WORLD SPEED POKER OPEN
The 'World Speed Poker Open' (WSPO) is an international poker tournament held under speed poker rules.
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
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.
★ World Speed Poker Open
| 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 McFadden | Ram Vaswani | ★ Donnacha O'Dea ★ Mark Keane ★ Owen Taaffe ★ Liam Flood |
| Heat 2 (paddypowerpoker.com) | Oliver Boyce | Kevin O'Connell | ★ Mark Collins ★ Scott Gray ★ Kevin Killeen ★ Lucy Rokach |
| Heat 3 (coralpoker.com) | Tiffany Williamson | Dave Penly | ★ Mikael Thuritz ★ Roland De Wolfe ★ Ashley Alterman ★ Dominik Kofert |
| Heat 4 (partypoker.co.uk) | Jac Arama | Jason Smith | ★ Jim Reid ★ Tom Ivey ★ Edie Tracey ★ Robert Cooper |
| Heat 5 (partypoker.co.uk) | Lynne Beaumont | Thomas Bihl | ★ Donald F Wingate ★ Eirik Johansen ★ Willie Tann ★ Ben Roberts |
| Heat 6 (partypoker.co.uk) | Neil Channing | Korosh Nejad | ★ Michael Greco ★ Brian Johnson ★ Greg Baird ★ David Gundlach |
| Heat 7 (pokerheaven.com) | John Kabbaj | Victor Garcia Camara | ★ Darren Judges ★ Achilleas Kallakis ★ Hennig Granstad ★ Jan Helander |
| Heat 8 (pokerheaven.com) | Dave Colclough | Henning Bolstad | ★ Tony Chessa ★ Carlo Citrone ★ Luptjo Korunovski ★ Fraser J Hinder |
| Heat 9 (pokerheaven.com) | Tony G | Alex Tsai | ★ Sverre Krogh Sundbø ★ Torstein Iversen ★ Tony Bloom ★ John Duthie |
| Heat 10 (fulltiltpoker.com) | Adam Richardson | Chris Ferguson | ★ Mark Bachik ★ Marco Traniello ★ Jennifer Harman ★ David Hollingsworth |
| Heat 11 (interpoker.com) | Emile Petit | Matthew Norman | ★ Kathy Liebert ★ Dave Clarke ★ Stuart Nash ★ Olga Varkonyi |
| Heat 12 (interpoker.com) | Rory Matthews | Piero Milani | ★ Robert Varkonyi ★ Micky Walters ★ Jan Sjavik ★ Roy Brindley |
| Semi-Final 1 | Emile Peit | Mike McFadden | ★ Jac Arama ★ Neil Channing ★ John Kabbaj ★ Tiffany Williamson |
| Semi-Final 2 | Tony G | Lynne Beaumont | ★ Oliver Boyce ★ Dave Colclough ★ Rory Matthews ★ Adam Richardson |
| Grand Final | Oliver Boyce | Emile Petit | ★ Lynne Beaumont ★ Mike McFadden ★ Jac Arama ★ Tony G |
External links
★ World Speed Poker Open
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