Hennessy World Poker Championships

After one of the biggest horse races of the season in the UK - The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup - the great & good of racing gathered in East Garston, Royal Berskshire, to thrash out who is racing's best poker player. The tournament, sponsored by Everest Poker, saw forty players including Andy 'Re-Buy' Balding, Jamie Osbourne & the favourite Sylvester Kirk settle down to business under the glare of tournament director Roy Houghton who came down from London's famous Loose Cannon Club.

At 3am racing PR supremo Johnno Spence took the trophy as well as a few more dollars in his Everest Poker account.

The final places were:

1st Johnno Spence
2nd Andy Charles
3rd Matt Keen
4th Charlie James
5th Chris Shillington
6th Sylvestre Kirk
7th Jeremy Scott
8th Richard Beeson
9th Ed James