Goliath Online Concludes; PokerPirate1963 Sails Away With Player of the Series
The inaugural Goliath Online Series has concluded and it’s fair to say the inaugural Grosvenor Poker festival was a roaring success. Fifteen evens have now crowned their champions and Grosvenor has paid out more than £500,000, which is nothing short of incredible.
We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the massive Goliath Main Event that saw its £100,000 guarantee obliterated thanks to 2,031 players turning out in force and creating a £231,495 prize pool.
Gerard “WRDortmund7” [Removed:293] triumphed in the Main Event and saw his bankroll swell by a most-impressive £42,248.
Four more Grosvenor Poker players took down events and wrote their names into the Goliath’s history books.
The first was the player known as “AnonymousD” who won the £30 buy-in 6-Max PKO. This victory weighed in at £1,022 plus an additional £923 worth of bounty payments.
“smellitfirst” helped themselves to the second-largest first-place prize of the series courtesy of being the last man standing in the £560 buy-in High Roller. Some 122 players bought in to ensure the £50,000 guarantee was surpassed by £14,660. smellitfirst got their hands on the lion’s share, namely £17,619, leaving “ChefBrad” to bank £11,962 which we have on good authority is his largest haul to date.
The penultimate event was a £5 rebuy and add-on tournament that saw “Shinkansen” come out on top of. They walked away with £689 for their efforts.
Last, but certainly not least, was the £30 Freezeout Finale. This £30 buy-in affair attracted 320 players who were all outlasted by “grannieannie75”. The champion won £1,747 with runner-up “BullyDavis” collecting £1,299.
Full Listing of Goliath Online Series Champions
| Event | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1: The Opener | £55 | 696 | £34,800 | LeGrandPoisson | £6,542 |
| #2: PKO | £30 | 493 | £13,804 | Zebster1994 | £2,204 |
| #3: 25/50 | £225 | 258 | £54,180 | LateNightTales | £10,971 |
| #4: NLH | £30 | 610 | £17,080 | BluffSqaaaaud | £3,245 |
| #5: NLH | £5 | 564 | £2,650 | whatacrapname | £503 |
| #6: NLH 6-Max | £30 | 545 | £15,260 | beeevil15 | £2,899 |
| #7: Heads Up | £55 | 172 | £8,600 | Zebster1994 | £2,322 |
| #8: Deep and Steep | £30 | 538 | £15,064 | GetToBed | £2,862 |
| #9: PLO | £55 | 235 | £11,750 | illgetthemin | £2,555 |
| #10: NLH | £30 | 514 | £14,392 | clownkicked96 | £2,734 |
| #11: Goliath Main Event | £125 | 2,013 | £231,495 | WRDortmund | £42,248 |
| #12: 6-Max PKO | £30 | 452 | £12,656 | AnonymousD | £1,945 |
| #13: High Roller | £560 | 122 | £64,660 | smellitfirst | £17,619 |
| #14: NLHE R/A | £5 | 264 | £3,402 | Shinkansen | £689 |
| #15: Freezeout Finish | £30 | 320 | £8,960 | grannieannie75 | £1,747 |
PokerPirate1963 Crowned Player of the Series
“PokerPirate1963” is the Player of the Series after accumulating 510 leaderboard points. A seventh-place finish in the Goliath Main Event was enough to push them over the starting line in front of “Zebster1994”.
The winner receives a package of tournament tickets worth a cool £1,000. Zebster1994, who won two events and should be commended for doing so, has a free shot at a £560 GUKPT event thanks to their second-place finish.
Congratulations to the other eight players in the top 10 for securing some added value from an already value-packed festival.
| Place | Alias | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PokerPirate1963 | 510 | £1,000 tickets package |
| 2 | Zebster1994 | 465 | £560 GUKPT ticket |
| 3 | ChefBrad | 460 | £225 25/25 ticket |
| 4 | Haymon23 | 450 | £130 Deepstack ticket |
| 5 | EightPerfect | 450 | £130 Deepstack ticket |
| 6 | LeGrandPoisson | 445 | £130 Deepstack ticket |
| 7 | smellitfirst | 425 | £30 ticket |
| 8 | tyleretholiver | 400 | £30 ticket |
| 9 | GetToBed | 400 | £30 ticket |
| 10 | JustLucky | 365 | £30 ticket |
