Poker player Jake Cody, who recently won the European Poker Tour Deauville, is the new winner of the inaugural World Poker Tour London Poker Classic main event. The 22-year-old British player took home a £273,783 prize and is one step closer to winning poker’s Triple Crown, since all he needs now is to win a World Series of Poker bracelet.

“This is crazy – I am so happy to win my first WPT title,” Cody commented. “It’s been an amazing year for me so far and to win a major tournament on UK soil is very special.” Cody had to face hard competition during the £5,000+£300 buy-in poker tournament, but it did not take him long to reach the final table. EPT winner Toby Lewis and Irish Open champion James Mitchell also took part in the event.

“Jake Cody is an outstanding young player and mark my words when you see this action on television this final table is something very special,” WPT commentator Mike Sexton said. “I rate it is amongst the best poker I have seen in nine years commentating for the WPT. This is going to be a real treat when it airs, I can hardly wait.”

This weekend, poker action continued at the Palm Beach Casino located in Mayfair with the £15,000 High Roller WPT London Poker Classic won by Justin “BoostedJ” Smith. Justin managed to defeat Tony G heads up with a final table that included Bruno Fitoussi and Freddy Deeb and he took home the £141,000 top prize.