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John Tabatabai by Muresan Vasile
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John Tabatabai is an English poker player, born in Cardiff, Wales. Currently living in London. Ranked 2 player behind Annette Obrestad, the first edition of the Main Event World Series of Poker Europe. John Tabatabai is sponsored by Betfair Poker. The total official earnings reach $ 1,164,433 amount. John Tabatabai was born in Cardiff, Wales where he spent his childhood, quite normal, along with his sisters. At an early age he discovered chess, playing the part of the country at European and world championships. Only in high school, John discovers poker. After losing a few hands in front of colleagues, self-proclaimed "bad loser", start to read about poker. He started to play on the Internet, freerolls, where he won the first $ 5 of which began to build a bankroll. John signs a contract with Betfair Poker and is set in London. Aware of own weaknesses began to learn gradually, so the game itself and money management. Easy, easy started playing live poker. Without much experience, John reached in September 2007 in the Main Event World Series of Poker Europe. He was chip leader throughout the game, ending in the heads-up with Annette Obrestad, known poker players. In the final hand was Annette faces of 3.851 million, while John was only 3.381 million. In the small blind, Annette grow pot from 138,000, Tabatabai calls. Tabatabai earned £ 570.150 ($ 912.240) for second place. In October 2007 entered into U.K. 888.com Open where he won Heat 15 and finished 3 in the semifinals, starting with $ 12,000. There was 3rd in Heat 9 PartyPoker.com European Open IV. In March 2008, John won the All Africa Poker 12th Tournament, taking home the nice sum of $ 127.584. John Tabatabai is considered a real unpolished diamond among poker players today, he promised more so with sensitivity, manners and talent and ambition and his eye for business. The total official earnings reach the amount of $ 1,164,433, of which $ 912.240 are winning the WSOP. John Tabatabai is one of those guys. One of those guys who when you walk into a poker room and see him upright in his chair with a half-smile across his lips, you know that he's either just stopped talking or is about to start. And you know that if he's still in the tournament then it means he has a big stack of chips and is the table captain, in and out of every pot and wiggling the players like marionettes. John's poker career began in his late teens, benefitting from extensive experience on the international chess circuit. John utilised his superior analytical and strategic skills to amass a significant bankroll, while studying for a law degree. In 2007, John successfully crushed all mid-stakes games, winning over 10,000 big blinds in 7 consecutive months before entering the WSOPE where, but for a river or two, his 1.1million dollar second place would have been a World Series bracelet. Undeterred by this 'near miss' John travelled to South Africa with close friend and fellow Shark Poker School Mentor, Luke Trotman, where John won the All Africa Championship, decimating the final table by removing each and every opponent one at a time. A performance of such note was impossible to ignore and John promptly signed a deal with Betfair, joining the most exciting young poker team in the world. Despite a solitary cash in the 5000nl hold'em event at the 2008 WSOP, John's continued domination at the green baize culminated with a win in the Aussie Millions 'Heads up' event early in 2009. Despite his tournament success, John continues to work diligently on his cash game, intertwining medium and high stakes hold'em and omaha.
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