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After a very short heads-up match it is Daniel McNairne who is the new Old Trafford partypoker GPPT champion.

The action was limped preflop and they saw spread in the middle. McNairne checked and Brian O’Conner bet 2,500,000. McNairne responded by moving all in and, with a shrug, O’Conner called.

O’Conner had a piece of it with his but McNairne had the best of it with .

The turn card was the and the river card the .

The two remaining players shook hands as the crowd applauded the marathon poker session. O’Conner walked away with £21,000 for his second placed finish while McNairne got the glory, the title, the trophy and £35,000.

Daniel McNairne opened for 2,000,000 on the button and Phillip Toon moved all in from the small blind. Brian O’Conner folded the big blind and the cards were on their backs.

McNairne tabled and Tomlin the .

The board ran out .

What looked like another saviour flop for Toon crumbled to dust on the river as McNairne spiked his jack to send the gallant Toon to the rail with a generous round of applause.

Daniel McNairne opened for 2,000,000 and Phillip Toon moved all in. McNairne called and the cards were on their backs.

Toon showed but was behind again to the of McNairne.

The board ran out and this time Toon couldn’t do it but he is still in while McNairne got the double up he was craving.

Daniel McNairne – 36,000,000
Phillip Toon – 8,000,000
Brian O’Conner – 13,000,000

Brian O’Conner opened for 2,000,000 and picked up a call from the Micheal Micheal on thr button. The small blind folded and Phillip Toon moved all in from the big blind.

O’Conner called and Michael left them to it.

Toon was in trouble and at risk of elimination with his suited against the of O’Conner

The board ran out 3d and Toon doubled up through O’Conner to even up the game again.

Phillip Toon – 29,000,000
Brian O’Conner – 12,000,000

Phillip Toon completed in the small blind and Brian O’Conner checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was and Toon checked it over to O’Conner who bet 1,100,000. Toon responded with a check-raise all in. O’Conner called and was at risk.

Toon tabled for a gut-shot straight draw while O’Conner held for middle pair.

The turn was the and the river was the to give O’Conner a huge pot and cut Toon down to fumes.

Brian O’Conner – 23,500,000
Phillip Toon – 14,000,000

A three way all in preflop saw Wes Hutchison table against Brian O’Conner holding and Roy Hamilton with .

The board ran out with the turn and river cards delivering an emphatic victory for O’Conner and eliminating Hamilton while Hutchison saw his recovery severely dented.

Roy Hamilton – Eliminated
Brian O’Conner – 9,000,000
Wes Hutchison – 1,500,000

Paul Clarke moved all in with a short stack from the cut-off and Brian O’Conner on the button re-shoved. Micheal Micheal in the big blind gave it a long think before folding face up.

Clarke turned over and O’Conner showed .

The board ran out .

Clarke headed for the rail and Michael felt that he had dodged a bullet on that particular hand.

Wes Hutchison, Lukasz Podyma and Brian O’Conner tangled in a pot where short stacked Podyma was all in preflop.

The flop was and Hutchinson and O’Conner checked. On the turn card Hutchinson bet 1,200,000 and O’Conner folded. The cards were on their backs and Hutchinson tabled for a straight and the #td of Podyma was dead in the water as the completed the board.

Wes Hutchison – 8,000,000
Lukasz Podyma - Eliminated

1- Wes Hutchison: 6,050,000
2- Lukasz Podyma: 1,800,000
3- Paul Clarke: 2,525,000
4- Brian O’Conner: 11,650,000
5- Roy Hamilton: 2,725,000
6- Micheal Micheal: 3,975,000
7- Joseph Donelon: 5,400,000
8- Daniel McNairne: 15,075,000
9- Phillip Toon: 15,300,000

Hiten Keshavala moved all in from the button and it was that man again, Phillip Toon, who called from the small blind. The big blind folded and it was Keshavala who was the player at risk.

Keshavala had and Toon tabled .

The board ran out . This time it took until the turn before Toon spiked his card but the result was the same. Victory for Toon and some more blood on the carpet as another victim headed for the pay-out desk.

The unofficial final table of nine will now be set.