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Amateur Poker Association & Tour Glasgow: Won by Grant Speirs
The Scottish stage of the famous poker circuit for non-professional players, the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT)was held in the poker room of Gala Casino Merchant City in Glasgow last weekend. The event registered a field of 131 participants who paid a buy-in of 75 pounds. The assembled prizepool reached then £ 9,825. And the event crowned as champion Grant Speirs. He therefore got a gold jewelry, was entitled as champion of the APAT Glasgow and pocketed the first prize of £ 3,095. Note that they were only 24 players to have had the chance to be part of the field of the second day of competition, a decisive day because aafter a few hours of confrontation, the final table was built.
Eliminations were made gradually and it was Alex Thompson who was the first to leave the gaming table. Mark Lockchart followed soon after his lead and finished in the 8th place, winning for this ranking a gain of £ 295. At the seventh place was ranked Dean Cursley who pocketed £ 393. Steven Hall has been eliminated in the 6th place and received a bonus of £ 491. At the fifth place was found Steven Bayliff who has been entitled to a gain of £ 590 and the fourth place was for John Bannerman, who won the sum of £ 786. Martin Turner was entitled of the third place with a prize of £ 1,176. At the beginning of the final duel, Grant Speirs already got a large advantage in number of chips and it took him only 20 minutes to eliminate his opponent, Jamie Kearns, the runner-up of the tournament. The latter won the second prize of £ 1,965.
Source: James WILLIAMS
Thursday, 04 August 2011
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