Chop sticks for the DTD Grand Prix

Submitted by: TightEnd on Mon, 22/08/2011 - 10:23am

In total there was 4010 entries/re-entries for the DTD Grand Prix, reducing the overlay to €49,450. DTD aggressively increased the number of online and live day 1s to reduce the deficit.

In total, 399 players made it to the official day 2 at the club on Saturday, all in the money. The final table ended in an eight way deal. The deal, plus chip counts at the time, were:

Nicholas Humphris €30,000
approx chip count 1.1m
Tommy Bingham €27,900
Approx chip count 1.9m
Romans Mihailovs €11,500
approx chips 560k
Marios Arkadiou €11,500
approx chips 470k
Mohammed Ashfaq €11,500
approx chips 397k
Ian Turner €10,700
approx chips 450k
Mark Wates €10,700
approx chips 285k
Michael Daryl Haney €10,700
approx chips 161k

Special mention also has to go to Michael Haney and Ian Turner who both won the clubs ‘Golden Chip’ promotion, which was a special satellite whereby anyone who won their ticket and also made the final table, would receive an additional £15,000 or a brand new Mini.

It was perhaps disappointing to see the event break up as soon as the official final table was reached, but it is somewhat understandable that everyone would want to lock up five figure profits for a €60 initial buy-in. Despite the overlay, one has to tip their hat to Dusk Till Dawn for providing a ground breaking live event for mid stakes players that has pushed the boundaries for UK poker yet again.