Taxi Driver Wins At Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London Cabbies Takes Down £50,000 In Walsall
May 02, 2011
London taxi driver Alan Mansbridge has won the £1,000 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall main event beating 171 opponents to take home the top prize of £50,000.
Mansbridge was the short stack the night before and hadn’t even booked a hotel for the next night such was his lack of confidence in progressing.
He beat Martin Holmes heads up after six hours at the final table having the chip advantage and using it to good effect when he slow played a flopped straight to get most of his opponents chips.
The final table payouts were:
1: Alan Mansbridge — £50,000
2: Martin Holmes — £34,830
3: Simon Deadman — £21,930
4: Danny Toffel — £13,330
5: Nick Hicks — £10,320
6: Ryan Spittles — £8,170
7: Benjamin Jenkins — £6,450
8: Adrian Eley — £4,730
9: Craig Burgess — £3,440
Source; http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/11 ... poker-tour
