Gala Casinos British Poker Tour Liverpool Leg, £550 No Limit Hold'em, 19-21st September 2008

Entrants: 230

Buyin: £500 + £50

Prizepool: £120,000


1. Zachary Ford, £26,000 Plus £2,000 Grand Final Package
2. Saleh Mahagrh, £20,000
3. Gerald David, £17,000
4. Lee Birchall, £13,500
5. Waseem Shahid, £13,450
6. Alistair Findlay, £4,750
7. Ben Chisholm, £3,750
8. Greg Rodger, £3,000
9. Luke Abolins, £2,500


A banker from Manchester has beaten amateur and professional poker players alike to win the Liverpool leg of the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour (GCBPT) and landed the title of Liverpool GCBPT champion. Zack Ford beat a field of 229 runners to scoop the £26,000 prize following a final table deal in another sell-out GCBPT main event.

Zack, a 34-year-old bank compliance adviser for the Co-Operative bank in Manchester, won on his first appearance at the GCBPT.