The 2024 PokerStars United Kingdom and Ireland 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 high 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 practically managed a title run in 2023, ending second in a €2,200 buy-in occasion at a French Poker Series Paris cease for $56,702.
“I was only playing for the trophy. I was really close last year in Paris but I lost heads-up, and many times tonight I thought the same thing was going to happen again. But this trophy is a present for my wife, it was her birthday yesterday. It’s a great moment to be all together with friends and enjoy it.”
This occasion ran from Aug. 4-11 at The Hippodrome Casino London. The closing day started with Sposato main the remaining two tables. He battled his approach all the way down to heads-up play, at which level a deal was minimize that noticed Pavlov lock up Atanas Pavlov $127,155 whereas Sposato was assured a minimum of $132,685, leaving the title and $5,200 to play for.
The closing 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.
In addition to the title and the cash, Sposato additionally earned 912 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his second POY-qualified rating of the yr. He now sits inside putting distance of the highest 500 within the 2024 POY standings offered by Global Poker.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 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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