Poker Tournament Results

Austrian Masters and World Heads Up Championship

Place	Name	Prize
1	Jophes Ambrosi AKA "Morene" (Oetzental, Austria)	S AST 105,090.00
2	Thomas Leeb (Austria)	S AST 52,520.00
3	Ivo Donev AKA "The Chess Master" (Bregenz, Austria)	S AST 33,170.00
4	Nigel Bendelow (GB)	S AST 17,960.00
5	Gary Jones (London, UK)	S AST 17,960.00
6	Robert Herendi	S AST 13,820.00
7	Johann Bartl (Austria)	S AST 11,050.00
8	Bill Marczak	S AST 9,670.00
9	Günther Janeciz	S AST 8,290.00

Tournament Report

Dateline Vienna, 30th May,2001, from Bill Marczak The 1000 ATS Limit Stud event of the Austrian Masters held at the Concord Card Casino on 30 May was won by Jophes Ambrosi of Austria, with Thomas Leeb,also of Austria, the runner-up.Five of 9 places went to the Austrians who took most of the prizepool. There were 98 entries,with 187 rebuys & add-ons.Total prizemoney was ATS 276,450 Final table results : 1st - Jophes Ambrosi,Austria - ATS 105,090 2nd - Thomas Leeb,Austria - ATS 52,520 3rd - Ivo Donev,Austria - ATS 33,170 4th - Nigel Bendelow,GB - ATS 24,880 5th - Garry Jones,GB - ATS 17,960 6th - Robert Herendi,Hungary - ATS 13,820 7th - Johnn Bartl,Austria - ATS 11,050 8th - Bill Marczak,Australia - ATS 9,670 9th - Gunther Janeciz,Austria - ATS 8,290 The World Heads Up Championship is set to kick off at noon on June 2,& I was able to get a rare interview with Australian Martin Comer,one of the real characters of the game,& acknowledged as one of the most aggressive players in the world. Bill:"You've been in training for this event for months.How do you approach big events like this. Martin:"This is a new concept in tournament poker,& I think it will prove to be advantageous to an aggressive player like me,so I have devoted an hour a day to jogging for endurance & 2 hours to speed drills to facilitate swift sliding of chips to the centre. A special diet of bananas has increased my energy levels too." Bill:"Do you have any special strategy,or plan of attack in mind". Martin:"Of course-this is a serious business,& if I tell you my tactics now,you'll probably put it out over the net,so all I can really tell you without disclosing too much,is that I expect to be putting lot of chips into the centre as often as I possibly can". Bill: "Well,thanks for this little talk,but I have to go now ,as I see Amarillo Slim,& I'd like to interview him as well." Martin: "Marczak,why don't you go & get f....d".