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A lorry driver from Yorkshire who plays poker for fun with his friends will be entering an altogether more serious event next month.
The WCOAP Main Event drew in a crowd of 1,751 players to partypoker, each paying $109 for the chance to become the tournamentâs champion. This field meant the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool was surpassed by $21,500, which is an incredible result for amateur poker. Nobody at the final table walked away with less than $2,116 for the initial investment. Julian Selinger collected this sum when his 6.5 big blind shove with pocket deuces was called by Shane Pollington in the big blind with ace-ten. An ace on the river busted Selinger in ninth place. Stephen Prandstatter was the next player ...