Seat 3: John Lawson, Isle of Man – 1,210,000
John Lawson, a 55 year old taxi driver from Onchan, learnt to play poker with PokerStars employees when they first moved to the island ten years ago. He enjoys tournaments and PLO cash games, and won his seat to the Main Event in the first live satellite run at the casino here for just £40. His biggest poker achievements are coming second in a $50 Cruise Ship tournament for $1.5k and coming fifth in the £100 Turbo event at UKIPT4 Isle of Man for £1,250. Today has been surreal for him as he came back short stacked and told his partner to book lunch at 12:30pm! His wife is going to Manilla to see family in two weeks and he promised her he’d go too if he won enough money in the tournament. Looks like he’ll be joining her.
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1,210,000 |