{"id":2061,"date":"2010-01-22T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:16:38","slug":"red-hot-poker-player-wins-the-premier-league-opportunity-for-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/red-hot-poker-player-wins-the-premier-league-opportunity-for-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"Red Hot poker player wins the Premier League opportunity for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the Red Hot Poker Tour <\/em> players <\/em>(<\/em>a series of free poker<\/a> tournaments in Canada)<\/em>, Gary Biggar or AKTOR_ at PartyPoker tables<\/a>, went all the way via PartyPoker qualifier and won a place in the Premier League playoff next month in Las Vegas. <\/em><\/p>\n

AKTOR_ is now in with a chance to win the Main Event ticket plus the professional poker sponsorship from TeamParty<\/a>. This is his story…
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From red hot points to a chance of professional poker sponsorship<\/h3>\n

I began the journey on PartyPoker.com with a Qualifier at the lowest level; a $2 re-buy game mid December.\u00a0 I ONLY topped up at the outset of the game, so $4 spent. 70 something players I think. I qualified 1st among 4 others to play in the next satellite level, $52 around Xmas time.<\/p>\n

I then won that event among 43 players moving me into the $480 Event, where for every 20 players, one package would be awarded, however only 15 players entered so winner take all!!!\u00a0 The whole sequence of qualifying was a total bonus as I submitted most of the the tournaments for Red Hot points.<\/p>\n

A poker marathon on the way to Las Vegas<\/h3>\n

It was a marathon, starting with 20,000 chips and blinds at 20-40 for 20 minutes and ending 4h:38m later with 3,000\/6,000 blinds 100 ante.<\/p>\n

Nemo234 of Red Hot Poker Tour<\/a> fame also played, and ended 6th, battled admirably, fought back several times, but just couldn’t obtain that massive double up we all seek so much to thrust us into a momentum changer atmosphere. He was recognized at the table by gylbertFD (a WSOP Main Event cashing player, 548th for $23K+ in 2009) as they play a lot of “higher” stakes tourney events and qualifiers, repeatedly doing well it seems.<\/p>\n

I was never below my starting stack and held the lead after about 2 hours, never looking back, never giving up the lead except until long after heads up was under way. Even at that stage I was twice badly sucked out on, only to fight my way back until the final 2 hands when yes my “AK,” as in my screen name AKTOR, once again was the crippler, before my “JJ” closed it out on the very next hand.\u00a0 DESTINY!!!<\/p>\n

It was 12.45 am when I won, and the house erupted with cheers of joy and I had to be pealed off the ceiling!!<\/p>\n

You can follow AKTOR_ and the other Premier League qualified players<\/a> in the upcoming weeks as they prepare to play for the $100,000 seat in the Premier League main event plus a chance to earn a professional sponsorship from PartyPoker. Stay tuned to the PartyPoker blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo by Liisa Vargas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the Red Hot Poker Tour players (a series of free poker tournaments in Canada), Gary Biggar or AKTOR_ at PartyPoker tables, went all the way via PartyPoker qualifier and won a place in the Premier League playoff next month in Las Vegas. AKTOR_ is now in with a chance to win the Main<\/p>\n

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