Manchester Summary

Jon “Skalie” Kalmar gave himself an early birthday present this weekend by becoming the Inaugural Champion of the Manchester Megastack taking home £10,674. Jon who previously finished 5^th in the WSOP Main Event for a cool $1,255,069 ended flight2 as chip leader and went from strength to strength finally beating Mick Fletcher HU to take the title and a Palm Beach Seat kindly donated by Genting.

157 runners took to the tables over 2 days providing a very impressive £31,400 prizepool that saw 63 play flight A and 94 flight B. 35 returned for day 2 all with an eye on the 1^st prize. Abed Eid became the unfortunate bubble boy leaving 15 guaranteed a payout. Still in the mix along with Jon were illustrious names such as Dave Colclough along with some very well respected North West players.

1^st to depart was Mike Sharkey who ran into Gez Hiltons Aces, Next to go was Will McMurray moving in with A10 only to find Gez with Jacks. Zippy thought he had survived when his A3 was looking good against Tony Cartwrights AJ after a 3 landed on the flop however a J on the river saw Zippy finish in 13^th. Mona Maqbool finished 12^th at the hands of John Exley, and shortly after the dinner break we lost Andy Wright to Jon Kalmar when his pocket Kings were thwarted by Jons AJ with a 5, J,J flop. Tony Cartwright departed in 10^th again at the hands of Jon giving us our 1^st Manchester Megastack Final Table

Jon went into the Final table with a chip lead and he increased that when taking out John Eadie in 9^th place. Dave Colclough hit the rail soon after in 8th to John Exley who then took out   Baz Chung for a 7^th place finish. After being crippled in a previous hand Gez Hilton departed in 6^th and as we went in 5 handed Jon Kalmar was the only player over the 1 million chip count.

Jon added to his stack when sending Jon Exley to the rail in 5^th and after Mo Qureshi lost a monster pot against Shoahbe he soon departed in 4^th. Mo went in 3^rd leaving Mick Fletcher and Jon Kalmar heads up. Heads up lasted 1 hand with Mick Fletcher taking home a very creditable £5,966 leaving Jon a worthy champion and £10,674 richer.

Well done to all that played and made this event such a success. Next month register online or win your seat online and you will be entered in a last longest bet. The winner will find themselves with a very nice $5,000 package to Vegas again courtesy of Genting

Event #1 Champion!

157 runners created a total prizepool of £31,400
1  £ 10,674 ..Jon Kalmar
2  £ 5,966 ...Mick Fletcher
3  £ 3,768 ...Mo Shoahebe
4  £ 2,638...Mo Qureshi
5  £ 2,041...John Exley
6  £ 1,413...Gez Hilton
7  £ 1,099...Baz Chung
8  £ 785.....Dave Colclough
9  £ 628.....John Eadie
10 £ 440....Tony Cartwright
11 £ 440....Andy Wright
12 £ 440....Mona Maqbool
13 £ 440...Zippy Aslam
14 £ 314.....Will McMurray
15 £ 314.....Michael Sharkey

Event #1 champ: John Kalmar

Event #1

64 Players started flight A at 12pm on Saturday for event #1 of the Manchester MegaStack. 14 players made it through to Sunday's final. Flight B had an enormous 93 runners on Grand National day, and after 12 levels of play was whittled down to just 21.

So, 35 players will battle it out from 2pm today at the Salford Mint Casino for the top prize of £10,674 and a palm beach big game seat. A full list of payouts and remaining chip counts are below.


157 runners created a total prizepool of £31,400
1 £ 10,674 + A Palm Beach Big Game Package worth £1,300
2 £ 5,966
3 £ 3,768
4 £ 2,638
5 £ 2,041
6 £ 1,413
7 £ 1,099
8 £ 785
9 £ 628
10 £ 440
11 £ 440
12 £ 440
13 £ 440
14 £ 314
15 £ 314

J. Kalmar 230,800
L. Gosney 227,600
M. Qureshi 206,700
Z. Aslam 160,100
M. Fletcher 138,900
A. Leach 115,600
G. Hilton 112,600
M. Devlin 109,400
W. McMurray 104,300
D. Barauskaite 104,100
J. Eadie 97,500
A. Metay 90,300
G. Millan 88,600
D. Colclough 88,200
I. Awan 83,700
M. Sharkey 83,000
Y. Cheung 81,200
C. Porter 77,600
J. Exley 76,400
J. Seal 72,000
A. Cartwright 71,600
A. Wright 70,600
G. Hunt 69,900
I. Patel 68,600
M. Crook 66,600
M. Maqbool 63,800
A. Kong 54,300
C. Nicol 53,000
M. Shoaebe 52,800
A. Eid 47,200
R. Rimmer 43,200
W. Benson 40,600
P. Graham 39,600
M. Djamalis 34,100
K. Tomczak 15,800

Marc Goodwin confirmed for Manchester.

2009 EPT Main event runner up and well respected professional Marc Goodwin has also confirmed his attendance to this weekends inaugural IPE Manchester MegaStack at The Salford Mint.

Live satellite tonight for Manchester.

Independent Poker Events and Blackpool Circus are hosting a Super Satellite tonight at 8pm for Event #1 of Manchester's monthly Megastack which takes place this weekend at Salford Mint in Manchester. The main event has a buy-in of £200+£20 with a total prizepool guarantee of £20,000 (80 players minimum). The winner will also walk away with a palm beach big game package worth £1,300! Here's some juicy details:

Saturday April 9th - 12pm - FLIGHT A - 20k stack - 30 minute levels

Saturday April 9th -   8pm - FLIGHT B - 20k stack - 30 minute levels

Sunday April 10th - 2pm - FINAL DAY - 40 minute levels

(Streamed LIVE online by IPE TV)

We have a bevy of pro-poker playing beauties already confirmed for the main event including: Lucy Rokach, Julian Thew, Kevin O Leary, Dave Colclough, Mickey Wernick, Paul Jackson, Steve Jelinek, Paul Zimbler, Jon Kalmar, Surinder Sunar & Coronation Street’s very own star villain, “John Stape” played by Graeme Hawley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Hawley see their lovely mugshots below...

Here are the satellite details for tonight:

Blackpool Circus 8pm

£20+£5 Buy-in 5,000 chips

optional £10 rebuy/add-on 5,000 chips

2 x 45 minute levels and then 20 minutes thereafter

2 SEATS GUARANTEED

I will see you there!!!

Event #1 £20,000 GUARANTEED!

£20,000 Guaranteed Event #1 is Sponsored by Genting Poker & The Salford Mint.

The winner will also receive a Palm Beach Big Game Seat worth £1,080.