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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour-Leg 1

No Limit Hold'em GUKPT

January 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Grosvenor Casino
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Buy-In	£1,000 + £60
Prize Pool	£280,000
Entries	280
Report Available

Julian Thew

Place	Name	Prize
1	Julian Thew AKA "yoyo" (Nottingham, UK)	£86,800
2	Karim Louis (UK)	£46,200
3	Jim Reid (UK)	£30,800
4	Michael Bolger (Ireland)	£22,400
5	Joe Grech (London, UK)	£16,800
6	Nick Persuad (London, UK)	£14,000
7	Marcus Bebb-Jones (UK)	£11,200
8	Fabio Esposito (London, UK)	£8,400
9	Robert Cowen	£5,600
10	Robert Garfield (UK)	£4,200
11	Farbad Javad (UK)	£2,800
12	Woody Deck (Lithuania)	£2,240
13	Jennifer Mason (London, UK)	£2,240
14	Niall Charlton	£2,240
15	Rory Campbell (UK)	£2,240
16	John Eames (UK)	£1,960
17	Jonathon Butters AKA "Big Cash" (Stafford, UK)	£1,960
18	Alan Dean (UK)	£1,960
19	Colin Linton	£1,960
20	Steve Jelinek (Manchester, UK)	£1,960
21	Dave Colclough (Birmingham, UK)	£1,960
22	Jason Powell	£1,680
23	Paul Gardener (UK)	£1,680
24	Mark Bointon	£1,680
25	Josh Tyler	£1,680
26	Darren Grosvenor (Birmingham, UK)	£1,680
27	Simon Wickenden	£1,680

Tournament Report

Julian Thew Captures Second GUKPT Title

Julian Thew has become the first player to win two GUKPT titles. He defeated a field of 280 in Brighton to win the first leg of the tour in 2008 to take down a first prize of £86,800.
He also wins a seat in the £3,000 Grand Final and a seat in the GUKPT Champion of Champions tournament, courtesy of tour sponsor Blue Square Poker. His victory cements his growing reputation as one of the best tournament player in Europe in recent years. Shortly after winning leg 8 of the 2007 GUKPT in Plymouth he took down the EPT main event in Baden and has now added his third major victory in just over four months.
Thew defeated Londoner Karim Louis after a tense heads up encounter that lasted for over two and a half hours. Louis held a 2:1 chip advantage after Jim Reid was eliminated in 3rd place, but Thew fought back and finally landed the killer blow when his pocket fives held up against A-Q. Louis was gracious in defeat while Thew displayed his usual modesty during post event interviews.

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