Lukas W, a 28 year old civil servant from Germany, won the recent WPT Venice online satellite tournament series at Intertops Poker and this year the online winner is competing in one of his first major live events. Lukas won a $2200 WPT Prize Package that includes €990 buy-in for the WPT National Main Event plus premium hotel accommodation near the casino. His girlfriend will accompany him to Italy.
22 players made it to the Final match in Intertops’ WPT Venice online satellite tournament series. The online poker tournament winner recalls the event:
“I used a re-buy and an add-on. During the tournament I was one of the Big Stacks and I found good spots in all-in situations. I think patience is very important as well as aggression at the right time. At the end, the players were scared and so it was possible to get some chips with raise in position. ”
“I realized that I might win when we were 3-handed.”
“I eliminated one of the opponents in an all in situation KQ>K7 and won a huge pot. At the heads-up, the other player was crippled and so it was over very quick. ”
“I don’t play lots of major events. Usually, I’m playing cash games. ”
“In 2013 I played a 330€ side event at the EPT Berlin and last year I won a seat at the FPS Cannes for 1.100€. I reached day 2 with only 25BB, and I busted fast without cash. Hopefully, it’s time for a catch in Venice this weekend! ”
WPT National Venice is at the Casino de Venezia, the oldest gaming establishment in the world, April 17th to 20th. The game will be No Limit Texas Hold’em. and the prize pool will be €200,000 guaranteed.
Later this month three other online satellite winners will be in the Caribbean representing Team Intertops at the $200K GTD CPPT St Maarten after winning $4100 prize packages last weekend.
Intertops Poker players earn Frequent Player Points (FPPs) that automatically turn into Gold Chips that can be redeemed for no deposit bonuses.
