BEEVERS IS GBPT CHAMP
16 November 2007
Exciting finale to inaugural UK poker festival
The Hendon Mob's Joe Beevers is the winner of the first
Great British Poker Tour, which concluded its inaugural
season this week at the Bristol Harbourside Gala Casino.
Besting over 100 players, Beevers prevailed against
names like fellow Mob player Barny Boatman, Roland De
Wolfe, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly,
Robert Williamson III, Ram Vaswani, Surindar Sunar and
Jamie Gold.
The final table contestants were Beevers, Rob Akery,
Barney Boatman, Neil Channing, Roland De Wolfe, Manuel
Palanca, Matt Tylar and Charalambos Xanthos.
The heads up was fought between survivors Beevers and
Akery, with the deciding hand dealt on Hand 161, with
Joe Beevers winning the GBP 87 500 first prize and a
generous Bellagio Five Diamond Package.
"The GBPT is a fantastic series of events, and having
played in four of the regional tournaments, I'm
delighted to have won the big one," Beevers said. "I've
been playing poker since way before it became popular,
and the GBPT is a chance to go back to the good old
days. It's the kind of tournament we enjoyed 15 years
ago - with normal people playing in a normal casino with
great organisation and great staff. Everything was first
class.
"The final table was like playing against friends,
because I knew five of them, and now I'm looking forward
to going to the Bellagio in Las Vegas and then coming
back to defend my title next year," Beevers said.
Second placed Rob Akery did well from the game as well,
taking home a cheque for GBP 53 250 and an Aussie
Millions Package. Third placed Barney Boatman picked up
GBP 36 500 and an EPT Package
The 2007 GBPT included five regional festivals in
Edinburgh, Teesside, Nottingham, Bournemouth and Leeds,
with finalists qualifying for the Grand Final main event
in Bristol.
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