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| Midland Masters gives £141,500 first prize |
25/11/2001 |
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Walsall, 25th
November 2001.
The biggest mainland British poker tournament kicked off
at 7.00p.m. on Saturday with 121 players each paying £2,500 for a shot at
the biggest of first prizes. There were no trumpets or TV cameras but many
familiar faces from the poker world showed their faces.
| Prize
Structure |
| 1st |
David Holmes |
£141,250 |
| 2nd |
Ram Vaswani |
£53675 |
| 3rd |
K Dees |
£25425 |
| 4th |
H Xyndias |
£16950 |
| 5th |
P Zimbler |
£11300 |
| 6th |
P Roache |
£8475 |
| 7th |
K Zarandi |
£7062 |
| 8th |
S Koomi |
£7062 |
| 9th |
F Mansoor |
£5650 |
| 10th |
G Pound |
£5650 |
| 11-18th |
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£2500 |
The famous included
Surinder Sunar, the DevilFish and 1999 World Champion Noel Furlong, Marcel
Luske, Barney Boatman, John Duthie (PokerMillion winner) and Teddy Tuile
(PokerMillion runner-up) and Ram Vaswani.
Play continued for 8 hours on the first day
and took the players down to 36. Those restarted on Sunday with just four
tables and a 50/50 chance of reaching the money positions.
The final 36
were left without very big names but worthy finalists found the last table at
about 10:30. Quickly they wasted away until there were 2 players left, Ram
Vaswani and David Holmes.
These two battled each other in a too-and-fro
exchange that lasted 2 hours. A good crowd watched on a big screen TV that
zoomed in on the cards as the money went in. Eventually the showdown came at
2:15 a.m. when both players got themselves all-in. Holmes was the victor and
although Ram had a few chips left, they soon went. David Holmes of Yorkshire
and playing regularly in Teeside picked up the massive winners cheque printed
on a 2 foot long card board.
Most people were happy that the turnouts
for the tournaments were high and especially happy that a last minute rush of
over 20 players boosted the big one. The casino however was really at the limit
of their capability to cope with players desires to play cash and although
dealers were shipped from as far away as Southampton, they were still short at
key moments.
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