Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Heads Up Championship Won by THEASHMAN103
May 26, 2009
When the $25,000 buy in was announced for the Full Tilt Poker Heads Up Championship, many players thought that the player pool would house some of the biggest names in poker but the fact is that there were more amatuars that entered than their were professionals.
The tournament did attract some professional poker players though, with names like Erick Lindgren and Tom ‘Durrr’ Dwan joining the field.
The tournament attracted 63 players, facing each player off against one opponent per table.
The battles that were played at the virtual felts offered a great sense of excitement, with heads up poker been a fast paced game as standard.
The best perform for the professional elite that entered the tournament was David Benefield, who placed in second behind THEASHMAN103, taking home a great return of $315,000 for his inital buy in of $25,000.
THEASHMAN103 played a great day of poker, beating out professionals and amatuers alike, with cards falling exactly how he needed in order to take the winners spot, placing his claim on the $551,250 first prize.
Tournaments like this are exactly why Full Tilt Poker is still making substancial ground on the markets leading online poker room Pokerstars.
With players from all online poker rooms creating accounts to just observe the fiercely played tournament, the site will have been impressed with their sign up rate over the weekend.
The final standings within the tournament fell like this:
1. THEASHMAN103 (United States) - $551,250
2. DAVID BENEFIELD (United States) - $315,000
3. WINNERFISH (United States) - $165,375
4. YOGIBLAIR (Canada) - $165,375
5. PAST (United States) - $94,500
6. KADABRA (United States) - $94,500
7. IVANLENDL (Sweden) - $94,500
8. VAGA_LION (United Kingdom) - $94,500
Congratulations to all the players listed above.
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