NICE PAYOUT FOR EASTENDER
30 March 2007
Actor wins the Cardiff leg of major UK poker tour
There was a payday of note even by television actor
standards this week for British actor Michael Greco, who
won the Cardiff leg of the Grosvenor Poker Tour in the
UK. One of Greco's career roles was as Beppe di Marco on
the long-running EastEnders television soapie.
The Cardiff event was Greco's first major poker win as
the actor showed skill and audacity on his way to the
final table, beating a starting field of 314 players.
Entering the final table, the actor was short-stacked
but did not allow this to faze him, and he quickly built
up a useful reserve with some shrewd moves, ending up as
the chip leader among the final three survivors of the
tough tournament.
"This means so much to me, and I'd like to thank Blue
Square and Grosvenor for organising such a
well-structured event," Greco said immediately after the
tournament.
Greco started off playing poker in ring games at the
Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, but has since
shifted focus to tournament play. In the past year he's
had several good showings in tournaments leading up to
his big win at Cardiff of GBP 97 680.
Greco faced IT specialist Hoss Parhizkar in the short
but sharp heads up that ended the game. The hand that
did Parhizkar in was his J-T versus Greco's K-9. Greco
hit a king on the flop, and both of them got all their
chips in after a nine came on the turn, giving Parhizkar
a straight draw. Greco's "No queen, no seven" chant
worked, though, when a jack came on the river to
solidify his win.
Parhizkar's consolation second prize was GBP 51 980.
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