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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).[ 1] 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 .[ 2]
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
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
Málaga
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
Málaga
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
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.[ 3] 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.[ 4]
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)
Notes
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