Ghassan Chehbi Wins Record-breaking Grosvenor 25/25
Monday, 21 July 2014
The Grosvenor 25/25 Series has become one of the most consistently great value events on the poker calendar and it once again lived up to that reputation over the weekend with a record-breaker at The Vic.
An impressive field of 400 runners took to the tables at the London cardroom with Chehbi Ghassan taking the largest share of the £80,000 prize pool. Ghassan turned his £200 buy-in into a £14,485 score after agreeing a chop when play went six-handed.
Grosvenor 25/25 London
1 – Ghassan Chehbi £21,600 (£14,485.00 )**
2 – Craig Goddard £14,480 (£10,611.00 )**
3 – Lucia Navarromartinez £8,800 (£9,155.00 )**
4 – Jeremy Delgallo £5,520 (£9,006.00 )**
5 – Zahari Petrov £3,680 (£8,314)**
6 – Martynas Valkunas £2,640 (£5,149)**
7 - Andrey Veselov £2,080
8 – Paul Dunne £1,760
9 – Emrah Yildiz £1,440
The numbers weren't quite as large in he northern leg of the tour but the 174 entrants in Bradford created a guarantee-busting £34,800 prize pool.
There was another multi-way chop in this one with Stuart Allen eventually taking the title, the trophy and £5,600.
Grosvenor 25/25 Bradford
1 **£10,270 (£5,660) – Stuart Allen
2 **£6,750 (£5,100) – Lee Vause
3 **£4,240 (£5,100) – Matthew Howes
4 **£2,890 (£5,100) – Bash Ali
5 **£1,910 (£5,100) – Stuart Brownson
6 £1,430 – Lala Box
7 £1,150 – Theodoros Drekolias
8 £970 – Alan Alderson
9 £840 – Ish Patel
The 25/25 Series heads to Blackpool in the North and Brighton in the South. Qualify online at Grosvenor Poker.