Welcome to the 2014 PokerStars.com UKIPT Isle of Man
Welcome to the UKIPT Isle of Man, here at the home of PokerStars which is hosting the event for the second time after their successful inaugural “Home Game” last year. The £350,000 guaranteed Main Event takes place in the beautiful Villa Marina from October 2nd to the 6th.
Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima de Melo finished in second place last year, narrowly losing out to Duncan McLellan who took home £94,090 for first place after beating a field of 379 entrants. McLellan beat one of the toughest ever UKIPT Main Event fields which included a number of Team PokerStars Pros such as Daniel Negreanu, David Williams, Vanessa Rousso and Jason Mercier.
Last year was the first time Rational Group Staff, parent company of PokerStars, were allowed to play in one of their own events and this year they are back to give it another crack. Christopher Jonat, who is in charge of managing Team PokerStars Online, made the final table and will no doubt be playing again alongside four of those Team Online Pros and nine PokerStars Team Pros.
Cards are in the air at 12 p.m. with a starting stack of 20,000 and a scheduled ten 60-minute levels of play before the surviving players bag up their chips for the night. Single re-entry is allowed into day 1B for players who are eliminated from 1A. Players who are eliminated on day 1B cannot re-enter.
Join the PokerNews Live Reporting team as we bring you all the action from the felt throughout the week in what is sure to be an exciting and hotly contested tournament.