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Genting Stanley National Poker Championships - Manchester

Date: 30/03/2008

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Circus Casino Manchester, Mint Casino Southend, and Circus Casino Nottingham were the venues hosting the first ever Genting Stanley National Poker Championships over five days with a £150,000 prize money guaranteed.

The £500 main event saw 187 players take part in Manchester, split over Thursday and Friday. With a £83,500 prize pool, this was serious business.

Day one seemed to be favouring the up and coming players rather than the professionals as Dave Colclough, Lucy Rokach and Marc Goodwin all bowed out at the first hurdle. It was an online qualifier Jack Powell who was leading the field at the start of day two with a chip count of 77,150.

On day two, large stacks emerged from the field as we neared the prize money. The Betfred Ladies Tour Champion Lynne Beaumont was the bubble finisher who received a chip set signed by the WSP bracelet record holder, Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr.

The final table placings were reached the same time British Summer Time arrived with five players leaving within two hours. Fifth place went to Graham Clarkson who walked away with £5,840 along with his cash game winnings and a pat on the back from Mansion Poker VIP Manager Gary Ingham. IT consultant Richard Wong could be pleased with his performance placing him fourth and £7,520.

This left Sanntu Leiononen and Hannu Korva from Finland, along with Omar Khan. Korva was the short stack but a double up and some further strong play meant that as the players left for the break, the stacks were fairly even. With £52,850 left in the prize pool, the players agreed to take £15,000 each and play for the remaining £7,850 and the trophy. Khan eventually took third when his A-10 ran into the Queens of Leinonen, leaving the two Scandinavians heads up. Predictably they split the remaining prize money leaving the trophy and the bragging rights to play for. They both decided to go all in blind on the first hand. Korva was the winner as his A-7 off suit held up against 5-9 off suit to take the title with a high card.

It was a thrilling end to a great festival.

Manchester main event result:

Hannu Korva - £18,925
Sanntu Leinone - £18,925
Omar Khan - £15,000
Richard Wong - £7,520
Graham Clarkson - £5,840
Isaac Kelsall - £4,590
Carl Hughes - £3,340
Andreas Olympios - £2,500
Che Wys - £2,090
Dave Black - £1,250

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