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added on 2010-09-29 04:46:31
James Board, a 29-year-old professional poker player from Stanmore, UK, claimed his first World Series of Poker bracelet, after winning the 2010 World Series Of Poker Europe Main Event. The £10,350 buy-in event took place to the Casino at the Empire in London's Leicester Square and created a £3,460,000 prize pool.
The former banker James Board outlasted a field of 346 players, including some of the world's greatest poker players such as: Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, JC Tran, Daniel Negreanu or Phil Hellmuth, who gathered at this year's WSOPE Main Event.
Board went into the heads-up with 4,120,000 in chips, compared to Baldassari's 6,260,000, but he won several key pots and he finally finished off the championship with TT against his opponent's 55.
“I think I showed a bit of heart. I've been there before and blown up, so I had it in my head that I was just going to play well and whatever happens, happens. That's what I tried to do every day here and I got a good result,” James Board said.
“It was fantastic. I’ve been deep before, but never like this. This crowd was amazing. This is my home town, I'm a Londoner, I was born here and I love this town. What can I say?”
“There were some great players in the field; Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom are amazing players, but at the same time, not every live player is that good. It's as simple as that.”
The final table payouts were as follows:
1st: James Bord - £830,401;
2nd: Fabrizio Baldassari - £513,049;
3rd: Ronald Lee - £376,829;
4th: Roland de Wolfe - £278,945;
5th: Nicolas Levi - £208,119;
6th: Danny Steinberg - £156,530;
7th: Dan Fleyshman - £118,643;
8th: Brian Powell - £90,617;
9th: Marc Inizan - £69,754.
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