UK poker pro Stuart Rutter has won a GUKPT title after competing in the Coventry event. the twenty seven year old poker pro made his fourth run at a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour event and he managed to outlast the field to take down the win. Rutter had to beat Danny Toffel in heads up play to earn the win.
142 players competed in the event at the G Casino in Coventry. The tournament took three days to complete and the competition was definitely tough. Rutter was sponsored by the G Casino and he faced a tough final table which included such pros as Roberto Romanello, Jeff Kimber and Nick Wealthall.
In the end it would be Rutter who faced Banstead company director Danny Toffell in heads up play. Rutter was up in chips by six to one but Toffell was not going to give up easily. He held on for two hours before he would eventually be knocked out of the competition in second place. Toffell would lose the final hand when he went all in with pocket fours against Rutter’s pocket nines.
Rutter is a top poker pro and also a writer for the online news site Poker News. He commented on the win by stating: “This win is absolutely perfect timing coming just one week before I set off for Vegas and the WSOP. It gives me a great confidence boost which I always struggle for on the GUKPT having made three previous final tables and seeing them go wrong each time.”
The poker pro also had nice words for the staff involved in the event: “The tournament has been fantastically run throughout all three days and this is the perfect venue for this poker tour. Playing the final table on the stage in the show bar is an experience I’ll never forget. I’d also like to thank my sponsor gcasino.com, who have given me the opportunity to play in all the GUKPT main events this year.”
Final Results:
1st Stuart Rutter £41,910
2nd Danny Toffel £29,460
3rd Darren Grosvenor £18,460
4th Hassan Mohammed £11,360
5th Tom Mannion £8,880
6th Jeff Kimber £6,740
7th Roberto Romanello £5,320
8th Rupert Elder £3,900
9th Nick Wealthall £2,840
10th Leon Campbell £2,480
The main tour of the GUKPT will now take a break since the WSOP is starting but the summer will see the GUKPT Summer Series. this is a series of smaller events which will take place all around the country including stops in Newcastle, Aberdeen, Dundee, Luton, Sheffield, London and many more.
Players interested in competing in the events can earn their seat via three weekly satellites which take place on Blue Square Poker. the satellites take place on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Players can also visit Blue Square Poker to pay for the buy-in of the GUKPT events including the side events which take place at the tour stop.