UNABOMBER WINS PARTY POKER WORLD OPEN V
23 October 2009
Phil Laak richer by a quarter-million dollars
Facing a talented final table, poker pro Phil
'Unabomber' Laak triumphed in the fifth edition of the
Party Poker World Open in London Thursday night. But
Laak's last opponent was not one of the big names -
Austrian online qualifier Jan Veit was the man he had to
beat to win the trophy and the $250 000 main prize.
Veit, an experienced tournament player with eight
cashes to his credit, took out three of the final table
players and put up a good fight in the heads up, but
Laak's massive chip advantage and talented play
ultimately saw him off.
The $10 000 buy-in event
generated a prizepool of $480 000. Opposing Laak and
Veit on the final table were Ambassador of Poker and
most recent addition to the Poker Hall of Fame, Mike
Sexton and newly signed Party Poker.com pro Bodo
Sbrzesny, along with Irish pro Andy Black, actress and
poker ace Jennifer Tilly and Luke Schwartz.
Laak
was a slow starter, losing almost half his 300 000 chips
starting stack, but a big pot against Schwartz put him
back on track.
Laak was responsible for the first
elimination from the table, sending Andy Black to the
rail, soon to be followed by Mike Sexton, Jennifer Tilly,
Bodo Sbreszny (all taken down by Veit) and Luke
Schwartz, leaving Veit and Laak to settle the matter.
“This was a wild roller coaster ride and I am proud
to have shared it with this amazing cast of characters.
They were a tough bunch. Wow – what an honour,” said
Laak.
Veit was happy with his runner-up finish
and went home with $100 000. “With this line-up I would
have been happy to get third,” said Veit, “I’m
delighted.”
Among those who failed to make the
final table were Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, Yevgeniy Timoshenko,
JP Kelly, Teddy Sheringham, Andrew Feldman, Roland De
Wolfe Sammy George, Bruno Fitoussi, Antoine Saout, James
Akenhead, Praz Bansi, Scott Fischman, Neil Channing,
Roberto Romanello, defending World Open champion Marty
Smyth and Liam Flood.
The 48 player field also
included PartyPoker.com’s newly sponsored grassroots
players Remy Biechel from France, Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos
from Brazil and the UK’s Ian Frazer.
Danish
journalist Johannes Nord Jorgensen, who secured his
package by winning the recent PartyPoker.com in the Sky
event in Copenhagen (see previous InfoPowa report) was
also playing.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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