UK Online Poker Star Rhys Jones with First Major Live Win

Rhys Jones crushes online as: #floppinhel, floppin_ell, floppinhel11, floorpinhel, and as a Main Event Travel Sponsored Player, he’s also been drawing lots of attention and making live tournament news in the past two years.

Last night Rhys Jones became #GUKPT Main Event Manchester Champion 2014 and besides the trophy and a cash prize of about $67,000, that entitles him to a seat in the grand final in November.  The @Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is one of the UK's longest-running and most popular poker tours and Rhys will probably make appearances at other legs of the tour before the final.

@Rhys Jones is one of UK’s top online poker players - currently 11th on PocketFives, he reached his highest ranking in late 2013 when he climbed to third place after only @Chris Moorman and @Jude Ainsworth. His online cashes amount to about $2 million and since 2011, he has accumulated $445,000 in live winnings.

Rhys is a well-liked and popular guy in the UK poker community and is particularly sought-after as rail enthusiast. Here with Chris Moorman, railing for @Craig McCorkell in 2012.

While 2013 was great for Rhys online, 2014 is looking really good in the live tournament arena - he got ITM in two Aussie Millions events and now he’s had his first major live win in Manchester. Rhys won after playing heads-up with another UK player to watch out for - @Simon Deadman, who’s had three second place finishes this year and is sure to make his name heard again soon.

 Full coverage, videos and interviews on http://www.gukpt.com/gukpt-2014-leg-2-manchester-blog/

"Losing money for a living... not sure it's sustainable" - you can read this on Rhys Jones' Twitter profile but the way his career has been going lately, he may have to change his motto soon for something more relevant, GL!