1. 2012-04-27 08:24:59

   Robert Baguley Wins UKIPT Nottingham

   Anyone who owns a card room is going to like a gamble and Dusk Till Dawn???s (DTD) owner Rob Yong is no different. Yong and his team recently announced a ??1 million guaranteed prize pool for the recent UKIPT event that was held at the Nottingham club, and at times Yong must have been feeling nervous.

   The tournament consisted of three separate day ones (1A, 1B & 1C) but it could have turned into a logistical nightmare as Yong had very little sway on when players would turn up. In fact after the Day 1A numbers were sorted and clarified, the DTD crew were worried that they would have nowhere to seat everyone on Day 1C, with a one million guarantee staring them in the face.
   In the end, despite competition with the WPT holding their main event in Vienna, Yong managed to attract 1,625 players and secure his 1 million guarantee and ??210,400 first place. Incredibly only 76 players made it through to Day 3 and one day later the DTD and the UKIPT had a final table of eight ? now that???s how you carve through a field!

   When the final table was set it was Iqbal Ahmed who started with the chip lead and ended up heads-up with DTD regular Robert Baguley. Before the event had started Baguley???s highest live pay out was $603, quite startling considering the fact that Baguley went on to win the event for ??210,400.

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   Posted by KCasey at 2012-04-27 08:24:59

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