World Speed ​​Poker Open

The World Speed ​​Poker Open , or WSPO for short , was an international poker tournament series that was held twice. It was played according to the rules of speed poker .

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Each player had 15 seconds per decision. The clock started as soon as the player knew the amount of the bet. Twice per tournament, a player had an additional cooling off period of 30 seconds. If a decision was not made within the given time, the hand was passed. Two dealers were present at each table to keep up the pace.

Results

2004

The first edition of the World Speed ​​Poker Open took place in 2004 in Tallinn , Estonia . Seven events were played.

#	Beginning	Buy-in	competition	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $ )	source
1	Sep 20 2004	1250 EEK	No Limit Hold'em	128	Noah Boeken		0.2202	[1]
2	21 Sep 2004	0500 €	No Limit Hold'em	043	Marek Kolk		0.8889	[2]
3	22 Sep 2004	0500 €	Pot Limit Hold'em	042	Oleg Moskovkin		0.8524	[3]
4th	23 Sep 2004	0500 €	No Limit Hold'em	048	Kirill Gerasimov		0.9985	[4]
5	Sep 24 2004	1000 €	No Limit Hold'em	045	Ivo Donev		18,570	[5]
6th	25 Sep 2004	2000 €	Main Event	060	Henning Granstad		48,708	[6]
7th	26 Sep 2004	0€ 200	Pot Limit Omaha	031	Peeter Grunthal		0.5541	[7]

2005

The second edition of the World Speed ​​Poker Open took place in 2005 in London , UK . Twelve events were initially played. Each of the events had a field of six participants, the winner received a prize of 2500 pounds and qualified for the semi-finals. There the six participants were determined for the final, which was eventually won by Irishman Oliver Boyce, who received the main prize of 50,000 pounds.

#	Beginning	competition	winner	origin	source
1	27 Sep 2005	Heat 1	Mike McFadden		[8th]
2	28 Sep 2005	Heat 2	Oliver Boyce		[9]
3	29 Sep 2005	Heat 3	Tiffany Williamson		[10]
4th	Oct 4, 2005	Heat 4	Jac Arama		[11]
5	Oct 5, 2005	Heat 5	Lynne Beaumont		[12]
6th	Oct 6, 2005	Heat 6	Neil Channing		[13]
7th	Oct 11, 2005	Heat 7	John Kabbaj		[14]
8th	Oct 12, 2005	Heat 8	Dave Colclough		[15]
9	Oct 13, 2005	Heat 9	Tony g		[16]
10	Oct 18, 2005	Heat 10	Adam Richardson		[17]
11	Oct 19, 2005	Heat 11	Emile Petit		[18]
12	Oct 20, 2005	Heat 12	Rory Mathews		[19]
13	Oct 25, 2005	Semi Final 1	Emile Petit		[20]
14th	Oct 26, 2005	Semi Final 2	Tony g		[21]
15th	Oct 27, 2005	Final	Oliver Boyce		[22]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Speed ​​Poker Championships 2004 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 7, 2018.
2. ↑ World Speed ​​Poker Open 2005 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 7, 2018.