Virgin Poker Festival of London(credit: Virgin Poker)
At the end of September, a Canadian-born London resident named Niels Rock triumphed at the Virgin Poker Festival. Having won an £120 online event at virginpoker.com, Rock231 emerged victorious in the event held at the Loose Cannon’s Poker Club. Defeating Ollie “olliecrawf” Crawford in heads-up play, Rock earned £8,000 for his first-place finish. Crafword received £5,000 as the runner-up in the £25,000 GTD event.
With the World Series of Poker Europe being in town, the Virgin Poker Festival was able to drawn in some big-name talent to the event such as Mel Judah, Kara Scott, Lucy Rokach and Brian Townsend. All in all, the tourney was considered a success.
As Joe Legge, Poker Manager for Virgin Poker said, “The London Poker Festival lived up to expectations following in the footsteps of the previous festivals in Nottingham, Birmingham and Newcastle. We're looking forward to a re-run which is scheduled to take place in 2009...watch this space!"