Chris Johnson Chris Johnson added the 2022 Grosvenor Poker UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Leeds Main Event to his ever-growing list of poker tournament victories after a top-class performance throughout the tournament. Johnson sat down at the final table with the chip lead, his 1,742,000 chips, and the 1,652,000 stack of Marc Foggin being the only seven-figure stacks when the nine-handed final table began.
Johnson, known as “MAKKAPAKK” in online poker circles, an alias chosen because of his daughter’s love for the children’s television show In The Night Garden , navigated his way through a 430-strong field in the £1,000 buy-in Main Event, and secured £73,070 of the £387,000 prize pool after a three-way deal. 2022 GUKPT Leeds Main Event Final Table Results
Place Player Prize 1 Chris Johnson £73,070* 2 Tom Laghzaoui £67,020* 3 Ron Wilkinson £57,880* 4 Marc Foggin £25,260 5 Anthony Gardner £16,350 6 Tony Fellone £11,890 7 Matt Davenport £8,540 8 Dean Lyall £7,250 9 Richard Horton £6,130 *reflects a three-handed deal that left £9,300 for the champion Jack Hardcastle Day 3 began with 14 hopefuls returning to the West Yorkshire casino; among them was Jack Hardcastle , the 2021 GUKPT Leeds Champion. Hardcastle’s title defence ended in an 11th place finish worth £5,200.
Jessica Pilkington crashed out in 10th place for £5,570, ending her hopes of becoming the first female GUKPT Main Event champion, in addition to setting the nine-handed final table.
Richard Horton was the first of the nine finalists heading to the cashier’s cage. Horton and Ron Wilkinson got their stacks into the middle on an eight-five-four flop that showed two hearts. Horton held pocket nines, and Wilkinson ace-jack of hearts. A jack on the turn left Horton drawing thin, and a heart on the river further improved Wilkinson.
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Wilkinson sent Dean Lyall home in eighth place. Wilkson opened with pocket jacks, Lyall three-bet shoved for 14 big blinds with queen-jack of hearts, and Wilkinson called. An ace-high board failed to come to Lyall’s rescue.
Seventh-place and the tournament’s last four-figure […]
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