Posted: Friday 19 June 2009
Baker Tilly World Poker Tournament
It was Thursday 18th June 2009 and the much anticipated Baker Tilly World Poker Tournament was gearing up to begin in Edinburgh, with all donations from this Fun Casino Night going to Maggie's Centre Charity.
This years venue was the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, a fantastic 
venue where the Barony Suite played host to 8 Texas Hold'em Tables for annual Fun Casino Night Event. On arrival guests were welcomed by Baker Tilly and given a little light refreshment before the eagerly awaited Texas Hold'em Fun Casino Night kicked off. The bell tolled and all the players took their seats for a 15 minute practice session, where Janet showed some early signs of stress whilst trying to find her seat...! But she managed to keep her nerves in check and relaxed quickly into the Fun Casino Night Poker Tournament.
The Fun Casino Night Poker Tournament began for real, and within 10 minutes we had the first casualties of the evening, with both Graham and Mark finding themselves all-in and way behind, before busting out in dramatic style. They retired to the practice area to brush up on their skills(it has been said they need the extra practice). Our last man out just before break time was the host of the evening, Alex. He wished the remaining players luck and couldnt believe Bill was still in the Tournament!
The first break arrived and Baker Tilly had a lovely spread for all the 
players to tuck into. There was a lot of chat going on about who beat who and by how much, with almost half the players already out of the Baker Tilly Texas Hold'em Tournament Fun Casino Night,
9.00pm and the break was over, it was now time for the blinds to increase every 20 minutes and the real action to start! After only 12 minutes players were falling thick and fast, with James, Andy, Graham and Barbara falling in quick succession. It was all eyes down to make the final table, where there was only room for 7 of the top Fun Casino Night Poker Tournament Players. It was here that Janet's journey to the final table ended and a clear chip leader emerged.....her name, was Judith! Shivers of fear ran through the room as everyone realised they had to started building their stack to keep up with her. Andy, (aka 'All-in Andy') made a last ditch effort to make it to the final table with his 7th All-in of the night, but this time the man with 9 lives ran out of luck!
10.10pm - We had our final table of the Baker Tilly Fun Casino Night Poker Tournament made up of David, Judith, Ian, Neil, Neil Mc, Robert, & Keith.
The blinds were now $1000/$2000 so not a lot of time to sit back, 
and after only two hands we had our first victim, Keith, who left the table to loud applause. He was followed quickly by Robert, David, Neil and Iain. This left our final heads up contest between Judith and Neil, and what a showdown it was to the Fun Casino Night Poker Tournament! Victory finally went to the mighty, the invincible, the unstoppable JUDITH!
Congratulations, and it was with great delight that she received the title trophy and was the 2009 Baker Tilly World Poker Tournament Champion!