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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the highest profile series known to the game, with professional poker players from all over the world competing against the biggest names and reputations. British poker stars have not always fared well at the WSOP; although, recent years have seen a marked improvement for the UK’s top players. This year, it has taken just four-and-a-bit events for a British pro to mark his territory at the WSOP, with Chris Moorman leading the field in event 5 at midday on day 2.

One of the top UK online poker players, Moorman is arguably well-equipped to deal with the tricky event 5, which boasted a field of 2,092 players from the outset. At the end of day 1, the field had been reduced to just 219 players, with Moorman in third place on 120,000 chips behind Stephen Foutty (207,000) and Jesse Fulmer (149,000). Another UK poker star, Pramesh Bansai, remained in contention with 110,000 chips. By the middle of day 2, Moorman was leading the pack with more than 225,000 chips, whilst Bansi had fallen behind. Moorman is now widely tipped to win event 5, which offers a first prize of $515,501.

UK online poker players can gain valuable experience playing on sites such as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet and iPoker. Although the online game is quite a bit different to real world events, the online arena offers an exceptional opportunity for players to learn the game in the comfort of their own home and at minimal cost. Once players can play for profit online, it is worth their finding real world, low buy-in UK poker tournaments in order to experience the live game. After this has been achieved, larger tournaments such as the GUKPT can be entered before a trip to Las Vegas for the WSOP is contemplated. Players such as Moorman have proved that online UK players can succeed on poker’s biggest stage.