Sky Poker UK Tour Result

Sky Poker, the first multiplatform poker room, held the fifth leg of its sell-out, live UK poker tour on Saturday at the Aspers casino in Swansea, Wales. Out of the 109 players to take a seat at the tournament, the top ten finishers went through to the Grand Finale of the Sky Poker UK Tour in June at the Dusk Till Dawn casino in Nottingham.

The final table was won by Aaron Hopkins (AKA RONMCDON) a fish farmer from Devon. Aaron walked away with £1800 after beating Ian Atwater (AKA CIA260895) heads up.
The final hand of the tournament saw Ian raising with A-3 and calling Aaron’s A-10 shove. Neither hit a pair on the flop, turn or river, meaning Aaron took down the tournament with his 10 kicker playing.

“There was a little bit of luck involved but I just went for it and came out the winner,” said Aaron. “I had actually only played in six live events before, including the Sky Poker Bootcamp in Bristol last year. I usually play online at Sky Poker as I like to watch the play on TV.”

Aaron’s wife, Naomi Hopkins is a semi-professional player and also played in the Welsh leg of the Sky Poker UK Tour. Unfortunately, Naomi was knocked out early on in the competition.

“Naomi is gutted that I beat her. She is the better player out of the two of us, but after this result things might have to change – she’ll be cleaning out more of the fish tanks while I am cleaning up at the poker tables.”