Doctor Wins Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Newcastle

Ganesh Rao won the BlueSqPoker.com-sponsored Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Newcastle at the weekend, topping a field of 189 to lift the first prize of £57,175. The doctor, originally from Sheffield, had previously finished ninth in the Walsall leg of the tour. He snatched the title from Ian Farrell when his J-J picked off Farrell’s 5-2 bluff.
 
Online qualifiers were particularly successful at leg five of the tour, including the runner-up, Farrell, who had qualified online for the tournament on Blue Square Poker for free and ended up winning more than £33,000. He qualified via a freeroll for a regular $109 rebuy satellite that take place twice a week on the tour sponsor's site. He went on to secure his seat without needing to rebuy. This was the first major tournament that Farrell had played in, proving that recreational online players can make the transition to the live arena.

Two other online qualifiers, David Allen (finished fifth,collecting £12,275) and Cheryl Routledge (finished ninth, collecting £4,725), also made the final table in Newcastle without spending a penny.

The final table payouts at the event were:

1. Ganesh Rao — £57,175
2. Ian Farrell — £33,075
3. James Akenhead — £23,625
4. Mark Dalimore — £16,075
5. David Allan — £12,275
6. Fraser McIntyre — £9,450
7. Mike Hill — £7,550
8. Alan Vinnicombe — £5,675
9. Cheryl Routledge — £4,725

Rao also won a £3,000 seat to the GUKPT grand final in London in November. Qualify for the GUKPT at BlueSqPoker.com.

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