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Helena Brett followed up her third place at the previous Betfred Ladies’ Poker Tour event by winning the Northampton leg of the series to secure a place in this year’s Grand Final. The 30-year-old from Staffordshire, who works as the head of commercial activity for a charity, timed her challenge perfectly as she conquered 60 rivals at Aspers Casino. Helena is the third player to qualify to the BLPT Final in November where a £20,000 sponsorship package will go to the winner.
Tour dates:
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May 15th 3pm, Alea Casino, Leeds
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June 5th 3pm, Napoleons Casino, Sheffield
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July 3rd 3pm, Aspers Casino, Northampton
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August 7th 3pm, TC Sports Club, Maidenhead
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September 4th 2pm, The Broadway Casino, Birmingham
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October 9th 3pm, Caesars Lounge, Calahonda, Spain
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November 6th 3pm, The Western Club, London
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Grand final: November 20th 2pm, The Western Club, London
For more information contact us at info@betfredlpt.com
Event Three: Sheffield
JAGGER GETS SATISFACTION FROM SHEFFIELD WIN!
Kim Jagger, a stalwart of the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour, finally earned her first victory in the series by winning a marathon 14-hour third leg of 2009 in Sheffield.
The Stoke-on-Trent player conquered a strong field of 84 to secure the first prize of £2,980 at Napoleons Casino and book her seat for the Grand Final in November.
For the first time in the tour’s three-year history a chip count was required to separate the two protagonists in the heads-up after the 5.30am time limit to finish the game had been reached.
With 504,000 chips in play, Kim had 293,500 after the last hand had been completed, which meant she had her opponent, Wai Kwan Yuen of Birmingham, well covered.
“It’s absolutely fantastic to have won at last,” said Kim. “The whole day was great. I was on good tables all the way through and I just tried to keep my head.
“It was a fantastic game and very close at the end. It’s nice to take home a trophy that has ‘winner’ on it.”
Kim now has the chance to take on nine other players in the Grand Final of the series, in which a £20,000 poker sponsorship package for 2010 provided by Betfred will go to the overall winner.
“If I won that, it would give me such a good opportunity to play in the big tournaments,” added Kim, who joins previous 2009 leg winners Emily Curzon and Mel Lofthouse as the three qualifiers so far.
The winners of the five remaining legs of this year’s tour will join the trio in the final, as will the player who tops the leaderboard for the most consistent non-winner and also the victor of an online satellite tournament.
Angela Evis moved to the top o f the leaderboard by adding a fifth place to her opening second position in Leeds, while Sue Adams, third in last year’s final, moved up to second spot thanks to finishing fourth in the Steel City.
Final table finishing order for leg three of the 2009 Betfred Ladies' Poker Tour at Napoleons Casino, Sheffield:
1 Kim Jagger £2,980 plus a seat in the Grand Final
2 Wai Kwan Yuen £1,980
3 Kay Hollis £1,480
4 Sue Adams £990
5 Angela Evis £690
6 Somkhuan Harwood £590
7 Chris Evans £500
8 Alyson Chadwick £300
9 Cara-June Moore £220
10 Myra Gaffin £170
The fourth leg of the 2009 Betfred Ladies Poker Tour takes place at Aspers Casino in Swansea on Saturday, July 4.
