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Littlewoods Poker World Heads-Up Poker Championship Update

Two Rounds Eliminate Some of Pro-Ridden Field on First Day of Championship

by Rebecca McAdam  |  Published: Oct 29, 2009  |  

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Albert IversenThe Littlewoods Poker World Heads-Up Poker Championship 2009 kicked off on Tuesday at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London. The £3,000 buy-in event attracted 42 players, creating a prize pool of £126,000, plus with only four semi finalists getting paid, the person who takes it down is due to get £65,000. The runner-up will go home with £30,000 and the defeated two will receive £15,500 each.

Many quality names turned up for the first day of the event but not everyone played the first round. Among this group were Marc Goodwin, Teddy Sheringham, Richard Gryko, Paul Zimbler, Sorel Mizzi, Stuart Rutter, Bambos Xanthos, Laurence Houghton, John Tabatabai, and Dario Minieri. Some of these players took on the winners of the first forced round of matches.

Round One:

Martins Adeniya BEAT Roland de Wolfe
Jan Teilhof BEAT Jean Daniel Malan
Thor Drexel BEAT Adnan Chanaa
Samer George BEAT Victor Ilyukhin
Ryan Fronda BEAT Richard Kellett
Roberto Romanello BEAT Bas Faessen
Tony Cascarino BEAT Pietro Conti
Keith Hawkins BEAT Nick Gold
Albert Iversen BEAT Michael Greco
Hieu Van La BEAT Andrew Feldman

Round Two:

Victor Ilyukhin BEAT Martins Adeniya
Jan Teilhof BEAT Nicolas Dervaux
Robert Price BEAT Marc Goodwin
Thor Drexel BEAT Teddy Sheringham
Richard Gryko BEAT Samer George
Paul Zimbler BEAT Richard Wheatley
Sorel Mizzi BEAT Stuart Rutter
Bambos Xanthos BEAT Ryan Fronda
Bryan Pellegrino BEAT Roberto Romanello
Laurence Houghton BEAT Alexander Petersen
Steven Wilmot BEAT Gaspare Triolo
Anooj Sareen BEAT Tony Cascarino
Keith Hawkins BEAT John Tabatabai
James Mitchell BEAT Simon Battle
Albert Iversen BEAT Battisti Alfio
Dario Minieri BEAT Hieu Van La

There were no matches on Wednesday, but today the third round will be played out.

The line-up looks like this:

Victor Ilyukhin VERSUS Jan Teilhof
Robert Price VERSUS Thor Drexel
Richard Gryko VERSUS Paul Zimbler
Sorel Mizzi VERSUS Bambos Xanthos
Bryan Pellegrino VERSUS Laurence Houghton
Steven Wilmot VERSUS Tony Cascarino
Keith Hawkins VERSUS James Mitchell
Albert Iversen VERSUS Dario Minieri

The event will be streamed live at PokerinEuropeLive.com but check back here tomorrow for all the latest results.

 
 
Tags: Littlewoods Poker,   World Heads-Up Poker Championship 2009,   Dario Minieri,   Sorel Mizzi,   Albert Iversen,   Grosvenor Victoria
 
 
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