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Derek Murdie Wins 2009 Scottish Amateur Title
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Scottish Amateur Champion 2009: Derek Murdie
The 2009 APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship; in association with Blue Square, was held at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh and attracted a sell out field of 130 players from the United Kingdom and further afield.
Included amongst the runners were seven past APAT National Champions, including previous Scottish Amateur Champions Phil Starrs and Jason Jones.
Early play was cautious and unusually no players were eliminated during the first two levels, ruling out alternate entries. Phil Starrs, who would proceed to day two, was the early chipleader, notably helped by beating the pocket Queens of Louis Manson and the Ace King of Rob Swindells with pocket Tens, all-in pre-flop, thanks to a Ten on the flop.
Also at the head of affairs was Thomas Stanfield, who eliminated several players including the highly ranked Will Young. Former Gala Tour winner Rupinder Bedi recovered from a slow start to make considerable progress through day one. Meanwhile Dean Whittaker moved to the head of the chip counts when eliminating two players in the last level.
Phil Starrs Wins 2007 Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
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The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) held the fourth event in its first season, the Scottish Amateur Poker Championship in Edinburgh, over the weekend of 14th-15th April.
The event was sold out to a capacity of 130 entries, who qualified by a mix of live and online satellites and member draw. The players were once again offered a £75 freeze-out with 10,000 starting chips, a slow clock and significant added value from tour sponsors PokerStars.com via the form of entry into an EPT Season Four event to the winner in addition to their cash prize, trophy, medal and Player of the Year ranking points. Amongst the runners were previous APAT Champions Daniel Phillips, Max Ward and Lee Mulligan.
Play got away at 2.30pm on the Saturday and despite the deep-stack two players departed in the first level. Newcastle finalist Vicky Glynn’s pocket aces fell to Ken Jones who flopped trip threes and Thomas Stanfield flopped a straight and lost to a rivered full house. Player of the Year rankings leader Mark Donnelly was also an early departure, holding an over-pair on a seven high board against trips.
