“I’ve By no means Seen Trophy This Huge for a 1k!” Jamie Nixon on WPT Prime Cyprus

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It is a 12 months and 5 days since Jamie Nixon married his spouse Ellie, and the pair are marking their first wedding ceremony anniversary right here at WPT Prime Cyprus.

The pair, like many, are having fun with the combo of Mediterranean sunshine and thrilling WPT motion at Chamada Status Resort & On line casino and are balancing the vacation vibe with motion on the tables.

Balancing Enjoying with Vacation

“It is very simple to get trapped within the bubble of simply taking part in poker if you’re at an occasion,” mentioned Nixon. “However you possibly can flip it into a vacation, particularly if you’re in a loopy place like Cyprus. Generally you find yourself going to those locations which you by no means would have dreamed of, all due to poker.”

Whereas taking part in at different excursions, Nixon says, it’s important to handle your schedule to make sure time away from poker to have the ability to take pleasure in your journey. Right here at WPT Prime Cyprus, there’s further time constructed into the schedule, with 4 beginning flights throughout three days giving added flexibility.

“Often, you solely get a time without work if you happen to bag the primary beginning flight! I am undoubtedly a type of individuals who publish an image on-line after bagging and say that I’ve received a time without work. It is good to not need to win to try this, and to have the ability to plan that in and do one thing together with your life different than simply play.”

Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped the pair from taking part in within the WPT Prime Cyprus Foremost Occasion and in addition getting in on the satellite tv for pc motion. Six hours previous to our interview, Ellie (pictured) was in motion taking part in and successful a seat in a satellite tv for pc.

“That is what’s actually good about right here,” mentioned Nixon. “There are tournaments all through the day. There is a event at noon, one at eight p.m. after which one other at 11 p.m.

“It doesn’t matter what your schedule is, you possibly can match issues in round that. You may exit within the morning if you wish to play the Foremost Occasion. You may exit throughout the day if you happen to simply need to play the satellites. It is nice to have the ability to do all that.”

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Significance of 1k Tournaments

Having performed throughout the WPT World Championship and when the WPT visited Nottingham in his house nation of the UK, Nixon is not any stranger to WPT. He says {that a} worth level like WPT Prime is ideal for a travelling poker participant, particularly right here on the all-inclusive Chamada Status Resort & On line casino.

“At stops like this, the whole lot’s right here. You do not have to do a lot planning when you’re right here — I do not suppose I’ve spent a penny since I bought right here on something however poker.

“It is all in regards to the worth level, particularly if it is across the 1k mark like this. As a result of if you happen to’re taking part in a 1k, you do not need your bills to be 5k, proper? So one thing like this the place you possibly can come, and it should value you a certain quantity is ideal. I would say it is nice.”

Nixon’s Hendon Mob is plagued by 1k and sub-1k event cashes, and he says that a variety of excursions put much less concentrate on that worth level.

“The WPT has given it construction, similar to Grosvenor and the GUKPT”

“I feel a variety of 1k tournaments might be seemed down on a bit of bit now, and a few excursions see it as a small buy-in, however this [price point] is the place a variety of big-name gamers began out, and it is nice to come back to a cease like this and see a lot pleasure surrounding it. I imply, the trophy is huge. I do not suppose I’ve ever seen a 1k trophy this huge!

“However tournaments like this give gamers an opportunity to indicate their expertise. The WPT has given it construction, similar to Grosvenor and the GUKPT. It is actually good if you get these 40-minute or one-hour clocks. They’re excellent for individuals at that worth level.”

“So it is nice that tournaments like these can be found, and WPT Prime occasions are operating on a regular basis is nice. I am impressed.”

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Primarily based in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract reside reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time employees in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.

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