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

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Payout

From a £251,715 total prize pool, the winner will take £61,500. From a field of 519 runners, 63 will be paid.

This page will be updated with the names of prizewinners as and when they are known.

1st: Fintan Gavin, Ireland, £61,500

2nd: Andrew Hawksby, United Kingdom, £37,400

3rd: Jamie Dale, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £22,900
4th: Thomas Ward, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £16,850
5th: George Clyde-Smith, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £13,100
6th: Craig Brown, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £10,500
7th Antonis Poulengeris, United Kingdom, PokerStars player £8,050
8th: Rob Swindells, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £6,300

9th: Kevin Letham, United Kingdom, £4,555

10th: Alexander Wanner, Germany, PokerStars player, £3,150
11th: Alan Kirk, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £3,150

12th: George Devine, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £2,750
13th: Ovidijus Slimas, Lithuania, PokerStars Qualifier, £2,750

14th: Mark Warnock, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £2,380
15th: Alan Barnes, United Kingdom, £2,380

16th: William Paxton, United Kingdom, £2,010
17th: Rhys Jones, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £2,010
18th: Mark Ritchie, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £2,010

19th: Paul McTaggart, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £1,760
20th: Colin Wu, United Kingdom, £1,760
21st: Keith Hawkins, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £1,760

22nd: Callum Palfrey, United Kingdom, PokerStars Qualifier, £1,510
23rd: Darius Venckus, Lithuania, £1,510
24th: Andrew Mackenzie, United Kingdom, £1,510

25th: Bernardo Da Silveira Dias, Brazil, PokerStars Player, £1,260
26th: Mark Cuggy, United Kingdom, £1,260
27th: Alex Jobling, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £1,260

28th: Lee Taylor, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,120
29th: James Walsh, Ireland, PokerStars player, £1,120
30th: Rupinder Bedi, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,120
31st: Andrew Laurie, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,120
32nd: Ian Bruce, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,120
33rd: Vytautas Milbutas, Lithuania, PokerStars qualifier, £1,120
34th: David Vamplew, United Kingdom, £1,120
35th: Richard Kaura, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,120
36th: Sam Razavi, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,120

37th: Anthony Mullen, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £1,000
38th: Dean Kay, United Kingdom, £1,000
39th: Scott Mccole, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £1,000
40th: Kenneth Mcmaihin, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £1,000
41st: David Ferris, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,000
42nd: Joe Roberts, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,000
43rd: Anthony Hamilton, United Kingsom, PokerStars player, £1,000
44th: John Wallace, United Kingdom, £1,000
45th: Stuart Hilton, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £1,000

46th: Anthony Whalley, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £900
47th: Russell Thomson, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £900
48th: Mark Wagstaff, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £900
49th: Lewis Jackson, United Kingdom, PokerStars Qualifier, £900
50th: Grant Kinnear, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £900
51st: Sam Macdonald, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £900
52nd: Laurence Paisley, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £900
53rd: Joseph Cecchini, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £900
54th: Adrian Reynolds, United Kingdom, £900

55th: Kenneth Liddle, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £800
56th: Liam Magennis, Ireland, PokerStars player, £800
57th: Ciaran Canning, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £800
58th: Julian Thew, United Kingdom, £800
59th: David Stockings, United Kingdom, £800
60th: Mark Smyth, Ireland, PokerStars player, £800
61st: Chris Farde, United Kingdom, £800
62nd: Richard Haile, United Kingdom, PokerStars player, £800
63rd: Ross Gillan, United Kingdom, PokerStars qualifier, £800

Side Events

• #1 - £100 + £10 6-max NL Freezeout .
• #7 - £100 +£10 NL Freezeout.
• #12 - £100 +£10 NL Freezeout.

Final Table

UKIPT Edinburgh £500 Main Event Finalists

Seat 1: Jamie Dale – 995,000
Jamie Dale at just 21 is a professional player, although is new on the live tournament scene.  He did cash in the Manchester leg of the UKIPT this year, however, and is now guaranteed at least £6,300 for reaching the final table here in Edinburgh.  He is already looking forward to UKIPT Dublin in September and the prize money here will fund further buy-ins – the whole of next year’s tour if he takes the title.

Seat 2: Tony Poulengeris – 1,252,000
Tony Poulengeris is a 47 year old property developer from London, playing his second UKIPT event.  His route into the game is surely unique – a million pound win on roulette nine years ago spurred him to take up a game with a skill element instead of losing it on chance bets.  “Poker isn’t based on chance,” Poulengeris said, “There’s a skill to it.  Mind over mind.  The money isn’t important to me – it’s all about the title.”  Poulengeris goes into the final second in chips and will be facing the TV cameras with little anxiety.  “Never worry about your stack size,” was his final piece of advice, “Because things can change as quickly as the next hand.”

Seat 3: Rob Swindells  - 677,000
Self-professed ‘Jake Cody fan’ Rob Swindells is by profession a maths teacher from Clitheroe who was able to play UKIPT Edinburgh as it occurs mid-school holidays.  Taking any opportunity to play poker around the job he enjoys, he says, “Every game is a learning experience.  I love being aggressive – usually people tend to back down.  But here and now, I need to adjust.  Lots of other people in the UKIPT have this style.”  As for his specialist field, he admits understanding the maths of poker with little trouble is useful, but not always beneficial.  He recounted a hand to illustrate: “I worked out the maths – it was a fold – and called anyway.”  On the way to the final he played and bested many of the top players in this field, doubling through Jeff Duvall early on and then busting Sam Razavi.

Seat 4: George Clyde-Smith – 460,000
UKIPT Edinburgh represents 24 year old George Clyde-Smith’s second event on the tour this year.  Having attended university in Newcastle, he tried his first £500 Main Event there but had luck so terrible the 2-outer suckouts stayed with him all the way to Scotland.  Here his final table appearance has gone a long way towards letting him forget, although he admits he has no idea how an actual win and the £61,500 first prize would affect his attitude or even his current job as a lettings negotiator.  Clyde-Smith enjoys playing live, and on the UKIPT especially due to the good structure of the tournaments and the fact that he has many friends who also follow the tour and add to the uniquely convivial atmosphere to be found around the country.

Seat 5: Fintan Gavin – 2,003,000
Fintan Gavin rose up suddenly from the middle of the pack on Day 2 to take a commanding lead by the final table.  His foot seemingly glued to the gas pedal, poker-wise, his unpredictable and fearless playing style combined with a talent for talking have made him one of the stand-out players in this event so far.  Gavin, 43, is no stranger to big live events – he’s amassed over $1,250,000 in tournament winnings and is ranked 5th in the Ireland all-time money list.  Gavin’s interest in poker also crosses to the other side of the felt: he owns the Eglington Casino in Galway and also organises the Irish Poker Championship which has been sponsored by PokerStars as the Galway leg of the UKIPT for two years.  When asked what he would do with another big score, he answered, “Buy shares in Eoghan O’Dea.”

Seat 6: Thomas Ward – 757,000
Thomas Ward might have been nonchalantly noncommittal when asked if he was intending to follow the professional poker route, but at age 24, his high level of experience and confidence suggests such a career might be in the works.  Currently multi-tabling tournaments on PokerStars (up to 20 at a time), Ward takes his poker seriously and intends to aim for the top cash spots right from the start.  His only previous UKIPT outing (Coventry last year) saw him finish 32nd.  Paying close attention to his opponents throughout the event has helped him come out on the right side of several key hands, while a timely AQ vs. 10-10 race on the 3rd level of Day 2 put him in prime position to continue building all the way to the final table.  He gave some advice for live (and online) slow-structure players – stay off the beer and eat in moderation in the dinner break to stay focused.  However he admits to occasionally playing better when tired, as it stops him “going mental.”

Seat 7: Andrew Hawksby – 509,000
This final table lies at the end of the first deep run in the first big live event that Andrew Hawksby has played.  He was on the scene at UKIPT Cork, but stayed in the cash table area.  Having taken a stab at the Main Event, he now sits with a shot at a title, yet says that he should still be able to play as if it were a “normal day”.  Having benefited earlier from what at first seemed a deadly match-up (QQ vs. AA), his admitted lucky outdraw put him in a position to keep climbing.  To win the £61,500 first prize would make a big difference to Hawksby who is at something of a crossroads – professional poker player or accountant.  Having graduated from university recently, making this final table straight off the bat gives him a chance at an instant bankroll while the experience itself is valuable.  He mentioned an odd omen the morning before the final – his tyre exploded on the way out of the car park.  This could mean either that he’s used up his bad luck, or that he’s headed for a blow-up, perhaps.

Seat 8: Craig Brown – 1,008,000
Craig Brown is a 23-year-old apprentice electrician who qualified for this event on PokerStars. Having secured his seat for under £60, he is guaranteed a return of at least a hundred times that.  However when asked about the possibility of walking out the champion with £61,500, he said, “I’m trying not to think about that!”

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