{"id":63192,"date":"2018-02-21T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=63192"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T11:56:33","slug":"steven-morris-crowned-uk-poker-championship-shr-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/steven-morris-crowned-uk-poker-championship-shr-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Steven Morris crowned UK Poker Championship SHR champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steven Morris<\/strong> may not be a household name in poker circles but it may pay to commit his name to memory because he has just been crowned the <strong>2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships Super High Roller<\/strong> champion.<\/p>\n<h1>2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships Super High Roller Results<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: \u00a35,000+\u00a3300<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guarantee<\/strong>: \u00a3200,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entries<\/strong>: 40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: \u00a3200,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Places paid<\/strong>: 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Steven Morris<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>\u00a370,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Nishid Hindocha<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>\u00a345,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Xiaoyang Luo<\/td>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>\u00a332,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Tom Middleton<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>\u00a322,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Chris Sly<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>\u00a315,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Nicholas Todd<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A total of 40 entries were processed in the 2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships Super High Roller, meaning the <strong>\u00a3200,000 guarantee<\/strong> was hit on the nose. Only the top six players were set to receive any prize money, a min-cash being worth \u00a310,000 and the eventual champion walking away with \u00a370,000 for their \u00a35,300 investment.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 saw several big name casualties such as <strong>Ben Farrell<\/strong>, <strong>Ben Winsor<\/strong>, <strong>Keith Johnson<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Jackson<\/strong>, <strong>Dominik Nitsche<\/strong> and <strong>Steven Warburton<\/strong> hit the rail. Making it through to the final day\u2019s player were such luminaries as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/marcel-luske\">Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Marcel Luske<\/strong><\/a>, MILLIONS Germany \u20ac50,000 Super High Roller champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/michael-chi-zhang-takes-e50000-super-high-roller.html\"><strong>Michael Chi Zhang<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Manig Loeser<\/strong>, <strong>Tom Middleton<\/strong>, <strong>Christopher Brammer<\/strong>, <strong>James Mitchell<\/strong>, <strong>Ben Jackson<\/strong> and <strong>Chris Sly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen players took their seats on Day 2 and the action was fast and furious from the word go. Luske endured an early exit before Zhang lost a coinflip against Loeser to join Luske on the rail. Luke Marsh committed his stack with pocket tens only to run into the black jacks in Morris\u2019 hand before <strong>Fabio Sperling<\/strong> saw his tournament come to an abrupt end at the hands of <strong>Nishid Hindocha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A short-stacked Loeser then bust in 10th place with pocket nines against the king-ten of Morris courtesy of a ten on the turn to set the nine-handed final table.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament lost former Irish Open champion Mitchell in ninth-place on the third hand of the final table\u2019s action before Brammer exited in eighth-place when his pocket tens lost to the ace-seven of Morris with the latter turning trip aces.<\/p>\n<h2>Jackson bursts the money bubble<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_63193\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63193\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-63193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39670213874_89b1f48248_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Jackson: UKPC Super High Roller bubble boy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39670213874_89b1f48248_k-300x200@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39670213874_89b1f48248_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39670213874_89b1f48248_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39670213874_89b1f48248_k-600x400@2x.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Jackson: UKPC Super High Roller bubble boy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ben Jackson was the unfortunate soul to burst the money bubble. Jackson was all-in for nine big blinds with a pair of sixes and was called by Middleton with a superior pair of tens. A jack-high board failed to come to Jackson\u2019s rescue and he became the last player to bust from the Super High Roller without any prize money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicholas Todd<\/strong> followed Jackson to the rail a few hands later. Middleton opened to 45,000 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, Todd three-bet all-in with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> from the small blind and Hindocha re-shoved from the big blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Middleton folded. Hindocha spiked the case queen on the flop to send Todd home in sixth-place.<\/p>\n<p>Sly was the next player to hit the sidelines. He opened 2.5 times the big blind to 50,000 from under the gun with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Hindocha called from the big blind with the lowly <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Hindocha check-called a 40,000 bet on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop and both players checked the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn. The river was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Hindocha led for 85,000 and called when Sly moved all-in. Hindocha\u2019s flush was more than enough to resign Sly to a fifth-place finish.<\/p>\n<p>The talented Middleton was the next to fall, doing so during the 15,000\/30,000\/30,000a level. Middleton moved all-in for 410,000 from the small blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and <strong>Xiaoyang Lu called<\/strong> with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Luo paired his eight on the flop and caught another on the turn to eliminate Middleton.<\/p>\n<h3>Heads-up is set<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_63198\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63198\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-63198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38577011420_0f9ade31fb_k-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Heads-up is set in the UKPC Super High Roller\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38577011420_0f9ade31fb_k-300x200@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38577011420_0f9ade31fb_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38577011420_0f9ade31fb_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38577011420_0f9ade31fb_k-600x400@2x.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heads-up is set in the UKPC Super High Roller<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Third-place went to Luo who lost the vast majority of his stack in a cooler hand where he and his opponent held trip jacks and he never fully recovered. Luo\u2019s final hand saw him move all-in for 15 big blinds with ten-nine and Hindocha call with ace-ten. The board ran out king-high and Luo\u2019s tournament was over.<\/p>\n<p>Hindocha held a 2,670,000 to 1,330,000 chip lead over Morris going into heads-up and extended his lead during the first few confrontations. Morris levelled matters up when he spiked a miracle deuce on the river to improve to a set after Hindocha had gone ahead on the flop.<\/p>\n<p>Morris never gave up the chip lead after that although Hindocha refused to give up. The final hand saw Morris set his opponent all-in while holding <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Hindocha called off his seven big blinds with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. By the river the board read <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, which bust Hindocha in second-place and left Morris to become the tournament\u2019s champion.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>\u00a31 million guaranteed UK Poker Championships Main Event<\/strong> begins today and you can follow all of the action via the <a href=\"https:\/\/mypartypokerlive.com\/\"><strong>My partypoker Live<\/strong><\/a> portal.<\/p>\n<h3>Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Morris may not be a household name in poker circles but it may pay to commit his name to memory because he has just been crowned the 2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships Super High Roller champion. 2018 partypoker LIVE UK Poker Championships Super High Roller Results Buy-in: \u00a35,000+\u00a3300 Guarantee: \u00a3200,000 Entries: 40 Prize<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/steven-morris-crowned-uk-poker-championship-shr-champion.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":63206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1303,1141],"tags":[386,385,187,1398,200,1236,360,1445,838],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63192"}],"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=63192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63213,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63192\/revisions\/63213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63192"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=63192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}