World Speed Poker Open

The World Speed Poker Open (WSPO) was an international poker tournament held under speed poker rules.

Format

The tournament had a £2,000 entry fee.

Twelve preliminary heats took place, each with six participants. The winner received £2,500 and a place in one of the WSPO semi-finals.

The top three finishers in each of the semi-finals received a seat in the WSPO Final. The winner also received a further £2,500. Players took to the Final the amount of chips they had when their semi-final got down to just three players.

The payout structure for the Final was:

Winner: £50,000
Runner-Up: £25,000
3rd place: £17,000
4th place: £10,000
5th place: £5,000
6th place: £2,000

Rules

Each player has 15 seconds to make their decision. The clock starts when the player knows how much the bet into him or her is.

Twice per tournament, a player may have an additional 30 second time-out, this idea was the brainchild of Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot.

If a decision is not made during that time period, the hand is declared dead.

To help speed things along, 2 dealers are utilised.

2005 Results

Event	Winner	Runner-Up	Other Participants
Heat 1 (paddypowerpoker.com)	Mike McFadden	Ram Vaswani	Donnacha O'Dea Mark Keane Owen Taaffe Liam Flood
Heat 2 (paddypowerpoker.com)	Oliver Boyce	Kevin O'Connell	Mark Collins Scott Gray Kevin Killeen Lucy Rokach
Heat 3 (coralpoker.com)	Tiffany Williamson	Dave Penly	Mikael Thuritz Roland De Wolfe Ashley Alterman Dominik Kofert
Heat 4 (partypoker.co.uk)	Jac Arama	Jason Smith	Jim Reid Tom Ivey Edie Tracey Robert Cooper
Heat 5 (partypoker.co.uk)	Lynne Beaumont	Thomas Bihl	Donald F Wingate Eirik Johansen Willie Tann Ben Roberts
Heat 6 (partypoker.co.uk)	Neil Channing	Korosh Nejad	Michael Greco Brian Johnson Greg Baird David Gundlach
Heat 7 (pokerheaven.com)	John Kabbaj	Victor Garcia Camara	Darren Judges Achilleas Kallakis Hennig Granstad Jan Helander
Heat 8 (pokerheaven.com)	Dave Colclough	Henning Bolstad	Tony Chessa Carlo Citrone Luptjo Korunovski Fraser J Hinder
Heat 9 (pokerheaven.com)	Tony G	Alex Tsai	Sverre Krogh Sundbø Torstein Iversen Tony Bloom John Duthie
Heat 10 (fulltiltpoker.com)	Adam Richardson	Chris Ferguson	Mark Bachik Marco Traniello Jennifer Harman David Hollingsworth
Heat 11 (interpoker.com)	Emile Petit	Matthew Norman	Kathy Liebert Dave Clarke Stuart Nash Olga Varkonyi
Heat 12 (interpoker.com)	Rory Matthews	Piero Milani	Robert Varkonyi Micky Walters Jan Sjavik Roy Brindley
Semi-Final 1	Emile Petit	Mike McFadden	Jac Arama Neil Channing John Kabbaj Tiffany Williamson
Semi-Final 2	Tony G	Lynne Beaumont	Oliver Boyce Dave Colclough Rory Matthews Adam Richardson
Grand Final	Oliver Boyce	Emile Petit	Lynne Beaumont Mike McFadden Jac Arama Tony G

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