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Raidern   Brasil. Jun 24 2009 22:27. Posts 4248 | | |
<img align="right" src=http://www.tlpoker.pl/user_pictures/9afe22f8578a20800b656972501cc625.jpg style="margin:5px; border: 0px solid black;">The champion and runner-up of the past edition of the WSOP Main Event are going to face off once again in a unique heads-up match! As opposed to in their Main Event final, this time Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov won't dispute any money, as the $10,000 involved will go to charity. The money will go the institution chosen by the winner of the match. Eastgate has chosen the Danish Refugee Council, while Demidov has chosen to help The Hospice Charity Fund “Vera” INN.
This match will actually recreate the conditions of that Main Event heads-up. This means both Eastgate and Demidov will have the exact same amount of chips as they had in last year's decision, and Eastgate will be favored by starting with a 1.4 to 1 chip advantage. The blinds will be set at 120,000/240,000, with a 30,000 running ante. Peter Eastgate was crowned the 2008 WSOP Main Event champion after a 104-hand heads-up match in their famous encounter last year.
PokerStars users will also benefit from this event. This is how it will work: there will be two $11 tournaments, in which players can "support" the player they think will win by registering in one of them. One tournament will be for players that think Eastgate will win, and the other for people that think Demidov will win. The winner's tournament will have $10,000 added to its prizepool.
The fan tournaments will take place on June 26 at 14h15 ET at PokerStars and will be followed by "Eastgate vs Demidov", which will happen on the same day, at 18h00 ET.
You can register for the fan tournaments by selecting "Tourney" and "Special" tabs in the PokerStars lobby.
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Fujikura   United States. Jun 24 2009 22:30. Posts 1795 | | |
go eastgate!!  |
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Raidern   Brasil. Jun 24 2009 22:37. Posts 4248 | | | |
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Baalim   Mexico. Jun 24 2009 23:07. Posts 34312 | | |
Demidov will crush his soul |
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phexac   United States. Jun 24 2009 23:27. Posts 2563 | | |
With no money to win, it will be over in 1 hand:
Raise, Reraise, "this is first hand and it's just play money IMALLIN!!!", "Hmmm, he is not taking this seriosuly, I think he shoves any two here, and I have A6o....wtf this is just play money ICALL!!!!" |
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TekxY   Mexico. Jun 24 2009 23:34. Posts 236 | | | |
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Baalim   Mexico. Jun 25 2009 01:41. Posts 34312 | | |
| | On June 24 2009 22:27 phexac wrote:
With no money to win, it will be over in 1 hand:
Raise, Reraise, "this is first hand and it's just play money IMALLIN!!!", "Hmmm, he is not taking this seriosuly, I think he shoves any two here, and I have A6o....wtf this is just play money ICALL!!!!" |
you clearly underestimate the ego sir. |
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chipsOwner   Czech Republic. Jun 25 2009 03:19. Posts 529 | | |
sounds weird that the fans tournament will take place first having the 10k added only AFTERwards according to the result of the clash. how the heck is this gonna work is beyond me. |
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Pindarots   Netherlands. Jun 25 2009 06:47. Posts 802 | | |
| | On June 25 2009 02:19 chipsOwner wrote:
sounds weird that the fans tournament will take place first having the 10k added only AFTERwards according to the result of the clash. how the heck is this gonna work is beyond me. |
They just send $100 to the top 100 players of one of the tournaments within 24 hours they say. Shouldnt be that hard, even if they'd do it manually  |
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Raidern   Brasil. Jun 25 2009 07:39. Posts 4248 | | |
there was mistake in the news
the fan tournaments wont be heads-up tournaments, but regular tournaments |
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n0rthf4ce   United States. Jun 25 2009 10:01. Posts 8119 | | |
this is about as even as it gets with high profile tourney winners going HU. should be good. |
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SpasticInk   Sweden. Jun 25 2009 11:00. Posts 6298 | | |
why can¨'t they play a regular HU instead of this recreation of main event hu |
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Naib   Hungary. Jun 25 2009 18:35. Posts 968 | | |
Because it's more hyped this way? |
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rPaguHaP   Bulgaria. Jun 27 2009 14:19. Posts 299 | | |
Soul wins  |
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