Joe Beevers wins Poker Million VI
December 23rd, 2007 | Published in Live play, Tournaments
Congratulations to Joe Beevers, who won the Poker Million VI tournament on Friday night/Saturday morning and claimed the one million dollar prize after beating a high quality final table that included Liam Flood, Julian Gardner, Howard Lederer, Marty Smyth and Ian Cox.
The tournament was shown live in the UK on Sky Sports. It’s unusual to see a live tournament on television these days and there’s a reason for that. The pace of play over the first few hours could best be described as ‘glacial’, with only three flops seen in the first two hours. Pretty much every hand was taken down by the first raise. Some time after midnight Julian Gardner joked to Howard Lederer that they hadn’t seen a turn card yet. That was over three hours into the tournament. I’d got back from a Christmas party and I fell asleep not long afterwards, so I missed the end. There’s a reason why they edit these things down folks.
Anyway, congratulations to Joe. And a nice job by commentators Jesse May and Roy Brindley, who kept the broadcast entertaining despite the slow pace early on.