PokerStars Raises Over £20,000 For Cancer Research

The PokerStars EPT London charity event has shipped over £20,000 to Cancer Research UK.

The tournament ran from October 2-4 at London’s Hilton Metropole Hotel. It had 646 entries, including re-buys, of the £120 buy-in. £10 of each buy-in was put aside to donate to cancer research. PokerStars players were also able to transfer funds directly to a special ‘cancerUK’ account to contribute. PokerStars matched all contributions, creating a pool of over £20,000 to be donated to Cancer Research UK, the UK’s leading cancer charity.

Twenty-two year old student Arnoud van der Werf won the event and £20,000. Also participating in the tournament were EPT founder John Duthie, UKIPT Manchester champion Joeri Zandvliet, EPTLive commentator Nick Wealthall, and British Team PokerStars Pro Julian Thew.

Here’s a look at the final 8:

1. Arnoud van der Werf (Holland) – £20,000
2. Tim Hong Wong (Malaysia) – £13,000
3. Salih Adem (UK) – £9,000
4. Amir Sonsino (Israel) – £7,000
5. Nicholas Aitken (UK) – £5,000
6. Claudiu Bucharest (Romania) – £4,000
7. Jan Kacur (Slovenia) – £3,000
8. Billy Young (UK) – £2,000

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