His victory, which comes just weeks after he finished 6th at the UKIPT Edinburgh, was set up by an incredible hand early on when he raised under the gun with 4♠, 4♣. Silver, who qualified via an $11+ rebuy tournament on the internet, also shoots to the top of the UKIPT Series 1 leaderboard. The 20-year old Londoner, who beat off competition from 589 players, also wins entry into the £5,250 EPT London. Max Silver has won the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin Main Event and pocketed €72,000. It never really sunk in that I could win until we got to the last four
