Arian Kashani Captures UK and Ireland Poker Tour Nottingham Main Event Title

Arian Kashani positive appears to really feel at residence taking part in poker at Dusk Till Dawn Nottingham. The Iranian participant has now recorded his two largest reside event scores on the venue, together with his most up-to-date triumph being a win within the 2024 UK and Ireland Poker Tour Nottingham £1,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em major occasion. Kashani walked away with $254,394 because the champion, blowing away the $90,493 he secured because the runner-up within the World Series of Poker International Circuit England major occasion below the identical roof this spring.

Kashani now has almost $640,000 in profession earnings to his title regardless of solely lodging his first reside money in 2020.

“I love what I do,” Kashani told PokerStars reporters after coming out on top. “I’ve been playing poker for 11 years now, five full-time. And I’m just about to launch my coaching program — talk about good timing. But there have been a lot of disappointments. They say if you hang around the barber shop long enough you’ll eventually get a haircut, y’know?”

In addition to the title and the cash, Kashani was additionally awarded 960 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was his first title and third final-table end of the 12 months. With 1,760 complete factors, he now sits inside attain of the highest 250 within the 2024 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.

This occasion drew 1,282 entries, besting the £1 million assure by greater than £230,000. The ultimate prize pool sat at $1,555,630 when rendered in US {dollars}, with the highest 193 finishers all incomes a share.

The event featured 5 beginning flights and two extra days of motion. Kashani held the chip lead when the official nine-handed ultimate desk bought underway. Daniel Rudd (ninth – $23,663) was the primary to fall, working A-2 suited into A-Ok for Philip Joyce. Nathan Slater quickly adopted, together with his A-5 suited failing to come back from behind in opposition to the A-Ok suited of Kashani. Slater walked away with $30,782 because the eighth-place finisher.

Justin Tsui then ran Q-10 suited into the pocket jacks of Parminder Kandola to complete seventh ($40,018).

Yannik Seabrook’s run got here to an finish when his A-5 clashed with the A_Q of Joyce. Seabrook flopped a 5 to take the lead and turned aces up, just for the river to place a pair of nines on the board to counterfeit Seabrook. Joyce gained because of his superior kicker, sending Seasbrook to the rail with $52,038 for his efforts.

The subsequent payout was for $67,637. That sum was finally awarded to Michael Casson, who completed fifth when his A-2 suited misplaced a preflop showdown in opposition to the Ok-Q of Kashani. Ace excessive was greatest by way of the flip, however Kashani accomplished his gutshot straight draw on the river to win the pot and slim the sphere to 4.

Kashani picked up pocket tens within the large blind going through an under-the-gun shove from Parminder Kandola for round 18 large blinds. Kashani known as and held in opposition to his opponent’s A8 to tug even additional away from the pack. Kandola was awarded $87,192 for his fourth-place end.

World Series of Poker bracelet winner Christopher Brammer bowed out in third place ($113,400) when his button shove was seemed up by Joyce out of the massive blind. Brammer’s Ok7 was trailing the A5 of Joyce preflop, however he nonetheless had roughly 37 p.c fairness in keeping with Card Player’s poker odds calculator. That quantity plummeted to zero when the flop got here down Q62 to provide Joyce an unbeatable ace-high flush. The flip and the river have been mere formalities and Brammer headed to the payout window to gather his fifth recorded six-figure event rating.

Heads-up play started with Kashani holding greater than a 3:1 chip lead over Joyce. That hole was narrowed when Joyce bought all-in with high pair in opposition to overcards and a king-high flush draw for Kashani. A clean on the top noticed Joyce double to all however even the stacks.

The two paused the motion for a bit to mull over a doable deal, however finally determined to play on with the prescribed payouts. Joyce overtook the lead and started to tug away, however Kashani doubled up with pocket fives holding in opposition to pocket threes in a preflop all-in conflict to maneuver again in entrance once more.

In the ultimate hand, Kashani min-raised to 1,000,000 on the button with OkQ and name the 22-big-blind three-bet shove of Joyce, who held 109. The 964 flop gave Joyce high pair and the lead. The 4 flip added a flush draw to go together with Kashani’s overcards, although, and that turned out to be essential. The 8 on the top accomplished his flush, bringing the occasion to an finish. Joyce was eradicated because the runner-up, incomes $158,760 for his efforts.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

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