Monday, January 12, 2009

EPT Bahamas: Poorya Nazari grabs the 2009 PCA title

At the Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Canadian poker player Poorya Nazari clutched $3 million and the title of PCA winner. Known as one of the most conspicuous tournaments in the sphere, this year, PCA recorded to earn the ever most setting 1,347 players.
On PokerStars.com, meeting the criteria for a major poker tournament goes on to pay bonuses. With the glad success of the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, Poorya Nazari shaped up a $33 rebuy outpost tournament triumph into $3 million.
Nazari started the final table of the European Poker Tour event second in chips following Alex Gomes, however, when Gomes eliminated in fourth position, the game develop into Nazari’s tournament to lose. After bearing with a short stack through the last stages of Day 3 and initial beginnings of Day 4, Nazari realized that his chances of winning this game rely solely on the final table start.
Post his victory, Nazari said. “It was only today that I started thinking about winning. At one point yesterday I was down to virtually nothing but I got off to a good start today and at that point I thought I might have a shot.”
After eliminating Tony Gregg on the final hand of the night, Nazari acquired the $3 million first place prize and of course, the first most important championship of this year. For his runner up show, Gregg took home an amount of $1,700,000.
Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul getting eliminated as the first player from the final table was quite disappointing for online Poker fans. Late on Day 5, Saul was crippled with no chances left for any sort of comeback. He received $234,000.

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