Chris Ferguson took down the Newcastle PokerStars UKIPT
Main Event yesterday, for a touch a cool £87,640. Before you say what was Jesus
doing playing in a UK regional event, it was a 23 year old Scot who outlasted a
tough final table of eight including November Niner Sam Holden.
After the 2011 WSOP finalist Sam Holden
busted in 3rd place for £39,030 it was left to Alexander Jobling to battle it out with Ferguson for the title.
Jobling had earlier lucked out against overnight chip leader Jack Sambrook’s
aces with pocket jacks and looked set to seal the title. But firtune came back
to bite him in the arse when getting all the chips in with AK against
Ferguson’s 95s. Dolly Parton miraculously turned into a full house by the turn
to level the stacks. It was all over soon after the pair agreed a chop, with
Ferguson on the right end of a classic pre-flop coin flip when his pocket
eights held over Jobling’s AQs.
"I doubted myself at quite a few stages, but
when I got to heads-up I was more confident about winning," said Ferguson,
"The first thing I'm going to buy is a deluxe holiday. But I will
celebrate with a few drinks tonight. I really want to play full-time, it felt
incredible to win."
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event. The £700+£35 takes place at PokerStars on
14 and 15 October 2012. Qualifiers are up and running now. New depositors
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