hand, his five-deuce needing to hit towards Nixon’s suited ace-king. The 5 group playing cards fell queen-high, busting Sidhu in second place, and leaving Nixon because the final participant standing within the 2022 GUKPT London Essential Occasion.
Jung Takes Down the GUKPT London Cup
Sebastian Jung
Nixon was not the one GUKPT Grand Remaining champion topped this weekend as a result of Sebastian Jung gained the £550 GUKPT London Cup. Jung outlasted 311 opponents, together with Charles Akadiri, Jack Hardcastle, Jack Oliver, Brandon Sheils, and runner-up Lorenc Boci to financial institution a £38,080 payday.
| 1 | Sebastien Jung | £38,080 |
| 2 | Lorenc Boci | £31,080 |
| 3 | Vaibhav Aggarwal | £16,920 |
| 4 | John Kelly | £10,790 |
| 5 | Darshan Patel | £7,330 |
| 6 | Nikolay Ponomarev | £5,400 |
| 7 | Brandon Sheils | £4,190 |
| 8 | Terence Simpson | £3,440 |
| 9 | Majid Alsuwaidi | £2,850 |
