Skalie Scales The Ranks

by snoopy
Submitted by: snoopy on Tue, 07/11/2006 - 10:14am

Last week, blondeite John 'Skalie' Kalmar gained some extra ranking points by winning the £300 freezeout at Napoleons' Casino in Sheffield. The festival, reasonably well attended throughout, was predominantly made up of two freezeouts and one rebuy.The first was the £100 rebuy, a popular comp that drew in 106 players and a prizepool of £30,100 - very nice indeed. And the lion's share of that ended up in the hands of M Lowe, S Fenton, T Lee, P Gourlay and eventual winner George Wainberg who all agreed a deal of £4,000 each with £3,900 left in the kitty to play for. And although it was George who garnered top billing, it was only after the final 3 were forced into a chip count.

The official results are as follows:

1st  Goerge Wainberg -- £5,575                          
2nd  Paul Gourlay -- £5,425                     
3rd  T Lee -- £4,900                     
4th  Scott Fenton -- £4,000                     
5th  Mark Lowe -- £4,000     
6th  Terry Halliday -- £1,800                     
7th  Bash Younas -- £1,500                 
8th  Abdul Qadoos -- £1,200                     
9th  Lagi Kafetzis -- £900                     
10th  Vp Truong -- £600

Meanwhile, whilst this event was drawing to a close, 110 more poker fanatics were awaiting the start of the hotly anticipated £300 No Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout, an Event that was eventually won by Skalie, albeit after the final 3, one of which included Gala Nottingham regular, Bash Younas, had struck a deal.

1st  John Kalmar -- £10,800         
2nd  Jonathan Farrer -- £5,500         
3rd  Bash Younas -- £4,800
4th  Asher Derei -- £3,000         
5th  Lagi Kafetzis -- £2,300         
6th  Mark Lowe -- £2,000         
7th  Paul Webb -- £1,600         
8th  Simon Cawley -- £1,300         
9th  Phillp Tsang -- £1,000         
10th  Terry Halliday -- £700

And then, come Friday, it was time for the Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain Event, a rather lucrative £500 No Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout. And with £13,500 on offer for whoever triumphed over the other 76 competitors, it was Kyriacos Dionysou (try saying that more than once) who eventually reigned supreme when he fended off the likes of Eddie Lundon and Byron Greenhow who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Other recognisable faces that made it to the final table were last year's William Hill Rankings Winner, Mickey 'The Worm' Wernick, blondeite, Ben 'Sunday8pm' Mayhew, Walsall regular, Maurice Nicholson, and recent Grand Prix winner, Zahir 'Zippy' Aslam, who appears to be on hot form after also taking down a side event in Dublin.

1st  Kyriacos Dionysou -- £13,500
2nd Eddie Lundon -- £6,700
3rd  Byron Greenhow -- £4,400
4th  Chetan Patel -- £3,500
5th  Mickey Wernick -- £2,700
6th  Ben Mayhew -- £2,300
7th  Mirza -- £1,900
8th  Jonathon Farrer -- £1,500
9th  Maurice Nicholson -- £1,200
10th  Zahir Aslam -- £800 

So, a successful festival all round with a pretty decent turnout to boot. Well done to everyone who cashed, but especially to the array of blondeites that made final table appearances.