888 World Poker Crown
May 17, 2008
©2008 PKR Pete – The 888.com World Poker Crown, hosted at the Peralada Castle in Barcelona is over, and coming out on top was Jack Hinchley, a Canadian plumber.
The World Poker Crown is a unique tournament which saw a total of 2,200 online poker players duke it out for a spot in the 8 person strong televised offline final table. It ended up being a European and Canadian table, and leading the chip count was: Jack Hinchley (349,000), Bjorn Van Bavel (41,000), Mark Castonguay (52,000), Piotr Stanislaw (102,000), Bart Wetsteijn (139,000), Michael Lawson (207,000), Bert van Doesburg (38,000), Mark Roessler (58,000).
