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Paul McAulay It is not. Edinburgh Main Event, 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour. champion. As per Hendon Mob Database, the Scotsman’s victory, the first of his career, came with £34,810 in prize money, the second-largest haul of his career.
McAulay was lucky because 13 is considered a bad number. McAulay has reached the final table of live poker 12 times, but lost each time. McAulay was up against Matthew Davenport, not the easiest heads-up opponent on the circuit, but he got the job done and walked away with £34,810, a prize only eclipsed by the £55,000 he collected for a fourth-place finish in the WSOPC 2019 UK Main Event.
The 2024 GUKPT Main Event Edinburgh Final Table results
| Ranking | The Player | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul McAulay | £34,810 |
| 2 | Matt Davenport | £26,180 |
| 3 | Andrew Hawksby | £18,480 |
| 4 | David Johnson | £12,320 |
| 5 | Kevin Frame | £8,770 |
| 6 | Greg Thomson | £6,620 |
| 7 | Edward Spencer-Small | £5,390 |
| 8 | Thomas Clack | £4,620 |
| 9 | Callum Gordon | £4,010 |
The total attendance over three starting flights was 184, which meant the top 22 finishers won a slice of the £153,980 prize pool. GUKPT Crusher Calogero Morreale The first Main Event player to win a prize was me. You can find the likes of Robbie Bull, Sinead Priestley, Colin GillonThe reigning champion Ludovic Geilich Join the Italian sunrunner at the cashier’s desk on Day 2.
Yasong’s elimination in 10th place brought an end to the second-day play, and established the nine-person final table.
Callum Gordon Gordon was the first player to lose their chips, as he had the lowest stack of chips at the beginning of final table play. Gordon used his last 11 big blinds to get pocket fours into the center, but was unable to beat the pocket kings. David Johnson. Gordon’s fifth GUKPT Edinburgh score was not answered by the board.
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Thomas ClackMcAulay’s cruel actions brought an end to. McAulay shoved with ten five from the small blind, while Clack called his ten large blinds off with an ace five. Clack was the first to pair his ace, which he did on the river. But that ace revealed four diamonds, so McAulay hit a flush with the five of Diamonds.
Edward Spencer-Small took the seventh place, and was almost the second player with a double-barrelled name to win this tournament after Garry Stevens Smith in 2018. Spencer-Small shoved eight with an ace-8 and Johnson called it with his ace-4. Johnson then turned a flush.
Five of the six remained when Greg Thomson came unstuck. The Grosvenor Edinburgh Event 25/50 winner from September 2023 had his last 10 big blinds paid out with Ace-Jack against McAulays 7-Six. Thomson was looking at a double-up as the likely outcome until the six on the river snatched it away and eliminated him from the Main Event.
Popular Grinder Kevin Frame McAulay became another victim and fell to fifth. Frame put ten big-blinds on the table with an ace-7, but McAulay matched him. McAulay was dealt a jack and Frame did not find an ace. McAuly now had a chip lead of 108 with 34 for the next biggest stack.
Johnson was the first to reach five figures in a scenario that had become common. Johnson called McAulay’s jack-nine with his 13 last big blinds. McAulay didn’t mind being behind on the preflop because he was able to flop a Jack to bring down the number of players to just three.
McAulay paused from his mission to eliminate enemies in order to give Davenport the chance to make a move. Andrew Hawksby To the sidelines. Hawksby placed his last 17 blinds in the middle of felt, with the king-seven spades. This was a decent hand, but not as strong as Davenport’s pocket aces. Hawksby’s aces were held and he busted. The GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event moved to heads-up.
Chip stacks were close to being equal among the heads-up poker players, making it a tournament that anyone could win. McAulay won the first few hands and started to build a big lead. Davenport, however, refused to give up.
McAulay raised, Davenport bet 3 million dollars and McAulay accepted. Davenport’s pocket threes were crushed by McAulay, who had his pocket nines. Davenport finished second, McAulay won his first ever live title, as the nines were true.
GUKPT 2024 Edinburgh Results
I’d like to thank everyone else that became a GUKPT Edinburgh poker champion. PokerNews Previously reported on Ankit AhujaVictory of’s in the £1,650 High RolleBut the likes Craig SmithSinead priestley, Michael Gielty Matthew Cartwright Paulo Santos and Anthony Gray all returned with their own trophy.
For Priestley, fiancée of the aforementioned Davenport, it was a second live victory in as many months. Priestly was victorious in the Open Voyage 888poker at the UKPL Luton stop, and won £17,865. This time around, Priestly stopped Calogero Morreale heads-up in the £550 GUKPT Cup, banking another £10,280.
| The Event | Entrys | Prize Pool | Champion | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,650 High Roller | 50 | £72,000 | Ankit Ahuja | £25,200 |
| £250 Mini Main | 344 | £67,650 | Craig Smith | £14,620 |
| £550 GUKPT Cup | 86 | £41,280 | Sinead Priestley | £10,280 |
| £200 Opener | 308 | £51,740 | Michael Gielty | £9,735 |
| £250 PLO | 80 | £17,270 | Matthew Cartright | £3,330 |
| £200 Turbo | 65 | £11,240 | Paulo Santos | £2,930 |
| £150 Seniors | 87 | £11,080 | Anthony Gray | £2,760 |
Luton will be the next destination on the GUKPT in 2024. GUKPT Luton will run from April 25 to May 5.. Stuart Rutter It is not. reigning GUKPT Luton Main Event championHe should also be playing to become the third GUKPT main event winner.
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