Goodwin won $180.000 USD @ MANSION
Monday, April 28th, 2008
GIBRALTAR, April 28 /PRNewswire/ — MansionPoker
MansionPoker (mansionpoker.com) is pleased to announce that MANSION sponsor pro Marc “Mr Cool” Goodwin has won the Manchester leg of the GUKPT taking home with him GBP 90,420 ($180.000 USD). With a record breakingfirst day performance, Marc took out 14 players in the first day, and started Day 2 with more chips then any other player in this type of tournament. Marc dominated for the most part in the well subscribed 309 runner event, with 12 Mansion players taking part (10 qualified through Badbeat.com), and 2 players making it to the Final Table. Mansion and Bad Beat trainee playerAarun Bernard walked into Marc’s Ace deuce, and his pocket QQ failed to holdup for a very respectable 5th place finish. A final heads up battle with Nik Persaud saw the action heat up when Marcraised pre flop to 80,000 and Nik flat called. The board came A 3 10, Marcpushed and Nik went into the Tank for what seemed like an age before callingwith K 10 against Marc’s A 8. The turn and river brought two Jacks, awarding Marc the victory and GBP90,000 in prize money! Head of MansionPoker, Jon Sullivan, said ”Marc’s play was impressive, and with the quality of our members, a Mansionplayer to win was always on the cards. I’d also like to extend many thanks toall the Mansion/Bad Beat players who took part, with a special mention to John ‘fishalot’ Hughes who also represented Mansion, and bought in using hisVPP.” Players who would like to join Marc Goodwin and Team Mansion in Las Vegasthis year for the WSOP Main Event can qualify in the 20 Package GUARANTEED Super Satellite Freezeout on June 15th for only US$320. Players start with 5000 starting chips and 20 minute blinds meaning this event will be one ofthe biggest value tournaments on the net. In addition there are twice Daily freerolls, VPP races, Marc GoodwinBounty tournaments, and Daily high hand promotions during May. This means players can qualify in a variety of ways or simply directly buy in via the Specials tab in the Tournament lobby.