The partypoker Grand Prix Poker Tour (GPPT) headed to Elland Road stadium, the home of Leeds United, this weekend for the latest leg of its 2016 tour. Players had the chance to turn a $109 investment into a much more meaningful sum, which is exactly what Jack Kent did as he was crowned the GPPT Leeds champion, an accolade that came with a $40,000 cash prize.
GPPT Leeds final table results
Step forward Nathan Farnaby. Farnaby bagged up an impressive 341,100 chips; around 100,000 more than anyone else did in the field. Farnaby had a big score in October, taking home £8,500 when he chopped the £200 buy-in Sky Poker Six Max at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham with Alex Goulder. Nathan Farnaby 72,400 David Gillies 69,700 Lloyd Swan 69,000 Stuart White 52,100. Tartan Poker Glasgow - Day 2 - Level 24 (0/5000) Tartan Poker Glasgow.
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| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Kent | $40,000 |
| 2 | Richard Evans | $24,000 |
| 3 | Aaron Armstrong | $16,000 |
| 4 | Nigel Ventre | $12,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Oakley | $9,000 |
| 6 | Fabiano Ozelame | $6,930 |
| 7 | Waheed Ashraf | $5,350 |
| 8 | James Redmond | $4,000 |
| 9 | Nathan Farnaby | $3,000 |
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A total of 198 players progressed to Day 2, the final day, of the $250,000 guaranteed Main Event, and all eyes were on a certain Nathan Farnaby, who only a few weeks ago had won the GPPT Newcastle Main Event at St. James’ Park.
Farnaby navigated his way to the final table, but was the first player eliminated from it when he three-bet shoved over the top of a Daniel Oakley raise with , and Oakley called with . The board ran without a king or jack in sight, busting Farnaby in ninth place.
James Redmond was the next player to fall, his losing a coinflip against the of Richard Evans, before Dusk Till Dawn regular Waheed “Wadey” Ashraf’s were cracked by the of Evans after the five community cards ran .
Six-handed play ended with the elimination of Fabiano Ozelame, whose ran straight into the powerhouse that is of Aaron Armstrong.
Armstrong then sent Oakley to the sidelines when his improved to a pair of tens on the flop to beat Oakley’s , and Evans’ held against Nigel Ventre’s to leave only three players in contention for the title of champion.
Those three became two when Armstrong limped in from the small blind, Evans checked in the big blind, and both players checked the arrival of the flop. Armstrong led for 1,000,000 on the turn only to see Evans raise all-in. Armstrong shrugged before calling off his stack with for a pair of sixes, and was ahead of Evans’ , but only until the landed on the river to improve Evans to a straight.
Evans went into the heads-up battle with Kent holding a substantial chip lead, but Kent won several early pots and himself became a dominant chip leader. The final hand of the GPPT Leeds Main Event saw Kent raise to 1,800,000 with , Evans raise all-in for 6,000,000 with , and Kent call. The flop missed Kent, but he had a plethora of outs, one of which was the that appeared on the turn. A river card bust Evans in second place, leaving Kent to be crowned the GPPT Leeds Main Event champion.
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