Jiawei Wan Wins UKPC Main Event For £113K After a Six-Way ICM Chop

Each poker match participant desires of profitable their first main title. Over the weekend, Jiawei Wan turned such desires into actuality after taking down the £1,100 buy-in UK Poker Championships Essential Occasion at Nightfall Until Daybreak for a career-best £113,400.

Previous to this spectacular victory, Wan had solely 4 cashes on his Hendon Mob profile. The most important of these was £3,000, his reward for ending seventh within the £250 WSOPC UK Mini Essential Occasion in 2024, satirically, at Nightfall Until Daybreak. Wan now has a win beneath his belt and his first six-figure haul.

Wan’s prize might have been even bigger if not for the ultimate six UKPC Essential Occasion gamers opting to strike an ICM-based deal; the deal left £20,000 to play for. Six-handed offers are uncommon, however this one labored out for Wan, who defeated Tamer Kamel to seize the title and an extra £20,000.

2025 UK Poker Championships Essential Occasion Last Desk Outcomes

*displays a six-way ICM leaving £20,000 to play for

A discipline of 847 left Nightfall Until Daybreak nursing an overlay on the £1 million assured prize pool. That seven-figure pot was shared among the many prime 125 finishers. Alex Montgomery, Timothy Chung, Callum Gordon, Brandon Sheils, Christopher Brammer, and Ryan Mandara have been among the many in-the-money finishers.

Every of the 9 finalists locked in £12,250 for his or her efforts. Angelo Avanzato collected that sum shortly after falling in ninth. Naith Hanchard busted in eighth for £17,250 earlier than Philip Clarke crashed out in seventh for £22,520.

With Clarke out of the way in which, the surviving six gamers paused the match clock and mentioned a deal, with £558,750 of the £1 million prize pool nonetheless to play for. These discussions bore fruit, and play resumed with gamers assured between £78,915 and £103,080; £20,000 was put aside for the eventual champion.

An nameless participant bowed out in sixth and scooped £79,375, with Nicholas Drinkwater’s fifth-place end incomes him £100,530, greater than 14 occasions bigger than his earlier greatest reside poker match money.

Fourth place and £83,410 went to Oliver Bell, leaving solely three hopefuls in rivalry for the title. These three grew to become two with the premature demise of Martin Hellmuth. In January 2024, Hellmuth received his first five-figure prize. Fastforward 14 months, and he now has a six-figure rating, particularly £100,530, on his resume.

Hellmuth’s demise left the inexperienced Wan in a one-on-one battle with the favored Tamer Kamel. Wan emerged victoriously from the heads-up battle and secured a £113,440 payday, resigning Kamel to a £78,915 comfort prize.

Andrew “Stato_1” Hulme Wins Huge Once more

Andrew “Stato_1” Hulme was the competition’s greatest winner exterior of the Essential Occasion. Hulme triumphed within the £2,200 Excessive Curler, leaving 89 opponents in his wake as he collected one other £49,340 in prize cash.

Hulme, pictured above flanked by third positioned Jack O’Neill and runner-up Brandon Sheils, received the £1,500 UK Open in Coventry in February for £219,720 solely 5 months after reeling in a €1,165,614 career-best prize within the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Essential Occasion.

Different six-figure prime prizes went to Daniel Jackson, champion of the £2,200 6-Max Excessive Curler for £33,585, and Baktash Parsa, who scooped £21,385 for profitable the £280 Heat Up.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from reside reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.