UNIBET LONDON: GHATGE DOMINATES ON WAY TO HOMETOWN VICTORY

Londoner Pratik Ghatge (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-659th) used his home-field advantage en route to his first tournament win of the 2012 poker season at the Unibet Open London Main Event.




Ghatge, a 2011 EPT London side event winner, took a huge lead into final table play and although runner-up Tomasz Kozub (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,187th) gave it all he had, he simply could not overtake Ghatge.

Defending Champion Paul Valkenburg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,844th) carried the chip lead into final table play. Unfortunately for him, it won't be a repeat for him, finishing fourth.

Frenchman Marc Inizan finished sixth in the event, one spot outside of Player of the Year points collection.

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (GBP) 1st Pratik Ghatge £85,050 2nd Tomasz Kozub £60,500 3rd Gavin Eley £43,090 4th Paul Valkenburg £32,500 5th Piotr Jaworski £24,190 6th Marc Inizan £18,520 7th Pyry Kekalainen £13,600 8th Dariusz Charski £10,580 9th Sander Hart £8,125 10th Mikael Johansson £6,615 11th Roberto Scrinzi £5,670 12th Charles Chattha £5,670 13th Edward Nienhuis £4,725 14th Dan Murariu £4,725 15th Patryk Slusarek £3,780 16th Lukasz Wasek £3,780 17th Govert Metaal £2,835 18th Erwan Calvez £2,835 19th Jack Sambrook £2,835 20th Can Melkemichel £2,835 RELATED POSTS > VALKENBURG LOOKS TO DEFEND > BARLIK WINS UNIBET PARIS > VALKENBURG WINS UNIBET LDN

PTPR PREMIER EVENT UNIBET OPEN Unibet Open London September 13-16, 2012 Aspers Casino | London Buy-in: $2,165 | Prizepool: $536,765 Entries: 315 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION PRATIK GHATGE 35 TOMASZ KOZUB 18 GAVIN ELEY 10 PAUL VALKENBURG 8 PIOTR JAWORSKI 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Paul Valkenburg 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT UNIBET OPEN EVENT Unibet Open St. Maarten Sonesta Maho Beach Resort + Casino December 3-7, 2012

UNIBET LONDON: 20 MONTHS LATER - VALKENBURG LOOKS TO DEFEND IN LONDON

The last time that the Unibet Open tour visited London was back in December of 2010. Dutch poker pro Paul Valkenburg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) was the winner of the last Unibet Open London event ... well, 20 months later, Valkenburg will look to defend his title as he is the chip leader heading into Sunday's final table.


Valkenburg has a small chip lead over Tomasz Kozub (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) who won a huge pot late to eliminate Mikael Johansson on the final table bubble.

2010 EPT Berlin third place finisher Marc Inizan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is looking for his first significant cash since his 21st place finish at EPT Deauville back in February. The Frenchman will start the day fourth in chips, a little less than a double-up away from the chip lead.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Piotr Jaworski 666,000
Seat 2 Pratik Ghatge 901,000
Seat 3 Tomasz Kozub 1,331,000
Seat 4 Paul Valkenburg 1,360,000
Seat 5 Gavin Eley 456,000
Seat 6 Dariusz Charski 192,000
Seat 7 Pyry Kekalainen 386,000
Seat 8 Sander Hart 276,000
Seat 9 Marc Inizan 711,000

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (GBP) 1st £85050 2nd £60500 3rd £43090 4th £32500 5th £24190 6th £18520 7th £13600 8th £10580 9th £8125 10th Mikael Johansson £6615 11th Roberto Scrinzi £5670 12th Charles Chattha £5670 13th Edward Nienhuis £4725 14th Dan Murariu £4725 15th Patryk Slusarek £3780 16th Lukasz Wasek £3780 17th Govert Metaal £2835 18th Erwan Calvez £2835 19th Jack Sambrook £2835 20th Can Melkemichel £2835 RELATED POSTS > BARLIK WINS UNIBET PARIS > VALKENBURG WINS UNIBET LDN

PTPR PREMIER EVENT UNIBET OPEN Unibet Open London September 13-16, 2012 Aspers Casino | London Buy-in: $2,165 | Prizepool: $536,765 Entries: 315 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 35 2nd position 18 3rd position 10 4th position 8 5th position 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Paul Valkenburg 2012 PTPR Points: 0 FINAL TABLE LIVE STREAM LIVE STREAM(with hole cards) Sunday September 16 Starting at 2pm London time