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Recap: Poker Shuffle Season 2-Bryan Botha the Champion

January 12, 2010

The table was made of a quality field of poker players, ranging from the tight aggressive players, the grinders and the loose aggressive players.

Ricky Collins took the honors in finishing tops on the league with points, beating Trevor Nunes by 5 points. Heading into the final table, Ricky looked strong to take the spoils overall but not without a challenge from the rest of the field.

Gerold Druker was the wild card for the evening and ensured his seat to the final table by winning the big stack shootout.

From the start, there was a frenzy around the table with most of the players playing very tight poker…almost too cautious.

Gerold took it to the players, playing aggressively and picking up the chips each round by out betting. There was some interchanging play and chips moved around until and hour into the game until we had our first casualty- Reza Abrahams.

From this moment onwards, the play opened up and the rest is history. Bryan Botha headed up against Brian Stotter in a fierce battle. Bryan ‘Queens and Eights’ Botha took his chances with 10 4 suited and the gamble payed off.

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Bryan Botha was crowned the champion for Season 2.

1. Bryan Botha
2. Brian Stotter
3. Gerold Druker
4. Andre Joubert
5. Ricky Collins
6. Mike Barfoot
7. Trevor Nunes
8. Manuel Mota
9. Ryan Hannival
10. Fabian Napier
11. Reza Abrahams

*Names in Bold are confirmed places. Other places need to be confirmed due to lost records.

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2 Responses to “Recap: Poker Shuffle Season 2-Bryan Botha the Champion”

  1. A J on January 17th, 2010 1:13 am

    You can bold me in at #4

  2. admin on January 17th, 2010 9:50 am

    Cool, thanks. Hows your poker going boet-any online success or still a bit skeptical?

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