Harry Sandford Takes Down 888poker UKPL Edinburgh Main Event
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The latest 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) Main Event has crowned its champion, with Harry Sandford forever being known as the 2025 UKPL Edinburgh Main Event champion. Sandford came out on top of a 262-strong crowd in the £560 buy-in Main Event to take home £23,960 of the £124,440 prize pool.
Sandford’s prize represents the largest of his live poker career so far. At the turn of the year, Sandford finished fourth in the 888poker UKPL Portsmouth Main Event for £20,005, and this score beats that impressive sum.
2025 888poker UKPL Edinburgh Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Sandford | £23,960 |
| 2 | Charles Lamont | £17,890 |
| 3 | Aaron Keenan | £13,450 |
| 4 | Haoran Dai | £10,180 |
| 5 | Adam Buxton | £7,700 |
| 6 | Dean Sinclair | £5,850 |
| 7 | Nathan Drummond | £4,500 |
| 8 | Gary Armstong | £3,520 |
| 9 | Tom Gill | £2,830 |
Local player Tom Gill was the first of the nine finalists to fall by the wayside. Gill crashed out in ninth for £2,830. Glasgow’s Gary Armstrong, fresh from cashing in the $500 Colossus event at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), bowed out ineighth for £3,520 before Nathan Drummond ran out of steam in seventh, a finish good for £4,500.
Dean Sinclair took sixth place and £5,850, and Adam Buxton finished fifth for £7,700, multiplying his live poker earnings tenfold.
The final four players locked in a five-figure sum, with Haoran Dai collecting the first of those. Dai busted in fourth and banked £10,180, which, according to The Hendon Mob Database, is his first recorded live cash.
The 888poker UKPL Edinburgh Main Event progressed to the heads-up stage when Aaron Keenan ran out of steam. Before this event, Keenan had only €610 in live cashes. He now has a £13,450 score.
Harry Sandford and Charles “Chico” Lamont fought one-on-one for the title and the largest slice of the Main Event’s prize pool. Lamont fell at the final hurdle and collected a career-best £17,890, leaving Sandford to bank his biggest-ever prize, £23,960, and the winner’s trophy.
Other 888poker UKPL Edinburgh Results
Armann Kochhar took home the largest prize from the UKPL Edinburgh side events, namely £17,290. Kochhar left 54 opponents in his wake in the £1,100 High Roller event.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,100 High Roller | 55 | £52,250 | Armann Kochhar | £17,290 |
| £250 Opening Voyage | 233 | John Rougvie | £9,380 | |
| £200 Big Shot | 97 | £16,125 | A.M. | £3,915 |
| £150 PLO 4/5/6 | 112 | £13,830 | Andrew Mackenzie | £3,280 |
| £220 KO Rumble | 80 | £7,600 | Marc Kendall | £1,760 |
Where Does the 888poker UKPL Head Next?
The 888poker UKPL goes on a short hiatus before heading to Liverpool from September 30 until October 5. Satellites for the inaugural UKPL Liverpool Main Event will start appearing in the 888poker lobby over the next couple of months, so stay tuned.
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
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