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The stage was set with the sun shining, girls dancing and the rum flowing for the culmination of this seasons Grand Series of Poker. That’s right, the Grand Final is being held in none other than the Caribbean at the luxurious, all-inclusive, 5 star resort that is the Hard Rock Hotel Punta Cana.
25 lucky Betfair players have travelled out here from all over to join John ‘kunku Wap’ Tabatabai and make-up part of Team Betfair. We welcomed the Betfair players at the Sun Bar before we moved on to the local hotspot, a night club called ‘Oro’. Whilst I assumed that jet lag would ensure an early night, I could not have been more mistaken. In true Betfair style the night stretched onto the early hours of the morning.
Today is the first day of the Main Event which had a brilliant turn out with 222 runners and an amassing $666,000 in prize money.
John’s start today was in line with his playing style, volatile at best. He turned up an hour late and within his first 30 minutes of play polished off his stack but has since managed to manoeuvre himself back up to 30,000 and is now looking cool and relaxed. Asides, from John’s roller coaster start Team Betfair has seen one unfortunate causality in Andreas Fjelstad. I was concerned about his early demise but he seemed happy to be able to get back to working on his tan so all is well!
I will post the day’s chip counts for all Team Betfair members that are listed below on this thread. Post comments here if you would like any special pics/ updates:
Alexandru Baron
Aliaksei Boika
Andreas Fjeldstad
Angus Wong
Anthony Hughes
Anton Astapau
Georgios Giannoulas
Isuru Silva
James Woolgrove
Jeff Topol
Johan Soderholtz
John Tabatabai
Jonathan Driscoll
Lars Schaefer
Lasell King
Marcel Heller
Matthew Chatlin
Michael Herrera
Naveed Khairi
Nick Gibson
Pavel Kazakov
Richard James Allen
Stelyan Georgiev
Stuart Conroy
Tony Basile
Valentyn Shabelnyk
Pictures of the players above will follow soon!
Fran
25 lucky Betfair players have travelled out here from all over to join John ‘kunku Wap’ Tabatabai and make-up part of Team Betfair. We welcomed the Betfair players at the Sun Bar before we moved on to the local hotspot, a night club called ‘Oro’. Whilst I assumed that jet lag would ensure an early night, I could not have been more mistaken. In true Betfair style the night stretched onto the early hours of the morning.
Today is the first day of the Main Event which had a brilliant turn out with 222 runners and an amassing $666,000 in prize money.
John’s start today was in line with his playing style, volatile at best. He turned up an hour late and within his first 30 minutes of play polished off his stack but has since managed to manoeuvre himself back up to 30,000 and is now looking cool and relaxed. Asides, from John’s roller coaster start Team Betfair has seen one unfortunate causality in Andreas Fjelstad. I was concerned about his early demise but he seemed happy to be able to get back to working on his tan so all is well!
I will post the day’s chip counts for all Team Betfair members that are listed below on this thread. Post comments here if you would like any special pics/ updates:
Alexandru Baron
Aliaksei Boika
Andreas Fjeldstad
Angus Wong
Anthony Hughes
Anton Astapau
Georgios Giannoulas
Isuru Silva
James Woolgrove
Jeff Topol
Johan Soderholtz
John Tabatabai
Jonathan Driscoll
Lars Schaefer
Lasell King
Marcel Heller
Matthew Chatlin
Michael Herrera
Naveed Khairi
Nick Gibson
Pavel Kazakov
Richard James Allen
Stelyan Georgiev
Stuart Conroy
Tony Basile
Valentyn Shabelnyk
Pictures of the players above will follow soon!
Fran
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Pictures of the beach
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At the end of Day 1 12 Betfair players remain - Names and ChipCounts below:
Lars Thomas Schaeffer 124300 Nick Gibson 118400 Jonathan Driscoll 98000 James Woolgrove 68900 Stuart Conroy 66200 Jeff Topol 56500 Matthew Chatlin 53500 Marcel Heller 45800 Anthony Hughes 30700 Georgios Giannolas 27000 Alexandru Baron 24500 Angus Wong 16300 @BruceWillis ill make my way down to the beach today and get you a pic ;) |
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I agree with Bruce
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Will you be in it Fran?
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Got screen names so we know who we are railing?
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At the end of Day 2 our very own Nick Gibson is in the chip lead follwed closely by Jonathan Driscoll.
32 players remain, 6 of which are Team Betfair members: Nick Gibson 387500 Jonathon Driscoll 361000 Matthew Chatlin 119000 Jeff Topol 91500 Anthony Hughes 55000 Alexandru Baron 47000 I will add aliases once the 6 above confirm they are happy to have both name and alias on the forum :) |
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Congrats to Nick Gibson (gwibbo) who is chip leader
 2nd in chips is Jonathan Driscoll (paluke77)  |
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@BruceWillis i managed to make my way down to the beach today so as requested here is your beach picture
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Hey guys,
Just 12 players remaining here in Punta Cana and three of them are ours! Currently flying the flag for Team Betfair are: Jeff Topal - 437,000 Nick Gibson - 410,000 Jonathan Driscoll - 290,000 Fran |
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Nick Gibson
 Jonathan Driscoll  Jeff Topol  |
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Thanks Fran, I was there only a few weeks ago, post holiday blues. Looks lovely.
Have you been drinking the mamauna? |
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We have 2 runners on the final table .
C'mon 1 time!!!  Jeff Topol 374000 Canada ** Louis Boutin 156000 Canada Aku Joentausta 214000 Finland Zoltan Szabo 983000 Hungary Zsolt Vizsnyioza 370000 Hungary Svetoslav Doder 632000 Bulgaria Markus Kauper 120000 Germany Andrey Shatilov 952000 Russia Nick Gibson 648000 England ** |
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Who Won?
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Andrey Shatilov is the 2012 GSOP Live grand final champion and takes home $144,190, whilst Zoltan Szabo, who played a great final table, finishes second for $93,240
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The Betfair players on the final table, Jeff Topol and Nick Gibson, finished in 4th and 5th place taking home $49,950 and $38,630 respectively.
Well done guys!!! |