STAR POKER’S SUMMER SERIES SATELLITE WINNERS
More than 10 Star Summer Series Main Event seats have been snapped up after a massive week of satellite action in the Star Poker Room, with less than a week until the opening event of Australia’s newest major tournament series. The depth of the Sydney poker scene is revealed in the list of those who’ve taken the short cut to a Main Event seat, valued at $5,000.
On 14 November, Dien Nguyen and Billy Vasilou earned their way into the Star Summer Series Main Event. Nguyen cashed twice at ANZPT Sydney earlier this year, including fifth in the $500 NLHE Turbo.
Two nights later, Michel Rouskila, Robert Danelian and William Skountzos played their way through a $330 satellite into the Main Event. Skountzos owns more than a dozen cashes in major Australian events over the past four years, including a top-50 finish in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event just weeks after cashing in the APPT Sydney Main Event.
Michael Borosdevi and Nasab Seyeb collected their Main Event seats last Sunday in a $300 satellite. Borosdevi has tournament cashes at The Star dating back to 2008 while Seyeb final-tabled the NLHE Semi-Shootout on last year’s ANZPT schedule.
Two more seats were awarded on Monday night with the recipients Eddy Tangug and Evan Golach before Patrick Fletcher and David Saghabi won their way through in Tuesday night’s $300 Main Event satellite.
Saghabi placed 15th in the 2009 APPT Main Event while Fletcher, one of the most respected players in the nation, has a long CV that includes APPT Sydney and Aussie Millions Main Event cashes (he was 14th in the 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event) and a runner-up finish in the $700 NLHE tournament on the 2008 APPT Sydney schedule.
These local contenders will be eager to sneak under the radar when the big names roll into town for the Star Poker Summer Series Main Event, which kicks-off with the first of two day one flights on Wednesday, 7 December at 12.30pm. In the meantime, keep an eye out for more chances to win your way into Sydney’s premier poker tournament for 2011.
