{"id":42498,"date":"2016-06-07T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=42498"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:20:15","slug":"ian-simpson-wins-the-400k-gppt-online-leg-plus-a-25k-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ian-simpson-wins-the-400k-gppt-online-leg-plus-a-25k-bonus.html","title":{"rendered":"Ian Simpson Wins the $400K GPPT Online Leg Plus a $25K Bonus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is better than winning almost $52,000 from a $109 buy-in tournament? Winning almost $52,000 and a $25,000 Vegas package from your $109 investment, which is exactly what Ian \u201cSimpioni\u201d Simpson did on June 6 when he won the $400,000 guaranteed Grand Prix Poker Tour Online leg.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Ian \u201cSimpioni\u201d Simpson<\/td>\n<td>$51,891<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Bebo1234<\/td>\n<td>$31,691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Jack \u201cLUMBERJ4CK85\u201d Ellwood<\/td>\n<td>$20,091<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ld3f1x89<\/td>\n<td>$13,891<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Spondu1icks<\/td>\n<td>$10,341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>LIKE_A_G6<\/td>\n<td>$7,991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>fontainerot<\/td>\n<td>$6,391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>strangejelly<\/td>\n<td>$5,091<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>davegeordie2<\/td>\n<td>$3,991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A staggering 3,892 players took part in the GPPT Online leg, with 400 of those receiving prize money for the substantial effort. A min-cash weighed in at $221, a final table appearance was worth $3,991, and the champion banked $51,891. All players who made it into the money places also collected a $109 ticket to a future GPPT event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cdavegeordie2\u201d was the first casualty of the final table before \u201cstrangejelly,\u201d \u201cfontainerot\u201d and \u201cLIKE_A_G6\u201d crashed out to leave five players in the hunt for the title. Fifth-place was the first to award a five-figure score, $10,431 to be exact, the sum now nestled in the partypoker account of \u201cSpondu1icks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When \u201cld3f1x89\u201d bust in fourth place, the final three players each qualified for the $25,000 Vegas Package bonus thrown into the mix to make the tournament even greater value.<\/p>\n<p>The talented Jack \u201cLUMBERJ4CK85\u201d Ellwood fell in third place, leaving \u201cBeb1234\u201d and Simpson to battle heads-up in what was essentially a $45,200 heads-up match because of the difference in prize money and the added $25,000 package.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Simpson despatched \u201cBebo1234\u201d to the sidelines, banking the $51,891 first place prize and a ridiculous $25,000 Las Vegas package to boot. This awesome package awards Simpson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$10,000 in buy-ins<\/li>\n<li>First class return flights from the UK to Las Vegas<\/li>\n<li>A luxury suite to stay in while in Sin City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll be hard stretched to find similar value anywhere in the online poker world!<\/p>\n<h2>Next on the GPPT<\/h2>\n<p>Next up for the GPPT is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/introducing-the-brand-new-gppt-mini-tour.html\" target=\"_blank\">the GPPT Mini<\/a> Milton Keynes, a $50,000 guaranteed tournament costing $109 to buy into. Online Day 1s run on June 8 and June 9 at 8:00 p.m. BST with live Day 1s taking place at the Casino MK on June 10 and two more on June 11.<\/p>\n<p>The next GPPT Main Event is the Brighton leg at the Amex Stadium on the weekend of July 23-24. Check out the partypoker tournament lobby for the plethora of satellites and online Day 1s available to you.<\/p>\n<p>Those of you wanting to follow in Simpson\u2019s footsteps and win a GPPT Online leg, watch this space as we\u2019re just finalising the details of the next stop and will bring you all of the relevant details shortly.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keep up to date with all things partypoker!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favourite social media outlets. You can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/partypoker\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypoker\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is better than winning almost $52,000 from a $109 buy-in tournament? Winning almost $52,000 and a $25,000 Vegas package from your $109 investment, which is exactly what Ian \u201cSimpioni\u201d Simpson did on June 6 when he won the $400,000 guaranteed Grand Prix Poker Tour Online leg. Place Player Prize 1 Ian \u201cSimpioni\u201d Simpson $51,891<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ian-simpson-wins-the-400k-gppt-online-leg-plus-a-25k-bonus.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":42499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[415,2182,300,1300],"tags":[386,385,753,658,936,439,167,184,187,200,495,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42500,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42498\/revisions\/42500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42498"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}