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WESPA Championship gets underway in Las Vegas

The 2023 WESPA Championship is getting underway today in Las Vegas, Nevada

There are 32 games in the Main Event over 4 days, with a best of 7 playoff for the top 2 at the end to decide the champion. During the event, live stream on Twitch is available.

Alongside the championship event, a series of 4 side events is running, which are named after the suits in a deck of playing cards. Many players chose to play the Hearts event yesterday as a warm-up for the main event, and the event was won by England's John Ashmore. Hopefully this bodes well for a successful championship run in the coming days.

Good luck to all the UK players taking part this week!

The list of players representing the home nations in the main event is:

England		Scotland
Harshan Lamabadusuriya Lewis Mackay Jason Carney John Ashmore Natalie Zolty Wayne Kelly Femi Awowade Stewart Houten Jared Jonathon Robinson Bob Violett Donna Stanton Jack Moran Elie Dangoor Fidelis Olotu		Paul Allan Stu Harkness Neil Scott
		Northern Ireland
		Rik Kennedy

Also going along for the side events are James Wilkie, Sumbul Siddiqui, Ruth MacInerney and Sanmi Odelana. James and Ruth played in the Last Chance Qualifier for the main event on Friday, but just missed out on winning a place.

Last updated: 22 July 2023

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