GUKPT Luton Result, Black On Course for IPO Title

Driton Claims GUKPT Title

When the final entrant had filtered into Luton’s Grosvenor Casino a top prize of more than £75,000 was put on offer thanks to 262 players taking to the felt.

While the organisers were celebrating another bumper turnout behind-the-scenes, the action at the felt conspired to reduce that opening figure to just 12 by the time Sunday rolled around. With just two tables left before the finale it was Full Tilt ambassador Sin Melin leading the way at the start of the session.

However, soon after the start of the day the pressure soon caused Melin to melt and despite staving off elimination until five players had departed, Melin couldn’t parlay her initial lead into a win. Indeed, after finally committing her stack with Qc Jd she suffered a final bout of bad luck after Iqbal Ahmed’s Qd Ts caught a four-card flush to send her to the rail in seventh.

With the former chip leader watching from the sidelines it was Ahmed’s time to shine and after Carlo Citrone exited in fifth he was able to command the largest slice of a four-way deal.

Seemingly happy with his £50,000 payday, Ahmed managed to ladder-up one more spot before eventually taking his leave in third to leave Caicai Huang and Driton Haxhiaj vying for the title.

Although both players had locked up £35,000 each there was still £15,500 left to play for. However, as the session wore on, fatigue kicked in and before Drition finally clinched the title the two players agreed to split the remaining prizepool and take home £42,750 each.

GUKPT Luton Final Result:

1st – £42,750 – Driton Haxhiaj**

2nd – £42,750 – Caicai Huang**

3rd – £50,000 – Iqbal Ahmed**

4th – £35,000 – Dean Clay**

5th – £14,150 – Carlo Citrone

6th – £11,550 – Joe Laming

7th – £8,900 – Sin Melin

8th – £7,200 – Danny Toffel

9th – £5,250 – Mitch Johnson

**Denotes a deal

Black in the Mix as IPO Enters Final Day

The BoylePoker International Poker Open moved another step closer to crowning a winner yesterday as 560 players became just 15. On a day that saw Vivienne Barber burst the bubble in 155th place, it was Ireland’s Andy Black who stole the headlines.

The colourful pro was able to make his way through the masses in Dublin to finish Day 2 with the sixth largest chip stack. With 2,750,000 chips Black was able to start today’s final session as one of the favourites for the €50,550 top prize.

However, while Black’s stack and reputation had many tipping him for the win, it was Michael Murray who led the way at the close of Day 2.

After an impressive run the amateur grinder topped the daily leaderboard with a 7,530,000 chip stack which as enough to start today’s session ahead of Cathal Shine (5,550,000) and Frederic Finet (3,300,000).

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