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Juanda emerges from WSOPE marathon

October 17, 2008

John JuandaAfter a final table that lasted a record 22 hours, Full Tilt poker pro John Juanda emerged as the winner of only the second ever European World Series of Poker.

The event took place at The Casino at The Empire, Leicester Square in London and lasted a monster 484 hands before the American finally took home the $1.5million first prize and the conveted WSOP bracelet.

“This is definitely the longest final table I’ve ever played in,” Juanda commented afterwards. “In fact its probably the longest that anyone has ever played. It’s a good thing that I have been playing for many years and have a strong heart.”

Much of the play at the final table was dominated by the Russian pair of Stanislav Alekhin and Ivan Demidov. Demidov will sit down at the final table of the WSOP in Vegas next month with the second biggest chipstack, and his presence at the WSOPE was a first in WSOP history, and an impressive feat by one of the most promising players out there.

However, it was not to be for the Russian who finally succumbed to third position when his Q-10 of diamonds was beaten soundly by Juanda’s pocket rockets. He left the table with £334,850 in prize money meaning that the heads up battle would be between Juanda and Stanislav Alekhin. And what a battle it was. The heads-up alone lasted over seven hours and 240 hands before the Russian was forced to settle for second place and a cheque for £533,950.

Juanda was quite clearly delighted after picking up his first bracelet for five years - something that he later admitted had been playing on his mind.

“It was so long ago when I won my last bracelet, I can’t remember. It’s embarrassing. Some people have to keep up with the Joneses. I have to keep up with the Iveys and Cunninghams and Negreanus. I wondered if I would ever win again.”

Juanda has now won 3 WSOP bracelets, and his latest victory takes his career earnings past the $8 million mark.

Written by ShortStack · Filed Under Poker News 

Oktoberfest hits PKR

October 17, 2008

Well it may be a little later than the traditional Oktoberfest in Munich, but PKR have just started running a festival of their own

PKR’s Oktoberfest will consist a number of different touramentswhich will be held over the course of the next ten days with a guaranteed prize pool of $270,000.

The event will also include an Omaha tournament and will consist of various tournaments formats such as 6 seaters, Terminator tournaments and bounty games. There will also be two free rolls with a guaranteed prize fund of $5,000. To enter one of these freerolls, players will need to finish in the top 50 in one of the other Oktoberfest events.

PKR will also be screening some of these events on their own TV channel meaning that those players who succesfully get to the later stages of a particular tournament can expect to see their game beamed to over 15 million people across Europe.

Oktoberfest starts tonight at 19.00 GMT with a Guarnateed No Limit Hold’em event.

The remaining schedule is as follows:

Monday, 20 October - 19:00 GMT

$10,000 guaranteed no limit hold ‘em.
Buy-in $25.

Satellites: 01:15 | 15:30 GMT

Tuesday, 21 October - 19:00 GMT

Pot limit Omaha. $10,000 guaranteed
Buy-in $40.

Satellites: 01:15 | 15:30 GMT

Wednesday, 22 October - 19:00 GMT (TV)

Bounty Tournament containing six $200 bounties. $17,500 guaranteed

Satellites: 01:15 & 15:30 GMT

Thursday, 23 October - 19:00 GMT

Limit hold ‘em. $7.5K guaranteed
Buy-in $25

Satellites: 01:15 | 15:30

Friday, 24 October - 19:00 GMT

Terminator tournament. $15,000 guaranteed
Buy-in $40

Satellites: 01:15 | 15:30 GMT

Saturday, 25 October - 19:00 GMT

Masters tournament. $100,000 guaranteed
Buy-in $250. TV

Satellites: Scheduled satellites run daily. Existing members should check their tournament schedule

Sunday, 26 October - 20:00 GMT

No limit hold ‘em - six seater. $25,000 guaranteed
Buy-in $50

Satellites: Start on 20th October. Current members should check their tournament schedule

Thursday, 30 October - 20:00 GMT

$5,000 Freeroll
Finishing in the top 50 of any other Oktoberfest events to win a seat

Sunday, 02 November - 15:00 GMT (TV)

$5,000 Champions Tournament

20 players will compete in a second $5K freeroll. These players will consist of the ten Oktoberfest event winners and ten of the highest finishers on the leaderboard.

Click here to register your interest in PKR’s Oktoberfest »

Written by ShortStack · Filed Under PKR Poker