UK Amateur Poker Championships

The poker pros were replaced with poker amateurs over the weekend at the Aspers Casino. Poker players came to play in the UK Amateur Poker Championships in Newcastle. There were over 150 players hunting their share of a £11,700 prize pool. This was the fifth season of the series, hosted by online poker room 888Poker, and the winner this time was Ben Young, who won £3625. The runner up was Craig Simpson for £2340. The rest of the top five were Robert Dunbar for £1521, Chris Peers for £1053 and Andres Sanchez for £760.