UK and Ireland Poker Tour

UK and Ireland Poker Tour

Current season, competition or edition: UK and Ireland Poker Tour season 2 results
Sport	Texas Hold 'em
Founded	2009
Country	United Kingdom and Ireland
Official website	ukipt.com

The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) started in December 2009, is a major regional poker tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UKIPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), Latin American Poker Tour (2008) and North American Poker Tour (2010). Season 2 of the UKIPT was shown on terrestrial television in the UK on Channel 4 and was hosted by Nick Wealthall and Liv Boeree.

Season 1

Date	City	Entries	Winner	Prize
11-14 December, 2009	Galway	259	Padraig Parkinson	€125,000
11-14 February, 2010	Manchester	518	Joeri Zandvliet	£63,200
8-11 April, 2010	Coventry	368	Gilles Augustus	£46,000
12-17 May, 2010	Nottingham	650	Andrew Couldridge	€80,000
24-27 June, 2010	Killarney	253	Femi Fakinle	€63,400
15-19 July, 2010	Brighton	259	Jamie Burland	£65,400
19-22 August, 2010	Edinburgh	401	Nicholas Abou Risk	£50,000
9-12 September, 2010	Dublin	589	Max Silver	€72,000
31 Sep-4 Oct, 2010	London	848	David Vamplew	£900,000

Season 2

Date	City	Entries	Winner	Prize
2-5 December, 2010	Galway	266	Nicholas Abou Risk	€67,100
11-14 February, 2011	Nottingham	1,058	Gareth Walker	£109,000
10-14 March, 2011	Manchester	615	Matthew McDerra	£74,000
19-22 May, 2011	Cork	602	Sam Razavi	€71,000
16-20 June, 2011	Newcastle	554	Richard Sinclair	£67,000
14-17 July, 2011	Brighton	603	Chris O'Donnell	£71,000
11-14 August, 2011	Edinburgh	519	Fintan Gavin	£61,500
8-12 September, 2011	Dublin	718	Joeri Zandvliet	€83,500
30 Sep- 6 Oct, 2011	London	691	Benny Spindler	£750,000

Season 3

Date	City	Entries	Winner	Prize
16-20 February, 2012	Galway	698	Emmett Mullin	€100,000
12-16 April, 2012	Nottingham	1,625	Robert Baguley	£210,400
17-21 May, 2012	Dublin	597	Richard Evans	€75,500
6-10 September, 2012	Newcastle	623	Chris Ferguson	£87,640
22-26 November, 2012	Bristol	550	Wojtek Barzantny	£90,400
17-21 January, 2013	Edinburgh	612	Nicolau Villa-Lobos	£101,000
14-18 February, 2013	Cork	387	Thomas Finneran	€55,440
5-10 March, 2013	London	1,099	Sergio Aido	£144,555

Season 4

Date	City	Entries	Winner	Prize
12-16 June, 2013	Malaga	763	Ludovic Geilich	€130,000
8-12 August, 2013	Galway	860	Alan Gold	€187,494
2-6 October, 2013	London	747	Robbie Bull	£113,405
31 Oct-4 Nov, 2013	Douglas	379	Duncan McLellan	£94,090
27 Nov-2 Dec, 2013	Nottingham	458	Ben Mayhew	£72,840
16-20 January, 2014	Edinburgh	427	Dean Hutchison	£93,900
27 Feb-3 Mar, 2014	Dublin	682	Kevin Killeen	€87,700
7-12 May, 2014	Nottingham	1,223	Duncan McLellan	£202,372
11-15 June, 2014	Malaga	750	Rodrigo Espinosa	€136,000
2-6 October, 2014	Douglas	402	Joshua Hart	£57,484
8-12 October, 2014	London	1,089	Brett Angell	£115,083

Season 5

Date	City	Entries	Winner	Prize
20-25 January, 2015	London	742	Rapinder Cheema	£78,825
13-20 April, 2015	Nottingham	1,026	Sam Mitten-Laurence	£182,000
11-21 June, 2015	Marbella	-	-	-
6-9 August, 2015	Bristol	-	-	-
1-4 October, 2015	Douglas	-	-	-
19-22 November, 2015	Edinburgh	-	-	-

UKIPT Grand Final

The 2010 UKIPT Grand Final, which doubled as the EPT London, was the largest ever tournament in the UK, attracting 848 entrants. This event also hosted a Tournament of Champions, with each of the nine regional leg winners competing for entry into all of the season 2 events. This tournament was also won by UKIPT London winner, David Vamplew.

Winners by country

Place	Country	Times
1st	England	16
2nd	Ireland	6
3rd	Scotland	5
4th	Germany	3
5th	Spain	2
	Canada	2
	Netherlands	2
8th	Belgium	1
	Wales	1
	Brazil	1

Up to Season 5 (20 April, 2015)

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