IN London the first tournament of the series ended WSOPE... In a poker tournament No Limit Holdem 410 athletes took part. The entry fee was £ 1,500, which was also paid for by poker stars such as Max Pescatori, Phil Ivey, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolff.
The victory in the tournament was celebrated by a 24 year old Dane Jesper Hugaard. In a one-on-one game Jesper Hugaard met with Fuad Serhana... At the start of the heads-up, the chip advantage was 4: 1 in favor of Hugaard... The final hand looked like this: Serhana goes all-in with hand T K against T IN Hugaard... The flop is 3 diamonds and Hugaard gets a flush and a victory in the first tournament of the series WSOPE.
Results:
1 place: Jesper Hugaard - £ 144'218
2nd place: Fuad Serhan - £ 89'175
3rd place: Evgeny Timoshenko £ 55'350
4th place: Neil Channing - £ 44,588
5th place: John Dwyer - £ 36'285
6th place: Adam Junglen - £ 28'598
7th place: Linda Lee - £ 22'448
8th place: Ian Woodley - £ 17'835