The 2024 PokerStars United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) London has concluded its thrilling run at the iconic Hippodrome Casino, crowning 13 champions. The biggest highlight of the series was the £1,100 Main Event, which drew an impressive 725 entries for a prize pool worth $889,906. The top 108 finishers earned a share of that money and the final day saw only 13 players return to the felts. Following a marathon 12 hours of action, Italy’s Gaspare Sposato emerged as the champion and took home £107,660 following a heads-up deal with Bulgaria’s Atanas Pavlov (second for £99,340).
This victory marked Gaspare Sposato’s career high-score and his first live poker title. Apart from the main event win, the Italian pro also cashed UKIPT High Roller (Event #12), earning $ 4,709 for his 17th place finish.
Sposato, who only began to record results at brick-and-mortar events in 2022, said, “I was only playing for the trophy. I was really close last year in Paris but I lost heads-up, and many times tonight I thought the same thing was going to happen again. But this trophy is a present for my wife, it was her birthday yesterday. It’s a great moment to be all together with friends and enjoy it.”
This event ran from August 4-11 and the final day began with Sposato leading the remaining two tables. He battled his way down to heads-up where he finally agreed to a heads-up deal with Pavlov. Both players battled it out for several levels before Sposato pitted his pocket sevens against the A-8 of Pavlov in the final hand. The pocket pair remained best by the river and Pavlov was eliminated in second place.
UKIPT London Main Event Final Table Results
1. Gaspare Sposato £127,600
2. Atanas Pavlov £79,400
3. Alessandro Pichierri £56,700
4. Candido Cappiello £43,600
5. Saigokul Kannan £33,600
6. Artus Gimenez £25,900
7. Colin MacAndrew £19,900
8. Conor O’driscoll £15,350
9. Joe Hindry £11,800
Other Prominent Winners From 2024 UKIPT London
The crown jewel of UKIPT side events, the £330 London Cup, was won by Norwegian player Kent Roed for his first live title of 2024 and £21,498 prize money. He overcame a field of 260 entries and closed it out after a dramatic heads-up battle with England’s David McConachie (runner-up for £13,510). Scotland’s Robbie Bull rounded out the podium finishes, securing a payout of £9,650.
Final Table Payouts
1. Kent Roed £21,498
2. David Mcconachie £13,510
3. Robbie Bull £9,650
4. Elliott Panyi £7,420
5. Ivonne Oviedo £5,710
6. Gonzalo Gonzalez Guy £4,390
7. Bartosz Dziewierzynski £3,380
8. Marius Varanavicius £2,790
9. Joseph Pat £2,320
Meanwhile, other side events – the 8-Game and Women’s Event – were both very well attended, attracting 41 and 68 entries, respectively. The £ 220 No Limit Hold’em – Women’s Event was won by local Louisa Plint for £3,000, while Ryan Wakefield, another local, took down the £ 220 8 Game for £3,860. The penultimate event of the series, Event #24: £220 Bounty, was won by India’s Chirag Khanduja for £3,682. The final event, the Freezeout Deep Stack, was won by Marco Cocciolo from England for £5,682 to close out the festival.
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