Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet takes UKIPT Manchester title
The results from the UKIPT Manchester are now in, 21 year-old college student Joeri Zandvliet won £63,200 in the early hours of this morning at the final table of UKIPT Manchester.
Dutchman Joeri Zandvliet beat a field of 518 players who started the UKIPT Manchester main event, where the UK and Ireland Poker Tour burst its cap to offer a ₤259,000 prize pool.
Zandvliet’s heads up opponent was Englishman Jack Ellwood who took second place for £37,500.
The final action almost mirrored the deciding hand at UKIPT Galway, with Zandvliet’s safe pair of nines going up against Ellwood’s over cards in the form of Ad-Qs
Ellwood was favorite to win when he flopped top pair with a Qd. A brick on the turn for both players held the suspense before the 9d hit on the river making Zandvliet’s set.
UKIPT Manchester, the second stop on PokerStars.com’s UK and Ireland Poker Tour has been a success recording a cap busting field of 518 players and a prize pool of ₤259,000. A total of 206 players won their seats to the event online, Live UK Poker Tour recommend getting in early for UKIPT Coventry main event qualification as the seats will go fast. See below for UKIPT qualification.
Thirteen players begin the final day at UKIPT Manchester where first place finisher walks away with a hefty £63,200.
Notable finishes
Day 2 chip leader Mark Warnock cashed out in 24th with over £1,600. He beat Team PokerStars Pro Victoria Coren’s 25th place finish, who also cashed for £1,600.
Jonathan Alley finished 14th for £2,200.
The next stop on the UKIPT is Coventry April 8 – 11. Satellites are running now so qualify early for your seat.
Satellites For UKIPT Coventry main event now running
>download the free PokerStars software
>Open a Pokerstars Account as per instructions
>After registration go to ‘cashier’ and enter bonus code STARS600 when depositing for your free $600 sign up bonus courtesy of live uk poker tour.
>Click on ‘Events’ in the PokerStars lobby
>Click on the ‘Special’ tab
>Select ‘UKIPT’
