David Docherty Scotland’s David Docherty joined a long list of GUKPT Luton Main Event champions when he took down the 2021 edition on October 17. Docherty navigated his way through a star-studded field of 513, and defeated four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche heads-up, to get his hands on a £138,000 payout. 2021 GUKPT Luton Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
1 David Docherty £138,000 2 Dominik Nitsche £100,000 3 Leon Campbell £60,700 4 Aria Sarkeshik £38,710 5 Lee French £24,610 6 Daniel Stacey £16,320 7 Francis Obadun £13,550 8 Min Ji £10,300 9 David Crane £8,850 The top 48 finishers shared the bumper £564,300 prize pool. Former GUKPT Luton champion Jamie O’Connor was one of the first in-the-money players to bust, falling in 46th for £2,540. Andrew Hulme (44th – £2,540), Endrit Geci (39th – £2,650), Maz Bako (31st – £2,820), two-time GUKPT Luton winner Driton Haxhiaj (22nd – £4,150), and Team Grosvenor’s Rick Trigg (16th – £4,700) all saw a return on their £1,100 investment.
As did the in-form Jack Hardcastle (14th – £5,250), and Tom Hall (10th – £7,740), the latter’s elimination setting the final table.
David Crane , who finished third in this event in 2019, had to make do with a ninth-place finish this time around. Ninth place came with an £8,550 cash lump sum.
With Crane out of the way, the remaining players locked in at least a five-figure sum. Min Ji crashed out in eighth for £10,300 before Francis Obadun helped himself to the £13,550 seventh-place prize, which was his best-ever cash haul.
Daniel Stacey bowed out in sixth for a £1,320 addition to his bankroll before Lee French ran out of steam in fifth and had to make do with a £24,610 payday. Aria Sarkeshik banked £38,710 when he came unstuck in fourth.
Third-place and £60,700 went to Leon Campbell , who moves past $400,000 in live tournament winnings with this impressive result. This was Campbell’s career-best live tournament score, surpassing the £30,747 he was awarded for a final table appearance at the now-defunct Genting Poker Series Grand Final, won by […]
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