Juanda wins WSOP Europe
October 5, 2008
John Juanda, a Full Tilt Poker pro has won the 2nd ever European World Series of Poker in London, England.
It was a marathon final table by any standards, with players battling for 19 long hours before the winner emerged. John Juanda took home £868,800 ($US 1.5 million) and a coveted WSOP bracelet for his first place finish.
The final nine players sat down and were dealt the first hand at 1:23 pm London time. The final hand between Juanda and runner-up Stanislav Alekhin went down at 10:32 am the next morning. This made the WSOPE Main Event final table the longest in WSOP history, beating the record set in the $1,500 Razz event in 2005.
Pokerstars pro, Daniel Negreanu also made the final table, but finished in fifth place.
Much of the final table play was dominated by the aggressive Russian pairing of Ivan Demidov and Stanislav Alekhin. You may remember Demidov as a member of the 'November 9' who will contest the WSOP Las Vegas final table next month.
Demidov also plays for the world's largest onlne poker site - Pokerstars, where you could win a piece of his WSOP prize by playing in their "Million Dollar Men" freerolls this month. Details of these free poker tournaments can be found on the Pokerstars website.
Juanda added this win to his other 3 WSOP bracelets and now has claimed over $8 million in career prizemoney.
