WORLD SPEED POKER OPEN

The 'World Speed Poker Open' (WSPO) is an international poker tournament held under speed poker rules.

Contents
Format
Rules
2005 Results
External links

Format


The tournament had a £2,000 entry fee.
Twelve preliminary heats took place, each with six participants. The winner received £2,500 and a place in one of the WSPO semi-finals.
The top three finishers in each of the semi-finals received a seat in the WSPO Final. The winner also received a further £2,500. Players took to the Final the amount of chips they had when their semi-final got down to just three players.
The payout structure for the Final was:

★ Winner: £50,000

★ Runner-Up: £25,000

★ 3rd place: £17,000

★ 4th place: £10,000

★ 5th place: £5,000

★ 6th place: £2,000

Rules


Each player has 15 seconds to make their decision. The clock starts when the player knows how much the bet into him or her is.
Twice per tournament, a player may have an additional 30 second time-out.
If a decision is not made during that time period, the hand is declared dead.
To help speed things along, 2 dealers are utilised.

2005 Results


Event Winner Runner-Up Other Participants
Heat 1 (paddypowerpoker.com)Mike McFaddenRam Vaswani
★ Donnacha O'Dea
★ Mark Keane
★ Owen Taaffe
★ Liam Flood
Heat 2 (paddypowerpoker.com)Oliver BoyceKevin O'Connell
★ Mark Collins
★ Scott Gray
★ Kevin Killeen
★ Lucy Rokach
Heat 3 (coralpoker.com)Tiffany WilliamsonDave Penly
★ Mikael Thuritz
★ Roland De Wolfe
★ Ashley Alterman
★ Dominik Kofert
Heat 4 (partypoker.co.uk)Jac AramaJason Smith
★ Jim Reid
★ Tom Ivey
★ Edie Tracey
★ Robert Cooper
Heat 5 (partypoker.co.uk)Lynne BeaumontThomas Bihl
★ Donald F Wingate
★ Eirik Johansen
★ Willie Tann
★ Ben Roberts
Heat 6 (partypoker.co.uk)Neil ChanningKorosh Nejad
★ Michael Greco
★ Brian Johnson
★ Greg Baird
★ David Gundlach
Heat 7 (pokerheaven.com)John KabbajVictor Garcia Camara
★ Darren Judges
★ Achilleas Kallakis
★ Hennig Granstad
★ Jan Helander
Heat 8 (pokerheaven.com)Dave ColcloughHenning Bolstad
★ Tony Chessa
★ Carlo Citrone
★ Luptjo Korunovski
★ Fraser J Hinder
Heat 9 (pokerheaven.com)Tony GAlex Tsai
★ Sverre Krogh Sundbø
★ Torstein Iversen
★ Tony Bloom
★ John Duthie
Heat 10 (fulltiltpoker.com)Adam RichardsonChris Ferguson
★ Mark Bachik
★ Marco Traniello
★ Jennifer Harman
★ David Hollingsworth
Heat 11 (interpoker.com)Emile PetitMatthew Norman
★ Kathy Liebert
★ Dave Clarke
★ Stuart Nash
★ Olga Varkonyi
Heat 12 (interpoker.com)Rory MatthewsPiero Milani
★ Robert Varkonyi
★ Micky Walters
★ Jan Sjavik
★ Roy Brindley
Semi-Final 1Emile PeitMike McFadden
★ Jac Arama
★ Neil Channing
★ John Kabbaj
★ Tiffany Williamson
Semi-Final 2Tony GLynne Beaumont
★ Oliver Boyce
★ Dave Colclough
★ Rory Matthews
★ Adam Richardson
Grand FinalOliver BoyceEmile Petit
★ Lynne Beaumont
★ Mike McFadden
★ Jac Arama
★ Tony G

External links



★ World Speed Poker Open

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