Poker Million IX

Published on January 4, 2011 by Ladbrokes_Poker   ·   No Comments

The Great Dane Gus Hansen has capped of an amazing 2010 after winning the  winner-takes-all Poker Million IX final.

Those using the betfair poker sign up bonus note that it was never going to be easy as Hansen squared of against Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, Barny Boatman, James Bord, Tony Bloom, Gary Peniket and Seth Webber hoping to win $1 million in prize money.

The Poker Million was first televised in November 2000 and its previous nine other poker millionaires have been John Duthie, Jimmy White, Donnacha O’Dea, Tony Jones, Rajesh Modha, Joe Beevers, Marty Smyth and James Akenhead.

Gus Hansen became the ninth person to win the trophy and the $1 million in prize money after defeating Tony “The Lizard” Bloom heads up after calling Bloom’s all-in with A8o – Bloom had moved in with A6o. Incredibly this was Bloom’s 3^rd Poker Million final table. It was a great call by Hansen and it summed up his performance as he played fantastically well throughout the entire day. He was the chip leader very early on in the tournament when he doubled up against WSOPE Main Event Champion James Bord after his AQ held up against AJ. Hansen then proceeded to end the Poker Million hopes of Howard Lederer, online qualifier Seth Webber and Barny Boatman before finally disposing of The Lizard.

Those using the betfair promo codes note that Hansen also won his first WSOP bracelet when he defeated Jim Collopy in the final of the £10,350 No Limit Hold Em High Roller Heads-Up event at the WSOPE this Summer.

“There are a lot of great players in this tournament and its always great to get your hand on a trophy. I had a little drought in tournaments, but the last couple of months have been very good.” He said after his win.

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