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Vamshi Vandanpau Slays Record Breaking Goliath
- Updated: August 9, 2016
When the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Goliath tournament ran in 2015, it broke its own attendance record when 4,210 entries were processed. This year, the organizers were hopeful of surpassing the 5,000 entry mark, and they managed it with ease as a staggering 5,232 players exchanged £120 to be in with a chance of becoming the 2016 Goliath champion.
After eight days of poker action, the massive field was whittled to only 20 players, each of them guaranteed £3,050 for their £120 investment. Those 20 returning final day players were reduced to the final table of nine during the first two hours of action, increasing the minimum payout to £7,400.
2016 GUKPT Goliath Final Table Results
*reflects a three-way deal
First to fall at the final table was Jonathan Mellor who ran his pocket threes into the sixes of Robbie Richmond, before a short stacked Craig Drew pushed with a bare ace and ran straight into the pocket aces of Vamshi Vandanpau.
Luke Wensley had a raucous rail supporting him during the final day’s action, but they were silenced when his suited ace-ten fell foul to the suited queen-jack …
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