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Our €270 Main Event in Vienna kicked off on Thursday with 229 players, another 366 players started on Friday – 595 in total. This makes the prize pool a massive €148,750, almost 50% more than guaranteed, with a €30,680 first prize. The player mix is about 35% Betfair / 65% non-Betfair (which includes local players as well as from Hungary, Czech Republic and other countries).
Good luck everyone
For pictures click here
http://www.4shared.com/dir/nsEr5RP9/BFPokerLiveVienna.html
Austrian Double at Betfair Poker LIVE! Vienna
All expectations exceeded by 595 players in Main Event
After 4 days of playing poker 2 Austrians eventually made it: Markus Stoeger has won the second Betfair Poker LIVE! event in Austria and taken home 30,680 Euros. The runner-up Christian Kern was not happy about the final hand, but 21,200 Euros in cash probably gave him some consolation. From 2nd to 5th December altogether 595 players had taken a seat at the tables in the Montesino Pokertainment Center Vienna, including many international qualifiers and Team Betfair Pro John Tabatabai. Thus all expectations regarding the number of entrants have been exceeded – despite chaotic weather throughout Europe – and the prize pool amounted to 148,750 Euros, well above the 100,000 Euros guarantee.
After days 1a and 1b the number of players had decreased to 219, of which 18 players reached the final day. German Sven Bahnsen, who had been in first position at the start of day 2 already, started the race on Sunday as chipleader. Due to lots of action the final 9 players were decided within less than 2 hours of play. Austrian Peter Karall was in the best position with 2m chips when the final table kicked off, but nevertheless he was the first to leave the stage. Out of 4 Betfair players, who were engaged at the final table, German Manoj Chamakala lasted longest. The 3rd place was worth 14,100 Euros for him, plus a $1,700 package for Betfair Poker LIVE! Kiev in January.
In the Heads Up Markus Stoeger managed a complete turnaround against his opponent, who started with a 9m to 3m chip lead. The decisive hand was a pre-flop all-in from Christian with Ah Qd, after Markus had raised 2 BB with Ks 6s. With the board showing Kh 6d 4d 8h 5h Markus hit two pair and Christian lost most of his stack. A few minutes later Christian pushed all-in with 8c 7h and got an instant call from Markus holding Ah Kc. With 2s Qc 9h 4s 10s on the board the winner and the final ranking was decided:
1. Markus Stoeger, Austria, 30,680 €
2. Christian Kern, Austria, 21,200 €
3. Manoj Chamakala, Germany, 14,100 €
4. Roman Kump, Austria, 11,300 €
5. Wojciech Soltys, Poland, 8,540 €
6. Christof Mazios, Cyprus, 7,060 €
7. Sven Bahnsen, Germany, 5,650 €
8. Dawid Paczka, Poland, 4,230 €
9. Peter Karall, Austria, 2,780 €
Having busted at the bubble (61st place) on day 2 Laszlo Siba from Hungary received a $200 ChampionChip ticket and a bottle of Champagne courtesy of Betfair Poker. Another player from Poland was a lucky guy although he didn’t even get close to the bubble: Jacek Borecki sent home mysterious “BF Bounty” and secured a $750 package for Betfair Poker LIVE! London as a bounty prize.
The next tour stop of the Betfair Poker LIVE! series in 2011 will be Kiev with a $150,000 GTD Main Event (buy-in $1,000) from 17th to 23rd January, followed by London in February. Qualification is going to kick off shortly on Betfair Poker from as little as $0.03.
Good luck everyone
For pictures click here
http://www.4shared.com/dir/nsEr5RP9/BFPokerLiveVienna.html
Austrian Double at Betfair Poker LIVE! Vienna
All expectations exceeded by 595 players in Main Event
After 4 days of playing poker 2 Austrians eventually made it: Markus Stoeger has won the second Betfair Poker LIVE! event in Austria and taken home 30,680 Euros. The runner-up Christian Kern was not happy about the final hand, but 21,200 Euros in cash probably gave him some consolation. From 2nd to 5th December altogether 595 players had taken a seat at the tables in the Montesino Pokertainment Center Vienna, including many international qualifiers and Team Betfair Pro John Tabatabai. Thus all expectations regarding the number of entrants have been exceeded – despite chaotic weather throughout Europe – and the prize pool amounted to 148,750 Euros, well above the 100,000 Euros guarantee.
After days 1a and 1b the number of players had decreased to 219, of which 18 players reached the final day. German Sven Bahnsen, who had been in first position at the start of day 2 already, started the race on Sunday as chipleader. Due to lots of action the final 9 players were decided within less than 2 hours of play. Austrian Peter Karall was in the best position with 2m chips when the final table kicked off, but nevertheless he was the first to leave the stage. Out of 4 Betfair players, who were engaged at the final table, German Manoj Chamakala lasted longest. The 3rd place was worth 14,100 Euros for him, plus a $1,700 package for Betfair Poker LIVE! Kiev in January.
In the Heads Up Markus Stoeger managed a complete turnaround against his opponent, who started with a 9m to 3m chip lead. The decisive hand was a pre-flop all-in from Christian with Ah Qd, after Markus had raised 2 BB with Ks 6s. With the board showing Kh 6d 4d 8h 5h Markus hit two pair and Christian lost most of his stack. A few minutes later Christian pushed all-in with 8c 7h and got an instant call from Markus holding Ah Kc. With 2s Qc 9h 4s 10s on the board the winner and the final ranking was decided:
1. Markus Stoeger, Austria, 30,680 €
2. Christian Kern, Austria, 21,200 €
3. Manoj Chamakala, Germany, 14,100 €
4. Roman Kump, Austria, 11,300 €
5. Wojciech Soltys, Poland, 8,540 €
6. Christof Mazios, Cyprus, 7,060 €
7. Sven Bahnsen, Germany, 5,650 €
8. Dawid Paczka, Poland, 4,230 €
9. Peter Karall, Austria, 2,780 €
Having busted at the bubble (61st place) on day 2 Laszlo Siba from Hungary received a $200 ChampionChip ticket and a bottle of Champagne courtesy of Betfair Poker. Another player from Poland was a lucky guy although he didn’t even get close to the bubble: Jacek Borecki sent home mysterious “BF Bounty” and secured a $750 package for Betfair Poker LIVE! London as a bounty prize.
The next tour stop of the Betfair Poker LIVE! series in 2011 will be Kiev with a $150,000 GTD Main Event (buy-in $1,000) from 17th to 23rd January, followed by London in February. Qualification is going to kick off shortly on Betfair Poker from as little as $0.03.
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