Eleanor Gudger is £140,000 richer this morning thanks to her taking down the £1 million guaranteed 2014 partypoker WPT500 UK at Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) in Nottingham. Gudger turned professional 18 months ago and this is by far her largest live tournament score and ensures that there are two WPT titles in her family because her father, John, won the WPT National Milton Keynes in December 2013!
Day 3 started with 61 players taking their seats at DTD, a figure that shrunk with the exits of such luminaries as Charles Chattha, Pratik Ghatge, Marc Inizan, Luigi Viscomi, Chun Law, Renne Xie, Gordon Huntly, Willie Tann, William Chattaway, David “Lil Dave” Nicholson, David Peters, Thomas High and Dhru Patel, and James Morris the latter finishing 10th to leave only the final table remaining.
2014 partypoker WPT500 UK Final Table
2014 partypoker WPT500 UK Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Habib Chatoo | 2,650,000 |
| 2 | James Parker | 3,100,000 |
| 3 | Hamid Rowshanaei | 5,450,000 |
| 4 | Matthew Noonan | 19,020,000 |
| 5 | Derek Payne | 9,900,000 |
| 6 | Eleanor Gudger | 10,400,000 |
| 7 | Haroon Hussain | 5,600,000 |
| 8 | Richard Buck | 6,420,000 |
Habib Chatoo – 8th Place
Habib Chatoo‘s tournament ended in eighth place when he committed his stack with 
and was called by Matthew Noonan and his 
. Neither player improved on the 
board, but Noonan didn’t need to, and Chatoo crashed out of the tournament.
Next to fall was Haroon Hussain who lost the majority of his stack when Noonan raised to 600,000 and Hussain called. James Parker three-bet all-in for 6,000,000. Noonan mucked, but Hussain called with 
only to see Parker show 
. The 
flop left Hussain with dust and he busted soon after.
Haroon Hussain – won his WPT500 seat at a home game
Hussain collected £13,250 for his seventh place finish, a remarkable achievement considering he qualified for this tournament via a home game involving “Mad” Marty Wilson!
Richard Buck – 6th place
Sixth place went to Richard Buck who came off second best after a clash with Derek Payne. Buck’s chips went into the middle of the felt on the 
flop while holing 
and Payne called with 
. The turn was a blank, yet the river was anything but because the improved Payne to a pair of aces and left Buck to collect sixth place money.
James Parker
James Parker fell in fifth place before Payne pushed his five big blind stack in from the small blind while holding and Gudger called with 
. A seven on the flop was enough to win the pot for Gudger and more than enough to send Payne to the sidelines.
Derek Payne – Eventually finished fourth
Heads-up was set when Gudger raised to 2,000,000 and Hamid Rowshanaei called. A flop reading 
was checked by Rowshanaei, bet to the tune of 2,000,000 by Gudger and called by Rowshanaei. The turn was the 
and Rowshanaei moved all-in. Gudger took a second look at her cards before announcing the call.
Gudger had turned a set with her and was a lock to win the hand because Rowshanei held . The 
on the river eliminated Rowshaenei and sent the tournament heads up where Gudger held a 44,200,000 to 18,350,000 lead over Matthew Noonan.
Hamid Rowshanaei – 3rd place finisher
The final hand of this amazing tournament took place as the clocks around DTD approached 01:30 on Monday morning and saw Noonan push all-in with 
and Gudger wake up with 
. A 
flop gave Noonan outs to a chop, although he could still hit a nine to win. The turn was the 
followed by the on the river to leave Gudger’s queen-kicker to play, busting Noonan and leaving Gudger to become the 2014 partypoker WPT500 UK champion!
Matthew Noonan – WPT500 UK runner-up
2014 partypoker WPT500 UK Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleanor Gudger | £140,000 |
| 2 | Matthew Noonan | £85,000 |
| 3 | Hamid Rowshanaei | £55,000 |
| 4 | Derek Payne | £35,000 |
| 5 | James Parker | £25,000 |
| 6 | Richard Buck | £17,850 |
| 7 | Habib Chatoo | £13,250 |
| 8 | James Morris | £10,000 |
Eleanor Gudger – 2014 partypoker WPT500 UK champion
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