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PKR online qualifier reaches WPT Ireland final table12 January 2012LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The PKR.com WPT Ireland concluded on Sunday January 8 with victory for Englishman Dave Shallow, who defeated a final table which included PKR online qualifier Patrik ‘PatIvey’ Vestlin. The €2,500 buy-in main event attracted a field of 338 poker players including 46 PKR online qualifiers. Eventual winner Shallow collected €222,280 for first place, but it was Swedish fourth place finisher and PKR online qualifier Patrik ‘PatIvey’ Vestlin who created headlines of his own. The 27-year old, who qualified for a $5,000 WPT package for $54 at PKR.com, is best known for his consecutive 1st, 1st and 3rd place finishes in PKR’s flagship online tournament, the $270 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Masters, for which he was inducted into the PKR Hall of Fame in 2009. For his fourth place finish at his first WPT final table, Vestlin earned €52,600, the biggest result of his career. The performance of PKR qualifiers PKR sent a record 46 online qualifiers to the WPT Ireland, many of whom won their $5,000 WPT Experience package, which included entry to the €2,500 main event and a number of PKR VIP events, through freerolls. The 46 included players from Europe, Russia and South America, and featured winners of the PKR Masters, members of the PKR Hall of Fame and PKR TV presenter Ashley Hames. From the 46 who began Day 1, 28 reached Day 2 and six reached the money on Day 3. Just one of the six, Patrik ‘PatIvey’ Vestlin, reached Day 4 and the final table, though he was unable to emulate the success of Team PKR Pro Vladimir ‘Beyne’ Geshkenbein, winner of EPT Snowfest in 2011. In all, the PKR online poker qualifiers made up 16% of the field and cashed for €84,720. PKR qualifiers in the money 4th Patrik ‘PatIvey’ Vestlin | Norrkoping, Sweden (PKR qualifier) | €52,600 15th Dwayne ‘Barkieboy’ Sluis | Hoorn, Netherlands (PKR qualifier) | €8,520 17th William ‘BrotherMuzone17’ Dorey | Bighton, UK (PKR player, direct buy-in) | €7,040 21st Ashley ‘ashleyhames1’ Hames | London, UK (PKR qualifier) | €6,300 27th Denis ‘denham365’ Hamilton | Arona, Spain (PKR freeroll qualifier) | 6,300 31st Tom ‘tompazak’ Ahlberg | Vaasa, Finland (PKR qualifier) | €5,500 36th Steven ‘panasonyste’ Stead | Leeds, UK (PKR freeroll qualifier) | €5,500 For the first time all Team PKR Pros met including the latest signing Jake Cody who played alongside his six fellow Team PKR Pros – James ‘james666’ Sudworth, Sofia ‘welllbet’ Lovgren, Sascha ‘locodice’ Walter, Marc ‘Waswini’ Bariller, Scott ‘PKR_Scott’ Shelley and Vladimir ‘Beyne’ Geshkenbein. The best performance came from Frenchman Marc ‘Waswini’ Bariller, who was eliminated just before the money. PKR.com WPT Ireland Final Table payouts 1st – David Shallow (UK) - €222,280 2nd – Charles Chattha (UK) - €111,130 3rd – Ronan Gilligan (Ireland) - €74,090 4th – Patrick Vestlin – PKR online qualifier (Sweden) - €52,600 5th – Steve Watts (UK) - €39,270 Next chance to qualify online for a PKR Experience package The next opportunity for PKR players to take on the world’s best poker players will be in June at this year’s World Series of Poker, where another record field of PKR qualifiers will earn WSOP Experience packages. Details of PKR’s 2012 WSOP Experience satellites will be released soon.
PKR online qualifier reaches WPT Ireland final table
is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
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