Young American wins Barcelona Headsup Poker

22-year-old professional poker player won the grand prize - 66,000? in the first of a series of tournaments Headsup Poker Circuit (HPC), which took place at the Barcelona Casino on Wednesday 14 September.

Currently living in London, American - Woody deck, in the final, which lasted less than 45 minutes, beat the experienced British native - Marc goodwin.

In the last hand, the flop came 10, which was high and gave both players a pair, plus a straight draw for Goodwin, which was a good reason to go all-in.

As a result, Goodwin missed the straight and finished in second place with £ 30,000, and the young American with the highest kicker, the king, became the winner.

On the way to the finals, Woody Deck beat two other young players, 24 years old Noah boeken'and in the semifinals, and even younger - 19-year-old Staale egenes'but in the quarterfinals.

Marc Goodwin showed his character by beating the champion in the semi-finals World Series of Poker 2001 - Carlos mortensen, as well as in the quarterfinals of the experienced and unpredictable - Pascal perrault.

The tournament attracted 64 participants from 15 countries of the world, each of whom paid a buy-in of 2,500? + 100 ?. The prize fund was? 160,000.

The next HPC tournament will take place from November 28 to December 3 at HIT Casino Park, which is located in Nova Gorica.

During the New Year holidays, HPC will visit the casino in Paris, Vienna, and then in two other cities on the way to the final championship in May - World Headsup Poker Championship 2006to be held at Casino Barcelona for the third year in a row, with a buy-in at 10,000?.

We also invite you to familiarize yourself with the results World Headsup Poker Championship 2005.

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