Iaron Lightbourne Wins the 2015 partypoker WPT UK Main Event for £200,000
Iaron Lightbourne secured the largest payday of his career on Sunday when he won the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK Main Event for £200,000. Lightbourne outlasted a field of 450 players, including his heads-up opponent, Craig McCorkell, to get his hands on the winner’s trophy.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iaron Lightbourne | £200,000 |
| 2 | Craig McCorkell | £140,000 |
| 3 | Fraser Bellamy | £90,000 |
| 4 | Andrew Seden | £65,000 |
| 5 | Russell Betts | £50,000 |
| 6 | Chi Zhang | £40,000 |
The six-handed final table commenced at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon with each of the remaining players guaranteed at least £40,000. This was the amount that Chi Zhang won after he moved all in for 10 big blinds with the Q♥10♦ and Fraser Bellamy called from the small blind with the 8♦8♥. No queen or ten appeared on the [3hc7dJd6c] board, and Zhang busted in sixth place.
Two hours later, Simon Betts busted at the hands of McCorkell.
Betts min-raised to 160,000 on the button and was called by Bellamy and McCorkell from the two blinds. An all-heart flop read J♥10♥6♥ and action was checked around by all three payers before Bellamy led for 275,000 after the 9♣ hit the turn. Both McCorkell and Betts called. The river was the 2♣, Bellamy checked, McCorkell bet 760,000, and Betts called all in. After Bellamy folded, Betts showed the Q♣8♣ for a straight and lost to McCorkell’s K♥4♥ for a flush.
Andrew Seden was the next to fall. Seden raised to 220,000 and then pushed all in when Bellamy three-bet to 525,000. Bellamy called with the Q♣Q♥ and those ladies beat the 9♣9♥ in Seden’s hand when the five community cards fell 10♣8♠Q♠2♣4♥.
Three-handed play lasted another hour and ended with the exit of Bellamy. Lightbourne raised on the button to 250,000 and called when Bellamy reraised all in for around 2 million. Bellamy’s Q♠7♠ needed some help to beat Lightbourne’s J♥J♠, and it failed to arrive as the dealer ran out the A♦7♦10♣3♣A♥ board to send Bellamy home in third place.
Heads-up play lasted four hands, with the fourth and final hand seeing all of the chips go into the middle preflop. McCorkell held the A♣10♦, and Lightbourne had the 7♠7♣. The final board read 5♥J♣5♦8♠Q♣, and McCorkell was eliminated in second place, leaving Lightbourne to become the latest in a long line of WPT champions.
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