Ted Jackson-Spivack emerged victorious from the UKIPT Main Event that took place in Birmingham. The player managed not only to defeat Ludovic Geilich in a heads-up battle and took home a prize of £35,000, but also took home the last ever Main Event trophy.
As reported by Casino Guardian yesterday, there were only 22 players left to participate in the final battle of the UKIPT Birmingham Main Event, which took place at the Genting Casino Star City.
The first player to hit the rail was Konrad Zalewski, who departed from the competition after only 5 minutes of play. He was quickly followed by a number of players, including Adam Owen, Dominic Kay, Thimothy Chung Neil Raine and Ali Zigni. The PokerStars ambassador Jake Cody occupied the eleventh position after being eliminated. The final table was set after Trymour Sabet was eliminated and the serious competition began.
The rivalry between the last 9 players was fierce, and it took them two hours to send the first player back home. Ben Morrison became the first casualty of the final table after confronting Ted Jackson-Spivack. He was soon followed by David Wilkes who got eliminated by Krishna Negaraju. Then, Ludovic Geilich sent both Nathan Webb and Jeremy Wray back home.
The players got eliminated one by one until only three of them were left around the event’s final table in an attempt to win the tournament’s title. As soon as Krishna Nagaraju got eliminated at the third place, there were only two players left at the final table. At this point of the game, Ted Jackson-Spivack was the chip leader holding a total of 4,000,000 to 2,000,000 advantage over his last competitor. He faced Ludovic Geilich who unfortunately did not manage to emerge victorious from the final heads-up battle.
With Ted Jackson-Spivack occupying the first position, it was no other but Ludovic Geilich who ranked second, winning a consolation prize of £23,600. The third position in the ranking was occupied by Krishna Nagaraju, who was granted with a prize amounting to £16,464. David Clarkson managed to rank fourth, while Graham Parkin took the fifth place in the final table competition.
The sixth place in the ranking was occupied by Jeremy Wray, while Nathan Webb got seventh. David Wilkes and Ben Morrison became eighth and ninth, respectively.
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Harry Evans
