Tom MacDonald has been crowned Leeds champion in the second event of the 2009 Coral.co.uk British Masters Poker Tour.Tom, an 18-year-old student from Hull, beat 93 other players to take the title, the first prize of £14,300 and a seat at the season final play-off for the coveted Coral.co.uk sponsorship deal in 2010.

Tom outlasted a final table that included Eddie Lundon (2nd in Edinburgh). Tom was heads-up against Jamie Sykes with a 3:1 chip lead and it was over in just 30 minutes when 10h fell on the river and made Tom’s flush against Jamie’s two pair, giving us our second champion of the tour. Tom said: “Oh, it’s great!