Celebrities and online qualifiers were among the 47 runners at the Rendezvous Casino in Southend for the inaugural £1000-to-enter CelebPoker Classic.
There was a strong footballing contingent, with Teddy Sheringham and Matthew Etherington of West Ham and Simon Davies of Tottenham Hotspur pitting their skill against Channel 4 racing pundit John McCririck, “rogue-trader” Nick Leeson and former Eastenders actor Michael Grecco.
After four hours of play, the field had been reduced to 10 players. And the only celebrity left was soccer left-winger Matthew Etherington, playing a very tight game. In the end that came good for him to win first prize of £17,000.
Whilst the final 10 battled it out to the finish, there was a £1000 Freeroll for dewajudi.fans and celebrities eliminated from the main tournament. Former England striker Teddy Sherington won a hard fought competition and a first prize of £600. Chris Brooks, a Capital Radio DJ, came second, winning £300, and Pokernews’s Elkan Allan collected £100 in third spot.
New poker rooms in Las Vegas
The poker boom is coming home to Las Vegas. Caesar’s Palace will open its first poker room in the spring and the MGM Grand is also opening a poker room.
And the Bellagio and Bally’s Las Vegas are likely to be expanding their poker areas.
Many casinos closed their poker rooms years ago, preferring to install more profitable slot machines. But proliferation of television coverage on poker has changed that equation and more poker space is expected soon.
The poker room at Caesar’s will be around 15,000 square feet.
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