{"id":5457,"date":"2010-07-01T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=5457"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:12:02","slug":"hoopman15-is-the-champion-of-partypokers-facebook-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/hoopman15-is-the-champion-of-partypokers-facebook-page.html","title":{"rendered":"HOOPMAN15 is the champion of PartyPoker's Facebook page"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For those sick to death of the World Cup, yesterday (30 June) was a welcome break with a day of absolutely no matches, the first since the start of the tournament way back on 11 June. For those celebrating \u2013 and to help those facing the prospect of no \u2018beautiful game\u2019 until the weekend \u2013 we organised another round of our exciting Facebook Fan Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s event featured a heads up format which lead to some intriguing play from the 59 players brave enough to go one on one with their opponents. With payouts going to just the top eight players, the action was intense to say the least and it wasn\u2019t until almost two and a quarter hours into the tournament when we got our bubble boy. milkdiogo2 took the unwanted slot in such an unfortunate fashion; his \u00a0ever so slightly but fatally dominated by Kurtsan\u2019s .<\/p>\n

To keep those football fans happy<\/h3>\n

To add extra spice to the prize pool, and to keep those football fans happy, we also decided to add a \u00a350 football shirt voucher as a further reward for the top five positions. A cheeky James Tiltman posted on the Facebook wall: \u201cHope it ain\u2019t an England shirt. Heard that charities have barred them now!\u201d Cheeky.<\/p>\n

hodmeister20 missed out on the shirt, finishing in sixth despite holding . He lost out to TheCourier1\u2019s pocket 8s () which turned into trips on the flop () and then a full house with a \u00a0on the turn. Sorry, hodmeister20, you really did have the shirt taken off your back.<\/p>\n

When the tournament finally came to a climax TheCourier1 again featured and faced HOOPMAN15. This time, TheCourier1 held \u00a0while HOOPMAN15 was looking at . The flop ()\u00a0produced a straight draw for TheCourier1 which he must have had a feeling about as he then pushed all-in.<\/p>\n

TheCourier1\u2019s shot was wide of the mark<\/h3>\n

Unfortunately, TheCourier1\u2019s shot was wide of the mark. His opponent followed him in and with the last cards turning up \u00a0and \u00a0the win was HOOPMAN15\u2019s with two pairs. They thought it was all over and it was after three and half hours of enthralling heads up competition.<\/p>\n

Magnanimous in defeat, TheCourier1 (aka Ian Smith) said afterwards: \u201cGood game, guys. Overbluffed at last table so second place for me. Congrats to the winner, well deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not a fan of the PartyPoker.com Facebook page<\/a>, join now as it\u2019s being part of this community where you\u2019ll receive special announcements and invites to exclusive tournaments.<\/p>\n

See you at the tables soon.<\/p>\n

Facebook Fan Cup Heads Up top 10 payouts<\/h3>\n
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  1. HOOPMAN15\t$103.28 plus \u00a350 football shirt voucher<\/li>\n
  2. TheCourier1\t\t$59 plus \u00a350 football shirt voucher<\/li>\n
  3. Do_03\t\t\t$29.50 plus \u00a350 football shirt voucher<\/li>\n
  4. galtyuk\t\t$29.50 plus \u00a350 football shirt voucher<\/li>\n
  5. justjulie11\t\t$18.43 plus \u00a350 football shirt voucher<\/li>\n
  6. hodmeister20\t$18.43<\/li>\n
  7. Kurtsan\t\t$18.43<\/li>\n
  8. Thamos85\t\t$18.43<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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