This is what salue77 turned into almost $9.8k!
Whilst followers of the ancient Maya religion were more bothered about 13 crystal skulls being "turned on" on Sunday, as the date was 10/10/10, one Betfair Poker player was busy doing something cosmic of his own.
Sunday marked the GSOP $300,000 Grand Slam Final, open to those who won a GSOP event over the past couple of weeks, to those who chose to buy-in directly for $4,900+$100 and those lucky enough to satellite in for a fraction of the cost, which is exactly what salue77 did in one of Betfair Poker's $65,000 GSOP Giveaway promotion.
The Swiss player managed to satellite into the $5,000 tournament for just $0.02, yes two measly cents so he literally had nothing to lose when he logged onto Betfair Poker on Sunday and took his place at the virtual felt. Checking the lobby he will have seen that 119 fellow players were registered, creating a prize pool of $588,000 and a first place prize of $149,935.
One by one the players lost their chips but salue77 was still there, holding his own. Then, around nine hours into the tournament the following hand occurred. Fellow Betfair Poker player FundMyMatiz raised to 5,200 from under the gun. Three folds later and the action was on salue77, who looked down at Ah8c and decided this was the right hand to move the rest of his 43,752 stack into the middle. His three-bet folded out everyone except FundMyMatiz, who made the call with a pair of black nines. A flop of 7h-4h-Qd did nothing to held salue77's hand but the Th on the turn gave him some outs to the flush. However, the dealer put the 5s on the river to eliminate out hero and add to his opponent's substantial stack.
Why are we mentioning this hand I hear you ask. Well, salue77, the player who managed to satellite into the $5,000 Grand Slam for just $0.02, had finished in 14th place worth a cool $9,790.51! Absolutely amazing by any standards. His rags to riches story means his Return On Investment (ROI) in this tournament was a staggering 48,952,450%, much more than when Chris Moneymaker famously turned a $38 satellite into a $2,500,000 payday when he won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event!
Salue77's performance is the one that grabbed the headlines but we cannot sign off without mentioning FundMyMatiz again, as he managed to reach the final table before bowing out in ninth place for $17,263.27. A nice $12,000 addition to his bankroll after he bought in directly for $5,000 in cash. His exit hand saw him all-in with another pair of nines but this time Im Tyrant woke up with a pair of tens.
With that exceptional news the GSOP completely draws to a close. Team Betfair players have done the site proud, had some amazing results and it has been an hour writing about them all. Here is to more, sustained success from the players on Betfair Poker!
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