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Great British Poker Tour (GBPT)

Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
February 24, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Gala Maybury Casino
Tournament Schedule
Buy-In £500 + £50
Prize Pool £70,000
Entries 130
Report Available
Eddie Gaines

Eddie Gaines

$5000 added

Place Name Prize
1 Eddie Gaines (Dundee, UK) £24,500
2 Gerry O'Farrell (UK) £14,500
3 Stan Essen (Edinburgh, UK) £9,240
4 Scott Morrison (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) £6,300
5 Steve Jelinek (Birmingham, UK) £4,550
6 Tony Croalla (UK) £3,500
7 Irina Liepina (Birmingham, UK) £3,500
8 Andrew Feenan (UK) £1,890
9 Unknown £1,400

Tournament Report

First Finalist of Great British Poker Tour Announced

EDINBURGH, 28th February 2007 - TODAY Scottish poker player Eddie Gaines celebrates winning the Edinburgh festival of the Great British Poker Tour in association with Gala casinos, earning him nearly £25,000 and a seat at the Grand Final where the ‘Great British Poker Champion' will be crowned.

Father of two Eddie, from Dundee, beat 129 other players over the two day Main Event, in a series of gruelling high pressure hands at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh (24th - 25thFebruary).
His prize includes £24,500 winnings and a package to the £2,500 Grand Final Main Event to be played in October 2007.

The Edinburgh festival was attended by a host of pro players including Dave ‘El Blondie' Colclough, ‘Hendon Mobbers' Ross and Barny Boatman, and Joe Beevers, WPT Paris winner Surinder Sunar, Neil Channing, Arshad Hussain (European Rankings winner 2006) and Iwan Jones. However all pros were knocked out before the final table.

The televised final table featured a mix of players, with Birmingham based amateur player Irinia Leipini starting with chip lead.

Seat 1 = Gerry O'Farrell 130,700 
Seat 2 = Tony Croalla 151,900 
Seat 3 = Steve Jelenik 113,800 
Seat 4 = Stan Essen 175,000 
Seat 5 = Andrew Feenan 146,200 
Seat 6 = Scott Morrison 105,600 
Seat 7 = Eddie Gaines 226,600 
Seat 8 = Irinia Leipini 249,700 

Eddie said of his win 'I'm over the 
moon - the Great British Poker Tour is 
the best chance UK players have to 
show off their skills at home. There is a 
lot of UK poker talent to face, but I'm 
hoping I can bring the overall title home 
to Scotland' 

He continued 'I felt was comfortable 
playing, even on the final table. I had a 
strategy that fitted the style of game 
being played and fortunately it all came 
together at the right time.'

The next stop for the GBPT is Teesside 4th - 8th April. Interested players can qualify by playing on www.galapoker.co.uk (Gala Casinos' online poker website), or at selected Gala Casinos throughout Great Britain.


GBPT 2007Competition dates 

21-25 Feb		Gala Maybury 
Casino, Edinburgh 
4-8 April		Gala Casino, 
Teesside 
9-13 May		Gala Casino, 
Nottingham 
13-17 June		Gala Casino, 
Bournemouth 
15-19 August	
	Gala Casino, Leeds 
29 Oct - 4 Nov	
	Grand Final (Venue to be 
announced) 

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