The 2024 PokerStars United Kingdom and Eire Poker Tour London £1,100 no-limit maintain’em primary occasion attracted 725 entries, leading to a prize pool price $889,906 when rendered in US {dollars}. The highest 108 finishers earned a share of that cash, with the most important chunk going to eventual champion Gaspare Sposato. The Italian poker professional struck a heads-up cope with Atanas Pavlov to deliver the occasion to an finish, with Sposato securing $137,805 and the title.
The dwell event circuit is a comparatively new frontier for Sposato, who solely started to report outcomes at brick-and-mortar occasions in 2022. This was his first recorded dwell victory. He almost managed a title run in 2023, ending second in a €2,200 buy-in occasion at a French Poker Sequence Paris cease for $56,702.
“I used to be solely enjoying for the trophy. I used to be actually shut final yr in Paris however I misplaced heads-up, and plenty of occasions tonight I assumed the identical factor was going to occur once more. However this trophy is a gift for my spouse, it was her birthday yesterday. It’s a fantastic second to be all along with mates and luxuriate in it.”
This occasion ran from Aug. 4-11 at The Hippodrome On line casino London. The ultimate day started with Sposato main the remaining two tables. He battled his manner all the way down to heads-up play, at which level a deal was reduce that noticed Pavlov lock up Atanas Pavlov $127,155 whereas Sposato was assured no less than $132,685, leaving the title and $5,200 to play for.
The ultimate two battled it out for a number of ranges earlier than a coin flop introduced the event to an finish. Sposato’s pocket sevens light the 2 overs of Pavlov, who held A-8. The pocket pair remained finest by the river and Pavlov was formally eradicated because the runner-up.
Along with the title and the cash, Sposato additionally earned 912 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for the win. This was his second POY-qualified rating of the yr. He now sits inside placing distance of the highest 500 within the 2024 POY standings introduced by International Poker.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Gaspare Sposato
$137,805
912
2
Atanas Pavlov
$127,155
760
3
Alessandro Pichierri
$72,576
608
4
Candido Cappiello
$55,808
456
5
Saigokul Kannan
$43,008
380
6
Artus Gimenez
$33,152
304
7
Colin Macandrew
$25,472
228
8
Conor O’Driscoll
$19,648
152
9
Joe Hindry
$15,104
76
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