You'd think that Belgian Gilles Augustus would be celebrating winning the UKIPT Coventry with a pint of Stella or two but given his post tournament ritual of slamming a couple of tequilas - supposedly to help him sleep - we wouldn't be surprised to see him with his trophy and a few slices of lemon (or if you're drinking it as you should, with lime). Augustus, aka Gillemon, has learnt his poker grinding the $16 sit-and-go tables at PokerStars over the last year so this £46,000 payday is by far and away his biggest score to date. The fact that
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Gilles Augustus is our UKIPT Coventry winner
UKIPT Coventry: One tequila, two tequila... Augustus wins the title
Day 3
UKIPT Coventry: Day 3, level 25 & 26 (blinds 25,000-50,000)
9pm: Stella win for Belgian Gilles Augustus After about 20 hands of small pot poker you could feel a big pot brewing and it duly arrived with a big frothy, foamy head. Dave Jones opened for 125,000 from the small blind and Gilles Augustus moved all-in from the big...more
UKIPT Coventry: Day 3, level 23 & 24 (blinds 15,000-30,000, ante 3,000)
6.45pm: Dinner time chips We're breaking for an hour. Here are the freshly counted chip counts: Seat 1: Gilles Augustus -1,244,000 Seat 4: David Jones 1,900,000 Seat 7: Daniel Carter - 650,000 Seat 8: Paul Rigg - 815,000 Seat 10: Joe Grech 855,000 Join us in an hour for the...more
UKIPT Coventry: Day 3, level 21 & 22 (blinds 10,000-20,000, ante 2,000)
4.35pm: Final table chip counts Seat 1: Gilles Augustus, PokerStars player - 644,000 Seat 2: Chris Brice - 451,000 Seat 4: David Jones - 1,652,000 Seat 5: Marius Lietuvnikas, PokerStars player - 435,000 Seat 7: Dan Carter - 1,266,000 Seat 8: Paul Rigg - 550,000 Seat 10: Joe Grech -...more
Day 2
UKIPT Coventry: The final table
The inaugural UKIPT Coventry final table is just being prepared at Lady G's, the bar here at the G Casino. It's looking very grand and is a fitting stage for what should be a great final table. First place pays out a huge £46,000 and the UKIPT Coventry title. Dan...more
UKIPT Coventry: Get Carter
The day started with 137 players stamping their hooves at 2pm readying themselves for the metaphorical gallop towards the big money waiting at the final table. At 3.10am this morning some 13 hours later there were just ten players left. Right at the death of level 20, just after Joe...more
UKIPT Coventry: Day 2, level 20 (blinds 6,000-12,000, ante 1,000)
2.05am: Done for the day With just two minutes left to play for the night we did indeed lose a player. Joe Lucas shoved all-in for 187,000 and it folded to small blind Gilles Augustus who deliberated for a minute and made the call. Big blind Ben Dobson got...more
Day 1B
UKIPT Coventry: Ross Jarvis takes the day 1 chip lead
It's been end to end stuff here at the Ricoh Arena. From the knockout of Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren after just twenty two minutes (who found herself in a couple of very ugly spots early on) to the aggressive stack building of Toby Lewis, Marius Lietuvnikas and our chip...more
UKIPT Coventry: day 1b, level 7, 8 & 9 (blinds 400-800, ante 100)
12.50am Your Day1b chip leaders As the players were bagging and tagging their chips we scoured the room for the biggest stacks and by our reckoning these are your top five. Ross Jarvis: 131,100 Jeffrey Burke: 111,900 Paul Rigg: 102,100 Toby Lewis: 91,100 Marius Lietuvnikas: 87,200 12.45am Play has ended...more
UKIPT Coventry: day 1b, level 5 & 6 (blinds 150-300, ante 25)
8.30pm: Dinner Break The 120 players who remain from the 178 who started day 1b of the UKIPT Coventry main event are now on dinner break. The average stack is 22,100 and the next blind level is 200-400, ante 50. -- NW 8.25pm: Williams seeing flops Peter Williams has...more
Day 1A
UKIPT Coventry: Local boy Alex Jackson day 1a chip leader
There's one word to sum up UKIPT Coventry so far; smooth. The tournament started on time and if there has been any hitches we've certainly not been there to witness them. One player who hasn't had a smooth ascent to the top is chip leader Alex Jackson. He barely made...more
UKIPT Coventry: Day 1a, levels 7, 8 and 9 (blinds 400-800, 100 ante)
1.00 am: Jackson leads top five 20-year-old student Alexander Jackson leads the way with 116,100. Jackson, who lives in Coventry and is studying history at Warwick University qualified in last night's live satellite at the casino. Mike Lacey who has 110,900 sits second in the overnight chip counts. Also near...more
UKIPT Coventry: Day 1a, levels 5 and 6 (blinds 150-300, 25 ante)
8.40pm: Flop a royal flush? Must be nice Picking up K♣J♣ on the button in an unopened pot is always nice but when you flop A♣T♣Q♣ it's hard to believe your eyes. Bernard Maregedze was the lucky recipient and Paul Bracken the unlucky player on the big blind that paid...more
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