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To have a rest in a comfortable hotel, to swim for a while in the red sea, to stay in the pleasant Egyptian sun and in the evening to participate in tournament on poker with professionals. What else the player in September can wish?
Poker Club Management and Federation of sports poker of Russia together with Aladin Casino having caught moods of players, here already in the second time, arrange tournament RED SEA POKER CUP ’ 09 in Sharm El Sheikh. Tournament passes in magnificent hotel-city Domina Coral Bay, participants and visitors of tournament also stay here. In the first day of tournament, organizers have planned Supesatellite on the main event which will pass on September, 16th and 17th. Conditions of participation were: buy in € 100+10 (2000 chesspieces), re-buy (2000 chesspieces) € 100 and add on € 100 (4000 chesspieces).
Place for carrying out of tournament has been chosen in Aladin casino which is located in the hotel. 100 players have gathered together for the game. And already after 3 level, the general bank made € 25200, that has allowed to define 22 finalists with € 1100 and 23rd place with the incentive sum € 234.
Tournament passed in comfortable conditions of the casino. Already after 5 hours of game there were 5 tables and 50 participants. Time when names of the lucky beggars who would have got on the main event will be defined approached. On tournament Dmitry Lesnoj has been noticed. Tournament came nearer to the logic end but when behind tables there were already 23 participants, players having a small stack, nervously waited for approach of blinds. And blinds were already 1500/3000, ante 300. And here, behind 2-nd table the applicant for 23-rd place was defined. Small blind, the player goes all in, he calls the player with a bigger stack, everyone converge, to look at "lucky beggar". But with variegated 8 and 3, he has resisted against K and J, also having gotten with flop and turn a full-house. The player is congratulated by friends, and all the others turned in places to wait for one more circle for "lucky beggar", in fact ante was not small. As a result "lucky beggar", has still held on a circle having received two pairs on turn and river, against pair of kings. Other participants could not believe in what was going on. But all was solved behind other table, by the player who waited "lucky beggar", in hope that that will leave the first, has risked, having made rase to increase the stack. But not here that was, the player with the best card has made rerase, and to the player nothing needed to be made how to go in all in. Cards on a table, flop, turn, river. And the participant who had taken the 23-rd place, has been revealed. The other 22 players which got on the main event, discussing the game, went into the rooms. Today, on September, 15th at 18.00, in Aladin Casino, tournament Freezeout with buy in € 600+60 (12000 chesspieces), 30 minutes levels. And as, organizers have taken care about day time competitions, on 18.09 tournament on football, and 19.09 tournament on volleyball take places. |
| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 September 2009 15:36 ) |






