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NOTTINGHAM POKER PLAYER WINS €671,000 – CLEARS THE MORTGAGE WITH TWO WEEKS TO SPARE!
Just two weeks before his fortieth birthday, the UK’s leading poker-professional, Julian ‘Yo-Yo’ Thew upheld a promise he made to his family three years a go.
In 2004, Nottingham based draftsman Thew (39) gave up the day job as a professional draughtsman to concentrate on his blossoming poker career. At the time, he made his wife Amanda and two sons a promise, that he would pay off the mortgage entirely before his fortieth birthday!
Thew, upheld that promise with two weeks to spare when he lifted the winner’s trophy and collected a cool €671,000 (£470,000 / $950,000) cheque as victor of the EPT tournament in Baden, Austria on Wednesday night. In fact, there is probably cash to spare, as Julian revealed before the final table show-down that his results this year had already left him with just £10,000 to repay on his mortgage.
Thew, is sponsored by UK gaming giants williamhillpoker.com and playing with maximum confidence, he cemented his position as the UK’s Number One by adding this EPT title to last months success in the GUKPT qualifier at Plymouth. Renowned as one of the nicest guys on the poker circuit, both on and off the table, Thew has enjoyed a steady string of successes since turning professional with three EPT Final table appearances this year.
In this tournament he played an uncharacteristically patient game (he earned the nickname ‘Yo-Yo’ from his previous roller-coaster style of play, when his chip stack would yo-yo up and down!) until winning the heads up against Hungarian, Denes Kalo. At the death Thew drew Ace – Eight against Kalo’s Ace-Five and moved all in to KO the Hungarian. Speaking with some emotion immediately after the win, Thew attributed his recent run of form to the fact that sponsorship by William Hill Poker allowed him to play regularly in all the major tournaments.
Given his current form, it could be a red letter year for Julian who still has final of the GUKPT to come in December at the Victoria Casino, London,
Thew beat a total of 282 players who entered the Pokerstars EPT €8,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament from 32 countries, creating a prize pool of more than €2m
The final table comprised:
• Vladimir Poleshchuk, 42, Russia
• Julian Thew, 39, from Nottingham, UK
• Denes Kalo, Budapest, Hungary
• Manfred Hammer, 55, Dinkelsbuehl, Germany
• Anton Allemann, Switzerland
• Thierry van den Berg, 35, Holland
• Thomas Fuller, 24, Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Ted Lawson, USALearn More About Julian Thew:
http://www.williamhillpoker.com/pros.htm
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=333
http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/12048Great Story Prof. There is nothing like a feel good story to start the week off. Well done Thew on the victory.
