Emily Curzon wins Leeds stop on the Betfred.com Ladies Poker Tour.

Paul Sandells
Tuesday 21st April 2009

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Twenty-five-year-old Emily Curzon won the first leg of the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour at the weekend, topping a field of 85 players in the £100 buy in tournament at the Alea Casino, Leeds, England.

Betfred added £1,500 to the prize pool to bring the total to £10,000. Curzon got heads up with Angela Evis and the final hand saw her go all in after a raise from her opponent. Evis called and showed 9-9 while Curzon turned up Jh-8h. The flop brought 10-5-3 and two hearts to give Curzon a flush draw but Evis was still ahead.

That all changed on the turn, which came a jack and Evis was now drawing to just the two remaining nines in the deck. The river was an innocent six and Curzon was crowned champion and as well as the £3,000 top prize she receives a seat in the Grand Final in November where she will be playing for a £20,000 sponsorship package.

The final table seating positions and chip counts before play started on the final table:

1:Emily Curzon66,700
2:Gail Sturrock25,200
3:Andrea Turner80,700
4:Rachel Bell10,500
5:Caroline Manson41,400
6:Susan Adams56,200
7:Tina Bandyle57,700
8:Angela Evis65,700
9:Keli Jackson68,500
10:Helen Firth38,300

The final payouts for the event were:

1:Emily Curzon£3,000 plus Grand Final Seat
2:Angela Evis£2,000
3:Keli Jackson£1,500
4:Helen Firth£1,000
5:Susan Adams£700
6:Caroline Manson£600
7:Tina Bandyle£500
8:Gail Sturrock£300
9:Andrea Turner£225
10:Rachel Bell£175

This year sees eight stops on the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour taking in the UK and Spain between April and November with Betfred adding £1,500 to each £110 buy in event and the winner of each stop qualify for the grand final on November 21.

The next stop on the tour is The Opera House, Scarborough, England on May 9, 2009.