A special mention must go to Steve Bellis, who aged 10 years in two minutes thanks to a prank played on him plotted by Doug Forbes and Steve Fowkes.

It was a cruel, rotten, vindictive, and heartless joke, so of course I was happy to assist.

For some reason £1000 of the £2500 top prize money went ‘missing’. Had he given the wrong envelope to another prize winner? Had he thrown the wrong envelope away? Had something a bit more sinister happed? Was the winner, Christian worried? (of course, not – he was in on it as well!).

Whilst Steve was busy panicking himself about the ‘missing’ prize money, he just couldn’t understand why photos were still being taken and seemed somewhat irritated that some muppet with his camera was busy snapping while he was busy panicking. Perhaps the look on his face was worth a picture, eh?

All in all, it was an extremely enjoyable day with some excellent poker being played.

By Steve Fowkes (Cardiff)

(Note from the Editor - I shall have revenge)

A Big WELL DONE to Clive Padden from Shropshire who cashes yet again at Blackpool.

GUKPT Results
Venue:G Casino, Blackpool
Date:13/11/2009
Event: £100 NL Hold'em Freezout
Length: 1 day
Runners: 111
Total Prize Pool: £11,100

Place Prize
1st Clive Padden £3,580
2nd Lee Davy £2,330
3rd Paul Marvin £1,610
4th Ryan Andrew £1,000
5th James McCulloch £720
6th Johnny Steward £560
7th Adam Wilkinson £440
8th Wayne Moffat £330
9th Neil Jones £220
The winner also gets a seat in the Champion of Champions tournament @ Luton 5th / 6th December

If you fancy your chances to play against Clive, he can usually be found playing in the Cock Inn, Hanwood, Shrewsbury.