Brandon Sheils Commences 2026 Which have a great GUKPT Higher Roller Earn
Numerous occurrences provides crowned its winners, such as the ?2,five-hundred Zero-Limit Hold’em Large Roller. Seventy-a few members joined the fresh blend, and you will Brandon Sheils emerged victorious, delivering household ?49,560.
Sheils, a high-volume and you may prominent grinder, joined 2026 laden up with believe, that have enjoyed their best season with respect to award money. With respect to the Hendon Mob Databases, the man away from Birmingham obtained $696,389 just last year, an extraordinary sum, helped by his fifth-set become on $5,000 No-Maximum Texas hold’em 6-Given feel during the 2025 World A number of Poker (WSOP).
?2,five hundred GUKPT London High Roller Finally Desk Performance
Just the last nine players obtained a share of Bonus wonga games one’s ?157,310 prize pond. Veteran Keith Johnson is actually the first user so you can bucks just after their ace-jack missing on the immediately following-ruled expert-ten regarding James Mitchell , thanks to a great ten to your flop.
Spaniard Adria Dalmau bowed in eighth set once a battle of your own drapes didn’t wade due to the fact structured. Conor O’Driscoll open-shoved about short blind towards the lowly 10-four, and you may Dalmau named regarding his seven large blind stack that have adept-jack. Dalmau coordinated his adept, but O’Driscoll increased so you can trip 10s to the lake.
Next to fall is actually Scotland’s Bryan Taylor , new winner of the GUKPT Edinburgh Chief Event into the . Taylro are as a result of six huge curtains as he pressed all of the-for the which have expert-7. Sheils called with king-10 and proceeded so you can surge a ten into the river to leave the new Scotsman emptiness from chips.
Ireland’s O’Driscoll headed towards the exits inside the 6th put and you will is actually the very last user to not ever found an effective four-shape payday. O’Driscoll required this new luck of your own Irish when his 7 big blind shove that have 10-9 away from diamonds is actually entitled by the Mitchell carrying pocket tens. Zero for example chance showed up, and you can O’Driscoll is actually went.
A new player hoping to will always be in shroud away from anonymity damaged out in 5th up until the harmful Mitchell fell foul of Sheils. Mitchell got his past fourteen big blinds into center from the noticed while holding ace-king, only for Sheils to turn with this new dominating ace-queen. Sheils improved to help you travel, and Mitchell lead on cashier’s desk to get ?fifteen,260 to choose brand new ?47,700 the guy scooped prior to about day to own triumphing on the inaugural G500 knowledge.
The fresh new ?2,five-hundred GUKPT London area High Roller progressed so you’re able to heads-right up following dying regarding Morocco’s Mehdi Chaou i. The latest Moroccan proceeded their impressive vein from form, one which saw him profit more than $1.9 mil in 2025 by yourself. Chaoui arrived unstuck as he the full time their last 6.5 larger blinds that have queen-10, which didn’t get there up against Ryan Fronda is the reason ace-7.
Heads-upwards pitted Sheils resistant to the veteran Fronda, the latter having cashed in the 1st-ever GUKPT seasons and today accumulating a cash in the fresh new twentieth year. Regrettably getting Fronda, the guy would not mark the fresh event which have a victory, along with in order to console himself that have a beneficial ?33,030 athlete-upwards prize, another-prominent of their industry, after their king-7 failed to overcome Sheils’ adept-7 if this mattered.
Sheils instantly joined Date 1a of one’s ?one,250 get-in, ?250,000 guaranteed GUKPT London Chief Skills. The brand new 83-good audience was whittled to only twenty-six because of the intimate regarding enjoy, and you can Sheils discovered themselves towards the top of the latest processor chip counts. The guy bagged and tagged 135,eight hundred, trailing just Joseph Bold (187,000), Maximilian Sanders (162,500), and Longmao Partner (136,300).
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