'THE BOY' TAKES BETFAIR MASTERS OF EUROPE

18 May 2007

Brindley dominates in exciting finale to star-studded tournament

Roy “the boy” Brindley took home the Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe trophy and $120 000 at the weekend after an exciting heads up with top Swedish pro William Thorson, who had to be content with a second placing payday of $70 000.

Brindley was chip leader for the majority of the final table, making few mistakes in the company of some of the biggest names in European poker.

Internet qualifiers Steve Cordy and Richard Collier were knocked out early along with in-form Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani. Juha Helppi and Rolande de Wolfe were part of a star-studded list of competitors for the big prize.

“Bad boy” of poker Tony G continued to dispel the myths by stating before the event that anything he won would go to charity. He was knocked out in 3rd place by William Thorson. The $36 000 he won will be split between The Prince’s Trust and Lithuanian charity Bedu Turgus, which looks after people in extreme poverty.

Heads-up, Brindley had to contend with his pocket aces being beaten on the river but after almost two hours Thorson went all in with King Jack. Brindley called and his Ace-7 gave him a winning hand of 2-pair (Aces and 9s) before the river card was needed.

Brindley said, “I got to the stage where I was really enjoying playing winning or losing. This is the first televised tournament I’ve won in 5 years … it means a great deal.”

If you missed the Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe, it will be broadcast on SKY Sports from the 29th May. The event consisted of a series of 6 heats (6 handed). The winner of each heat made the final table.

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