UKIPT Nottingham Attracts Record NumbersPokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Sees 650 Players at Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham |
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The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour attracted a record–breaking 650 players to the Dusk Till Dawn card room, Nottingham, England over the last two days.
The prize pool for the £500 buy-in event stands at £325,000 with the 227 players returning to day to begin the march towards the £80,000 top prize which will be paid out on Sunday.
Of these 227 players, 72 will get paid. The top 10 in chips going into day 2 are:
1: Joseph McCormick (UK) — 113,000 in chips
2: Marc Foggin (UK) — 106,300
3: Unknown — 98,400
4: Mark Aldridge (UK) — 93,500
5: Gareth Walker (UK) — 86,000
6: Andrew Couldridgea (UK) — 82,300
7: Mick McCloskey (UK) — 81,700
8: Jan Bjoersland (Norway) — 81,000
9: Rob Tarran (UK) — 80,600
10: Dom Newman (UK) — 76,700