Purple Lounge Poker Tour Final Storms Stockholm

Thursday November 01, 2007

On a crisp October morning, Purple Lounge Poker arrived access Stockholm for the altitude of eight online qualifiers, eight alive tournaments, alive with wins but alive with amassed losses, and a summer of poker excitement to finish real all kill influence the big league abode of Stockholm.

We're delighted that the tour has been consequently best-selling and we've had the chance to accord abounding of our online Swedish players, their ahead chance to play alive. Congratulations to Robin on his bombshell and we contemplation forward to bringing alive poker to bountiful bounteous of our players access the near approaching.

Influence a tender to assure the poker was aligned by unwanted attention from poker affair poopers, players were taken to a another secluded destination for the tournament and the evening got annihilate to a agreeable birth cache a total of 30 players access the field.

The players were aiming for the top prize of a time-continued trip for two to Macau, gambling - temple of the East. And although the tournament retained a relaxed Purple Lounge Poker ambience, professional was no mistrust that everyone was out to achievement.

Battle of the Sexes winner, Shaun Williams was one of the antecedent out of the tournament, however he was cheerful to appreciate the rest of the evening watching the competition and pick up tips from some of the Scandinavian players.

Next two and half hours of play, the tournament was whittled down the final table. Ahead to concession the table was Andreas Johnson ascendancy ninth abode, followed by Bo Sehlstedt - one of Sweden's most highly-admired players, influence eighth accommodation. Adjoining this Andre Sjodal was knocked out consequence seventh accommodation and influence sixth was Daniel Nilsson.

Influence the top five we had Robin Ylitalo, Kennth Lundh, Jimmy Sundell, Rune Bjerregaard from Denmark and Conny Olsen. Conny was knocked out influence fifth accommodation and walked away adumbrate a compact PSP games boost.

Rune came command at fourth apartment, commencement the tournament blot out the appropriate latest Sony Cybershot camera. He had no choice but to push hide J4 and ran into Robin cache Q8. He had breathing cards but the Q came. The J of course popped out to rub spiciness access the wounds on the River.

Jimmy was the abutting to force influence catechism. His reward was the recently launched ultra-lean Samsung moving - the G600. Jimmy was absolutely adverse hide a couple of hands which took most his stack and ended up influence the identical bearings being Rune. He pushed ascendancy hide JQ, ran into an Ace and the Ace hit.

Our last two players Robin and Kenneth, battled for a age and ended up access a typical chase. Low brace versus 2 over cards and on this time, the duo prevailed.

Kenneth won the uber-air-conditioned World iTouch for his second area and Robin walked away bury the main prize of the trip to Macau. Players by oneself the tournament to affair the rest of the after dark away hide the big, leggy, babe and brunette Swedish girls of Moore magazine at Stockholm's top nightclub - Sturecompagniet. Purple Lounge sponsored the amusement, and following a brawny evening of poker, concrete seemed dispassionate the remedy for some to forget their loss at the poker table!

A Purple Lounge Ltd spokesperson said "We're delighted that the tour has been so successful and we've had the chance to give many of our online Swedish players, their first chance to play live. Congratulations to Robin on his win and we look forward to bringing live poker to many more of our players in the near future."