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Nick Abou Risk has won the UKIPT Edinburgh beating a field of 401 players for £50,000 and a £5,000 seat into the UKIPT Grand Final, aka EPT London. And didn't he play well. Having seized the chip lead at the end of Day 1B, albeit with Owen Robinson still ahead as Day 1A chip leader, he never looked back. Abou Risk started the tournament sat on … [Read more...]

12.33am: Nick Abou Risk wins UKIPT Edinburgh Here's how the final hand of the inaugural UKIPT Edinburgh went down. Nick Abou Risk made his standard open to 135,000 on the button and Mantas Puidokas re-raised to 410,000. Abou Risk moved all-in and Puidokas called all-in for just over 2,000,000. Abou Risk: [Jc][6s] Puidokas: [Kh][9h] The board [6c][Jd][9c][6d][10d] … [Read more...]

9.55pm:Marsh pads his stack Just before the break Luke Marsh won two sizable pots. Hand One: Mantas Puidokas completed from the small blind and Luke Marsh raised to 85,000 total from the big blind, call from Puidokas. The flop fell [10c][8s][Kd], which checked through. The turn was the [Ad] and Puidokas made it 86,000 to go and was called. On the [7d] … [Read more...]

6.25pm: Silver takes one from Abou Risk In the hand after he doubled up Mantas Puidokas, Max Silver got some of them back. Nick Abou Risk made it 33,000 to go from the hi-jack and Silver three-bet to 88,000. Mantas Puidokas then began to tank and considered what to do with his newly acquired stack of 384,000. After a few minutes in the tank he folded, … [Read more...]

There is an evil monkey that is alive and well on the European Poker Tour and it's been sitting on the back of all 58 EPT winners. Not one single EPT winner has managed to claim a second title in just over six seasons of the premier poker tour. The UKIPT could well be killing that monkey before it even gets a chance to peel a banana thanks to Joeri … [Read more...]

12.15pm: End of day chip counts Here's the chip counts from end of day, Joeri Zandvliet leads the way with Luke Marsh and Nicholas Abou Risk hot on his heels. Then comes Steve Lovett, who's someway behind and is actually under the chip average. In chip order: Joeri Zandvliet: 1,204,000 Luke Marsh: 1,146,000 Nicholas Abou Risk: 1,018,000 Steven Lovett: … [Read more...]

9.40pm: Break We've got a 15-minute break as we go into the final stage of the day. There's 18 players left spread across three six-handed tables. -- RD 9.39pm: Zandvliet bursts into chip lead Here's the hand that saw Joeri Zandvliet win a huge 660,000 pot and take the chip lead with 700,000.Both Zandvliet and James Williams had been active players … [Read more...]

6.40pm: Dinner break That's it for one hour as the players depart to the bar/outside world to fill their stomachs (or not as the case may be). -- RD 6.30pm: Small takes big scalp Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins has just been eliminated, Adam Small the man who took him out. Small opened from under the gun, Hawkins shoved from the button and Small called. … [Read more...]

4.30pm: Summary of the last two levels that can fit on twitter Bubble burst by Hawkins, Nicholai Henschel the unlucky bubbler. Michael Mulsow and Owen Robinson chipped up. 4.20pm: Break time One 15-minute break has just begun. Tournament staff are doing full chip counts of the 53 remaining players and we'll get them to you as soon as we can. -- NW 4.15pm: … [Read more...]

2.10pm: Summary of the last two levels that can fit on twitter Team PokerStars Pros Ainsworth and Kelly eliminated, Thew in, at same table as co-chip leaders Robinson and Mulsow. 2pm: End of level That's a 15-minute break for the players and we have what looks like 84 players left in. We started the day with 128. -- RD 1.55pm: McTaggart doesn't take … [Read more...]