Adam Wilkinson won the £1,250 GUKPT Blackpool Main Event, his first Main Event title on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour. He collected £55,035, PokerNews reported.

Wilkinson has played the tour since 2007, when he finished 11th among 360 entrants in Walsall. His deepest earlier Main Event run was seventh place in Newcastle in July 2007. He had won plenty of side events but never a Main Event. After the win he joked that he might retire from poker.

The tournament drew 190 entries and built a £237,500 prize pool shared among the top 25. The nine-handed final table included several veterans, among them Peter Charalambous (ninth), Trevor Reardon (eighth) and Jon Kalmar, who went out in fifth against Wilkinson's pocket eights.

Heads-up pitted Wilkinson against Michael Whitehead, who had qualified online for £5. Wilkinson led by two to one in chips, and the pair agreed a deal that left £9,747 to play for. Whitehead was guaranteed the biggest live score of his career. On the final hand, Whitehead moved all-in with ace-queen and Wilkinson called with eight-four of diamonds. The river was the nine of diamonds, completing his flush.

The GUKPT Grand Final runs at the Grosvenor Victoria in London from November 19-29. Its Main Event has a £2,000 buy-in and a £500,000 guarantee. Alan Stearn is the reigning champion, having won £125,645 from a £569,640 prize pool last year.

Source: PokerNews

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