The Lithuanian poker player Robertas Gordonas emerged victorious from the <strong Main Event of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix UK, taking home the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool as well as the event’s title. The player was granted with a monetary prize estimated to £150,000 for his efforts.
This weekend, the partypoker Grand Prix UK Main Event gathered a total of 5,143 entries, all of whom were outlasted by Gordonas. The guaranteed prize pool gathered over the event amounted to £1,000,000, and the event offered multiple Day 1s, which were held both online and off-line.
Over a number of Day 2s, the massive players filed was narrowed from 5,143 to 53 players only. The 53 survivors came back for Day 3, which was also the final day of the event, ending with Robertas Gordonas crowned as the victor after beating his last standing opponent Richard King in a heads-up battle.
As mentioned above, the players field was quickly reduced over Day 2 of the Main Event of the partypoker Grand Prix UK. Some popular household players, however, did not manage to secure themselves a £2,200 UKPC seat, but 50 other players did that. Fast pace, fierce competition and huge stacks were the highlights of the poker tournament. Some of the players who were eliminated over the third, and final day of the event were Allan peers, Charlotte Godwin, Ben Windsor, etc.
By the time when the eight-handed final table was formed, the minimum cash prize was estimated to £15,250. Although the players were having pretty equal forces, they got eliminated one by one, until the heads-up battle was finally set after Jamie Whytem ranked third, and only two players remained around the table. Robertas Gordonas faced Richard King in the last clash for the event’s title, ending up with King getting the £100,000 consolation prize.
Commenting on the game, the runner-up Kichard King praised Gordonas for being the best player over the final day of the partypoker Grand Prix UK Main Event. He said that Gordonas had been the one who fully deserved the first-place and congratulated him for the great heads-up play.
With Robertas Gordonas occupying the first place as a winner, being granted with a cash portion of £150,000, it was Richard King who remained at the runner-up position, with the second six-digit prize in the ranking. He got a total of £100,000, and was followed by Jamie Whyte on the third position of the ranking, for a prize of £70,750.
The fourth place of the ranking was occupied by Antonis Poulengeris, followed by Andrei Frujina. The sixth position was occupied by Tomas Fara, while Peter Craw and Adam Maxwell took the seventh and eighth place in the ranking.
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Harry Evans
