2011 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London: Side Event Recap Part 1
The 2011 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Poker Festival is more than just the Main Event. There have been many great events going on, producing hefty prize pools and packed fields. Some of the events included at this year's London Poker Festival are the £20,000 High Roller and European 8-Game Championship. PokerNews would like to highlight some of the results from a handful of the events that have been completed so far. Team PokerStars Pro David Williams and Michael Benvenuti are among the winners so far.
Event #1: £1,100 No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £1,000 + £100 150 £145,500
Player Place Prize 1 Michael Benvenuti £45,500 2 Andrew Bedecker £25,500 3 Melanie Weisner 15,300 4 Christopher Lastiwka £10,900 5 Deborah Worley-Roberts £8,800 6 Richie Allen £7,250 7 Nick Yunis £5,800 8 Ilias Macropoulos Lalaounis £4,350
Notable finishes: Dylan Wilkerson (11th - £2,900)
Event #3: £550 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha-8 or Better
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £500 + £50 47 £22,795
Player Place Prize 1 Jonathan Roux £8,440 2 Victor Ramdin £5,500 3 Alessandro Nocerino £3,200 4 Peter Charalambous £2,300 5 [Removed:28] £1,800 6 Nick Gibson £1,555
Event #5: £330 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £300 + £30 129 £37,539
Player Place Prize *1 Nathan Lee £10,200 *2 Christopher Gordon £6,700 *3 Markus Herbel £5,150 *4 Gary Lindsay £4,000 5 Mickey Petersen £2,450 6 Yaron Malki £1,900 7 Ayaz Manji £1,500 8 Jonathan Layani £1,139
*Denotes four-way deal
Event #8: £1,050 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £500 + £500 + £50 108 £52,380
Player Place Prize 1 David Williams £17,300 2 David "Devilfish" Ulliott £9,950 3 Ian Taylor £5,800 4 Gary Lindsay £4,600 5 Gabriel Forde £3,530 6 Nik Persaud £2,600 7 Paul Kuzmich £2,050 8 Jonas Ovestad £2,050
Event #10: £2,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £1,000 + £1,000 + £100 126 £248,220
Player Place Prize 1 Jacques Torbey £39,700 2 Kunimaro Kojo £22,000 3 Roger Hairabedian £13,400 4 Derek Lawless £9,800 5 Saar Wilf £7,900 6 Walid Bou-Habib £6,100 7 Andreas Hoivold £4,900 8 Vladimar Sliozberg £3,700
Notable finishes: Eddy Sabat (14th - £2,200)
Event #13: £330 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Win the Button
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool £300 + £30 93 £27,063
Player Place Prize 1 Age Stalheim £7,460* 2 Nik Persaud £7,440* 3 Bulent Demirtas £3,250 4 William Cheung £2,450 5 Flavia Gomes Guedes £1,900 6 Vasile-Calin Zagon £1,350 7 Kishan Mithani £1,100 8 Andre Klebanov £793
*Denotes two-way deal
Notable finishes: Cecilia Pescaglini (9th - £660)
There are still plenty more events going on in London and PokerNews will have the reports of a few of them when they are complete.
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