Rhine poker tournament presents new concept!

specifically for his own Card Club in Hilden developed by the North-Rhine Westphalia poker tournament organizers ® a new tournament format: The so-called bankroll Tournament.

A bank Tournaments enables participants, over several weeks to play, whenever and however they want. The principle is simple. Even a bankroll Tournament ends with a fixed scheduled finals, which in the usual multi-table format is disputed. For this finale, the participants must not qualify, but he can apply to a small registration fee directly for the finals Register. He then receives a bank roll of 15,000 chips for the finals. Those
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he can in the weeks before the Rhine ® Card Poker Club tournament against other participants to make its final stack will be increased. In this the final distribution upstream chip race play the finals later smaller Sit & Go tournaments, multi-table rebuy tournaments or just like in a casino, the daily offered ring games with blinds of 10/20 (cash game mode). The so-called buy in to these games from the final chip bankroll denied, and any profits will also be well again. Who his entire bankroll of 15,000 chips in the preliminary competitions loses, is already before the start of the Finals from this Ret. A so-called rebuy registration for 15,000 more chips is excluded. The result is that many of the participants to be careful with their bank roll avoided.

The prices of the first in the Rhine ® Card Poker Club held bankroll tournaments were Everestpoker.net gesponsored. For the three winners were travelling in Ireland’s capital Dublin ausgelobt, the two won first prize beyond local tournament participations. According motivated met nearly 150 registered finals in different composition to the daily ring games or tournaments at the club. Some of the participants actually locomotives by the total loss of bankroll before the finals of the tournament, some others were in the weeks roll their bank (and thus their final starting stack) clearly and continuously.

The multi-table finals was finally on the last Saturday, 23.06.07, with over 100 participants. As chip leader started from Florian Linder Langenfeld into the race, in its regular ring game participations generate at least 61,100 chips. But even Christian Stiller from Cologne did not take clothing, although he only 1,200 chips to start.

After more than 6 hours to stand a varied course of the tournament final table. A total of 1.8 million chips distributed to 9 players. The places at the final table were re-drawn, and now the upcoming final phase of the tournament promised to be exciting, because there were some top players of the Rhine Poker ® community on Final Table. First, Pierre Poßberg from food alone this year at two major events attended: the PartyPoker Spring Festival in Vienna and the Aussie Millions in Melbourne. With the latter, he a good 73rd Sheehan space and 15,000 U.S. dollars prize money. His stack was meanwhile almost 300,000 chips. Also on Final Table Andreas Rüßel from Neuss with 140,000 chips, which by its victory in the first online pre Challenge in March directly for the endowed with 20,000 euros Rhine Poker Cup in December to qualify. In addition, Marc Pauly from Remscheid with 160,000 chips, already at the Pre Challenge in January and the Irish Satellite Dortmund 200 opponents behind him and could have been two winners are trophies on the shelf. Florian Linder also found himself at the final table, still chip leader with about 300,000 chips. Absolute short stack was Walter Blum with only 5,000 chips, which unfortunately for the first hand at the final table in the Big Blind (10,000) dissolved, also lost and therefore the first to acknowledge the field had. The other players: Torben Theis from Hilden, Tolga Özdemir from Essen, Ralf Gregor from Hilden and Thorsten Schwellinger from Hilden.

After about half an hour, the blinds were now 10000/20000, it was for the Mitfavoriten Florian Linder to a bitter disappointment. About weeks he had a very solid game for the finals leading stack generates and also contested the entire final round ungefährdetes game with a very high level chip. In the last few hands, however, shrank its chips to 156,000. Andreas Rüßel (currently 180,000) in Middle raiste position with ace of diamonds and diamond-Jack to 60,000. Linder, seated behind Rüßel, recently went to Consider All in. Rüßel pondered long, finally called and had frightened notice that he blatantly Ad Jd was unsuccessful because Linder showed cross-Ass and cross-Dame. The flop was Rüßel finally lose hope: Cross-king, cross-10 and diamond-4. But the holy Pokerus said it well with Rüßel and very sick with Linder. Turn: Karo-8, River: Karo-king. Rüßel won the hand with runner-runner flush and Linder was on 8, Ret. A weeks, continuous work with a very solid finals played at a stroke it. The bitter disappointment was written Linder in the face and will certainly take a very long gnaw at him.

The chips, which had won just Rüßel, he should not have long joy. While Linder before the club even mused, raiste Rüßel back from Middle position after a call from early position to 60,000 and was only by Pierre Poßberg on the button gecallt. The early foldete Limper, as well as the blind.

Flop: 2-4-6

Rüßel continued 100,000, responded with Poßberg All in (253,000). Re Rüßel longer had time to consider finally called and showed 8-8. Poßberg turned QQ, and the two Ladies also held to the River.

Poßberg saw a few hands later in a similar situation, but with changing signs. He raiste UTG +1 with two nines at 90,000 and was seated behind him the Theis All in gereraist (247,000). Poßberg calls and sees two to Zehnern, one of them in spades. The flop both players seemed to be considered: Three spades cards for Theis, but a nine-including Poßberg. Turn and River, however, brought no change, and the set of nines as Poßberg Theis took seventh on the table. The remaining players were now “in the Money” (For the seats from 4 to 6, there were poker accessories with a total value of 400, - Euro).

Several orbits later Poßberg now clear chip leader, two opponents off the table:

Blinds: 10000/20000. All players fold to button (Marc Pauly 170,000), of the button with spades and ace of spades-8 All in puschte. Tolga Özdemir (with 36,000 in Small Blind) called out of desperation with 4-2, as well as Poßberg in the big blind with cross-Ass and cross-Jack.

Pauly (D): As 8s
Özdemir (SB): 4h 2d
Poßberg (BB): Ac Jc

Flop: 10c 4c 2c

Turn and River did not generate the necessary Özdemir Full House and Poßberg won with the use gefloppten flush. Özdemir therefore resigned as a sixth, fifth Pauly.

Who now retired in the Bubble? Even four players in the tournament, three should fly to Dublin. It should be Rüßel the thankless 4th Space occupied after its 9-9 All in Poßberg and went with A-10 gecallt. An ace came on the board and Rüßel was outside.

The case now seemed clear, if you look at the chip stands installations:

Poßberg: 1,600,000 chips
Gregor: 120,000 chips
Schwellinger: 130,000 chips

Poßberg on the button, foldet, and it came to the Battle of the blind. Gregor pushte All in with 3-3 and will immediately Schwellinger in the Big Blind gecallt, calculated woke up with AA. The Aces, and Gregory resigned as a third party. Heads up between Pierre Poßberg (1,600,000) and Thorsten Schwellinger (250,000).

The blinds were now at 15000/30000. A hand later, Poßberg again on the button, this raises with A-3 and 1.6 million chips in. All Schwellinger, apparently felt little hope, with calls 6-7

Poßberg: A-3
Schwellinger: 6-7

Flop: 3-3-7
Turn: 5

And the “impossible” happened: River: 4 Schwellinger zimmerte a road and doubled to 500,000.

Two games later Poßberg slow-calls on the button with AJ. Schwellinger in the Big Blind checks.

The flop: 2 to 4-J

Schwellinger is 120,000, Poßberg raises to 240,000, Schwellinger reraist All in, Poßberg calls. Schwellinger shows J-2, two pair. These hold until the end and suddenly Schwellinger chip leader with 1.0 million to 0.8 million.

The direct connection hand, Schwellinger the button with A-10, calls. Poßberg with A-4 raises from the big blind to 120,000, Schwellinger responded immediately with All in Poßberg and calls. A-10 against A-4. With a board KJ-6 to 5-J would have been almost a split pot, but only almost.

Thorsten Schwellinger started the Heads up with 200K chips against 1.600K chips and still won the first of six weeks, bank Tournaments in the Rhine ® Card Poker Club. He and his two companions, and Gregor Poßberg, now fly in October Rhine Poker ® team to Dublin to attend two tournaments in Fitzwilliam Card Club.

Currently, up to 12.08.07 (finals), the new Acropolis Tournament in bankroll Hilden Card Club, which is for the participants a total of five tickets for the Acropolis Poker Challenge in September in the Czech Republic to win. Once a week Rhine Poker ® for this purpose for all registered players bankroll a multi-table tournament after precise model of the Czech goal tournament.

For more information about these tournaments can be found on the website of the organisers: http:www.rhinepoker-cardclub.de.