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Maxim King of Poker 2005 Champion!
A double dose of Colombia's purest export, not the white stuff but Sofia Vergana, is the final babe of the month. Visit the Complex Mag Skin section for more pics.
Sony BRAVIA KDLV40A12U 40" LCD TV HD Ready (HDMI) with built in Digital Freeview [£2k+ at amazon.co.uk]
SONY DAV-LF1 DVD Home Theatre [£1k+ at qed-uk.com]
Vogel's Furniture Q5120 stand approx £500+.
+Poker DVDs
Total = $6,000
In order to reach true poker mastery, one of the keys is "Instruction". That is one thing I lack. A mentor is quite important to guide you through the poker path. Having just read the book "Ace on the River", Barry Greenstein (Tuan Le's mentor) seems to be on a similar level to me. Marcel Luske and Noah Boeken clearly show how powerful the teacher-student thing can be - not only results wise. So, who do I think would be top of my list? You might be surprised by my choice, but it is in fact the Devilfish!
So, if you're reading this Mr Ulliott, get in touch... I need a white (gold) rabbit card protector!
Download the World Cup 2006 Wallchart PDF here!
07. NorthAngel 16 + 15 = 31
08. 12barblues 30
09. jezza777 30
10. byronkinc 29
11. W4LLY 29
12. DaMatrix 23 + 05 = 28
13. The_Ant 28
14. Neeko07 27
15. The_Brief3 21 + 06 = 27
16. claypoleuk 25
17. sendthecake 25
18. rye5098 24
19. AdamM665 23
20. Nidavellir 22
21. Boco 22
22. fwirred 21
23. suzanne661 05 + 16 = 21
24. Legz11 19
25. lalalarina 18
26. JAG50 17
27. p3rcy 17
28. Henrik7777 15
29. twignbud 14
30. feedthegoa 13
31. Newportlad 13
32. Teacake 12
33. Howlovely 11
34. Chili Pep 10
35. rookie20 10
36. dannypoker 09
37. redsimon 09
38. Khota 08
39. Tomoli 08
40. Heidster 07
41. StackBashr 07
42. b.strider 06
43. Foggy1 04
44. yorksgirly 04
45. _RFC_ 03
46. Wardonkey 03
47. mastersoul 02
48. matt674 02
49. patman24 01
50. totalise 01
The last league game is next week. Top 30 after that game go through to the League Final.
Arrived at the Palm Beach Casino at 7pm Saturday for the Sun Poker Championship final. Nine players, including my brother Gattopardo, were going to fight for $30k in prizes.
One player, rippy, arrived fashionably late for the tournament so missed the group photo in front of the main first place prize: a mini!
The play was very tight for the first few levels. Gattopardo winning a couple of early pots though.
It was a surprise when the guy that arrived late was the first person out. He was left short stacked when his AJ was no match for pokerfenner's AK. Couple of hands later his late position raise was called by pokerfenner in one of the blinds. Pokerfenner checked the flop and rippy went all in on the Q high flop. Pokerfenner eventually called with pocket 7s and was up against AQ. Turn was a 7 though!
It was a while before more players were knocked out. A lot of them were playing a survival strategy trying to get into the top 3 paid places. Before it even got to 5 handed, pokerfenner had been dealt pockets aces three times as well as cowboys!
The play was very cagey as the prizes were now within sight. Gattopardo, short stacked, managed to double up when he went all in UTG with JJ. ChipDawg's A3 on the BB was no match. Gattopardo won another decent pot reraising all-in against the chip leader's UTG open raise preflop with QQ to take it down. Pokerfenner was happy to fold, declaring, "Nice hand".
Gattopardo now had some chips and he managed to knock out one of the next two players, Dammuzz was the bubble boy, to catch up with pokerfenner's chip stack 3 handed. When he knocked out ChipDawg into 3rd place, Gattopardo began Heads-Up as the chip leader.
Gattopardo had made a great comeback from nearly out of the money to chip leader heads-up. He didn't change gears though and paid for that as he was up against probably the best and luckiest player on the night: pokerfenner.
Unfortunately, Gattopardo played too passively in the end, against DaMatrix's advise during a break in heads-up when I suggested he make a deal or play more aggressively. I don't think he quite realised how big the difference was between 1st and second place. Play restarted and I realised he hadn't listened to a word I said! Grrrrr! lol
Pokerfenner, who wanted it more and had come there to win the final, grinded Gattopardo down until knocking him out on his 3rd attempt: Gattopardo (guaranteed at least a $7K prize for second) went all-in on the SBB with, King crap, K3o and pokerfenner called with KT that flopped a straight and gutshot royal flush draw.
No royal flush and no ten on the river for a split pot resulted in a well deserved win for pokerfenner who qualified by winning the tournament Leaderboard. Congrats to the first Sun Poker Champion!
Read The Sun Online's article.