GSNP Southend
Southend hosted the southern GSNP Championships with players converging on the Mint Casino from London and the surrounding areas as well as a good contingent of online qualifiers from Scandinavia and Poland. Adam Lawler, the card room manager, looked the part and excelled in his duties as host and tournament director.
The £100 freezeout commenced with 91 entrants, with the only disappointment being the lack of any female representatives amongst the players. This was a long hard fought tournament and it was 03:00 when the final table was reached with Mark Cornell holding the chip lead with 91,300 on a table with an average stack of 45,500.
Sam Brown had been given his seat by his brother Matt who qualified online and he was making the most of his opportunity as he reached the final table with 40,200 chips. Unfortunately he was not destined to go all the way and was eventually outdrawn by Mark Cornell to finish in fifth. The Polish representative Radoslaw Jedynak went onto the table as one of the short stacks but a series of double ups left him chip leader as he went heads up with Cornell for the title. On just the second hand Cornell moved all in and was instantly called by Jedynak with A-5. Cornell showed A-6 but a 5 on the flop was enough to hand Radoslaw the first place.
Just like in Manchester, the main event at Southend attracted some well known names such as Paul Parker, Dave Barnes and up and coming professional Scott O’Reilly. Joining them were Poker in the Pub qualifiers Jim Weekes, Sue Norsworthy, Andy Corcoram and Frank Jones.
There were 160 runners including England Rugby players Chris Sheasby and Dan Scarbrough, giving a £80,000 prize pool for the players to fight for. By the end of day one there were 63 players remaining with Hassan Mustapha leading the way on 72,200 chips. Other notable contenders included Kevin O’Leary in third place who earned $137,276 from tournament poker in 2007 and Frank Jones the Poker in the Pub player from the South West, who had a superb first day, finishing in seventh place.
Day two saw some notable casualties such as O’Leary and the remaining Poker in the Pub representative Jones who departed in thirtieth. Scott O’Reilly was very successful as a hitman claiming multiple scalps without ever really building a big stack. However he was still in when play finished on day two with thirteen players remaining.
Day three started with Ian Brennan holding the chip lead with 200,500 in chips. The final table was soon reached and Mike Cummings began a remarkable run to the money. After going all in with 3-9 and getting the dreaded call by Darryl Reed, it looked like his tournament might be over when Reed showed Q-10. His future looked even more in doubt when the flop came K,5,A, however a 5 on both the turn and river meant a split pot and Mike survived. An hour later and Mike was at it again. After going all in with [AC][8D], he was called by Stephen Newstead holding [AS][KH]. The flop offered no help to either player with [3C][6C][2C] but then was again the board was paired with a [2D] and [3D] on the turn and river giving Mike another split pot, much to the bemusement of Dave Milby.
With five players remaining a deal was reached giving each competitor £11,500. They then proceeded to play for the trophy with Tony Chapman coming out on top. Tony is known as one of poker’s good guys and has amassed over $200,000 in tournament winnings. Credit must be given to Southend Mint Casino for putting on such an excellent five days of poker.
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