Sometimes you can hit a run of form where everything goes for you. The trick is to either make this run of form last as long as possible or to enter as many competitions and tournaments as you can when you are on fire to ensure that you make the most of your good fortune and skill. When Eirimas Livonas looks back on his poker career, he may think that April 2013 was the best time of his career. The challenge is now on for him to make his good run of form last for as long as possible but at the moment, he is probably too busy celebrating to worry about that sort of approach to life!
April was already pretty successful for Eirimas due to his success at the APAT World Championships. His success at the Main Event was a great feat and perhaps that gave him an added sense of confidence coming into the GUKPT event in Didsbury. Whatever the reason, Eirimas managed to claim the Main Event title and this seen him take away £22,570 from the event. That is exactly the sort of poker prize that people are interested in winning so well done to him for his big achievement.
Chip leader held his nerve and his lead
Eirimas was the chip leader coming into the final table but this is no guarantee of success. He did have a major chip lead but given the erratic nature of poker play that Livonas delivers, he was as likely to be caught out as he was to push on with his lead. Fortunately for him and unfortunately for the rest of the final table, there was success on the cards.
The first player to exit from the final table was Matt Davenport who went out in ninth with £1,530. Following him was Alex Zeligman in eight position who bagged £2,105. In seventh position was Amir Dandanfard, who received £2,870. In sixth place was Andy Booth who managed to receive £3,630 for his efforts. In fifth place was Tom Hall who received £4m785 and in fourth position was Justin Devonport, who took home £6,120. In third place was Ben Winsor, who received £9,945 and Yani Yanev broke through the £10,000 barrier in second place with a prize of £15,870.
Yanev had played the key role in busting Devonport and Winsor but in the end, he didn’t have enough about him to overcome Eirimas Livonas who is experiencing a great run of form and success at the moment.
The next GUKPT event will take place in Stockton at the start of May at the Grosvenor G Casino and no doubt there will be a lot of excitement for that event as it grows nearer. It isn’t that far away so all poker players keen to emulate the success of Eirimas Livonas would be advised to hone their skills quickly and make sure that they head to Stockton at the start of next month.