Brighton Poker Pro Leo Worthington-Leese Claims Eureka Title in ME

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The name of the lucky winner who managed to get the prestigious title in a hard and large-scale event in Cyprus has become known. We are talking about the Main Event of the EPT Eureka series from PokerStars, which is taking place in the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.

The winner was a regular from England (more specifically from Brighton), who has been actively playing for several years and concentrates on large offline series. And his name is Leo Worthington-Leese.

When three participants remained, they came to a common decision to make a deal. After the ICM chop, they left almost 80 thousand for a winner and of course a trophy. In addition to the future champion, Frederick Anastasiades from Cyprus and Samuel Fournier from France took part in the deal. For all three poker players, this ended up being the best results of their careers.

It is worth noting that not so long ago, last year, Worthington-Leese was already close to the coveted title. Then his result was third place in the Main Event of the EPT in Monte Carlo.

"I learned a lot from Monte Carlo and since then, and I feel I have gotten a lot better."

His path to triumph in this tournament was not easy. At one point, Leo had a small stack left. Then he was lucky to win a key important pot with ace-jack against pocket kings.

It is interesting that the final heads-up was very short and dynamic – it lasted only three bright hands. The second of them was the main one, then the players played a huge pot with two pocket pairs. Queens turned out to be stronger than sevens and the future champion only had to finish off his opponent with his remaining chips.