Hollander Is Will Hill's First Player Of The Month
Published: Friday, April 15, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
HOLLANDER IS WILL HILL'S FIRST PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Inaugural trophy is part of European Poker Rankings sponsorship
Holland's Rob Hollink has been voted winner of the inaugural 'William Hill Poker European Poker Tour Player of the Month' for March 2005 by a panel of esteemed judges.
As part of its official sponsorship of the European Poker Rankings, William Hill Poker awards the title of "Player of the Month" and a trophy to the player judged to have had the most outstanding performance on the European Poker Tour (EPT) in the previous month.
Hollink, who hails from Groningen, had an outstanding March when taking home the first prize of Euro 635,000 in the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo - his first EPT event after previously winning 6 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events and 1 World Poker Tour (WPT) event. The win lifted him from 81st to 9th in the Rankings, and to 1st in the EPT all-time money list.
Runners up for the March 2005 title were: Richard Gryko (four final table finishes in Austria), Brandon Schaefer (runner up to Rob Hollink in Monte Carlo, winner of the French Open in Deauville) and John Falconer (winner of two ranking events in March, including the Irish Open)
Phil Quayle, William Hill's Poker Room Manager said "March proved to be an outstanding time to launch our 'Player of the Month' award. With action in Monte Carlo, Vienna, Dublin, Stockholm and London's Vic we knew there would be plenty to choose from...but the choice was still exceptionally hard to make.
The awards judging panel will convene monthly to vote on the player of the month. The short-list will be selected based upon their results and placings in the previous month and their movement up the rankings list .
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