Ali Ahmed Eliminated in 2nd Place (£7,586)

It all came down to an all-in preflop race. Ali Ahmed raised to 250,000 on the button and Daniel Stancer simply set him in. Ahmed considered his now dwindling stack for a while, then made the call, turning over , flipping vs. Stancer's . Not only did the board bring no card higher than a six, it made a straight for Stancer: . Ahmed wins almost the same amount of cash as the Newcastle champion, just missing out on the Platinum Pass.