Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Praz Bansi took down the GUKPT London title this weekend.
Bansi, who was actually the first ever main event winner in the first season of the tour back in 2007, earned £101,020 with the victory this time around.
The £1,500 buy-in event drew 245 players to London’s Victoria Casino creating a £367,500 prizepool.
The final table also included fellow Hit Squad member Karl Mahrenholz and GUKPT sponsored player Jeff Kimber, who broke the record for final table appearances on the GUKPT with six.
Banzi now has $2,587,356 in career live tournament earnings and sits 12th on England’s all time leading money winner’s list, just behind EPT founder John Duthie.
Next up for the GUKPT is a stop at the Grosvenor Casino Walsall April 24- May 1.
Here’s how the final table finished up in London:
1 Praz Bansi £101,020
2 Manig Loeser £67,070
3 Gary Lindsay £44,100
4 Karl Mahrenholz £26,640
5 Jamie Roberts £19,840
6 Ken Wong £16,170
7 Christopher Kyriacou £12,500
8 Jim Dunsford £10,110
9 Jeff Kimber £7,350
Australian David Gorr surprised many by outlasting Patrik Antonius and Chris Moorman at the final table to win $2 million.
The Aussie Millions wasn’t the only place where poker news broke this week, however, and we’re counting down some of the lesser-known stories below.
This week we’ll take a look at a milestone for Kevin MacPhee, James Keys joining RedKings Poker, talk of legal poker in South Carolina and more.
Thanks to a cash in last month’s EPT Prague, Kevin MacPhee now finds himself in the EPT’s top 10 all-time tournament points earners.
MacPhee, who won EPT Berlin last year, sits in eighth place right behind Arnaud Mattern and just above Jason Mercier.
“It’s amazing to be in the company of such legends and good friends like Jason Mercier, ElkY and Mike McDonald,” said MacPhee. “I started pl
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If Patrik Antonius had his own durrrr Challenge it would likely be against Kagome Kagome and the Finn would be winning by a large margin.
Patrik Antonius
Last night Antonius and Kagome Kagome (formerly IHateJuice) renewed their rivalry at $3,000/$6,000 Limit Hold’em and the Team Full Tilt Pro was absolutely crushing.
In little more than an hour Antonius played 297 hands against Kagome Kagome and soared to a victory of $289k.
It’s been a back-and-forth battle between Antonius and Kagome Kagome in 2011 with Antonius winning their first big session by $410k, Kagome Kagome coming back and winning $290k on Jan. 13
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The Betfair LIVE! series is headed back to Tallinn and PokerListings is offering its players the chance to get there for for free.
The Estonian capital will play host to the tournament series April 14- 17 at the Reval Park Hotel & Casino with tournaments ranging from €100 to the €500+€50 main event with a €50,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Satellite qualification is already underway on the online poker site with $1,350 Betfair Poker LIVE! packages on offer in events starting at just three cents.
Plus, Pokerlistings players can win their way in through a freeroll April 1 at 20:00 GMT on Betfair.
Players need only generate 50 player points on the site March 1-29 to win a ticket to enter the freeroll where one $1,350 Betfair Poker LIVE! Tallinn
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