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• UKIPT Brighton - Day 3 players.
• UKIPT Brighton - Day 2 players.
• UKIPT Brighton - Day 1b survivors.
• UKIPT Brighton - Day 1b players.
• UKIPT Brighton - Day 1a survivors.
• UKIPT Brighton - Day 1a players.
• UKIPT Brighton - Nationalities .

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Payout

UKIPT Brighton had 603 players enter the £500 main event contributing to a £292,455 prize pool. A total of 81 players will walk away with something to show for their efforts a min-cash will pay £750, a final table appearance guarantees £6,900. But the winner will pocket a whopping £71,100, a novelty cheque and a whole load of points towards the end of season UKIPT leader board.

1st: Chris O'Donnell, United Kingdom, £71,100

2nd: Richard Hasancebi, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £41,300

3rd: Jeff Duvall, United Kindom, £25,300
4th: Rudi Johnsen, Norway, PokerStars qualifer, £18,600
5th: Sinem Melin, United Kingdom, £14,900
6th: David Rudling-Smith, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £11,400
7th: David Trigg, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £8,950
8th: Jaroslav Horak, Czech Republic, PokerStars qualifier, £6,900

9th: Alex Ferguson, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £4,930

10th: Neil Barron, United Kingdom, PokerStars player £3,550
11th: Andrew Miles, United Kingdom, £3,550

12th: Michael Kossov, United Kingdom, £2,900
13th: Spencer Lawrence, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £2,900

14th: Mohammed Ibrahim, United Kingdom, PokerStars Qualifier, £2,350
15th: Scott Elsden, United Kingdom, PokerStars Qualifier, £2,350

16th: Richie Lawlor, Ireland, PokerStars Qualifier, £1,850
17th: Lynne Beaumont, United Kingdom, £1,850
18th: Parvis Tafreshi, United Kingdom, £1,850
19th: Antonino Milioti, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,850
20th: Daren Lury, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,850
21st: Patrick Thompson, United Kingdom, £1,850

22nd: Fabio Esposito, Italy, PokerStars player, £1,400
23rd: Mike Shaw, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,400
24th: Tom Hall, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,400
25th: Mark Smith, United Kingdom, £1,400
26th: Alex Zeligman, United Kingdom, PokerStars players, £1,400
27th: Ross Mcmahon, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,400

28th: Dom Coleman, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,200
29th: Tom Drew, United Kingdom, £1,200
30th: Casper Kyhl, Denmark, PokerStars qualifier, £1,200
31st: Daniel Laming, United Kingdom, £1,200
32nd: Rod Albright, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,200
33rd: Rupinder Bedi, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,200
34th: Paul Zimbler, United Kingdom, £1,200
35th: Jen Mason, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,200
36th: Adriano Luzzi, United Kingdom, £1,200

37th: Mukesh Morjaria, United Kingdom, £1,100
38th: Michael Rossiter, United Kingdom, £1,100
39th: Michael Norris, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,100
40th: Paul Stevens, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,100
41st: Andrew Mcbean, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,100
42nd: Leon Campbell, United Kingdom, £1,100
43rd: Gerry O'Farrell, Ireland, PokerStars player, £1,100
44th: Daniel Spencer, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,100
45th: Robin Dhinsa, United Kingdom, £1,100

46th: Terence Tanner, United Kingdom, £1,000
47th: James Browning, United Kingdom, £1,000
48th: Robert Glen, United Kingdom, £1,000
49th: Balbir Pottiwal, United Kingdomm £1,000
50th: Gonzalo Fernandez, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, £1,000
51st: Stuart Osborne, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,000
52nd: Johnathon Bland, South Africa, PokerStars player, £1,000
53rd: Martin Blake, United Kingdom, £1,000
54th: Kirit Patel, United Kingdom, £1,000

55th: Lewis Taylor, United Kingdom, £900
56th: Simon Thompson, United Kingdom, £900
57th: Guy Barron, United Kingdom, £900
58th: Rodger Parr, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £900
59th: Nathan Gentry, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £900
60th: Charlotte Gouldsborough, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £900
61st: Derek Murray, Ireland, PokerStars player, £900
62nd: Andrew Sweeney, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £900
63rd: Rob Lacey, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £900

64th: Vaclav Prokes, Czech Republic, £825
65th: Darren Wright, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £825
66th: Dimps Maker, United Kingdom, £825
67th: David Zermon, United Kingdom, £825
68th: James Irwin, USA, £825
69th: Samuel Welbourne, United Kingdom, £825
70th: Jonathan Reynolds, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £825
71st: David San Roman, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, £825
72nd: Stephen Lennon, United Kingdom, £825

73rd: Kyp Kyprianou, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £750
74th: David Lloyd, United Kingdom, £750
75th: Stephen Else, United Kingdom, £750
76th: Paul Keighley, United Kingdom, £750
77th: Krzysztof Budka, Poland, PokerStars qualifier, £750
78th: Bernard Magee, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £750
79th: Steven Bayliff, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £750
80th: Andy Gowland, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £750
81st: Alex Evans, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £750

Side Events

• UKIPT Brighton - Side Events Results.

Final Table

Seat 1: Chris O’Donnell – 26 – Southampton – 382,000

Chris O’Donnell started playing poker for fun on his local scene three years ago before starting playing online and, “Taking it a bit more seriously.” This is his second UKIPT – he played Manchester as well. When asked about his strategy for the final, he said, “I don’t really have one to be honest. I’m jut going to see what happens. Basically I’m gonna wing it. Joke.” He’s planning to play more UKIPTs in future.

Seat 2: David Rudling-Smith – 19 – PokerStars Player – Cardiff – 333,000

David Rudling-Smith was the official short stack at the start of Day 3, and although he said at the start of play that he would be looking to get his chips in, he remains the shortie heading into the official final. He is being supported here by his dad Richard Rudling-Smith, a UK circuit stalwart who also played this tournament but busted before the money, and several friends. After the tournament, he’ll be going back to work in the army.

Seat 3: Richard Hasancebi – 29 – PokerStars Player – Brighton – 2,174,000

Chip leader and local boy Richard Hasancebi is a professional poker player, mostly playing small stakes cash games on PokerStars where he plays under the name “riksanchez”. He doesn’t play many tournaments, although he played UKIPT Nottingham earlier this year. He is being supported today by his brother, and a few friends. Of the other players at the final table, he thinks that David Trigg is going to be the most dangerous.

Seat 4: Jeff Duvall – 62 – London – 1,113,000

Jeff Duvall has almost legendary status in the UK poker scene. A professional poker player – although he cheerfully describes himself as “retired” – with almost $1.2 million in lifetime winnings, making a UKIPT final is just another day at the office for Duvall. His biggest ever cash was for over $175,000 when he finished 42nd in the 2009 WSOP Main Event. He mostly plays live - although he does occasionally play on PokerStars, he says that he can’t beat the online game. When asked who was the player most to be feared at the table, he replied, “The one with the biggest chip stack.”

Seat 5: Jaroslav Horak – 34 – PokerStars Qualifier - Litomerice, Czech Republic – 1,814,000

Jaroslav Horak has traveled all the way from the Czech Republic for this, his first UKIPT. He ‘s already had a cash this week, finishing third in the £100 NLH side event for £1,300. He started Day 3 of the Main Event as the overall chip leader, and although he is no longer in pole position, he starts the final as one of the big stacks. He’s being supported here by a friend who came with him from the Czech Republic.

Seat 6: Sinem Melin – 23 – Hertfordshire - 812,000

This is Sinem Melin’s third UKIPT – she played Nottingham last year and Newcastle this year – but this is the deepest she’s ever gone in one. Her strategy for the final is just to do what she’s done for the past few days: “Play my hands, play the position, pick my spots, nothing crazy.” She intends to play more UKIPTs.

Seat 7: David Trigg – 24 – PokerStars Player – London – 841,000

David Trigg’s life revolves around poker – he plays semi-professionally and the rest of the time is involved in running poker tournaments. He plays both live and online, and although he relies on it for his living he describes himself as a recreational player. He first got into poker watching it on TV with his dad when he was young. His dad is among an army of supporters coming down to support him at the final table today. When asked which of the other players he was most afraid of, he replied, “No-one in poker scares me.”

Seat 8: Rudi Johnsen – 24 – PokerStars Qualifier – Trondheim, Norway – 1,415,000

Rudi Johnsen has traveled further than most of our finalists to get here, but it’s not a one-off . He played UKIPT Manchester as well, and says that he likes the small buy-ins and good fields, and that UKIPTs are very easy to get to from Norway! Johnsen used to be an electrician but is now using his poker winnings to finance his studies instead – when he gets back to Norway he’s planning to take a month’s holiday before commencing studying.

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