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Online Casino UK Poker Champion Revealed |
| Poker is the leading online casino and land-based form of gambling around the world today. That is precisely why poker tournaments and tours are so popular among online casino fans and regular poker enthusiasts alike. With countless events taking place all over the world, and which are constantly being televised and reported upon, gambling fans everywhere are learning more and following the poker circuit more closely than ever before. Recently, in an exciting showdown, Marek ‘The Maverick’ Kolk, an Estonian poker player, won the grand prize at this year’s 888 UK Poker Open. Hosted by 888, a leading online casino company, this player defeated the number one UK poker player, Roland De Wolfe, as well as Theo Dalton, Dave Clayton, Alan Parkinson, and Simon Zach. Kolk took home a whopping US 250,000 dollars! Online casino poker pros can definitely learn a trick of two from this Maverick king! Despite strong performances from Graeme Dott, Ray Parlour, Austin Healy, and ‘Eastenders’’ star Billy Murray, the final brought 5 professional players and an online casino qualifier together to go head-to-head for the US 540,000 dollar prize pool. Marek has been playing poker for 8 years and has defeated over 100 poker professionals and online casino qualifiers in order to finally reach the coveted final table. If online casino poker fans want to witness this great victory on television, this player’s journey will be broadcast on Challenge TV from October 23rd to November 14th, 2006, every day at midnight. |
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