GUKPT - LEG 6

Sam ‘Tricky’ Trickett has not been on the professional poker circuit for long, but in a short time he has managed to rack up ten cashes and three first place finishes, including last weekend’s Leg 6 of the GUKPT at Luton.

At 22, he is the youngest winner of a GUKPT event and his prize money of £106,000 is the second highest of this season’s tour.

376 players had coughed up the £1,000 buy in and the nine player final table was graced with the impressive presence of dart’s pro Wayne Mardle.

A six hour grind was required before Tricky went eye to eye with long-time tournament leader David La Ronde.

They must have felt like the unwanted guests had just left the room as they decided to waste no further time and pushed their chips into middle on the first hand.

After all of the money went in pre-flop, the players turned over their cards and Tricky’s AQ held up against LaRonde’s A7.

The winner, who was forced to stop playing football for a living when he had reconstructive surgery on his knee, has said he would like to find himself, ‘4 betting Doyle Brunson with air balls’.

When he adds this trough of cash to the greenbacks he banked in the WSOP, he could be forgiven for thinking that day is edging ever closer.

GUKPT – Leg 6 – Luton NL Hold ‘em - £1,000+60

1. Sam Trickett - £106,650
2. David La Ronde - £62,050
3. James Mitchell - £45,100
4. Martin Jarvis - £30,100
5. Martin Green – £23,500
6. Peter Arrigoni - £17,850
7. Wayne Mardle- £14,100
8. Stuart Rutter - £11,300Andreas Mihail - £8,450