Adam Dujmovic Wins The British Poker Open Televised Live On The Poker Channel



May 13, 2005 -- Adam Dujmovic, the Chicago based semi-professional poker player, on Monday night won almost 100,000 in the inaugural British Poker Open (BPO) Final, knocking out current World Poker Champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer.

Broadcast live on The Poker Channel (EPG 265), Dujmovic battled it out for over 6 hours of top quality poker before revealing a winning hand and knocking out runner up Hakon Waerstad from Sweden. The four other finalists were Matt Born (UK), Andreas Harnemo (Norway), Robert Hill (USA) and Raymer (USA).

Dujmovic commented after the win, "It is absolutely thrilling to win the BPO in what is the biggest win to date in my career. The first thing I want to do is take my little girl to Disneyland."

Dujmovic qualified for the BPO through the Internet and went on to win the Pokerheaven.com sponsored heat on 12 April. He then went on to qualify in the semi-finals before going on to win the BPO Final on Monday night.

The Poker Channel, the world's first TV channel dedicated to poker, was launched in March 2005 and is the first channel in the UK to televise the biggest ever live poker tournament.

The British Poker Open is the first major international live tournament televised by the channel and following the success of the BPO, other formats have been planned for 2005 including PokerStars World Cup of Poker starting on May 30th.

With a total prize pot of 216,000, the BPO attracted the world's biggest names in poker including David "Devilfish" Ulliot, Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson. But with the ability to now qualify for tournaments through the Internet, the BPO also attracted first-time players. Matt Born, a London based journalist, qualified through the Internet and went on to win his heat, a place in the Semi-finals and the Finals before being knocked out on Monday night.

Crispin Nieboer, CEO and Founder of The Poker Channel commented, "The Poker Channel continues to push the boundaries of televised poker entertainment. With over 40 hours of live poker action, with every hand analysed on the fly, through state of the art graphics software, this was the biggest live poker tournament of all time. No wonder it attracted more big US names than other UK televised tournament. We look forward to bringing our audience more great poker in forthcoming months with the World Cup of Poker, WSOP coverage, WPT coverage and other great events."





Adam Dujmovic Wins The British Poker Open Televised Live On The Poker Channel