PKR Live Main Event, Loose Cannon Club, London, $500 No-limit Hold'em, 15-16th November 2008

Entrants: 150

Buyin: $500

Prizepool: $75,000

1. Philip ‘escalope’ Conneller, London, $20,000
2. Henrik ‘Pokey85’ Eklund, Sweden, $12,000
3. Daniel ‘Dappadan777’ Moosah, London, $8,500
4. Raymond ‘callmebabe’ O’Mahoney, Ireland, $6,500
5. Thomas ‘OleEinar’ Gunia, Germany, $5,250
6. Pieter ‘EurootJE’ Salet, Netherlands, $4,250
7. Andrew ‘Alfiemyster’ Miles, Southampton, $3,250
8. Barry ‘Bazultra’ Cole, Southampton, $2,500
9. Kent-Ivan ‘GreenFaith’ Danielsen, Norway, $1,850
10. Michael ‘TheSqueeze’ Panayiotou, London, $1,400

Poker magazine editor Philip Conneller (PKR username: escalope) bested a field of 150 players to take down the first ever PKR Live main event and the $20,000 first prize this weekend.

After twenty hours of play over two days, Conneller’s 7-2os hit runner-runner to make an unlikely straight and take down the title.