Top quality live poker this weekend with Betfair

[ColU_FC]

I've just had a phone call from Estelle at Betfair Poker (I met Estelle in Singapore last November). This may be of interest to some of us who are within easy travelling distance of Hammersmith:



THE TENSION MOUNTS…



Entry to the Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe is now closed. Congratulations to the internet qualifiers who won through for the chance to take on some of the world’s most famous players. The event is a 36 player, $7,500 buy-in, invite only offline tournament being filmed in front of a live studio audience at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith. If you would like to join this audience read on below and register your interest. The coverage will be broadcast on Sky Sports 2 in the UK at the end of May.
We are very excited to announce the line up for the 6 heats starting on Friday 11th May
Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe - Schedule

Friday 11th May	Saturday 12th May	Sunday 13th May	Monday 14th May
Heat 1 - 10am	Heat 3 - 10am	Heat 5 - 10am	Final
1. David Rudling	1. Bengt Sonnert	1. Ben Grundy	1
2. Willie Tann	2. Ian Frazer	2. Roland de Wolfe	2
3. Tony G	3. Thorsten Iversen	3. Marc Goodwin	3
4. Roy Brindley	4. Ross Boatman	4. Ram Vaswani	4
5. Derek McGovern	5. Robin Keston	5. Jan Olav Sjavik	5
6. IQ* - David Flower	6. IQ* - Richard Collier	6. IQ* - Peter Smyth	6
Heat 2 - 3.45pm	Heat 4 - 3.45pm	Heat 6 - 3.45pm
1. Ulrik Olsen	1. Martin Moor	1. Thomas Bihl
2. Liam Flood	2. William Thorson	2. Juha Helppi
3. Teddy Sheringham	3. Tony Bloom	3. Ben Roberts
4. Achilles Kallakis	4. Arshad Hussain	4. Victoria Coren
5. Barney Boatman	5. Thomas Wahlroos	5. Richard Toth
6. IQ* - Steve Cordy	6. IQ* - Alex Worth	6. IQ* - Soren Bakfort

*IQ - Internet Qualifier
Start times are BST


Want to watch the action live?
There are a limited number of tickets to watch this event but you need to register your interest via the link below. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis and we will confirm via email if you have been successful in your application.
Betfair Poker Masterclasses with Badbeat featuring Marc Goodwin: On Saturday 12th May we will also be running Masterclass sessions with Badbeat.com led by one of the UK’s finest players Marc Goodwin and Thomas ‘Buzzer’ Bhil. These sessions are also totally free and are aimed at intermediate to advanced players. Again these sessions are subject to availability so please use the same link below to register your interest.
We will also have experts on hand if you want to come and understand more about all of Betfair’s products including our latest Poker software, our Sports Betting Exchange, Zero lounge Casino and Exchange Games.



If you have any further questions please email pokerevents@betfair.com

[swampster]

I'll be there all day Friday and probably Monday too for the Final.

[Washman]

I see Alex Worth in heat 4.....is this manbag??

[WASP]

Originally Posted by Washman

I see Alex Worth in heat 4.....is this manbag??

YES!!

It is manbag, nice one mate we have a Pler playing

[GotaFancy?]

Fantastic

He kept it quiet!!!! So Sky Sports, end of May!!!

[Dave488]

Originally Posted by Washman

I see Alex Worth in heat 4.....is this manbag??

Was wondering that myself, well done mate.

[WASP]

I wonder if he will have his manbag on and his mate Lily Savage will be there

[Valiant23]

Originally Posted by Washman

I see Alex Worth in heat 4.....is this manbag??

Good luck ManBag!

[manbag]

Hey guys, Yeah it is me, well spotted

I was in Estonia last week playing in the Baltic Championships. Anyway, I got knocked out of the tourney, so went back to my hotel and saw a $250 satellite to the Betfair Poker Masters, with 2 seats guaranteed. So I thought I'd give it a go. 4 and a half hours later I was victorious! Not bad considering I won a WSOP main event seat the week previous!

I'll be travelling to London sometime tomorrow, and then my heat is on Saturday afternoon. If anyone is in the area, then feel free to come down and watch. Really looking forward to it, but I'm not too keen on my table. Some really tough names on it!

[manbag]

Oh and there is a market up on Betfair if anyone wants to back me (or lay me )

[Burnley Joe]

I`ve backed you, and tell Lilly I said hello!

[WASP]

Originally Posted by Burnley Joe

I`ve backed you, and tell Lilly I said hello!

did you not want to lay him Joe?

seem to remember you two getting close in a London nightclub once

Good luck Alex

[morlspin]

all the best alex

[manbag]

looool @ that pic, mcfc

Anyway, here's the post I posted on the Betfair forum: -

Out in 3rd. Was going well, when the short stack moved all in on my bb, I call with A5, he has Kx. Flop comes K-high and he doubles up, otherwise it would have been me and Thorson heads up with me edging it in term of chip stacks. Another key hand came after I had been bursting for the toilet for 20 mins +! I had another 10 mins to wait for a break, and it was touch and go whether I'd make it, so I was kind of desperate! I raise from the sb with Ad8d, Thorson pushes all in, I have him covered by about 50k and call. Maybe the wrong move in hindsight, but my bladder was controlling my mind! He turns over AJ. The flop brought two diamonds, but the turn and river were bricks. This led to me going all in virtually every hand, and got up to appx 110k, before pushing all-in from the sb with 10d 2d. Thorson calls with Kx. The flop again brings 2 diamonds, but again the turn and the river fail to save me

That left Thorson and Moor to battle it out for 1st place. The heads up battle lasted all of one hand, I'm unsure of the hands, but Thorson ended up the deserved winner.

I think I played well overall, but it could have been different if it wasn't for the A8 call

[WASP]

Unlucky mate

Still you've always got the WSOP to look forward to

Originally Posted by manbag

looool @ that pic, mcfc

Anyway, here's the post I posted on the Betfair forum: -

Out in 3rd. Was going well, when the short stack moved all in on my bb, I call with A5, he has Kx. Flop comes K-high and he doubles up, otherwise it would have been me and Thorson heads up with me edging it in term of chip stacks. Another key hand came after I had been bursting for the toilet for 20 mins +! I had another 10 mins to wait for a break, and it was touch and go whether I'd make it, so I was kind of desperate! I raise from the sb with Ad8d, Thorson pushes all in, I have him covered by about 50k and call. Maybe the wrong move in hindsight, but my bladder was controlling my mind! He turns over AJ. The flop brought two diamonds, but the turn and river were bricks. This led to me going all in virtually every hand, and got up to appx 110k, before pushing all-in from the sb with 10d 2d. Thorson calls with Kx. The flop again brings 2 diamonds, but again the turn and the river fail to save me

That left Thorson and Moor to battle it out for 1st place. The heads up battle lasted all of one hand, I'm unsure of the hands, but Thorson ended up the deserved winner.

I think I played well overall, but it could have been different if it wasn't for the A8 call