Gareth Walker has topped a UK record-breaking 1,058 field to win the UKIPT Nottingham crown and £109,000. After four gruelling days of poker and a ten-hour final table, Walker proved he was a marathon man with a sprint finish to beat Brett Angell's J♥T♦ with 6♣9♣. He hit a flush...more

4.35am: Walker flushes Angell to claim the title Walker shoved an effective 4.5 million (11.2 big blinds) with 6♣9♣ and was called by Brett Angell with T♥T♦. The flop dropped K♣3♣4♦. Walker turned round to his rail and said, somewhat hopefully: "Flush draw." The 5♣ completed that draw, as...more

2.40am: Break time Players are on a 15 minute break, the next blind level with be 150,000-300,000 ante 30,000. The chip stacks are as follows: Brett Angell: 4,345,000 Gareth Walker 5,790,000 Romano Pizzo 5,565,000 The tournament is still anyone's for the taking. -- NW 2.25am: Gareth Walker doubles through Romano...more

Getting dealt pocket aces heads up doesn't happen often. Getting them all-in for your first major title even less so but that's what happened to UKIPT Newcastle champion Richard Sinclair, who becomes the first Scotsman to win a regular leg of the circuit, pocketing £67,000 and the UKIPT Newcastle...more

8.15pm: Richard Sinclair is the UKIPT Newcastle winner Well, we thought it could be a fast heads up and it certainly was. Sinclair opened for 190,000 from the button and was three-bet to 535,000 by Raj Verma in the big blind. Sinclair made the call. Verma led 510,000 into...more

7.03pm: Break time Players are on a 15 minute break. You'll find updates in a new post. -- NW 6.58pm: Sinclair makes a move Richard Sinclair hasn't really been involved in any big pots thus far, just chipping up through small pot poker. He just opened up his play book...more

PokerStars qualifier Matthew McDerra has emerged victorious from a 615-strong field to pocket a first prize payday of £74,000. After a lightning-quick start to the final table, in which six players were eliminated within the first three hours, McDerra and fellow PokerStars qualifier Matuesz Warowiec fought out a six-hour heads...more

11.05pm: Matthew McDerra wins UKIPT Manchester (£74,000) In the pivotal hand Matthew McDerra raised to 380,000 from the button and Matuesz Warowiec smooth called from the big blind. The flop was J♣5♣5♦ and Warowiec checked to McDerra who bet 200,000. After a brief dwell Warowiec made it 500,000 total, McDerra...more

9pm: Dinner break The play has gone on so long that we have to take a dinner break. We'll be back in about 45 minutes. -- MC 8.55pm: 'No river bet then?' So said Matthew McDerra after he rivered a flush with A♦2♦ on a 3♦2♠T♥9♦K♦ board. He'd check called...more

Poker tournaments are like symphonies. They shift through different orchestral movements before ultimately ending on one winning note. If last year's UKIPT Galway was a frenetic high pitched Padraig Parkinson-inspired knees up then this year's score sheet delivered a thumping military beat that slowly and inexorably drove Nick Abou...more

9.47pm: Abou Risk wins UKIPT Galway for €67,100 Nick Abou Risk has just scored his second UKIPT title beating Trish Mallin heads up. After leading 375,000 into a 9♥5♠T♦ flop Mallin had moved all-in for 1.64 million on the 4♥ turn putting Abou Risk harshly under the spotlight. The...more

6pm: Olin, moves Mallin off one In the last hand of level 23 Trish Mallin made it 56,000 to play, but despite asking for a count after Eoin Olin had made it 180,000 to play, she folded. And with that fold the blinds have gone up.-- NW 5.45pm: Mallin wins...more

In poker there are players that are well liked and there are those that can talk the hind leg off a donkey. Not many can bring those two qualties together and still play winning poker, Fintan Gavin is one of the few. Now, finally, the Irishman has that major title...more

10.17pm: Fintan Gavin wins UKIPT Edinburgh and £61,500 Fintan Gavin has completed a great comeback to win the UKIPT Edinburgh title and £61,500. Gavin had called a 160,000 raise from Andrew Hawksby in the big blind to see a 7♣9♥4♣ flop, which Gavin check-raised all-in on. Hawksby made the...more

8.24pm: End of level Join us in a new post for the level 28 updates. -- RD 8.22pm: Gavin doubles through Dale Big moment for Fintan Gavin. He opened the button for 105,000 and Jamie Dale shoved all-in from the button to set Gavin in, who slowly made the...more

Joeri Zandvliet tonight won UKIPT Dublin to claim his second tour title and €83,500. The Dutchman topped a 718 player field to stop Max Silver from successfully defending his crown, breaking Irish and Hungarian hearts in the process. And Zandvliet did it all, as ever, with a smile on...more

10.55pm: That's a wrap (almost) A full wrap of today's action is on the way and will be available on the blog shortly. But that's it from the last regular stop of the second season of the UKIPT. What started in Galway on December 2nd has finished in Dublin on...more

8.20pm: Dinner break The three remaining players are now on a one hour dinner break. The chip counts are as follows: Joeri Zandvliet, 5,240,000 Robert Csire, 2,915,000 Chuck Fabian, 2,585,000 Blind will be 60,000 - 120,000 ante 15,000 when they return. -- NW 8.15pm: Fabian puts Csire to the test...more

Sam Ravazi has won UKIPT Cork and €71,000 defeating David O'Connor heads up in a tough two-hour bout. Ravazi fought back from a two-to-one deficit to beat O'Connor, who was playing his first major live tournament. While both players deserved to be in the final two, UKIPT Cork will...more

12.05am: Wrap of the days play to come Whilst the TV crew are already dismantling the TV set we're not quite done yet here on the PokerStars blog, we're feverishly working on a wrap of the day's play which will be winging it's way to you shortly. -- NW 11.50pm:...more

7.35pm: Dinner break The players have gone off to carb-load have a light bite. Join us in one hour as we play down from four players to one hero. -- RD 7.25pm: Flynn doubles through Razavi Jamie Flynn has just doubled through Sam Razavi to 2,250,000 with pocket aces...more

4.24pm: Break time The six remaining players are now on a 20 minute break, join me in a new post for level 9 updates. 4.21pm: Gareth Walker eliminated in seventh place From under-the-gun Gareth Walker moved all-in for 5,800 with pocket sevens and next to act Sam Razavi isolated him...more

2.50pm: Break time That's four levels in the books and a 10 minute break. Join me in a new post for level 5 updates. 2.45pm: McDerra continues to hold Hex on Abou Risk Matthew McDerra is seemingly winning every pot he plays, mostly at the expense of Nick Abou Risk....more

Chris O'Donnell tonight became UKIPT Brighton champion after beating Richard Hasancebi in a gruelling heads up to win £71,100. The online cash game player, dubbed 'Bobby Big Head' by his friends, picked up the chip lead halfway through Day 1 and always looked like a lock to make the...more

12.55am: See you from the seaside A full wrap of today's play is on the way shortly, but from your PokerStars blog team it's goodbye from Brighton and we'll hopefully see you in Edinburgh. -- NW 12.50am: Chris O'Donnell wins UKIPT Brighton (£71,100) From the button Richard Hasancebi raised to...more

11.25pm: End of the level That's the end of level 28 join us in a new post shortly. -- NW 11.15pm: O'Donnell wins another showdown There aren't that many big pots floating about at the minute but those that do occur are going the way of Chris O'Donnell. He opened...more