Spain’s Lucas Blanco Oliver beat Paul-Francois Tedesci heads up to win £250,000 and the signed Brian May guitar for first place in the Devilfish Cup. Held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, the event reached the£1 million guarantee with 204 players, and others to reach the final table included Ben Heath, Simon Deadman, Barny Boatman, and Ian Simpson.
Devilfish Cup Final Table Results
1st: Lucas Blanco Oliver – £250,000
2nd: Paul-Francois Tedeschi – £150,000
3rd: Ben Heath – £105,000
4th: Simon Deadman – £80,000
5th: Peter Roche – £70,000
6th: Barny Boatman – £60,000
7th: John Cynn – £50,000
8th: Manig Loeser – £40,000
9th: Ian Simpson – £30,000
Richard Kellett was the first player to bust in the money and min-cashed for £9,700 before a flurry of others met him at the cash desk, including Waheed “Wadey” Ashraf, Steve Warburton, former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, and Britain’s Sam Trickett.Experienced professionals such as Patrick Leonard, Dara O’Kearney, Anton Wigg, Niall Farrell, and Steve O’Dwyer all finished outside the money.
At the final table, the battle eventually came down to Oliver and Tedeschi. After the hour-long heads-up match, it was Oliver who came out on top. The final hand saw Oliver’s dominating 
win against the 
for Tedeschi, and that was all she wrote.
For Oliver, the score proved to be the largest of his live tournament career.