Reece Lewis Triumphs In London

WPT Nationals Series UKThe Aspers Casino Westfield has already witnessed some great poker moments in its time but another one arrived on Tuesday afternoon. This was because Reece Lewis held his nerve and triumphed in the WPT National London Main Event.

There were a total of 218 players taking part in the tournament which carried a £1,650 buy-in but with only eight getting through to the final table, it had been a long slot to get to that point. The players who had triumphed in this regard were well rewarded with the fact that they knew they would all be receiving a minimum of £10,000 to carry home with them but with a much bigger prize up for grabs, no one was too keen to rest on their laurels and settle for the easy money.

The unfortunate player who was first to leave the final table was knocked out by the eventual winner. Emma Tolley will no doubt be annoyed at the fact that she exited so soon at the final hurdle but the £10,000 prize money she received will no doubt help to soften the blow. The money rose in small incremental steps with 7th placed Carlo Citrone taking away £12,500. Carlo entered the final table with the smallest amount of chips, 66,000 when the highest chip count was 1,731,000 so it was not unexpected that he was to duck out early on.

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Wang Weikang was 6th and he received £15,000 while 5th placed Ramus Larsen received £19,000. The money on offer was now starting to get a little bit exciting with fourth placed finisher Kevin Williams receiving £25,000. Robin Fisher in third place took away £34,000 and Elior Sion, who was the chip leader coming into the final table was the runner up, receiving £54,159. Elior was close to having three times as many chips at the final table as eventual winner Reece Lewis but yet again, there was a stark reminder that chip counts count for nothing until the games have all been played.

Going into the head to head battle, Lewis had completely turned the situation around and held a massive chip lead over Sion. Lewis held 4,325,000 chips while Elior Sion was in possession of 1,085,000. This was close to being a four times advantage and in the end, it required less than half an hour for Reece Lewis to make this advantage count and be hailed as the winner of the WPT National London Main Event champion.