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The Champion of Champions, Grosvenor UK Poker Tour was held on November 29th at the G Casino Coventry, London, bringing the 2010 tournament to a fabulous finale. The hard-fought battle crowned Leon Bui as the champion, taking home the top prize of GBP 144,905 to his impressive list of tournament wins. Bui defeated a field of 207 invited online and live poker professionals, qualifiers and regulars who make this tour such an action-packed event.
Though his victory was not easy, Bui outlasted and directly busted his competitors left and right. He was going to pay the price if he made any mistakes so he did what he had to do to win establish good spots and win flips.
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See the top winners who ended up in the money below:
1. Leon Bui - GBP 144,905
2. Nicolas Irving GBP 98,325
3. Charles Chattha GBP 63,395
4. Ashique Miah GBP 37,520
5. Song Lee GBP 28,460
6. Martin Green GBP 23,290
7. Paul Alterman GBP 18,110
8. Lennart Valhjaltaafeldt GBP 14,230
9. Chris Brammer GBP 10,350
10. James Sudworth GBP 9,055
The Champion of Champions tournaments was an invite-only GBP 150,000 freeroll event. The only way for players to get a seat into this tournament is to win a GUKPT event or any of its associated tournaments. Each player's starting chips varied, depending on the buy-in of the tournament won that earned the player an invite. Those who won more than one qualifying tournament received larger starting stacks with a maximum of 25,000/player.
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