Akenhead Participation Remains Consistant
October 20, 2009
Top UK based poker player James Akenhead has once again reached the final table of the Poker Million, a tournament that has recently been signed up under the sponsorship of Full Tilt Poker.
This will be the players 3rd appearence on the final table of the tevevised poker tournament in as many months, already holding 2 other participations within the tournament.
Akenhead has not just had success gaining entry into the final table of the Poker Million but has also already booked his place in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event which is set to be played on November 7th for a total prize pool of $8.5 millilon.
This appearence will not be the palyers first in the WSOP either, having already played in the WSOP Europe main event in London where he placed a very respectable 9th place, cashing over $70,000.
The Poker Million tournament which is due to air in December but be played in Novemeber is a reward for the players consistant form that has seen the poker world sit up and take notice of the player, especially after Akenhead managed to knock out Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and eatting away at the stack of Antonio Esfandiari all within the same hand.
Akenhead will enter the main event with a chip count of 338,000 and will face off against some known faces due to the fact that a number of his Full Tilt Poker Pro collegues will also be attending the tournament.
Akenhead will have his eyes set on one player inparticular, Peter Vasiliou who qualified into the tournament via online poker play.
There is still one place remaining in the tournament which will be won thorugh online poker room Full Tilt Poker who as already mentioned have placed their name into the sponsorship of the live tournament.
Akenhead will be looking to improve on his previous placings within the tournament before turning his attentions to the WSOP main event where he will be rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in the poker world such as Full Tilt Poker team mate Phil Ivey.
The WSOP main event will offer Akenhead a huge challenge due to the fact that the UK based poker player will be taking to the tables as the short stack but this will not hinder the performance of the player who is constantly looking to make a household name for himself.
Akenhead has already taken part in a WSOP main event and was very close to achieving victory until he ran into a hand that left the player finishing in second place, cashing for over half a million dollars.
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