£1500+£100 GCBPT Grand Final Main Event (final day)

 

The GCBPT 'December nine' took their seats under the lights of the TV table for the final day of the final event of the 2008 tour, with the UK’s poker public watching on the forums and for the first time ever, streamed live on the internet. Alan Vinson lead the field, sitting on a tidy 692k.

 

Alan Vinson                        692,000

Sze Ching Ngui                 513,000

Dave Colcough                  364,000

Rob Akery                        287,000

Richard Haile                     198,000

Dave Maudlin                    194,000

Michael Punn                    142,000

Michael Fletcher                138,000

Hieu Tran                         137,000

 

Blinds were rolled back to 4000/ 8000 with 800 ante, but at nearly 20,000 a round, the short-stacks were immediately under pressure to get a double-up, and it wasn’t long before Tran and Fletcher unfortunately fell.

 

The action never let up and after just two levels we were down to our final three of Vinson, Akery and Haile. With a big payout and bonus seats secure, each player made plays for the chip-lead, with stacks yo-yoing, until Akery overcame Haile and we were heads up. An all-in immediately doubled Vinson’s stack and after just 30 minutes of intense play we had a winner – and new Great British Poker Champion, Alan Vinson.

 

Position	Name	Prize
1	Alan Vinson	£83,000 + WSOP 2009 package
2	Rob Akery	£52,000 + Aussie Millions 2009 package
3	Richard Haile	£34,000 + EPT package
4	Sze Ching Nui	£20,000
5	Dave Colclough	£14,000
6	Dave Maudlin	£9,300
7	Michael Punn	£7,700
8	Michael Fletcher	£6,400
9	Hieu Tran	£5,300
10	John Blackburn	£4,400
11	Owen Lock	£4,000
12	Y Eminoglu	£3,750
13	Joacim Mattson	£3,600
14	Kevin parks	£3,450
15	Matthew Wilson	£3,300
16	Rana Gurnam	£3,200
17	Laurence Houghton	£3,100
18	Rakesh Gupta	£3,000
19	Charalambos Xanthos	£2,000

 

Entries: 177

Total: £265,500

 

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