GUPT Brighton Won by Paul Foltyn
This was published 11-10-2010Paul “BadFab” Foltyn won the lion’s share of the prize pool at the end of the Brighton leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) winning a whopping GBP 1,070 Main Event for a cool GBP 46,400.
There were 160 runners attracted to the GBP 1,000 + GBP 70 buy in event at the G Casino on the southern English coast and Foltyn entered the heads up dual with Jose Azorin whose second place finish, worth GBP 32,400 was his first cash in a major tournament. Azorin entered the heads-up stage with a big deficit in chips and when he eventually lost them all with queen-ten he was largely dominated by the queen-jack of Foltyn.
This is not the first GUKPT title that this young Brit has won. In 2008 Foltyn also won the GBP 3,000 Grand Final Main Event and walked away with GBP 167,500 which was his largest live cash to date.
Foltyn who hails from Doncaster in South Yorkshire is a professional poker player as well as one of the most respected online players. He has to date won almost GBP 3,000,000 from online poker tournaments alone.
Foltyn had a good run in live tournaments during 2008 but failed to make money in any of the tournaments that he entered during 2009. However, 2010 has been a good year for Foltyn who won a $1,500 No-limit Hold-em Shootout event at the World Series of Poker as well as his first World Series Of Poker final table appearance before he busted out in eighth place in the $5,000 No-limit Hold’em event.
The final table payouts at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Brighton were –
l. Paul Foltyn – GBP 46,400
2. Jose Azorin – 32,400
3. Paul Romain – 20,400
4. Mark James – 12,400
5. John Eames – 9,600
6. Damian Evans – 7,600
7. Jenyue Chaing – 6,000
8. Manuel Palanca – 4,400
9. Michalis Michael – 3,200
10. Lee Taylor – 2,800
The next stop of the tour is Blackpool, England, with the main event starting today, November 11 and continuing until November 14th.
