The Gala Great British Poker Tour got underway on February 24 in the art deco splendour of the Gala Maybury Casino, Edinburgh. The Tour’s prime objective is to find the best player in the British Isles, but that didn’t stop a few faces on the European circuit showing up, like Norway’s Henning Granstad.

At an affordable £500 entry fee, the tournament was capped at 130 runners, and could easily have been filled twice over. Players were a mix of locals, online qualifiers and well-known pros. The Boatman brothers, Ross and Barny brought along fellow Hendon Mobber Joe Beevers, and Ash Hussain, Iwan Jones, Dave Colclough and Surinder Sunar provided further stiff competition for the title.