Like many other poker followers, InfoPowa (see earlier reports) thought that Helen “Hells Bells” Chamberlain would walk away from the Ladbrokes Poker Millions this week with the main $1 million prize…but we were wrong.
A little known, 42 year old factory worker called Tony Jones surprised us all by beating “Hell’s Bells” in a close-run finale after 5 hours of play. Adding to the magic is the fact that Tony has only been playing poker for 18 months!
The Romford, UK father-of-three kept his cool in a head-to-head showdown with Helen to walk away with the $1million prize. “There is no way I am a poker player,” he said. “I came here thinking I was making up the numbers and to win the competition is overwhelming.”
The event was the biggest televised poker tournament in Europe thus far.