Driton Haxhiaj Wins His Second GUKPT Luton Title

Lithuanian Driton Haxhiaj won the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton Main Event in 2013 where he topped a field of 262 players to secure a £42,750 payday. Three years later, Haxhiaj again emerged victorious in the GUKPT Luton Main Event, outlasting 239 opponents to bank £61,250 and his second GUKPT trophy.

2016 GUKPT Luton Main Event Final Table Results

The final day’s play commenced with 17 players in their seats, Brett Kennedy leading from the front, and Jeff Kimber bringing up the rear.

Within minutes of the restart, David Lloyd got his chips into the middle with ace-queen and ran into the dominating-suited ace-king of Kennedy. Lloyd looked to have earned a reprieve on the queen-high flop, but a ten on the turn and a king on the river improved Kennedy to a straight, sending Lloyd to the rail.

Lloyd wasn’t on his own on the sidelines for long because Ethan Brown, Jiushuang Wang, Aleks Golubevs, Tamer Kamel, Albert Sapiano, Alex Zeligman and Sandiep Khosa all bust within the first two hours of play; Khosa’s exit set the final table of nine.

It was a coin flip that caused the first exit of the final table; Janice Phillips’ ace-jack failed to improve against the black sixes of Paul Byrne. Phillips was soon followed to the rail by both Jeff Kimber and Paul Vas Nunes, who bust on the same hand.

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