Welcome to the 2015 WPT UK High Roller
Hello and welcome to PokerNews' live coverage of the 2015 World Poker Tour UK, coming at you from Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.
Some of the best poker talent in the world is expected to make their way to Europe's premier card room to compete in the £5,250 High Roller event today, which features a substantial £250,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Anyone entering today's High Roller starts with a generous helping of 50,000 tournament chips and gets to play to 40-minute blind levels starting at 50/100. The plan is to play a total of nine levels on Day 1, with registration open until the start of Day 2 on Nov. 3. If you opt to buy in at this time, you'll still sit down with a healthy stack worth 50 big blinds, as the blinds and antes will be 500/1,000/100 at the start of Level 10.
Last year's High Roller came with a price tag of £6,000. The tournament attracted 50 entries, and it was the USA's Bryn Kenney who emerged victorious when he defeated the UK's Patrick Leonard in heads-up play. Kenney earned £100,000 for the win, and Leonard took home £62,000 for second place. Stuart Rutter also reached the final table and placed third for £43,000.
With action just around the corner, stay tuned for live coverage right here on PokerNews.com.