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TV presenter wins
"This is just simply fantastic," said Scott. "I did fancy my chances at the final table but knew there would be some tough opponents."
Joining Scott at the final table after winning heats against fellow athletes and sports personalities were darts sensation Wayne Mardle, snooker legend Steve Davis, former England cricket seamer Gladstone Small, Wakefield rugby league hooker Brad Drew and Manchester United football legend Norman Whiteside.
"Steve Davis had to be the favourite at the start, and I'm just so happy that I came out on top in my skirmishes with him," Scott said. "I've played with him a number of times before, and he's always won. Early in the heat, I was sure he was pushing me around, so I knew I had to get more aggressive, and it worked."
Scott is a poker and kickboxing television presenter. She is originally from northern Alberta, Canada, and moved to the United Kingdom in 1999.
For first place in the PartyPoker event, she received £20,000 - plenty of cash to play a little more poker herself along with presenting the game on TV.
"I'm going to use the money as a bankroll," she said. "But, I will also buy a few pairs of shoes."
The final table finished as follows:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Kara Scott | £20,000 |
| 2nd | Norman Whiteside | £10,000 |
| 3rd | Gladstone Small | £5,000 |
| 4th | Steve Davis | |
| 5th | Brad Drew | |
| 6th | Wayne Mardle |
Scott's win marks the first time a woman has appeared at the final table of the PartyPoker Sports Stars Challenge as well as the first time a woman has won.
"Kara's reputation on the poker scene continues to rise and rise; she's on a bit of a roll. Last year, she made the final table of the Women's World Open and impressed there with her aggressive game," said a PartyPoker spokesman. "It's obvious that this win means a lot to her, and she deserves it."
The event played out at 3 Mills Studios, in London, where it was organized and filmed for television by Matchroom Sport. It featured 36 players including tables for soccer players, cricketers, presenters, snooker players, rugby players and darts players.
Last year's winner was snooker champion Ken Doherty, while in 2006 former England rugby union international Austin Healey emerged triumphant. Coverage of the event will be aired in the United Kingdom later this year on Sky Sports and distributed internationally.
Related Article: Sports Stars Challenge Begins Sunday
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Casino de Montreal hosts automated tournament
According to a press release, the entire tournament was run by only four staff members as players took their seats at the 25 PokerPro tables at the casino.
The $225 buy-in tournament sold out two weeks in advance as 240 players wanted a shot in the tournament. In the end it was Mohamed Nadim, an engineering student, who was crowned the champ and given a $20,000 CAD top prize.
Quebec Sports television and radio host Pierre Rinfret took the second-place spot and $10,000 CAD prize. The prize pool was spread to the top 20 players in the event.
"Running a tournament of this magnitude is what we always envisioned for PokerPro," said Chris Halligan, CEO of PokerTek, manufacturer of the PokerPro tables. "We are pleased with the success of this tournament and proud of our partnership with Casino de Montreal. The Quebecois players have embraced automated poker, as validated by the response to this tournament."
Casino de Montreal is home to the largest installation of automated poker tables in the world after debuting its 100% PokerPro room Jan. 18. This tournament gives the facility a second record for largest automated tournament as well.
Both Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, and the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., have run PokerPro tournaments with 100 players.
The Casino de Montral currently offers cash games and daily sit-and-go tournaments, plus weekly and monthly multi-table tournaments in its poker room.
Related Articles:
- PokerTek Brings Tables to Quebec
- PokerTek Continues to Upgrade Poker Rooms
- PokerTek Expands Poker Table Production
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#336 - FTOPS VII Event #8 Preview - Meet Julius Goat (Again)
I’ve got a horse in $120 + $9 NLHE KO FTOPS Event (#8) on Sunday at 14:00 ET. Or a goat. It’s Julius_Goat, the runner-up in the “Michael Craig is Giving it Away” contest. (And yes, I will be writing...
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Glutton for punishment? seda1 back for more
After a much publicized six-hour session of $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with Phil Ivey on Tuesday that left seda1 seemingly battered and broken - and $600k in the hole - the two were back at it again last night, going head-to-head in another multi-hour session at Ivey's own personal heads-up Deathmatch table at Full Tilt Poker.
This time though, it looks like seda1 emerged a little less the worse for wear - even taking a $195,000 pot of his own, miraculously hitting a set on the turn despite getting all-in behind on the flop.
#img: lou-diamond-phillips_5228.jpg: left: How far has Lou Diamond Phillips fallen off the pop culture map? Didn't even make the "possible seda1" rumor list. Compare: Kimbo Slice and Razor Ramon both did.#
Nonetheless, although totals for the session were undetermined, Ivey still took the lion's share of the biggest pots - including the biggest, for $251,935. Ironically, it was also after hitting a set on the turn. Except he waited until he actually hit the set before getting it all-in.
Check out all the big pots from the latest session over in the PL.com MarketPulse section, plus the rest of the Top 10 biggest Hold'em pots won online over the last day, week and month.
Also on a side note: the mysterious identity of seda1 was apparently revealed over in the 2+2 forums last night (although still highly speculative and unconfirmed), with much less fanfare than expected.
Why? The unidentified rounder apparently isn't the sports or entertainment star, such as Jay-Z or Gilbert Arenas, the railbirds so desperately wanted it to be.
It's likely a less-than-famous amateur poker player from Beverly Hills named Shawn Sedaghat. Check the 2+2 forum thread for the details.
Here's the hand history for the latest $250k stomper:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5348468724: Table Ivey Deathmatch - $500/$1000 - No-Limit Hold'em - 21:53:32 ET - 2008/02/21
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($125,967.75)
Seat 2: seda1 ($173,970.75)
seda1 posts the small blind of $500
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Seda1 raise to $3,000
Phil Ivey raises to $9,000
seda1 calls $6,000
*** FLOP ***
#Jc-#Ah-#9s
Phil Ivey bets $13,000
seda1 calls $13,000
*** TURN ***
#Jc-#Ah-#9s-#6h
Phil Ivey bets $33,000
seda1 has 15 seconds left to act
seda1 has requested TIME
seda1 raises to $143,000
Phil Ivey calls $70,967.75, and is all-in
seda1 shows #As-#Ks
Phil Ivey shows #6c-#6d
Uncalled bet of $39,032.25 returned to seda1
*** RIVER ***
#Jc-#Ah-#9s-#6h-#3s
seda1 shows a pair of aces
Phil Ivey shows three of a kind, sixes
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($251,935) with three of a kind, sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $251,935.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: #Jc-#Ah-#9s-#6h-#3s
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (big blind) showed #6c-#6d and won ($251,935) with three of a kind, sixes
Seat 2: seda1 (small blind) showed #As-#Ks and lost with a pair of aces
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#343 - "Michael Craig is Giving it Away" - The Rest of the Story - Part I
I started going through the remaining entries to come up with common themes and point out some that were especially imaginative, funny, or just weird. I got most of the way done. I want a separate post for one issue,...
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