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UKIPT Brighton winner Jamie Burland
UKIPT Brighton winner Jamie Burland

UKIPT Brighton: Jamie Burland wins the UKIPT Brighton


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                      If the UKIPT Brighton was to be decided on the sharpest suit of the tournament then Jamie Burland would have been a direct frontrunner for the title - probably rivalled by some little chequered number sported by Paul Parker. As it was the £1,000 main event was contested over twenty-six hard one-hour levels of no-limit Hold'em and, as it turns out, Burland was pretty heavyweight when it came to that too. Although he wasn't a runaway chipleader at any point Burland was solid throughout and never seemed too far from the top of the pack. It was quite some final ...more

Day 3

UKIPT Brighton: Day 3, levels 26&27 (blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000)

Bill Seber takes third place and £24,600

11.05pm: Jamie Burland wins the UKIPT Brighton and £65,400 Jamie Burland raised to 105,000 from the small blind and was called by Tomas Cibak in the big blind. Cibak led the Q♠7♦4♠ flop for 135,000 and Burland raised to 280,000 put his head down and tried to still his heaving...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 3, levels 24&25 (blinds 20,000-40,000, ante 4,000)

John Spinks is out in 5th place for £15,000

10.10pm: Seber doubles through Cibak Bill Seber made it his standard 100,000 from the button, Jamie Burland considered playing the pot but folded. Tomas Cibak though moved all-in from the big blind, Seber quickly called. The American was at risk, all-in for 798,000. Seber: A♠9♣ Cibak: K♠4♥ Flop: 5♥9♥3♠ Turn:...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 3, levels 22&23 (blinds 12,000-24,000, ante 3,000)

Andy Youens is out in 7th for £9,850

7.20pm: Dinner time The remaining six players are on a 45 minute dinner break, Jon Spinks is the current chip leader with 1,100,000. The tournament staff are doing a full chip count and we'll post them as soon as we get them. --NW 7.15pm: Andrew Youens falls in 7th Overnight...more


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Day 2

UKIPT Brighton: Andy Youens leads the charge to the final table

Day 2 chipleader Andy Youens

Who would have ever thought that sitting down and playing cards could be such an endurance sport? Surely folding cards and riffling chips shouldn't be that energy sapping, should it? Apparently so and it's no surprise considering day 2 played down from 104 players to a plucky and lucky 13...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 2, blinds 19&20 (blinds 5,000-10,000, ante 1,000)

Short stack Jonathan Campbell is looking to double

1.25am: End of day chip counts These are straight from the horse's mouth or rather the player's bags as they wrote down their end of day chip counts. Table One: Ben Martin: 247,000 Jamie Burland: 264,000 Tomas Cibek: 307,000 David Gant: 360,000 Andrew Youens: 621,000 Jonathan Campbell: 151,000 Waseem Ahmed:...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 2, levels 17&18 (blinds 4,000-8,000, ante 500)

David Gant is down to the final thirteen players

12.10am: TIME! This tournament has been very low on the calls for 'Time!' but we have just had one such shout aimed at the face of one Tony Lee. On a 9♠T♥6♠ flop Beuachamp led for 45,000 and Lee tanked while glancing at the payouts page. Time was called and...more


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Day 1B

UKIPT Brighton: Oliver Schaffmann is our day 1b chipleader

Day 1b chipleader Oliver Schaffmann

Day two always seems to be a tougher field yet players always clamour to sign themselves up for it. Is it that rest day inbetween that they don't want? The extra day of expenses? Whatever it is we he had 143 players enter today, some 27 more than day 1a,...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 1b, levels 7&8 (blinds 300-600, ante 75)

EPT Barcelona runner-up Fintan Gavin

9pm: Play had ended: unofficial top five Play has ended for the day, as the dealers were writing down the chip counts we looked over their shoulders and compiled this unofficial top five. Oliver Schaffmann: 109,900 Amir Zahir: 79,200 Waseem Ahmed: 79,100 Daniel Rudd: 77,000 Sam El Sayed 76,500 Not...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day 1b, levels 5&6 (blinds 150-300, ante 25)

UKIPT Leaderboard chief Michael Hill

6.35pm: Break and bounty It's another 15-minute break as we approach the final two levels of the day. We've also posted up the prize payouts. £65,400 for the winner? Must be nice. Find link on the right of this page shortly. -- RD 6.30pm: Arlott houses up I arrived to...more


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Day 1A

UKIPT Brighton: Joe Drummy is day 1a chipleader with 117,500

Twenty year-old Joe Drummy is day 1a chipleader with 117,500

'He said there's a storm coming,' said the gas attendant to Sarah Connor at the end of The Terminator translating for the young Mexican urchin who had just hustled her out of $4 for a Polaroid picture. If the same craggy old petrol pumper ambled up to us and...more


UKIPT Brighton: Levels 7&8 (blinds 300-600, ante 75)

Sunil Moti is chipleader at level 6

9.10pm: Bag and tag time Play has ended for the day. 52 players remain and the chip leader looks to be Joe Drummy. Only Drummy and Ben Martin appear to have over 100,000. Tournament staff are currently racing off the green 25 denomination chips. --NW 8.55pm: Late Night Fireworks? Just...more


UKIPT Brighton: Day1a, levels 4,5&6 (Blinds 150-300, ante 25)

Dan Morgan running short on chips

6.55pm: Break time In the last hand before the break the unlikely named Costa Rican Steve Thompson limped under the gun for 300 and was called by Sam Grafton before Darren Hendley pushed the price up to 2,200. Thompson then unleashed the check-raise hound making it 5,300. Hendley made the...more


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