UKIPT Grand Final: Final Table Under Way

A total of 1,089 players entered the UKIPT Grand Final and created a prize pool of £762,300.

Day 3 resumed with 51 players who were eying the final eight spots and guaranteed payday of £12,800.

Today they are playing for the title of UKIPT Grand Final Main Event, for the trophy and the sweet first prize of £133,500.

This is how the things stood before the cards were in the air

Seat 1: Nickolas Davies, United States, PokerStars Player, 4,000,000

Seat 2: Rasmus Agerskov, Denmark, PokerStar Qualifier, 3,150,000

Seat 3: Sandro Mescola, Italy, 1,145,000

Seat 4: Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Russian Federation, PokerStars Player,2,705,000

Seat 5: Brett Angell, United Kingdom, 5,190,000

Seat 6: Fabrizio Fuchs, Switzerland, PokerStars Qualifier, 1,240,000

Seat 7: Caicai Huang, United Kingdom, 1,960,000

Seat 8: Mark James, United Kingdom, PokerStars Player, 2,300,000

Nickolas Davies, known as “daaaaaaanh16” on PokerStars, is 30 years old and he is coming from Oregon, USA. He is PokerStars player and been playing poker for seven years. His biggest live cash is $25,000, so this is his opportunity to post a new record.

In the seat 2 we have great Rasmus Agerskov, Danish poker player, who is an EPT regular and no stranger to final tables. He won the UKIPT Edinburgh £2k event in January this year, was fourth in the Sanremo €2k last season, finished sixth in the 10k EPT Vienna High Roller and in May last year won the Danish Championships for $92k. This payout takes him well over the $600,000 mark for a lifetime tournament winnings.

Since he was 14, he has been playing poker. He has played numerous EPTs and IPTs events and his lifetime tournament winnings amount to nearly $140,000. His name is Sandro Mescola (68 years old) from Venice, Italy.

The well – known player at this UKIPT final table is for sure Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who has had a series of big results in the EPT and on the global stage. He is currently eight on the Russia's all time money list with more than $2.6 million in live tournament winnings.

As we've already mentioned, Brett Angel, thirty years old poker player, started the day as the chip leader. He is coming from Middlesborough, United Kingdom, and his interest in poker was first peaked by watching his brother grind. He plays poker recreationally while still working full time in IT.

Fabrizio Fuchs - Lover of the deepstack Hold’em cash games took the seat 6. He is PokerStars Qualifier coming from Switzerland. This is his third big live tourney, but he plays a lot online.

Cacai Huand is 29 years old lady and she is coming from United Kingdom. It is not often that we have a lady at the final table and that makes this one even more interesting. Her biggest cash is second place at the GUAKPT Lutonn for £42,750.

PokerStars Player from the United Kingdom, Mark James (39) is in the Seat 8. His total live winnings amount to more than $144,000 and he plays poker just for fun.