Betfair Poker Live! Prague won by Jan Skampa
This was published 01-11-2010The sixth leg of the 2010 Betfair Poker Live! Series that took place in Prague recently attracted 113 players to the €820+80 buy-in Main Event. The event offered a guaranteed prize pool of €100,000 with €30,000 being paid to the first placed player and a further 11 players being paid.
Card Casino Prague, where the event took place, has had lots of experience with holding poker events and in recent years it has become one of the most popular poker destinations. Prague has become one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations and is often called the “Heart of Europe”. All the participants of Betfair Poker Live! Prague had the opportunity to play in various events and enjoy the historic architecture, splendid buildings and gothic castles of the enchanting Czech capital.
Jan Skampa has already amassed more than $1.4 million in live tournament earnings, the bulk of which came from last years PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Prague Main Event which he won for over $1 million. Skampa also made the final table of another event in Prague a few months ago, namely the Unibet Open Prague when he won €67.600 for finishing in third place.
The 2010 Betfair Poker Live! Series attracted players from all over Europe including Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, UK, Germany, Norway, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. The event ended with Czech Republican player, Jan Skampa, winning the event for €30,000.
Even though most of the players taking part in the event were not big poker names it was quite a tough final table and eventually play got down to heads-up between Czech Republican’s Jan Skampa and Miroslav Zaruba. At the end of the event Swampa was all-in with pocket tens against Zaruba’s A-K and Skampa’s pocket tens held up to seal the win.
