Aspers Casino was the venue for Apat’s Newcastle ‘Lite’ festival from 1-2 March 2014.
The two-day mini-festival included four events. First up on the Saturday was a £50+£5 hold’em deepstack; followed by a £25+£5 hold’em tournament. On Sunday there was a repeat of the opening event, followed by a £25+£5 PLO competition.
Mark Robinson took gold in the first event, beating David Cook heads-up.
The final hand saw the chips go in on a 8D-2H-9C board, with Cook holding 8H-10C for middle pair and Robinson with 10S-JC for the up-and-down straight draw.
And, after a brick on the turn, there was a golden moment for Robinson when the 7H on the river made his straight.
John Nixon, Mark Robinson, Dave Cook
The winner of the second event was Ashuthosh Naik, who beat Adam Pynn heads-up for the title.
And Naik was back on the final table in Sunday’s main event, along with Troy Rutherford who’d finished fifth the day before.
Naik didn’t quite manage the double, but there was a silver lining for him when he lost his heads-up battle with a flush to Andrew Hayton’s quad fives. But five wasn’t the magic number for Rutherford, who repeated his efforts of the night before with another fifth-placed finish.
In the final hand the chips went in pre-flop with Naik holding KC-QC and Hayton 5D-5H.
The JC-5S-8D on the board put Hayton well in command but a 2C on the turn meant any club other than a five on the river would give Naik the pot, barring a jack, eight or two pairing the board.
But the god’s weren’t smiling on Naik as the 5C on the river gave Hayton quads and an Apat gold medal.
Lee Dillon completed the list of winners, taking down the PLO, after a heads-up duel with Ben Taylor
Andrew Hayton, Ash Naik, Troy Rutherford
£50+£5 APAT NLHE Deepstack, Aspers Casino, Newcastle,
1 March 2014
1st Mark Robinson
2nd David Cook
3rd John Nixon
4th Paul Allen
5th Troy Rutherford
6th Simon Pham
7th Shane Barnes
8th Ben Sowerby
9th Gerard Gannon
£25+£5 APAT NLHE, Aspers Casino, Newcastle,
1 March 2014
1st Ashuthosh Naik
2nd Adam Pynn
3rd Ian Keltie
4th David Symes
5th Gary Cooper
£50+£5 APAT NLHE Deepstack, Aspers Casino, Newcastle,
2 March 2014
1st Andrew Hayton
2nd Ash Naik
3rd Gary Miller
4th Jamie Rowe
5th Troy Rutherford
6th Lewis Bennett
7th David Ridout
8th Craig McDowell
9th Johnny Bowers
£25+£5APAT PLO, Aspers Casino, Newcastle,
2 March 2014
1st Lee Dillon
2nd Ben Taylor
3rd Celia Liu
4th Dean Robinson
