babiorukas winner of the Free-roll

26-6-2009 02:50

The first HLTV.org poker tournament in cooperation with XLBET Poker, the $1.000 Free-roll, finished after 4 hours and 49 minutes of poker.

The tournament saw 173 signups, with interesting names on the attendees list. HLTV.org had four staff members attending, being Nomad, Nix0n, MIRAA and Martin. Of known Counter-Strike profiles, two Norwegians attended, being Vertigo and RashiiE, Danish mTw member zonic, Pink Zinic coach AurorA, DTS.chatrix member Johnta and fnatic’s GeT_RiGhT.

It should however not be any of these names winning the tournament. 30 year old Egidijus Valiulis from Lithuania, who’s married and got 2 children, went all the way winning the tournament with following hand:

babioriukas wins with Straight

5s 6h 7c 8h 9c

"Tourney went not too smooth for me, I lost some chips in the beginning of a game, but I tried to wait for my hand and it worked. Couple of all-ins and here we go. I was in the middle of the pack, and then I've got really nice hands in the end, which helped me to win this fascinating tournament.

While I was playing, I was watching Nomad, Nix0n, MIRAA playing at their tables. I'm very thankful for hltv.org staff for organizing this tourney in cooperation with XLBet Poker. It was fun to compete against top cs players at the poker tables HLTV.org is by far my favorite website concerning cs scene news, demos and so on.

I would love to participate in future tournaments, even with a small buy-in required" – said a very happy Egidijus Valiulis

Final standings

1 - babiorukas - $270
2 - pilar13 - $160
3 - Johnta $100
4 - vilawefaw $80
5 - ieatnoobs1 $70
6 - anxii $60
7 - Karlby $50
8 - EdmundoTheGreat $40
9 - patshAA $30
10 - Djidjaaa $20
11 - shadowstrikerbul (GeT_RiGhT) $12
24 - zinicAurorA
57 - mTwzonic
63 - HLTVNomad
67 - RashiiE
85 - DrMIRAA
136 - Vert1go
140 - HLTVMartin
155 - HLTVNix0n

The three bounties went to following:

$50 to hallaz for eliminating Nix0n
$50 to pilar13 for eliminating Nomad
$50 to satori for eliminating zonic

This sum up the first poker tournament on HLTV.org, in cooperation with XLBet Poker. We at HLTV.org hope you enjoyed the tournament and had fun. Make sure to stay tuned for upcoming poker events here on HLTV.org.

gg for the winners ;)

2009-06-26 02:54

Nice!

2009-06-26 03:01

Congrats!

2009-06-26 03:02

Congratz to winners and to XLBet who made this tournament. I hope there will be more poker tours like this, also with buyins! I finnished 77th and had no luck to meet trough the table HLTV team, maybe next time... :)

2 replies

hahaha

2009-06-26 20:44

1 reply

2009-06-26 20:54

I can't believe Nomad went further than me. Congratulations to babiorukas, I actually had Johnta as favorite when three left, but a lot change in poker.

2009-06-26 03:12

3 replies

Hah you suck

2009-06-26 05:19

LOL :D

2009-06-26 08:03

yee he does :P he was betting every round :PP no matter what cards he had xD

2009-06-26 12:17

congratulations! So, get_right, its time to spend another 150 h for playing poker :P and next time you will be the winner : ) just kidding, i feel a bit sleepy... cya : )

2009-06-26 03:15

Waiting for the next tournament ! :)

2009-06-26 03:23

12k nice get now you can buy a lot's of famas :p

2009-06-26 04:06

congratulations!

2009-06-26 04:23

140 - HLTVMartin 155 - HLTVNix0n jojo

2009-06-26 04:50

nice looked like it was hell lot of fun especially when theres popular people there. i didnt join but congratz to the winners

2009-06-26 04:59

Congrats mate!

2009-06-26 06:55

congratz babiorukas

2009-06-26 07:16

I had nomad in the start of the game ( or was that nixon, cant remember), it was just a chance that helped you out. Anyway im waiting for next tournament , and congrats to the winners

2009-06-26 07:47

congrats the winners i was unlucky :)

2009-06-26 07:55

congrats the winners

2009-06-26 07:57

nice :) grats

2009-06-26 08:19

lithuania !

2009-06-26 08:25

well done babiorukas !

2009-06-26 09:08

Johnta from DTS?

2009-06-26 09:20

Yes

2009-06-26 15:18

"DTS.chatrix member Johnta"

2009-06-26 19:57

Nomad > Nixon ! I knew nixon didn't had any balls of steel. ^^

2009-06-26 09:21

congrats mate from Lithuania! GG

2009-06-26 09:59

woohoo 70$ just by sitting out :D

2009-06-26 10:05

congrats babiorukas!

2009-06-26 10:25

2009-06-26 10:27

thx to everyone! it was long and hard tournament. But it was fun especially seeing around top cs players :) And they were getting pwned :) No hs this time? :) Johnta was my favorite to win this poker challenge (i knew he had WH or badboy v5 somewhere below the table :)))))), but no luck this time ;) cya and gl ;)

2009-06-26 10:43

Gratz! ;D Nomad poker*

2009-06-26 10:52

omg Johnta, what's with your scroll? : D

2009-06-26 11:00

i thought i finished U off when i took you down to 10k but i see now that your 1st congratz see you next time bye from djidjaaa:) SHA JE BILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!:)

2009-06-26 11:44

Was fun but lost my 60$ in 30minutes :( thanks to xlbet for this nice tourney. (btw johnta is a fish)

2009-06-26 11:55

when another tournament?

2009-06-26 12:18

4....

2009-06-26 12:20

congrat....

2009-06-26 13:04

MIRA 85? AHAHAH ;)

2009-06-26 13:27

Was good fun as long as it lasted for me :) By personal mate went to the final table so I kept watching. I think the blinds were too slow. Perhaps it will be changed the next time. Gratz to the lucky and skilled winners :)!

2009-06-26 13:32

How much time was there? I prefer 10 minutes.

2009-06-26 19:58

It was 15

2009-06-27 13:08

It's quite a while yes.

2009-06-27 21:08

did 1 of you guys already found out how to withdraw money to your moneybookers? Because the only thing I can do is transfer my poker money to the Sports section.. any1?

2009-06-26 13:49

well u transfer to the sport section, then u gotta email xlbet [email protected] and ask them for a withdrawal, and u will need ur bank details

2009-06-26 13:59

Yes, I noticed it, I did and asked a moneybookers payment. Thank you anyway :p

2009-06-26 14:01

Next time I will win!

i doubt it :p

2009-06-26 18:32

nice :D

2009-06-26 14:37

GJ lithuanian player ;]] we are the winners we are we are :)

2009-06-26 15:49

Congrats

2009-06-26 16:27

Well $12 ain't that bad GTR! :^D

2009-06-26 17:03

Yeah, it will be hard decission for what spend this $12.

2009-06-26 23:49

congratz

2009-06-26 17:47

GTR won a couple of beers

2009-06-26 18:23

Congratulations :)

2009-06-26 20:14

congrtz to the winner. i really enjoyed the tourney, very gud idea. question: when we receive our bounties for killing the idols? will it be over the xl bet account?

2009-06-26 22:32

2009-06-26 23:04

Admins>Owned

2009-06-27 01:27

2009-06-27 02:26

Congratz

2009-06-27 10:39

Hey Nix0n why you ended so fast? :P

2009-06-27 11:39

GRATZ !

2009-06-27 14:34

damn i missed on this one... Gotta have another one soon so i can show of my skills ;) :PPPPPP

2009-06-27 16:15

In this game u have to have more luck than skills, it's just a luck game

2009-06-28 15:55

Wrong!

2009-06-28 21:04

to me u r a moron if u have no concept about poker don`t talk about it. good luck in paintball...

2009-06-28 19:14

ye gj babioraz :)

2009-06-28 20:16

I arrived late but I watched most of the tournament. It was fun but too slow in the end. Players were too careful imo being a free tournament. Nix0n rushing ftw!

2009-06-28 20:44