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Punters Can Bet on Ladbrokes Master8 July 2004UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the U.K. Times: "Fixed odds punters have a rare chance to stake some cash on poker this week after markets opened on the final of the Ladbrokes Poker Million II - The Masters. "Six players remain from an original field of 78 and they will play down to a winner on Friday evening, screened live on Sky Sports. "…Donnacha O'Dea, of Ireland, is a familiar face around the high-stakes poker tables of Europe and he enters the final as the 5-2 favourite, with SportingOdds and Coral, to claim the $300,000 (£160,000) top prize. "…At the other end of the scale, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot is one of the most fearless players on the poker circuit with an ability to dominate play and steal pots whatever the cards he is dealt. Ulliot is a veteran of televised poker, winning the first series of Channel 4's Late Night Poker and also scooping a winner's cheque of $590,000 (£320,000) in the World Poker Open in the United States. "Devilfish is available at 11-4 with Ladbrokes and Bet Direct for this tournament but anyone looking to back him should probably have a saver, at 11-1 with SportingOdds, that he is the first to be eliminated…" |