Last weekend the Newcastle Poker Festival took place at Aspers Casino and attracted two hundred players to compete in the event. One of those players competing in the two day poker event was Ross Jarvis. Jarvis is a writer for PokerPlayer magazine and managed to outlast the field and take the first place win.

The two hundred players created a 30,000 Euro prize pool so first place would earn 7,000 Euros. Jarvis was up against Kris McLackland, a local player, in heads up play. Brian Clarke place fourth while Andy Edgington almost made it to heads up play before being ousted in third.

Heads up play lasted for ninety minutes before Jarvis was able to take the win. Jarvis wrote on the PokerPlayer website: “The 7,000 is by far the biggest score in my poker ‘career’ and was the perfect tonic after a number of near-misses and epic blowups in big tournaments before. After putting that much pressure on myself it was a huge relief to reach the end.”






- 2009-04-09