November Niner wins a big one

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James Akenhead has just won the Poker Million in London, it tops off a year in which he made final tables in both the wsop & WSOPE this after coming second in a bracelet event the year before.

Beating Juha Helppi in a short heads up ends the year off nicely for him and takes his tourney winnings to over $2m :)

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=52296


Starting stacks >>>>

Luke Schwartz 397k - aggressive young Brit - watch out for him

James Akenhead 338k
Taylor Caby 202k

Dag Martin Mikkelsen 160k
Peter Vasiliou 154k
Juha Helppi 149k
and an online qualifier @ 100k
 
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Very impressive, he must be running rather well.
 
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Welldone to Akenhead. Making 2 final tables in the WSOP main events is something to boast about IMO.
Well done in the poker million aswell. Im sure Akenhead will have a nice xmas now that he has a win under his belt lol.
 
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ukaliks said:
Welldone to Akenhead. Making 2 final tables in the WSOP main events is something to boast about IMO.
Well done in the poker million aswell. Im sure Akenhead will have a nice xmas now that he has a win under his belt lol.
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I would just play poker all day Christmas if I was on the roll he is on.
 
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absoluthamm said:
I would just play poker all day Christmas if I was on the roll he is on.
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Very true. If ur on a huge upswing then keep on rolling. :D
 
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Yeah Akenhead is inspired atm. Amazing 12 months or so for him. Now the hardest part will be trying to live upto to his reputation next year.

Really disappointed Ladbrokes decided not to carry on their sponsorship of the event. Full Tilt didn't live up to Ladbrokes in terms of glitz and prizemoney. FT managed to bring in more big time pros from the States which improved the player pool somewhat but they failed at everything else imo.
 
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akenheads had a great year, hope it keeps up

another $500 k in the bank
 
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Akenheads playing great at the moment well done to him

I agree that Luke Schwartz will be very dangerous in the coming years
 
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Great job to Akenhead, I didn't know anything about this guy this year until the WSOP and since then he has taken tournament poker by storm.
 
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akenhead is a solid player, definitely one to watch in 2010. as for luke schwartz, he does have good poker skills but his attitude will bring him down for sure.
 
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Very tidy work - that was a pretty tough final table.
 
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