2023 UKIPT Blackpool

��1,100 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 UKIPT Blackpool

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£53,630
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,100
Prize Pool
£258,990
Entries
262
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
6
Players Left
1

Tuan Le Crowned PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event Champion (��53,630)

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Tuan Le
Tuan Le

The PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event, running at Grosvenor Casino at The Sandcastle, has reached its conclusion.

A total of 262 entries were recorded across three starting flights, which made for a ��258,990 prize pool. Of those, 40 players made it through to Day 2 to lock up the ��1,710 min-cash.

Those 40 players were then whittled down to the last six players, who returned to the felt for the third and final day.

Tuan Le of the United Kingdom started Day 3 as chip leader and continued to chip up to emerge as the outright winner. He won the top prize of ��53,630.

Ali Zia held on throughout the day and laddered up when Teodor Evstratiev clashed with Le for mountains of chips. Zia came second for ��23,730 and Evstratiev finished third for ��33,230.

UKIPT Blackpool Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1stTuan LeUnited Kingdom��53,630
2ndAli ZiaUnited Kingdom��33,230
3rdTeodor EvstratievBulgaria��23,730
4thJacob MulhernUnited Kingdom��18,260
5thBeihao WangChina��14,040
6thDaniel JacksonUnited Kingdom��10,800
7thRobert BoonUnited Kingdom��8,660
8thFraser BellamyUnited Kingdom��7,220
9thMaz BakoUnited Kingdom��6,010
Ali Zia_Tuan Le
Ali Zia_Tuan Le

Final Day Recap

Although stacks were relatively deep, the Final Day of the Main Event was over in the blink of an eye. None of the final six players seemed scared to get involved in pots, and so the tournament concluded within just three hours of restarting.

Daniel Jackson was the first to bust. Zia eliminated him to finish in sixth place after his ace-ten got there against Jackson's pocket nine.

Within the first hour and a half, Evstratiev chipped up to take the lead and then eliminated Beihao Wang in fifth place. Jacob Mulhern soon followed after his flush draw didn't come in after Le flopped top pair.

As the action went three-handed, Zia was sitting on a short stack, while Evstratiev and Le were close to even.

It looked like Zia would be next to go until the two big stacks clashed for all of their chips. After a blind versus blind raising war, Evstratiev got his flush draw in on the flop against Le's pocket aces. Le held to eliminate Evstratiev and enter heads-up with a significant chip advantage.

It was an advantage he would soon capitalize on. The first 20 hands of heads-up were uneventful, consisting mostly of single raises and bet-folds on the flop. Zia then took a hit to his stack before shoving from the button with a dominated ace. Le had ace-king and held out to win the tournament.

Tuan Le
Tuan Le

Tuan Le "Winging It" All the way to the Win

Manchester-based Le works full-time as a beautician and finds time to play live poker four to five times a year.

"I'm a family man," said Le. "I'd love to play poker professionally, but I know I'm not good enough. Also, I'd miss the kids too much".

Despite playing a solid game and coming out on top, Le said, "I'm not as good as the players here. I feel like I'm winging it all the time!"

Le has had a second-place finish in a GUKPT event, but this is his first win in a major event. He will use the prize money to "get the Missus something" and has booked a trip to London. "That's as far as I can see right now," said Le.

Congratulations to Tuan Le, to second place Ali Zia, and to all the players who cashed in the tournament.

That concludes the coverage of PokerStars UKIPT Blackpool Main Event. Thanks for tuning in to PokerNews.

Blackpool trophy
Blackpool trophy

Tags: Ali ZiaBeihao WangDaniel JacksonFraser BellamyJacob MulhernMaz BakoRobert BoonTeodor Evstratiev