That's that for Season 4 at the UKIPT then! Ludovic Geilich, Alan Gold, Robbie Bull, Duncan McLellan (twice), Ben Mayhew, Dean Hutchison, Kevin Killeen, Rodrigo Espinosa, Joshua Hart and now Brett Angell have all been worthy champions and helped make the uk and Ireland's biggest and most enjoyable tour what it's.
Angell narrowly missed out on a maiden UKIPT title in Nottingham in Season 2 but he made sure of the victory the following time he made it to the overall two. He defeated Fabrizio Fuchs after a heads up duel that lasted an hour and forty-five minutes and got his hands on that Grand Final trophy and £115,083.
The final hand saw two big aces in the course of the table, one dominating the opposite. Fuchs took his time to expose the nine that went together with his ace after he saw Angell's ace-king. All of the chips went in pre flop. The board ran blank and Angell shook Fuchs' hand and celebrated together with his rail, which included his delighted girlfriend Claire.
After his winner's ceremony, Angell had the next to say:
"I still work in IT and i am going to hold on working in IT. I ACTUALLY enjoy playing but poker's too unpredictable. I've had the mickey taken out of me by my mates for the past two and a half years [about his runner-up finish at UKIPT2 Nottingham] so it is a good feeling to win one.
"It was great having all my pals from the Teeside area cheering me on, they were fantastic."
At the beginning of play it seemed that no person desired to win in any respect today. After all that isn't true but it surely took greater than three hours of action before we lost out first player after which the floodgates opened. Angell tried his best to eliminate players but he lost back-to-back flips to double up Fuchs and Sandro Mescola. There have been also three split pots with jacks versus jacks and two sets of big-slicks matching up twice.
Rasmus Agerskov was probably the most favourites for the title getting into today but he four-bet folded to Angell early on and had little room for manoeuvre after that. His final had saw him three-bet all in with king-ten from the large blind after a Mark James button open. James called with sixes, fell behind on a king high flop, but turned a suite to seal the Dane's fate.
The very next hand the overall table was right down to six. Caicai Huang three-bet all in with ace-queen and a rejuvenated Fuchs called with pocket sixes and held. Fuchs was at it again moments later. He made set at the river in hand against the formidable Vladimir Troyanovskiy that left the Russian short and the very next hand after that he called with aces after Troyanovskiy moved all in for 14 big blinds all in with ace-eight. The board bricked and the long-time tournament chip leader left with £23,800 and thoughts of what might've been.
Everyone involved barely had time to catch his or her breath before another big pot saw the top of Nickolas Davies. The cast American, who has an excessively British sense of humour, four-bet all in with ace-queen just for Angell to be sat there with a dominating ace-king. A king high board later and the general eight have been cut in half in barely 25 minutes.
It took another half an hour of play before the fifth player of the day fell and it was to be the well-supported Mark James. He and Fuchs took to a queen-high flop containing two hearts. James over-bet the pot when he moved all in and his Swiss opponent correctly worked out he had done it with a flush draw, called with a weak top pair and held.
While the entire fireworks had being going off around him, Sandro Mescola had quietly been going about his business, winning enough chips to stick alive and letting others visit war. He came into the overall in last place and had laddered all of the strategy to third place and that's the reason so far as he would go. He raised from the small blind after which bet, called all in with bottom pair at the flop. Angell had top pair and took the chip lead heading into his heads up battle after his hand-held.
UKIPT4 London2 Final Table results:
1st. Brett Angell, United Kingdom, £115,083*
2nd. Fabrizio Fuchs, Switzerland, PokerStars Qualifier, £98,717*3rd. Sandro Mescola, Italy, £56,5004th. Mark James, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, £42,5005th. Nickolas Davies, United States, PokerStars Player, £32,5006th. Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Russian Federation, PokerStars Player, £23,8007th. Caicai Huang, United Kingdom, £17,8008th. Rasmus Agerskov, Denmark, PokerStars Qualifier, £12,800
*Denotes heads up deal.
That's not quite it for Season 4 at the UKIPT though. As you can also remember from past seasons, it's tradition for the season's entire winner's roster to play a Champion of Champions freeroll for ultimate bragging rights and the small matter of entry and hotel to each stop at the Season 5 schedule! That'll be going down at 10am BST tomorrow and can be updated live here at the PokerStars Blog.
It'll take the format of a two-table sit and go featuring the players below and the Season 4 Online Qualifier of the Year, Dara O'Kearney.
UKIPT Series 1: Jake CodyUKIPT Marbella: Ludovic GeilichUKIPT Series 2: Gabriel DragomirUKIPT Galway: Alan GoldUKIPT Series 3: Dinh Tuan NguyenUKIPT London: Robbie BullUKIPT Isle of Man: Duncan McLellanUKIPT Nottingham 6-max: Ben MayhewUKIPT Edinburgh: Dean HutchisonUKIPT Dublin: Kevin KilleenUKIPT Series 4: Thomas PostlethwaiteUKIPT Nottingham: Duncan McLellanUKIPT Series 5: Martins AdeniyaUKIPT Marbella 2: Rodrigo EspinosaUKIPT Series 6: Paul FindlayUKIPT Isle of Man 2: Josh HartUKIPT London 2: Brett Angell
A word from the winner...
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