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Bellagio Cup VII: Victory of Elio Fox
The Bellagio Cup VII tournament finally delivered its verdict, despite the presence of many poker pros in the field, the victory was finally won by the young Californian Elio Fox. Indeed, the event held at the Bellagio Casino & Resort attracted 224 players including the top players eliminated early during the main event of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP). With an buy-in of $ 10,000, therefore, the organizers booked a prize pool of $ 2.3 million. At the end of Day 3, most well known players present in the field was eliminated, but they still got the bonus as Brandon Cantu, Nenad Madic, Justin Young, Bertrand Grospellier, Nick Schulman, Tom Marchese, David William, David Benyamine, Isaac Haxton, or Vitaly Lunkin.
The fourth day of competition, a decisive day to elect the winner of the tournament started with the early elimination of Jim Hess in the eighth place. He was a victim of Fox. Bryn Kenney and Daniel Colman joined then the bench of defeated players and ranked respectively at the 7th and 6th, while Kenney was in the place of chip leader when there were only 6 players at the table. Ted Forrest (5th) and Brandon Meyers (4th) were the next victims. Despite his many achievements in the European Poker Tour circuit, William Thorson also abandoned early this last phase and took the third place. He still earned a good result because it got a place on the podium. The final duel therefore opposed Fox to Hafiz Khan and after the confrontation, the title went to Elio Fox. He won the first prize and the sum of $ 669,693.
Source: James WILLIAMS
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
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